92nd General Assembly
Summary of SB0103
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Senate Sponsors:
LUECHTEFELD-WATSON-WOOLARD.

House Sponsors:
BOST-JONES,JOHN-FOWLER-FORBY-REITZ

Short description: 
DOWNSTATE RURAL TRANSIT FUNDS                                              

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act.  Includes in  the      
   definition  of  "participant"  a local mass transit district organized      
   under the Local Mass Transit  Act  serving  a  nonurbanized  area  and      
   receiving federal rural public transportation assistance during Fiscal      
   Year  2001 (rather than on the effective date of the amendatory Act of      
   1993).  Makes an exception to the 10% limit on the increase in funding      
   per year for a participant that received an initial  appropriation  in      
   Fiscal Year 2002.   Effective immediately.                                  
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          30 ILCS 740/2-7                 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 667           
        Includes in the definition of "participant" a local mass  transit      
   district  receiving  federal rural public transportation assistance on      
   or before June  30,  2002  (rather  than  during  Fiscal  Year  2001).      
   Replaces  the  language making exceptions for the 10% cap on increases      
   in operating expenses with language that provides that with respect to      
   any mass transit district participant that has increased its  district      
   boundaries  by annexing counties since 1998 and is maintaining a level      
   of local financial support equal to or greater than the level  in  the      
   State fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, the maximum eligible operating      
   expenses  for  any  State  fiscal  year after 2002 shall be the amount      
   appropriated for that participant for the  State  fiscal  year  ending      
   June  30,  2002,  plus, in each State fiscal year, a 10% increase over      
   the preceding State fiscal year.  Provides  that  with  respect  to  a      
   participant  that  receives  an  initial appropriation in State fiscal      
   year 2002, the maximum  eligible  operating  expenses  for  any  State      
   fiscal  year  after  2003  shall  be  the amount appropriated for that      
   participant for the State fiscal year ending June 30, 2003,  plus,  in      
   each  year,  a 10% increase over the preceding year and that for State      
   fiscal year 2003, the maximum eligible operating expenses shall be the      
   amount of projected operating expenses upon  which  the  appropriation      
   for  that  participant  for  State  fiscal year 2003 is based. Further      
   amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act. Provides that the           
   quarterly reports of any Metro-East Transit District participant must       
   be filed no later than 60 days after the end of each quarter (rather        
   than no later than 30 days after the end of each month) of any fiscal       
   year. Provides that any Metro-East Transit District may either monthly      
   or quarterly for any fiscal year file a request for the participant's       
   eligible share of the amounts transferred into the  Metro-East  Public      
   Transportation  Fund  (rather  than  providing  that the Department of      
   Transportation shall pay the participant  its  allocated  share  after      
   determining  that  the  operating deficits were incurred in conformity      
   with the terms of the Act).  Provides that any payments from the  Fund      
   that  exceed  the eligible deficit of the participant (rather than any      
   discrepancy between the grants paid and the approved  program  amount)      
   shall be reconciled by appropriate payment or credit.                       
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0464

   Last action date: AUG-22-2001

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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