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Public Act 097-0085
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| HB3597 Enrolled | LRB097 06493 RLJ 46576 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is |
amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 3605/30) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 330)
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Sec. 30.
The Board shall make all rules and regulations |
governing
the operation of the transportation system, shall |
determine all routings
and change the same whenever it is |
deemed advisable by the Board,
subject to the provisions of any |
ordinance granting rights to the
Authority. Except as provided |
in Sections 2.04 and Section 4.11(b)(5) of the "Regional |
Transportation
Authority Act", the Board shall fix rates, fares |
and charges for
transportation, provided that they shall be at |
all times sufficient in
the aggregate to provide revenues (a) |
for the payment of the interest on
and principal of all bonds, |
certificates and other obligations payable
from said revenues |
and to meet all other charges upon such revenues as
provided by |
any trust agreement executed by the Authority in connection
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with the issuance of bonds or certificates under this Act, (b) |
for the
payment of all operating costs including all charges |
which may be
incurred pursuant to Sections 29 and 39 of this |
Act and all other costs
and charges incidental to the operation |
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of the transportation system,
(c) for the payment of all costs |
and charges incurred pursuant to
Sections 37 and 38 of this Act |
and any other costs and charges for
acquisition, installation, |
construction or for replacement or
reconstruction of |
equipment, structures or rights of way not financed
through |
issuance of bonds or certificates under Section 12 of this Act,
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and (d) for any compensation required to be paid to any |
municipality for
the use of streets, subways and other public |
ways. The Board may
provide free transportation within any |
municipality in and by which they
are employed for firemen and |
public health nurses, when in uniform, and
policemen when in |
uniform or, when not in uniform, upon presentation of
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identification as policemen, and shall provide free |
transportation to
sworn law enforcement personnel of the Cook |
County Sheriff's Department
when in uniform or, when not in |
uniform, upon presentation of
identification as sworn law |
enforcement personnel of the Cook County
Sheriff's Department, |
and may provide free transportation for employees
of the |
Authority when in uniform or upon presentation of |
identification
as such employees, and may enter into agreements |
with the United States
Post Office Department for the |
transportation of mail, and the payment
of compensation to the |
Authority in lieu of fares for the transportation
of letter |
carriers, when in uniform at all times.
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The Board may also provide free transportation, or |
transportation at
reduced fares, to all or designated classes |
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of pupils in attendance at
public schools of school districts |
within or partly within the
territorial limits of the |
Authority, or in attendance at private schools
offering grades |
of instruction comparable to those offered in public
schools, |
under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board, and,
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if otherwise authorized by law, the Board may contract with |
public
school boards and representatives of private schools, |
for reimbursement
of pupil transportation costs from public |
funds.
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(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
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Section 10. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is |
amended by changing Section 2.04 and adding Sections 2.35, |
2.37, 3B.20, and 3B.25 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 3615/2.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.04)
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Sec. 2.04. Fares and Nature of Service. |
(a) Whenever a Service Board provides any public |
transportation by
operating public transportation facilities, |
the Service Board
shall provide for the level and nature of |
fares or charges to be made for
such services, and the nature |
and standards of public transportation to
be so provided that |
meet the goals and objectives adopted by the Authority in the |
Strategic Plan. Provided, however that if the Board adopts a |
budget and
financial plan for a Service Board in accordance |
with the provisions in
Section 4.11(b)(5), the Board may |
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consistent with the terms of any purchase
of service contract |
provide for the level and nature of fares
to be made for such |
services under the jurisdiction of that Service Board,
and the |
nature and standards of public transportation to be so |
provided.
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(b) Whenever a Service Board provides any public |
transportation
pursuant to grants made after June 30, 1975, to |
transportation agencies
for operating expenses (other than |
with regard to experimental programs)
or pursuant to any |
purchase of service agreement, the purchase of service
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agreement or grant contract shall provide for the level and |
nature of fares
or charges to be made for such services, and |
the nature and standards of
public transportation to be so |
provided. A Service Board
shall require all transportation |
agencies with which it contracts, or from
which it purchases |
transportation services or to which it makes grants to
provide |
half fare transportation for their student riders if any of |
such
agencies provide for half fare transportation to their |
student riders.
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(c) In so providing for the fares or charges and the nature |
and standards of
public transportation, any purchase of service |
agreements or grant contracts
shall provide, among other |
matters, for the terms or cost of transfers
or interconnections |
between different modes of transportation and
different public |
transportation agencies, schedules or routes of such
service, |
changes which may be made in such service, the nature and
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condition of the facilities used in providing service, the |
manner of
collection and disposition of fares or charges, the |
records and reports
to be kept and made concerning such |
service, for interchangeable
tickets or other coordinated or |
uniform methods of collection of
charges, and shall further |
require that the transportation agency comply with any |
determination made by the Board of the Authority under and |
subject to the provisions of Section 2.12b of this Act. In |
regard to any such service, the Authority and the Service
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Boards shall give
attention to and may undertake programs to |
promote use of public
transportation and to provide coordinated |
ticket sales and passenger
information. In the case of a grant |
to a transportation agency which
remains subject to Illinois |
Commerce Commission supervision and
regulation, the Service |
Boards shall exercise the powers
set forth in this
Section in a |
manner consistent with such supervision and regulation by
the |
Illinois Commerce Commission. |
(d) By January 1, 2013, the Authority, in consultation with |
the Service Boards and the general public, must develop a |
policy regarding transfer fares on all fixed-route public |
transportation services provided by the Service Boards. The |
policy shall also set forth the fare sharing agreements between |
the Service Boards that apply to interagency fare passes and |
tickets. The policy established by the Authority shall be |
submitted to each of the Service Boards for its approval or |
comments and objection. After receiving the policy, the Service |
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Boards have 90 days to approve or take other action regarding |
the policy. If all of the Service Boards agree to the policy, |
then a regional agreement shall be created and signed by each |
of the Service Boards.
The terms of the agreement may be |
changed upon petition by any of the Service Boards and by |
agreement of the other Service Boards. |
(e) By January 1, 2015, the Authority must develop and |
implement a regional fare payment system. The regional fare |
payment system must use and conform with established |
information security industry standards and requirements of |
the financial industry. The system must allow consumers to use |
contactless credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards to pay |
for all fixed-route public transportation services. Beginning |
in 2012 and each year thereafter until 2015, the Authority must |
submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly |
describing the progress of the Authority and each of the |
Service Boards in implementing the regional fare payment |
system. The Authority must adopt rules to implement the |
requirements set forth in this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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(70 ILCS 3615/2.35 new) |
Sec. 2.35. Vehicle arrival information. By July 1, 2012, |
all Service Boards must make available web-based, real-time |
vehicle arrival information for use by riders for all |
fixed-route public transportation services. The Authority |
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shall have access to all universally acceptable data feeds for |
vehicle arrival information.
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(70 ILCS 3615/2.37 new) |
Sec. 2.37. Wireless Internet study. By January 1, 2012, the |
Authority must prepare and submit a report to the Governor and |
General Assembly regarding the feasibility of providing |
wireless Internet services on all fixed-route public |
transportation services.
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(70 ILCS 3615/3B.20 new) |
Sec. 3B.20. Wireless Internet. The Commuter Rail Board must |
provide wireless Internet service on all passenger trains it |
owns or operates by January 1, 2012, but only if the service |
can be provided with no cost to the Commuter Rail Division.
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(70 ILCS 3615/3B.25 new) |
Sec. 3B.25. Automated external defibrillators. The |
Commuter Rail Board must conduct a study concerning the |
installation and use of automated external defibrillators on |
passenger trains operated by the Commuter Rail Board. No later |
than one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
of the 97th General Assembly, the Commuter Rail Board must |
report to the Governor and the General Assembly the results of |
the study. For the purposes of this Section, "automated |
external defibrillator" has the meaning ascribed to that term |