98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0029

 

Introduced 1/10/2013, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5  from Ch. 127, par. 141
30 ILCS 105/5d  from Ch. 127, par. 141d
30 ILCS 105/8.3  from Ch. 127, par. 144.3
30 ILCS 740/2-3  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 663
30 ILCS 740/2-15  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 675.1
35 ILCS 505/8  from Ch. 120, par. 424
70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3
70 ILCS 3615/4.09  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.09

    Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the State Construction Account Fund, the Public Transportation Fund, the Downstate Public Transportation Fund, the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund, and the Road Fund shall not be subject to sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount from those Funds into any other Fund of the State unless specifically authorized by law prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that no Road Fund moneys shall be appropriated to the Department of Central Management Services, except for expenditures for group insurance premiums of personnel whose total compensation is paid from the Road Fund (now, of appropriate personnel). Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Deletes language providing that moneys may be appropriated for the Public Transportation Fund to the Office of the Executive Inspector General for costs incurred as the inspector general for the Authority and the Service Boards. Provides that the Office of the Executive Inspector General may submit invoices to the Regional Transportation Authority for costs incurred while serving as the inspector general for the Authority and the Service Boards. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Sections 5, 5d, and 8.3 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 141)
7    Sec. 5. Special funds.
8    (a) There are special funds in the State Treasury
9designated as specified in the Sections which succeed this
10Section 5 and precede Section 6.
11    (b) Except as provided in the Illinois Motor Vehicle Theft
12Prevention Act, when any special fund in the State Treasury is
13discontinued by an Act of the General Assembly, any balance
14remaining therein on the effective date of such Act shall be
15transferred to the General Revenue Fund, or to such other fund
16as such Act shall provide. Warrants outstanding against such
17discontinued fund at the time of the transfer of any such
18balance therein shall be paid out of the fund to which the
19transfer was made.
20    (c) When any special fund in the State Treasury has been
21inactive for 18 months or longer, the fund is automatically
22terminated by operation of law and the balance remaining in
23such fund shall be transferred by the Comptroller to the

 

 

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1General Revenue Fund. When a special fund has been terminated
2by operation of law as provided in this Section, the General
3Assembly shall repeal or amend all Sections of the statutes
4creating or otherwise referring to that fund.
5    The Comptroller shall be allowed the discretion to maintain
6or dissolve any federal trust fund which has been inactive for
718 months or longer.
8    (d) (Blank).
9    (e) (Blank).
10    (f) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
11of the 98th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law
12to the contrary, neither the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the State
13Construction Account Fund, the Public Transportation Fund, the
14Downstate Public Transportation Fund, the Regional
15Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
16Fund, nor the Road Fund shall be subject to sweeps,
17administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or
18budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount from those
19Funds into any other Fund of the State unless specifically
20authorized by law prior to the effective date of this
21amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. It shall not be
22lawful to circumvent this limitation by governmental
23reorganization or other methods.
24(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
 
25    (30 ILCS 105/5d)  (from Ch. 127, par. 141d)

 

 

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1    Sec. 5d. Except as provided by Section 5e of this Act, the
2State Construction Account Fund shall be used exclusively for
3the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the State
4maintained highway system. Except as provided by Section 5e of
5this Act, none of the money deposited in the State Construction
6Account Fund shall be used to pay the cost of administering the
7Motor Fuel Tax Law as now or hereafter amended, nor be
8appropriated for use by the Department of Transportation to pay
9the cost of its operations or administration, nor be used in
10any manner for the payment of regular or contractual employees
11of the State, nor be transferred or allocated by the
12Comptroller and Treasurer or be otherwise used, except for the
13sole purpose of construction, reconstruction and maintenance
14of the State maintained highway system as the Illinois General
15Assembly shall provide by appropriation from this fund.
16Beginning with the month immediately following the effective
17date of this amendatory Act of 1985, investment income which is
18attributable to the investment of moneys of the State
19Construction Account Fund shall be retained in that fund for
20the uses specified in this Section.
21    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22the 98th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law to
23the contrary, the State Construction Account Fund shall not be
24subject to sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or
25any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any
26amount from this Fund into any other Fund of the State unless

 

 

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1specifically authorized by law prior to the effective date of
2this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. It shall not
3be lawful to circumvent this limitation by governmental
4reorganization or other methods.
5(Source: P.A. 84-431.)
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/8.3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
7    Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the
8State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the
9construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
10the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal
11and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable,
12and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
13after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
14indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
15        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
16    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost
17    of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that
18    Code; and
19        secondly -- for expenses of the Department of
20    Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
21    improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and
22    administration of highways in accordance with the
23    provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
24    related or incident to and connected therewith, including
25    the separation of grades of those highways with railroads

 

 

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1    and with highways and including the payment of awards made
2    by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the
3    terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers'
4    Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an
5    employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of
6    Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
7    erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the
8    acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations
9    to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway
10    needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and
11    estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of
12    flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access
13    to military and naval reservations, to defense industries
14    and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw
15    materials and for replacing existing highways and highway
16    connections shut off from general public use at military
17    and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for
18    the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall
19    be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building
20    the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of
21    highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public
22    highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating
23    expenses of the Department relating to the administration
24    of public transportation programs; or, during fiscal year
25    2012 only, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed
26    $8,500,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on

 

 

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1    behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit
2    expenses; or, during fiscal year 2013 only, for the
3    purposes of a grant not to exceed $3,825,000 to the
4    Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the
5    purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or for any of those
6    purposes or any other purpose that may be provided by law.
7    Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
8the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road
9Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
10are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
11vehicles.
12    Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road
13Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
14or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
15operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
16appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
17eligible for federal reimbursement;
18        1. Department of Public Health;
19        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
20    subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
21    Reduced Fare for Elderly, except during fiscal year 2012
22    only when no more than $40,000,000 may be expended and
23    except during fiscal year 2013 only when no more than
24    $17,570,300 may be expended;
25        3. Department of Central Management Services, except
26    for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of

 

 

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1    appropriate personnel whose total compensation is paid
2    from the Road Fund;
3        4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
4    Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road
5Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
6or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
7operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
8appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
9eligible for federal reimbursement:
10        1. Department of State Police, except for expenditures
11    with respect to the Division of Operations;
12        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
13    Intercity Rail Subsidies, except during fiscal year 2012
14    only when no more than $40,000,000 may be expended and
15    except during fiscal year 2013 only when no more than
16    $26,000,000 may be expended, and Rail Freight Services.
17    Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road
18Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
19or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
20operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
21appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
22eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central
23Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois
24Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the
25Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
26Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of

 

 

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1Highways in the Department of Transportation.
2    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
3Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
4or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
5operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
6appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
7eligible for federal reimbursement:
8        1. Department of State Police, except not more than 40%
9    of the funds appropriated for the Division of Operations;
10        2. State Officers.
11    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
12Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
13of State government for administration, grants, or operations
14except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a
15restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund
16monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It shall
17not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation limitations
18by governmental reorganization or other methods.
19Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
20accordance with the provisions of this Section.
21    Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of
22Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of
23permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of
24paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal
25and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and
26payable as provided in the Transportation Bond Act, and for no

 

 

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1other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the
2payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness
3then annually due shall be used as follows:
4        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
5    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
6        secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees,
7    excises, or license taxes relating to registration,
8    operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to
9    fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
10    appropriated or expended other than for costs of
11    administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
12    license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed
13    thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of
14    Transportation, including, but not limited to, the
15    operating expenses of the Department relating to the
16    administration of public transportation programs, payment
17    of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and
18    reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition
19    of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
20    reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of
21    public highways and bridges under the direction and
22    supervision of the State, political subdivision, or
23    municipality collecting those monies, or during fiscal
24    year 2012 only for the purposes of a grant not to exceed
25    $8,500,000 to the Regional Transportation Authority on
26    behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit

 

 

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1    expenses, and the costs for patrolling and policing the
2    public highways (by State, political subdivision, or
3    municipality collecting that money) for enforcement of
4    traffic laws. The separation of grades of such highways
5    with railroads and costs associated with protection of
6    at-grade highway and railroad crossing shall also be
7    permissible.
8    Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from
9the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as provided
10in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
11    Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with fiscal
12year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be
13appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes
14of this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road
15Fund appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise
16provided in Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003,
172004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be
18appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes
19of this Section in excess of $97,310,000. For fiscal year 2008
20only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the
21Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in
22excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund
23monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police
24for the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000.
25Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
26appropriated to the Department of State Police. It shall not be

 

 

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1lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by
2governmental reorganization or other methods unless otherwise
3provided in Section 5g of this Act.
4    In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be
5appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this
6Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund
7appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes,
8plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
9limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
10other method.
11    Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road
12Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for
13the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal year
141994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for
15those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
16limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
17other methods.
18    Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund
19appropriations to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
20this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the
21following fiscal years:
22    Fiscal Year 2000$80,500,000;
23    Fiscal Year 2001$80,500,000;
24    Fiscal Year 2002$80,500,000;
25    Fiscal Year 2003$130,500,000;
26    Fiscal Year 2004$130,500,000;

 

 

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1    Fiscal Year 2005$130,500,000;
2    Fiscal Year 2006 $130,500,000;
3    Fiscal Year 2007 $130,500,000;
4    Fiscal Year 2008$130,500,000;
5    Fiscal Year 2009 $130,500,000.
6    For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
7appropriated to the Secretary of State.
8    Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund
9shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the
10exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees
11related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless
12otherwise provided for by law.
13    It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
14appropriations by governmental reorganization or other
15methods.
16    No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
17thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed
18by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar as
19appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.
20    Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
21Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e of
22this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by
23this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
24    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this
25Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
26shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund

 

 

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1in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
2Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
3generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
4government.
5    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the
6Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this
7Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
8shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
9in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
10Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
11generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
12government.
13    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
14the 98th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law to
15the contrary, the Road Fund shall not be subject to sweeps,
16administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or
17budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount from this
18Fund into any other Fund of the State unless specifically
19authorized by law prior to the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. It shall not be
21lawful to circumvent this limitation by governmental
22reorganization or other methods.
23(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-959, eff. 7-1-10; 97-72,
24eff. 7-1-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12.)
 
25    Section 10. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is

 

 

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1amended by changing Sections 2-3 and 2-15 as follows:
 
2    (30 ILCS 740/2-3)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 663)
3    Sec. 2-3. (a) As soon as possible after the first day of
4each month, beginning July 1, 1984, upon certification of the
5Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order
6transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, from the General
7Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State Treasury which is
8hereby created, to be known as the "Downstate Public
9Transportation Fund", an amount equal to 2/32 (beginning July
101, 2005, 3/32) of the net revenue realized from the "Retailers'
11Occupation Tax Act", as now or hereafter amended, the "Service
12Occupation Tax Act", as now or hereafter amended, the "Use Tax
13Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the "Service Use Tax
14Act", as now or hereafter amended, from persons incurring
15municipal or county retailers' or service occupation tax
16liability for the benefit of any municipality or county located
17wholly within the boundaries of each participant other than any
18Metro-East Transit District participant certified pursuant to
19subsection (c) of this Section during the preceding month,
20except that the Department shall pay into the Downstate Public
21Transportation Fund 2/32 (beginning July 1, 2005, 3/32) of 80%
22of the net revenue realized under the State tax Acts named
23above within any municipality or county located wholly within
24the boundaries of each participant, other than any Metro-East
25participant, for tax periods beginning on or after January 1,

 

 

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11990. Net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue
2collected by the State pursuant to such Acts during the
3previous month from persons incurring municipal or county
4retailers' or service occupation tax liability for the benefit
5of any municipality or county located wholly within the
6boundaries of a participant, less the amount paid out during
7that same month as refunds or credit memoranda to taxpayers for
8overpayment of liability under such Acts for the benefit of any
9municipality or county located wholly within the boundaries of
10a participant.
11    (b) As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
12beginning July 1, 1989, upon certification of the Department of
13Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
14Treasurer shall transfer, from the General Revenue Fund to a
15special fund in the State Treasury which is hereby created, to
16be known as the "Metro-East Public Transportation Fund", an
17amount equal to 2/32 of the net revenue realized, as above,
18from within the boundaries of Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair
19Counties, except that the Department shall pay into the
20Metro-East Public Transportation Fund 2/32 of 80% of the net
21revenue realized under the State tax Acts specified in
22subsection (a) of this Section within the boundaries of
23Madison, Monroe and St. Clair Counties for tax periods
24beginning on or after January 1, 1990. A local match equivalent
25to an amount which could be raised by a tax levy at the rate of
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1Madison County is required annually to cause a total of 2/32 of
2the net revenue to be deposited in the Metro-East Public
3Transportation Fund. Failure to raise the required local match
4annually shall result in only 1/32 being deposited into the
5Metro-East Public Transportation Fund after July 1, 1989, or
61/32 of 80% of the net revenue realized for tax periods
7beginning on or after January 1, 1990.
8    (b-5) As soon as possible after the first day of each
9month, beginning July 1, 2005, upon certification of the
10Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order
11transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, from the General
12Revenue Fund to the Downstate Public Transportation Fund, an
13amount equal to 3/32 of 80% of the net revenue realized from
14within the boundaries of Monroe and St. Clair Counties under
15the State Tax Acts specified in subsection (a) of this Section
16and provided further that, beginning July 1, 2005, the
17provisions of subsection (b) shall no longer apply with respect
18to such tax receipts from Monroe and St. Clair Counties.
19    (b-6) As soon as possible after the first day of each
20month, beginning July 1, 2008, upon certification by the
21Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred
22and the Treasurer shall transfer, from the General Revenue Fund
23to the Downstate Public Transportation Fund, an amount equal to
243/32 of 80% of the net revenue realized from within the
25boundaries of Madison County under the State Tax Acts specified
26in subsection (a) of this Section and provided further that,

 

 

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1beginning July 1, 2008, the provisions of subsection (b) shall
2no longer apply with respect to such tax receipts from Madison
3County.
4    (c) The Department shall certify to the Department of
5Revenue the eligible participants under this Article and the
6territorial boundaries of such participants for the purposes of
7the Department of Revenue in subsections (a) and (b) of this
8Section.
9    (d) For the purposes of this Article, beginning in fiscal
10year 2009 the General Assembly shall appropriate an amount from
11the Downstate Public Transportation Fund equal to the sum total
12funds projected to be paid to the participants pursuant to
13Section 2-7. If the General Assembly fails to make
14appropriations sufficient to cover the amounts projected to be
15paid pursuant to Section 2-7, this Act shall constitute an
16irrevocable and continuing appropriation from the Downstate
17Public Transportation Fund of all amounts necessary for those
18purposes.
19    (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the
20contrary, amounts transferred from the General Revenue Fund to
21the Downstate Public Transportation Fund pursuant to this
22Section shall not exceed $169,000,000 in State fiscal year
232012.
24    (f) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
25of the 98th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law
26to the contrary, the Downstate Public Transportation Fund shall

 

 

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1not be subject to sweeps, administrative charges or
2chargebacks, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that
3would transfer any amount from this Fund into any other Fund of
4the State unless specifically authorized by law prior to the
5effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
6Assembly. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation
7by governmental reorganization or other methods.
8(Source: P.A. 97-641, eff. 12-19-11.)
 
9    (30 ILCS 740/2-15)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 675.1)
10    Sec. 2-15. Residual fund balance.
11    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all funds
12which remain in the Downstate Public Transportation Fund or the
13Metro-East Public Transportation Fund after the payment of the
14fourth quarterly payment to participants other than Metro-East
15Transit District participants and the last monthly payment to
16Metro-East Transit participants in each fiscal year shall be
17transferred (i) to the General Revenue Fund through fiscal year
182008 and (ii) to the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund for
19fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter. Transfers
20shall be made no later than 90 days following the end of such
21fiscal year. Beginning fiscal year 2010, all moneys each year
22in the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund, held solely for the
23benefit of the participants in the Downstate Public
24Transportation Fund and shall be appropriated to the Department
25to make competitive capital grants to the participants of the

 

 

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1respective funds. However, such amount as the Department
2determines to be necessary for (1) allocation to participants
3for the purposes of Section 2-7 for the first quarter of the
4succeeding fiscal year and (2) an amount equal to 2% of the
5total allocations to participants in the fiscal year just ended
6to be used for the purpose of audit adjustments shall be
7retained in such Funds to be used by the Department for such
8purposes.
9    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition
10to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on July 1,
112011, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller
12shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the
13remaining balance from the Metro East Public Transportation
14Fund into the General Revenue Fund. Upon completion of the
15transfers, the Metro East Public Transportation Fund is
16dissolved, and any future deposits due to that Fund and any
17outstanding obligations or liabilities of that Fund pass to the
18General Revenue Fund.
19    (c) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
20of the 98th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law
21to the contrary, the Downstate Public Transportation Fund shall
22not be subject to sweeps, administrative charges or
23chargebacks, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that
24would transfer any amount from this Fund into any other Fund of
25the State unless specifically authorized by law prior to the
26effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General

 

 

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1Assembly. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation
2by governmental reorganization or other methods.
3(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
4    Section 15. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by changing
5Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 505/8)  (from Ch. 120, par. 424)
7    Sec. 8. Except as provided in Section 8a, subdivision
8(h)(1) of Section 12a, Section 13a.6, and items 13, 14, 15, and
916 of Section 15, all money received by the Department under
10this Act, including payments made to the Department by member
11jurisdictions participating in the International Fuel Tax
12Agreement, shall be deposited in a special fund in the State
13treasury, to be known as the "Motor Fuel Tax Fund", and shall
14be used as follows:
15    (a) 2 1/2 cents per gallon of the tax collected on special
16fuel under paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 13a of this
17Act shall be transferred to the State Construction Account Fund
18in the State Treasury;
19    (b) $420,000 shall be transferred each month to the State
20Boating Act Fund to be used by the Department of Natural
21Resources for the purposes specified in Article X of the Boat
22Registration and Safety Act;
23    (c) $3,500,000 shall be transferred each month to the Grade
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1$12,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used for the construction
2or reconstruction of rail highway grade separation structures;
3$2,250,000 in fiscal years 2004 through 2009 and $3,000,000 in
4fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be
5transferred to the Transportation Regulatory Fund and shall be
6accounted for as part of the rail carrier portion of such funds
7and shall be used to pay the cost of administration of the
8Illinois Commerce Commission's railroad safety program in
9connection with its duties under subsection (3) of Section
1018c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, with the remainder to be
11used by the Department of Transportation upon order of the
12Illinois Commerce Commission, to pay that part of the cost
13apportioned by such Commission to the State to cover the
14interest of the public in the use of highways, roads, streets,
15or pedestrian walkways in the county highway system, township
16and district road system, or municipal street system as defined
17in the Illinois Highway Code, as the same may from time to time
18be amended, for separation of grades, for installation,
19construction or reconstruction of crossing protection or
20reconstruction, alteration, relocation including construction
21or improvement of any existing highway necessary for access to
22property or improvement of any grade crossing and grade
23crossing surface including the necessary highway approaches
24thereto of any railroad across the highway or public road, or
25for the installation, construction, reconstruction, or
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1right-of-way, as provided for in and in accordance with Section
218c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. The Commission may order
3up to $2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund
4moneys for the improvement of grade crossing surfaces and up to
5$300,000 per year for the maintenance and renewal of 4-quadrant
6gate vehicle detection systems located at non-high speed rail
7grade crossings. The Commission shall not order more than
8$2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund moneys
9for pedestrian walkways. In entering orders for projects for
10which payments from the Grade Crossing Protection Fund will be
11made, the Commission shall account for expenditures authorized
12by the orders on a cash rather than an accrual basis. For
13purposes of this requirement an "accrual basis" assumes that
14the total cost of the project is expended in the fiscal year in
15which the order is entered, while a "cash basis" allocates the
16cost of the project among fiscal years as expenditures are
17actually made. To meet the requirements of this subsection, the
18Illinois Commerce Commission shall develop annual and 5-year
19project plans of rail crossing capital improvements that will
20be paid for with moneys from the Grade Crossing Protection
21Fund. The annual project plan shall identify projects for the
22succeeding fiscal year and the 5-year project plan shall
23identify projects for the 5 directly succeeding fiscal years.
24The Commission shall submit the annual and 5-year project plans
25for this Fund to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the
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1Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
2Representatives on the first Wednesday in April of each year;
3    (d) of the amount remaining after allocations provided for
4in subsections (a), (b) and (c), a sufficient amount shall be
5reserved to pay all of the following:
6        (1) the costs of the Department of Revenue in
7    administering this Act;
8        (2) the costs of the Department of Transportation in
9    performing its duties imposed by the Illinois Highway Code
10    for supervising the use of motor fuel tax funds apportioned
11    to municipalities, counties and road districts;
12        (3) refunds provided for in Section 13, refunds for
13    overpayment of decal fees paid under Section 13a.4 of this
14    Act, and refunds provided for under the terms of the
15    International Fuel Tax Agreement referenced in Section
16    14a;
17        (4) from October 1, 1985 until June 30, 1994, the
18    administration of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law,
19    which amount shall be certified monthly by the
20    Environmental Protection Agency to the State Comptroller
21    and shall promptly be transferred by the State Comptroller
22    and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to the Vehicle
23    Inspection Fund, and for the period July 1, 1994 through
24    June 30, 2000, one-twelfth of $25,000,000 each month, for
25    the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003, one-twelfth
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1    and $15,000,000 on January 1, 2004, and $15,000,000 on each
2    July 1 and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may be
3    practical, during the period July 1, 2004 through June 30,
4    2012, for the administration of the Vehicle Emissions
5    Inspection Law of 2005, to be transferred by the State
6    Comptroller and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund into
7    the Vehicle Inspection Fund;
8        (5) amounts ordered paid by the Court of Claims; and
9        (6) payment of motor fuel use taxes due to member
10    jurisdictions under the terms of the International Fuel Tax
11    Agreement. The Department shall certify these amounts to
12    the Comptroller by the 15th day of each month; the
13    Comptroller shall cause orders to be drawn for such
14    amounts, and the Treasurer shall administer those amounts
15    on or before the last day of each month;
16    (e) after allocations for the purposes set forth in
17subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d), the remaining amount shall
18be apportioned as follows:
19        (1) Until January 1, 2000, 58.4%, and beginning January
20    1, 2000, 45.6% shall be deposited as follows:
21            (A) 37% into the State Construction Account Fund,
22        and
23            (B) 63% into the Road Fund, $1,250,000 of which
24        shall be reserved each month for the Department of
25        Transportation to be used in accordance with the
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1        Illinois Highway Code;
2        (2) Until January 1, 2000, 41.6%, and beginning January
3    1, 2000, 54.4% shall be transferred to the Department of
4    Transportation to be distributed as follows:
5            (A) 49.10% to the municipalities of the State,
6            (B) 16.74% to the counties of the State having
7        1,000,000 or more inhabitants,
8            (C) 18.27% to the counties of the State having less
9        than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
10            (D) 15.89% to the road districts of the State.
11    As soon as may be after the first day of each month the
12Department of Transportation shall allot to each municipality
13its share of the amount apportioned to the several
14municipalities which shall be in proportion to the population
15of such municipalities as determined by the last preceding
16municipal census if conducted by the Federal Government or
17Federal census. If territory is annexed to any municipality
18subsequent to the time of the last preceding census the
19corporate authorities of such municipality may cause a census
20to be taken of such annexed territory and the population so
21ascertained for such territory shall be added to the population
22of the municipality as determined by the last preceding census
23for the purpose of determining the allotment for that
24municipality. If the population of any municipality was not
25determined by the last Federal census preceding any
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1in accordance with any census taken by such municipality. Any
2municipal census used in accordance with this Section shall be
3certified to the Department of Transportation by the clerk of
4such municipality, and the accuracy thereof shall be subject to
5approval of the Department which may make such corrections as
6it ascertains to be necessary.
7    As soon as may be after the first day of each month the
8Department of Transportation shall allot to each county its
9share of the amount apportioned to the several counties of the
10State as herein provided. Each allotment to the several
11counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall be in
12proportion to the amount of motor vehicle license fees received
13from the residents of such counties, respectively, during the
14preceding calendar year. The Secretary of State shall, on or
15before April 15 of each year, transmit to the Department of
16Transportation a full and complete report showing the amount of
17motor vehicle license fees received from the residents of each
18county, respectively, during the preceding calendar year. The
19Department of Transportation shall, each month, use for
20allotment purposes the last such report received from the
21Secretary of State.
22    As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the
23Department of Transportation shall allot to the several
24counties their share of the amount apportioned for the use of
25road districts. The allotment shall be apportioned among the
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1mileage of township or district roads in the respective
2counties bears to the total mileage of all township and
3district roads in the State. Funds allotted to the respective
4counties for the use of road districts therein shall be
5allocated to the several road districts in the county in the
6proportion which the total mileage of such township or district
7roads in the respective road districts bears to the total
8mileage of all such township or district roads in the county.
9After July 1 of any year prior to 2011, no allocation shall be
10made for any road district unless it levied a tax for road and
11bridge purposes in an amount which will require the extension
12of such tax against the taxable property in any such road
13district at a rate of not less than either .08% of the value
14thereof, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
15prior to the year in which such tax was levied and as equalized
16by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
17equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
18jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less. Beginning
19July 1, 2011 and each July 1 thereafter, an allocation shall be
20made for any road district if it levied a tax for road and
21bridge purposes. In counties other than DuPage County, if the
22amount of the tax levy requires the extension of the tax
23against the taxable property in the road district at a rate
24that is less than 0.08% of the value thereof, based upon the
25assessment for the year immediately prior to the year in which
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1Revenue, then the amount of the allocation for that road
2district shall be a percentage of the maximum allocation equal
3to the percentage obtained by dividing the rate extended by the
4district by 0.08%. In DuPage County, if the amount of the tax
5levy requires the extension of the tax against the taxable
6property in the road district at a rate that is less than the
7lesser of (i) 0.08% of the value of the taxable property in the
8road district, based upon the assessment for the year
9immediately prior to the year in which such tax was levied and
10as equalized by the Department of Revenue, or (ii) a rate that
11will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per mile of road under
12the jurisdiction of the road district, then the amount of the
13allocation for the road district shall be a percentage of the
14maximum allocation equal to the percentage obtained by dividing
15the rate extended by the district by the lesser of (i) 0.08% or
16(ii) the rate that will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per
17mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district.
18    Prior to 2011, if any road district has levied a special
19tax for road purposes pursuant to Sections 6-601, 6-602 and
206-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and such tax was levied in
21an amount which would require extension at a rate of not less
22than .08% of the value of the taxable property thereof, as
23equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, or, in
24DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
25mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
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1compliance with this Section and shall qualify such road
2district for an allotment under this Section. Beginning in 2011
3and thereafter, if any road district has levied a special tax
4for road purposes under Sections 6-601, 6-602, and 6-603 of the
5Illinois Highway Code, and the tax was levied in an amount that
6would require extension at a rate of not less than 0.08% of the
7value of the taxable property of that road district, as
8equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue or, in
9DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
10mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
11whichever is less, that levy shall be deemed a proper
12compliance with this Section and shall qualify such road
13district for a full, rather than proportionate, allotment under
14this Section. If the levy for the special tax is less than
150.08% of the value of the taxable property, or, in DuPage
16County if the levy for the special tax is less than the lesser
17of (i) 0.08% or (ii) $12,000 per mile of road under the
18jurisdiction of the road district, and if the levy for the
19special tax is more than any other levy for road and bridge
20purposes, then the levy for the special tax qualifies the road
21district for a proportionate, rather than full, allotment under
22this Section. If the levy for the special tax is equal to or
23less than any other levy for road and bridge purposes, then any
24allotment under this Section shall be determined by the other
25levy for road and bridge purposes.
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1and bridge fund money which, when added to the amount of any
2tax levy of the road district would be the equivalent of a tax
3levy requiring extension at a rate of at least .08%, or, in
4DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
5mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
6whichever is less, such transfer, together with any such tax
7levy, shall be deemed a proper compliance with this Section and
8shall qualify the road district for an allotment under this
9Section.
10    In counties in which a property tax extension limitation is
11imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, road
12districts may retain their entitlement to a motor fuel tax
13allotment or, beginning in 2011, their entitlement to a full
14allotment if, at the time the property tax extension limitation
15was imposed, the road district was levying a road and bridge
16tax at a rate sufficient to entitle it to a motor fuel tax
17allotment and continues to levy the maximum allowable amount
18after the imposition of the property tax extension limitation.
19Any road district may in all circumstances retain its
20entitlement to a motor fuel tax allotment or, beginning in
212011, its entitlement to a full allotment if it levied a road
22and bridge tax in an amount that will require the extension of
23the tax against the taxable property in the road district at a
24rate of not less than 0.08% of the assessed value of the
25property, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
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1by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
2equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
3jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less.
4    As used in this Section the term "road district" means any
5road district, including a county unit road district, provided
6for by the Illinois Highway Code; and the term "township or
7district road" means any road in the township and district road
8system as defined in the Illinois Highway Code. For the
9purposes of this Section, "township or district road" also
10includes such roads as are maintained by park districts, forest
11preserve districts and conservation districts. The Department
12of Transportation shall determine the mileage of all township
13and district roads for the purposes of making allotments and
14allocations of motor fuel tax funds for use in road districts.
15    Payment of motor fuel tax moneys to municipalities and
16counties shall be made as soon as possible after the allotment
17is made. The treasurer of the municipality or county may invest
18these funds until their use is required and the interest earned
19by these investments shall be limited to the same uses as the
20principal funds.
21    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22the 98th General Assembly, and notwithstanding any other law to
23the contrary, the Motor Fuel Tax Fund shall not be subject to
24sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other
25fiscal or budgetary maneuver that would transfer any amount
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1specifically authorized by law prior to the effective date of
2this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. It shall not
3be lawful to circumvent this limitation by governmental
4reorganization or other methods.
5(Source: P.A. 96-34, eff. 7-13-09; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 96-959,
6eff. 7-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1024, eff. 7-12-10;
796-1384, eff. 7-29-10; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-333, eff.
88-12-11.)
 
9    Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
10amended by changing Sections 4.03.3 and 4.09 as follows:
 
11    (70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3)
12    Sec. 4.03.3. Distribution of Revenues. This Section
13applies only after the Department begins administering and
14enforcing an increased tax under Section 4.03(m) as authorized
15by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. After
16providing for payment of its obligations with respect to bonds
17and notes issued under the provisions of Section 4.04 and
18obligations related to those bonds and notes, the Authority
19shall disburse the remaining proceeds from taxes it has
20received from the Department of Revenue under this Article IV
21and the remaining proceeds it has received from the State under
22Section 4.09(a) as follows:
23    (a) With respect to taxes imposed by the Authority under
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1those taxes collected in Cook County at a rate of 1.25%, 15% of
275% of the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook County
3at the rate of 1%, 15% of one-half of the receipts from those
4taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
5Counties, and 15% of money received by the Authority from the
6Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
7Replacement Fund or from the Regional Transportation Authority
8tax fund created in Section 4.03(n), the Board shall allocate
9the proceeds and money remaining to the Service Boards as
10follows:
11        (1) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
12    from those taxes collected within the City of Chicago at a
13    rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of the receipts from those
14    taxes collected in the City of Chicago at the rate of 1%,
15    and (iii) 85% of the money received by the Authority on
16    account of transfers to the Regional Transportation
17    Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to the
18    Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created in
19    Section 4.03(n) from the County and Mass Transit District
20    Fund attributable to retail sales within the City of
21    Chicago shall be allocated to the Chicago Transit
22    Authority;
23        (2) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
24    from those taxes collected within Cook County outside of
25    the City of Chicago at a rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of
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1    outside the City of Chicago at a rate of 1%, and (iii) 85%
2    of the money received by the Authority on account of
3    transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
4    Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to the Regional
5    Transportation Authority tax fund created in Section
6    4.03(n) from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
7    attributable to retail sales within Cook County outside of
8    the City of Chicago shall be allocated 30% to the Chicago
9    Transit Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Board, and 15%
10    to the Suburban Bus Board; and
11        (3) an amount equal to 85% of one-half of the receipts
12    from the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage,
13    Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be allocated 70% to the
14    Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus Board.
15    (b) Moneys received by the Authority on account of
16transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation
17and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax
18Reform Fund shall be allocated among the Authority and the
19Service Boards as follows: 15% of such moneys shall be retained
20by the Authority and the remaining 85% shall be transferred to
21the Service Boards as soon as may be practicable after the
22Authority receives payment. Moneys which are distributable to
23the Service Boards pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
24allocated among the Service Boards on the basis of each Service
25Board's distribution ratio. The term "distribution ratio"
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1total amount distributed to a Service Board pursuant to
2subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for the immediately preceding
3calendar year to the total amount distributed to all of the
4Service Boards pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for
5the immediately preceding calendar year.
6    (c)(i) 20% of the receipts from those taxes collected in
7Cook County under Section 4.03 at the rate of 1.25%, (ii) 25%
8of the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook County under
9Section 4.03 at the rate of 1%, (iii) 50% of the receipts from
10those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
11Counties under Section 4.03, and (iv) amounts received from the
12State under Section 4.09 (a)(2) and items (i), (ii), and (iii)
13of Section 4.09 (a)(3) shall be allocated as follows: the
14amount required to be deposited into the ADA Paratransit Fund
15described in Section 2.01d, the amount required to be deposited
16into the Suburban Community Mobility Fund described in Section
172.01e, and the amount required to be deposited into the
18Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement Fund described in
19Section 2.01c, and the balance shall be allocated 48% to the
20Chicago Transit Authority, 39% to the Commuter Rail Board, and
2113% to the Suburban Bus Board.
22    (d) Amounts received from the State under Section 4.09
23(a)(3)(iv) shall be distributed 100% to the Chicago Transit
24Authority.
25    (e) With respect to those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane,
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1counties under Section 4.03, the County Board of each county
2shall use those amounts to fund operating and capital costs of
3public safety and public transportation services or facilities
4or to fund operating, capital, right-of-way, construction, and
5maintenance costs of other transportation purposes, including
6road, bridge, public safety, and transit purposes intended to
7improve mobility or reduce congestion in the county. The
8receipt of funding by such counties pursuant to this paragraph
9shall not be used as the basis for reducing any funds that such
10counties would otherwise have received from the State of
11Illinois, any agency or instrumentality thereof, the
12Authority, or the Service Boards.
13    (f) The Authority by ordinance adopted by 12 of its then
14Directors shall apportion to the Service Boards funds provided
15by the State of Illinois under Section 4.09(a)(1) as it shall
16determine and shall make payment of the amounts to each Service
17Board as soon as may be practicable upon their receipt provided
18the Authority has adopted a balanced budget as required by
19Section 4.01 and further provided the Service Board is in
20compliance with the requirements in Section 4.11.
21    (g) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any payments,
22transfers, or expenditures under this Section to a Service
23Board, the Authority must first comply with Section 4.02a or
244.02b of this Act, whichever may be applicable.
25    (h) (Blank) Moneys may be appropriated from the Public
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1General for the costs incurred by the Executive Inspector
2General while serving as the inspector general for the
3Authority and each of the Service Boards. Beginning December
431, 2012, and each year thereafter, the Office of the Executive
5Inspector General shall annually report to the General Assembly
6the expenses incurred while serving as the inspector general
7for the Authority and each of the Service Boards.
8(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11; 97-641, eff. 12-19-11.)
 
9    (70 ILCS 3615/4.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.09)
10    Sec. 4.09. Public Transportation Fund and the Regional
11Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
12Fund.
13    (a)(1) As soon as possible after the first day of each
14month, beginning July 1, 1984, upon certification of the
15Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred
16and the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund
17to a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the
18Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net
19revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
20discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
21Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
22realized from any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to
23Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 and 25% of the amounts deposited into
24the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created by
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1District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance
2Act and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Regional
3Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
4Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided
5in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act. On the first day of
6the month following the date that the Department receives
7revenues from increased taxes under Section 4.03(m) as
8authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly,
9in lieu of the transfers authorized in the preceding sentence,
10upon certification of the Department of Revenue, the
11Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
12transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public
13Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue,
14before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts
15pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and
16Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from
17(i) 80% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at
18a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 75% of the proceeds of any
19tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in Cook County,
20and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
21Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane,
22Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to Section 4.03, and 25%
23of the net revenue realized from any tax imposed by the
24Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.1, and 25% of the amounts
25deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
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1Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of the State
2Finance Act, and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Regional
3Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
4Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided
5in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act. As used in this
6Section, net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue
7collected by the State pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1
8during the previous month from within the metropolitan region,
9less the amount paid out during that same month as refunds to
10taxpayers for overpayment of liability in the metropolitan
11region under Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1.
12    (2) On the first day of the month following the effective
13date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly and
14each month thereafter, upon certification by the Department of
15Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
16Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
17Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 5% of the net
18revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
19discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
20Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
21realized from any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to
22Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 and certified by the Department of
23Revenue under Section 4.03(n) of this Act to be paid to the
24Authority and 5% of the amounts deposited into the Regional
25Transportation Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of
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1provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 5% of
2the amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation
3Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the
4State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section
56z-17 of the State Finance Act, and 5% of the revenue realized
6by the Chicago Transit Authority as financial assistance from
7the City of Chicago from the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
8City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal
9Code.
10    (3) As soon as possible after the first day of January,
112009 and each month thereafter, upon certification of the
12Department of Revenue with respect to the taxes collected under
13Section 4.03, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
14Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
15Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net
16revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
17discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
18Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
19realized from (i) 20% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
20Authority at a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 25% of the
21proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1%
22in Cook County, and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax
23imposed by the Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties
24of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to
25Section 4.03, and the Comptroller shall order transferred and
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1the Public Transportation Fund (iv) an amount equal to 25% of
2the revenue realized by the Chicago Transit Authority as
3financial assistance from the City of Chicago from the proceeds
4of any tax imposed by the City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19
5of the Illinois Municipal Code.
6    (b)(1) All moneys deposited in the Public Transportation
7Fund and the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and
8Use Tax Replacement Fund, whether deposited pursuant to this
9Section or otherwise, are allocated to the Authority.
10Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Public
11Transportation Fund and the Regional Transportation Authority
12Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund shall not be subject to
13sweeps, administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other
14fiscal or budgetary maneuver, including governmental
15reorganization or similar measures, that would transfer any
16amount from the Public Transportation Fund or the Regional
17Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
18Fund into any other Fund of the State or to any recipient other
19than the Authority. The Comptroller, as soon as possible after
20each monthly transfer provided in this Section and after each
21deposit into the Public Transportation Fund, shall order the
22Treasurer to pay to the Authority out of the Public
23Transportation Fund the amount so transferred or deposited. Any
24Additional State Assistance and Additional Financial
25Assistance paid to the Authority under this Section shall be
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1Act. The balance of the amounts paid to the Authority from the
2Public Transportation Fund shall be expended by the Authority
3as provided in Section 4.03.3. The Comptroller, as soon as
4possible after each deposit into the Regional Transportation
5Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund provided in
6this Section and Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, shall
7order the Treasurer to pay to the Authority out of the Regional
8Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
9Fund the amount so deposited. Such amounts paid to the
10Authority may be expended by it for its purposes as provided in
11this Act. The provisions directing the distributions from the
12Public Transportation Fund and the Regional Transportation
13Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund provided for
14in this Section shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing
15appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State
16Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized and
17directed to make distributions as provided in this Section. (2)
18Provided, however, no moneys deposited under subsection (a) of
19this Section shall be paid from the Public Transportation Fund
20to the Authority or its assignee for any fiscal year until the
21Authority has certified to the Governor, the Comptroller, and
22the Mayor of the City of Chicago that it has adopted for that
23fiscal year an Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan
24meeting the requirements in Section 4.01(b).
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1the State shall provide financial assistance ("Additional
2State Assistance") in excess of the amounts transferred to the
3Authority from the General Revenue Fund under subsection (a) of
4this Section. Additional State Assistance shall be calculated
5as provided in subsection (d), but shall in no event exceed the
6following specified amounts with respect to the following State
7fiscal years:
8        1990$5,000,000;
9        1991$5,000,000;
10        1992$10,000,000;
11        1993$10,000,000;
12        1994$20,000,000;
13        1995$30,000,000;
14        1996$40,000,000;
15        1997$50,000,000;
16        1998$55,000,000; and
17        each year thereafter$55,000,000.
18    (c-5) The State shall provide financial assistance
19("Additional Financial Assistance") in addition to the
20Additional State Assistance provided by subsection (c) and the
21amounts transferred to the Authority from the General Revenue
22Fund under subsection (a) of this Section. Additional Financial
23Assistance provided by this subsection shall be calculated as
24provided in subsection (d), but shall in no event exceed the
25following specified amounts with respect to the following State
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1        2000$0;
2        2001$16,000,000;
3        2002$35,000,000;
4        2003$54,000,000;
5        2004$73,000,000;
6        2005$93,000,000; and
7        each year thereafter$100,000,000.
8    (d) Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and continuing
9for each State fiscal year thereafter, the Authority shall
10annually certify to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer,
11separately with respect to each of subdivisions (g)(2) and
12(g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act, the following amounts:
13        (1) The amount necessary and required, during the State
14    fiscal year with respect to which the certification is
15    made, to pay its obligations for debt service on all
16    outstanding bonds or notes issued by the Authority under
17    subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act.
18        (2) An estimate of the amount necessary and required to
19    pay its obligations for debt service for any bonds or notes
20    which the Authority anticipates it will issue under
21    subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 during that
22    State fiscal year.
23        (3) Its debt service savings during the preceding State
24    fiscal year from refunding or advance refunding of bonds or
25    notes issued under subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of
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1        (4) The amount of interest, if any, earned by the
2    Authority during the previous State fiscal year on the
3    proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to subdivisions
4    (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04, other than refunding or
5    advance refunding bonds or notes.
6    The certification shall include a specific schedule of debt
7service payments, including the date and amount of each payment
8for all outstanding bonds or notes and an estimated schedule of
9anticipated debt service for all bonds and notes it intends to
10issue, if any, during that State fiscal year, including the
11estimated date and estimated amount of each payment.
12    Immediately upon the issuance of bonds for which an
13estimated schedule of debt service payments was prepared, the
14Authority shall file an amended certification with respect to
15item (2) above, to specify the actual schedule of debt service
16payments, including the date and amount of each payment, for
17the remainder of the State fiscal year.
18    On the first day of each month of the State fiscal year in
19which there are bonds outstanding with respect to which the
20certification is made, the State Comptroller shall order
21transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the
22General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund the
23Additional State Assistance and Additional Financial
24Assistance in an amount equal to the aggregate of (i)
25one-twelfth of the sum of the amounts certified under items (1)
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1plus (ii) the amount required to pay debt service on bonds and
2notes issued during the fiscal year, if any, divided by the
3number of months remaining in the fiscal year after the date of
4issuance, or some smaller portion as may be necessary under
5subsection (c) or (c-5) of this Section for the relevant State
6fiscal year, plus (iii) any cumulative deficiencies in
7transfers for prior months, until an amount equal to the sum of
8the amounts certified under items (1) and (3) above, plus the
9actual debt service certified under item (2) above, less the
10amount certified under item (4) above, has been transferred;
11except that these transfers are subject to the following
12limits:
13        (A) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
14    fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
15    by the Authority under subdivision (g)(2) of Section 4.04
16    exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified in
17    subsection (c) or the sum of the amounts certified under
18    items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt service
19    certified under item (2) above, less the amount certified
20    under item (4) above, with respect to those bonds and
21    notes.
22        (B) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
23    fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
24    by the Authority under subdivision (g)(3) of Section 4.04
25    exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified in
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1    items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt service
2    certified under item (2) above, less the amount certified
3    under item (4) above, with respect to those bonds and
4    notes.
5    The term "outstanding" does not include bonds or notes for
6which refunding or advance refunding bonds or notes have been
7issued.
8    (e) Neither Additional State Assistance nor Additional
9Financial Assistance may be pledged, either directly or
10indirectly as general revenues of the Authority, as security
11for any bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority may not
12assign its right to receive Additional State Assistance or
13Additional Financial Assistance, or direct payment of
14Additional State Assistance or Additional Financial
15Assistance, to a trustee or any other entity for the payment of
16debt service on its bonds.
17    (f) The certification required under subsection (d) with
18respect to outstanding bonds and notes of the Authority shall
19be filed as early as practicable before the beginning of the
20State fiscal year to which it relates. The certification shall
21be revised as may be necessary to accurately state the debt
22service requirements of the Authority.
23    (g) Within 6 months of the end of each fiscal year, the
24Authority shall determine:
25        (i) whether the aggregate of all system generated
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1    region which is provided by, or under grant or purchase of
2    service contracts with, the Service Boards equals 50% of
3    the aggregate of all costs of providing such public
4    transportation. "System generated revenues" include all
5    the proceeds of fares and charges for services provided,
6    contributions received in connection with public
7    transportation from units of local government other than
8    the Authority, except for contributions received by the
9    Chicago Transit Authority from a real estate transfer tax
10    imposed under subsection (i) of Section 8-3-19 of the
11    Illinois Municipal Code, and from the State pursuant to
12    subsection (i) of Section 2705-305 of the Department of
13    Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), and all other
14    revenues properly included consistent with generally
15    accepted accounting principles but may not include: the
16    proceeds from any borrowing, and, beginning with the 2007
17    fiscal year, all revenues and receipts, including but not
18    limited to fares and grants received from the federal,
19    State or any unit of local government or other entity,
20    derived from providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to
21    Section 2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
22    "Costs" include all items properly included as operating
23    costs consistent with generally accepted accounting
24    principles, including administrative costs, but do not
25    include: depreciation; payment of principal and interest
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1    borrowed money of the Authority; payments with respect to
2    public transportation facilities made pursuant to
3    subsection (b) of Section 2.20; any payments with respect
4    to rate protection contracts, credit enhancements or
5    liquidity agreements made under Section 4.14; any other
6    cost as to which it is reasonably expected that a cash
7    expenditure will not be made; costs for passenger security
8    including grants, contracts, personnel, equipment and
9    administrative expenses, except in the case of the Chicago
10    Transit Authority, in which case the term does not include
11    costs spent annually by that entity for protection against
12    crime as required by Section 27a of the Metropolitan
13    Transit Authority Act; the costs of Debt Service paid by
14    the Chicago Transit Authority, as defined in Section 12c of
15    the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, or bonds or notes
16    issued pursuant to that Section; the payment by the
17    Commuter Rail Division of debt service on bonds issued
18    pursuant to Section 3B.09; expenses incurred by the
19    Suburban Bus Division for the cost of new public
20    transportation services funded from grants pursuant to
21    Section 2.01e of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
22    Assembly for a period of 2 years from the date of
23    initiation of each such service; costs as exempted by the
24    Board for projects pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act;
25    or, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related
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1    2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; or in
2    fiscal years 2008 through 2012 inclusive, costs in the
3    amount of $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by
4    $40,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter until this
5    exemption is eliminated. If said system generated revenues
6    are less than 50% of said costs, the Board shall remit an
7    amount equal to the amount of the deficit to the State. The
8    Treasurer shall deposit any such payment in the General
9    Revenue Fund; and
10        (ii) whether, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, the
11    aggregate of all fares charged and received for ADA
12    paratransit services equals the system generated ADA
13    paratransit services revenue recovery ratio percentage of
14    the aggregate of all costs of providing such ADA
15    paratransit services.
16    (h) If the Authority makes any payment to the State under
17paragraph (g), the Authority shall reduce the amount provided
18to a Service Board from funds transferred under paragraph (a)
19in proportion to the amount by which that Service Board failed
20to meet its required system generated revenues recovery ratio.
21A Service Board which is affected by a reduction in funds under
22this paragraph shall submit to the Authority concurrently with
23its next due quarterly report a revised budget incorporating
24the reduction in funds. The revised budget must meet the
25criteria specified in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section
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1budget as provided in Section 4.11(b)(3).
2    (i) The Office of Executive Inspector General may submit
3invoices to the Authority for costs incurred while serving as
4the inspector general for the Authority and each of the Service
5Boards, and the Authority may pay those claims from amounts
6received under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section
74.09. On December 31 of each year, the Office of Inspector
8General shall report to the General Assembly the expenses
9incurred while serving as the inspector general for the
10Authority and each of the Service Boards.
11(Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08;
1295-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.