Full Text of SB2229 96th General Assembly
SB2229sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Christine Radogno
Filed: 3/25/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2229
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2229 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 2-15.2 as follows: | 6 |
| (30 ILCS 740/2-15.2) | 7 |
| Sec. 2-15.2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no | 8 |
| later than 60 days following the effective date of this | 9 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, any fixed route | 10 |
| public transportation services provided by, or under grant or | 11 |
| purchase of service contracts of, every participant, as defined | 12 |
| in Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), shall be provided without charge to | 13 |
| all senior citizen residents of the participant aged 65 and | 14 |
| older who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in | 15 |
| subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and | 16 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical |
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| Assistance Act , under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 2 |
| the participant. The Department on Aging shall furnish all | 3 |
| information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, | 4 |
| including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for | 5 |
| services without charge under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 7 |
| Section 10. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | 8 |
| amended by changing Section 51 as follows: | 9 |
| (70 ILCS 3605/51) | 10 |
| Sec. 51. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later | 11 |
| than 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory | 12 |
| Act of the 95th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 13 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 14 |
| of service contracts of, the Board shall be provided without | 15 |
| charge to all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region (as | 16 |
| such term is defined in 70 ILCS 3615/1.03) aged 65 and older | 17 |
| who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in | 18 |
| subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and | 19 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | 20 |
| Assistance Act , under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 21 |
| the Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish all | 22 |
| information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, | 23 |
| including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for | 24 |
| services without charge under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 2 |
| Section 15. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended | 3 |
| by changing Section 8.6 as follows: | 4 |
| (70 ILCS 3610/8.6) | 5 |
| Sec. 8.6. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later | 6 |
| than 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory | 7 |
| Act of the 95th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 8 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 9 |
| of service contracts of, every District shall be provided | 10 |
| without charge to all senior citizens of the District aged 65 | 11 |
| and older who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth | 12 |
| in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and | 13 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | 14 |
| Assistance Act , under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 15 |
| the District. The Department on Aging shall furnish all | 16 |
| information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, | 17 |
| including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for | 18 |
| services without charge under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 20 |
| Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 21 |
| amended by changing Sections 3A.15 and 3B.14 as follows: | 22 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.15) |
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| Sec. 3A.15. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no | 2 |
| later than 60 days following the effective date of this | 3 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, any fixed route | 4 |
| public transportation services provided by, or under grant or | 5 |
| purchase of service contracts of, the Suburban Bus Board shall | 6 |
| be provided without charge to all senior citizens of the | 7 |
| Metropolitan Region aged 65 and older who meet the income | 8 |
| eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section | 9 |
| 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | 10 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act , under such | 11 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Suburban Bus Board. | 12 |
| The Department on Aging shall furnish all information | 13 |
| reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including | 14 |
| updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services | 15 |
| without charge under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 17 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14) | 18 |
| Sec. 3B.14. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no | 19 |
| later than 60 days following the effective date of this | 20 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, any fixed route | 21 |
| public transportation services provided by, or under grant or | 22 |
| purchase of service contracts of, the Commuter Rail Board shall | 23 |
| be provided without charge to all senior citizens of the | 24 |
| Metropolitan Region aged 65 and older who meet the income | 25 |
| eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section |
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| 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | 2 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act , under such | 3 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Commuter Rail Board. | 4 |
| The Department on Aging shall furnish all information | 5 |
| reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including | 6 |
| updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services | 7 |
| without charge under this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 |
| becoming law.".
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