Full Text of SB2937 97th General Assembly
SB2937 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2937 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 3610/2 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 352 |
70 ILCS 3610/3 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 353 |
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Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Creates the Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District. Provides that the Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District shall include all municipalities located within McHenry County.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3610/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 352)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
| 8 | | (a) "Mass transit facility" means any local public | 9 | | transportation
facility, whether buses, trolley-buses, or | 10 | | railway systems, utilized by
a substantial number of persons | 11 | | for their daily transportation, and
includes not only the local | 12 | | public transportation facility itself but
ancillary and | 13 | | supporting facilities such as, for example, motor vehicle
| 14 | | parking facilities, as well.
| 15 | | (b) "Participating municipality and county" means the | 16 | | municipality
or municipalities, county or counties creating | 17 | | the local Mass Transit
District pursuant to Section 3 of this | 18 | | Act.
| 19 | | (c) "Municipality" means a city, village, township, or | 20 | | incorporated
town.
| 21 | | (d) "Corporate authorities" means (1) the city council or | 22 | | similar
body of a city, (2) the board of trustees or similar | 23 | | body of a village
or incorporated town, (3) the council of a |
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| 1 | | municipality under the
commission form of municipal | 2 | | government, and (4) the board of trustees
in a township.
| 3 | | (e) "County board" means the governing board of a county.
| 4 | | (f) "District" means a local Mass Transit District created | 5 | | pursuant
to Section 3 of this Act.
| 6 | | (g) "Board" means the Board of Trustees of a local Mass | 7 | | Transit
District created pursuant to Section 3 of this Act.
| 8 | | (h) "Interstate transportation authority" shall mean any | 9 | | political
subdivision created by compact between this State and | 10 | | another state, which is
a body corporate and politic and a | 11 | | political subdivision of both contracting
states, and which | 12 | | operates a public mass transportation system.
| 13 | | (i) "Metro East Mass Transit District" means one or more | 14 | | local mass transit
districts created pursuant to this Act, | 15 | | composed only of Madison, St. Clair
or Monroe Counties, or any | 16 | | combination thereof or any territory annexed to such
district.
| 17 | | (j) "Public mass transportation system" shall mean a | 18 | | transportation system
or systems owned and operated by an | 19 | | interstate transportation authority,
a municipality, District, | 20 | | or other public or private authority, employing
motor busses, | 21 | | rails or any other means of conveyance, by whatsoever type or
| 22 | | power, operated for public use in the conveyance of persons, | 23 | | mainly providing
local transportation service within an | 24 | | interstate transportation district,
municipality, or county.
| 25 | | (k) "Southeast Commuter Rail Transit District" means one or | 26 | | more local mass transit districts created pursuant to this Act, |
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| 1 | | composed only of municipalities located within Cook County or | 2 | | Will County, or both, or any territory annexed to such | 3 | | district. | 4 | | (l) "Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District" means one or | 5 | | more local mass transit districts created pursuant to this Act, | 6 | | composed only of municipalities located within McHenry County, | 7 | | or any territory annexed to such district. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-1542, eff. 3-8-11.)
| 9 | | (70 ILCS 3610/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 353)
| 10 | | Sec. 3. Creation of a district. For the purpose of | 11 | | acquiring, constructing, owning, operating
and maintaining | 12 | | mass transit facilities for public service or
subsidizing the | 13 | | operation thereof a local Mass Transit District may be
created, | 14 | | composed of one or more municipalities or one or more counties
| 15 | | or any combination thereof, by ordinance approved by a majority | 16 | | vote of
the corporate authorities or by resolution approved by | 17 | | a majority vote
of the county board of each participating | 18 | | municipality and county.
A Metro East Mass Transit District | 19 | | created by one or more counties shall
include: (1) those | 20 | | townships which were served by regularly scheduled mass
transit | 21 | | routes operated by an interstate transportation authority on | 22 | | June
1, 1980; (2) in the case of a county without townships, | 23 | | any municipality
or unincorporated portion of a road district | 24 | | which was served by regularly
scheduled mass transit routes | 25 | | operated by an interstate transportation
authority
on June 1, |
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| 1 | | 1980; (3) any other townships or municipalities whose | 2 | | participation
is approved by ordinance adopted by a majority | 3 | | vote of their Board of Trustees
or corporate authorities; plus | 4 | | (4) in the case of a county without townships,
the | 5 | | unincorporated portion of any road district, the participation | 6 | | of which
is approved by an ordinance adopted by a majority vote | 7 | | of the Board of
Commissioners
of the county in which it is | 8 | | located.
Such
District shall be known as the ".... Mass Transit | 9 | | District", inserting
all or any significant part of the name or | 10 | | names of the municipality or
the county, or both, creating the | 11 | | District, or a name descriptive of the
area to be served if the | 12 | | District is created by more than one
municipality, more than | 13 | | one county, or any combination thereof. A Southeast Commuter | 14 | | Rail Transit District shall include: the Village of Crete, the | 15 | | Village of Steger, the Village of South Chicago Heights, the | 16 | | City of Chicago Heights, the Village of Glenwood, the Village | 17 | | of Thornton, the Village of South Holland, the Village of | 18 | | Dolton, the City of Calumet City, the Village of Lansing, and | 19 | | the Village of Lynwood. A Northwest Metra Commuter Rail | 20 | | District shall include all municipalities located within | 21 | | McHenry County.
| 22 | | The District created pursuant to this Act shall be a | 23 | | municipal
corporation and shall have the right of eminent | 24 | | domain to acquire
private property which is necessary for the | 25 | | purposes of the District,
and shall have the power to contract | 26 | | for public mass transportation with
an Interstate |
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| 1 | | Transportation Authority.
| 2 | | Upon the creation of any District, the clerk of the | 3 | | municipality or
of the county, or the clerks of the several | 4 | | municipalities or counties,
as the case may be, shall certify a | 5 | | copy of the ordinance or resolution
creating the District, and | 6 | | the names of the persons first appointed
Trustees thereof, and | 7 | | shall file the same with the county clerk for
recording as | 8 | | certificates of incorporation and the county clerk shall
cause | 9 | | duplicate certified copies thereof to be filed with the | 10 | | Secretary
of State.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1542, eff. 3-8-11.)
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