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SPECIAL DISTRICTS (70 ILCS 3605/) Chicago Transit Authority Act.
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(70 ILCS 3605/1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 301)
Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Chicago Transit Authority Act, and for the purposes of legal obligations created prior to this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, it may also be cited as the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 302)
Sec. 2. When used in this Act: "Transportation System" means all plants, equipment, property and rights useful for transportation of passengers for hire except taxicabs and includes, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, street railways, elevated railroads, subways and underground railroads, motor vehicles, trolley buses, motor buses and any combination thereof. "Authority" means Chicago Transit Authority created by this Act. "Board" means Chicago Transit Board. "Governor" means Governor of the State of Illinois. "Mayor" means Mayor of the City of Chicago. "Metropolitan area" has the meaning given to the term "metropolitan region" in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act. "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled or which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated on rails. "Municipal government" means a "municipality" as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. "Supermajority vote" means a supermajority vote by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority as defined in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act. "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. (Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 303) Sec. 3. (Repealed).(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 304) Sec. 4. (Repealed).(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 305)
Sec. 5.
The Authority may sue and be sued in its corporate name but
execution shall not in any case issue against any property of the
Authority. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. The
principal office of the Authority shall be in the City of Chicago.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 306)
Sec. 6. Subject to the powers and duties of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority created by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, the Chicago Transit Authority shall have power to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain for public service a transportation system in the metropolitan area of Cook County and outside thereof to the extent herein provided and all the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this Act, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the specific powers enumerated herein.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/6.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 306.1) Sec. 6.1. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 82-1048. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 307)
Sec. 7. General powers. (a) The Board of the Authority shall: (1) oversee the operations and management of the | ||
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(2) convey the Northern Illinois Transit Authority's | ||
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(3) convey information, concerns, and recommendations | ||
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(b) The Board shall manage the debt that was issued and outstanding by the Authority and ensure that the obligations owed to bondholders are fulfilled. (c) The Board may not issue new debt, except for: (1) debt or other financial instruments designed to | ||
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(2) debt or other financial instruments in the | ||
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(3) debt or other financial instruments in the | ||
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The Authority shall receive revenues sufficient to satisfy the financial obligation of the above instruments under the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act. All material changes in the amount, terms and conditions, or other requirements of the projects covered by the Full Funding Agreements in paragraphs (2) and (3) and occurring after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly are subject to the review and approval of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The Authority shall cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit Authority on the use of alternative issuers of debt or other financial instruments or other efforts by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority to reduce the debt expense of the above-referenced projects, including pursuit of additional funding sources. The authorization provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection shall expire on December 31, 2032. (d) In addition to any powers provided in this Act, the Authority shall have all of the powers specified in Section 2.20 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, except that the powers specified in paragraph (v) of subsection (a) of Section 2.20 must be delegated to the Authority by the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. (e) The Board shall also have the power to: (1) cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit | ||
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(2) receive funds from the Northern Illinois Transit | ||
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(3) receive financial grants from the Northern | ||
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(4) adopt ordinances and rules to regulate the use, | ||
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(5) carry into effect the powers granted to the | ||
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(f) The Authority shall use powers delegated to it by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority to oversee the delivery of public transportation in the metropolitan region, provided that the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall retain primary responsibility for setting fares, service standards, schedules, and coordinated fare collection so that the public transportation system in the metropolitan region operates on a one-network, one-timetable, one-ticket model for transit users.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/7a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 307a)
Sec. 7a.
Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance
with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the
Eighty-fourth General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 84-731.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 308) Sec. 8. (Repealed).(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/8.5) Sec. 8.5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309)
Sec. 9.
The Authority shall have power to enter into agreements for the
joint use of any property and rights by the Authority and any public
utility operating a railroad; to enter into agreements with any public
utility operating any transportation facilities either within or without
the metropolitan area for the joint use of any property of the Authority or
public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares and
transfer of passengers.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/9a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309a)
Sec. 9a. In addition to all its other powers, the Authority shall, in all its dealings with the Northern Illinois Transit Authority established by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act have the following powers: (a) (blank); (b) (blank); (c) to receive financial grants from the Northern Illinois Transit Authority or a Service Board, as defined in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, upon such terms and conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract between either the Authority and the Northern Illinois Transit Authority or the Authority and another Service Board, which contract or agreement may be for such number of years or duration as the parties may agree, all as provided in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act; (d) to acquire from the Northern Illinois Transit Authority any Public Transportation Facility, as defined in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, by purchase contract, gift, grant, exchange for other property or rights in property, lease (or sublease) or installment or conditional purchase contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for consideration to be paid in annual installments during a period not exceeding 40 years; such property may be acquired subject to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or other interests of other parties as the Authority may deem appropriate and in each case the Authority may acquire or dispose of a joint, leasehold, easement, license or other partial interest in such property; (e) to sell, sell by installment contract, lease (or sublease) as lessor, or transfer to, or grant to or provide for the use by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority any Public Transportation Facility, as defined in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, upon such terms and for such consideration, or for no consideration, as the Authority may deem proper; (f) to cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit Authority for the protection of employees of the Authority and users of public transportation facilities against crime and unsafe conditions and also to protect such facilities; such cooperation may include, without limitation, agreements for the coordination or merger of police or security forces; (g) to file such budgets, financial plans and reports with and transfer such records, papers, or documents to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority as may be agreed upon with, or required by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, all as provided in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/9b) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309b)
Sec. 9b. The Authority shall comply with the requirements imposed upon a Service Board in Sections 4.09(d) and 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act and with the requirements of Section 2.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/9c) Sec. 9c. State safety oversight for rail fixed guideway public transportation systems. The Authority shall comply with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and 49 U.S.C. 5330 as required by the Department of Transportation under paragraph (7) of Section 2705-300 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 102-559, eff. 8-20-21.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 310) Sec. 10. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 76-1548. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 311)
Sec. 11.
The Authority shall have the right, but not exclusive of the
public right, to use any public road, street or other public way in the
metropolitan area for interurban transportation of passengers. The
Authority shall not have the right to use any street or other public way in
any city, village or incorporated town, either within or without the
metropolitan area, for local transportation of passengers within any such
municipality, unless and until authorized so to do by an ordinance passed
by the corporate authorities of such municipality. In no case shall the
Authority construct or operate any street railroad in any city, village or
incorporated town until the corporate authorities thereof shall have passed
an ordinance consenting thereto.
(Source: P.A. 76-1548.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/11.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 311.1) Sec. 11.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87-985. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312) Sec. 12. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 81-1504. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/12a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312a)
Sec. 12a. (a) In addition to other powers provided in Section 12b, the Authority may issue its notes from time to time, in anticipation of tax receipts of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority allocated to the Authority or of other revenues or receipts of the Authority, in order to provide money for the Authority to cover any cash flow deficit which the Authority anticipates incurring. Provided, however, that no such notes may be issued unless the annual cost thereof is incorporated in a budget or revised budget of the Authority which has been approved by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. Any such notes are referred to as "Working Cash Notes". Provided further that, the board shall not issue and have outstanding or demand and direct that the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority issue and have outstanding more than an aggregate of $40,000,000 in Working Cash Notes. No Working Cash Notes shall be issued for a term of longer than 18 months. Proceeds of Working Cash Notes may be used to pay day to day operating expenses of the Authority, consisting of wages, salaries and fringe benefits, professional and technical services (including legal, audit, engineering and other consulting services), office rental, furniture, fixtures and equipment, insurance premiums, claims for self-insured amounts under insurance policies, public utility obligations for telephone, light, heat and similar items, travel expenses, office supplies, postage, dues, subscriptions, public hearings and information expenses, fuel purchases, and payments of grants and payments under purchase of service agreements for operations of Transportation Agencies, prior to the receipt by the Authority from time to time of funds for paying such expenses. Proceeds of the Working Cash Notes shall not be used (i) to increase or provide a debt service reserve fund for any bonds or notes other than Working Cash Notes of the same Series, or (ii) to pay principal of or interest or redemption premium on any capital bonds or notes, whether as such amounts become due or by earlier redemption, issued by the Authority or a transportation agency to construct or acquire public transportation facilities, or to provide funds to purchase such capital bonds or notes. (b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of any such notes shall fix the date or dates of maturity, the dates on which interest is payable, any sinking fund account or reserve fund account provisions and all other details of such notes and may provide for such covenants or agreements necessary or desirable with regard to the issue, sale and security of such notes. The Authority shall determine and fix the rate or rates of interest of its notes issued under this Act in an ordinance adopted by the Board prior to the issuance thereof, none of which rates of interest shall exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act. Interest may be payable annually or semi-annually, or at such other times as determined by the Board. Notes issued under this Section may be issued as serial or term obligations, shall be of such denomination or denominations and form, including interest coupons to be attached thereto, be executed in such manner, shall be payable at such place or places and bear such date as the Board shall fix by the ordinance authorizing such note and shall mature at such time or times, within a period not to exceed 18 months from the date of issue, and may be redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium, at the option of the Board, upon such terms and conditions as the Board shall fix by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such notes. The Board may provide for the registration of notes in the name of the owner as to the principal alone or as to both principal and interest, upon such terms and conditions as the Board may determine. The ordinance authorizing notes may provide for the exchange of such notes which are fully registered, as to both principal and interest, with notes which are registerable as to principal only. All notes issued under this Section by the Board shall be sold at a price which may be at a premium or discount but such that the interest cost (excluding any redemption premium) to the Board of the proceeds of an issue of such notes, computed to stated maturity according to standard tables of bond values, shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act. Such notes shall be sold at such time or times as the Board shall determine. The notes may be sold either upon competitive bidding or by negotiated sale (without any requirement of publication of intention to negotiate the sale of such notes), as the Board shall determine by ordinance adopted with the affirmative votes of at least 4 Directors. In case any officer whose signature appears on any notes or coupons authorized pursuant to this Section shall cease to be such officer before delivery of such notes, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery. Neither the Directors of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, the Directors of the Authority nor any person executing any bonds or notes thereof shall be liable personally on any such bonds or notes or coupons by reason of the issuance thereof. (c) All notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this Section shall be general obligations of the Authority to which shall be pledged the full faith and credit of the Authority, as provided in this Section. Such notes shall be secured as provided in the authorizing ordinance, which may, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, include in addition to any other security, a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security interest in any or all tax receipts of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority allocated to the Authority and on any or all other revenues or moneys of the Authority from whatever source which may by law be utilized for debt service purposes and a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security interest in any funds or accounts established or provided for by the ordinance of the Board authorizing the issuance of such notes. Any such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest for the benefit of holders of notes of the Authority shall be valid and binding from the time the notes are issued without any physical delivery or further act, and shall be valid and binding as against and prior to the claims of all other parties having claims of any kind against the Authority or any other person irrespective of whether such other parties have notice of such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest. The obligations of the Authority incurred pursuant to this Section shall be superior to and have priority over any other obligations of the Authority except for obligations under Section 12. The Board may provide in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of any notes issued pursuant to this Section for the creation of, deposits in, and regulation and disposition of sinking fund or reserve accounts relating to such notes. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of any notes pursuant to this Section may contain provisions as part of the contract with the holders of the notes, for the creation of a separate fund to provide for the payment of principal and interest on such notes and for the deposit in such fund from any or all the tax receipts of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority allocated to the Authority and from any or all such other moneys or revenues of the Authority from whatever source which may by law be utilized for debt service purposes, all as provided in such ordinance, of amounts to meet the debt service requirements on such notes, including principal and interest, and any sinking fund or reserve fund account requirements as may be provided by such ordinance, and all expenses incident to or in connection with such fund and accounts or the payment of such notes. Such ordinance may also provide limitations on the issuance of additional notes of the Authority. No such notes of the Authority shall constitute a debt of the State of Illinois. (d) The ordinance of the Board authorizing the issuance of any notes may provide additional security for such notes by providing for appointment of a corporate trustee (which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within the State) with respect to such notes. The ordinance shall prescribe the rights, duties and powers of the trustee to be exercised for the benefit of the Authority and the protection of the holders of such notes. The ordinance may provide for the trustee to hold in trust, invest and use amounts in funds and accounts created as provided by the ordinance with respect to the notes. The ordinance shall provide that amounts so paid to the trustee which are not required to be deposited, held or invested in funds and accounts created by the ordinance with respect to notes or used for paying notes to be paid by the trustee to the Authority. (e) Any notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute a contract between the Authority and the holders from time to time of such notes. In issuing any note, the Board may include in the ordinance authorizing such issue a covenant as part of the contract with the holders of the notes, that as long as such obligations are outstanding, it shall make such deposits, as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section. A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of any such obligations shall be filed at or prior to the issuance of such obligations with the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, Comptroller of the State of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Revenue. (f) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the holders of the notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this Section that the State will not limit or alter the rights and powers vested in the Authority by this Act or in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act so as to impair the terms of any contract made by the Authority with such holders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders until such notes, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. In addition, the State pledges to and agrees with the holders of the notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this Section that the State will not limit or alter the basis on which State funds are to be paid to the Authority as provided in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, or the use of such funds, so as to impair the terms of any such contract. The Board is authorized to include these pledges and agreements of the State in any contract with the holders of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section. (g) The Board shall not at any time issue, sell or deliver any Interim Financing Notes pursuant to this Section which will cause it to have issued and outstanding at any time in excess of $40,000,000 of Working Cash Notes. Notes which are being paid or retired by such issuance, sale or delivery of notes, and notes for which sufficient funds have been deposited with the paying agency of such notes to provide for payment of principal and interest thereon or to provide for the redemption thereof, all pursuant to the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such notes, shall not be considered to be outstanding for the purposes of this paragraph. (h) The Board, subject to the terms of any agreements with noteholders as may then exist, shall have power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase notes of the Authority which shall thereupon be cancelled. (i) In addition to any other authority granted by law, the State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, invest or reinvest, at a price not to exceed par, any State money in the State treasury that is not needed for current expenditures due or about to become due in Interim Financing Notes. In the event of a default on an interim financing note issued by the Chicago Transit Authority in which State money in the State treasury was invested, the Treasurer may, after giving notice to the Authority, certify to the Comptroller the amounts of the defaulted interim financing note, in accordance with any applicable rules of the Comptroller, and the Comptroller must deduct and remit to the State treasury the certified amounts or a portion of those amounts from the following proportions of payments of State funds to the Authority: (1) in the first year after default, one-third of the | ||
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(2) in the second year after default, two-thirds of | ||
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(3) in the third year after default and for each year | ||
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(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/12b) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312b)
Sec. 12b. Working Cash Borrowing. In addition to the powers provided in Section 12a, the Board with the affirmative vote of 5 of its Directors may request the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority to issue Working Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts and having such maturities as the Authority deems proper, provided however any such borrowing shall have been specifically identified in the budget of the Authority as approved by the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. Provided further, that the Board may not issue and have outstanding or demand and direct the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority to issue and have outstanding more than an aggregate of $40,000,000 in Working Cash Notes.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/12c) Sec. 12c. Retiree Benefits Bonds and Notes. (a) In addition to all other bonds or notes that it is authorized to issue, the Authority is authorized to issue its bonds or notes for the purposes of providing funds for the Authority to make the deposits described in Section 12c(b)(1) and (2), for refunding any bonds authorized to be issued under this Section, as well as for the purposes of paying costs of issuance, obtaining bond insurance or other credit enhancement or liquidity facilities, paying costs of obtaining related swaps as authorized in the Bond Authorization Act ("Swaps"), providing a debt service reserve fund, paying Debt Service (as defined in paragraph (i) of this Section 12c), and paying all other costs related to any such bonds or notes. (b)(1) After its receipt of a certified copy of a report of the Auditor General of the State of Illinois meeting the requirements of Section 3-2.3 of the Illinois State Auditing Act, the Authority may issue $1,348,550,000 aggregate original principal amount of bonds and notes. After payment of the costs of issuance and necessary deposits to funds and accounts established with respect to debt service, the net proceeds of such bonds or notes shall be deposited only in the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees and used only for the purposes required by Section 22-101 of the Illinois Pension Code. Provided that no less than $1,110,500,000 has been deposited in the Retirement Plan, remaining proceeds of bonds issued under this subparagraph (b)(1) may be used to pay costs of issuance and make necessary deposits to funds and accounts with respect to debt service for bonds and notes issued under this subparagraph or subparagraph (b)(2). (2) After its receipt of a certified copy of a report of the Auditor General of the State of Illinois meeting the requirements of Section 3-2.3 of the Illinois State Auditing Act, the Authority may issue $639,680,000 aggregate original principal amount of bonds and notes. After payment of the costs of issuance and necessary deposits to funds and accounts established with respect to debt service, the net proceeds of such bonds or notes shall be deposited only in the Retiree Health Care Trust and used only for the purposes required by Section 22-101B of the Illinois Pension Code. Provided that no less than $528,800,000 has been deposited in the Retiree Health Care Trust, remaining proceeds of bonds issued under this subparagraph (b)(2) may be used to pay costs of issuance and make necessary deposits to funds and accounts with respect to debt service for bonds and notes issued under this subparagraph or subparagraph (b)(1). (3) In addition, refunding bonds are authorized to be issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds or notes issued under this Section 12c. (4) The bonds or notes issued under 12c(b)(1) shall be issued as soon as practicable after the Auditor General issues the report provided in Section 3-2.3(b) of the Illinois State Auditing Act. The bonds or notes issued under 12c(b)(2) shall be issued as soon as practicable after the Auditor General issues the report provided in Section 3-2.3(c) of the Illinois State Auditing Act. (5) With respect to bonds and notes issued under subparagraph (b), scheduled aggregate annual payments of interest or deposits into funds and accounts established for the purpose of such payment shall commence within one year after the bonds and notes are issued. With respect to principal and interest, scheduled aggregate annual payments of principal and interest or deposits into funds and accounts established for the purpose of such payment shall be not less than 70% in 2009, 80% in 2010, and 90% in 2011, respectively, of scheduled payments or deposits of principal and interest in 2012 and shall be substantially equal beginning in 2012 and each year thereafter. For purposes of this subparagraph (b), "substantially equal" means that debt service in any full year after calendar year 2011 is not more than 115% of debt service in any other full year after calendar year 2011 during the term of the bonds or notes. For the purposes of this subsection (b), with respect to bonds and notes that bear interest at a variable rate, interest shall be assumed at a rate equal to the rate for United States Treasury Securities - State and Local Government Series for the same maturity, plus 75 basis points. If the Authority enters into a Swap with a counterparty requiring the Authority to pay a fixed interest rate on a notional amount, and the Authority has made a determination that such Swap was entered into for the purpose of providing substitute interest payments for variable interest rate bonds or notes of a particular maturity or maturities in a principal amount equal to the notional amount of the Swap, then during the term of the Swap for purposes of any calculation of interest payable on such bonds or notes, the interest rate on the bonds or notes of such maturity or maturities shall be determined as if such bonds or notes bore interest at the fixed interest rate payable by the Authority under such Swap. (6) No bond or note issued under this Section 12c shall mature later than December 31, 2040. (c) The Chicago Transit Board shall provide for the issuance of bonds or notes as authorized in this Section 12c by the adoption of an ordinance. The ordinance, together with the bonds or notes, shall constitute a contract among the Authority, the owners from time to time of the bonds or notes, any bond trustee with respect to the bonds or notes, any related credit enhancer and any provider of any related Swaps. (d) The Authority is authorized to cause the proceeds of the bonds or notes, and any interest or investment earnings on the bonds or notes, and of any Swaps, to be invested until the proceeds and any interest or investment earnings have been deposited with the Retirement Plan or the Retiree Health Care Trust. (e) Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c may be general obligations of the Authority, to which shall be pledged the full faith and credit of the Authority, or may be obligations payable solely from particular sources of funds all as may be provided in the authorizing ordinance. The authorizing ordinance for the bonds and notes, whether or not general obligations of the Authority, may provide for the Debt Service (as defined in paragraph (i) of this Section 12c) to have a claim for payment from particular sources of funds, including, without limitation, amounts to be paid to the Authority or a bond trustee. The authorizing ordinance may provide for the means by which the bonds or notes (and any related Swaps) may be secured, which may include, a pledge of any revenues or funds of the Authority from whatever source which may by law be utilized for paying Debt Service. In addition to any other security, upon the written approval of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority by a supermajority vote, the ordinance may provide a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security interest in amounts to be paid to the Authority by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and direct payment thereof to the bond trustee for payment of Debt Service with respect to the bonds or notes, subject to the provisions of existing lease agreements of the Authority with any public building commission. The authorizing ordinance may also provide a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security interest in and direct payment to the trustee of all or a portion of the moneys otherwise payable to the Authority from the City of Chicago pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement with the Authority to provide financial assistance to the Authority. Any such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest for the benefit of owners of bonds or notes shall be valid and binding from the time the bonds or notes are issued, without any physical delivery or further act, and shall be valid and binding as against and prior to the claims of all other parties having claims of any kind against the Authority or any other person, irrespective of whether such other parties have notice of such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest, all as provided in the Local Government Debt Reform Act, as it may be amended from time to time. The bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this Section 12c shall have such priority of payment and as to their claim for payment from particular sources of funds, including their priority with respect to obligations of the Authority issued under other Sections of this Act, all as shall be provided in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of any bonds or notes under this Section may provide for the creation of, deposits in, and regulation and disposition of sinking fund or reserve accounts relating to those bonds or notes and related agreements. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of any such bonds or notes authorized under this Section 12c may contain provisions for the creation of a separate fund to provide for the payment of principal of and interest on those bonds or notes and related agreements. The ordinance may also provide limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or notes of the Authority. (f) Bonds or notes issued under this Section 12c shall not constitute an indebtedness of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, the State of Illinois, or of any other political subdivision of or municipality within the State, except the Authority. (g) The ordinance of the Chicago Transit Board authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to this Section 12c may provide for the appointment of a corporate trustee (which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within Illinois) with respect to bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c. The ordinance shall prescribe the rights, duties, and powers of the trustee to be exercised for the benefit of the Authority and the protection of the owners of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c. The ordinance may provide for the trustee to hold in trust, invest and use amounts in funds and accounts created as provided by the ordinance with respect to the bonds or notes in accordance with this Section 12c. The Authority may apply, as it shall determine, any amounts received upon the sale of the bonds or notes to pay any Debt Service on the bonds or notes. The ordinance may provide for a trust indenture to set forth terms of, sources of payment for and security for the bonds and notes. (h) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the owners of the bonds or notes issued pursuant to Section 12c that the State of Illinois will not limit the powers vested in the Authority by this Act to pledge and assign its revenues and funds as security for the payment of the bonds or notes, or vested in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act or this Act, so as to materially impair the payment obligations of the Authority under the terms of any contract made by the Authority with those owners or to materially impair the rights and remedies of those owners until those bonds or notes, together with interest and any redemption premium, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of such owners are fully met and discharged. The Authority is authorized to include these pledges and agreements of the State of Illinois in any contract with owners of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c. (i) For purposes of this Section, "Debt Service" with respect to bonds or notes includes, without limitation, principal (at maturity or upon mandatory redemption), redemption premium, interest, periodic, upfront, and termination payments on Swaps, fees for bond insurance or other credit enhancement, liquidity facilities, the funding of bond or note reserves, bond trustee fees, and all other costs of providing for the security or payment of the bonds or notes. (j) The Authority shall adopt a procurement program with respect to contracts relating to the following service providers in connection with the issuance of debt for the benefit of the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees: underwriters, bond counsel, financial advisors, and accountants. The program shall include goals for the payment of not less than 30% of the total dollar value of the fees from these contracts to minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses as defined in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. The Authority shall conduct outreach to minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses. Outreach shall include, but is not limited to, advertisements in periodicals and newspapers, mailings, and other appropriate media. The Authority shall submit to the General Assembly a comprehensive report that shall include, at a minimum, the details of the procurement plan, outreach efforts, and the results of the efforts to achieve goals for the payment of fees. The service providers selected by the Authority pursuant to such program shall not be subject to approval by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, and the Northern Illinois Transit Authority's approval pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 12c related to the issuance of debt shall not be based in any way on the service providers selected by the Authority pursuant to this Section. (k) No person holding an elective office in this State, holding a seat in the General Assembly, serving as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority or the Chicago Transit Authority, including the spouse or minor child of that person, may receive a legal, banking, consulting, or other fee related to the issuance of any bond issued by the Chicago Transit Authority pursuant to this Section. (Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/13) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 313) Sec. 13. (Repealed).(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 314)
Sec. 14.
The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated
towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and
public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers,
trust companies, saving banks and institutions, building and loan
associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and
other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies,
insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance
business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and
other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other
funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or
certificates issued pursuant to this Act, it being the purpose of this
section to authorize the investment in such bonds or certificates of all
sinking, insurance, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds,
whether owned or controlled by private or public persons or officers;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this section may be
construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of
exercising reasonable care in selecting securities for purchase or
investment.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/15) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 315) Sec. 15. To the extent permitted by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, the Authority shall have power to apply for and accept grants and loans from the Federal Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, from the State, or from any county, municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the State to be used for any of the purposes of the Authority, including, but not by way of limitation, grants and loans in aid of mass transportation and for studies in mass transportation, and may provide matching funds when necessary to qualify for such grants or loans. The Authority may enter into any agreement with the Federal Government, the State, and any county, municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the State in relation to such grants or loans; provided that such agreement does not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of bonds or certificates of the Authority. The Authority may also accept from the State, or from any county or other political subdivision, or from any municipal corporation, or school district, or school authorities, grants or other funds authorized by law to be paid to the Authority for any of the purposes of this Act.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; 104-543, eff. 7-10-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/16) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 316) Sec. 16. (Repealed).(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/17) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 317) Sec. 17. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 84-1246. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/18) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 318)
Sec. 18.
The Authority shall not have power to levy taxes for any purpose
whatsoever.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/19) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319) (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 1, 2026) Sec. 19. (a) This Section is repealed on September 1, 2026. (b) The governing and administrative body of the Authority shall be a board consisting of seven members, to be known as Chicago Transit Board. Members of the Board shall be residents of the metropolitan area and persons of recognized business ability. No member of the Board of the Authority shall hold any other office or employment under the Federal, State or any County or any municipal government, or any other unit of local government, except an honorary office without compensation or an office in the National Guard. No employee of the Authority shall hold any other office or employment under the Federal, State or any County or any municipal government, or any other unit of local government, except an office with compensation not exceeding $15,000 annually or a position in the National Guard or the United States military reserves. Provided, however, that the Chairman may be a member of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. No member of the Board or employee of the Authority shall have any private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract, work or business of the Authority nor in the sale or lease of any property to or from the Authority. The salary of each member of the initial Board shall be $15,000.00 per annum, and such salary shall not be increased or diminished during his or her term of office. No Board member shall be allowed any fees, perquisites or emoluments, reward or compensation for his or her services as a member or officer of the Authority aside from his or her salary or pension, but he or she shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her duties.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/19.5) Sec. 19.5. Chicago Transit Board. (a) The governing body of the Chicago Transit Authority shall be the Chicago Transit Board. Beginning September 1, 2026, the Board shall consist of 7 members appointed as follows: (1) Two members appointed by the Governor, with the | ||
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(B) a member with an initial term of 5 years. (b) The subsequent terms of each director appointed under subsection (a) shall be 5 years. (c) The Chair of the Board shall be elected by a majority vote by the members of the Board from among the members of the Board. Until September 1, 2030, the Chair of the Board must be approved by the Senate. Until September 1, 2030, if the members of the Board elect a Chair of the Board, then the elected Chair of the Board may serve as the acting Chair of the Board until confirmation. Until September 1, 2030, if the Senate votes against confirming the acting Chair of the Board, then the acting Chair of the Board must resign and the members of the Board must elect a new Chair of the Board. (d) Initial appointments of members under subsection (a) must be made in time for the members to begin their terms on September 1, 2026. (e) On September 1, 2026, the terms of all members serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, and of any members appointed to fill a vacancy, shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board occurs before September 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be filled under Section 21. Members serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may be reappointed under subsection (a). (f) The members of the Board shall receive an annual salary of $15,000, except that members of the Board who are also members of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall receive $10,000 per year in addition to the compensation the members receive for serving on the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. (g) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant experience and expertise for overseeing the planning, operation, and funding of a transit agency, including, but not limited to, backgrounds in urban and regional planning, management of large capital projects, labor and workforce development, business management, public administration, transportation, and community organizations. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, a director, while serving as such, shall not be an officer, member of the board of directors or board of trustees, or employee of any Service Board or transportation agency, shall not be an employee of the State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof or any municipality, county, or any other unit of local government, and shall not receive any compensation from any elected or appointed office under the Constitution or laws of this State, except that a Director may be a member of a school board or a member of the National Guard. (h) Those responsible for appointing Directors shall strive to assemble a set of Directors that, to the greatest extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic, racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; 104-543, eff. 7-10-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/20) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 320) (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 1, 2026) Sec. 20. (a) This Section is repealed on September 1, 2026. (b) Within sixty (60) days after the adoption of this Act by the electors of one or more cities, villages and incorporated towns within the metropolitan area having a population in the aggregate of at least 100,000 according to the Federal census of 1940, the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three members of the Board for initial terms expiring September first of the years 1947, 1948 and 1949, respectively, at least one of which members shall be a resident of that portion of the metropolitan area which is outside the corporate limits of the City of Chicago, and the Mayor, with advice and consent of the City Council of the City of Chicago, shall appoint four members of the Board for initial terms expiring September first of the years 1946, 1950, 1951 and 1952, respectively. At the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Governor his successor shall be appointed by the Governor, and at the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Mayor his successor shall be appointed by the Mayor in like manner, and with like regard as to the place of residence of the appointee, as appointments for the initial terms. All successors shall hold office for the term of seven years from the first day of September of the year in which they are appointed, except in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office of any member appointed by the Governor during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to fill such office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his office during the remainder of the term and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the time this Act takes effect, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as in case of vacancies. Each appointment by the Governor shall be subject to approval by the Mayor, and each appointment by the Mayor shall be subject to approval by the Governor and, when so approved, the Governor and the Mayor shall certify their respective appointments and approvals to the Secretary of State. If the Governor or the Mayor does not approve or disapprove the appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, respectively, within 15 days after receipt thereof, the person is appointed. Within thirty days after certification and approval of his appointment, and before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the Board shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/21) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 321)
Sec. 21. Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and have qualified. Any member may resign from his or her office, to take effect when his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. An appointing authority may remove any member of the Board appointed by him or her in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. They may give him or her a copy of the charges against him or her and an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his or her own defense upon not less than 10 days' notice. The Governor may remove any member in response to a summary report received from the Executive Inspector General in accordance with Section 20-50 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, provided he or she has an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel prior to removal. In case of failure to qualify within the time required, or of abandonment of his or her office, or in case of death, conviction of a crime or removal from office, his or her office shall become vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment in like manner, and with like regard as to the place of residence of the appointee, as in case of expiration of the term of a member of the Board.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/22) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 322) Sec. 22. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 80-937. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/23) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 323)
Sec. 23. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be fixed by the Board. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance or resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 4 members shall be necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or resolution. All such ordinances and resolutions before taking effect shall be approved by the chairman of the Board, and if he shall approve thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he shall not approve he shall return to the Board with his objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board occurring after the passage thereof. But in case the chairman shall fail to return any ordinance or resolution with his objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have approved the same and it shall take effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the chairman with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such reconsideration said ordinance or resolution is passed by the affirmative vote of at least 5 members, it shall go into effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the Authority and all documents and records in its possession shall be public records, and open to public inspection, except such documents and records as shall be kept or prepared by the Board for use in negotiations, action or proceedings to which the Authority is a party. Open meetings of the Board shall be broadcast to the public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website using a high-speed Internet connection. Recordings of each meeting broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website within a reasonable time after the meeting and shall be maintained as public records to the extent practicable, as determined by the Board. Compliance with the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly does not relieve the Board of its obligations under the Open Meetings Act. (Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/24) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 324)
Sec. 24.
The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not
be members of the Board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board,
and fix their duties and compensation. The Secretary shall not be engaged
in any other business or employment during his tenure of office as
Secretary of the Board. Before entering upon the duties of their respective
offices they shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office,
and the treasurer shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to be
approved by the Board. The bond shall be payable to the Authority in
whatever penal sum may be directed by the Board conditioned upon the
faithful performance of the duties of the office and the payment of all
money received by him according to law and the orders of the Board. The
Board may, at any time, require a new bond from the treasurer in such penal
sum as may then be determined by the Board. The obligation of the sureties
shall not extend to any loss sustained by the insolvency, failure or
closing of any savings and loan association or national or State bank
wherein the treasurer has deposited
funds if the bank has been approved by the Board as a depositary for these
funds. The oaths of office and the treasurer's bond shall be filed in the
principal office of the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 83-541.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/25) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 325)
Sec. 25.
All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank, savings bank,
or savings
and loan association shall be placed
in the name of the Authority and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by
check or draft upon the bank, savings bank, or savings and loan
association, signed
by the treasurer or an assistant
treasurer and countersigned by the chairman of the Board or a vice-chairman
of the Board. The Board may designate any of its members or any officer or
employee of the Authority to affix the signature of the chairman and
another to affix the signature of the treasurer to any check or draft for
payment of salaries or wages and for the payment of any other obligation of
not more than $2500.00.
No bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association shall receive
public funds as
permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements
established pursuant to Section 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments
of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or
hereafter
amended.
(Source: P.A. 92-811, eff. 8-21-02.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/26) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 326)
Sec. 26.
In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check, draft,
bond, certificate or interest coupon, issued pursuant to this Act, ceases
to hold his office before the delivery thereof to the payee or the
purchaser of any bond or certificate, his signature nevertheless shall be
valid and sufficient for all purposes with the same effect as if he had
remained in office until delivery thereof.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/27) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327) Sec. 27. The Board may appoint an Executive Director with the advice and consent of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The Executive Director shall have demonstrated experience with one or more of the following areas: (i) public transportation system operations; (ii) infrastructure capital project management; or (iii) legal or human resource management for a public agency. The Executive Director shall also meet any qualifications that may be set, by ordinance, by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The Chair of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and the Executive Director of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall be included in the process for choosing the Executive Director of the Authority, including membership in any search committee. The Executive Director shall be a person of recognized ability and experience in the operation of transportation systems and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board. The Executive Director shall have management of the properties and business of the Authority and the employees thereof, subject to the general control of the Board, shall direct the enforcement of all ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations of the Board, and shall perform such other duties and powers as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority in an ordinance describing the position's role, powers, and responsibilities. The Board may appoint a General Counsel and a Chief Engineer, and shall provide for the appointment of other officers, attorneys, engineers, consultants, agents and employees as may be necessary for the construction, extension, operation, maintenance, and policing of its properties. It shall define their duties and require bonds of such of them as the Board may designate. The Executive Director, General Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all other officers provided for pursuant to this Section shall be exempt from taking and subscribing to any oath of office. The compensation of the Executive Director, General Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all other officers, attorneys, consultants, agents and employees shall be fixed by the Board.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; 104-543, eff. 7-10-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/27a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327a) Sec. 27a. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/28) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328) Sec. 28. The Board shall classify all the offices, positions and grades of regular and exempt employment required, excepting that of the Chairman of the Board, the Executive Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel, and Chief Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title, job schedule number, and the compensation fixed therefor, and adopt rules governing appointments to any of such offices or positions on the basis of merit and efficiency. The job title shall be generally descriptive of the duties performed in that job, and the job schedule number shall be used to identify a job title and to further classify positions within a job title. No officer or employee in regular employment shall be discharged or demoted except for cause which is detrimental to the service. Any officer or employee in regular employment who is discharged or demoted may file a complaint in writing with the Board within ten days after notice of his or her discharge or demotion. If an employee is a member of a labor organization the complaint may be filed by such organization for and on behalf of such employee. The Board shall grant a hearing on such complaint within thirty (30) days after it is filed. The time and place of the hearing shall be fixed by the Board and due notice thereof given to the complainant, the labor organization by or through which the complaint was filed and the Executive Director. The hearing shall be conducted by the Board, or any member thereof or any officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the Board. The complainant may be represented by counsel. If the Board finds, or approves a finding of the member or committee appointed by the Board, that the complainant has been unjustly discharged or demoted, he or she shall be restored to his or her office or position with back pay. The decision of the Board shall be final and not subject to review. The Board may designate such offices, positions, and grades of employment as exempt as it deems necessary for the efficient operation of the business of the Authority. The total number of employees occupying exempt offices, positions, or grades of employment may not exceed 3% of the total employment of the Authority. All exempt offices, positions, and grades of employment shall be at will. No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or aspect of employment. There shall not be discrimination based upon political reasons or factors. The Board may abolish any vacant or occupied office or position. Additionally, the Board may reduce the force of employees for lack of work or lack of funds as determined by the Board. When the number of positions or employees holding positions of regular employment within a particular job title and job schedule number are reduced, those employees with the least company seniority in that job title and job schedule number shall be first released from regular employment service. For a period of one year, an employee released from service shall be eligible for reinstatement to the job title and job schedule number from which he or she was released, in order of company seniority, if additional force of employees is required. "Company seniority" as used in this Section means the overall employment service credited to an employee by the Authority since the employee's most recent date of hire irrespective of job titles held. If 2 or more employees have the same company seniority date, time in the affected job title and job schedule number shall be used to break the company seniority tie. For purposes of this Section, company seniority shall be considered a working condition. When employees are represented by a labor organization that has a labor agreement with the Authority, the wages, hours, and working conditions (including, but not limited to, seniority rights) shall be governed by the terms of the agreement. Exempt employment shall not include any employees who are represented by a labor organization that has a labor agreement with the Authority. No employee, officer, or agent of the Chicago Transit Board may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual salary unless that bonus has been reviewed for a period of 14 days by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Board. After 14 days, the bonus shall be considered reviewed. This Section does not apply to usual and customary salary adjustments. (Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; 104-543, eff. 7-10-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/28a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328a)
Sec. 28a. (a) The Board may deal with and enter into written contracts with the employees of the Authority through accredited representatives of such employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions and pension or retirement provisions; provided, nothing herein shall be construed to permit hours of labor in excess of those provided by law or to permit working conditions prohibited by law. In case of dispute over wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, or pension or retirement provisions the Board may arbitrate any question or questions and may agree with such accredited representatives or labor organization that the decision of a majority of any arbitration board shall be final, provided each party shall agree in advance to pay half of the expense of such arbitration. No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor organization, association, group or individual for the employment of members of such organization, association, group or individual for the construction, improvement, maintenance, operation or administration of any property, plant or facilities under the jurisdiction of the Authority, where such organization, association, group or individual denies on the ground of race, creed, color, sex, religion, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, or national origin membership and equal opportunities for employment to any citizen of Illinois. (b)(1) The provisions of this paragraph (b) apply to collective bargaining agreements (including extensions and amendments of existing agreements) entered into on or after January 1, 1984. (2) The Board shall deal with and enter into written contracts with their employees, through accredited representatives of such employees authorized to act for such employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983. Any such agreement of the Authority shall provide that the agreement may be reopened if the amended budget submitted pursuant to Section 2.18a of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act is not approved by the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The agreement may not include a provision requiring the payment of wage increases based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Board shall not have the authority to enter into collective bargaining agreements with respect to inherent management rights, which include such areas of discretion or policy as the functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall budget, the organizational structure and selection of new employees and direction of personnel. Employers, however, shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to policy matters directly affecting wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment, as well as the impact thereon upon request by employee representatives. To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive representatives which have established collective bargaining relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983, employers shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about which they have bargained prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983. (3) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service operated by or funded by the Board, except where prohibited by federal law. (4) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective bargaining agreement, the Board shall determine the costs of each provision of the agreement, prepare an amended budget incorporating the costs of the agreement, and present the amended budget to the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority for its approval under Section 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Act. The Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority may approve the amended budget by a supermajority vote. If the budget is not approved by the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, the agreement may be reopened and its terms may be renegotiated. Any amended budget which may be prepared following renegotiation shall be presented to the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority for its approval in like manner.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/28b) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328b)
Sec. 28b. Any person applying for a position as a driver of a vehicle
owned by a private carrier company which provides public transportation
pursuant to an agreement with the Authority shall be required to
authorize an investigation by the private carrier company to determine if
the applicant has been convicted of any of the following offenses: (i) those
offenses defined in Sections 9-1, 9-1.2, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5,
10-6, 10-7, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-9, 11-14, 11-14.3, 11-14.4, 11-15, 11-15.1, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19,
11-19.1, 11-19.2, 11-20, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 11-21, 11-22, 11-30, 12-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.5,
12-6, 12-7.1, 12-11, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
12-15, 12-16, 12-16.1, 18-1, 18-2, 19-6, 20-1,
20-1.1, 31A-1, 31A-1.1, and 33A-2, in subsection (a) and subsection (b),
clause (1), of Section 12-4, in subdivisions (a)(1), (b)(1), and (f)(1) of Section 12-3.05, and in subsection (a-5) of Section 12-3.1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (ii) those
offenses defined in the Cannabis Control Act except those offenses defined
in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 4, and subsection (a) of Section 5 of
the Cannabis Control Act (iii) those offenses defined in the Illinois
Controlled Substances Act; (iv) those offenses defined in the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; and (v) any offense committed or attempted in
any other state or against the laws of the United States, which if
committed or attempted in this State would be punishable as one or more of
the foregoing offenses. Upon receipt of this authorization, the private
carrier company shall submit the applicant's name, sex, race, date of
birth, fingerprints and social security number to the Illinois State Police on forms prescribed by the Department. The Illinois State Police shall conduct an investigation to ascertain if the applicant
has been convicted of any of the above enumerated offenses. The Department
shall charge the private carrier company a fee for conducting the
investigation, which fee shall be deposited in the State Police Services
Fund and shall not exceed the cost of the inquiry; and the applicant shall not
be charged a fee for such investigation by the private carrier company.
The Illinois State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive
identification, records of convictions, until expunged, to the private
carrier company which requested the investigation. A copy of the record of
convictions obtained from the Department shall be provided to the applicant.
Any record of conviction received by the private carrier company shall be
confidential. Any person who releases any confidential information
concerning any criminal convictions of an applicant shall be guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor, unless authorized by this Section.
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(70 ILCS 3605/28c)
Sec. 28c.
Power to deduct wages for debts.
Upon
receipt of
notice from the comptroller of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or
more, a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or a
housing authority of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
housing authority
by an employee of
the Authority,
the
Authority may withhold, from the compensation of that employee, the amount of
the
debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to the municipality,
the
county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District,
the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
housing authority;
provided, however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or wage payment
shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment. Before the Authority
deducts any amount from any salary or wage of an employee under this Section,
the
municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
housing authority
shall certify that (i) the employee has been afforded an
opportunity
for a
hearing to dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality, the
county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District,
the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
housing authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a wage deduction
order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to object to the
order. For purposes of this Section, "net amount" means that part of the
salary or wage
payment remaining
after the deduction of any amounts required by law to be deducted and
"debt due
and owing" means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the
county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District,
the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
housing authority
for
services, work, or goods, after the period granted for payment has expired, or
(ii) a
specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
housing authority
pursuant to a
court order or
order
of an administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or the failure to
exhaust,
judicial review.
(Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/28d) Sec. 28d. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise provided in Section 28a, before the Chicago Transit Board may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of $200,000, the Chicago Transit Board must submit that contract or amendment to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Board for review for a period of 14 days. After 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This Section applies only to contracts entered into or amended on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; 104-543, eff. 7-10-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/29) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 329)
Sec. 29. If the Authority acquires a transportation system in operation by
a public utility, all of the employees in the operating and maintenance
divisions of such public utility and all other employees except executive
and administrative officers and employees, shall be transferred to and
appointed as employees of the Authority, subject to all rights and benefits
of this Act, and these employees shall be given seniority credit in
accordance with the records and labor agreements of the public utility.
Employees who left the employ of such a public utility to enter the
military service of the United States shall have the same rights as to the
Authority, under the provisions of the Service Member Employment and Reemployment Rights Act as they would have had thereunder as to
such public utility. After such acquisition the authority shall be required
to extend to such former employees of such public utility only the rights
and benefits as to pensions and retirement as are accorded other employees
of the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 100-1101, eff. 1-1-19.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/30) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 330) Sec. 30. (Repealed)(Source: P.A. 97-85, eff. 7-7-11. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/31) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 331)
Sec. 31. The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use, operation and maintenance of its property and facilities, and to carry into effect the powers granted to the Authority, with such fines or penalties No fine or penalty shall exceed $300.00, and no imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months for one offense. All fines and penalties shall be imposed by ordinances, which shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the metropolitan area. No such ordinance shall take effect until ten days after its publication.(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 1-1-24; 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/31.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 331.1)
Sec. 31.1.
Agreement to enforce municipal traffic ordinances.
The
Board may enter into an agreement with the corporate authorities of a
municipality with a population greater than 1,000,000 whereby supervisory
employees of the Authority are empowered to enforce certain traffic
ordinances enacted by the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 87-597.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/32) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 332) Sec. 32. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 100-523, eff. 9-22-17. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/33) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 333)
Sec. 33.
The Authority shall be exempt from all state, county, municipal and
other units of local government taxes and registration and license fees,
other than as required for motor vehicle registration in accordance with
"The Illinois Vehicle Code", as now or hereafter amended. All property of
the Authority is declared to be public property devoted to an essential
public and governmental function and purpose and shall be exempt from all
taxes and special assessments of the State, any subdivision thereof, or any
unit of local government.
(Source: P.A. 78-3rd S.S.-10.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/33.10) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 33.10. Budget and program. The Authority, subject to the powers of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, including the budget review powers contained in Section 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, shall, by ordinance, appropriate money to perform the Authority's purposes and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the Authority. Each year, as part of the process set forth in Section 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual budget and proposed 5-Year Capital Program document, and a financial plan for the 2 years thereafter describing the state of the Authority and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year and the 2 following years the Authority's plans for such operations and capital expenditures as it intends to undertake and the means by which it intends to finance them. The proposed budget, financial plan, and 5-Year Capital Program shall be based on the Northern Illinois Transit Authority's estimate of funds to be made available to the Board by or through the Authority and shall conform in all respects to the requirements established by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and 5-Year Capital Program shall contain a statement of the funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, the funds estimated to be received from all sources for the year and the funds estimated to be on hand at the end of the year. The fiscal year of the Authority shall be the same as the fiscal year of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and 5-Year Capital Program shall be included in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority's public hearings under Section 4.01 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act. The budget, financial plan, and 5-Year Capital Program shall then be finalized by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority as provided in Section 4.01. The ordinance adopted by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority as provided in Section 4.01 shall appropriate the sums of money as are deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and obligations of the Authority, specifying purposes and the objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for each object or program. Additional appropriations, transfers between items, and other changes in the ordinance that do not alter the basis upon which the balanced budget determination was made by the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority may be made from time to time by the Authority. The Authority shall not (i) use any funds in its budget, or in reserves, allocated for operational expenses to fund capital projects or (ii) transfer moneys from any funds in its budget, or in reserves, allocated for operational expenses to an account primarily used to fund capital projects.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; 104-543, eff. 7-10-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/34) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 334) Sec. 34. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/35) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 335)
Sec. 35.
As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be
expedient, the Board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete
and detailed report and financial statement of its operations and of its
assets and liabilities. A reasonably sufficient number of copies of such
report shall be printed for distribution to persons interested, upon
request, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Governor, the county
clerk of Cook County and the clerk of each municipality which has
adopted this Act, or which has granted rights to the Authority by
ordinance. A copy of such report shall be addressed to and mailed to the
Mayor and City Council or President and Board of Trustees of such municipality.
(Source: P.A. 84-939.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/36) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 336)
Sec. 36.
In case the Authority acquires the plant, equipment, property and
rights in property of any public utility used or useful in the operation of
a transportation system, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall transfer
and deliver to the Board, upon its demand in writing, all books, papers and
records in control of said Commission affecting such public utility
exclusively.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/37) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 337)
Sec. 37.
It shall be the duty of the Board, as promptly as possible, to
rehabilitate, reconstruct and modernize all portions of any transportation
system acquired by the Authority and to maintain at all times an adequate
and modern transportation system suitable and adapted to the needs of the
municipalities served by the Authority, and for safe, comfortable and
convenient service. To that end the Board shall establish a modernization
fund which shall include, but is not limited to, cash in renewal, equipment
or depreciation funds which are part of public utility transportation
systems acquired by the Authority and any excess cash derived from the sale
of revenue bonds or certificates. The moneys in the modernization fund
shall be disbursed for the purpose of acquiring or constructing extensions
and improvements and betterment of the system, to make replacements of
property damaged or destroyed or in necessary cases where depreciation fund
is insufficient, to purchase and cancel its revenue bonds and certificates
prior to their maturity at the price of not to exceed their par value, and
to redeem and cancel its revenue bonds and certificates according to their
terms. The Board may make temporary loans from the modernization fund for
use as initial working capital.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/37a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 337a)
Sec. 37a.
It shall be the duty of the Board to require installation of
safety glass made of safety glazing materials in all ticket fare booths
where an agent is stationed and use of such material shall be required in
the construction of all new ticket fare booths. The Board shall establish
a program for the installation of safety glass in existing stations. Priority
is to be given to booths in which agents are stationed on a 24 hour basis.
Any employee of the Authority finding instances of noncompliance with
the requirements of this Section may file suit against the Authority, in
the appropriate court, to compel the Authority to comply.
For the purposes of this Section "safety glazing materials" means any glazing
materials so constructed, treated or combined with other materials
as to be mar resistant and shatterproof and capable of withstanding the
impact of a bullet fired from at least a medium power small arm weapon having
a muzzle energy of 475 foot-pounds, a muzzle velocity of 1,280 feet per
second, and which uses 130 grain ammunition.
(Source: P.A. 81-847.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/38) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 338)
Sec. 38. To assure modern, attractive transportation service the Board may establish a depreciation policy which makes provision for the continuous and prompt replacement of worn out and obsolete property and the Board may make provision for such depreciation of the property of the Authority as is not offset by current expenditures for maintenance, repairs and replacements under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Board. The Board from time to time shall make a determination of the relationship between the service condition of the properties of the Authority and the then established depreciation rates and reserves and from time to time may make adjustments or modifications of such rates in such amounts as it may deem appropriate because of experienced and estimated consumption of service life of road, plant, and equipment. All depreciation policies shall be in accordance with such policy set by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. (Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/39) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 339)
Sec. 39.
The Board shall withdraw from the gross receipts of the Authority
and charge to operating expenses such an amount of money as in the opinion
of the Board shall be sufficient to provide for the adjustment, defense and
satisfaction of all suits, claims, demands, rights and causes of action and
the payment and satisfaction of all judgments entered against the Authority
for damage caused by injury to or death of any person and for damage to
property resulting from the construction, maintenance and operation of the
transportation system and the Board shall deposit such moneys in a fund to
be known and designated as Damage Reserve Fund. The Board shall use the
moneys in the Damage Reserve Fund to pay all expenses and costs arising
from the adjustment, defense and satisfaction of all suits, claims,
demands, rights and causes of action and the payment and satisfaction of
all judgments entered against the Authority for damages caused by injury to
or death of any person and for damage to property resulting from the
construction, maintenance and operation of the transportation system. At
any time and from time to time the Board may obtain and maintain insurance
coverage or protection partially or wholly insuring or indemnifying the
Authority against loss or liability on account of injury to or death of any
person and for damage to property resulting from the construction,
maintenance and operation of the transportation system. The cost of
obtaining and maintaining such insurance shall be paid out of the moneys in
the Damage Reserve Fund. All moneys received from such insurance coverage
or protection shall be paid into the Damage Reserve Fund.
(Source: Laws 1945, p.1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/40) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 340)
Sec. 40.
The Authority pursuant to ordinances adopted from time to time by
the Board may establish and create such other and additional special funds
as may be found desirable by the Board and in and by such ordinances may
provide for payments into all special funds from specified sources with
such preferences and priorities as may be deemed advisable and may also by
any such ordinances provide for the custody, disbursement and application
of any moneys in any such special funds consistent with the provisions of
this Act.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/41) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 341)
Sec. 41. No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the
Authority by any person for any injury to his person unless it is commenced
within one year from the date the cause of
action accrued.
The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly apply to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 96-12, eff. 6-1-09.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/42) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 342)
Sec. 42. The Board may investigate all means of transportation and the management thereof, the enforcement of its ordinances, rules and regulations, and the action, conduct and efficiency of all officers, agents and employees of the Authority. In the conduct of such investigations the Board may hold public hearings on its own motion, and shall do so on complaint or petition of any municipality which has adopted this Act or which has granted rights to the Authority by ordinance.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/43) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 343)
Sec. 43.
If any provision of this Act is held invalid such provision
shall be deemed to be excised from this Act and the invalidity thereof
shall not affect any of the other provisions of this Act. If the
application of any provision of this Act to any person or circumstance is
held invalid it shall not affect the application of such provision to
persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/44) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 344) Sec. 44. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 81-1489. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/45) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 345)
Sec. 45.
(a) A member of the Board of the Authority is not liable for any
injury resulting from any act or omission in determining policy or exercising
discretion, except: (1) for willful or wanton misconduct or (2) as otherwise
provided by statute.
(b) If any claim or action is instituted against a member of the Board
of the Authority based on an injury allegedly arising out of an act or omission
of such member occurring within the scope of the member's employment, the
Authority shall indemnify the member for all legal expenses and court costs
incurred in defending against the claim or action and shall indemnify the
member for any amount paid pursuant to any judgment on, or any good faith
settlement of, such claim, except for that portion of a judgment awarded
for willful or wanton misconduct.
(c) The Authority may purchase insurance to cover the costs of any legal
expenses, judgments, or settlements under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 81-1466.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/46) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 346) Sec. 46. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/47) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 347) Sec. 47. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 86-906. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/48) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 348)
Sec. 48.
Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1990, no person shall consume any food or drink,
excluding any medicine, upon any rapid transit train. As used in this
Section "rapid transit train" means a high speed, high capacity, electric
powered public transport train that operates on exclusive rights of way
with limited stops. The tracks may be in underground tunnels, in elevated
structures, in open cuts, at surface level, or any combination thereof.
This Section does not apply to commuter trains. As used in this Section
"commuter train" means a passenger carrying train, multi-unit electrical
or diesel type, designed to operate a commuter service on railways forming
part of the general railway system.
A violation of this Section is a petty offense for which the offender
shall be fined $100.
(Source: P.A. 86-1277.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/49) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 349)
Sec. 49.
Disclosure of information by employees; Disciplinary Actions.
(a) No disciplinary action shall be taken by the Authority against an
employee in any case involving the disclosure of information by an employee
that a reasonable individual believes concerns the following:
(1) a violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or
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(b) Violation of this Section shall be a petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 87-1249.)
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(70 ILCS 3605/50)
Sec. 50. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Contracting and Equal Employment Opportunity Programs. The Authority shall, as soon as is practicable but in no event later than two years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, establish and maintain a disadvantaged business enterprise contracting program designed to ensure non-discrimination in the award and administration of contracts not covered under a federally mandated disadvantaged business enterprise program. The program shall establish narrowly tailored goals for the participation of disadvantaged business enterprises as the Authority determines appropriate. The goals shall be based on demonstrable evidence of the availability of ready, willing, and able disadvantaged business enterprises relative to all businesses ready, willing, and able to participate on the program's contracts. The program shall require the Authority to monitor the progress of the contractors' obligations with respect to the program's goals. Nothing in this program shall conflict with or interfere with the maintenance or operation of, or compliance with, any federally mandated disadvantaged business enterprise program.
The Authority shall establish and maintain a program designed to promote equal employment opportunity. Each year, no later than October 1, the Authority shall report to the General Assembly on the number of employees of the Authority and the number of employees who have designated themselves as members of a minority group and gender.
Each year no later than October 1, and starting no later than the October 1 after the establishment of the disadvantaged business enterprise contracting program, the Authority shall submit a report with respect to such program to the General Assembly. In addition, no later than October 1 of each year, the Authority shall submit a copy of its federally mandated semi-annual Uniform Report of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Awards or Commitments and Payments to the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/51) Sec. 51. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/51.5) Sec. 51.5. (Repealed).(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26. Repealed by P.A. 104-543, eff. 7-10-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/52) Sec. 52. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-241, eff. 1-1-24. Repealed by P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.) |
(70 ILCS 3605/53) Sec. 53. Emergency protocols. Within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Board must develop written protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and to other safety hazards.
(Source: P.A. 96-677, eff. 8-25-09.) |