101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3826

 

Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that on January 1, 2021 the Chicago Transit Authority shall become a division Regional Transportation Authority. Abolishes the Chicago Transit Board and provides that the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority will serve as the Board of the Chicago Transit Authority. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that on January 1, 2021 the Suburban Bus Board and the Commuter Rail Board are abolished and that the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority will directly operate the Suburban Bus Division and the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transit Authority. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Open Meetings Act, State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, Broadband Access on Passenger Rail Law, and the Illinois Municipal Code making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2021.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
5Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 120/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
7    Sec. 2. Open meetings.
8    (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall
9be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and
10closed in accordance with Section 2a.
11    (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained
12in subsection (c) are in derogation of the requirement that
13public bodies meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions
14are to be strictly construed, extending only to subjects
15clearly within their scope. The exceptions authorize but do not
16require the holding of a closed meeting to discuss a subject
17included within an enumerated exception.
18    (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to
19consider the following subjects:
20        (1) The appointment, employment, compensation,
21    discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific
22    employees of the public body or legal counsel for the
23    public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint

 

 

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1    lodged against an employee of the public body or against
2    legal counsel for the public body to determine its
3    validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in
4    compensation to a specific employee of a public body that
5    is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase
6    Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the
7    public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.
8        (2) Collective negotiating matters between the public
9    body and its employees or their representatives, or
10    deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more
11    classes of employees.
12        (3) The selection of a person to fill a public office,
13    as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public
14    office, when the public body is given power to appoint
15    under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or
16    removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public
17    body is given power to remove the occupant under law or
18    ordinance.
19        (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, or
20    in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law, to
21    a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act, provided
22    that the body prepares and makes available for public
23    inspection a written decision setting forth its
24    determinative reasoning.
25        (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use
26    of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose

 

 

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1    of discussing whether a particular parcel should be
2    acquired.
3        (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of
4    property owned by the public body.
5        (7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments, or
6    investment contracts. This exception shall not apply to the
7    investment of assets or income of funds deposited into the
8    Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.
9        (8) Security procedures, school building safety and
10    security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond
11    to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential
12    danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the
13    public, or public property.
14        (9) Student disciplinary cases.
15        (10) The placement of individual students in special
16    education programs and other matters relating to
17    individual students.
18        (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or
19    on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and
20    is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or
21    when the public body finds that an action is probable or
22    imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be
23    recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed
24    meeting.
25        (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of
26    claims as provided in the Local Governmental and

 

 

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1    Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the
2    disposition of a claim or potential claim might be
3    prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or
4    risk management information, records, data, advice or
5    communications from or with respect to any insurer of the
6    public body or any intergovernmental risk management
7    association or self insurance pool of which the public body
8    is a member.
9        (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in
10    the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are
11    authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair housing
12    practices and creating a commission or administrative
13    agency for their enforcement.
14        (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of
15    undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or
16    future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public
17    body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
18        (15) Professional ethics or performance when
19    considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a
20    licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the
21    advisory body's field of competence.
22        (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or
23    professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of
24    a statewide association of which the public body is a
25    member.
26        (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or

 

 

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1    formal peer review of physicians or other health care
2    professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected
3    under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
4    Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
5    including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal
6    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
7    1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
8    including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a hospital,
9    or other institution providing medical care, that is
10    operated by the public body.
11        (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner
12    Review Board.
13        (19) Review or discussion of applications received
14    under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
15    Act.
16        (20) The classification and discussion of matters
17    classified as confidential or continued confidential by
18    the State Government Suggestion Award Board.
19        (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed
20    under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the
21    body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as
22    mandated by Section 2.06.
23        (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
24    Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
25        (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal
26    utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or

 

 

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1    municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves
2    (i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery
3    of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or
4    conclusions of load forecast studies.
5        (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility
6    resident sexual assault and death review team or the
7    Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team
8    Act.
9        (25) Meetings of an independent team of experts under
10    Brian's Law.
11        (26) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed
12    under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review
13    Team Act.
14        (27) (Blank).
15        (28) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
16    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
17    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
18    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
19        (29) Meetings between internal or external auditors
20    and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and
21    their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal
22    control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk
23    areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews
24    conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
25    standards of the United States of America.
26        (30) Those meetings or portions of meetings of a

 

 

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1    fatality review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team
2    Advisory Council during which a review of the death of an
3    eligible adult in which abuse or neglect is suspected,
4    alleged, or substantiated is conducted pursuant to Section
5    15 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
6        (31) Meetings and deliberations for decisions of the
7    Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm
8    Concealed Carry Act.
9        (32) Meetings of between the Regional Transportation
10    Authority Board and its Service Boards when the discussion
11    involves review by the Regional Transportation Authority
12    Board of employment contracts under Section 28d of the
13    Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and Sections 3A.18 and
14    3B.26 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
15        (33) Those meetings or portions of meetings of the
16    advisory committee and peer review subcommittee created
17    under Section 320 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act
18    during which specific controlled substance prescriber,
19    dispenser, or patient information is discussed.
20        (34) Meetings of the Tax Increment Financing Reform
21    Task Force under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
22    Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
23        (35) Meetings of the group established to discuss
24    Medicaid capitation rates under Section 5-30.8 of the
25    Illinois Public Aid Code.
26    (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:

 

 

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1    "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose
2relationship with the public body constitutes an
3employer-employee relationship under the usual common law
4rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
5    "Public office" means a position created by or under the
6Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is
7charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign
8power of this State. The term "public office" shall include
9members of the public body, but it shall not include
10organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether
11established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to
12assist the body in the conduct of its business.
13    "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body
14charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct
15hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make
16determinations based thereon, but does not include local
17electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition
18challenges.
19    (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed
20meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of
21the nature of the matter being considered and other information
22that will inform the public of the business being conducted.
23(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-235, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480,
24eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-646, eff. 7-28-16;
2599-687, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-465, eff.
268-31-17; 100-646, eff. 7-27-18.)
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 375/2.6 rep.)
2    (5 ILCS 375/2.7 rep.)
3    Section 10. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
4is amended by repealing Sections 2.6 and 2.7.
 
5    Section 15. The Broadband Access on Passenger Rail Law is
6amended by changing Section 5-5 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2712/5-5)
8    Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
9    "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
10    "Passenger rail systems" includes all passenger rail
11systems maintained by the National Passenger Railroad
12Corporation in Illinois and those passenger rail systems under
13the jurisdiction of the Commuter Rail Division Board as
14established in Section 3B.08 of the Regional Transportation
15Authority Act.
16(Source: P.A. 95-9, eff. 6-30-07.)
 
17    Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
18changing Section 11-122.2-1 as follows:
 
19    (65 ILCS 5/11-122.2-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.2-1)
20    Sec. 11-122.2-1. In addition to all its other powers, every
21municipality shall, in all its dealings with the Regional

 

 

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1Transportation Authority established by the "Regional
2Transportation Authority Act", enacted by the 78th General
3Assembly, have the following powers:
4    (a) to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
5Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
6Authority of all the powers granted it by the Act;
7    (b) to receive funds from the Regional Transportation
8Authority upon such terms and conditions as shall be set forth
9in an agreement between the municipality and the Suburban Bus
10Division Board or the Commuter Rail Division Board, which
11contract or agreement may be for such number of years or
12duration as they may agree, all as provided in the "Regional
13Transportation Authority Act";
14    (c) to receive financial grants from the Suburban Bus
15Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago Transit Authority
16a Service Board, as defined in the "Regional Transportation
17Authority Act", upon such terms and conditions as shall be set
18forth in a Purchase of Service Agreement or other grant
19contract between the municipality and the Suburban Bus
20Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago Transit Authority
21Service Board, which contract or agreement may be for such
22number of years or duration as the Suburban Bus Division,
23Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago Transit Authority Service
24Board and the municipality may agree, all as provided in the
25"Regional Transportation Authority Act";
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1or the Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division, or
2Chicago Transit Authority a Service Board any Public
3Transportation Facility, as defined in the "Regional
4Transportation Authority Act", by purchase contract, gift,
5grant, exchange for other property or rights in property, lease
6(or sublease) or installment or conditional purchase
7contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for
8consideration to be paid in annual installments during a period
9not exceeding 40 years; such property may be acquired subject
10to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or other
11interests of other parties as the municipality may deem
12appropriate and in each case the municipality may acquire a
13joint, leasehold, easement, license or other partial interest
14in such property;
15    (e) to sell, sell by installment contract, lease (or
16sublease) as lessor, or transfer to, or grant to or provide for
17the use by the Regional Transportation Authority or the
18Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago
19Transit Authority a Service Board any Public Transportation
20Facility, as defined in the "Regional Transportation Authority
21Act" upon such terms and for such consideration, or for no
22consideration, as the municipality may deem proper;
23    (f) to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
24Authority or the Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division,
25or Chicago Transit Authority a Service Board for the protection
26of employees and users of public transportation facilities

 

 

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1against crime and also to protect such facilities; such
2cooperation may include, without limitation, agreements for
3the coordination of police or security forces;
4    (g) to file such reports with and transfer such records,
5papers or documents to the Regional Transportation Authority or
6the Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago
7Transit Authority a Service Board as may be agreed upon with,
8or required by, the Regional Transportation Authority or the
9Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago
10Transit Authority a Service Board.
11    In exercising any of the powers granted in this Section the
12municipality shall not be subject to the provisions of this
13Code or any Act making public bidding or notice a requirement
14for any purchase or sale by a municipality. Notwithstanding any
15provision of this Code to the contrary, every municipality may
16enter into Purchase of Service Agreements, grant contracts,
17other contracts, agreements or leases, as provided in this
18Section, and may incur obligations and expenses thereunder
19without making a previous appropriation therefor.
20(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
 
21    Section 25. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
22amended by changing Sections 2, 3, 9a, 12a, 12b, 12c, 19, 24,
2327, 27a, 28, 28a, 30, and 34 as follows:
 
24    (70 ILCS 3605/2)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 302)

 

 

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1    Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
2    "Transportation System" means all plants, equipment,
3property and rights useful for transportation of passengers for
4hire except taxicabs and includes, without limiting the
5generality of the foregoing, street railways, elevated
6railroads, subways and underground railroads, motor vehicles,
7trolley buses, motor buses and any combination thereof.
8    "Metropolitan area of Cook County" embraces all the
9territory in the County of Cook, State of Illinois East of the
10east line of Range Eleven (11), East of the Third Principal
11Meridian of the United States Government survey.
12    "Metropolitan area" means the metropolitan area of Cook
13County, as above defined.
14    "Authority" means Chicago Transit Authority, a division of
15the Regional Transportation Authority created by this Act.
16    "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Regional
17Transportation Authority Chicago Transit Board.
18    "Governor" means Governor of the State of Illinois.
19    "Mayor" means Mayor of the City of Chicago.
20    "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is
21self-propelled or which is propelled by electric power obtained
22from overhead trolley wires but not operated on rails.
23    "Municipal government" means a "municipality" as defined
24in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
25    "Service Board" mean the Suburban Bus Division or Commuter
26Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority.

 

 

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1    "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it
2in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
3(Source: P.A. 98-709, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
4    (70 ILCS 3605/3)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 303)
5    Sec. 3. All the territory in the County of Cook, State of
6Illinois, lying east of the east line of Range Eleven, East of
7the Third Principal Meridian of the United States Government
8Survey is hereby created a political subdivision, body politic
9and municipal corporation under the name of Chicago Transit
10Authority, which, on and after January 1, 2021, shall be a
11division of the Regional Transportation Authority.
12(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
 
13    (70 ILCS 3605/9a)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309a)
14    Sec. 9a. In addition to all its other powers, the Authority
15shall, in all its dealings with the Regional Transportation
16Authority established by the "Regional Transportation
17Authority Act", enacted by the 78th General Assembly, have the
18following powers and duties:
19    (a) (blank); to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
20Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
21Authority of all the powers granted it by such Act;
22    (b) to receive funds from the Regional Transportation
23Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.09 and 4.10
24of the "Regional Transportation Authority Act", all as provided

 

 

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1in the "Regional Transportation Authority Act";
2    (c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
3Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in the
4"Regional Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and
5conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract between
6either the Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority
7or the Authority and another Service Board, which contract or
8agreement may be for such number of years or duration as the
9parties may agree, all as provided in the "Regional
10Transportation Authority Act";
11    (d) to acquire from the Regional Transportation Authority
12any Public Transportation Facility, as defined in the "Regional
13Transportation Authority Act", by purchase contract, gift,
14grant, exchange for other property or rights in property, lease
15(or sublease) or installment or conditional purchase
16contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for
17consideration to be paid in annual installments during a period
18not exceeding 40 years; such property may be acquired subject
19to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or other
20interests of other parties as the Authority may deem
21appropriate and in each case the Authority may acquire or
22dispose of a joint, leasehold, easement, license or other
23partial interest in such property;
24    (e) to sell, sell by installment contract, lease (or
25sublease) as lessor, or transfer to, or grant to or provide for
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1Transportation Facility, as defined in the "Regional
2Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and for such
3consideration, or for no consideration, as the Authority may
4deem proper;
5    (f) to protect cooperate with the Regional Transportation
6Authority for the protection of employees of the Authority and
7users of public transportation facilities against crime and
8unsafe conditions and also to protect such facilities; such
9protection cooperation may include, without limitation,
10agreements for the coordination or merger of police or security
11forces;
12    (g) to file such budgets, financial plans and reports with
13and transfer such records, papers or documents to the Regional
14Transportation Authority as may be agreed upon with, or
15required by the Regional Transportation Authority, all as
16provided in the "Regional Transportation Authority Act".
17(Source: P.A. 90-273, eff. 7-30-97.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3605/12a)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312a)
19    Sec. 12a. (a) In addition to other powers provided in
20Section 12b, the Authority may issue its notes from time to
21time, in anticipation of tax receipts of the Regional
22Transportation Authority allocated to the Authority or of other
23revenues or receipts of the Authority, in order to provide
24money for the Authority to cover any cash flow deficit which
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1no such notes may be issued unless the annual cost thereof is
2incorporated in a budget or revised budget of the Authority
3which has been approved by the Regional Transportation
4Authority. Any such notes are referred to as "Working Cash
5Notes". Provided further that, the Board board shall not issue
6and have outstanding or demand and direct that the Board of the
7Regional Transportation Authority issue and have outstanding
8more than an aggregate of $40,000,000 in Working Cash Notes. No
9Working Cash Notes shall be issued for a term of longer than 18
10months. Proceeds of Working Cash Notes may be used to pay day
11to day operating expenses of the Authority, consisting of
12wages, salaries and fringe benefits, professional and
13technical services (including legal, audit, engineering and
14other consulting services), office rental, furniture, fixtures
15and equipment, insurance premiums, claims for self-insured
16amounts under insurance policies, public utility obligations
17for telephone, light, heat and similar items, travel expenses,
18office supplies, postage, dues, subscriptions, public hearings
19and information expenses, fuel purchases, and payments of
20grants and payments under purchase of service agreements for
21operations of transportation agencies, prior to the receipt by
22the Authority from time to time of funds for paying such
23expenses. Proceeds of the Working Cash Notes shall not be used
24(i) to increase or provide a debt service reserve fund for any
25bonds or notes other than Working Cash Notes of the same
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1premium on any capital bonds or notes, whether as such amounts
2become due or by earlier redemption, issued by the Authority or
3a transportation agency to construct or acquire public
4transportation facilities, or to provide funds to purchase such
5capital bonds or notes.
6    (b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of any such
7notes shall fix the date or dates of maturity, the dates on
8which interest is payable, any sinking fund account or reserve
9fund account provisions and all other details of such notes and
10may provide for such covenants or agreements necessary or
11desirable with regard to the issue, sale and security of such
12notes. The Authority shall determine and fix the rate or rates
13of interest of its notes issued under this Act in an ordinance
14adopted by the Board prior to the issuance thereof, none of
15which rates of interest shall exceed that permitted in the Bond
16Authorization Act. Interest may be payable annually or
17semi-annually, or at such other times as determined by the
18Board. Notes issued under this Section may be issued as serial
19or term obligations, shall be of such denomination or
20denominations and form, including interest coupons to be
21attached thereto, be executed in such manner, shall be payable
22at such place or places and bear such date as the Board shall
23fix by the ordinance authorizing such note and shall mature at
24such time or times, within a period not to exceed 18 months
25from the date of issue, and may be redeemable prior to maturity
26with or without premium, at the option of the Board, upon such

 

 

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1terms and conditions as the Board shall fix by the ordinance
2authorizing the issuance of such notes. The Board may provide
3for the registration of notes in the name of the owner as to
4the principal alone or as to both principal and interest, upon
5such terms and conditions as the Board may determine. The
6ordinance authorizing notes may provide for the exchange of
7such notes which are fully registered, as to both principal and
8interest, with notes which are registerable as to principal
9only. All notes issued under this Section by the Board shall be
10sold at a price which may be at a premium or discount but such
11that the interest cost (excluding any redemption premium) to
12the Board of the proceeds of an issue of such notes, computed
13to stated maturity according to standard tables of bond values,
14shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.
15Such notes shall be sold at such time or times as the Board
16shall determine. The notes may be sold either upon competitive
17bidding or by negotiated sale (without any requirement of
18publication of intention to negotiate the sale of such notes),
19as the Board shall determine by ordinance adopted with the
20affirmative votes of at least 9 4 Directors. In case any
21officer whose signature appears on any notes or coupons
22authorized pursuant to this Section shall cease to be such
23officer before delivery of such notes, such signature shall
24nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same
25as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery.
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1Authority, the Directors of the Authority nor any person
2executing any bonds or notes thereof shall be liable personally
3on any such bonds or notes or coupons by reason of the issuance
4thereof.
5    (c) All notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this
6Section shall be general obligations of the Authority to which
7shall be pledged the full faith and credit of the Authority, as
8provided in this Section. Such notes shall be secured as
9provided in the authorizing ordinance, which may,
10notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, include in
11addition to any other security, a specific pledge or assignment
12of and lien on or security interest in any or all tax receipts
13of the Regional Transportation Authority allocated to the
14Authority and on any or all other revenues or moneys of the
15Authority from whatever source which may by law be utilized for
16debt service purposes and a specific pledge or assignment of
17and lien on or security interest in any funds or accounts
18established or provided for by the ordinance of the Board
19authorizing the issuance of such notes. Any such pledge,
20assignment, lien or security interest for the benefit of
21holders of notes of the Authority shall be valid and binding
22from the time the notes are issued without any physical
23delivery or further act, and shall be valid and binding as
24against and prior to the claims of all other parties having
25claims of any kind against the Authority or any other person
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1pledge, assignment, lien or security interest. The obligations
2of the Authority incurred pursuant to this Section shall be
3superior to and have priority over any other obligations of the
4Authority except for obligations under Section 12. The Board
5may provide in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of any
6notes issued pursuant to this Section for the creation of,
7deposits in, and regulation and disposition of sinking fund or
8reserve accounts relating to such notes. The ordinance
9authorizing the issuance of any notes pursuant to this Section
10may contain provisions as part of the contract with the holders
11of the notes, for the creation of a separate fund to provide
12for the payment of principal and interest on such notes and for
13the deposit in such fund from any or all the tax receipts of
14the Regional Transportation Authority allocated to the
15Authority and from any or all such other moneys or revenues of
16the Authority from whatever source which may by law be utilized
17for debt service purposes, all as provided in such ordinance,
18of amounts to meet the debt service requirements on such notes,
19including principal and interest, and any sinking fund or
20reserve fund account requirements as may be provided by such
21ordinance, and all expenses incident to or in connection with
22such fund and accounts or the payment of such notes. Such
23ordinance may also provide limitations on the issuance of
24additional notes of the Authority. No such notes of the
25Authority shall constitute a debt of the State of Illinois.
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1any notes may provide additional security for such notes by
2providing for appointment of a corporate trustee (which may be
3any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company
4within the State) with respect to such notes. The ordinance
5shall prescribe the rights, duties and powers of the trustee to
6be exercised for the benefit of the Authority and the
7protection of the holders of such notes. The ordinance may
8provide for the trustee to hold in trust, invest and use
9amounts in funds and accounts created as provided by the
10ordinance with respect to the notes. The ordinance shall
11provide that amounts so paid to the trustee which are not
12required to be deposited, held or invested in funds and
13accounts created by the ordinance with respect to notes or used
14for paying notes to be paid by the trustee to the Authority.
15    (e) Any notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this
16Section shall constitute a contract between the Authority and
17the holders from time to time of such notes. In issuing any
18note, the Board may include in the ordinance authorizing such
19issue a covenant as part of the contract with the holders of
20the notes, that as long as such obligations are outstanding, it
21shall make such deposits, as provided in paragraph (c) of this
22Section. A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the
23issuance of any such obligations shall be filed at or prior to
24the issuance of such obligations with the Regional
25Transportation Authority, Comptroller of the State of Illinois
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1    (f) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
2holders of the notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this
3Section that the State will not limit or alter the rights and
4powers vested in the Authority by this Act or in the Regional
5Transportation Authority by the Regional Transportation
6Authority Act so as to impair the terms of any contract made by
7the Authority with such holders or in any way impair the rights
8and remedies of such holders until such notes, together with
9interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of
10interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any
11action or proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are
12fully met and discharged. In addition, the State pledges to and
13agrees with the holders of the notes of the Authority issued
14pursuant to this Section that the State will not limit or alter
15the basis on which State funds are to be paid to the Authority
16as provided in the Regional Transportation Authority Act, or
17the use of such funds, so as to impair the terms of any such
18contract. The Board is authorized to include these pledges and
19agreements of the State in any contract with the holders of
20bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section.
21    (g) The Board shall not at any time issue, sell or deliver
22any Interim Financing Notes pursuant to this Section which will
23cause it to have issued and outstanding at any time in excess
24of $40,000,000 of Working Cash Notes. Notes which are being
25paid or retired by such issuance, sale or delivery of notes,
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1the paying agency of such notes to provide for payment of
2principal and interest thereon or to provide for the redemption
3thereof, all pursuant to the ordinance authorizing the issuance
4of such notes, shall not be considered to be outstanding for
5the purposes of this paragraph.
6    (h) The Board, subject to the terms of any agreements with
7noteholders as may then exist, shall have power, out of any
8funds available therefor, to purchase notes of the Authority
9which shall thereupon be cancelled.
10    (i) In addition to any other authority granted by law, the
11State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, invest
12or reinvest, at a price not to exceed par, any State money in
13the State Treasury which is not needed for current expenditures
14due or about to become due in Interim Financing Notes.
15(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
 
16    (70 ILCS 3605/12b)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312b)
17    Sec. 12b. Working Cash Borrowing. In addition to the powers
18provided in Section 12a, the Board with the affirmative vote of
1911 5 of its Directors may demand and direct the Board of the
20Regional Transportation Authority to issue Working Cash Notes
21at such time and in such amounts and having such maturities as
22the Authority deems proper, provided however any such borrowing
23shall have been specifically identified in the budget of the
24Authority as approved by the Board of the Regional
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1not issue and have outstanding or demand and direct the Board
2of the Regional Transportation Authority to issue and have
3outstanding more than an aggregate of $40,000,000 in Working
4Cash Notes for the Authority.
5(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 3605/12c)
7    Sec. 12c. Retiree Benefits Bonds and Notes.
8    (a) In addition to all other bonds or notes that it is
9authorized to issue, the Authority is authorized to issue its
10bonds or notes for the purposes of providing funds for the
11Authority to make the deposits described in Section 12c(b)(1)
12and (2), for refunding any bonds authorized to be issued under
13this Section, as well as for the purposes of paying costs of
14issuance, obtaining bond insurance or other credit enhancement
15or liquidity facilities, paying costs of obtaining related
16swaps as authorized in the Bond Authorization Act ("Swaps"),
17providing a debt service reserve fund, paying Debt Service (as
18defined in paragraph (i) of this Section 12c), and paying all
19other costs related to any such bonds or notes.
20    (b)(1) After its receipt of a certified copy of a report of
21the Auditor General of the State of Illinois meeting the
22requirements of Section 3-2.3 of the Illinois State Auditing
23Act, the Authority may issue $1,348,550,000 aggregate original
24principal amount of bonds and notes. After payment of the costs
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1established with respect to debt service, the net proceeds of
2such bonds or notes shall be deposited only in the Retirement
3Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees and used only for
4the purposes required by Section 22-101 of the Illinois Pension
5Code. Provided that no less than $1,110,500,000 has been
6deposited in the Retirement Plan, remaining proceeds of bonds
7issued under this subparagraph (b)(1) may be used to pay costs
8of issuance and make necessary deposits to funds and accounts
9with respect to debt service for bonds and notes issued under
10this subparagraph or subparagraph (b)(2).
11    (2) After its receipt of a certified copy of a report of
12the Auditor General of the State of Illinois meeting the
13requirements of Section 3-2.3 of the Illinois State Auditing
14Act, the Authority may issue $639,680,000 aggregate original
15principal amount of bonds and notes. After payment of the costs
16of issuance and necessary deposits to funds and accounts
17established with respect to debt service, the net proceeds of
18such bonds or notes shall be deposited only in the Retiree
19Health Care Trust and used only for the purposes required by
20Section 22-101B of the Illinois Pension Code. Provided that no
21less than $528,800,000 has been deposited in the Retiree Health
22Care Trust, remaining proceeds of bonds issued under this
23subparagraph (b)(2) may be used to pay costs of issuance and
24make necessary deposits to funds and accounts with respect to
25debt service for bonds and notes issued under this subparagraph
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1    (3) In addition, refunding bonds are authorized to be
2issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds or notes
3issued under this Section 12c.
4    (4) The bonds or notes issued under 12c(b)(1) shall be
5issued as soon as practicable after the Auditor General issues
6the report provided in Section 3-2.3(b) of the Illinois State
7Auditing Act. The bonds or notes issued under 12c(b)(2) shall
8be issued as soon as practicable after the Auditor General
9issues the report provided in Section 3-2.3(c) of the Illinois
10State Auditing Act.
11    (5) With respect to bonds and notes issued under
12subparagraph (b), scheduled aggregate annual payments of
13interest or deposits into funds and accounts established for
14the purpose of such payment shall commence within one year
15after the bonds and notes are issued. With respect to principal
16and interest, scheduled aggregate annual payments of principal
17and interest or deposits into funds and accounts established
18for the purpose of such payment shall be not less than 70% in
192009, 80% in 2010, and 90% in 2011, respectively, of scheduled
20payments or deposits of principal and interest in 2012 and
21shall be substantially equal beginning in 2012 and each year
22thereafter. For purposes of this subparagraph (b),
23"substantially equal" means that debt service in any full year
24after calendar year 2011 is not more than 115% of debt service
25in any other full year after calendar year 2011 during the term
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1with respect to bonds and notes that bear interest at a
2variable rate, interest shall be assumed at a rate equal to the
3rate for United States Treasury Securities - State and Local
4Government Series for the same maturity, plus 75 basis points.
5If the Authority enters into a Swap with a counterparty
6requiring the Authority to pay a fixed interest rate on a
7notional amount, and the Authority has made a determination
8that such Swap was entered into for the purpose of providing
9substitute interest payments for variable interest rate bonds
10or notes of a particular maturity or maturities in a principal
11amount equal to the notional amount of the Swap, then during
12the term of the Swap for purposes of any calculation of
13interest payable on such bonds or notes, the interest rate on
14the bonds or notes of such maturity or maturities shall be
15determined as if such bonds or notes bore interest at the fixed
16interest rate payable by the Authority under such Swap.
17    (6) No bond or note issued under this Section 12c shall
18mature later than December 31, 2040.
19    (c) The Chicago Transit Board shall provide for the
20issuance of bonds or notes as authorized in this Section 12c by
21the adoption of an ordinance. The ordinance, together with the
22bonds or notes, shall constitute a contract among the
23Authority, the owners from time to time of the bonds or notes,
24any bond trustee with respect to the bonds or notes, any
25related credit enhancer and any provider of any related Swaps.
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1the bonds or notes, and any interest or investment earnings on
2the bonds or notes, and of any Swaps, to be invested until the
3proceeds and any interest or investment earnings have been
4deposited with the Retirement Plan or the Retiree Health Care
5Trust.
6    (e) Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c may
7be general obligations of the Authority, to which shall be
8pledged the full faith and credit of the Authority, or may be
9obligations payable solely from particular sources of funds all
10as may be provided in the authorizing ordinance. The
11authorizing ordinance for the bonds and notes, whether or not
12general obligations of the Authority, may provide for the Debt
13Service (as defined in paragraph (i) of this Section 12c) to
14have a claim for payment from particular sources of funds,
15including, without limitation, amounts to be paid to the
16Authority or a bond trustee. The authorizing ordinance may
17provide for the means by which the bonds or notes (and any
18related Swaps) may be secured, which may include, a pledge of
19any revenues or funds of the Authority from whatever source
20which may by law be utilized for paying Debt Service. In
21addition to any other security, upon ordinance of the written
22approval of the Regional Transportation Authority by the
23affirmative vote of 12 of its then Directors, the ordinance may
24provide a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or
25security interest in amounts to be paid to the Authority by the
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1to the bond trustee for payment of Debt Service with respect to
2the bonds or notes, subject to the provisions of existing lease
3agreements of the Authority with any public building
4commission. The authorizing ordinance may also provide a
5specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security
6interest in and direct payment to the trustee of all or a
7portion of the moneys otherwise payable to the Authority from
8the City of Chicago pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement
9with the Authority to provide financial assistance to the
10Authority. Any such pledge, assignment, lien or security
11interest for the benefit of owners of bonds or notes shall be
12valid and binding from the time the bonds or notes are issued,
13without any physical delivery or further act, and shall be
14valid and binding as against and prior to the claims of all
15other parties having claims of any kind against the Authority
16or any other person, irrespective of whether such other parties
17have notice of such pledge, assignment, lien or security
18interest, all as provided in the Local Government Debt Reform
19Act, as it may be amended from time to time. The bonds or notes
20of the Authority issued pursuant to this Section 12c shall have
21such priority of payment and as to their claim for payment from
22particular sources of funds, including their priority with
23respect to obligations of the Authority issued under other
24Sections of this Act, all as shall be provided in the
25ordinances authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes. The
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1this Section may provide for the creation of, deposits in, and
2regulation and disposition of sinking fund or reserve accounts
3relating to those bonds or notes and related agreements. The
4ordinance authorizing the issuance of any such bonds or notes
5authorized under this Section 12c may contain provisions for
6the creation of a separate fund to provide for the payment of
7principal of and interest on those bonds or notes and related
8agreements. The ordinance may also provide limitations on the
9issuance of additional bonds or notes of the Authority.
10    (f) Bonds or notes issued under this Section 12c shall not
11constitute an indebtedness of the Regional Transportation
12Authority, the State of Illinois, or of any other political
13subdivision of or municipality within the State, except the
14Authority.
15    (g) The ordinance of the Chicago Transit Board authorizing
16the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to this Section 12c may
17provide for the appointment of a corporate trustee (which may
18be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust
19company within Illinois) with respect to bonds or notes issued
20pursuant to this Section 12c. The ordinance shall prescribe the
21rights, duties, and powers of the trustee to be exercised for
22the benefit of the Authority and the protection of the owners
23of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c. The
24ordinance may provide for the trustee to hold in trust, invest
25and use amounts in funds and accounts created as provided by
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1with this Section 12c. The Authority may apply, as it shall
2determine, any amounts received upon the sale of the bonds or
3notes to pay any Debt Service on the bonds or notes. The
4ordinance may provide for a trust indenture to set forth terms
5of, sources of payment for and security for the bonds and
6notes.
7    (h) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
8owners of the bonds or notes issued pursuant to Section 12c
9that the State of Illinois will not limit the powers vested in
10the Authority by this Act to pledge and assign its revenues and
11funds as security for the payment of the bonds or notes, or
12vested in the Regional Transportation Authority by the Regional
13Transportation Authority Act or this Act, so as to materially
14impair the payment obligations of the Authority under the terms
15of any contract made by the Authority with those owners or to
16materially impair the rights and remedies of those owners until
17those bonds or notes, together with interest and any redemption
18premium, and all costs and expenses in connection with any
19action or proceedings by or on behalf of such owners are fully
20met and discharged. The Authority is authorized to include
21these pledges and agreements of the State of Illinois in any
22contract with owners of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this
23Section 12c.
24    (i) For purposes of this Section, "Debt Service" with
25respect to bonds or notes includes, without limitation,
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1redemption premium, interest, periodic, upfront, and
2termination payments on Swaps, fees for bond insurance or other
3credit enhancement, liquidity facilities, the funding of bond
4or note reserves, bond trustee fees, and all other costs of
5providing for the security or payment of the bonds or notes.
6    (j) The Authority shall adopt a procurement program with
7respect to contracts relating to the following service
8providers in connection with the issuance of debt for the
9benefit of the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
10Employees: underwriters, bond counsel, financial advisors, and
11accountants. The program shall include goals for the payment of
12not less than 30% of the total dollar value of the fees from
13these contracts to minority-owned businesses and women-owned
14businesses as defined in the Business Enterprise for
15Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. The
16Authority shall conduct outreach to minority-owned businesses
17and women-owned businesses. Outreach shall include, but is not
18limited to, advertisements in periodicals and newspapers,
19mailings, and other appropriate media. The Authority shall
20submit to the General Assembly a comprehensive report that
21shall include, at a minimum, the details of the procurement
22plan, outreach efforts, and the results of the efforts to
23achieve goals for the payment of fees. The service providers
24selected by the Authority pursuant to such program shall not be
25subject to approval by the Regional Transportation Authority,
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1to subsection (e) of this Section 12c related to the issuance
2of debt shall not be based in any way on the service providers
3selected by the Authority pursuant to this Section.
4    (k) No person holding an elective office in this State,
5holding a seat in the General Assembly, serving as a director,
6trustee, officer, or employee of the Regional Transportation
7Authority or the Chicago Transit Authority, including the
8spouse or minor child of that person, may receive a legal,
9banking, consulting, or other fee related to the issuance of
10any bond issued by the Chicago Transit Authority pursuant to
11this Section.
12(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
13    (70 ILCS 3605/19)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319)
14    Sec. 19. On January 1, 2021: (1) the terms of the members
15of the Chicago Transit Board are terminated; (2) the powers and
16duties of the Chicago Transit Board shall be exercised and
17performed by the Regional Transportation Authority Board; and
18(3) the powers and duties of the Chicago Transit Authority
19shall be exercised and performed by the Regional Transportation
20Authority. The governing and administrative body of the
21Authority shall be a board consisting of seven members, to be
22known as Chicago Transit Board. Members of the Board shall be
23residents of the metropolitan area and persons of recognized
24business ability. No member of the Board of the Authority shall
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1any County or any municipal government, or any other unit of
2local government, except an honorary office without
3compensation or an office in the National Guard. No employee of
4the Authority shall hold any other office or employment under
5the Federal, State or any County or any municipal government,
6or any other unit of local government, except an office with
7compensation not exceeding $15,000 annually or a position in
8the National Guard or the United States military reserves.
9Provided, however, that the Chairman may be a member of the
10Board of the Regional Transportation Authority. No member of
11the Board or employee of the Authority shall have any private
12financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract, work or
13business of the Authority nor in the sale or lease of any
14property to or from the Authority. The salary of each member of
15the initial Board shall be $15,000.00 per annum, and such
16salary shall not be increased or diminished during his or her
17term of office. The salaries of successor members of the Board
18shall be fixed by the Board and shall not be increased or
19diminished during their respective terms of office. No Board
20member shall be allowed any fees, perquisites or emoluments,
21reward or compensation for his or her services as a member or
22officer of the Authority aside from his or her salary or
23pension, but he or she shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
24incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her duties.
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1    (70 ILCS 3605/24)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 324)
2    Sec. 24. The Board shall appoint a secretary and a
3treasurer of the Authority, who need not be members of the
4Board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board, and fix
5their duties and compensation. The Secretary shall not be
6engaged in any other business or employment during his or her
7tenure of office as Secretary of the Authority Board. Before
8entering upon the duties of their respective offices they shall
9take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and the
10treasurer shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to be
11approved by the Board. The bond shall be payable to the
12Authority in whatever penal sum may be directed by the Board
13conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the
14office and the payment of all money received by him or her
15according to law and the orders of the Board. The Board may, at
16any time, require a new bond from the treasurer in such penal
17sum as may then be determined by the Board. The obligation of
18the sureties shall not extend to any loss sustained by the
19insolvency, failure or closing of any savings and loan
20association or national or State bank wherein the treasurer has
21deposited funds if the bank has been approved by the Board as a
22depositary for these funds. The oaths of office and the
23treasurer's bond shall be filed in the principal office of the
24Authority. A person appointed under this Section whose term has
25not expired on January 1, 2021 shall continue in his or her
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1appointment, resignation, or removal by the Board.
2(Source: P.A. 83-541.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3605/27)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327)
4    Sec. 27. The Board may appoint an Executive Director of the
5Authority who shall be a person of recognized ability and
6experience in the operation of transportation systems to hold
7office during the pleasure of the Board. The Executive Director
8shall have management of the properties and business of the
9Authority and the employees thereof, subject to the general
10control of the Board, shall direct the enforcement of all
11ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the Board,
12and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from
13time to time by the Board. The Board may appoint a General
14Counsel and a Chief Engineer of the Authority, and shall
15provide for the appointment of other officers, attorneys,
16engineers, consultants, agents and employees as may be
17necessary for the construction, extension, operation,
18maintenance, and policing of its properties. It shall define
19their duties and require bonds of such of them as the Board may
20designate. The Executive Director, General Counsel, Chief
21Engineer, and all other officers provided for pursuant to this
22section shall be exempt from taking and subscribing any oath of
23office. The compensation of the Executive Director, General
24Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all other officers, attorneys,
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1A person appointed under this Section whose term has not
2expired on January 1, 2021 shall continue in his or her
3position with the Authority until the expiration of his or her
4appointment, resignation, or removal by the Board.
5    In the policing of its properties the Board may provide for
6the appointment and maintenance, from time to time, of such
7police force as it may find necessary and practicable to aid
8and supplement the police forces of any municipality in the
9protection of its property and the protection of the persons
10and property of its passengers and employees, or otherwise in
11furtherance of the purposes for which such Authority was
12organized. The members of such police force shall have and
13exercise like police powers to those conferred upon the police
14of cities. Neither the Authority, the Regional Transit
15Authority, the members of its Board, nor its officers or
16employees shall be held liable for failure to provide a
17security or police force or, if a security or police force is
18provided, for failure to provide adequate police protection or
19security, failure to prevent the commission of crimes by fellow
20passengers or other third persons or for the failure to
21apprehend criminals.
22(Source: P.A. 84-939; 87-597.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3605/27a)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327a)
24    Sec. 27a. In addition to annually expending moneys equal to
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1December 31, 1988 for the protection against crime of its
2properties, employees and consumers of its public
3transportation services, the Authority also shall annually
4expend for the protection against crime of its employees and
5consumers, an amount that is equal to not less than 15 percent
6of all direct grants it receives from the State of Illinois as
7reimbursement for providing reduced fares for mass
8transportation services to students, persons with
9disabilities, and the elderly. The Authority shall provide to
10the Regional Transportation Authority such information as is
11required by the Regional Transportation Authority in
12determining whether the Authority has expended moneys in
13compliance with the provisions of this Section. The provisions
14of this Section shall apply in any fiscal year of the Authority
15only after all debt service requirements are met for that
16fiscal year.
17(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3605/28)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328)
19    Sec. 28. The Board shall classify all the offices,
20positions and grades of regular and exempt employment required,
21excepting that of the Chairman of the Board, the Executive
22Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel, and Chief
23Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title, job schedule
24number, and the compensation fixed therefor, and adopt rules
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1the basis of merit and efficiency. The job title shall be
2generally descriptive of the duties performed in that job, and
3the job schedule number shall be used to identify a job title
4and to further classify positions within a job title. No
5discrimination shall be made in any appointment or promotion to
6any office, position, or grade of regular employment because of
7race, creed, color, sex, national origin, physical or mental
8disability unrelated to ability, or political or religious
9affiliations. No officer or employee in regular employment
10shall be discharged or demoted except for cause which is
11detrimental to the service. Any officer or employee in regular
12employment who is discharged or demoted may file a complaint in
13writing with the Board within ten days after notice of his or
14her discharge or demotion. If an employee is a member of a
15labor organization the complaint may be filed by such
16organization for and in behalf of such employee. The Board
17shall grant a hearing on such complaint within thirty (30) days
18after it is filed. The time and place of the hearing shall be
19fixed by the Board and due notice thereof given to the
20complainant, the labor organization by or through which the
21complaint was filed and the Executive Director. The hearing
22shall be conducted by the Board, or any member thereof or any
23officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the
24Board. The complainant may be represented by counsel. If the
25Board finds, or approves a finding of the member or committee
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1discharged or demoted, he or she shall be restored to his or
2her office or position with back pay. The decision of the Board
3shall be final and not subject to review. The Board may
4designate such offices, positions, and grades of employment as
5exempt as it deems necessary for the efficient operation of the
6business of the Authority. The total number of employees
7occupying exempt offices, positions, or grades of employment
8may not exceed 3% of the total employment of the Authority. All
9exempt offices, positions, and grades of employment shall be at
10will. No discrimination shall be made in any appointment or
11promotion to any office, position, or grade of exempt
12employment because of race, creed, color, sex, national origin,
13physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, or
14religious or political affiliation. The Board may abolish any
15vacant or occupied office or position. Additionally, the Board
16may reduce the force of employees for lack of work or lack of
17funds as determined by the Board. When the number of positions
18or employees holding positions of regular employment within a
19particular job title and job schedule number are reduced, those
20employees with the least company seniority in that job title
21and job schedule number shall be first released from regular
22employment service. For a period of one year, an employee
23released from service shall be eligible for reinstatement to
24the job title and job schedule number from which he or she was
25released, in order of company seniority, if additional force of
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1Section means the overall employment service credited to an
2employee by the Authority since the employee's most recent date
3of hire irrespective of job titles held. If 2 or more employees
4have the same company seniority date, time in the affected job
5title and job schedule number shall be used to break the
6company seniority tie. For purposes of this Section, company
7seniority shall be considered a working condition. When
8employees are represented by a labor organization that has a
9labor agreement with the Authority, the wages, hours, and
10working conditions (including, but not limited to, seniority
11rights) shall be governed by the terms of the agreement. Exempt
12employment shall not include any employees who are represented
13by a labor organization that has a labor agreement with the
14Authority.
15    No employee, officer, or agent of the Chicago Transit
16Authority Board may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or
17her annual salary unless that bonus has been reviewed for a
18period of 14 days by the Regional Transportation Authority
19Board. After 14 days, the bonus shall be considered reviewed.
20This Section does not apply to usual and customary salary
21adjustments.
22(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3605/28a)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328a)
24    Sec. 28a. (a) The Board may deal with and enter into
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1accredited representatives of such employees or
2representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for
3such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
4conditions and pension or retirement provisions; provided,
5nothing herein shall be construed to permit hours of labor in
6excess of those provided by law or to permit working conditions
7prohibited by law. In case of dispute over wages, salaries,
8hours, working conditions, or pension or retirement provisions
9the Board may arbitrate any question or questions and may agree
10with such accredited representatives or labor organization
11that the decision of a majority of any arbitration board shall
12be final, provided each party shall agree in advance to pay
13half of the expense of such arbitration.
14    No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor
15organization, association, group or individual for the
16employment of members of such organization, association, group
17or individual for the construction, improvement, maintenance,
18operation or administration of any property, plant or
19facilities under the jurisdiction of the Authority, where such
20organization, association, group or individual denies on the
21ground of race, creed, color, sex, religion, physical or mental
22disability unrelated to ability, or national origin membership
23and equal opportunities for employment to any citizen of
24Illinois.
25    (b)(1) The provisions of this paragraph (b) apply to
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1amendments of existing agreements) entered into on or after
2January 1, 1984.
3    (2) The Board shall deal with and enter into written
4contracts with their employees of the Authority, through
5accredited representatives of such employees authorized to act
6for such employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
7conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a
8collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
10Assembly 1983. Any such agreement of the Authority shall
11provide that the agreement may be reopened if the amended
12budget submitted pursuant to Section 2.18a of the Regional
13Transportation Authority Act is not approved by the Board of
14the Regional Transportation Authority. The agreement may not
15include a provision requiring the payment of wage increases
16based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Board shall
17not have the authority to enter into collective bargaining
18agreements with respect to inherent management rights, which
19include such areas of discretion or policy as the functions of
20the employer, standards of services, its overall budget, the
21organizational structure and selection of new employees and
22direction of personnel. Employers, however, shall be required
23to bargain collectively with regard to policy matters directly
24affecting wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment,
25as well as the impact thereon upon request by employee
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1exclusive representatives which have established collective
2bargaining relationships or negotiated collective bargaining
3agreements prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
4of the 101st General Assembly 1983, employers shall be required
5to bargain collectively with regard to any matter concerning
6wages, hours or conditions of employment about which they have
7bargained prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
8the 101st General Assembly 1983.
9    (3) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a
10prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service
11operated by or funded by the Board, except where prohibited by
12federal law.
13    (4) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
14bargaining agreement, the Board shall determine the costs of
15each provision of the agreement and , prepare an amended budget
16incorporating the costs of the agreement, and present the
17amended budget to the Board of the Regional Transportation
18Authority for its approval under Section 4.11 of the Regional
19Transportation Act. The Board of the Regional Transportation
20Authority may approve the amended budget by an affirmative vote
21of 12 of its then Directors. If the budget is not approved by
22the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority, the
23agreement may be reopened and its terms may be renegotiated.
24Any amended budget which may be prepared following
25renegotiation shall be presented to the Board of the Regional
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1(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3605/30)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 330)
3    Sec. 30. The Board shall make all rules and regulations
4governing the operation of the transportation system of the
5Authority, shall determine all routings and change the same
6whenever it is deemed advisable by the Board, subject to the
7provisions of any ordinance granting rights to the Authority.
8Except as provided in Sections 2.04 and 4.11(b)(5) of the
9Regional Transportation Authority Act, the Board shall fix
10rates, fares and charges for transportation, provided that they
11shall be at all times sufficient in the aggregate to provide
12revenues (a) for the payment of the interest on and principal
13of all bonds, certificates and other obligations payable from
14said revenues and to meet all other charges upon such revenues
15as provided by any trust agreement executed by the Authority in
16connection with the issuance of bonds or certificates under
17this Act, (b) for the payment of all operating costs including
18all charges which may be incurred pursuant to Sections 29 and
1939 of this Act and all other costs and charges incidental to
20the operation of the transportation system, (c) for the payment
21of all costs and charges incurred pursuant to Sections 37 and
2238 of this Act and any other costs and charges for acquisition,
23installation, construction or for replacement or
24reconstruction of equipment, structures or rights of way not
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1Section 12 of this Act, and (d) for any compensation required
2to be paid to any municipality for the use of streets, subways
3and other public ways. The Board may provide free
4transportation within any municipality in and by which they are
5employed for firemen and public health nurses, when in uniform,
6and policemen when in uniform or, when not in uniform, upon
7presentation of identification as policemen, and shall provide
8free transportation to sworn law enforcement personnel of the
9Cook County Sheriff's Department when in uniform or, when not
10in uniform, upon presentation of identification as sworn law
11enforcement personnel of the Cook County Sheriff's Department,
12and may provide free transportation for employees of the
13Authority when in uniform or upon presentation of
14identification as such employees, and may enter into agreements
15with the United States Post Office Department for the
16transportation of mail, and the payment of compensation to the
17Authority in lieu of fares for the transportation of letter
18carriers, when in uniform at all times.
19    The Board may also provide free transportation, or
20transportation at reduced fares, to all or designated classes
21of pupils in attendance at public schools of school districts
22within or partly within the territorial limits of the
23Authority, or in attendance at private schools offering grades
24of instruction comparable to those offered in public schools,
25under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board, and,
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1public school boards and representatives of private schools,
2for reimbursement of pupil transportation costs from public
3funds.
4(Source: P.A. 97-85, eff. 7-7-11.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 3605/34)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 334)
6    Sec. 34. Budget and Program. The Authority, subject to the
7powers of the Regional Transportation Authority in Section 4.11
8of the Regional Transportation Authority Act, shall control the
9finances of the Authority. The Regional Transit Authority It
10shall by ordinance appropriate money to perform the Authority's
11purposes and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the
12Authority. Each year the Authority shall prepare and publish a
13comprehensive annual budget and five-year capital program
14document, and a financial plan for the 2 years thereafter
15describing the state of the Authority and presenting for the
16forthcoming fiscal year and the two following years the
17Authority's plans for such operations and capital expenditures
18as it intends to undertake and the means by which it intends to
19finance them. The proposed budget, financial plan, and
20five-year capital program shall be based on the Regional
21Transportation Authority's estimate of funds to be made
22available to the Authority by or through the Regional
23Transportation Authority and shall conform in all respects to
24the requirements established by the Regional Transportation
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1capital program shall contain a statement of the funds
2estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year,
3the funds estimated to be received from all sources for such
4year and the funds estimated to be on hand at the end of such
5year. The proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year
6capital program shall be available at no cost for public
7inspection at the Authority's main office and at the Regional
8Transportation Authority's main office at least 3 weeks prior
9to any public hearing. Before the proposed budget, financial
10plan, and five-year capital program are approved by submitted
11to the Regional Transportation Authority, the Authority shall
12hold at least one public hearing thereon in each of the
13counties in which the Authority provides service. All Board
14members of the Regional Transit Authority shall attend a
15majority of the public hearings unless reasonable cause is
16given for their absence. After the public hearings, the Board
17of the Authority shall hold at least one meeting for
18consideration of the proposed program and budget with the Cook
19County Board. After conducting such hearings and holding such
20meetings and after making such changes in the proposed budget,
21financial plan, and five-year capital program as the Board
22deems appropriate, it shall adopt an annual budget ordinance at
23least by November 15th preceding the beginning of each fiscal
24year. The budget, financial plan, and five-year capital program
25shall then be submitted to the Regional Transportation
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1Transportation Authority Act. In the event that the Board of
2the Regional Transportation Authority determines that the
3budget, financial plan, and five-year capital program do not
4meet the standards of said Section 4.11, the Board of the
5Authority shall make such changes as are necessary to meet such
6requirements and adopt an amended budget ordinance. The amended
7budget ordinance shall be resubmitted to the Regional
8Transportation Authority pursuant to said Section 4.11. The
9budget ordinance shall appropriate such sums of money as are
10deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and
11obligations of the Authority, specifying purposes and the
12objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the
13amount appropriated for each object or program. Additional
14appropriations, transfers between items and other changes in
15such ordinance which do not alter the basis upon which the
16balanced budget determination was made by the Regional
17Transportation Authority may be made from time to time by the
18Board.
19    The budget shall:
20        (i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues
21    from all sources including operating subsidies and (B) the
22    costs of providing the services specified and of funding
23    any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
24    periods, including provision for payment when due of
25    principal and interest on outstanding indebtedness;
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1    anticipated cash flow borrowing sufficient to pay with
2    reasonable promptness all costs and expenses as incurred;
3        (iii) provide for a level of fares or charges and
4    operating or administrative costs for the public
5    transportation provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
6    of the Board sufficient to allow the Authority Board to
7    meet its required system generated revenue recovery ratio
8    as determined by the Board in accordance with subsection
9    (a) of Section 4.11 of the Regional Transportation
10    Authority Act;
11        (iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and
12    projections which are reasonable and prudent;
13        (v) have been prepared in accordance with sound
14    financial practices as determined by the Board of the
15    Regional Transportation Authority;
16        (vi) meet such other financial, budgetary, or fiscal
17    requirements that the Board of the Regional Transportation
18    Authority may by rule or regulation establish; and
19        (vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives
20    adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the
21    Strategic Plan.
22    The Board shall establish a fiscal operating year. At least
23thirty days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal
24year after the creation of the Authority, and annually
25thereafter, the Board shall cause to be prepared a tentative
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1expense for the ensuing fiscal year. The tentative budget shall
2be considered by the Board and, subject to any revision and
3amendments as may be determined, shall be adopted prior to the
4first day of the ensuing fiscal year as the budget for that
5year. No expenditures for operations and maintenance in excess
6of the budget shall be made during any fiscal year except by
7the affirmative vote of at least five members of the Board. It
8shall not be necessary to include in the annual budget any
9statement of necessary expenditures for pensions or retirement
10annuities, or for interest or principal payments on bonds or
11certificates, or for capital outlays, but it shall be the duty
12of the Board to make provision for payment of same from
13appropriate funds. The Board may not alter its fiscal year
14without the prior approval of the Board of the Regional
15Transportation Authority.
16(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 3605/4 rep.)
18    (70 ILCS 3605/6.1 rep.)
19    (70 ILCS 3605/9b rep.)
20    (70 ILCS 3605/20 rep.)
21    (70 ILCS 3605/21 rep.)
22    (70 ILCS 3605/22 rep.)
23    (70 ILCS 3605/23 rep.)
24    (70 ILCS 3605/28d rep.)
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1    Section 30. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
2amended by repealing Sections 4, 6.1, 9b, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28d,
3and 44.
 
4    Section 35. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
5amended by changing Sections 1.03, 2.01, 2.01a, 2.01b, 2.01c,
62.01d, 2.01e, 2.20, 2.21, 2.30, 3.01, 3.04, 3.08, 3A.01, 3A.02,
73A.05, 3A.09, 3A.10, 3A.11, 3A.12, 3A.14, 3A.15, 3A.16, 3A.17,
83A.18, 3B.01, 3B.02, 3B.05, 3B.09, 3B.10, 3B.11, 3B.12, 3B.13,
93B.14, 3B.15, 3B.26, 4.01, 4.02b, 4.03.3, 4.04, 4.11, 4.15, and
105.05 and by adding the heading of Article III-C and Sections
111.06 and 3C.05 as follows:
 
12    (70 ILCS 3615/1.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.03)
13    Sec. 1.03. Definitions. As used in this Act:
14    "Authority" means the Regional Transportation Authority;
15    "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Regional
16Transportation Authority;
17    "Construct or acquire" means plan, design, construct,
18reconstruct, improve, modify, extend, landscape, expand or
19acquire;
20    "Metropolitan Region" means all territory included within
21the territory of the Authority as provided in this Act, and
22such territory as may be annexed to the Authority;
23    "Municipality", "County" and "Unit of Local Government"
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1VII of the Illinois Constitution;
2    "Operate" means operate, maintain, administer, repair,
3promote and any other acts necessary or proper with regard to
4such matters;
5    "Public Transportation" means the transportation or
6conveyance of persons within the metropolitan region by means
7available to the general public, including groups of the
8general public with special needs, except for transportation by
9automobiles not used for conveyance of the general public as
10passengers;
11    "Public Transportation Facilities" means all equipment or
12property, real or personal, or rights therein, useful or
13necessary for providing, maintaining or administering public
14transportation within the metropolitan region or otherwise
15useful for carrying out or meeting the purposes or powers of
16the Authority, except it shall not include roads, streets,
17highways or bridges or toll highways or toll bridges for
18general public use; and
19    "Service Boards" means the Board of the Commuter Rail
20Division of the Authority, the Board of the Suburban Bus
21Division of the Authority and the Board of the Chicago Transit
22Authority established pursuant to the "Metropolitan Transit
23Authority Act", approved April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter
24amended.
25    "Transportation Agency" means any individual, firm,
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1corporation, public authority, unit of local government or
2other person, other than the Authority and the Service Boards,
3which provides public transportation, any local mass transit
4district created pursuant to the "Local Mass Transit District
5Act", as now or hereafter amended, and any urban transportation
6district created pursuant to the "Urban Transportation
7District Act", as now or hereafter amended, which districts are
8located in whole or in part within the metropolitan region.
9(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
10    (70 ILCS 3615/1.06 new)
11    Sec. 1.06. Authority of the Regional Transportation
12Authority and Service Boards. On and after January 1, 2021:
13        (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
14    Authority is primarily responsible for setting policy and
15    strategic direction, determining allocation of funds, and
16    prioritizing investments for the operation of public
17    transportation in the metropolitan region by the Commuter
18    Rail Division, Suburban Bus Division, and the Chicago
19    Transit Authority.
20        (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
21    Commuter Rail Division, Suburban Bus Division, and the
22    Chicago Transit Authority are primarily responsible for
23    the day-to-day operation of public transportation in the
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.01)
2    Sec. 2.01. General Allocation of Responsibility for Public
3Transportation.
4    (a) In order to accomplish the purposes as set forth in
5this Act, the responsibility for planning, operating, and
6funding public transportation in the metropolitan region shall
7be allocated as described in this Act. The Authority shall:
8        (i) adopt plans that implement the public policy of the
9    State to provide adequate, efficient, geographically
10    equitable and coordinated public transportation throughout
11    the metropolitan region;
12        (ii) set goals, objectives, and standards for the
13    Authority, the Service Boards, and transportation
14    agencies;
15        (iii) develop performance measures to inform the
16    public about the extent to which the provision of public
17    transportation in the metropolitan region meets those
18    goals, objectives, and standards;
19        (iv) allocate operating and capital funds made
20    available to support public transportation in the
21    metropolitan region;
22        (v) provide financial oversight of the Service Boards;
23    and
24        (vi) coordinate the provision of public transportation
25    and the investment in public transportation facilities to
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1    throughout the metropolitan region, all as provided in this
2    Act.
3    The Service Boards shall, on a continuing basis determine
4the level, nature and kind of public transportation which
5should be provided for the metropolitan region in order to meet
6the plans, goals, objectives, and standards adopted by the
7Authority. The Service Boards may provide public
8transportation by purchasing such service from transportation
9agencies through purchase of service agreements, by grants to
10such agencies or by operating such service, all pursuant to
11this Act and the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act", as now
12or hereafter amended. Certain of its actions to implement the
13responsibilities allocated to the Authority in this subsection
14(a) shall be taken in 3 public documents adopted by the
15affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors: A
16Strategic Plan; a Five-Year Capital Program; and an Annual
17Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan.
18    (b) The Authority shall subject the operating and capital
19plans and expenditures of the Service Boards in the
20metropolitan region with regard to public transportation to
21continuing review so that the Authority may budget and expend
22its funds with maximum effectiveness and efficiency. The
23Authority shall conduct audits of each of the Service Boards no
24less than every 5 years. Such audits may include management,
25performance, financial, and infrastructure condition audits.
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1and infrastructure condition audits of transportation agencies
2that receive funds from the Authority. The Authority may direct
3a Service Board to conduct any such audit of a transportation
4agency that receives funds from a such Service Board, and the
5Service Board shall comply with such request to the extent it
6has the right to do so. These audits of the Service Boards or
7transportation agencies may be project or service specific
8audits to evaluate their achievement of the goals and
9objectives of that project or service and their compliance with
10any applicable requirements.
11(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01a)
13    Sec. 2.01a. Strategic Plan.
14    (a) By the affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then
15Directors, the Authority shall adopt a Strategic Plan, no less
16than every 5 years, after consultation with the Service Boards
17and after holding a minimum of 3 public hearings in Cook County
18and one public hearing in each of the other counties in the
19region. The Executive Director of the Authority shall review
20the Strategic Plan on an ongoing basis and make recommendations
21to the Board of the Authority with respect to any update or
22amendment of the Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan shall
23describe the specific actions to be taken by the Authority and
24the Service Boards to provide adequate, efficient, and
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1    (b) The Strategic Plan shall identify goals and objectives
2with respect to:
3        (i) increasing ridership and passenger miles on public
4    transportation funded by the Authority;
5        (ii) coordination of public transportation services
6    and the investment in public transportation facilities to
7    enhance the integration of public transportation
8    throughout the metropolitan region;
9        (iii) coordination of fare and transfer policies to
10    promote transfers by riders among Service Boards,
11    transportation agencies, and public transportation modes,
12    which may include goals and objectives for development of a
13    universal fare instrument that riders may use
14    interchangeably on all public transportation funded by the
15    Authority, and methods to be used to allocate revenues from
16    transfers;
17        (iv) improvements in public transportation facilities
18    to bring those facilities into a state of good repair,
19    enhancements that attract ridership and improve customer
20    service, and expansions needed to serve areas with
21    sufficient demand for public transportation;
22        (v) access for transit-dependent populations,
23    including access by low-income communities to places of
24    employment, utilizing analyses provided by the Chicago
25    Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding employment and
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1    the location of employment centers in each county and the
2    availability of public transportation at off-peak hours
3    and on weekends;
4        (vi) the financial viability of the public
5    transportation system, including both operating and
6    capital programs;
7        (vii) limiting road congestion within the metropolitan
8    region and enhancing transit options to improve mobility;
9    and
10        (viii) such other goals and objectives that advance the
11    policy of the State to provide adequate, efficient,
12    geographically equitable and coordinated public
13    transportation in the metropolitan region.
14    (c) The Strategic Plan shall establish the process and
15criteria by which proposals for capital improvements by a
16Service Board or a transportation agency will be evaluated by
17the Authority for inclusion in the Five-Year Capital Program,
18which may include criteria for:
19        (i) allocating funds among maintenance, enhancement,
20    and expansion improvements;
21        (ii) projects to be funded from the Innovation,
22    Coordination, and Enhancement Fund;
23        (iii) projects intended to improve or enhance
24    ridership or customer service;
25        (iv) design and location of station or transit
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1    ridership, and support transit-oriented land development;
2        (v) assessing the impact of projects on the ability to
3    operate and maintain the existing transit system; and
4        (vi) other criteria that advance the goals and
5    objectives of the Strategic Plan.
6    (d) The Strategic Plan shall establish performance
7standards and measurements regarding the adequacy, efficiency,
8geographic equity and coordination of public transportation
9services in the region and the implementation of the goals and
10objectives in the Strategic Plan. At a minimum, such standards
11and measures shall include customer-related performance data
12measured by line, route, or sub-region, as determined by the
13Authority, on the following:
14        (i) travel times and on-time performance;
15        (ii) ridership data;
16        (iii) equipment failure rates;
17        (iv) employee and customer safety; and
18        (v) customer satisfaction.
19    The Service Boards and transportation agencies that
20receive funding from the Authority or Service Boards shall
21prepare, publish, and submit to the Authority such reports with
22regard to these standards and measurements in the frequency and
23form required by the Authority; however, the frequency of such
24reporting shall be no less than annual. The Service Boards
25shall publish such reports on their respective websites. The
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1website. Such performance standards and measures shall not be
2used as the basis for disciplinary action against any employee
3of the Authority or Service Boards, except to the extent the
4employment and disciplinary practices of the Authority or
5Service Board provide for such action.
6    (e) The Strategic Plan shall identify innovations to
7improve the delivery of public transportation and the
8construction of public transportation facilities.
9    (f) The Strategic Plan shall describe the expected
10financial condition of public transportation in the
11metropolitan region prospectively over a 10-year period, which
12may include information about the cash position and all known
13obligations of the Authority and the Service Boards including
14operating expenditures, debt service, contributions for
15payment of pension and other post-employment benefits, the
16expected revenues from fares, tax receipts, grants from the
17federal, State, and local governments for operating and capital
18purposes and issuance of debt, the availability of working
19capital, and the resources needed to achieve the goals and
20objectives described in the Strategic Plan.
21    (g) In developing the Strategic Plan, the Authority shall
22rely on such demographic and other data, forecasts, and
23assumptions developed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
24Planning with respect to the patterns of population density and
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1areas outside the metropolitan region that may impact public
2transportation utilization in the metropolitan region. The
3Authority shall also consult with the Illinois Department of
4Transportation's Office of Planning and Programming when
5developing the Strategic Plan. Before adopting or amending any
6Strategic Plan, the Authority shall consult with the Chicago
7Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding the consistency of
8the Strategic Plan with the Regional Comprehensive Plan adopted
9pursuant to the Regional Planning Act.
10    (h) The Authority may adopt, by the affirmative vote of at
11least 12 of its then Directors, sub-regional or corridor plans
12for specific geographic areas of the metropolitan region in
13order to improve the adequacy, efficiency, geographic equity
14and coordination of existing, or the delivery of new, public
15transportation. Such plans may also address areas outside the
16metropolitan region that may impact public transportation
17utilization in the metropolitan region. In preparing a
18sub-regional or corridor plan, the Authority may identify
19changes in operating practices or capital investment in the
20sub-region or corridor that could increase ridership, reduce
21costs, improve coordination, or enhance transit-oriented
22development. The Authority shall consult with any affected
23Service Boards in the preparation of any sub-regional or
24corridor plans.
25    (i) If the Authority determines, by the affirmative vote of
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1proposed new public transportation service or facility, (i)
2multiple Service Boards or transportation agencies are
3potential service providers and (ii) the public transportation
4facilities to be constructed or purchased to provide that
5service have an expected construction cost of more than
6$25,000,000, the Authority shall have sole responsibility for
7conducting any alternatives analysis and preliminary
8environmental assessment required by federal or State law.
9Nothing in this subparagraph (i) shall prohibit a Service Board
10from undertaking alternatives analysis and preliminary
11environmental assessment for any public transportation service
12or facility identified in items (i) and (ii) above that is
13included in the Five-Year Capital Program as of the effective
14date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly;
15however, any expenditure related to any such public
16transportation service or facility must be included in a
17Five-Year Capital Program under the requirements of Sections
182.01b and 4.02 of this Act.
19(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
20    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01b)
21    Sec. 2.01b. The Five-Year Capital Program. By the
22affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors, the
23Authority, after consultation with the Service Boards and after
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1metropolitan region, shall each year adopt a Five-Year Capital
2Program that shall include each capital improvement to be
3undertaken by or on behalf of a Service Board provided that the
4Authority finds that the improvement meets any criteria for
5capital improvements contained in the Strategic Plan, is not
6inconsistent with any sub-regional or corridor plan adopted by
7the Authority, and can be funded within amounts available with
8respect to the capital and operating costs of such improvement.
9In reviewing proposals for improvements to be included in a
10Five-Year Capital Program, the Authority may give priority to
11improvements that are intended to bring public transportation
12facilities into a state of good repair. The Five-Year Capital
13Program shall also identify capital improvements to be
14undertaken by a Service Board, a transportation agency, or a
15unit of local government and funded by the Authority from
16amounts in the Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement Fund,
17provided that no improvement that is included in the Five-Year
18Capital Program as of the effective date of this amendatory Act
19of the 95th General Assembly may receive funding from the
20Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement Fund. Before
21adopting a Five-Year Capital Program, the Authority shall
22consult with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
23regarding the consistency of the Five-Year Capital Program with
24the Regional Comprehensive Plan adopted pursuant to the
25Regional Planning Act.
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01c)
2    Sec. 2.01c. Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement
3Fund.
4    (a) The Authority shall establish an Innovation,
5Coordination, and Enhancement Fund and deposit into the Fund an
6amount equal to $10,000,000 in 2008, and, each year thereafter,
7an amount equal to the amount deposited in the previous year
8increased or decreased by the percentage growth or decline in
9revenues received by the Authority from taxes imposed under
10Section 4.03 in the previous year. Amounts on deposit in such
11Fund and interest and other earnings on those amounts may be
12used by the Authority, upon the affirmative vote of 12 of its
13then Directors, and after a public participation process, for
14operating or capital grants or loans to Service Boards,
15transportation agencies, or units of local government that
16advance the goals and objectives identified by the Authority in
17its Strategic Plan, provided that no improvement that has been
18included in a Five-Year Capital Program as of the effective
19date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may
20receive any funding from the Innovation, Coordination, and
21Enhancement Fund. Unless the Board has determined by a vote of
2212 of its then Directors that an emergency exists requiring the
23use of some or all of the funds then in the Innovation,
24Coordination, and Enhancement Fund, such funds may only be used
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1transportation and develop and implement innovations to
2improve the quality and delivery of public transportation.
3    (b) Any grantee that receives funds from the Innovation,
4Coordination, and Enhancement Fund for the operation of
5eligible programs must (i) implement such programs within one
6year of receipt of such funds and (ii) within 2 years following
7commencement of any program utilizing such funds, determine
8whether it is desirable to continue the program, and upon such
9a determination, either incorporate such program into its
10annual operating budget and capital program or discontinue such
11program. No additional funds from the Innovation,
12Coordination, and Enhancement Fund may be distributed to a
13grantee for any individual program beyond 2 years unless the
14Authority by the affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then
15Directors waives this limitation. Any such waiver will be with
16regard to an individual program and with regard to a one
17year-period, and any further waivers for such individual
18program require a subsequent vote of the Board.
19(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
 
20    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01d)
21    Sec. 2.01d. ADA Paratransit Fund. The Authority shall
22establish an ADA Paratransit Fund and, each year, deposit into
23that Fund the following amounts: (i) a base amount equal to
24$115,000,000 in 2012, and, each year thereafter, an amount
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1services for the current year, (ii) any funds received from the
2State pursuant to appropriations for the purpose of funding ADA
3paratransit services, and (iii) any additional funds necessary
4to fund the budget or amended budget for ADA paratransit
5services adopted or approved by the Board for the current year.
6The amounts on deposit in the Fund and interest and other
7earnings on those amounts shall be used by the Authority to
8make grants to the Suburban Bus Division Board for ADA
9paratransit services provided pursuant to plans approved by the
10Authority under Section 2.30 of this Act. Funds received by the
11Suburban Bus Division Board from the Authority's ADA
12Paratransit Fund shall be used only to provide ADA paratransit
13services to individuals who are determined to be eligible for
14such services by the Authority under the Americans with
15Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
16Revenues from and costs of services provided by the Suburban
17Bus Division Board with grants made under this Section shall be
18included in the Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Program of
19the Suburban Bus Division Board and shall be subject to all
20budgetary and financial requirements under this Act that apply
21to ADA paratransit services. Beginning in 2008, the Executive
22Director shall, no later than August 15 of each year, provide
23to the Board a written determination of the projected annual
24costs of ADA paratransit services that are required to be
25provided pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of
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1Authority shall conduct triennial financial, compliance, and
2performance audits of ADA paratransit services to assist in
3this determination.
4(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01e)
6    Sec. 2.01e. Suburban Community Mobility Fund. The
7Authority shall establish a Suburban Community Mobility Fund
8and deposit into that Fund an amount equal to $20,000,000 in
92008, and, each year thereafter, an amount equal to the amount
10deposited in the previous year increased or decreased by the
11percentage growth or decline in revenues received by the
12Authority from taxes imposed under Section 4.03 in the previous
13year. The amounts on deposit in the Fund and interest and other
14earnings on those amounts shall be used by the Authority to
15make grants to the Suburban Bus Division Board for the purpose
16of operating transit services, other than traditional
17fixed-route services, that enhance suburban mobility,
18including, but not limited to, demand-responsive transit
19services, ride sharing, van pooling, service coordination,
20centralized dispatching and call taking, reverse commuting,
21service restructuring, and bus rapid transit. Revenues from and
22costs of services provided by the Suburban Bus Division Board
23with moneys from the Suburban Community Mobility Fund shall be
24included in the Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Program of
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1budgetary and financial requirements under this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3615/2.20)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.20)
4    Sec. 2.20. General Powers.
5    (a) Except as otherwise limited by this Act, the Authority
6shall also have all powers necessary to meet its
7responsibilities and to carry out its purposes, including, but
8not limited to, the following powers:
9        (i) To sue and be sued;
10        (ii) To invest any funds or any monies not required for
11    immediate use or disbursement, as provided in "An Act
12    relating to certain investments of public funds by public
13    agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter
14    amended;
15        (iii) To make, amend and repeal by-laws, rules and
16    regulations, and ordinances not inconsistent with this
17    Act;
18        (iv) To hold, sell, sell by installment contract, lease
19    as lessor, transfer or dispose of such real or personal
20    property as it deems appropriate in the exercise of its
21    powers or to provide for the use thereof by any
22    transportation agency and to mortgage, pledge or otherwise
23    grant security interests in any such property;
24        (v) To enter at reasonable times upon such lands,
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1    be necessary, convenient or desirable for the purpose of
2    making surveys, soundings, borings and examinations to
3    accomplish any purpose authorized by this Act after having
4    given reasonable notice of such proposed entry to the
5    owners and occupants of such lands, waters or premises, the
6    Authority being liable only for actual damage caused by
7    such activity;
8        (vi) To make and execute all contracts and other
9    instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its
10    powers;
11        (vii) To enter into contracts of group insurance for
12    the benefit of its employees and to provide for retirement
13    or pensions or other employee benefit arrangements for such
14    employees, and to assume obligations for pensions or other
15    employee benefit arrangements for employees of
16    transportation agencies, all or part of the facilities of
17    which are acquired by the Authority;
18        (viii) To provide for the insurance of any property,
19    directors, officers, employees or operations of the
20    Authority against any risk or hazard, and to self-insure or
21    participate in joint self-insurance pools or entities to
22    insure against such risk or hazard;
23        (ix) To appear before the Illinois Commerce Commission
24    in all proceedings concerning the Authority, a Service
25    Board or any transportation agency; and
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1    regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use,
2    operation and maintenance of its property and facilities
3    and, by ordinance, to prescribe fines or penalties for
4    violations thereof. No fine or penalty shall exceed $1,000
5    per offense. Any ordinance providing for any fine or
6    penalty shall be published in a newspaper of general
7    circulation in the metropolitan region. No such ordinance
8    shall take effect until 10 days after its publication.
9    The Authority may enter into arbitration arrangements,
10which may be final and binding.
11    The Commuter Rail Board shall continue the separate public
12corporation, known as the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter
13Railroad Corporation, as a separate operating unit to operate
14on behalf of the Commuter Rail Division Board commuter railroad
15facilities, subject at all times to the supervision and
16direction of the Commuter Rail Board and may, by ordinance,
17dissolve such Corporation. Such Corporation shall be governed
18by a Board of Directors which shall consist of the members of
19the Transition Board until such time as all of the members of
20the Commuter Rail Board are appointed and qualified and
21thereafter the members of the Commuter Rail Regional
22Transportation Authority Board. Such Corporation shall have
23all the powers given the Authority and the Commuter Rail
24Division Board under Article II of this Act (other than under
25Section 2.13) as are delegated to it by ordinance of the
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1and the same exemptions, restrictions and limitations as are
2provided by law with regard to the Authority shall apply to
3such Corporation. Such Corporation shall be a transportation
4agency as provided in this Act except for purposes of paragraph
5(e) of Section 3.01 of this Act.
6    The Authority shall cooperate with the Illinois Commerce
7Commission and local law enforcement agencies in establishing a
8two year pilot program in DuPage County to determine the
9effectiveness of an automated railroad grade crossing
10enforcement system.
11    (b) In each case in which this Act gives the Authority the
12power to construct or acquire real or personal property, the
13Authority shall have the power to acquire such property by
14contract, purchase, gift, grant, exchange for other property or
15rights in property, lease (or sublease) or installment or
16conditional purchase contracts, which leases or contracts may
17provide for consideration therefor to be paid in annual
18installments during a period not exceeding 40 years. Property
19may be acquired subject to such conditions, restrictions,
20liens, or security or other interests of other parties as the
21Authority may deem appropriate, and in each case the Authority
22may acquire a joint, leasehold, easement, license or other
23partial interest in such property. Any such acquisition may
24provide for the assumption of, or agreement to pay, perform or
25discharge outstanding or continuing duties, obligations or
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1or of the trustee with regard to such property. In connection
2with the acquisition of public transportation equipment,
3including, but not limited to, rolling stock, vehicles,
4locomotives, buses or rapid transit equipment, the Authority
5may also execute agreements concerning such equipment leases,
6equipment trust certificates, conditional purchase agreements
7and such other security agreements and may make such agreements
8and covenants as required, in the form customarily used in such
9cases appropriate to effect such acquisition. Obligations of
10the Authority incurred pursuant to this Section shall not be
11considered bonds or notes within the meaning of Section 4.04 of
12this Act.
13    (c) The Authority shall assume all costs of rights,
14benefits and protective conditions to which any employee is
15entitled under this Act from any transportation agency in the
16event of the inability of the transportation agency to meet its
17obligations in relation thereto due to bankruptcy or
18insolvency, provided that the Authority shall retain the right
19to proceed against the bankrupt or insolvent transportation
20agency or its successors, trustees, assigns or debtors for the
21costs assumed. The Authority may mitigate its liability under
22this paragraph (c) and under Section 2.16 to the extent of
23employment and employment benefits which it tenders.
24(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
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1    Sec. 2.21. (a) The Authority or the Commuter Rail Division
2Board may not in the exercise of its powers to provide
3effective public transportation as provided by this Act:
4        (i) require or authorize the operation of, or operate
5    or acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, any public
6    transportation facility or service on terms or in a manner
7    which unreasonably interferes with the ability of a
8    railroad to provide efficient freight or inter-city
9    passenger service. This subparagraph shall not bar the
10    Authority from acquiring title to any property pursuant to
11    Section 2.13 in a manner consistent with this subparagraph.
12        (ii) obtain by eminent domain any interest in any right
13    of way or any other real property of a railroad which is
14    not a public body in excess of the interest to be used for
15    public transportation as provided in this Act.
16        (iii) prohibit the operation of public transportation
17    by a private carrier that does not receive a grant or
18    purchase of service contract from the Authority or a
19    Service Board.
20    (b) If in connection with any construction, acquisition, or
21other activity undertaken by or for the Authority or a Service
22Board, or pursuant to any purchase of service or grant
23agreement with the Authority or a Service Board, any facility
24of a public utility (as defined in the Public Utilities Act),
25is removed or relocated from its then-existing site all costs
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1of installing such facilities in a new location or locations,
2and the cost of any land or lands, or interest in land, or any
3rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal, shall
4be paid by the Authority or a Service Board. If any such
5facilities are so relocated onto the properties of the
6Authority or the Service Board or onto properties made
7available for that purpose by the Authority or the Service
8Board, there shall be no rent, fee, or other charge of any kind
9imposed upon the public utility owning or operating such
10facilities in excess of that imposed prior to such relocation
11and such public utility, and its successors and assigns, shall
12be granted the right to operate such facilities in the new
13location or locations for as long a period and upon the same
14terms and conditions as it had the right to maintain and
15operate such facilities in their former location. Nothing in
16this paragraph (b) shall prevent the Authority or the Service
17Board and a transportation agency from agreeing in a purchase
18of service agreement or otherwise to make different
19arrangements for such relocations or the costs thereof.
20(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
 
21    (70 ILCS 3615/2.30)
22    Sec. 2.30. Paratransit services.
23    (a) For purposes of this Act, "ADA paratransit services"
24shall mean those comparable or specialized transportation
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1contracts of, the Service Boards to individuals with
2disabilities who are unable to use fixed route transportation
3systems and who are determined to be eligible, for some or all
4of their trips, for such services under the Americans with
5Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
6    (b) Beginning July 1, 2005, the Authority is responsible
7for the funding, from amounts on deposit in the ADA Paratransit
8Fund established under Section 2.01d of this Act, financial
9review and oversight of all ADA paratransit services that are
10provided by the Authority or by any of the Service Boards. The
11Suburban Bus Division Board shall operate or provide for the
12operation of all ADA paratransit services by no later than July
131, 2006, except that this date may be extended to the extent
14necessary to obtain approval from the Federal Transit
15Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to subsection (c).
16    (c) No later than January 1, 2006, the Authority, in
17collaboration with the Suburban Bus Division Board and the
18Chicago Transit Authority, shall develop a plan for the
19provision of ADA paratransit services and submit such plan to
20the Federal Transit Administration for approval. Approval of
21such plan by the Authority shall require the affirmative votes
22of 12 of the then Directors. The Suburban Bus Division Board,
23the Chicago Transit Authority and the Authority shall comply
24with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of
251990 and its implementing regulations in developing and
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1with individuals with disabilities and groups representing
2them in the community, and providing adequate opportunity for
3public comment and public hearings. The plan shall include the
4contents required for a paratransit plan pursuant to the
5Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing
6regulations. The plan shall also include, without limitation,
7provisions to:
8        (1) maintain, at a minimum, the levels of ADA
9    paratransit service that are required to be provided by the
10    Service Boards pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities
11    Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations;
12        (2) transfer the appropriate ADA paratransit services,
13    management, personnel, service contracts and assets from
14    the Chicago Transit Authority to the Authority or the
15    Suburban Bus Division Board, as necessary, by no later than
16    July 1, 2006, except that this date may be extended to the
17    extent necessary to obtain approval from the Federal
18    Transit Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to
19    this subsection (c);
20        (3) provide for consistent policies throughout the
21    metropolitan region for scheduling of ADA paratransit
22    service trips to and from destinations, with consideration
23    of scheduling of return trips on a "will-call" open-ended
24    basis upon request of the rider, if practicable, and with
25    consideration of an increased number of trips available by
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1    date of this amendatory Act;
2        (4) provide that service contracts and rates, entered
3    into or set after the approval by the Federal Transit
4    Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to subsection
5    (c) of this Section, with private carriers and taxicabs for
6    ADA paratransit service are procured by means of an open
7    procurement process;
8        (5) provide for fares, fare collection and billing
9    procedures for ADA paratransit services throughout the
10    metropolitan region;
11        (6) provide for performance standards for all ADA
12    paratransit service transportation carriers, with
13    consideration of door-to-door service;
14        (7) provide, in cooperation with the Illinois
15    Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of
16    Public Aid and other appropriate public agencies and
17    private entities, for the application and receipt of
18    grants, including, without limitation, reimbursement from
19    Medicaid or other programs for ADA paratransit services;
20        (8) provide for a system of dispatch of ADA paratransit
21    services transportation carriers throughout the
22    metropolitan region, with consideration of county-based
23    dispatch systems already in place as of the effective date
24    of this amendatory Act;
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1    Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its
2    implementing regulations;
3        (10) provide for consideration of innovative methods
4    to provide and fund ADA paratransit services; and
5        (11) provide for the creation of one or more ADA
6    advisory boards, or the reconstitution of the existing ADA
7    advisory boards for the Service Boards, to represent the
8    diversity of individuals with disabilities in the
9    metropolitan region and to provide appropriate ongoing
10    input from individuals with disabilities into the
11    operation of ADA paratransit services.
12    (d) All revisions and annual updates to the ADA paratransit
13services plan developed pursuant to subsection (c) of this
14Section, or certifications of continued compliance in lieu of
15plan updates, that are required to be provided to the Federal
16Transit Administration shall be developed by the Authority, in
17collaboration with the Suburban Bus Division Board and the
18Chicago Transit Authority, and the Authority shall submit such
19revision, update or certification to the Federal Transit
20Administration for approval. Approval of such revisions,
21updates or certifications by the Authority shall require the
22affirmative votes of 12 of the then Directors.
23    (e) The Illinois Department of Transportation, the
24Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Authority, the Suburban
25Bus Division Board and the Chicago Transit Authority shall
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1provide funding and accountability for, and implementation of,
2the requirements of this Section.
3    (f) By no later than April 1, 2007, the Authority shall
4develop and submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a
5funding plan for ADA paratransit services. Approval of such
6plan by the Authority shall require the affirmative votes of 12
7of the then Directors. The funding plan shall, at a minimum,
8contain an analysis of the current costs of providing ADA
9paratransit services, projections of the long-term costs of
10providing ADA paratransit services, identification of and
11recommendations for possible cost efficiencies in providing
12ADA paratransit services, and identification of and
13recommendations for possible funding sources for providing ADA
14paratransit services. The Illinois Department of
15Transportation, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the
16Suburban Bus Division Board, the Chicago Transit Authority and
17other State and local public agencies as appropriate shall
18cooperate with the Authority in the preparation of such funding
19plan.
20    (g) Any funds derived from the federal Medicaid program for
21reimbursement of the costs of providing ADA paratransit
22services within the metropolitan region shall be directed to
23the Authority and shall be used to pay for or reimburse the
24costs of providing such services.
25    (h) Nothing in this amendatory Act shall be construed to
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1Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
2(Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3615/3.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01)
4    Sec. 3.01. Board of Directors. The corporate authorities
5and governing body of the Authority shall be a Board consisting
6of 13 Directors until April 1, 2008, and 16 Directors
7thereafter, appointed as follows:
8    (a) Four Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
9Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the
10City of Chicago, and, only until April 1, 2008, a fifth
11director who shall be the Chairman of the Chicago Transit
12Authority. After April 1, 2008, the Mayor of the City of
13Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the
14City of Chicago, shall appoint a fifth Director. The Directors
15appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall not be the
16Chairman or a Director of the Chicago Transit Authority. Each
17such Director shall reside in the City of Chicago.
18    (b) Four Directors appointed by the votes of a majority of
19the members of the Cook County Board elected from districts, a
20majority of the electors of which reside outside Chicago and .
21After April 1, 2008, a fifth Director appointed by the
22President of the Cook County Board with the advice and consent
23of the members of the Cook County Board. Each Director
24appointed under this subparagraph shall reside in that part of
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1    (c) (Blank). Until April 1, 2008, 3 Directors appointed by
2the Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake,
3McHenry, and Will Counties, as follows:
4        (i) Two Directors appointed by the Chairmen of the
5    county boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties,
6    with the concurrence of not less than a majority of the
7    Chairmen from such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen.
8    Each such Chairman may nominate not more than 2 persons for
9    each position. Each such Director shall reside in a county
10    in the metropolitan region other than Cook or DuPage
11    Counties.
12        (ii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
13    DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
14    DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage
15    County.
16    (d) After April 1, 2008, 5 Directors appointed by the
17Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry
18Counties and the County Executive of Will County, as follows:
19        (i) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
20    County Board with the advice and consent of the Kane County
21    Board. Such Director shall reside in Kane County.
22        (ii) One Director appointed by the County Executive of
23    Will County with the advice and consent of the Will County
24    Board. Such Director shall reside in Will County.
25        (iii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
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1    DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage
2    County.
3        (iv) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake
4    County Board with the advice and consent of the Lake County
5    Board. Such Director shall reside in Lake County.
6        (v) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
7    McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the
8    McHenry County Board. Such Director shall reside in McHenry
9    County.
10        (vi) To implement the changes in appointing authority
11    under this subparagraph (d) the three Directors appointed
12    under subparagraph (c) and residing in Lake County, DuPage
13    County, and Kane County respectively shall each continue to
14    serve as Director until the expiration of their respective
15    term of office and until his or her successor is appointed
16    and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Thereupon,
17    the appointment shall be made by the officials given
18    appointing authority with respect to the Director whose
19    term has expired or office has become vacant.
20    (e) The Chairman serving on the effective date of this
21amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall continue to
22serve as Chairman until the expiration of his or her term of
23office and until his or her successor is appointed and
24qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Upon the
25expiration or vacancy of the term of the Chairman then serving
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1General Assembly, the Chairman shall be appointed by the other
2Directors, by the affirmative vote of at least 11 of the then
3Directors with at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who
4reside in the City of Chicago, at least 2 affirmative votes
5from Directors who reside in Cook County outside the City of
6Chicago, and at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who
7reside in the Counties of DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, or McHenry.
8The chairman shall not be appointed from among the other
9Directors. The chairman shall be a resident of the metropolitan
10region.
11    (f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act no Director
12shall, while serving as such, be an officer, a member of the
13Board of Directors or Trustees or an employee of any Service
14Board or transportation agency, or be an employee of the State
15of Illinois or any department or agency thereof, or of any
16municipality, county, or any other unit of local government or
17receive any compensation from any elected or appointed office
18under the Constitution and laws of Illinois; except that a
19Director may be a member of a school board.
20    (g) Each appointment made under this Section and under
21Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority to
22the Board, which shall maintain the certifications as part of
23the official records of the Authority.
24    (h) (Blank).
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/3.04)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04)
2    Sec. 3.04. Compensation. Each Director, including the
3Chairman, except for the Chairman of the Chicago Transit
4Authority who shall not be compensated by the Authority, shall
5be compensated at the rate of $25,000 per year.
6    Officers of the Authority shall not be required to comply
7with the requirements of Public Funds Statement Publication Act
8"An Act requiring certain custodians of public moneys to file
9and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements
10thereof", approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended.
11(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 3615/3.08)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.08)
13    Sec. 3.08. There is established a Regional Citizens
14Advisory Board. This board shall be comprised of the Chairmen
15of the Citizens Advisory Boards of the Chicago Transit
16Authority, the Commuter Rail Division, Board and the Suburban
17Bus Division Board. This Board shall meet at least quarterly
18and shall advise the Board of the impact of its policies and
19programs on the communities within the metropolitan region.
20Members shall serve without compensation.
21(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.01)
23    Sec. 3A.01. Suburban Bus Division. There is established
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1division responsible for providing public transportation by
2bus and as may be provided in this Act. Purchase of service
3agreements between a transportation agency and the Authority in
4effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act shall
5remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of
6such agreement. Such agreements, on and after January 1, 2021,
7shall first be the responsibility of the Transition Board and,
8on the date of its creation, shall be the responsibility of the
9Regional Transportation Authority the Suburban Bus Division
10and its Board.
11(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02)
13    Sec. 3A.02. Suburban Bus Board. On and after January 1,
142021: (1) the powers and duties of the Suburban Bus Board shall
15be exercised and performed by the Regional Transportation
16Authority Board, and any references to the Suburban Bus Board
17in this Article shall be construed as references to the
18Regional Transportation Authority Board; (2) the Suburban Bus
19Board is dissolved; and (3) all terms of the directors of the
20Suburban Bus Board are terminated. The governing body of the
21Suburban Bus Division shall be a board consisting of 13
22directors appointed as follows:
23        (a) Six Directors appointed by the members of the Cook
24    County Board elected from that part of Cook County outside
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1    becomes elected from single member districts, by those
2    Commissioners elected from districts, a majority of the
3    residents of which reside outside of Chicago from the chief
4    executive officers of the municipalities, of that portion
5    of Cook County outside of Chicago. Provided however, that:
6            (i) One of the Directors shall be the chief
7        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
8        the Northwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
9            (ii) One of the Directors shall be the chief
10        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
11        the North Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
12            (iii) One of the Directors shall be the chief
13        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
14        the North Shore Region defined in Section 3A.13;
15            (iv) One of the Directors shall be the chief
16        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
17        the Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
18            (v) One of the Directors shall be the chief
19        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
20        the Southwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
21            (vi) One of the Directors shall be the chief
22        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
23        the South Region defined in Section 3A.13;
24        (b) One Director by the Chairman of the Kane County
25    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
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1        (c) One Director by the Chairman of the Lake County
2    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
3    municipality within Lake County;
4        (d) One Director by the Chairman of the DuPage County
5    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
6    municipality within DuPage County;
7        (e) One Director by the Chairman of the McHenry County
8    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
9    municipality within McHenry County;
10        (f) One Director by the Chairman of the Will County
11    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
12    municipality within Will County;
13        (g) The Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People
14    with Disabilities, from the City of Chicago, who shall
15    serve as an ex-officio member; and
16        (h) The Chairman by the Governor for the initial term,
17    and thereafter by a majority of the Chairmen of the DuPage,
18    Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will County Boards and the members
19    of the Cook County Board elected from that part of Cook
20    County outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board of
21    Commissioners is elected from single member districts, by
22    those Commissioners elected from districts, a majority of
23    the electors of which reside outside of Chicago; and who
24    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
25    General Assembly may not be a resident of the City of
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1    Each appointment made under paragraphs (a) through (g) and
2under Section 3A.03 shall be certified by the appointing
3authority to the Suburban Bus Board which shall maintain the
4certifications as part of the official records of the Suburban
5Bus Board; provided that the initial appointments shall be
6certified to the Secretary of State, who shall transmit the
7certifications to the Suburban Bus Board following its
8organization.
9    For the purposes of this Section, "chief executive officer
10of a municipality" includes a former chief executive officer of
11a municipality within the specified Region or County, provided
12that the former officer continues to reside within such Region
13or County.
14(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05)
16    Sec. 3A.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
17Suburban Bus Board shall appoint an Executive Director who
18shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
19appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of 11 9
20of the directors of the Suburban Bus Board. The Executive
21Director shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys,
22agents, engineers, employees and shall organize the staff,
23shall allocate their functions and duties, fix compensation and
24conditions of employment, and consistent with the policies of
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1necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill its
2responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
3other powers and responsibilities as the Suburban Bus Board
4shall determine. The Executive Director shall be an individual
5of proven transportation and management skills and may not be a
6member of the Suburban Bus Board. The Division may employ its
7own professional management personnel to provide professional
8and technical expertise concerning its purposes and powers and
9to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation
10agencies in the metropolitan region. A person appointed or
11employed under this Section whose term or employment has not
12been terminated on January 1, 2021 shall continue in his or her
13position with the Suburban Bus Division until the expiration of
14his or her appointment or employment, resignation, or removal.
15    No employee, officer, or agent of the Suburban Bus Division
16Board may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
17salary unless that bonus has been reviewed by the Regional
18Transportation Authority Board for a period of 14 days. After
1914 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This
20Section does not apply to usual and customary salary
21adjustments.
22    No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
23the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
24aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
25upon political reasons or factors. The Suburban Bus Division
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1shall not be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based
2on merit.
3    The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights
4Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
5procedure established thereunder. The Suburban Bus Division
6Board shall file an affirmative action program for employment
7by it with the Department of Human Rights to ensure that
8applicants are employed and that employees are treated during
9employment, without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such
10affirmative action program shall include provisions relating
11to hiring, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment,
12recruitment advertising, selection for training and rates of
13pay or other forms of compensation.
14(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.09)
16    Sec. 3A.09. General powers. In addition to any powers
17elsewhere provided to the Suburban Bus Division or the former
18Suburban Bus Board, the Regional Transportation Authority
19Board it shall have all of the powers specified in Section 2.20
20of this Act except for the powers specified in Section
212.20(a)(v). The Board shall also have the power:
22        (a) (blank); to cooperate with the Regional
23    Transportation Authority in the exercise by the Regional
24    Transportation Authority of all the powers granted it by
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1        (b) to receive funds from for the Division the Regional
2    Transportation Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01,
3    4.02, 4.09 and 4.10 of the Regional Transportation
4    Authority Act, all as provided in the Regional
5    Transportation Authority Act;
6        (c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
7    Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in
8    the Regional Transportation Authority Act, upon such terms
9    and conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract
10    between either the Division and the Regional
11    Transportation Authority or the Division and another
12    Service Board, which contract or agreement may be for such
13    number of years or duration as the parties agree, all as
14    provided in the Regional Transportation Authority Act;
15        (d) to perform all functions necessary for the
16    provision of paratransit services under Section 2.30 of
17    this Act; and
18        (e) to borrow money for the purposes of: (i)
19    constructing a new garage in the northwestern Cook County
20    suburbs, (ii) converting the South Cook garage in Markham
21    to a Compressed Natural Gas facility, (iii) constructing a
22    new paratransit garage in DuPage County, (iv) expanding the
23    North Shore garage in Evanston to accommodate additional
24    indoor bus parking, and (v) purchasing new transit buses.
25    For the purpose of evidencing the obligation of the
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1    provided in this subsection, the Suburban Bus Division
2    Board may issue revenue bonds from time to time pursuant to
3    ordinance adopted by the Suburban Bus Board, subject to the
4    approval of the Regional Transportation Authority of each
5    such issuance by the affirmative vote of 12 of its then
6    Directors; provided that the Suburban Bus Division Board
7    may not issue bonds for the purpose of financing the
8    acquisition, construction, or improvement of any facility
9    other than those listed in this subsection (e). All such
10    bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income
11    or any other funds that the Suburban Bus Division Board may
12    receive, provided that the Suburban Bus Board may not
13    pledge as security for such bonds the moneys, if any, that
14    the Suburban Bus Division Board receives from the Regional
15    Transportation Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.3(f) of
16    the Regional Transportation Authority Act. The bonds shall
17    bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate
18    authorized by the Bond Authorization Act and shall mature
19    at such time or times not exceeding 25 years from their
20    respective dates. Bonds issued pursuant to this paragraph
21    must be issued with scheduled principal or mandatory
22    redemption payments in equal amounts in each fiscal year
23    over the term of the bonds, with the first principal or
24    mandatory redemption payment scheduled within the fiscal
25    year in which bonds are issued or within the next
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1    principal amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this
2    Section shall be sold pursuant to notice of sale and public
3    bid. No more than 75%, based on total principal amount, of
4    all bonds authorized pursuant to this Section shall be sold
5    by negotiated sale. The maximum principal amount of the
6    bonds that may be issued may not exceed $100,000,000. The
7    bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable
8    instruments under the laws of this State. To secure the
9    payment of any or all of such bonds and for the purpose of
10    setting forth the covenants and undertakings of the
11    Suburban Bus Division Board in connection with the issuance
12    thereof and the issuance of any additional bonds payable
13    from such revenue or income as well as the use and
14    application of the revenue or income received by the
15    Suburban Bus Division Board, the Suburban Bus Board may
16    execute and deliver a trust agreement or agreements;
17    provided that no lien upon any physical property of the
18    Suburban Bus Division Board shall be created thereby. A
19    remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any such
20    trust agreement by the Suburban Bus Division Board may be
21    by mandamus proceedings in any court of competent
22    jurisdiction to compel performance and compliance
23    therewith, but the trust agreement may prescribe by whom or
24    on whose behalf such action may be instituted. Under no
25    circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Suburban Bus
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1    Division Board in connection with the issuance of such
2    bonds be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the
3    State of Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority,
4    or any other political subdivision of or municipality
5    within the State, nor shall any such bonds or obligations
6    be or become an indebtedness of the Suburban Bus Division
7    Board within the purview of any constitutional limitation
8    or provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of
9    each bond that it does not constitute such an indebtedness
10    or obligation but is payable solely from the revenues or
11    income as aforesaid.
12(Source: P.A. 99-665, eff. 7-29-16.)
 
13    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.10)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.10)
14    Sec. 3A.10. Budget and Program. The Regional
15Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board, subject to
16the powers of the Authority in Section 4.11, shall control the
17finances of the Division. It shall by ordinance appropriate
18money to perform the Division's purposes and provide for
19payment of debts and expenses of the Division. Each year the
20Regional Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board
21shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual budget and
22proposed five-year capital program document, and a financial
23plan for the 2 years thereafter describing the state of the
24Division and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year and the
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1Board's Suburban Bus Board's plans for such operations and
2capital expenditures as it intends to undertake and the means
3by which it intends to finance them. The proposed budget,
4financial plan, and five-year capital program shall be based on
5the Authority's estimate of funds to be made available to the
6Suburban Bus Division Board by or through the Authority and
7shall conform in all respects to the requirements established
8by the Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and
9five-year capital program shall contain a statement of the
10funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal
11year, the funds estimated to be received from all sources for
12such year and the funds estimated to be on hand at the end of
13such year. The fiscal year of the Division shall be the same as
14the fiscal year of the Authority. Before the proposed budget,
15financial plan, and five-year capital program are approved by
16submitted to the Authority, the Suburban Bus Division Board
17shall hold at least one public hearing thereon in each of the
18counties in the metropolitan region in which the Division
19provides service. The Suburban Bus Division Board shall hold at
20least one meeting for consideration of the proposed budget,
21financial plan, and five-year capital program with the county
22board of each of the several counties in the metropolitan
23region in which the Division provides service. After conducting
24such hearings and holding such meetings and after making such
25changes in the proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year
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1the it shall adopt an annual budget ordinance at least by
2November 15 next preceding the beginning of each fiscal year.
3The budget, financial plan, and five-year capital program shall
4then be submitted to the Authority as provided in Section 4.11.
5In the event that the Board of the Authority determines that
6the budget and financial plan do not meet the standards of
7Section 4.11, the Suburban Bus Board shall make such changes as
8are necessary to meet such requirements and adopt an amended
9budget ordinance. The amended budget ordinance shall be
10resubmitted to the Authority pursuant to Section 4.11. The
11ordinance shall appropriate such sums of money as are deemed
12necessary to defray all necessary expenses and obligations of
13the Division, specifying purposes and the objects or programs
14for which appropriations are made and the amount appropriated
15for each object or program. Additional appropriations,
16transfers between items and other changes in such ordinance
17which do not alter the basis upon which the balanced budget
18determination was made by the Board of the Authority may be
19made from time to time by the Suburban Bus Division Board.
20    The budget shall:
21        (i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues
22    from all sources including operating subsidies and (B) the
23    costs of providing the services specified and of funding
24    any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
25    periods, including provision for payment when due of
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1        (ii) show cash balances including the proceeds of any
2    anticipated cash flow borrowing sufficient to pay with
3    reasonable promptness all costs and expenses as incurred;
4        (iii) provide for a level of fares or charges and
5    operating or administrative costs for the public
6    transportation provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
7    of the Suburban Bus Division Board sufficient to allow the
8    Suburban Bus Division Board to meet its required system
9    generated revenues recovery ratio and, beginning with the
10    2007 fiscal year, its system generated ADA paratransit
11    services revenue recovery ratio;
12        (iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and
13    projections which are reasonable and prudent;
14        (v) have been prepared in accordance with sound
15    financial practices as determined by the Board of the
16    Authority;
17        (vi) meet such other uniform financial, budgetary, or
18    fiscal requirements that the Board of the Authority may by
19    rule or regulation establish; and
20        (vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives
21    adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the
22    Strategic Plan.
23(Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
24    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.11)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.11)
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1Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board shall
2establish a citizens advisory board composed of 10 residents of
3those portions of the metropolitan region in which the Suburban
4Bus Division Board provides service who have an interest in
5public transportation. The members of the advisory board shall
6be named for 2 year terms, shall select one of their members to
7serve as chairman and shall serve without compensation. The
8citizens advisory board shall meet with the Regional
9Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board at least
10quarterly and advise the Regional Transportation Authority
11Board Suburban Bus Board of the impact of its policies and
12programs on the communities it serves. Appointments to the
13citizens advisory board should, to the greatest extent
14possible, reflect the ethnic, cultural, and geographic
15diversity of all persons residing within the Suburban Bus
16Division's Board's jurisdiction.
17(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.12)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12)
19    Sec. 3A.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Regional
20Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board with the
21affirmative vote of 11 9 of its Directors may demand and direct
22the Board of the Authority to issue Working Cash Notes at such
23time and in such amounts and having such maturities as the
24Suburban Bus Board deems proper, provided however any such
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1of the Suburban Bus Board as approved by the Board of the
2Authority. Provided further, that the Suburban Bus Board may
3not demand and direct the Board of the Authority to have issued
4and have outstanding at any time in excess of $5,000,000 in
5Working Cash Notes.
6(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
7    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.14)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.14)
8    Sec. 3A.14. Labor.
9    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to collective
10bargaining agreements (including extensions and amendments of
11existing agreements) entered into on or after January 1, 1984.
12    (b) The Suburban Bus Division Board shall deal with and
13enter into written contracts with their employees, through
14accredited representatives of such employees authorized to act
15for such employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
16conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a
17collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the
18effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983. Any such
19agreement of the Suburban Bus Division Board shall provide that
20the agreement may be reopened if the amended budget submitted
21pursuant to Section 2.18a of this Act is not approved by the
22Board of the Authority. The agreement may not include a
23provision requiring the payment of wage increases based on
24changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Suburban Bus Division
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1bargaining agreements with respect to inherent management
2rights, which include such areas of discretion or policy as the
3functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
4budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
5employees and direction of personnel. Employers, however,
6shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to policy
7matters directly affecting wages, hours and terms and
8conditions of employment, as well as the impact thereon, upon
9request by employee representatives. To preserve the rights of
10employers and exclusive representatives which have established
11collective bargaining relationships or negotiated collective
12bargaining agreements prior to the effective date of this
13amendatory Act of 1983, employers shall be required to bargain
14collectively with regard to any matter concerning wages, hours
15or conditions of employment about which they have bargained
16prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983.
17    (c) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a
18prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service
19operated by the Suburban Bus Division Board except where
20prohibited by federal law.
21    (d) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
22bargaining agreement, the Suburban Bus Division Board shall
23determine the costs of each provision of the agreement, prepare
24an amended budget incorporating the costs of the agreement, and
25present the amended budget to the Board of the Authority for
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1amended budget by an affirmative vote of 14 12 of its then
2Directors. If the budget is not approved by the Board of the
3Authority, the agreement may be reopened and its terms may be
4renegotiated. Any amended budget which may be prepared
5following renegotiation shall be presented to the Board of the
6Authority for its approval in like manner.
7(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
8    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.15)
9    Sec. 3A.15. Free services; eligibility.
10    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
1160 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
13implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
14provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
15of, the Suburban Bus Division Board shall be provided without
16charge to all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged
1765 and older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by
18the Regional Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus
19Board.
20    (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
21180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
23transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
24of service contracts of, the Suburban Bus Division Board shall
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1who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in
2subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and
3Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, under such
4conditions as shall be prescribed by the Suburban Bus Division
5Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish all information
6reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including
7updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services
8without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section
9shall relieve the Suburban Bus Division Board from providing
10reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
11(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.16)
13    Sec. 3A.16. Transit services for individuals with
14disabilities. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later
15than 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory
16Act of the 95th General Assembly, all fixed route public
17transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
18of service contract of, the Suburban Bus Division Board shall
19be provided without charge to all persons with disabilities who
20meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in subsection
21(a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and Persons with
22Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, under such procedures as
23shall be prescribed by the Regional Transportation Authority
24Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish all information
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1updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services
2without charge under this Section.
3(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
4    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.17)
5    Sec. 3A.17. Emergency protocols. Within 6 months after the
6effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
7Assembly, the Suburban Bus Division Board must develop written
8protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and
9to other safety hazards.
10(Source: P.A. 96-677, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.18)
12    Sec. 3A.18. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
13provided in Section 3A.14, before the Suburban Bus Division
14Board may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess
15of $100,000, the Regional Transportation Authority Board
16Suburban Bus Board must review submit that contract or
17amendment to the Board for review for a period of 14 days.
18After 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This
19Section applies only to contracts entered into or amended on or
20after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
21General Assembly.
22(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
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1    Sec. 3B.01. Commuter Rail Division. There is established
2within the Authority the Commuter Rail Division as the
3operating division responsible for providing public
4transportation by commuter rail. Purchase of service
5agreements between a transportation agency and the Authority in
6effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act shall
7remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of
8such agreement. Such agreements, on and after January 1, 2021,
9shall first be the responsibility of the Transition Board and,
10on the date of its creation, shall become the responsibility of
11the Regional Transportation Authority Commuter Rail Division
12and its Board.
13(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
14    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
15    Sec. 3B.02. Commuter Rail Board. On and after January 1,
162021: (1) the powers and duties of the Commuter Rail Board
17shall be exercised and performed by the Regional Transportation
18Authority Board, and any references to the Commuter Rail Board
19in this Article shall be construed as references to the
20Regional Transportation Authority Board; (2) the Commuter Rail
21Board is dissolved; and (3) all terms of the directors of the
22Commuter Rail Board are terminated. (a) Until April 1, 2008,
23the governing body of the Commuter Rail Division shall be a
24board consisting of 7 directors appointed pursuant to Sections
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1        (1) One director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
2    the Board of DuPage County with the advice and consent of
3    the County Board of DuPage County and shall reside in
4    DuPage County.
5        (2) Two directors appointed by the Chairmen of the
6    County Boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties with
7    the concurrence of not less than a majority of the chairmen
8    from such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen. Each
9    such chairman may nominate not more than two persons for
10    each position. Each such director shall reside in a county
11    in the metropolitan region other than Cook or DuPage
12    County.
13        (3) Three directors appointed by the members of the
14    Cook County Board elected from that part of Cook County
15    outside of Chicago, or, in the event such Board of
16    Commissioners becomes elected from single member
17    districts, by those Commissioners elected from districts,
18    a majority of the residents of which reside outside
19    Chicago. In either case, such appointment shall be with the
20    concurrence of four such Commissioners. Each such director
21    shall reside in that part of Cook County outside Chicago.
22        (4) One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of
23    Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of
24    the City of Chicago. Such director shall reside in the City
25    of Chicago.
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1    from the members of the board, with the concurrence of 5 of
2    such directors.
3    (b) After April 1, 2008 the governing body of the Commuter
4Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 11 directors
5appointed, pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as follows:
6        (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
7    the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
8    DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. To
9    implement the changes in appointing authority under this
10    Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in
11    office of the Director appointed under item (1) of
12    subsection (a) of this Section who resides in DuPage
13    County, a Director shall be appointed under this
14    subparagraph.
15        (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
16    the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the
17    McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. To
18    implement the change in appointing authority under this
19    Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in
20    office of the Director appointed under item (2) of
21    subsection (a) of this Section who resides in McHenry
22    County, a Director shall be appointed under this
23    subparagraph.
24        (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County
25    Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County
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1    change in appointing authority under this Section, upon the
2    expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the
3    Director appointed under item (2) of subsection (a) of this
4    Section who resides in Will County, a Director shall be
5    appointed under this subparagraph.
6        (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
7    the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the
8    Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County.
9        (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
10    the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the
11    Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County.
12        (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the
13    City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City
14    Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City
15    of Chicago. To implement the changes in appointing
16    authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the
17    term of or vacancy in office of the Director appointed
18    under item (4) of subsection (a) of this Section who
19    resides in the City of Chicago, a Director shall be
20    appointed under this subparagraph.
21        (7) Five Directors residing in Cook County outside of
22    the City of Chicago, as follows:
23            (i) One Director who resides in Cook County outside
24        of the City of Chicago, appointed by the President of
25        the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of
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1            (ii) One Director who resides in the township of
2        Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg,
3        or Elk Grove. To implement the changes in appointing
4        authority under this Section, upon the expiration of
5        the term of or vacancy in office of the Director
6        appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this
7        Section who resides in the geographic area described in
8        this subparagraph, a Director shall be appointed under
9        this subparagraph.
10            (iii) One Director who resides in the township of
11        Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden,
12        Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park.
13            (iv) One Director who resides in the township of
14        Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney,
15        Lemont, Palos, or Orland. To implement the changes in
16        appointing authority under this Section, upon the
17        expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the
18        Director appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection
19        (a) of this Section who resides in the geographic area
20        described in this subparagraph and whose term of office
21        had not expired as of August 1, 2007, a Director shall
22        be appointed under this subparagraph.
23            (v) One Director who resides in the township of
24        Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. To
25        implement the changes in appointing authority under
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1        vacancy in office of the Director appointed under
2        paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section who
3        resides in the geographic area described in this
4        subparagraph and whose term of office had expired as of
5        August 1, 2007, a Director shall be appointed under
6        this subparagraph.
7            (vi) The Directors identified under the provisions
8        of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7)
9        shall be appointed by the members of the Cook County
10        Board. Each individual Director shall be appointed by
11        those members of the Cook County Board whose Board
12        districts overlap in whole or in part with the
13        geographic territory described in the relevant
14        subparagraph. The vote of County Board members
15        eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of
16        subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7)
17        shall be weighted by the number of electors residing in
18        those portions of their Board districts within the
19        geographic territory described in the relevant
20        subparagraph (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7).
21        (8) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors,
22    from the members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of
23    such Directors. To implement the changes in appointing
24    authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the
25    term of or vacancy in office of the Chairman appointed
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1    Chairman shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
2    (c) No director, while serving as such, shall be an
3officer, a member of the board of directors or trustee or an
4employee of any transportation agency, or be an employee of the
5State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof, or of
6any county, municipality, or any other unit of local government
7or receive any compensation from any elected or appointed
8office under the Constitution and laws of Illinois.
9    (d) Each appointment made under subsections (a) and (b) of
10this Section and under Section 3B.03 shall be certified by the
11appointing authority to the Commuter Rail Board which shall
12maintain the certifications as part of the official records of
13the Commuter Rail Board.
14(Source: P.A. 98-709, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.05)
16    Sec. 3B.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
17Commuter Rail Board shall appoint an Executive Director who
18shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
19appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of 11 8
20of the directors of the Commuter Rail Board. The Executive
21Director shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys,
22agents, engineers, employees and shall organize the staff,
23shall allocate their functions and duties, fix compensation and
24conditions of employment, and consistent with the policies of
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1necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill its
2responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
3other powers and responsibilities as the Commuter Rail Board
4shall determine. The Executive Director shall be an individual
5of proven transportation and management skills and may not be a
6member of the Commuter Rail Board. The Division may employ its
7own professional management personnel to provide professional
8and technical expertise concerning its purposes and powers and
9to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation
10agencies in the metropolitan region. A person appointed or
11employed under this Section whose term or employment has not
12been terminated on January 1, 2021 shall continue in his or her
13position with the Commuter Rail Division until the expiration
14of his or her appointment or employment, resignation, or
15removal.
16    No employee, officer, or agent of the Commuter Rail
17Division Board may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or
18her annual salary unless that bonus has been reviewed by the
19Regional Transportation Authority Board for a period of 14
20days. After 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed.
21This Section does not apply to usual and customary salary
22adjustments.
23    No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
24the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
25aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
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1Board shall establish regulations to insure that its discharges
2shall not be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based
3on merit.
4    The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights
5Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
6procedure established thereunder. The Commuter Rail Division
7Board shall file an affirmative action program for employment
8by it with the Department of Human Rights to ensure that
9applicants are employed and that employees are treated during
10employment, without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such
11affirmative action program shall include provisions relating
12to hiring, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment,
13recruitment advertising, selection for training and rates of
14pay or other forms of compensation.
15(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
16    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.09)
17    Sec. 3B.09. General Powers. In addition to any powers
18elsewhere provided to the Commuter Rail Division or the former
19Commuter Rail Board, the Regional Transportation Authority
20Board it shall have all of the powers specified in Section 2.20
21of this Act except for the powers specified in Section
222.20(a)(v). The Board shall also have the power:
23    (a) (blank); to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
24Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
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1    (b) to receive funds for the Division from the Regional
2Transportation Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01,
34.02, 4.09 and 4.10 of the "Regional Transportation Authority
4Act", all as provided in the "Regional Transportation Authority
5Act";
6    (c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
7Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in the
8"Regional Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and
9conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract between
10either the Division and the Regional Transportation Authority
11or the Division and another Service Board, which contract or
12agreement may be for such number of years or duration as the
13parties may agree, all as provided in the "Regional
14Transportation Authority Act"; and
15    (d) to borrow money for the purpose of acquiring,
16constructing, reconstructing, extending, or improving any
17Public Transportation Facilities (as defined in Section 1.03 of
18the Regional Transportation Authority Act) operated by or to be
19operated by or on behalf of the Commuter Rail Division. For the
20purpose of evidencing the obligation of the Commuter Rail
21Division Board to repay any money borrowed as provided in this
22subsection, the Commuter Rail Division Board may issue revenue
23bonds from time to time pursuant to ordinance adopted by the
24Commuter Rail Board, subject to the approval of the Regional
25Transportation Authority of each such issuance by the
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1Commuter Rail Division Board may not issue bonds for the
2purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, or
3improvement of a corporate headquarters building. All such
4bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income or
5any other funds that the Commuter Rail Division Board may
6receive, provided that the Commuter Rail Division Board may not
7pledge as security for such bonds the moneys, if any, that the
8Commuter Rail Division Board receives from the Regional
9Transportation Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.3(f) of the
10Regional Transportation Authority Act. The bonds shall bear
11interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by
12the Bond Authorization Act and shall mature at such time or
13times not exceeding 25 years from their respective dates. Bonds
14issued pursuant to this paragraph must be issued with scheduled
15principal or mandatory redemption payments in equal amounts in
16each fiscal year over the term of the bonds, with the first
17principal or mandatory redemption payment scheduled within the
18fiscal year in which bonds are issued or within the next
19succeeding fiscal year. At least 25%, based on total principal
20amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this Section shall
21be sold pursuant to notice of sale and public bid. No more than
2275%, based on total principal amount, of all bonds authorized
23pursuant to this Section shall be sold by negotiated sale. The
24maximum principal amount of the bonds that may be issued and
25outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,000,000,000. The
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1under the laws of this State. To secure the payment of any or
2all of such bonds and for the purpose of setting forth the
3covenants and undertakings of the Commuter Rail Division Board
4in connection with the issuance thereof and the issuance of any
5additional bonds payable from such revenue or income as well as
6the use and application of the revenue or income received by
7the Commuter Rail Division Board, the Commuter Rail Board may
8execute and deliver a trust agreement or agreements; provided
9that no lien upon any physical property of the Commuter Rail
10Division Board shall be created thereby. A remedy for any
11breach or default of the terms of any such trust agreement by
12the Commuter Rail Division Board may be by mandamus proceedings
13in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance
14and compliance therewith, but the trust agreement may prescribe
15by whom or on whose behalf such action may be instituted. Under
16no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Commuter Rail
17Division Board or any other obligation of the Commuter Rail
18Division Board in connection with the issuance of such bonds be
19or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of
20Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority, or any other
21political subdivision of or municipality within the State, nor
22shall any such bonds or obligations be or become an
23indebtedness of the Commuter Rail Division Board within the
24purview of any constitutional limitation or provision, and it
25shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it does
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1payable solely from the revenues or income as aforesaid.
2(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.10)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.10)
4    Sec. 3B.10. Budget and Program. The Regional
5Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board, subject to
6the powers of the Authority in Section 4.11, shall control the
7finances of the Division. It shall by ordinance appropriate
8money to perform the Division's purposes and provide for
9payment of debts and expenses of the Division. Each year the
10Regional Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board
11shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual budget and
12proposed five-year capital program document, and a financial
13plan for the two years thereafter describing the state of the
14Division and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year and the
15two following years the Regional Transportation Authority
16Board's Commuter Rail Board's plans for such operations and
17capital expenditures as the Regional Transportation Authority
18Board Commuter Rail Board intends to undertake and the means by
19which it intends to finance them. The proposed budget,
20financial plan, and five-year capital program shall be based on
21the Authority's estimate of funds to be made available to the
22Commuter Rail Division Board by or through the Authority and
23shall conform in all respects to the requirements established
24by the Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and
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1funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal
2year, the funds estimated to be received from all sources for
3such year and the funds estimated to be on hand at the end of
4such year. The fiscal year of the Division shall be the same as
5the fiscal year of the Authority. Before the proposed budget,
6financial plan, and five-year capital program are approved by
7submitted to the Authority, the Commuter Rail Board shall hold
8at least one public hearing thereon in each of the counties in
9the metropolitan region in which the Division provides service.
10The Commuter Rail Board shall hold at least one meeting for
11consideration of the proposed budget, financial plan, and
12five-year capital plan with the county board of each of the
13several counties in the metropolitan region in which the
14Division provides service. After conducting such hearings and
15holding such meetings and after making such changes in the
16proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year capital plan as
17the Commuter Rail Board deems appropriate, the board shall
18adopt its annual budget ordinance at least by November 15 next
19preceding the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget,
20financial plan, and five-year capital program shall then be
21submitted to the Authority as provided in Section 4.11. In the
22event that the Board of the Authority determines that the
23budget and program, and financial plan do not meet the
24standards of Section 4.11, the Commuter Rail Board shall make
25such changes as are necessary to meet such requirements and
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1shall be resubmitted to the Authority pursuant to Section 4.11.
2The ordinance shall appropriate such sums of money as are
3deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and
4obligations of the Division, specifying purposes and the
5objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the
6amount appropriated for each object or program. Additional
7appropriations, transfers between items and other changes in
8such ordinance which do not alter the basis upon which the
9balanced budget determination was made by the Board of the
10Authority may be made from time to time by the Commuter Rail
11Division Board.
12    The budget shall:
13        (i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues
14    from all sources including operating subsidies and (B) the
15    costs of providing the services specified and of funding
16    any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
17    periods, including provision for payment when due of
18    principal and interest on outstanding indebtedness;
19        (ii) show cash balances including the proceeds of any
20    anticipated cash flow borrowing sufficient to pay with
21    reasonable promptness all costs and expenses as incurred;
22        (iii) provide for a level of fares or charges for the
23    public transportation provided by or subject to the
24    jurisdiction of such Commuter Rail Division Board
25    sufficient to allow the Commuter Rail Division Board to
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1        (iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and
2    projections which the Board of the Authority finds to be
3    reasonable and prudent;
4        (v) have been prepared in accordance with sound
5    financial practices as determined by the Board of the
6    Authority;
7        (vi) meet such other uniform financial, budgetary, or
8    fiscal requirements that the Board of the Authority may by
9    rule or regulation establish; and
10        (vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives
11    adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the
12    Strategic Plan.
13(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
14    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.11)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.11)
15    Sec. 3B.11. Citizens Advisory Board. The Regional
16Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board shall
17establish a citizens advisory board composed of ten residents
18of those portions of the metropolitan region in which the
19Commuter Rail Division Board provides service who have an
20interest in public transportation. The members of the advisory
21board shall be named for two year terms, shall select one of
22their members to serve as chairman and shall serve without
23compensation. The citizens advisory board shall meet with the
24Regional Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board at
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1Authority Board Commuter Rail Board of the impact of its
2policies and programs on the communities it serves.
3Appointments to the citizens advisory board should, to the
4greatest extent possible, reflect the ethnic, cultural, and
5geographic diversity of all persons residing within the
6Commuter Rail Division's jurisdiction.
7(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
8    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.12)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.12)
9    Sec. 3B.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Regional
10Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board with the
11affirmative vote of 10 7 of its Directors may demand and direct
12the Board of the Authority to issue Working Cash Notes at such
13time and in such amounts and having such maturities as the
14Commuter Rail Board deems proper, provided however any such
15borrowing shall have been specifically identified in the budget
16of the Commuter Rail Board as approved by the Board of the
17Authority. Provided further, that the Commuter Rail Board may
18not demand and direct the Board of the Authority to have issued
19and have outstanding at any time in excess of $20,000,000 in
20Working Cash Notes.
21(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.13)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.13)
23    Sec. 3B.13. Labor.
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1bargaining agreements (including extensions and amendments of
2existing agreements) entered into on or after January 1, 1984.
3This Section does not apply to collective bargaining agreements
4that are subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as
5now or hereafter amended.
6    (b) The Commuter Rail Division Board shall deal with and
7enter into written contracts with their employees, through
8accredited representatives of such employees authorized to act
9for such employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
10conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a
11collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the
12effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983. Any such
13agreement of the Commuter Rail Division Board shall provide
14that the agreement may be reopened if the amended budget
15submitted pursuant to Section 2.18a of this Act is not approved
16by the Board of the Authority. The agreement may not include a
17provision requiring the payment of wage increases based on
18changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Commuter Rail Division
19Board shall not have the authority to enter collective
20bargaining agreements with respect to inherent management
21rights which include such areas of discretion or policy as the
22functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
23budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
24employees and direction of personnel. Employers, however,
25shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to policy
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1conditions of employment, as well as the impact thereon, upon
2request by employee representatives. To preserve the rights of
3the Commuter Rail Division Board and exclusive representatives
4which have established collective bargaining relationships or
5negotiated collective bargaining agreements prior to the
6effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983, the Commuter
7Rail Division Board shall be required to bargain collectively
8with regard to any matter concerning wages, hours or conditions
9of employment about which they have bargained prior to the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983.
11    (c) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a
12prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service
13operated by the Commuter Rail Division Board except where
14prohibited by federal law.
15    (d) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
16bargaining agreement, the Commuter Rail Division Board shall
17determine the costs of each provision of the agreement, prepare
18an amended budget incorporating the costs of the agreement, and
19present the amended budget to the Board of the Authority for
20its approval under Section 4.11. The Board may approve the
21amended budget by an affirmative vote of 12 of its then
22Directors. If the budget is not approved by the Board of the
23Authority, the agreement may be reopened and its terms may be
24renegotiated. Any amended budget which may be prepared
25following renegotiation shall be presented to the Board of the
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1(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14)
3    Sec. 3B.14. Free services; eligibility.
4    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
560 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
6the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
7implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
8provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
9of, the Commuter Rail Division Board shall be provided without
10charge to all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged
1165 and older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by
12the Regional Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail
13Board.
14    (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
15180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
16the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
17transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
18of service contracts of, the Commuter Rail Division Board shall
19be provided without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older
20who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in
21subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and
22Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, under such
23conditions as shall be prescribed by the Commuter Rail Division
24Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish all information
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1updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services
2without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section
3shall relieve the Commuter Rail Division Board from providing
4reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
5(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.15)
7    Sec. 3B.15. Transit services for individuals with
8disabilities. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later
9than 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory
10Act of the 95th General Assembly, all fixed route public
11transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
12of service contract of, the Commuter Rail Division Board shall
13be provided without charge to all persons with disabilities who
14meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in subsection
15(a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and Persons with
16Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, under such procedures as
17shall be prescribed by the Board. The Department on Aging shall
18furnish all information reasonably necessary to determine
19eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are
20eligible for services without charge under this Section.
21(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.26)
23    Sec. 3B.26. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
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1Board may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess
2of $100,000, the Regional Transportation Authority Board
3Commuter Rail Board must review submit that contract or
4amendment to the Board for review for a period of 14 days.
5After 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This
6Section applies only to contracts entered into or amended on or
7after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
8General Assembly.
9    Before the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority
10may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of
11$100,000, the Board must submit that contract to the Chairman
12and Minority Spokesman of the Mass Transit Committee, or its
13successor committee, of the House of Representatives, and to
14the Chairman and Minority Spokesman of the Transportation
15Committee, or its successor committee, of the Senate.
16(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 3615/Art. III-C heading new)
18
ARTICLE III-C
19
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

 
20    (70 ILCS 3615/3C.05 new)
21    Sec. 3C.05. Establishment; operation. The Chicago Transit
22Authority of the Regional Transportation Authority is
23established on January 1, 2021 as provided in the Metropolitan
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1operated as provided in the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/4.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01)
3    Sec. 4.01. Budget and Program.
4    (a) The Board shall control the finances of the Authority.
5It shall by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of at
6least 12 of its then Directors (i) appropriate money to perform
7the Authority's purposes and provide for payment of debts and
8expenses of the Authority, (ii) take action with respect to the
9budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board, as
10provided in Section 4.11, and (iii) adopt an Annual Budget and
11Two-Year Financial Plan for the Authority that includes the
12annual budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board
13that has been approved by the Authority. The Annual Budget and
14Two-Year Financial Plan shall contain a statement of the funds
15estimated to be on hand for the Authority and each Service
16Board at the beginning of the fiscal year, the funds estimated
17to be received from all sources for such year, the estimated
18expenses and obligations of the Authority and each Service
19Board for all purposes, including expenses for contributions to
20be made with respect to pension and other employee benefits,
21and the funds estimated to be on hand at the end of such year.
22The fiscal year of the Authority and each Service Board shall
23begin on January 1st and end on the succeeding December 31st.
24By July 1st of each year the Director of the Illinois
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1the Budget) shall submit to the Authority an estimate of
2revenues for the next fiscal year of the Authority to be
3collected from the taxes imposed by the Authority and the
4amounts to be available in the Public Transportation Fund and
5the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
6Replacement Fund and the amounts otherwise to be appropriated
7by the State to the Authority for its purposes. The Authority
8shall file a copy of its Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
9Plan with the General Assembly and the Governor after its
10adoption. Before the proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year
11Financial Plan is adopted, the Authority shall hold at least
12one public hearing thereon in the metropolitan region, and
13shall meet with the county board or its designee of each of the
14several counties in the metropolitan region. After conducting
15such hearings and holding such meetings and after making such
16changes in the proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
17Plan as the Board deems appropriate, the Board shall adopt its
18annual appropriation and Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
19Plan ordinance. The ordinance may be adopted only upon the
20affirmative votes of 12 of its then Directors. The ordinance
21shall appropriate such sums of money as are deemed necessary to
22defray all necessary expenses and obligations of the Authority,
23specifying purposes and the objects or programs for which
24appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for each
25object or program. Additional appropriations, transfers
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1from time to time by the Board upon the affirmative votes of 12
2of its then Directors.
3    (b) The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan shall
4show a balance between anticipated revenues from all sources
5and anticipated expenses including funding of operating
6deficits or the discharge of encumbrances incurred in prior
7periods and payment of principal and interest when due, and
8shall show cash balances sufficient to pay with reasonable
9promptness all obligations and expenses as incurred.
10    The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan must show:
11        (i) that the level of fares and charges for mass
12    transportation provided by, or under grant or purchase of
13    service contracts of, the Service Boards is sufficient to
14    cause the aggregate of all projected fare revenues from
15    such fares and charges received in each fiscal year to
16    equal at least 50% of the aggregate costs of providing such
17    public transportation in such fiscal year. "Fare revenues"
18    include the proceeds of all fares and charges for services
19    provided, contributions received in connection with public
20    transportation from units of local government other than
21    the Authority, except for contributions received by the
22    Chicago Transit Authority from a real estate transfer tax
23    imposed under subsection (i) of Section 8-3-19 of the
24    Illinois Municipal Code, and from the State pursuant to
25    subsection (i) of Section 2705-305 of the Department of
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1    operating revenues properly included consistent with
2    generally accepted accounting principles but do not
3    include: the proceeds of any borrowings, and, beginning
4    with the 2007 fiscal year, all revenues and receipts,
5    including but not limited to fares and grants received from
6    the federal, State or any unit of local government or other
7    entity, derived from providing ADA paratransit service
8    pursuant to Section 2.30 of the Regional Transportation
9    Authority Act. "Costs" include all items properly included
10    as operating costs consistent with generally accepted
11    accounting principles, including administrative costs, but
12    do not include: depreciation; payment of principal and
13    interest on bonds, notes or other evidences of obligation
14    for borrowed money issued by the Authority; payments with
15    respect to public transportation facilities made pursuant
16    to subsection (b) of Section 2.20 of this Act; any payments
17    with respect to rate protection contracts, credit
18    enhancements or liquidity agreements made under Section
19    4.14; any other cost to which it is reasonably expected
20    that a cash expenditure will not be made; costs for
21    passenger security including grants, contracts, personnel,
22    equipment and administrative expenses, except in the case
23    of the Chicago Transit Authority, in which case the term
24    does not include costs spent annually by that entity for
25    protection against crime as required by Section 27a of the
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1    Chicago Transit Authority of Debt Service, as defined in
2    Section 12c of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, on
3    bonds or notes issued pursuant to that Section; the payment
4    by the Commuter Rail Division of debt service on bonds
5    issued pursuant to Section 3B.09; expenses incurred by the
6    Suburban Bus Division for the cost of new public
7    transportation services funded from grants pursuant to
8    Section 2.01e of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
9    Assembly for a period of 2 years from the date of
10    initiation of each such service; costs as exempted by the
11    Board for projects pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act;
12    or, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related
13    to providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section
14    2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; and in
15    fiscal years 2008 through 2012 inclusive, costs in the
16    amount of $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by
17    $40,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter until this
18    exemption is eliminated; and
19        (ii) that the level of fares charged for ADA
20    paratransit services is sufficient to cause the aggregate
21    of all projected revenues from such fares charged and
22    received in each fiscal year to equal at least 10% of the
23    aggregate costs of providing such ADA paratransit
24    services. For purposes of this Act, the percentages in this
25    subsection (b)(ii) shall be referred to as the "system
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1    ratio". For purposes of the system generated ADA
2    paratransit services revenue recovery ratio, "costs" shall
3    include all items properly included as operating costs
4    consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
5    However, the Board may exclude from costs an amount that
6    does not exceed the allowable "capital costs of
7    contracting" for ADA paratransit services pursuant to the
8    Federal Transit Administration guidelines for the
9    Urbanized Area Formula Program.
10    (c) The actual administrative expenses of the Authority for
11the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1985 may not exceed
12$5,000,000. The actual administrative expenses of the
13Authority for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1986, and
14for each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed the maximum
15administrative expenses for the previous fiscal year plus 5%.
16"Administrative expenses" are defined for purposes of this
17Section as all expenses except: (1) capital expenses and
18purchases of the Authority on behalf of the Service Boards; (2)
19payments to Service Boards; and (3) payment of principal and
20interest on bonds, notes or other evidence of obligation for
21borrowed money issued by the Authority; (4) costs for passenger
22security including grants, contracts, personnel, equipment and
23administrative expenses; (5) payments with respect to public
24transportation facilities made pursuant to subsection (b) of
25Section 2.20 of this Act; and (6) any payments with respect to
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1agreements made pursuant to Section 4.14.
2    (d) This subsection applies only until the Department
3begins administering and enforcing an increased tax under
4Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
595th General Assembly. After withholding 15% of the proceeds of
6any tax imposed by the Authority and 15% of money received by
7the Authority from the Regional Transportation Authority
8Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund, the Board shall
9allocate the proceeds and money remaining to the Service Boards
10as follows: (1) an amount equal to 85% of the proceeds of those
11taxes collected within the City of Chicago and 85% of the money
12received by the Authority on account of transfers to the
13Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
14Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
15attributable to retail sales within the City of Chicago shall
16be allocated to the Chicago Transit Authority; (2) an amount
17equal to 85% of the proceeds of those taxes collected within
18Cook County outside the City of Chicago and 85% of the money
19received by the Authority on account of transfers to the
20Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
21Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
22attributable to retail sales within Cook County outside of the
23city of Chicago shall be allocated 30% to the Chicago Transit
24Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Division Board and 15% to
25the Suburban Bus Division Board; and (3) an amount equal to 85%
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1DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will shall be allocated 70% to
2the Commuter Rail Division Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus
3Division Board.
4    (e) This subsection applies only until the Department
5begins administering and enforcing an increased tax under
6Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
795th General Assembly. Moneys received by the Authority on
8account of transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
9Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and
10Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall be allocated among the
11Authority and the Service Boards as follows: 15% of such moneys
12shall be retained by the Authority and the remaining 85% shall
13be transferred to the Service Boards as soon as may be
14practicable after the Authority receives payment. Moneys which
15are distributable to the Service Boards pursuant to the
16preceding sentence shall be allocated among the Service Boards
17on the basis of each Service Board's distribution ratio. The
18term "distribution ratio" means, for purposes of this
19subsection (e) of this Section 4.01, the ratio of the total
20amount distributed to a Service Board pursuant to subsection
21(d) of Section 4.01 for the immediately preceding calendar year
22to the total amount distributed to all of the Service Boards
23pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 4.01 for the immediately
24preceding calendar year as the Board shall determine.
25    (f) To carry out its duties and responsibilities under this
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1adoption by the Board of the Authority rules for the Service
2Boards that establish (i) forms and schedules to be used and
3information required to be provided with respect to a five-year
4capital program, annual budgets, and two-year financial plans
5and regular reporting of actual results against adopted budgets
6and financial plans, (ii) financial practices to be followed in
7the budgeting and expenditure of public funds, (iii)
8assumptions and projections that must be followed in preparing
9and submitting its annual budget and two-year financial plan or
10a five-year capital program; (2) evaluate for the Board public
11transportation programs operated or proposed by the Service
12Boards and transportation agencies in terms of the goals and
13objectives set out in the Strategic Plan; (3) keep the Board
14and the public informed of the extent to which the Service
15Boards and transportation agencies are meeting the goals and
16objectives adopted by the Authority in the Strategic Plan; and
17(4) assess the efficiency or adequacy of public transportation
18services provided by a Service Board and make recommendations
19for change in that service to the end that the moneys available
20to the Authority may be expended in the most economical manner
21possible with the least possible duplication.
22    (g) All Service Boards, transportation agencies,
23comprehensive planning agencies, including the Chicago
24Metropolitan Agency for Planning, or transportation planning
25agencies in the metropolitan region shall furnish to the
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1or relevant for plans therefor as it may from time to time
2require. The Executive Director, or his or her designee, shall,
3for the purpose of securing any such information necessary or
4appropriate to carry out any of the powers and responsibilities
5of the Authority under this Act, have access to, and the right
6to examine, all books, documents, papers or records of a
7Service Board or any transportation agency receiving funds from
8the Authority or Service Board, and such Service Board or
9transportation agency shall comply with any request by the
10Executive Director, or his or her designee, within 30 days or
11an extended time provided by the Executive Director.
12    (h) No Service Board shall undertake any capital
13improvement which is not identified in the Five-Year Capital
14Program.
15    (i) Each Service Board shall furnish to the Board access to
16its financial information including, but not limited to, audits
17and reports. The Board shall have real-time access to the
18financial information of the Service Boards; however, the Board
19shall be granted read-only access to the Service Board's
20financial information.
21(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/4.02b)
23    Sec. 4.02b. Other contributions to pension funds.
24    (a) The Authority shall continually review the payment of
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1under Section 22-103 of the Illinois Pension Code.
2    (b) Beginning January 1, 2009, if at any time the Authority
3determines that the Commuter Rail Division's Board's or
4Suburban Bus Division's Board's payment of any portion of the
5required contributions to an affected pension plan under
6Section 22-103 of the Illinois Pension Code is more than one
7month overdue, it shall as soon as possible pay the amount of
8those overdue contributions to the trustee of the affected
9pension plan on behalf of that Service Board out of moneys
10otherwise payable to that Service Board under Section 4.03.3 of
11this Act. The Authority shall thereafter have no liability to
12the Service Board for amounts paid to the trustee of the
13affected pension plan under this Section.
14    (c) Whenever the Authority acts or determines that it is
15required to act under subsection (b), it shall so notify the
16affected Service Board, the Mayor of Chicago, the Governor, the
17Auditor General of the State of Illinois, and the General
18Assembly.
19    (d) Beginning January 1, 2009, if the Authority fails to
20pay to an affected pension fund within 30 days after it is due
21any employer contribution that it is required to make as a
22contributing employer under Section 22-103 of the Illinois
23Pension Code, it shall promptly so notify the Commission on
24Government Forecasting and Accountability, the Mayor of
25Chicago, the Governor, and the General Assembly, and it shall
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1available to the Authority for its administrative expenses, as
2that term is defined in Section 4.01(c).
3(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
4    (70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3)
5    Sec. 4.03.3. Distribution of Revenues. This Section
6applies only after the Department begins administering and
7enforcing an increased tax under Section 4.03(m) as authorized
8by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. After
9providing for payment of its obligations with respect to bonds
10and notes issued under the provisions of Section 4.04 and
11obligations related to those bonds and notes, the Authority
12shall disburse the remaining proceeds from taxes it has
13received from the Department of Revenue under this Article IV
14and the remaining proceeds it has received from the State under
15Section 4.09(a) as follows:
16    (a) With respect to taxes imposed by the Authority under
17Section 4.03, after withholding 15% of 80% of the receipts from
18those taxes collected in Cook County at a rate of 1.25%, 15% of
1975% of the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook County
20at the rate of 1%, 15% of one-half of the receipts from those
21taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
22Counties, and 15% of money received by the Authority from the
23Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
24Replacement Fund or from the Regional Transportation Authority
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1the proceeds and money remaining to the Service Boards as
2follows:
3        (1) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
4    from those taxes collected within the City of Chicago at a
5    rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of the receipts from those
6    taxes collected in the City of Chicago at the rate of 1%,
7    and (iii) 85% of the money received by the Authority on
8    account of transfers to the Regional Transportation
9    Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to the
10    Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created in
11    Section 4.03(n) from the County and Mass Transit District
12    Fund attributable to retail sales within the City of
13    Chicago shall be allocated to the Chicago Transit
14    Authority;
15        (2) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
16    from those taxes collected within Cook County outside of
17    the City of Chicago at a rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of
18    the receipts from those taxes collected within Cook County
19    outside the City of Chicago at a rate of 1%, and (iii) 85%
20    of the money received by the Authority on account of
21    transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
22    Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to the Regional
23    Transportation Authority tax fund created in Section
24    4.03(n) from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
25    attributable to retail sales within Cook County outside of
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1    Transit Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Division Board,
2    and 15% to the Suburban Bus Division Board; and
3        (3) an amount equal to 85% of one-half of the receipts
4    from the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage,
5    Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be allocated 70% to the
6    Commuter Rail Division Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus
7    Division Board.
8    (b) Moneys received by the Authority on account of
9transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation
10and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax
11Reform Fund shall be allocated among the Authority and the
12Service Boards as follows: 15% of such moneys shall be retained
13by the Authority and the remaining 85% shall be transferred to
14the Service Boards as soon as may be practicable after the
15Authority receives payment. Moneys which are distributable to
16the Service Boards pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
17allocated among the Service Boards on the basis of each Service
18Board's distribution ratio. The term "distribution ratio"
19means, for purposes of this subsection (b), the ratio of the
20total amount distributed to a Service Board pursuant to
21subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for the immediately preceding
22calendar year to the total amount distributed to all of the
23Service Boards pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for
24the immediately preceding calendar year.
25    (c)(i) 20% of the receipts from those taxes collected in
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1of the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook County under
2Section 4.03 at the rate of 1%, (iii) 50% of the receipts from
3those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
4Counties under Section 4.03, and (iv) amounts received from the
5State under Section 4.09 (a)(2) and items (i), (ii), and (iii)
6of Section 4.09 (a)(3) shall be allocated as follows: the
7amount required to be deposited into the ADA Paratransit Fund
8described in Section 2.01d, the amount required to be deposited
9into the Suburban Community Mobility Fund described in Section
102.01e, and the amount required to be deposited into the
11Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement Fund described in
12Section 2.01c, and the balance shall be allocated 48% to the
13Chicago Transit Authority, 39% to the Commuter Rail Division
14Board, and 13% to the Suburban Bus Division Board.
15    (d) Amounts received from the State under Section 4.09
16(a)(3)(iv) shall be distributed 100% to the Chicago Transit
17Authority.
18    (e) With respect to those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane,
19Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties and paid directly to the
20counties under Section 4.03, the County Board of each county
21shall use those amounts to fund operating and capital costs of
22public safety and public transportation services or facilities
23or to fund operating, capital, right-of-way, construction, and
24maintenance costs of other transportation purposes, including
25road, bridge, public safety, and transit purposes intended to
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1receipt of funding by such counties pursuant to this paragraph
2shall not be used as the basis for reducing any funds that such
3counties would otherwise have received from the State of
4Illinois, any agency or instrumentality thereof, the
5Authority, or the Service Boards.
6    (f) The Authority by ordinance adopted by 12 of its then
7Directors shall apportion to the Service Boards funds provided
8by the State of Illinois under Section 4.09(a)(1) as it shall
9determine and shall make payment of the amounts to each Service
10Board as soon as may be practicable upon their receipt provided
11the Authority has adopted a balanced budget as required by
12Section 4.01 and further provided the Service Board is in
13compliance with the requirements in Section 4.11.
14    (g) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any payments,
15transfers, or expenditures under this Section to a Service
16Board, the Authority must first comply with Section 4.02a or
174.02b of this Act, whichever may be applicable.
18    (h) Moneys may be appropriated from the Public
19Transportation Fund to the Office of the Executive Inspector
20General for the costs incurred by the Executive Inspector
21General while serving as the inspector general for the
22Authority and each of the Service Boards. Beginning December
2331, 2012, and each year thereafter, the Office of the Executive
24Inspector General shall annually report to the General Assembly
25the expenses incurred while serving as the inspector general
26for the Authority and each of the Service Boards.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11; 97-641, eff. 12-19-11.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/4.04)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.04)
3    Sec. 4.04. Issuance and Pledge of Bonds and Notes.
4    (a) The Authority shall have the continuing power to borrow
5money and to issue its negotiable bonds or notes as provided in
6this Section. Unless otherwise indicated in this Section, the
7term "notes" also includes bond anticipation notes, which are
8notes which by their terms provide for their payment from the
9proceeds of bonds thereafter to be issued. Bonds or notes of
10the Authority may be issued for any or all of the following
11purposes: to pay costs to the Authority or a Service Board of
12constructing or acquiring any public transportation facilities
13(including funds and rights relating thereto, as provided in
14Section 2.05 of this Act); to repay advances to the Authority
15or a Service Board made for such purposes; to pay other
16expenses of the Authority or a Service Board incident to or
17incurred in connection with such construction or acquisition;
18to provide funds for any transportation agency to pay principal
19of or interest or redemption premium on any bonds or notes,
20whether as such amounts become due or by earlier redemption,
21issued prior to the date of this amendatory Act by such
22transportation agency to construct or acquire public
23transportation facilities or to provide funds to purchase such
24bonds or notes; and to provide funds for any transportation
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1facilities, to repay advances made for such purposes, and to
2pay other expenses incident to or incurred in connection with
3such construction or acquisition; and to provide funds for
4payment of obligations, including the funding of reserves,
5under any self-insurance plan or joint self-insurance pool or
6entity.
7    In addition to any other borrowing as may be authorized by
8this Section, the Authority may issue its notes, from time to
9time, in anticipation of tax receipts of the Authority or of
10other revenues or receipts of the Authority, in order to
11provide money for the Authority or the Service Boards to cover
12any cash flow deficit which the Authority or a Service Board
13anticipates incurring. Any such notes are referred to in this
14Section as "Working Cash Notes". No Working Cash Notes shall be
15issued for a term of longer than 24 months. Proceeds of Working
16Cash Notes may be used to pay day to day operating expenses of
17the Authority or the Service Boards, consisting of wages,
18salaries and fringe benefits, professional and technical
19services (including legal, audit, engineering and other
20consulting services), office rental, furniture, fixtures and
21equipment, insurance premiums, claims for self-insured amounts
22under insurance policies, public utility obligations for
23telephone, light, heat and similar items, travel expenses,
24office supplies, postage, dues, subscriptions, public hearings
25and information expenses, fuel purchases, and payments of
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1operations of transportation agencies, prior to the receipt by
2the Authority or a Service Board from time to time of funds for
3paying such expenses. In addition to any Working Cash Notes
4that the Board of the Authority may determine to issue, the
5Suburban Bus Board, the Commuter Rail Board or the Board of the
6Chicago Transit Authority may demand and direct that the
7Authority issue its Working Cash Notes in such amounts and
8having such maturities as the Service Board may determine.
9    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any
10amounts necessary to pay principal of and interest on any
11Working Cash Notes issued at the demand and direction of a
12Service Board or any Working Cash Notes the proceeds of which
13were used for the direct benefit of a Service Board or any
14other Bonds or Notes of the Authority the proceeds of which
15were used for the direct benefit of a Service Board shall
16constitute a reduction of the amount of any other funds
17provided by the Authority to that Service Board. The Authority
18shall, after deducting any costs of issuance, tender the net
19proceeds of any Working Cash Notes issued at the demand and
20direction of a Service Board to such Service Board as soon as
21may be practicable after the proceeds are received. The
22Authority may also issue notes or bonds to pay, refund or
23redeem any of its notes and bonds, including to pay redemption
24premiums or accrued interest on such bonds or notes being
25renewed, paid or refunded, and other costs in connection
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1such bonds or notes to pay the legal, financial, administrative
2and other expenses of such authorization, issuance, sale or
3delivery of bonds or notes or to provide or increase a debt
4service reserve fund with respect to any or all of its bonds or
5notes. The Authority may also issue and deliver its bonds or
6notes in exchange for any public transportation facilities,
7(including funds and rights relating thereto, as provided in
8Section 2.05 of this Act) or in exchange for outstanding bonds
9or notes of the Authority, including any accrued interest or
10redemption premium thereon, without advertising or submitting
11such notes or bonds for public bidding.
12    (b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of any such
13bonds or notes shall fix the date or dates of maturity, the
14dates on which interest is payable, any sinking fund account or
15reserve fund account provisions and all other details of such
16bonds or notes and may provide for such covenants or agreements
17necessary or desirable with regard to the issue, sale and
18security of such bonds or notes. The rate or rates of interest
19on its bonds or notes may be fixed or variable and the
20Authority shall determine or provide for the determination of
21the rate or rates of interest of its bonds or notes issued
22under this Act in an ordinance adopted by the Authority prior
23to the issuance thereof, none of which rates of interest shall
24exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act. Interest
25may be payable at such times as are provided for by the Board.
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1serial or term obligations, shall be of such denomination or
2denominations and form, including interest coupons to be
3attached thereto, be executed in such manner, shall be payable
4at such place or places and bear such date as the Authority
5shall fix by the ordinance authorizing such bond or note and
6shall mature at such time or times, within a period not to
7exceed forty years from the date of issue, and may be
8redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium, at the
9option of the Authority, upon such terms and conditions as the
10Authority shall fix by the ordinance authorizing the issuance
11of such bonds or notes. No bond anticipation note or any
12renewal thereof shall mature at any time or times exceeding 5
13years from the date of the first issuance of such note. The
14Authority may provide for the registration of bonds or notes in
15the name of the owner as to the principal alone or as to both
16principal and interest, upon such terms and conditions as the
17Authority may determine. The ordinance authorizing bonds or
18notes may provide for the exchange of such bonds or notes which
19are fully registered, as to both principal and interest, with
20bonds or notes which are registerable as to principal only. All
21bonds or notes issued under this Section by the Authority other
22than those issued in exchange for property or for bonds or
23notes of the Authority shall be sold at a price which may be at
24a premium or discount but such that the interest cost
25(excluding any redemption premium) to the Authority of the
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1maturity according to standard tables of bond values, shall not
2exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act. The
3Authority shall notify the Governor's Office of Management and
4Budget and the State Comptroller at least 30 days before any
5bond sale and shall file with the Governor's Office of
6Management and Budget and the State Comptroller a certified
7copy of any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds at or
8before the issuance of the bonds. After December 31, 1994, any
9such bonds or notes shall be sold to the highest and best
10bidder on sealed bids as the Authority shall deem. As such
11bonds or notes are to be sold the Authority shall advertise for
12proposals to purchase the bonds or notes which advertisement
13shall be published at least once in a daily newspaper of
14general circulation published in the metropolitan region at
15least 10 days before the time set for the submission of bids.
16The Authority shall have the right to reject any or all bids.
17Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, Working
18Cash Notes or bonds or notes to provide funds for
19self-insurance or a joint self-insurance pool or entity may be
20sold either upon competitive bidding or by negotiated sale
21(without any requirement of publication of intention to
22negotiate the sale of such Notes), as the Board shall determine
23by ordinance adopted with the affirmative votes of at least 9
24Directors. In case any officer whose signature appears on any
25bonds, notes or coupons authorized pursuant to this Section
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1notes, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and
2sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had
3remained in office until such delivery. Neither the Directors
4of the Authority nor any person executing any bonds or notes
5thereof shall be liable personally on any such bonds or notes
6or coupons by reason of the issuance thereof.
7    (c) All bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to
8this Section shall be general obligations of the Authority to
9which shall be pledged the full faith and credit of the
10Authority, as provided in this Section. Such bonds or notes
11shall be secured as provided in the authorizing ordinance,
12which may, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
13include in addition to any other security, a specific pledge or
14assignment of and lien on or security interest in any or all
15tax receipts of the Authority and on any or all other revenues
16or moneys of the Authority from whatever source, which may by
17law be utilized for debt service purposes and a specific pledge
18or assignment of and lien on or security interest in any funds
19or accounts established or provided for by the ordinance of the
20Authority authorizing the issuance of such bonds or notes. Any
21such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest for the
22benefit of holders of bonds or notes of the Authority shall be
23valid and binding from the time the bonds or notes are issued
24without any physical delivery or further act and shall be valid
25and binding as against and prior to the claims of all other
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1other person irrespective of whether such other parties have
2notice of such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest.
3The obligations of the Authority incurred pursuant to this
4Section shall be superior to and have priority over any other
5obligations of the Authority.
6    The Authority may provide in the ordinance authorizing the
7issuance of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section
8for the creation of, deposits in, and regulation and
9disposition of sinking fund or reserve accounts relating to
10such bonds or notes. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of
11any bonds or notes pursuant to this Section may contain
12provisions as part of the contract with the holders of the
13bonds or notes, for the creation of a separate fund to provide
14for the payment of principal and interest on such bonds or
15notes and for the deposit in such fund from any or all the tax
16receipts of the Authority and from any or all such other moneys
17or revenues of the Authority from whatever source which may by
18law be utilized for debt service purposes, all as provided in
19such ordinance, of amounts to meet the debt service
20requirements on such bonds or notes, including principal and
21interest, and any sinking fund or reserve fund account
22requirements as may be provided by such ordinance, and all
23expenses incident to or in connection with such fund and
24accounts or the payment of such bonds or notes. Such ordinance
25may also provide limitations on the issuance of additional
26bonds or notes of the Authority. No such bonds or notes of the

 

 

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1Authority shall constitute a debt of the State of Illinois.
2Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enable the Authority
3to impose any ad valorem tax on property.
4    (d) The ordinance of the Authority authorizing the issuance
5of any bonds or notes may provide additional security for such
6bonds or notes by providing for appointment of a corporate
7trustee (which may be any trust company or bank having the
8powers of a trust company within the state) with respect to
9such bonds or notes. The ordinance shall prescribe the rights,
10duties and powers of the trustee to be exercised for the
11benefit of the Authority and the protection of the holders of
12such bonds or notes. The ordinance may provide for the trustee
13to hold in trust, invest and use amounts in funds and accounts
14created as provided by the ordinance with respect to the bonds
15or notes. The ordinance may provide for the assignment and
16direct payment to the trustee of any or all amounts produced
17from the sources provided in Section 4.03 and Section 4.09 of
18this Act and provided in Section 6z-17 of "An Act in relation
19to State finance", approved June 10, 1919, as amended. Upon
20receipt of notice of any such assignment, the Department of
21Revenue and the Comptroller of the State of Illinois shall
22thereafter, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.03 and
23Section 4.09 of this Act and Section 6z-17 of "An Act in
24relation to State finance", approved June 10, 1919, as amended,
25provide for such assigned amounts to be paid directly to the
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1terms of the ordinance making the assignment. The ordinance
2shall provide that amounts so paid to the trustee which are not
3required to be deposited, held or invested in funds and
4accounts created by the ordinance with respect to bonds or
5notes or used for paying bonds or notes to be paid by the
6trustee to the Authority.
7    (e) Any bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to
8this Section shall constitute a contract between the Authority
9and the holders from time to time of such bonds or notes. In
10issuing any bond or note, the Authority may include in the
11ordinance authorizing such issue a covenant as part of the
12contract with the holders of the bonds or notes, that as long
13as such obligations are outstanding, it shall make such
14deposits, as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section. It may
15also so covenant that it shall impose and continue to impose
16taxes, as provided in Section 4.03 of this Act and in addition
17thereto as subsequently authorized by law, sufficient to make
18such deposits and pay the principal and interest and to meet
19other debt service requirements of such bonds or notes as they
20become due. A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the
21issuance of any such obligations shall be filed at or prior to
22the issuance of such obligations with the Comptroller of the
23State of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Revenue.
24    (f) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
25holders of the bonds and notes of the Authority issued pursuant
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1rights and powers vested in the Authority by this Act so as to
2impair the terms of any contract made by the Authority with
3such holders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of
4such holders until such bonds and notes, together with interest
5thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest,
6and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or
7proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and
8discharged. In addition, the State pledges to and agrees with
9the holders of the bonds and notes of the Authority issued
10pursuant to this Section that the State will not limit or alter
11the basis on which State funds are to be paid to the Authority
12as provided in this Act, or the use of such funds, so as to
13impair the terms of any such contract. The Authority is
14authorized to include these pledges and agreements of the State
15in any contract with the holders of bonds or notes issued
16pursuant to this Section.
17    (g)(1) Except as provided in subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3)
18of Section 4.04 of this Act, the Authority shall not at any
19time issue, sell or deliver any bonds or notes (other than
20Working Cash Notes) pursuant to this Section 4.04 which will
21cause it to have issued and outstanding at any time in excess
22of $800,000,000 of such bonds and notes (other than Working
23Cash Notes). The Authority shall not issue, sell, or deliver
24any Working Cash Notes pursuant to this Section that will cause
25it to have issued and outstanding at any time in excess of
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1deliver additional Working Cash Notes before July 1, 2018 that
2are over and above and in addition to the $100,000,000
3authorization such that the outstanding amount of these
4additional Working Cash Notes does not exceed at any time
5$300,000,000. Bonds or notes which are being paid or retired by
6such issuance, sale or delivery of bonds or notes, and bonds or
7notes for which sufficient funds have been deposited with the
8paying agency of such bonds or notes to provide for payment of
9principal and interest thereon or to provide for the redemption
10thereof, all pursuant to the ordinance authorizing the issuance
11of such bonds or notes, shall not be considered to be
12outstanding for the purposes of this subsection.
13    (2) In addition to the authority provided by paragraphs (1)
14and (3), the Authority is authorized to issue, sell and deliver
15bonds or notes for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects
16approved pursuant to Section 4.13 as follows:
17        $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued on or after
18    January 1, 1990;
19        an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
20    on or after January 1, 1991;
21        an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
22    on or after January 1, 1992;
23        an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
24    on or after January 1, 1993;
25        an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
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1        the aggregate total authorization of bonds and notes
2    for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects as of January 1,
3    1994, shall be $500,000,000.
4    The Authority is also authorized to issue, sell, and
5deliver bonds or notes in such amounts as are necessary to
6provide for the refunding or advance refunding of bonds or
7notes issued for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects under
8this subdivision (g)(2), provided that no such refunding bond
9or note shall mature later than the final maturity date of the
10series of bonds or notes being refunded, and provided further
11that the debt service requirements for such refunding bonds or
12notes in the current or any future fiscal year shall not exceed
13the debt service requirements for that year on the refunded
14bonds or notes.
15    (3) In addition to the authority provided by paragraphs (1)
16and (2), the Authority is authorized to issue, sell, and
17deliver bonds or notes for Strategic Capital Improvement
18Projects approved pursuant to Section 4.13 as follows:
19        $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued on or after
20    January 1, 2000;
21        an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
22    on or after January 1, 2001;
23        an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
24    on or after January 1, 2002;
25        an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
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1        an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
2    on or after January 1, 2004; and
3        the aggregate total authorization of bonds and notes
4    for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects pursuant to
5    this paragraph (3) as of January 1, 2004 shall be
6    $1,300,000,000.
7    The Authority is also authorized to issue, sell, and
8deliver bonds or notes in such amounts as are necessary to
9provide for the refunding or advance refunding of bonds or
10notes issued for Strategic Capital Improvement projects under
11this subdivision (g)(3), provided that no such refunding bond
12or note shall mature later than the final maturity date of the
13series of bonds or notes being refunded, and provided further
14that the debt service requirements for such refunding bonds or
15notes in the current or any future fiscal year shall not exceed
16the debt service requirements for that year on the refunded
17bonds or notes.
18    (h) The Authority, subject to the terms of any agreements
19with noteholders or bond holders as may then exist, shall have
20power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase notes
21or bonds of the Authority, which shall thereupon be cancelled.
22    (i) In addition to any other authority granted by law, the
23State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, invest
24or reinvest, at a price not to exceed par, any State money in
25the State Treasury which is not needed for current expenditures
26due or about to become due in Working Cash Notes.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-392, eff. 8-16-13; 99-238, eff. 8-3-15.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/4.11)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.11)
3    Sec. 4.11. Budget Review Powers.
4    (a) Based upon estimates which shall be given to the
5Authority by the Director of the Governor's Office of
6Management and Budget (formerly Bureau of the Budget) of the
7receipts to be received by the Authority from the taxes imposed
8by the Authority and the authorized estimates of amounts to be
9available from State and other sources to the Service Boards,
10and the times at which such receipts and amounts will be
11available, the Board shall, not later than the next preceding
12September 15th prior to the beginning of the Authority's next
13fiscal year, advise each Service Board of the amounts estimated
14by the Board to be available for such Service Board during such
15fiscal year and the two following fiscal years and the times at
16which such amounts will be available. The Board shall, at the
17same time, also advise each Service Board of its required
18system generated revenues recovery ratio for the next fiscal
19year which shall be the percentage of the aggregate costs of
20providing public transportation by or under jurisdiction of
21that Service Board which must be recovered from system
22generated revenues. The Board shall, at the same time, consider
23the written determination of the Executive Director, made
24pursuant to Section 2.01d, of the costs of ADA paratransit
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1Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing
2regulations, and shall amend the current year budgets of the
3Authority and the Service Boards to provide for additional
4funding for the provision of ADA paratransit services, if
5needed. The Board shall, at the same time, beginning with the
62007 fiscal year, also advise each Service Board that provides
7ADA paratransit services of its required system generated ADA
8paratransit services revenue recovery ratio for the next fiscal
9year which shall be the percentage of the aggregate costs of
10providing ADA paratransit services by or under jurisdiction of
11that Service Board which must be recovered from fares charged
12for such services, except that such required system generated
13ADA paratransit services revenue recovery ratio shall not
14exceed the minimum percentage established pursuant to Section
154.01(b)(ii) of this Act. In determining a Service Board's
16system generated revenue recovery ratio, the Board shall
17consider the historical system generated revenues recovery
18ratio for the services subject to the jurisdiction of that
19Service Board. The Board shall not increase a Service Board's
20system generated revenues recovery ratio for the next fiscal
21year over such ratio for the current fiscal year
22disproportionately or prejudicially to increases in such
23ratios for other Service Boards. The Board may, by ordinance,
24provide that (i) the cost of research and development projects
25in the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1986 and ending
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1Act, (ii) the costs for passenger security, and (iii)
2expenditures of amounts granted to a Service Board from the
3Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement Fund for operating
4purposes may be exempted from the farebox recovery ratio or the
5system generated revenues recovery ratio of the Chicago Transit
6Authority, the Suburban Bus Division Board, and the Commuter
7Rail Division Board, or any of them. During fiscal years 2008
8through 2012, the Board may also allocate the exemption of
9$200,000,000 and the reducing amounts of costs provided by this
10amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly from the farebox
11recovery ratio or system generated revenues recovery ratio of
12each Service Board.
13    (b)(1) Not later than the next preceding November 15 prior
14to the commencement of such fiscal year, each Service Board
15shall submit to the Authority its proposed budget for such
16fiscal year and its proposed financial plan for the two
17following fiscal years. Such budget and financial plan shall
18(i) be prepared in the format, follow the financial and
19budgetary practices, and be based on any assumptions and
20projections required by the Authority and (ii) not project or
21assume a receipt of revenues from the Authority in amounts
22greater than those set forth in the estimates provided by the
23Authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section.
24    (2) The Board shall review the proposed budget and two-year
25financial plan submitted by each Service Board. The Board shall
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1Board if:
2        (i) such budget and plan show a balance between (A)
3    anticipated revenues from all sources including operating
4    subsidies and (B) the costs of providing the services
5    specified and of funding any operating deficits or
6    encumbrances incurred in prior periods, including
7    provision for payment when due of principal and interest on
8    outstanding indebtedness;
9        (ii) such budget and plan show cash balances including
10    the proceeds of any anticipated cash flow borrowing
11    sufficient to pay with reasonable promptness all costs and
12    expenses as incurred;
13        (iii) such budget and plan provide for a level of fares
14    or charges and operating or administrative costs for the
15    public transportation provided by or subject to the
16    jurisdiction of such Service Board sufficient to allow the
17    Service Board to meet its required system generated revenue
18    recovery ratio and, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year,
19    system generated ADA paratransit services revenue recovery
20    ratio;
21        (iv) such budget and plan are based upon and employ
22    assumptions and projections which are reasonable and
23    prudent;
24        (v) such budget and plan have been prepared in
25    accordance with sound financial practices as determined by
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1        (vi) such budget and plan meet such other financial,
2    budgetary, or fiscal requirements that the Board may by
3    rule or regulation establish; and
4        (vii) such budget and plan are consistent with the
5    goals and objectives adopted by the Authority in the
6    Strategic Plan.
7    (3) (Blank).
8    (4) Unless the Board by an affirmative vote of 12 of the
9then Directors determines that the budget and financial plan of
10a Service Board meets the criteria specified in clauses (i)
11through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (b), the
12Board shall withhold from that Service Board 25% of the cash
13proceeds of taxes imposed by the Authority under Section 4.03
14and Section 4.03.1 and received after February 1 and 25% of the
15amounts transferred to the Authority from the Public
16Transportation Fund under Section 4.09(a) (but not including
17Section 4.09(a)(3)(iv)) after February 1 that the Board has
18estimated to be available to that Service Board under Section
194.11(a). Such funding shall be released to the Service Board
20only upon approval of a budget and financial plan under this
21Section or adoption of a budget and financial plan on behalf of
22the Service Board by the Authority.
23    (5) If the Board has not found that the budget and
24financial plan of a Service Board meets the criteria specified
25in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of this
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112 of its then Directors, shall adopt a budget and financial
2plan meeting such criteria for that Service Board.
3    (c)(1) If the Board shall at any time have received a
4revised estimate, or revises any estimate the Board has made,
5pursuant to this Section of the receipts to be collected by the
6Authority which, in the judgment of the Board, requires a
7change in the estimates on which the budget of any Service
8Board is based, the Board shall advise the affected Service
9Board of such revised estimates, and such Service Board shall
10within 30 days after receipt of such advice submit a revised
11budget incorporating such revised estimates. If the revised
12estimates require, in the judgment of the Board, that the
13system generated revenues recovery ratio of one or more Service
14Boards be revised in order to allow the Authority to meet its
15required ratio, the Board shall advise any such Service Board
16of its revised ratio and such Service Board shall within 30
17days after receipt of such advice submit a revised budget
18incorporating such revised estimates or ratio.
19    (2) Each Service Board shall, within such period after the
20end of each fiscal quarter as shall be specified by the Board,
21report to the Authority its financial condition and results of
22operations and the financial condition and results of
23operations of the public transportation services subject to its
24jurisdiction, as at the end of and for such quarter. If in the
25judgment of the Board such condition and results are not
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1for such period, the Board shall so advise such Service Board
2and such Service Board shall within the period specified by the
3Board submit a revised budget incorporating such results.
4    (3) If the Board shall determine that a revised budget
5submitted by a Service Board pursuant to subparagraph (1) or
6(2) of this paragraph (c) does not meet the criteria specified
7in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph
8(b) of this Section, the Board shall withhold from that Service
9Board 25% of the cash proceeds of taxes imposed by the
10Authority under Section 4.03 or 4.03.1 and received by the
11Authority after February 1 and 25% of the amounts transferred
12to the Authority from the Public Transportation Fund under
13Section 4.09(a) (but not including Section 4.09(a)(3)(iv))
14after February 1 that the Board has estimated to be available
15to that Service Board under Section 4.11(a). If the Service
16Board submits a revised financial plan and budget which plan
17and budget shows that the criteria will be met within a four
18quarter period, the Board shall release any such withheld funds
19to the Service Board. The Board by the affirmative vote of at
20least 12 of its then Directors may require a Service Board to
21submit a revised financial plan and budget which shows that the
22criteria will be met in a time period less than four quarters.
23    (d) All budgets and financial plans, financial statements,
24audits and other information presented to the Authority
25pursuant to this Section or which may be required by the Board
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1Section shall be prepared and presented in such manner and
2frequency and in such detail as shall have been prescribed by
3the Board, shall be prepared on both an accrual and cash flow
4basis as specified by the Board, shall present such information
5as the Authority shall prescribe that fairly presents the
6condition of any pension plan or trust for health care benefits
7with respect to retirees established by the Service Board and
8describes the plans of the Service Board to meet the
9requirements of Sections 4.02a and 4.02b, and shall identify
10and describe the assumptions and projections employed in the
11preparation thereof to the extent required by the Board. If the
12Executive Director certifies that a Service Board has not
13presented its budget and two-year financial plan in conformity
14with the rules adopted by the Authority under the provisions of
15Section 4.01(f) and this subsection (d), and such certification
16is accepted by the affirmative vote of at least 12 of the then
17Directors of the Authority, the Authority shall not distribute
18to that Service Board any funds for operating purposes in
19excess of the amounts distributed for such purposes to the
20Service Board in the previous fiscal year. Except when the
21Board adopts a budget and a financial plan for a Service Board
22under paragraph (b)(5), a Service Board shall provide for such
23levels of transportation services and fares or charges therefor
24as it deems appropriate and necessary in the preparation of a
25budget and financial plan meeting the criteria set forth in
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1of this Section. The Authority shall have access to and the
2right to examine and copy all books, documents, papers,
3records, or other source data of a Service Board relevant to
4any information submitted pursuant to this Section.
5    (e) Whenever this Section requires the Board to make
6determinations with respect to estimates, budgets or financial
7plans, or rules or regulations with respect thereto such
8determinations shall be made upon the affirmative vote of at
9least 12 of the then Directors and shall be incorporated in a
10written report of the Board and such report shall be submitted
11within 10 days after such determinations are made to the
12Governor, the Mayor of Chicago (if such determinations relate
13to the Chicago Transit Authority), and the Auditor General of
14Illinois.
15(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
 
16    (70 ILCS 3615/4.15)
17    Sec. 4.15. Revolving door prohibition. No Director,
18Service Board director or member, former Director, or former
19Service Board director or member shall, during his or her term
20and for a period of one year immediately after the end of his
21or her term, engage in business dealings with, knowingly accept
22employment from, or receive compensation or fees for services
23from the Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus
24Division Board, the Commuter Rail Division, Board or the
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1apply to any business dealings engaged in by the Director or
2Service Board director or member in the course of his or her
3official duties or responsibilities as a Director or Service
4Board director or member.
5(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 3615/5.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.05)
7    Sec. 5.05. Opt Out.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the
9County Board of the County of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry or
10Will by ordinance authorizes that such county shall elect to
11terminate the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus
12Division in that County, the Secretary of such County Board
13shall certify that proposition to the proper election
14officials, who shall submit such proposition at an election in
15accordance with the general election law to decide whether or
16not the County shall opt out; and if a majority of the voters
17voting upon the proposition is in favor of terminating the
18powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus Division those
19powers shall be terminated.
20    The form of the ballot to be used at the referendum shall
21be substantially as follows:
22-------------------------------------------------------------
23    Shall ..... County Terminate the
24Powers of the Regional Transportation        YES
25Authority and the Suburban Bus          ---------------------

 

 

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1Division in .... County                       NO
2on ..... (date)
3-------------------------------------------------------------
4    If a majority of the voters vote in favor of terminating
5the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus Division then
6all of the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus
7Division shall terminate in such county except those powers and
8functions which the Authority determines to be necessary to
9exercise with regard to:
10        (i) public transportation by commuter rail, and
11    related public transportation facilities;
12        (ii) public transportation other than by commuter rail
13    which is required in order to comply with federal or State
14    laws and regulations, and related public transportation
15    facilities; and
16        (iii) public transportation other than by commuter
17    rail provided by the Suburban Bus Division pursuant to
18    contract with the County or other governmental entity
19    therein, and related public transportation facilities.
20    (b) The termination of the powers of the Authority and the
21Suburban Bus Division referred to in paragraph (a) of this
22Section with respect to any County shall occur on approval of
23the referendum by the electors provided on or prior to the date
24of such termination, such County shall have:
25        (i) assumed the obligations of the Authority under all
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1    public transportation or public transportation facilities
2    in such County, which statutory or contractual obligations
3    extend beyond the termination date provided for in
4    accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section provided that
5    such obligations shall not be deemed to include any
6    indebtedness of the Authority for borrowed money;
7        (ii) agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the
8    Authority against any and all claims, actions and
9    liabilities arising out of or in connection with the
10    termination of the Authority's powers and functions
11    pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section; and
12        (iii) taken or caused to be taken all necessary actions
13    and fulfilled or caused to be fulfilled all requirements
14    under federal and State laws, rules and regulations with
15    respect to such termination and any related transfers of
16    assets or liabilities of the Authority. A County may, by
17    mutual agreement with the Authority, permit the Authority
18    to fulfill one or more contracts which by their terms
19    extend beyond the termination date provided for in
20    accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section, in which
21    case the powers and functions of the Authority in that
22    County shall survive only to the extent deemed necessary by
23    the Authority to fulfill said contract or contracts. The
24    satisfaction of the requirements provided for in this
25    paragraph shall be evidenced in such manner as the
26    Authority may require.

 

 

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1    (c) Following an election to terminate the powers of the
2Authority and the Suburban Bus Division at a referendum held
3under paragraph (a) of this Section the County Board shall
4notify the Authority of the results of the referendum which
5notice shall specify a termination date, which is the last day
6of the calendar month, but no earlier than December 31, 1984.
7Unless the termination date is extended by mutual agreement
8between the County and the Authority, the termination of the
9powers and functions of the Authority in the County shall occur
10at midnight on the termination date, provided that the
11requirements of this Section have been met.
12    (d) The proceeds of taxes imposed by the Authority under
13Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 collected after the termination date
14within a County wherein the powers of the Authority and the
15Suburban Bus Division have been terminated under this Section
16shall be provided by the Authority to the Commuter Rail
17Division Board to support services under the jurisdiction of
18the Commuter Rail Division Board which are attributable to that
19County, as determined by the Regional Transportation Authority
20Board Commuter Rail Board. Any proceeds which are in excess of
21that necessary to support such services shall be paid by the
22Authority to that County to be expended for general
23transportation purposes in accordance with law. If no services
24under the jurisdiction of the Commuter Rail Division Board are
25provided in a County wherein the powers of the Authority have
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1imposed by the Authority in the County shall be paid by the
2Authority to the County to be expended for general
3transportation purposes in accordance with law. The Authority
4or the Suburban Bus Division has no obligation to see that the
5funds expended under this paragraph by the County are spent for
6general transportation purposes in accordance with law.
7(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
8    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.03 rep.)
9    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.04 rep.)
10    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.06 rep.)
11    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.07 rep.)
12    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.03 rep.)
13    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.04 rep.)
14    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.06 rep.)
15    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.07 rep.)
16    Section 40. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
17amended by repealing Sections 3A.03, 3A.04, 3A.06, 3A.07,
183B.03, 3B.04, 3B.06, and 3B.07.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
201, 2021.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 120/2from Ch. 102, par. 42
4    5 ILCS 375/2.6 rep.
5    5 ILCS 375/2.7 rep.
6    20 ILCS 2712/5-5
7    65 ILCS 5/11-122.2-1from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.2-1
8    70 ILCS 3605/2from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 302
9    70 ILCS 3605/3from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 303
10    70 ILCS 3605/9afrom Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309a
11    70 ILCS 3605/12afrom Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312a
12    70 ILCS 3605/12bfrom Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312b
13    70 ILCS 3605/12c
14    70 ILCS 3605/19from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319
15    70 ILCS 3605/24from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 324
16    70 ILCS 3605/27from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327
17    70 ILCS 3605/27afrom Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327a
18    70 ILCS 3605/28from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328
19    70 ILCS 3605/28afrom Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328a
20    70 ILCS 3605/30from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 330
21    70 ILCS 3605/34from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 334
22    70 ILCS 3605/4 rep.
23    70 ILCS 3605/6.1 rep.
24    70 ILCS 3605/9b rep.
25    70 ILCS 3605/20 rep.

 

 

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1    70 ILCS 3605/21 rep.
2    70 ILCS 3605/22 rep.
3    70 ILCS 3605/23 rep.
4    70 ILCS 3605/28d rep.
5    70 ILCS 3605/44 rep.
6    70 ILCS 3615/1.03from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.03
7    70 ILCS 3615/1.06 new
8    70 ILCS 3615/2.01from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.01
9    70 ILCS 3615/2.01a
10    70 ILCS 3615/2.01b
11    70 ILCS 3615/2.01c
12    70 ILCS 3615/2.01d
13    70 ILCS 3615/2.01e
14    70 ILCS 3615/2.20from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.20
15    70 ILCS 3615/2.21from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.21
16    70 ILCS 3615/2.30
17    70 ILCS 3615/3.01from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01
18    70 ILCS 3615/3.04from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04
19    70 ILCS 3615/3.08from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.08
20    70 ILCS 3615/3A.01from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.01
21    70 ILCS 3615/3A.02from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02
22    70 ILCS 3615/3A.05from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05
23    70 ILCS 3615/3A.09from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.09
24    70 ILCS 3615/3A.10from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.10
25    70 ILCS 3615/3A.11from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.11
26    70 ILCS 3615/3A.12from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12

 

 

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1    70 ILCS 3615/3A.14from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.14
2    70 ILCS 3615/3A.15
3    70 ILCS 3615/3A.16
4    70 ILCS 3615/3A.17
5    70 ILCS 3615/3A.18
6    70 ILCS 3615/3B.01from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.01
7    70 ILCS 3615/3B.02from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02
8    70 ILCS 3615/3B.05from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.05
9    70 ILCS 3615/3B.09from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.09
10    70 ILCS 3615/3B.10from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.10
11    70 ILCS 3615/3B.11from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.11
12    70 ILCS 3615/3B.12from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.12
13    70 ILCS 3615/3B.13from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.13
14    70 ILCS 3615/3B.14
15    70 ILCS 3615/3B.15
16    70 ILCS 3615/3B.26
17    70 ILCS 3615/Art. III-C
18    heading new
19    70 ILCS 3615/3C.05 new
20    70 ILCS 3615/4.01from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01
21    70 ILCS 3615/4.02b
22    70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3
23    70 ILCS 3615/4.04from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.04
24    70 ILCS 3615/4.11from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.11
25    70 ILCS 3615/4.15
26    70 ILCS 3615/5.05from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.05

 

 

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1    70 ILCS 3615/3A.03 rep.
2    70 ILCS 3615/3A.04 rep.
3    70 ILCS 3615/3A.06 rep.
4    70 ILCS 3615/3A.07 rep.
5    70 ILCS 3615/3B.03 rep.
6    70 ILCS 3615/3B.04 rep.
7    70 ILCS 3615/3B.06 rep.
8    70 ILCS 3615/3B.07 rep.