101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3834

 

Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 3615/3B.09c new
70 ILCS 3615/4.01  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01
70 ILCS 3615/4.09  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.09

    Amends Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that Metra Electric Line fares for transportation wholly within the City of Chicago shall be equal to the fares set by the Chicago Transit Board for rail transportation. Provides that fares for Metra Electric Line transportation that originate or conclude outside of the City of Chicago shall be set by the Commuter Rail Board and be based on the zone in which the transportation originates and concludes. Provides that the Commuter Rail Board shall accept the Ventra card for use on the Metra Electric Line and riders using the Ventra card shall pay through the Ventra application or at a station. Provides that the Commuter Rail Board shall adopt a policy to periodically check riders' tickets, including Ventra tickets, on the Metra Electric Line to determine whether a rider has paid for transportation at the station or on the Ventra application. Provides that lost revenue experienced by the Commuter Rail Board due to the implementation of any requirement relating to specified Metra Eclectic Line fare provisions are not "costs" in the calculation of whether fares and charges received in each fiscal year equal at least 50% of the aggregate costs of providing public transportation. Effective June 1, 2020.


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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 Regional Transportation Authority Act is
5amended by changing Sections 4.01 and 4.09 and by adding
6Section 3B.09c as follows:
 
7    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.09c new)
8    Sec. 3B.09c. Metra Electric Line fares.
9    (a) Metra Electric Line fares for transportation wholly
10within the City of Chicago shall be equal to the fares set by
11the Chicago Transit Board for rail transportation.
12    (b) Fares for Metra Electric Line transportation that
13originate or conclude outside of the City of Chicago shall be
14set by the Commuter Rail Board and be based on the zone in
15which the transportation originates and concludes.
16    (c) The Commuter Rail Board shall accept the Ventra card
17for use on the Metra Electric Line. Riders using the Ventra
18card shall pay through the Ventra application or at a station.
19The Commuter Rail Board shall adopt a policy to periodically
20check riders' tickets, including Ventra tickets, on the Metra
21Electric Line to determine whether a rider has paid for
22transportation at the station or on the Ventra application.
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 3615/4.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01)
2    Sec. 4.01. Budget and Program.
3    (a) The Board shall control the finances of the Authority.
4It shall by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of at
5least 12 of its then Directors (i) appropriate money to perform
6the Authority's purposes and provide for payment of debts and
7expenses of the Authority, (ii) take action with respect to the
8budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board, as
9provided in Section 4.11, and (iii) adopt an Annual Budget and
10Two-Year Financial Plan for the Authority that includes the
11annual budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board
12that has been approved by the Authority. The Annual Budget and
13Two-Year Financial Plan shall contain a statement of the funds
14estimated to be on hand for the Authority and each Service
15Board at the beginning of the fiscal year, the funds estimated
16to be received from all sources for such year, the estimated
17expenses and obligations of the Authority and each Service
18Board for all purposes, including expenses for contributions to
19be made with respect to pension and other employee benefits,
20and the funds estimated to be on hand at the end of such year.
21The fiscal year of the Authority and each Service Board shall
22begin on January 1st and end on the succeeding December 31st.
23By July 1st of each year the Director of the Illinois
24Governor's Office of Management and Budget (formerly Bureau of
25the Budget) shall submit to the Authority an estimate of
26revenues for the next fiscal year of the Authority to be

 

 

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1collected from the taxes imposed by the Authority and the
2amounts to be available in the Public Transportation Fund and
3the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
4Replacement Fund and the amounts otherwise to be appropriated
5by the State to the Authority for its purposes. The Authority
6shall file a copy of its Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
7Plan with the General Assembly and the Governor after its
8adoption. Before the proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year
9Financial Plan is adopted, the Authority shall hold at least
10one public hearing thereon in the metropolitan region, and
11shall meet with the county board or its designee of each of the
12several counties in the metropolitan region. After conducting
13such hearings and holding such meetings and after making such
14changes in the proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
15Plan as the Board deems appropriate, the Board shall adopt its
16annual appropriation and Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
17Plan ordinance. The ordinance may be adopted only upon the
18affirmative votes of 12 of its then Directors. The ordinance
19shall appropriate such sums of money as are deemed necessary to
20defray all necessary expenses and obligations of the Authority,
21specifying purposes and the objects or programs for which
22appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for each
23object or program. Additional appropriations, transfers
24between items and other changes in such ordinance may be made
25from time to time by the Board upon the affirmative votes of 12
26of its then Directors.

 

 

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1    (b) The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan shall
2show a balance between anticipated revenues from all sources
3and anticipated expenses including funding of operating
4deficits or the discharge of encumbrances incurred in prior
5periods and payment of principal and interest when due, and
6shall show cash balances sufficient to pay with reasonable
7promptness all obligations and expenses as incurred.
8    The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan must show:
9        (i) that the level of fares and charges for mass
10    transportation provided by, or under grant or purchase of
11    service contracts of, the Service Boards is sufficient to
12    cause the aggregate of all projected fare revenues from
13    such fares and charges received in each fiscal year to
14    equal at least 50% of the aggregate costs of providing such
15    public transportation in such fiscal year. "Fare revenues"
16    include the proceeds of all fares and charges for services
17    provided, contributions received in connection with public
18    transportation from units of local government other than
19    the Authority, except for contributions received by the
20    Chicago Transit Authority from a real estate transfer tax
21    imposed under subsection (i) of Section 8-3-19 of the
22    Illinois Municipal Code, and from the State pursuant to
23    subsection (i) of Section 2705-305 of the Department of
24    Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), and all other
25    operating revenues properly included consistent with
26    generally accepted accounting principles but do not

 

 

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1    include: the proceeds of any borrowings, and, beginning
2    with the 2007 fiscal year, all revenues and receipts,
3    including but not limited to fares and grants received from
4    the federal, State or any unit of local government or other
5    entity, derived from providing ADA paratransit service
6    pursuant to Section 2.30 of the Regional Transportation
7    Authority Act. "Costs" include all items properly included
8    as operating costs consistent with generally accepted
9    accounting principles, including administrative costs, but
10    do not include: depreciation; payment of principal and
11    interest on bonds, notes or other evidences of obligation
12    for borrowed money issued by the Authority; payments with
13    respect to public transportation facilities made pursuant
14    to subsection (b) of Section 2.20 of this Act; any payments
15    with respect to rate protection contracts, credit
16    enhancements or liquidity agreements made under Section
17    4.14; any other cost to which it is reasonably expected
18    that a cash expenditure will not be made; costs for
19    passenger security including grants, contracts, personnel,
20    equipment and administrative expenses, except in the case
21    of the Chicago Transit Authority, in which case the term
22    does not include costs spent annually by that entity for
23    protection against crime as required by Section 27a of the
24    Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; the payment by the
25    Chicago Transit Authority of Debt Service, as defined in
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1    bonds or notes issued pursuant to that Section; the payment
2    by the Commuter Rail Division of debt service on bonds
3    issued pursuant to Section 3B.09; expenses incurred by the
4    Suburban Bus Division for the cost of new public
5    transportation services funded from grants pursuant to
6    Section 2.01e of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
7    Assembly for a period of 2 years from the date of
8    initiation of each such service; costs as exempted by the
9    Board for projects pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act;
10    or, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related
11    to providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section
12    2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; and in
13    fiscal years 2008 through 2012 inclusive, costs in the
14    amount of $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by
15    $40,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter until this
16    exemption is eliminated; and any lost revenue experienced
17    by the Commuter Rail Board due to the implementation of any
18    requirement of Section 3B.09c; 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 Board and 15% to the
25Suburban Bus Board; and (3) an amount equal to 85% of the
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1Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will shall be allocated 70% to the
2Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus Board.
3    (e) This subsection applies only until the Department
4begins administering and enforcing an increased tax under
5Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
695th General Assembly. Moneys received by the Authority on
7account of transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
8Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and
9Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall be allocated among the
10Authority and the Service Boards as follows: 15% of such moneys
11shall be retained by the Authority and the remaining 85% shall
12be transferred to the Service Boards as soon as may be
13practicable after the Authority receives payment. Moneys which
14are distributable to the Service Boards pursuant to the
15preceding sentence shall be allocated among the Service Boards
16on the basis of each Service Board's distribution ratio. The
17term "distribution ratio" means, for purposes of this
18subsection (e) of this Section 4.01, the ratio of the total
19amount distributed to a Service Board pursuant to subsection
20(d) of Section 4.01 for the immediately preceding calendar year
21to the total amount distributed to all of the Service Boards
22pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 4.01 for the immediately
23preceding calendar year.
24    (f) To carry out its duties and responsibilities under this
25Act, the Board shall employ staff which shall: (1) propose for
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1Boards that establish (i) forms and schedules to be used and
2information required to be provided with respect to a five-year
3capital program, annual budgets, and two-year financial plans
4and regular reporting of actual results against adopted budgets
5and financial plans, (ii) financial practices to be followed in
6the budgeting and expenditure of public funds, (iii)
7assumptions and projections that must be followed in preparing
8and submitting its annual budget and two-year financial plan or
9a five-year capital program; (2) evaluate for the Board public
10transportation programs operated or proposed by the Service
11Boards and transportation agencies in terms of the goals and
12objectives set out in the Strategic Plan; (3) keep the Board
13and the public informed of the extent to which the Service
14Boards and transportation agencies are meeting the goals and
15objectives adopted by the Authority in the Strategic Plan; and
16(4) assess the efficiency or adequacy of public transportation
17services provided by a Service Board and make recommendations
18for change in that service to the end that the moneys available
19to the Authority may be expended in the most economical manner
20possible with the least possible duplication.
21    (g) All Service Boards, transportation agencies,
22comprehensive planning agencies, including the Chicago
23Metropolitan Agency for Planning, or transportation planning
24agencies in the metropolitan region shall furnish to the
25Authority such information pertaining to public transportation
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1require. The Executive Director, or his or her designee, shall,
2for the purpose of securing any such information necessary or
3appropriate to carry out any of the powers and responsibilities
4of the Authority under this Act, have access to, and the right
5to examine, all books, documents, papers or records of a
6Service Board or any transportation agency receiving funds from
7the Authority or Service Board, and such Service Board or
8transportation agency shall comply with any request by the
9Executive Director, or his or her designee, within 30 days or
10an extended time provided by the Executive Director.
11    (h) No Service Board shall undertake any capital
12improvement which is not identified in the Five-Year Capital
13Program.
14    (i) Each Service Board shall furnish to the Board access to
15its financial information including, but not limited to, audits
16and reports. The Board shall have real-time access to the
17financial information of the Service Boards; however, the Board
18shall be granted read-only access to the Service Board's
19financial information.
20(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
21    (70 ILCS 3615/4.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.09)
22    Sec. 4.09. Public Transportation Fund and the Regional
23Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
24Fund.
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1soon as possible after the first day of each month, beginning
2July 1, 1984, upon certification of the Department of Revenue,
3the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
4transfer from the General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the
5State Treasury to be known as the Public Transportation Fund an
6amount equal to 25% of the net revenue, before the deduction of
7the serviceman and retailer discounts pursuant to Section 9 of
8the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers'
9Occupation Tax Act, realized from any tax imposed by the
10Authority pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 and 25% of the
11amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority
12tax fund created by Section 4.03 of this Act, from the County
13and Mass Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of
14the State Finance Act and 25% of the amounts deposited into the
15Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
16Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund
17as provided in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act. On the
18first day of the month following the date that the Department
19receives revenues from increased taxes under Section 4.03(m) as
20authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly,
21in lieu of the transfers authorized in the preceding sentence,
22upon certification of the Department of Revenue, the
23Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
24transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public
25Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue,
26before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts

 

 

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1pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and
2Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from
3(i) 80% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at
4a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 75% of the proceeds of any
5tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in Cook County,
6and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
7Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane,
8Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to Section 4.03, and 25%
9of the net revenue realized from any tax imposed by the
10Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.1, and 25% of the amounts
11deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
12created by Section 4.03 of this Act from the County and Mass
13Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of the State
14Finance Act, and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Regional
15Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
16Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided
17in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act. As used in this
18Section, net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue
19collected by the State pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1
20during the previous month from within the metropolitan region,
21less the amount paid out during that same month as refunds to
22taxpayers for overpayment of liability in the metropolitan
23region under Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1.
24    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
25beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
26100th General Assembly, those amounts required under this

 

 

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1paragraph (1) of subsection (a) to be transferred by the
2Treasurer into the Public Transportation Fund from the General
3Revenue Fund shall be directly deposited into the Public
4Transportation Fund as the revenues are realized from the taxes
5indicated.
6    (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), on the
7first day of the month following the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly and each month
9thereafter, upon certification by the Department of Revenue,
10the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
11transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public
12Transportation Fund an amount equal to 5% of the net revenue,
13before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts
14pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and
15Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from
16any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to Sections 4.03 and
174.03.1 and certified by the Department of Revenue under Section
184.03(n) of this Act to be paid to the Authority and 5% of the
19amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority
20tax fund created by Section 4.03 of this Act from the County
21and Mass Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of
22the State Finance Act, and 5% of the amounts deposited into the
23Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
24Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund
25as provided in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, and 5%
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1financial assistance from the City of Chicago from the proceeds
2of any tax imposed by the City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19
3of the Illinois Municipal Code.
4    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
5beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
6100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (2) of
7subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the
8Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall
9be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as
10the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.
11    (3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), as soon
12as possible after the first day of January, 2009 and each month
13thereafter, upon certification of the Department of Revenue
14with respect to the taxes collected under Section 4.03, the
15Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
16transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public
17Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue,
18before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts
19pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and
20Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from
21(i) 20% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at
22a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 25% of the proceeds of any
23tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in Cook County,
24and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
25Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane,
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1Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
2transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public
3Transportation Fund (iv) an amount equal to 25% of the revenue
4realized by the Chicago Transit Authority as financial
5assistance from the City of Chicago from the proceeds of any
6tax imposed by the City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the
7Illinois Municipal Code.
8    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
9beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
10100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (3) of
11subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the
12Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall
13be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as
14the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.
15    (4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
16of the transfers to be made under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)
17of this subsection (a) from the General Revenue Fund to the
18Public Transportation Fund, the first $100,000,000 that would
19have otherwise been transferred from the General Revenue Fund
20shall be transferred from the Road Fund. The remaining balance
21of such transfers shall be made from the General Revenue Fund.
22    (5) For State fiscal year 2018 only, notwithstanding any
23provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue
24and deposits under this subsection (a) attributable to revenues
25realized during State fiscal year 2018 shall be reduced by 10%.
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1provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue
2and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues
3realized during State fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced by 5%.
4    (b)(1) All moneys deposited in the Public Transportation
5Fund and the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and
6Use Tax Replacement Fund, whether deposited pursuant to this
7Section or otherwise, are allocated to the Authority. The
8Comptroller, as soon as possible after each monthly transfer
9provided in this Section and after each deposit into the Public
10Transportation Fund, shall order the Treasurer to pay to the
11Authority out of the Public Transportation Fund the amount so
12transferred or deposited. Any Additional State Assistance and
13Additional Financial Assistance paid to the Authority under
14this Section shall be expended by the Authority for its
15purposes as provided in this Act. The balance of the amounts
16paid to the Authority from the Public Transportation Fund shall
17be expended by the Authority as provided in Section 4.03.3. The
18Comptroller, as soon as possible after each deposit into the
19Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
20Replacement Fund provided in this Section and Section 6z-17 of
21the State Finance Act, shall order the Treasurer to pay to the
22Authority out of the Regional Transportation Authority
23Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund the amount so
24deposited. Such amounts paid to the Authority may be expended
25by it for its purposes as provided in this Act. The provisions
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1Fund and the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and
2Use Tax Replacement Fund provided for in this Section shall
3constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation of all
4amounts as provided herein. The State Treasurer and State
5Comptroller are hereby authorized and directed to make
6distributions as provided in this Section. (2) Provided,
7however, no moneys deposited under subsection (a) of this
8Section shall be paid from the Public Transportation Fund to
9the Authority or its assignee for any fiscal year until the
10Authority has certified to the Governor, the Comptroller, and
11the Mayor of the City of Chicago that it has adopted for that
12fiscal year an Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan
13meeting the requirements in Section 4.01(b).
14    (c) In recognition of the efforts of the Authority to
15enhance the mass transportation facilities under its control,
16the State shall provide financial assistance ("Additional
17State Assistance") in excess of the amounts transferred to the
18Authority from the General Revenue Fund under subsection (a) of
19this Section. Additional State Assistance shall be calculated
20as provided in subsection (d), but shall in no event exceed the
21following specified amounts with respect to the following State
22fiscal years:
23        1990$5,000,000;
24        1991$5,000,000;
25        1992$10,000,000;
26        1993$10,000,000;

 

 

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1        1994$20,000,000;
2        1995$30,000,000;
3        1996$40,000,000;
4        1997$50,000,000;
5        1998$55,000,000; and
6        each year thereafter$55,000,000.
7    (c-5) The State shall provide financial assistance
8("Additional Financial Assistance") in addition to the
9Additional State Assistance provided by subsection (c) and the
10amounts transferred to the Authority from the General Revenue
11Fund under subsection (a) of this Section. Additional Financial
12Assistance provided by this subsection shall be calculated as
13provided in subsection (d), but shall in no event exceed the
14following specified amounts with respect to the following State
15fiscal years:
16        2000$0;
17        2001$16,000,000;
18        2002$35,000,000;
19        2003$54,000,000;
20        2004$73,000,000;
21        2005$93,000,000; and
22        each year thereafter$100,000,000.
23    (d) Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and continuing
24for each State fiscal year thereafter, the Authority shall
25annually certify to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer,
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1(g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act, the following amounts:
2        (1) The amount necessary and required, during the State
3    fiscal year with respect to which the certification is
4    made, to pay its obligations for debt service on all
5    outstanding bonds or notes issued by the Authority under
6    subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act.
7        (2) An estimate of the amount necessary and required to
8    pay its obligations for debt service for any bonds or notes
9    which the Authority anticipates it will issue under
10    subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 during that
11    State fiscal year.
12        (3) Its debt service savings during the preceding State
13    fiscal year from refunding or advance refunding of bonds or
14    notes issued under subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of
15    Section 4.04.
16        (4) The amount of interest, if any, earned by the
17    Authority during the previous State fiscal year on the
18    proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to subdivisions
19    (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04, other than refunding or
20    advance refunding bonds or notes.
21    The certification shall include a specific schedule of debt
22service payments, including the date and amount of each payment
23for all outstanding bonds or notes and an estimated schedule of
24anticipated debt service for all bonds and notes it intends to
25issue, if any, during that State fiscal year, including the
26estimated date and estimated amount of each payment.

 

 

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1    Immediately upon the issuance of bonds for which an
2estimated schedule of debt service payments was prepared, the
3Authority shall file an amended certification with respect to
4item (2) above, to specify the actual schedule of debt service
5payments, including the date and amount of each payment, for
6the remainder of the State fiscal year.
7    On the first day of each month of the State fiscal year in
8which there are bonds outstanding with respect to which the
9certification is made, the State Comptroller shall order
10transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the
11Road Fund to the Public Transportation Fund the Additional
12State Assistance and Additional Financial Assistance in an
13amount equal to the aggregate of (i) one-twelfth of the sum of
14the amounts certified under items (1) and (3) above less the
15amount certified under item (4) above, plus (ii) the amount
16required to pay debt service on bonds and notes issued during
17the fiscal year, if any, divided by the number of months
18remaining in the fiscal year after the date of issuance, or
19some smaller portion as may be necessary under subsection (c)
20or (c-5) of this Section for the relevant State fiscal year,
21plus (iii) any cumulative deficiencies in transfers for prior
22months, until an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
23certified under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt
24service certified under item (2) above, less the amount
25certified under item (4) above, has been transferred; except
26that these transfers are subject to the following limits:

 

 

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1        (A) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
2    fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
3    by the Authority under subdivision (g)(2) of Section 4.04
4    exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified in
5    subsection (c) or the sum of the amounts certified under
6    items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt service
7    certified under item (2) above, less the amount certified
8    under item (4) above, with respect to those bonds and
9    notes.
10        (B) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
11    fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
12    by the Authority under subdivision (g)(3) of Section 4.04
13    exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified in
14    subsection (c-5) or the sum of the amounts certified under
15    items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt service
16    certified under item (2) above, less the amount certified
17    under item (4) above, with respect to those bonds and
18    notes.
19    The term "outstanding" does not include bonds or notes for
20which refunding or advance refunding bonds or notes have been
21issued.
22    (e) Neither Additional State Assistance nor Additional
23Financial Assistance may be pledged, either directly or
24indirectly as general revenues of the Authority, as security
25for any bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority may not
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1Additional Financial Assistance, or direct payment of
2Additional State Assistance or Additional Financial
3Assistance, to a trustee or any other entity for the payment of
4debt service on its bonds.
5    (f) The certification required under subsection (d) with
6respect to outstanding bonds and notes of the Authority shall
7be filed as early as practicable before the beginning of the
8State fiscal year to which it relates. The certification shall
9be revised as may be necessary to accurately state the debt
10service requirements of the Authority.
11    (g) Within 6 months of the end of each fiscal year, the
12Authority shall determine:
13        (i) whether the aggregate of all system generated
14    revenues for public transportation in the metropolitan
15    region which is provided by, or under grant or purchase of
16    service contracts with, the Service Boards equals 50% of
17    the aggregate of all costs of providing such public
18    transportation. "System generated revenues" include all
19    the proceeds of fares and charges for services provided,
20    contributions received in connection with public
21    transportation from units of local government other than
22    the Authority, except for contributions received by the
23    Chicago Transit Authority from a real estate transfer tax
24    imposed under subsection (i) of Section 8-3-19 of the
25    Illinois Municipal Code, and from the State pursuant to
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1    Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), and all other
2    revenues properly included consistent with generally
3    accepted accounting principles but may not include: the
4    proceeds from any borrowing, and, beginning with the 2007
5    fiscal year, all revenues and receipts, including but not
6    limited to fares and grants received from the federal,
7    State or any unit of local government or other entity,
8    derived from providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to
9    Section 2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
10    "Costs" include all items properly included as operating
11    costs consistent with generally accepted accounting
12    principles, including administrative costs, but do not
13    include: depreciation; payment of principal and interest
14    on bonds, notes or other evidences of obligations for
15    borrowed money of the Authority; payments with respect to
16    public transportation facilities made pursuant to
17    subsection (b) of Section 2.20; any payments with respect
18    to rate protection contracts, credit enhancements or
19    liquidity agreements made under Section 4.14; any other
20    cost as to which it is reasonably expected that a cash
21    expenditure will not be made; costs for passenger security
22    including grants, contracts, personnel, equipment and
23    administrative expenses, except in the case of the Chicago
24    Transit Authority, in which case the term does not include
25    costs spent annually by that entity for protection against
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1    Transit Authority Act; the costs of Debt Service paid by
2    the Chicago Transit Authority, as defined in Section 12c of
3    the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, or bonds or notes
4    issued pursuant to that Section; the payment by the
5    Commuter Rail Division of debt service on bonds issued
6    pursuant to Section 3B.09; expenses incurred by the
7    Suburban Bus Division for the cost of new public
8    transportation services funded from grants pursuant to
9    Section 2.01e of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
10    Assembly for a period of 2 years from the date of
11    initiation of each such service; costs as exempted by the
12    Board for projects pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act;
13    or, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related
14    to providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section
15    2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; or in
16    fiscal years 2008 through 2012 inclusive, costs in the
17    amount of $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by
18    $40,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter until this
19    exemption is eliminated; and any lost revenue experienced
20    by the Commuter Rail Board due to the implementation of any
21    requirement of Section 3B.09c. If said system generated
22    revenues are less than 50% of said costs, the Board shall
23    remit an amount equal to the amount of the deficit to the
24    State. The Treasurer shall deposit any such payment in the
25    Road Fund; and
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1    aggregate of all fares charged and received for ADA
2    paratransit services equals the system generated ADA
3    paratransit services revenue recovery ratio percentage of
4    the aggregate of all costs of providing such ADA
5    paratransit services.
6    (h) If the Authority makes any payment to the State under
7paragraph (g), the Authority shall reduce the amount provided
8to a Service Board from funds transferred under paragraph (a)
9in proportion to the amount by which that Service Board failed
10to meet its required system generated revenues recovery ratio.
11A Service Board which is affected by a reduction in funds under
12this paragraph shall submit to the Authority concurrently with
13its next due quarterly report a revised budget incorporating
14the reduction in funds. The revised budget must meet the
15criteria specified in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section
164.11(b)(2). The Board shall review and act on the revised
17budget as provided in Section 4.11(b)(3).
18(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
202020.