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 1        AN ACT concerning transportation.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The Department of Transportation Law of the
 5    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is  amended  by  adding
 6    Section 2705-320 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2705/2705-320 new)
 8        Sec.   2705-320.  Build  Illinois  Transit  Program;  new
 9    facilities and service.
10        (a)  The Department of Transportation must establish  the
11    Build  Illinois  Transit  Program  to  develop and maintain a
12    safe, affordable,  comprehensive,  attractive,  and  reliable
13    public  transit  system  in  Illinois.   The  Build  Illinois
14    Transit  Program  shall provide for the repair, construction,
15    and  acquisition  of  property   and   equipment   for   mass
16    transportation   facilities   and   new   or   expanded  mass
17    transportation  service  and  facilities,   including   rapid
18    transit,  rail,  bus,  and other equipment used in connection
19    with mass transit, by the State, a public  entity,  or  2  or
20    more  of  these  entities  authorized  to provide and promote
21    public transportation within the State  in  order  to  expand
22    public  transit service in the City of Chicago and the entire
23    State  of  Illinois  and  to   ensure   that   the   physical
24    infrastructure for public transit, including tracks, signals,
25    crossings,  buses,  and  trains, are all safe and up-to-date.
26    Build  Illinois  Transit  Program   expenditures   for   mass
27    transportation service and facilities within the State must:
28             (1)  Maximize  federal  funds  for the assistance of
29        mass transportation facilities in Illinois.
30             (2)  Facilitate  the  movement   of   all   persons,
31        including  those  persons  who,  because of age, economic
 
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 1        circumstance, or physical infirmity, are unable to drive.
 2             (3)  Contribute to an improved  environment  through
 3        the reduction of air, water, and noise pollution.
 4             (4)  Reduce  traffic congestion and suburban highway
 5        and road sprawl.
 6             (5)  Facilitate  the  transportation   of   Illinois
 7        residents  to  places  of  employment  and to commercial,
 8        medical, and shopping districts.
 9             (6)  Increase  the  frequency  and  reliability   of
10        public transit service.
11        (b)  For the purpose of this Section:
12        "Carrier"  means  any public or private entity authorized
13    to provide mass transportation within the State.
14        "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used
15    in or appurtenant to a mass transportation system.
16        "Mass  transportation"  means   transportation   provided
17    within  the  State  by  rapid  transit,  rail,  bus, or other
18    conveyance  available  to  the  public  on  a   regular   and
19    continuing basis.
20        "Unit  of  local  government" has the meaning provided in
21    Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
22        (c)  Under  the  Build  Illinois  Transit  Program,   the
23    Department   may  (i)  enter  into  contracts  for  new  mass
24    transportation facilities and (ii) make grants, funded by the
25    bonds authorized in subsection (b-5) of Section  4   of   the
26    General  Obligation  Bond Act. Nothing shall preclude the use
27    of bonds authorized in subsection (b-5)(3)(i) of Section 4 of
28    the  General  Obligation  Bond  Act  as  matching  funds  for
29    projects receiving federal funding. For the  payment  of  the
30    principal  and  interest  on  the bonds, the Comptroller must
31    order   transferred   and   the   Treasurer   must   transfer
32    $354,800,000 annually from the General Revenue  Fund  to  the
33    Build  Illinois  Transit Program Fund, a special fund created
34    in the State Treasury, until the bonds are retired.
 
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 1        (d)  The Department  must  make  Build  Illinois  Transit
 2    grants  for  fiscal years 2004 through 2008, unless otherwise
 3    specified, to units of  local  government  and  carriers  for
 4    repair,   construction,   and  acquisition  of  property  and
 5    equipment for  mass  transportation  facilities  and  new  or
 6    expanded  mass  transportation  service  and facilities.  The
 7    grants must be made upon the terms and conditions as  in  the
 8    judgment  of  the  Secretary  are  necessary  to ensure their
 9    proper and effective use.  The Department  must  make  grants
10    for the repair, construction, and acquisition of property and
11    equipment  for  mass  transportation  facilities  and  new or
12    expanded public transit and mass transportation  service  and
13    facilities to:
14             (1)  the Chicago Transit Authority to:
15                  (A)  Complete  the  capital  construction needs
16             listed as unfunded in the approved 2000-2004 capital
17             budget plan for the Chicago Transit Authority.
18                  (B)  Purchase up to 585 new buses and  537  new
19             rail  cars,  including hiring sufficient maintenance
20             personnel to keep the equipment safe and  operating.
21             The  new buses and rail cars shall be used to expand
22             service  levels  (specifically  service  miles   and
23             service frequency) in the system.
24                  (C)  Initiate     planning,     design,     and
25             implementation of (i) the 3 major expansion projects
26             identified  in the Chicago Area Transportation Study
27             2020 Regional Plan, (ii) a 3-year plan beginning  in
28             2004 to increase transit ridership by reducing fares
29             to  a  level  comparable  to  the level of inflation
30             since 1980.
31             (2)  Metra and Pace to implement the recommendations
32        and needs identified in their report, Future  Agenda  for
33        Suburban Transportation (prepared in 1993) to:
34                  (A)  Accelerate the repair and upgrade of Metra
 
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 1             tracks,  signals,  bridges,  and  stations  and  the
 2             purchase  of  new  rolling  stock  to expand service
 3             levels;   and   initiate   planning   to   construct
 4             interchanges  between  CTA  and  Metra  where  their
 5             tracks are in close proximity.
 6                  (B)  Expand the level  of  service  offered  by
 7             Pace to meet the fiscal year 2010 goal stated in the
 8             Pace  capital plan for 2000-2010 by purchasing 2,200
 9             new fixed route  and  paratransit  buses  for  Pace;
10             construct  garages  and  maintenance  facilities  to
11             maintain  them;  and  complete  construction  of the
12             proposed 96 Park-N-Ride facilities.
13             (3)  Other transit systems in Illinois to  implement
14        the  recommendations  and needs identified in the Capital
15        Vision Project prepared by the  Illinois  Public  Transit
16        Association  to  replace  900 existing buses, paratransit
17        vehicles, and maintenance vehicles and purchase  800  new
18        buses,  paratransit  vehicles,  and  maintenance vehicles
19        along with necessary computer and administrative  centers
20        and garages to keep the system operating safely.
21             (4)  Transit  systems  and  government  agencies  in
22        Illinois   to  provide  full  funding  for  non-motorized
23        transportation projects funded through the Department  of
24        Natural  Resources  Park  and  Conservation Parkways Fund
25        that  are  eligible  for  funding  under  the  FHWA  1999
26        Guidance - Bicycle and Pedestrian Provisions  of  Federal
27        Transportation Legislation.
28             (5)  Address the pressing congestion problems in the
29        Northwest  Corridor  of  the  Chicago  metropolitan area,
30        through  planning,  design,  and  implementation  of  the
31        Northwest Corridor Transit  Project  by  the  CTA,  PACE,
32        METRA,  or  a  combination of CTA, PACE, and METRA, which
33        will be determined  by  the  Northwest  Corridor  Transit
34        Project through the Alternatives Analysis Project.
 
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 1        Section  10.   The State Finance Act is amended by adding
 2    Sections 5.595, 5.600, and 6z-65 as follows:

 3        (30 ILCS 105/5.595 new)
 4        Sec. 5.595.  The Build Illinois Transit Program Fund.

 5        (30 ILCS 105/5.600 new)
 6        Sec.  5.600.  The  Build  Illinois   Transit   Operations
 7    Program Fund.

 8        (30 ILCS 105/6z-65 new)
 9        Sec.  6z-65.   Build  Illinois Transit Operations Program
10    Fund.
11        (a)  The Build Illinois Transit Operations  Program  Fund
12    is created as a special fund in the State treasury to provide
13    supplemental  operating  funds,  in addition to any operating
14    funds provided through the Regional Transportation  Authority
15    Act  or  the Downstate Public Transportation Act, to entities
16    authorized  to  provide  and  promote  public  transportation
17    within the State for  new  or  expanded  mass  transportation
18    service  and  facilities, including rapid transit, rail, bus,
19    and other equipment used in  connection  with  mass  transit,
20    created under the Build Illinois Transit Program.
21        (b)  In   each   of   the   following  fiscal  years  the
22    Comptroller shall order transferred and the  Treasurer  shall
23    transfer  from the General Revenue Fund to the Build Illinois
24    Transit Operations Fund the following amounts:
25             (1)  In fiscal year 2004, $59,000,000.
26             (2)  In fiscal year 2005, $120,000,000.
27             (3)  In fiscal year 2006, $170,000,000.
28             (4)  In fiscal year 2007, $250,000,000.
29             (5)  In fiscal year 2008, $301,000,000.
30        (c)  The  Department  of  Transportation  must  make  the
31    operating funds available to units  of  local  government  or
 
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 1    carriers for supplemental operating costs associated with new
 2    or   expanded  mass  transportation  service  and  facilities
 3    created under the Build Illinois Transit Program.  The grants
 4    must be made upon the terms and conditions as in the judgment
 5    of the Secretary are necessary to  ensure  their  proper  and
 6    effective use.  Subject to appropriation, the Department must
 7    make  the  following  grants  for  the  operation  of  new or
 8    expanded mass transportation service and facilities to:
 9             (1)  The Chicago Transit Authority for operating  up
10        to an additional 585 buses and 537 rail cars as follows:
11                  (A)  In fiscal year 2004, $37,000,000.
12                  (B)  In fiscal year 2005, $76,000,000.
13                  (C)  In fiscal year 2006, $114,000,000.
14                  (D)  In fiscal year 2007, $152,000,000.
15                  (E)  In fiscal year 2008, $191,000,000.
16             (2)  Pace  for operating up to 1,160 buses and 1,040
17        paratransit service vehicles as follows:
18                  (A)  In fiscal year 2004, $12,000,000.
19                  (B)  In fiscal year 2005, $25,000,000.
20                  (C)  In fiscal year 2006, $37,000,000.
21                  (D)  In fiscal year 2007, $49,000,000.
22                  (E)  In fiscal year 2008, $62,000,000.
23             (3)  Transit systems outside the  Chicago  urbanized
24        area  to  operate 900 replacement buses and 800 new buses
25        in addition to administrative and maintenance  facilities
26        as follows:
27                  (A)  In fiscal year 2004, $10,000,000.
28                  (B)  In fiscal year 2005, $19,000,000.
29                  (C)  In fiscal year 2006, $29,000,000.
30                  (D)  In fiscal year 2007, $39,000,000.
31                  (E)  In fiscal year 2008, $48,000,000.

32        Section  15.   The General Obligation Bond Act is amended
33    by changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows:
 
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 1        (30 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 652)
 2        Sec. 2. Authorization for Bonds.  The State  of  Illinois
 3    is  authorized  to issue, sell and provide for the retirement
 4    of General Obligation Bonds of the State of Illinois for  the
 5    categories  and  specific  purposes  expressed  in Sections 2
 6    through 8 of this Act, in the total amount of $18,208,149,369
 7    $17,658,149,369 $16,908,149,369 $16,015,007,500.
 8        The bonds authorized in this Section 2 and in Section  16
 9    of this Act are herein called "Bonds".
10        Of  the  total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up
11    to $2,200,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount  may
12    be  issued  and  sold  in  accordance  with the Baccalaureate
13    Savings Act in the form of General Obligation College Savings
14    Bonds.
15        Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this  Act,  up
16    to $300,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be
17    issued and sold in accordance with the Retirement Savings Act
18    in the form of General Obligation Retirement Savings Bonds.
19        The  issuance  and  sale of Bonds pursuant to the General
20    Obligation Bond Act is an economical and efficient method  of
21    financing  the  capital  and  general  operating needs of the
22    State.  This Act will permit the issuance of a  multi-purpose
23    General  Obligation  Bond  with  uniform  terms and features.
24    This will not only lower the cost of  registration  but  also
25    reduce  the  overall  cost  of  issuing debt by improving the
26    marketability of Illinois General Obligation Bonds.
27    (Source:  P.A.  91-39,  eff.  6-15-99;  91-53,  eff  6-30-99;
28    91-710, eff.  5-17-00;  92-13,  eff.  6-22-01;  92-596,  eff.
29    6-28-02; 92-598, eff. 6-28-02; revised 10-8-02.)

30        (30 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 654)
31        Sec.  4.   Transportation.  The amount of $10,863,399,000
32    $5,313,399,000 is authorized for use  by  the  Department  of
33    Transportation  for  the  specific  purpose  of promoting and
 
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 1    assuring rapid, efficient, and safe  highway,  air  and  mass
 2    transportation  for the inhabitants of the State by providing
 3    monies, including the making of grants  and  loans,  for  the
 4    acquisition,   construction,  reconstruction,  extension  and
 5    improvement of the following  transportation  facilities  and
 6    equipment,  and  for  the  acquisition  of  real property and
 7    interests  in  real  property  required  or  expected  to  be
 8    required in connection therewith as follows:
 9        (a)  $3,432,129,000   for   State   highways,    arterial
10    highways,  freeways,  roads,  bridges,  structures separating
11    highways and  railroads  and  roads,  and  bridges  on  roads
12    maintained  by  counties,  municipalities,  townships or road
13    districts for the following specific purposes:
14             (1)  $3,330,000,000 for use statewide,
15             (2)  $3,677,000  for   use   outside   the   Chicago
16        urbanized area,
17             (3)  $7,543,000 for use within the Chicago urbanized
18        area,
19             (4)  $13,060,600 for use within the City of Chicago,
20             (5)  $58,987,500  for  use  within  the  counties of
21        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, and
22             (6)  $18,860,900 for use  outside  the  counties  of
23        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
24        (b)  $1,529,670,000  for  rail  facilities  and  for mass
25    transit facilities, as defined in  Section  2705-305  of  the
26    Department  of  Transportation  Law  (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305),
27    including rapid transit, rail, bus and other  equipment  used
28    in  connection  therewith  by  the State or any unit of local
29    government,  special   transportation   district,   municipal
30    corporation   or   other  corporation  or  public   authority
31    authorized  to  provide  and  promote  public  transportation
32    within the State or two or more of the foregoing jointly, for
33    the following specific purposes:
34             (1)  $1,433,870,000 statewide,
 
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 1             (2)  $83,350,000 for  use  within  the  counties  of
 2        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,
 3             (3)  $12,450,000  for  use  outside  the counties of
 4        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
 5        (b-5)  $5,550,000,000  for  public   and   mass   transit
 6    facilities,  as defined in Section 2705-305 of the Department
 7    of Transportation Law in the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of
 8    Illinois,  including  rapid  transit,  rail,  bus,  and other
 9    equipment used in connection therewith by the State, any unit
10    of  local  government,   special   transportation   district,
11    municipal  corporation,  or other public authority authorized
12    to provide  and  promote  public  transportation  within  the
13    State,  or  2  or more of the foregoing jointly, as the State
14    share of the cost, for the following specific purposes:
15             (1)  $1,400,000,000  for  use  within  the  City  of
16        Chicago and Cook County by the Chicago Transit  Authority
17        to  complete  the  capital  construction  needs listed as
18        unfunded in the approved 2000-2004  capital  budget  plan
19        for the Chicago Transit Authority.
20             (2)  $600,000,000 for use within the City of Chicago
21        and  Cook  County  by  the  Chicago  Transit Authority to
22        purchase up to 585 new  buses  and  537  new  rail  cars,
23        including hiring sufficient maintenance personnel to keep
24        the equipment safe and operating.
25             (3)  $950,000,000  for  use with the city of Chicago
26        and Cook County  by  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority  to
27        initiate  planning, design, and implementation of (i) the
28        3 major expansion projects identified in the Chicago Area
29        Transportation Study 2020 Regional Plan and (ii) a 3-year
30        plan beginning in 2004 to increase transit  ridership  by
31        reducing  fares  to  a  level  comparable to the level of
32        inflation since 1980.
33             (4)  $500,000,000 for  use  within  Cook  County  to
34        address the pressing congestion problems in the Northwest
 
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 1        Corridor   of  the  Chicago  metropolitan  area,  through
 2        planning, design, and  implementation  of  the  Northwest
 3        Corridor  Transit  Project  by the CTA, PACE, METRA, or a
 4        combination  of  CTA,  PACE,  and  METRA  which  will  be
 5        determined by  the  Northwest  Corridor  Transit  Project
 6        through the Alternatives Analysis Project.
 7             (5)  $400,000,000  for  use  within  the counties of
 8        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will by  Metra  to
 9        accelerate  the  repair  and  upgrade  of  Metra  tracks,
10        signals,  bridges,  and  stations and the purchase of new
11        rolling stock to  expand  service  levels;  and  initiate
12        planning  to construct interchanges between CTA and Metra
13        where their tracks are in close proximity.
14             (6)  $800,000,000 for use  within  the  counties  of
15        Cook,  DuPage,  Kane,  Lake, McHenry, and Will by Pace to
16        expand the level of service offered by Pace to  meet  the
17        fiscal year 2010 goal stated in the Pace capital plan for
18        2000-2010   by  purchasing  2,200  new  fixed  route  and
19        paratransit  buses  for  Pace;  construct   garages   and
20        maintenance  facilities  to  maintain  them; and complete
21        construction of the proposed 96 Park-N-Ride facilities.
22             (7)  $400,000,000  for  use  outside   the   Chicago
23        urbanized area to replace 900 existing buses, paratransit
24        vehicles,  and  maintenance vehicles and purchase 800 new
25        buses, paratransit  vehicles,  and  maintenance  vehicles
26        along  with necessary computer and administrative centers
27        and garages to keep the system operating safely.
28             (8)  $500,000,000  for  use  outside   the   Chicago
29        urbanized  area  and  $250,000,000  for  use  within  the
30        Chicago  urbanized  area  to  provide  full  funding  for
31        non-motorized  transportation projects funded through the
32        Department of Natural  Resources  Park  and  Conservation
33        Parkways  Fund  that  are  eligible for funding under the
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 1        Federal Transportation Legislation.
 2        (c)  $351,600,000 for airport or aviation facilities  and
 3    any   equipment   used  in  connection  therewith,  including
 4    engineering and land acquisition costs, by the State  or  any
 5    unit  of  local  government, special transportation district,
 6    municipal  corporation  or  other   corporation   or   public
 7    authority  authorized to provide public transportation within
 8    the State, or two or more of the  foregoing  acting  jointly,
 9    and  for  the  making  of deposits into the Airport Land Loan
10    Revolving Fund for loans to public airport owners pursuant to
11    the Illinois Aeronautics Act.
12    (Source: P.A.  91-39,  eff.  6-15-99;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
13    91-712, eff. 7-1-00; 92-13, eff. 6-22-01.)

14        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July
15    1, 2003.