Rep. Julie Hamos

Filed: 5/29/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 572

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 572, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
4 1, on page 6, by replacing lines 2 through 4 with "amended by
5 changing Sections 1.02, 2.01, 2.04, 2.05, 2.12, 2.30, 3A.10,
6 3B.10, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.09, 4.11, 4.13, and 5.01 and by
7 adding Section 2.01a, 2.01b, 2.01c, 2.12b, 4.03.2, and 4.03.3
8 as follows:"; and
 
9 by replacing line 20 on page 20 through line 4 on page 21 with
10 the following:
 
11     "(a) The Authority shall establish an Innovation,
12 Coordination, and Enhancement Fund and each year deposit into
13 the Fund the amounts directed by Section 4.03.3 of this Act.
14 Amounts on deposit in such Fund and interest and"; and
 
15 on page 27, below line 26, by inserting the following:
 

 

 

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1     "(70 ILCS 3615/2.30)
2     Sec. 2.30. Paratransit services.
3     (a) For purposes of this Act, "ADA paratransit services"
4 shall mean those comparable or specialized transportation
5 services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service
6 contracts of, the Service Boards to individuals with
7 disabilities who are unable to use fixed route transportation
8 systems and who are determined to be eligible, for some or all
9 of their trips, for such services under the Americans with
10 Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
11     (b) Beginning July 1, 2005, the Authority is responsible
12 for the funding, from amounts made available under Section
13 4.09(a)(2) of this Act, financial review and oversight of all
14 ADA paratransit services that are provided by the Authority or
15 by any of the Service Boards. The Suburban Bus Board shall
16 operate or provide for the operation of all ADA paratransit
17 services by no later than July 1, 2006, except that this date
18 may be extended to the extent necessary to obtain approval from
19 the Federal Transit Administration of the plan prepared
20 pursuant to subsection (c).
21     (c) No later than January 1, 2006, the Authority, in
22 collaboration with the Suburban Bus Board and the Chicago
23 Transit Authority, shall develop a plan for the provision of
24 ADA paratransit services and submit such plan to the Federal
25 Transit Administration for approval. Approval of such plan by

 

 

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1 the Authority shall require the affirmative votes of 9 of the
2 then Directors. The Suburban Bus Board, the Chicago Transit
3 Authority and the Authority shall comply with the requirements
4 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its
5 implementing regulations in developing and approving such plan
6 including, without limitation, consulting with individuals
7 with disabilities and groups representing them in the
8 community, and providing adequate opportunity for public
9 comment and public hearings. The plan shall include the
10 contents required for a paratransit plan pursuant to the
11 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing
12 regulations. The plan shall also include, without limitation,
13 provisions to:
14         (1) maintain, at a minimum, the levels of ADA
15     paratransit service that are required to be provided by the
16     Service Boards pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities
17     Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations;
18         (2) transfer the appropriate ADA paratransit services,
19     management, personnel, service contracts and assets from
20     the Chicago Transit Authority to the Authority or the
21     Suburban Bus Board, as necessary, by no later than July 1,
22     2006, except that this date may be extended to the extent
23     necessary to obtain approval from the Federal Transit
24     Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to this
25     subsection (c);
26         (3) provide for consistent policies throughout the

 

 

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1     metropolitan region for scheduling of ADA paratransit
2     service trips to and from destinations, with consideration
3     of scheduling of return trips on a "will-call" open-ended
4     basis upon request of the rider, if practicable, and with
5     consideration of an increased number of trips available by
6     subscription service than are available as of the effective
7     date of this amendatory Act;
8         (4) provide that service contracts and rates, entered
9     into or set after the approval by the Federal Transit
10     Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to subsection
11     (c) of this Section, with private carriers and taxicabs for
12     ADA paratransit service are procured by means of an open
13     procurement process;
14         (5) provide for fares, fare collection and billing
15     procedures for ADA paratransit services throughout the
16     metropolitan region;
17         (6) provide for performance standards for all ADA
18     paratransit service transportation carriers, with
19     consideration of door-to-door service;
20         (7) provide, in cooperation with the Illinois
21     Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of
22     Public Aid and other appropriate public agencies and
23     private entities, for the application and receipt of
24     grants, including, without limitation, reimbursement from
25     Medicaid or other programs for ADA paratransit services;
26         (8) provide for a system of dispatch of ADA paratransit

 

 

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1     services transportation carriers throughout the
2     metropolitan region, with consideration of county-based
3     dispatch systems already in place as of the effective date
4     of this amendatory Act;
5         (9) provide for a process of determining eligibility
6     for ADA paratransit services that complies with the
7     Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its
8     implementing regulations;
9         (10) provide for consideration of innovative methods
10     to provide and fund ADA paratransit services; and
11         (11) provide for the creation of one or more ADA
12     advisory boards, or the reconstitution of the existing ADA
13     advisory boards for the Service Boards, to represent the
14     diversity of individuals with disabilities in the
15     metropolitan region and to provide appropriate ongoing
16     input from individuals with disabilities into the
17     operation of ADA paratransit services.
18     (d) All revisions and annual updates to the ADA paratransit
19 services plan developed pursuant to subsection (c) of this
20 Section, or certifications of continued compliance in lieu of
21 plan updates, that are required to be provided to the Federal
22 Transit Administration shall be developed by the Authority, in
23 collaboration with the Suburban Bus Board and the Chicago
24 Transit Authority, and the Authority shall submit such
25 revision, update or certification to the Federal Transit
26 Administration for approval. Approval of such revisions,

 

 

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1 updates or certifications by the Authority shall require the
2 affirmative votes of 9 of the then Directors.
3     (e) The Illinois Department of Transportation, the
4 Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Authority, the Suburban
5 Bus Board and the Chicago Transit Authority shall enter into
6 intergovernmental agreements as may be necessary to provide
7 funding and accountability for, and implementation of, the
8 requirements of this Section.
9     (f) By no later than April 1, 2007, the Authority shall
10 develop and submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a
11 funding plan for ADA paratransit services. Approval of such
12 plan by the Authority shall require the affirmative votes of 9
13 of the then Directors. The funding plan shall, at a minimum,
14 contain an analysis of the current costs of providing ADA
15 paratransit services, projections of the long-term costs of
16 providing ADA paratransit services, identification of and
17 recommendations for possible cost efficiencies in providing
18 ADA paratransit services, and identification of and
19 recommendations for possible funding sources for providing ADA
20 paratransit services. The Illinois Department of
21 Transportation, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the
22 Suburban Bus Board, the Chicago Transit Authority and other
23 State and local public agencies as appropriate shall cooperate
24 with the Authority in the preparation of such funding plan.
25     (g) Any funds derived from the federal Medicaid program for
26 reimbursement of the costs of providing ADA paratransit

 

 

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1 services within the metropolitan region shall be directed to
2 the Authority and shall be used to pay for or reimburse the
3 costs of providing such services.
4     (h) Nothing in this amendatory Act shall be construed to
5 conflict with the requirements of the Americans with
6 Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
7 (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05.)"; and
 
8 by replacing everything from line 19 on page 34 through line 8
9 on page 57 with the following:
 
 
10     "(70 ILCS 3615/4.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01)
11     Sec. 4.01. Budget and Program.
12     (a) The Board shall control the finances of the Authority.
13 It shall by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of at
14 least 9 of its then Directors (i) appropriate money to perform
15 the Authority's purposes and provide for payment of debts and
16 expenses of the Authority, (ii) take action with respect to the
17 budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board, as
18 provided in Section 4.11, and (iii) adopt an Annual Budget and
19 Two-Year Financial Plan for the Authority that includes the
20 annual budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board
21 that has been approved by the Authority. Each year the
22 Authority shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual
23 budget and program document describing the state of the

 

 

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1 Authority and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year the
2 Authority's plans for such operations and capital expenditures
3 as the Authority intends to undertake and the means by which it
4 intends to finance them. The Annual Budget and Two-Year
5 Financial Plan proposed program and budget shall contain a
6 statement of the funds estimated to be on hand for the
7 Authority and each Service Board at the beginning of the fiscal
8 year, the funds estimated to be received from all sources for
9 such year, the estimated expenses and obligations of the
10 Authority and each Service Board for all purposes, including
11 expenses for contributions to be made with respect to pension
12 and other employee benefits, and the funds estimated to be on
13 hand at the end of such year. After adoption of the Authority's
14 first Five-Year Program, as provided in Section 2.01 of this
15 Act, the proposed program and budget shall specifically
16 identify any respect in which the recommended program deviates
17 from the Authority's then existing Five-Year Program, giving
18 the reasons for such deviation. The fiscal year of the
19 Authority and each Service Board shall begin on January 1st and
20 end on the succeeding December 31st except that the fiscal year
21 that began October 1, 1982, shall end December 31, 1983. By
22 July 1st 1981 and July 1st of each year thereafter the Director
23 of the Illinois Governor's Office of Management and Budget
24 (formerly Bureau of the Budget) shall submit to the Authority
25 an estimate of revenues for the next fiscal year of the
26 Authority to be collected from the taxes imposed by the

 

 

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1 Authority and the amounts to be available in the Public
2 Transportation Fund and the Regional Transportation Authority
3 Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund and the amounts
4 otherwise to be appropriated by the State to the Authority for
5 its purposes. The Authority shall file a copy of its Annual
6 Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan with For the fiscal year
7 ending on December 31, 1983, the Board shall report its results
8 from operations and financial condition to the General Assembly
9 and the Governor by January 31. For the fiscal year beginning
10 January 1, 1984, and thereafter, the budget and program shall
11 be presented to the General Assembly and the Governor after its
12 adoption not later than the preceding December 31st. Before the
13 proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan budget and
14 program is adopted, the Authority shall hold at least one
15 public hearing thereon in the metropolitan region, and shall
16 meet . The Board shall hold at least one meeting for
17 consideration of the proposed program and budget with the
18 county board or its designee of each of the several counties in
19 the metropolitan region. After conducting such hearings and
20 holding such meetings and after making such changes in the
21 proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan program and
22 budget as the Board deems appropriate, the Board shall adopt
23 its annual appropriation and Annual Budget and Two-Year
24 Financial Plan budget ordinance. The ordinance may be adopted
25 only upon the affirmative votes of 9 of its then Directors. The
26 ordinance shall appropriate such sums of money as are deemed

 

 

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1 necessary to defray all necessary expenses and obligations of
2 the Authority, specifying purposes and the objects or programs
3 for which appropriations are made and the amount appropriated
4 for each object or program. Additional appropriations,
5 transfers between items and other changes in such ordinance may
6 be made from time to time by the Board upon the affirmative
7 votes of 9 of its then Directors.
8     (b) The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan budget
9 shall show a balance between anticipated revenues from all
10 sources and anticipated expenses including funding of
11 operating deficits or the discharge of encumbrances incurred in
12 prior periods and payment of principal and interest when due,
13 and shall show cash balances sufficient to pay with reasonable
14 promptness all obligations and expenses as incurred.
15     The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan annual budget
16 and financial plan must show:
17          (i) that the level of fares and charges for mass
18     transportation provided by, or under grant or purchase of
19     service contracts of, the Service Boards is sufficient to
20     cause the aggregate of all projected fare revenues from
21     such fares and charges received in each fiscal year to
22     equal at least 50% of the aggregate costs of providing such
23     public transportation in such fiscal year. "Fare revenues"
24     include the proceeds of all fares and charges for services
25     provided, contributions received in connection with public
26     transportation from units of local government other than

 

 

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1     the Authority and from the State pursuant to subsection (i)
2     of Section 2705-305 of the Department of Transportation Law
3     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), and all other operating revenues
4     properly included consistent with generally accepted
5     accounting principles but do not include: the proceeds of
6     any borrowings, and, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year,
7     all revenues and receipts, including but not limited to
8     fares and grants received from the federal, State or any
9     unit of local government or other entity, derived from
10     providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section 2.30
11     of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. "Costs"
12     include all items properly included as operating costs
13     consistent with generally accepted accounting principles,
14     including administrative costs, but do not include:
15     depreciation; payment of principal and interest on bonds,
16     notes or other evidences of obligation for borrowed money
17     issued by the Authority; payments with respect to public
18     transportation facilities made pursuant to subsection (b)
19     of Section 2.20 of this Act; any payments with respect to
20     rate protection contracts, credit enhancements or
21     liquidity agreements made under Section 4.14; any other
22     cost to which it is reasonably expected that a cash
23     expenditure will not be made; costs up to $5,000,000
24     annually for passenger security including grants,
25     contracts, personnel, equipment and administrative
26     expenses, except in the case of the Chicago Transit

 

 

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1     Authority, in which case the term does not include costs
2     spent annually by that entity for protection against crime
3     as required by Section 27a of the Metropolitan Transit
4     Authority Act; costs as exempted by the Board for projects
5     pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act; or, beginning with
6     the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related to providing ADA
7     paratransit service pursuant to Section 2.30 of the
8     Regional Transportation Authority Act; and in fiscal years
9     2008 through 2017 inclusive, costs in the amount of
10     $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by $20,000,000
11     in each fiscal year thereafter until this exemption is
12     eliminated; and
13         (ii) that the level of fares charged for ADA
14     paratransit services is sufficient to cause the aggregate
15     of all projected revenues from such fares charged and
16     received in each fiscal year to equal at least 10% of the
17     aggregate costs of providing such ADA paratransit services
18     in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 and at least 12% of the
19     aggregate costs of providing such ADA paratransit services
20     in fiscal years 2009 and thereafter; for purposes of this
21     Act, the percentages in this subsection (b)(ii) shall be
22     referred to as the "system generated ADA paratransit
23     services revenue recovery ratio".
24     (c) The actual administrative expenses of the Authority for
25 the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1985 may not exceed
26 $5,000,000. The actual administrative expenses of the

 

 

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1 Authority for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1986, and
2 for each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed the maximum
3 administrative expenses for the previous fiscal year plus 5%.
4 "Administrative expenses" are defined for purposes of this
5 Section as all expenses except: (1) capital expenses and
6 purchases of the Authority on behalf of the Service Boards; (2)
7 payments to Service Boards; and (3) payment of principal and
8 interest on bonds, notes or other evidence of obligation for
9 borrowed money issued by the Authority; (4) costs for passenger
10 security including grants, contracts, personnel, equipment and
11 administrative expenses; (5) payments with respect to public
12 transportation facilities made pursuant to subsection (b) of
13 Section 2.20 of this Act; and (6) any payments with respect to
14 rate protection contracts, credit enhancements or liquidity
15 agreements made pursuant to Section 4.14.
16     (d) After withholding 15% of the proceeds of any tax
17 imposed by the Authority and 15% of money received by the
18 Authority from the Regional Transportation Authority
19 Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund, the Board shall
20 allocate the proceeds and money remaining to the Service Boards
21 as follows: (1) an amount equal to 85% of the proceeds of those
22 taxes collected within the City of Chicago and 85% of the money
23 received by the Authority on account of transfers to the
24 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
25 Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
26 attributable to retail sales within the City of Chicago shall

 

 

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1 be allocated to the Chicago Transit Authority; (2) an amount
2 equal to 85% of the proceeds of those taxes collected within
3 Cook County outside the City of Chicago and 85% of the money
4 received by the Authority on account of transfers to the
5 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
6 Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
7 attributable to retail sales within Cook County outside of the
8 city of Chicago shall be allocated 30% to the Chicago Transit
9 Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Board and 15% to the
10 Suburban Bus Board; and (3) an amount equal to 85% of the
11 proceeds of the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage,
12 Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will shall be allocated 70% to the
13 Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus Board.
14     (e) Moneys received by the Authority on account of
15 transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation
16 and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax
17 Reform Fund shall be allocated among the Authority and the
18 Service Boards as follows: 15% of such moneys shall be retained
19 by the Authority and the remaining 85% shall be transferred to
20 the Service Boards as soon as may be practicable after the
21 Authority receives payment. Moneys which are distributable to
22 the Service Boards pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
23 allocated among the Service Boards on the basis of each Service
24 Board's distribution ratio. The term "distribution ratio"
25 means, for purposes of this subsection (e) of this Section
26 4.01, the ratio of the total amount distributed to a Service

 

 

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1 Board pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 4.01 for the
2 immediately preceding calendar year to the total amount
3 distributed to all of the Service Boards pursuant to subsection
4 (d) of Section 4.01 for the immediately preceding calendar
5 year.
6     (f) To carry out its duties and responsibilities under this
7 Act, further and accomplish the preparation of the annual
8 budget and program as well as the Five-Year Program provided
9 for in Section 2.01 of this Act and to make such interim
10 management decisions as may be necessary, the Board shall
11 employ staff which shall: (1) propose for adoption by the Board
12 of the Authority rules for the Service Boards that establish
13 (i) forms and schedules to be used and information required to
14 be provided with respect to a Five-Year Capital Program, annual
15 budgets, and two-year financial plans and regular reporting of
16 actual results against adopted budgets and financial plans,
17 (ii) financial practices to be followed in the budgeting and
18 expenditure of public funds, (iii) assumptions and projections
19 that must be followed in preparing and submitting its Annual
20 Budget and Two-Year Financial plan or a Five-Year Capital
21 Program; (2) evaluate for the Board public transportation
22 programs operated or proposed by the Service Boards and
23 transportation agencies in terms of the goals and objectives
24 set out in the Strategic Plan , costs and relative priorities;
25 (3) (2) keep the Board and the public informed of the extent to
26 which the Service Boards and transportation agencies are

 

 

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1 meeting the goals and objectives adopted by the Authority in
2 the Strategic Plan public transportation programs and
3 accomplishments of such transportation agencies; and (4)
4 assess the efficiency or adequacy of public transportation
5 services provided by a Service Board and make recommendations
6 for change in that service (3) coordinate the development and
7 implementation of public transportation programs to the end
8 that the moneys monies available to the Authority may be
9 expended in the most economical manner possible with the least
10 possible duplication.
11     (g) All Under such regulations as the Board may prescribe,
12 all Service Boards, transportation agencies, comprehensive
13 planning agencies, including the Chicago Metropolitan Agency
14 for Planning, or transportation planning agencies in the
15 metropolitan region shall furnish to the Authority Board such
16 information pertaining to public transportation or relevant
17 for plans therefor as it may from time to time require. The
18 Executive Director, or his or her designee, upon payment to any
19 such agency or Service Board of the reasonable additional cost
20 of its so providing such information except as may otherwise be
21 provided by agreement with the Authority, and the Board or any
22 duly authorized employee of the Board shall, for the purpose of
23 securing any such information necessary or appropriate to carry
24 out any of the powers and responsibilities of the Authority
25 under this Act, have access to, and the right to examine, all
26 books, documents, papers or records of a Service Board or any

 

 

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1 transportation such agency receiving funds from the Authority
2 or Service Board, and such Service Board or transportation
3 agency shall comply with any request by the Executive Director,
4 or his or her designee, within 30 days or an extended time
5 provided by the Executive Director pertaining to public
6 transportation or relevant for plans therefor.
7 (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05.)
 
8     (70 ILCS 3615/4.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.02)
9     Sec. 4.02. Federal, State and Other Funds.
10     (a) The Authority shall have the power to apply for,
11 receive and expend grants, loans or other funds from the State
12 of Illinois or any department or agency thereof, from any unit
13 of local government, from the federal government or any
14 department or agency thereof, for use in connection with any of
15 the powers or purposes of the Authority as set forth in this
16 Act. The Authority shall have power to make such studies as may
17 be necessary and to enter into contracts or agreements with the
18 State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof, with any
19 unit of local government, or with the federal government or any
20 department or agency thereof, concerning such grants, loans or
21 other funds, or any conditions relating thereto, including
22 obligations to repay such funds. The Authority may make such
23 covenants concerning such grants, loans and funds as it deems
24 proper and necessary in carrying out its responsibilities,
25 purposes and powers as provided in this Act.

 

 

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1     (b) The Authority shall be the primary public body in the
2 metropolitan region with authority to apply for and receive any
3 grants, loans or other funds relating to public transportation
4 programs from the State of Illinois or any department or agency
5 thereof, or from the federal government or any department or
6 agency thereof. Any unit of local government, Service Board or
7 transportation agency may apply for and receive any such
8 federal or state capital grants, loans or other funds,
9 provided, however that a Service Board may not apply for or
10 receive any grant or loan which is not identified in the
11 Five-Year Program. Any Service Board, unit of local government
12 or transportation agency shall notify the Authority prior to
13 making any such application and shall file a copy thereof with
14 the Authority. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
15 impose any limitation on the ability of the State of Illinois
16 or any department or agency thereof, any unit of local
17 government or Service Board or transportation agency to make
18 any grants or to enter into any agreement or contract with the
19 National Rail Passenger Corporation. Nor shall anything in this
20 Section impose any limitation on the ability of any school
21 district to apply for or receive any grant, loan or other funds
22 for transportation of school children.
23     (c) The Authority shall provide to the Service Board any
24 monies received relating to public transportation services
25 under the jurisdiction of the Service Boards as provided in
26 Section 4.03.03 of this Act. follows:

 

 

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1         (1) As soon as may be practicable after the Authority
2     receives payment, under Section 4.03(m) or Section
3     4.03.1(d), of the proceeds of those taxes levied by the
4     Authority, the Authority shall transfer to each Service
5     Board the amount to which it is entitled under Section
6     4.01(d);
7         (2) The Authority by ordinance adopted by 9 of its then
8     Directors shall establish a formula apportioning any
9     federal funds for operating assistance purposes the
10     Authority receives to each Service Board. In establishing
11     the formula, the Board shall consider, among other factors:
12     ridership levels, the efficiency with which the service is
13     provided, the degree of transit dependence of the area
14     served and the cost of service. That portion of any federal
15     funds for operating assistance received by the Authority
16     shall be paid to each Service Board as soon as may be
17     practicable upon their receipt provided the Authority has
18     adopted a balanced budget as required by Section 4.01 and
19     further provided that the Service Boards are in compliance
20     with the requirements in Section 4.11.
21         (3) The Authority by ordinance adopted by 9 of its then
22     Directors shall apportion to the Service Boards funds
23     provided by the State of Illinois under Section 4.09 and
24     shall make payment of said funds to each Service Board as
25     soon as may be practicable upon their receipt provided the
26     Authority has adopted a balanced budget as required by

 

 

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1     Section 4.01 and further provided the Service Board is in
2     compliance with the requirements in Section 4.11.
3         (4) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any
4     payments, transfers, or expenditures under this subsection
5     to a Service Board, the Authority must first comply with
6     Section 4.02a or 4.02b of this Act, whichever may be
7     applicable.
8 (Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; revised 8-3-06.)
 
9     (70 ILCS 3615/4.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.03)
10     Sec. 4.03. Taxes.
11     (a) In order to carry out any of the powers or purposes of
12 the Authority, the Board may by ordinance adopted with the
13 concurrence of 9 of the then Directors, impose throughout the
14 metropolitan region any or all of the taxes provided in this
15 Section. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, taxes
16 imposed under this Section and civil penalties imposed incident
17 thereto shall be collected and enforced by the State Department
18 of Revenue. The Department shall have the power to administer
19 and enforce the taxes and to determine all rights for refunds
20 for erroneous payments of the taxes.
21     (b) The Board may impose a public transportation tax upon
22 all persons engaged in the metropolitan region in the business
23 of selling at retail motor fuel for operation of motor vehicles
24 upon public highways. The tax shall be at a rate not to exceed
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1 course of the business. As used in this Act, the term "motor
2 fuel" shall have the same meaning as in the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
3 The Board may provide for details of the tax. The provisions of
4 any tax shall conform, as closely as may be practicable, to the
5 provisions of the Municipal Retailers Occupation Tax Act,
6 including without limitation, conformity to penalties with
7 respect to the tax imposed and as to the powers of the State
8 Department of Revenue to promulgate and enforce rules and
9 regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of
10 the provisions of the tax imposed, except that reference in the
11 Act to any municipality shall refer to the Authority and the
12 tax shall be imposed only with regard to receipts from sales of
13 motor fuel in the metropolitan region, at rates as limited by
14 this Section.
15     (c) In connection with the tax imposed under paragraph (b)
16 of this Section the Board may impose a tax upon the privilege
17 of using in the metropolitan region motor fuel for the
18 operation of a motor vehicle upon public highways, the tax to
19 be at a rate not in excess of the rate of tax imposed under
20 paragraph (b) of this Section. The Board may provide for
21 details of the tax.
22     (d) The Board may impose a motor vehicle parking tax upon
23 the privilege of parking motor vehicles at off-street parking
24 facilities in the metropolitan region at which a fee is
25 charged, and may provide for reasonable classifications in and
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1 thereof and for civil penalties and refunds thereunder and may
2 provide criminal penalties thereunder, the maximum penalties
3 not to exceed the maximum criminal penalties provided in the
4 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The Authority may collect and
5 enforce the tax itself or by contract with any unit of local
6 government. The State Department of Revenue shall have no
7 responsibility for the collection and enforcement unless the
8 Department agrees with the Authority to undertake the
9 collection and enforcement. As used in this paragraph, the term
10 "parking facility" means a parking area or structure having
11 parking spaces for more than 2 vehicles at which motor vehicles
12 are permitted to park in return for an hourly, daily, or other
13 periodic fee, whether publicly or privately owned, but does not
14 include parking spaces on a public street, the use of which is
15 regulated by parking meters.
16     (e) The Board may impose a Regional Transportation
17 Authority Retailers' Occupation Tax upon all persons engaged in
18 the business of selling tangible personal property at retail in
19 the metropolitan region. In Cook County the tax rate shall be
20 1.25% 1% of the gross receipts from sales of food for human
21 consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is
22 sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and food that
23 has been prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription
24 and nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances and
25 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and needles used by
26 diabetics, and 1% 3/4% of the gross receipts from other taxable

 

 

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1 sales made in the course of that business. In DuPage, Kane,
2 Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties, the tax rate shall be 0.75%
3 1/4% of the gross receipts from all taxable sales made in the
4 course of that business. The tax imposed under this Section and
5 all civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof
6 shall be collected and enforced by the State Department of
7 Revenue. The Department shall have full power to administer and
8 enforce this Section; to collect all taxes and penalties so
9 collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine
10 all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the
11 erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the
12 administration of, and compliance with this Section, the
13 Department and persons who are subject to this Section shall
14 have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers
15 and duties, and be subject to the same conditions,
16 restrictions, limitations, penalties, exclusions, exemptions
17 and definitions of terms, and employ the same modes of
18 procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1c, 1d,
19 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 2 through 2-65 (in respect to all provisions
20 therein other than the State rate of tax), 2c, 3 (except as to
21 the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a,
22 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8,
23 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and
24 Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully
25 as if those provisions were set forth herein.
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1 granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their
2 seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the tax
3 as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
4 combination in a single amount with State taxes that sellers
5 are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, under any
6 bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
7     Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
8 made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
9 credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
10 Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
11 amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
12 from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
13 Treasurer out of the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
14 established under paragraph (n) of this Section.
15     If a tax is imposed under this subsection (e), a tax shall
16 also be imposed under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section.
17     For the purpose of determining whether a tax authorized
18 under this Section is applicable, a retail sale by a producer
19 of coal or other mineral mined in Illinois, is a sale at retail
20 at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois
21 is extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to
22 coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
23 seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the
24 sale is exempt under the Federal Constitution as a sale in
25 interstate or foreign commerce.
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1 on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of
2 another state if that motor vehicle will not be titled in this
3 State.
4     Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize the
5 Regional Transportation Authority to impose a tax upon the
6 privilege of engaging in any business that under the
7 Constitution of the United States may not be made the subject
8 of taxation by this State.
9     (f) If a tax has been imposed under paragraph (e), a
10 Regional Transportation Authority Service Occupation Tax shall
11 also be imposed upon all persons engaged, in the metropolitan
12 region in the business of making sales of service, who as an
13 incident to making the sales of service, transfer tangible
14 personal property within the metropolitan region, either in the
15 form of tangible personal property or in the form of real
16 estate as an incident to a sale of service. In Cook County, the
17 tax rate shall be: (1) 1.25% 1% of the serviceman's cost price
18 of food prepared for immediate consumption and transferred
19 incident to a sale of service subject to the service occupation
20 tax by an entity licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or
21 the Nursing Home Care Act that is located in the metropolitan
22 region; (2) 1.25% 1% of the selling price of food for human
23 consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is
24 sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and food that
25 has been prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription
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1 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and needles used by
2 diabetics; and (3) 1% 3/4% of the selling price from other
3 taxable sales of tangible personal property transferred. In
4 DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties the rate shall be
5 0.75% 1/4% of the selling price of all tangible personal
6 property transferred.
7     The tax imposed under this paragraph and all civil
8 penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
9 collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
10 Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this
11 paragraph; to collect all taxes and penalties due hereunder; to
12 dispose of taxes and penalties collected in the manner
13 hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to credit
14 memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or
15 penalty hereunder. In the administration of and compliance with
16 this paragraph, the Department and persons who are subject to
17 this paragraph shall have the same rights, remedies,
18 privileges, immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to
19 the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties,
20 exclusions, exemptions and definitions of terms, and employ the
21 same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 1a-1, 2,
22 2a, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions therein other
23 than the State rate of tax), 4 (except that the reference to
24 the State shall be to the Authority), 5, 7, 8 (except that the
25 jurisdiction to which the tax shall be a debt to the extent
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1 as to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected, and
2 except that the returned merchandise credit for this tax may
3 not be taken against any State tax), 10, 11, 12 (except the
4 reference therein to Section 2b of the Retailers' Occupation
5 Tax Act), 13 (except that any reference to the State shall mean
6 the Authority), the first paragraph of Section 15, 16, 17, 18,
7 19 and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of
8 the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those
9 provisions were set forth herein.
10     Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
11 granted in this paragraph may reimburse themselves for their
12 serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
13 tax as an additional charge, that charge may be stated in
14 combination in a single amount with State tax that servicemen
15 are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, under
16 any bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
17     Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
18 made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
19 credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
20 Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
21 amount specified, and to the person named in the notification
22 from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
23 Treasurer out of the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
24 established under paragraph (n) of this Section.
25     Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize
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1 any business that under the Constitution of the United States
2 may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
3     (g) If a tax has been imposed under paragraph (e), a tax
4 shall also be imposed upon the privilege of using in the
5 metropolitan region, any item of tangible personal property
6 that is purchased outside the metropolitan region at retail
7 from a retailer, and that is titled or registered with an
8 agency of this State's government. In Cook County the tax rate
9 shall be 1% 3/4% of the selling price of the tangible personal
10 property, as "selling price" is defined in the Use Tax Act. In
11 DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties the tax rate
12 shall be 0.75% 1/4% of the selling price of the tangible
13 personal property, as "selling price" is defined in the Use Tax
14 Act. The tax shall be collected from persons whose Illinois
15 address for titling or registration purposes is given as being
16 in the metropolitan region. The tax shall be collected by the
17 Department of Revenue for the Regional Transportation
18 Authority. The tax must be paid to the State, or an exemption
19 determination must be obtained from the Department of Revenue,
20 before the title or certificate of registration for the
21 property may be issued. The tax or proof of exemption may be
22 transmitted to the Department by way of the State agency with
23 which, or the State officer with whom, the tangible personal
24 property must be titled or registered if the Department and the
25 State agency or State officer determine that this procedure
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1 registration.
2     The Department shall have full power to administer and
3 enforce this paragraph; to collect all taxes, penalties and
4 interest due hereunder; to dispose of taxes, penalties and
5 interest collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to
6 determine all rights to credit memoranda or refunds arising on
7 account of the erroneous payment of tax, penalty or interest
8 hereunder. In the administration of and compliance with this
9 paragraph, the Department and persons who are subject to this
10 paragraph shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
11 immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to the same
12 conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, exclusions,
13 exemptions and definitions of terms and employ the same modes
14 of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except the
15 definition of "retailer maintaining a place of business in this
16 State"), 3 through 3-80 (except provisions pertaining to the
17 State rate of tax, and except provisions concerning collection
18 or refunding of the tax by retailers), 4, 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15,
19 19 (except the portions pertaining to claims by retailers and
20 except the last paragraph concerning refunds), 20, 21 and 22 of
21 the Use Tax Act, and are not inconsistent with this paragraph,
22 as fully as if those provisions were set forth herein.
23     Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
24 made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
25 credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
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1 amount specified, and to the person named in the notification
2 from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
3 Treasurer out of the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
4 established under paragraph (n) of this Section.
5     (h) The Authority may impose a replacement vehicle tax of
6 $50 on any passenger car as defined in Section 1-157 of the
7 Illinois Vehicle Code purchased within the metropolitan region
8 by or on behalf of an insurance company to replace a passenger
9 car of an insured person in settlement of a total loss claim.
10 The tax imposed may not become effective before the first day
11 of the month following the passage of the ordinance imposing
12 the tax and receipt of a certified copy of the ordinance by the
13 Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall collect
14 the tax for the Authority in accordance with Sections 3-2002
15 and 3-2003 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
16     The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
17 Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes collected
18 hereunder. On or before the 25th day of each calendar month,
19 the Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
20 disbursement of stated sums of money to the Authority. The
21 amount to be paid to the Authority shall be the amount
22 collected hereunder during the second preceding calendar month
23 by the Department, less any amount determined by the Department
24 to be necessary for the payment of refunds. Within 10 days
25 after receipt by the Comptroller of the disbursement
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1 be given to the Comptroller by the Department, the Comptroller
2 shall cause the orders to be drawn for that amount in
3 accordance with the directions contained in the certification.
4     (i) The Board may not impose any other taxes except as it
5 may from time to time be authorized by law to impose.
6     (j) A certificate of registration issued by the State
7 Department of Revenue to a retailer under the Retailers'
8 Occupation Tax Act or under the Service Occupation Tax Act
9 shall permit the registrant to engage in a business that is
10 taxed under the tax imposed under paragraphs (b), (e), (f) or
11 (g) of this Section and no additional registration shall be
12 required under the tax. A certificate issued under the Use Tax
13 Act or the Service Use Tax Act shall be applicable with regard
14 to any tax imposed under paragraph (c) of this Section.
15     (k) The provisions of any tax imposed under paragraph (c)
16 of this Section shall conform as closely as may be practicable
17 to the provisions of the Use Tax Act, including without
18 limitation conformity as to penalties with respect to the tax
19 imposed and as to the powers of the State Department of Revenue
20 to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations relating to the
21 administration and enforcement of the provisions of the tax
22 imposed. The taxes shall be imposed only on use within the
23 metropolitan region and at rates as provided in the paragraph.
24     (l) The Board in imposing any tax as provided in paragraphs
25 (b) and (c) of this Section, shall, after seeking the advice of
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1 users or purchasers of motor fuel for purposes other than those
2 with regard to which the taxes may be imposed as provided in
3 those paragraphs to receive refunds of taxes improperly paid,
4 which provisions may be at variance with the refund provisions
5 as applicable under the Municipal Retailers Occupation Tax Act.
6 The State Department of Revenue may provide for certificates of
7 registration for users or purchasers of motor fuel for purposes
8 other than those with regard to which taxes may be imposed as
9 provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section to
10 facilitate the reporting and nontaxability of the exempt sales
11 or uses.
12     (m) Any ordinance imposing or discontinuing any tax under
13 this Section shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
14 filed with the Department on or before June 1, whereupon the
15 Department of Revenue shall proceed to administer and enforce
16 this Section on behalf of the Regional Transportation Authority
17 as of September 1 next following such adoption and filing.
18 Beginning January 1, 1992, an ordinance or resolution imposing
19 or discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a
20 certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before
21 the first day of July, whereupon the Department shall proceed
22 to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of
23 October next following such adoption and filing. Beginning
24 January 1, 1993, an ordinance or resolution imposing or
25 discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a
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1 the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall
2 proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the first
3 day of January next following such adoption and filing.
4     (n) The State Department of Revenue shall, upon collecting
5 any taxes as provided in this Section, pay the taxes over to
6 the State Treasurer as trustee for the Authority. The taxes
7 shall be held in a trust fund outside the State Treasury. On or
8 before the 25th day of each calendar month, the State
9 Department of Revenue shall prepare and certify to the
10 Comptroller of the State of Illinois the amount to be paid to
11 the Authority, which shall be the then balance in the fund,
12 less any amount determined by the Department to be necessary
13 for the payment of refunds. The State Department of Revenue
14 shall also certify to the Authority the amount of taxes
15 collected in each County other than Cook County in the
16 metropolitan region less the amount necessary for the payment
17 of refunds to taxpayers in the County. With regard to the
18 County of Cook, the certification shall specify the amount of
19 taxes collected within the City of Chicago less the amount
20 necessary for the payment of refunds to taxpayers in the City
21 of Chicago and the amount collected in that portion of Cook
22 County outside of Chicago less the amount necessary for the
23 payment of refunds to taxpayers in that portion of Cook County
24 outside of Chicago. Within 10 days after receipt by the
25 Comptroller of the certification of the amount to be paid to
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1 for the payment for the amount in accordance with the direction
2 in the certification.
3     In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding
4 paragraph, an allocation shall be made in July 1991 and each
5 year thereafter to the Regional Transportation Authority. The
6 allocation shall be made in an amount equal to the average
7 monthly distribution during the preceding calendar year
8 (excluding the 2 months of lowest receipts) and the allocation
9 shall include the amount of average monthly distribution from
10 the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
11 Replacement Fund. The distribution made in July 1992 and each
12 year thereafter under this paragraph and the preceding
13 paragraph shall be reduced by the amount allocated and
14 disbursed under this paragraph in the preceding calendar year.
15 The Department of Revenue shall prepare and certify to the
16 Comptroller for disbursement the allocations made in
17 accordance with this paragraph.
18     (o) Failure to adopt a budget ordinance or otherwise to
19 comply with Section 4.01 of this Act or to adopt a Five-year
20 Program or otherwise to comply with paragraph (b) of Section
21 2.01 of this Act shall not affect the validity of any tax
22 imposed by the Authority otherwise in conformity with law.
23     (p) At no time shall a public transportation tax or motor
24 vehicle parking tax authorized under paragraphs (b), (c) and
25 (d) of this Section be in effect at the same time as any
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1 authorized under paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of this Section is
2 in effect.
3     Any taxes imposed under the authority provided in
4 paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) shall remain in effect only until
5 the time as any tax authorized by paragraphs (e), (f) or (g) of
6 this Section are imposed and becomes effective. Once any tax
7 authorized by paragraphs (e), (f) or (g) is imposed the Board
8 may not reimpose taxes as authorized in paragraphs (b), (c) and
9 (d) of the Section unless any tax authorized by paragraphs (e),
10 (f) or (g) of this Section becomes ineffective by means other
11 than an ordinance of the Board.
12     (q) Any existing rights, remedies and obligations
13 (including enforcement by the Regional Transportation
14 Authority) arising under any tax imposed under paragraphs (b),
15 (c) or (d) of this Section shall not be affected by the
16 imposition of a tax under paragraphs (e), (f) or (g) of this
17 Section.
18 (Source: P.A. 92-221, eff. 8-2-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02;
19 93-1068, eff. 1-15-05.)
 
20     (70 ILCS 3615/4.03.2 new)
21     Sec. 4.03.2. Real Estate Transfer Tax. The Board may impose
22 a tax upon the privilege of transferring title to real estate
23 located in the City of Chicago, upon the privilege of
24 transferring a beneficial interest in real estate located in
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1 controlling interest in a real estate entity holding real
2 estate in the City of Chicago. The tax may be imposed at a rate
3 up to $1.50 for each $500 of value or fraction thereof of real
4 estate located in the City of Chicago that is subject to the
5 transfer of title, beneficial interest or controlling
6 interest. The tax shall be imposed on the value stated in the
7 declaration required by Section 31-25 of the Property Tax Code.
8 The terms "beneficial interest", "controlling interest" and
9 "real estate entity" have the meaning defined in Article 31 of
10 the Property Tax Code. If, however, the transferring document
11 states that the real estate, beneficial interest or controlling
12 interest in the real estate is transferred subject to a
13 mortgage, the amount of the mortgage remaining outstanding at
14 the time of the transfer shall not be included in the basis of
15 computing the tax.
16     A tax imposed pursuant to this Section shall be collected
17 by the recorder or registrar of titles of the county prior to
18 recording the deed or trust document or registering the title
19 subject to the tax and shall be paid to the Authority within 15
20 days after the end of each month. Within 5 days after receipt
21 of the proceeds of the tax, the Authority shall certify to the
22 Illinois Department of Revenue the amount it received from the
23 recorder of deeds on account of taxes collected in the previous
24 month. All deeds or trust documents exempted in Section 31-45
25 of the Property Tax Code shall also be exempt from any tax
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1 this Section shall be in addition to all other occupation and
2 privilege taxes imposed by the State of Illinois or any
3 municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof. A tax
4 imposed under this Section is due if the transfer is made by
5 one or more related transactions or involves one or more
6 persons or entities, regardless of whether a document is
7 recorded.
 
8     (70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3 new)
9     Sec. 4.03.3. Distribution of Revenues. After providing for
10 payment of its obligations with respect to bonds and notes
11 issued under the provisions of Section 4.04 and obligations
12 related to those bonds and notes, the Authority shall disburse
13 the remaining proceeds from taxes it has imposed under this
14 Article IV and the remaining proceeds it has received from the
15 State under Section 4.09(a) as follows:
16     (a) With respect to taxes imposed by the Authority under
17 Section 4.03 after withholding 15% of 80% of the proceeds of
18 those taxes collected in Cook County at a rate of 1.25%, 15% of
19 75% of the proceeds of those taxes collected in Cook County at
20 the rate of 1%, 15% of one-third of the proceeds of those taxes
21 collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties,
22 and 15% of money received by the Authority from the Regional
23 Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
24 Fund, the Board shall allocate the proceeds and money remaining
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1         (1) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the proceeds
2     of those taxes collected within the City of Chicago at a
3     rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of the proceeds of those
4     taxes collected in the City of Chicago at the rate of 1%,
5     and (iii) 85% of the money received by the Authority on
6     account of transfers to the Regional Transportation
7     Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the
8     County and Mass Transit District Fund attributable to
9     retail sales within the City of Chicago shall be allocated
10     to the Chicago Transit Authority;
11         (2) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the proceeds
12     of those taxes collected within Cook County outside of the
13     City of Chicago at a rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of the
14     proceeds of those taxes collected within Cook County
15     outside the City of Chicago at a rate of 1%, and (iii) 85%
16     of the money received by the Authority on account of
17     transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
18     Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the County and
19     Mass Transit District Fund attributable to retail sales
20     within Cook County outside of the City of Chicago shall be
21     allocated 30% to the Chicago Transit Authority, 55% to the
22     Commuter Rail Board, and 15% to the Suburban Bus Board; and
23         (3) an amount equal to 85% of one-third of the proceeds
24     of the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage, Kane,
25     Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be allocated 70% to the
26     Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus Board.

 

 

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1     (b) Moneys received by the Authority on account of
2 transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation
3 and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax
4 Reform Fund shall be allocated among the Authority and the
5 Service Boards as follows: 15% of such moneys shall be retained
6 by the Authority and the remaining 85% shall be transferred to
7 the Service Boards as soon as may be practicable after the
8 Authority receives payment. Moneys which are distributable to
9 the Service Boards pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
10 allocated among the Service Boards on the basis of each Service
11 Board's distribution ratio. The term "distribution ratio"
12 means, for purposes of this subsection (b), the ratio of the
13 total amount distributed to a Service Board pursuant to
14 subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for the immediately preceding
15 calendar year to the total amount distributed to all of the
16 Service Boards pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for
17 the immediately preceding calendar year.
18     (c)(i) 100% of the proceeds of those taxes collected in the
19 City of Chicago under Section 4.03.2, (ii) 20% of the proceeds
20 of those taxes collected in Cook County under Section 4.03 at
21 the rate of 1.25%, (iii) 25% of the proceeds of those taxes
22 collected in Cook County under Section 4.03 at the rate of 1%,
23 (iv) one-third of the proceeds of those taxes collected in
24 DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties under Section
25 4.03, and (v) any remaining amounts received from the State
26 under Section 4.09 (a)(2) and not used by the Authority to fund

 

 

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1 ADA paratransit service under Section 2.30 shall distributed by
2 the Authority as follows: in fiscal year 2008 $30,000,000 and
3 in subsequent fiscal years 103% of the previous year's amount
4 shall be deposited in the Innovation, Coordination, and
5 Enhancement Fund and used by the Authority for the purposes
6 described in Section 2.01c, and the balance shall be
7 distributed 60% to the Chicago Transit Authority, 30% to the
8 Commuter Rail Board, and 10% to the Suburban Bus Board.
9     (d) One-third of those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane,
10 Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties under Section 4.03 shall be
11 distributed by the Authority to those counties based on
12 collections of the tax within each county. The County Board of
13 each county shall use amounts it receives from the Authority to
14 fund operating and capital costs of public transportation
15 services or facilities or to fund other transportation
16 purposes, including road, bridge, public safety, and transit
17 purposes intended to improve mobility or reduce congestion in
18 the county and to advance the goals and objectives set out in
19 the Strategic Plan of the Authority.
20     (e) The Authority by ordinance adopted by 9 of its then
21 Directors shall apportion to the Service Boards funds provided
22 by the State of Illinois under Section 4.09(a)(1) as it shall
23 determine and shall make payment of the amounts to each Service
24 Board as soon as may be practicable upon their receipt provided
25 the Authority has adopted a balanced budget as required by
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1 compliance with the requirements in Section 4.11.
2     (f) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any payments,
3 transfers, or expenditures under this Section to a Service
4 Board, the Authority must first comply with Section 4.02a or
5 4.02b of this Act, whichever may be applicable.
 
6     (70 ILCS 3615/4.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.09)
7     Sec. 4.09. Public Transportation Fund and the Regional
8 Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
9 Fund.
10     (a)(1) (a) As soon as possible after the first day of each
11 month, beginning November 1, 1983, the Comptroller shall order
12 transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the General
13 Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State Treasury, to be
14 known as the "Public Transportation Fund" $9,375,000 for each
15 month remaining in State fiscal year 1984. As soon as possible
16 after the first day of each month, beginning July 1, 1984, upon
17 certification of the Department of Revenue, the Comptroller
18 shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from
19 the General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund an
20 amount equal to 25% of the net revenue, before the deduction of
21 the serviceman and retailer discounts pursuant to Section 9 of
22 the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers'
23 Occupation Tax Act, realized from (i) 80% of the proceeds of
24 any tax imposed by the Authority at a rate of 1.25% in Cook
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1 Authority at the rate of 1% in Cook County, and (iii) one-third
2 of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate
3 of 0.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and
4 Will pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 and 25% of the
5 amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority
6 tax fund created by Section 4.03 of this Act, from the County
7 and Mass Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of
8 the State Finance Act and 25% of the amounts deposited into the
9 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
10 Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund
11 as provided in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act. Net
12 revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue collected by
13 the State pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 during the
14 previous month from within the metropolitan region, less the
15 amount paid out during that same month as refunds to taxpayers
16 for overpayment of liability in the metropolitan region under
17 Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1.
18     (2) As soon as possible after the first of each month upon
19 certification of the Department of Revenue with respect to the
20 taxes collected under Section 4.03 and the Authority with
21 respect to the taxes collected under Section 4.03.2, the
22 Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
23 transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public
24 Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue,
25 before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts
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1 Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from
2 (i) 20% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at
3 a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 25% of the proceeds of any
4 tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in Cook County,
5 and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
6 Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane,
7 Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to Section 4.03, an
8 amount equal to an additional 5% of the net revenue, before the
9 deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts pursuant to
10 Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of
11 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from any taxes
12 imposed by the Authority under Section 4.03, and an amount
13 equal to 25% of the net revenue realized from any tax imposed
14 by the Authority under Section 4.03.2.
15     (b)(1) All moneys deposited in the Public Transportation
16 Fund and the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and
17 Use Tax Replacement Fund, whether deposited pursuant to this
18 Section or otherwise, are allocated to the Authority. Pursuant
19 to appropriation, the Comptroller, as soon as possible after
20 each monthly transfer provided in this Section and after each
21 deposit into the Public Transportation Fund, shall order the
22 Treasurer to pay to the Authority out of the Public
23 Transportation Fund the amount so transferred or deposited. Of
24 the Such amounts paid to the Authority, the amounts deposited
25 in the Public Transportation Fund under Section 4.09(a)(1)
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1 provided in Section 4.03.3, the amounts deposited in the Public
2 Transportation Fund under Section 4.09(a)(2) shall be first
3 expended for the costs of ADA paratransit service as provided
4 in Section 2.30 with any remainder expended as described in
5 Section 4.03.3(c), and any other amounts deposited in the
6 Public Transportation Fund and paid to the Authority under this
7 Section may be expended by it for its purposes as provided in
8 this Act.
9     Subject to appropriation to the Department of Revenue, the
10 Comptroller, as soon as possible after each deposit into the
11 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
12 Replacement Fund provided in this Section and Section 6z-17 of
13 the State Finance Act, shall order the Treasurer to pay to the
14 Authority out of the Regional Transportation Authority
15 Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund the amount so
16 deposited. Such amounts paid to the Authority may be expended
17 by it for its purposes as provided in this Act.
18     (2) Provided, however, no moneys deposited under
19 subsection (a) of this Section shall be paid from the Public
20 Transportation Fund to the Authority or its assignee for any
21 fiscal year beginning after the effective date of this
22 amendatory Act of 1983 until the Authority has certified to the
23 Governor, the Comptroller, and the Mayor of the City of Chicago
24 that it has adopted for that fiscal year an Annual Budget and
25 Two-Year Financial Plan a budget and financial plan meeting the
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1     (c) In recognition of the efforts of the Authority to
2 enhance the mass transportation facilities under its control,
3 the State shall provide financial assistance ("Additional
4 State Assistance") in excess of the amounts transferred to the
5 Authority from the General Revenue Fund under subsection (a) of
6 this Section. Additional State Assistance shall be calculated
7 as provided in subsection (d), but shall in no event exceed the
8 following specified amounts with respect to the following State
9 fiscal years:
10        1990$5,000,000;
11        1991$5,000,000;
12        1992$10,000,000;
13        1993$10,000,000;
14        1994$20,000,000;
15        1995$30,000,000;
16        1996$40,000,000;
17        1997$50,000,000;
18        1998$55,000,000; and
19        each year thereafter$55,000,000.
20     (c-5) The State shall provide financial assistance
21 ("Additional Financial Assistance") in addition to the
22 Additional State Assistance provided by subsection (c) and the
23 amounts transferred to the Authority from the General Revenue
24 Fund under subsection (a) of this Section. Additional Financial
25 Assistance provided by this subsection shall be calculated as
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1 following specified amounts with respect to the following State
2 fiscal years:
3        2000$0;
4        2001$16,000,000;
5        2002$35,000,000;
6        2003$54,000,000;
7        2004$73,000,000;
8        2005$93,000,000; and
9        each year thereafter$100,000,000.
10     (d) Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and continuing
11 for each State fiscal year thereafter, the Authority shall
12 annually certify to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer,
13 separately with respect to each of subdivisions (g)(2) and
14 (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act, the following amounts:
15         (1) The amount necessary and required, during the State
16     fiscal year with respect to which the certification is
17     made, to pay its obligations for debt service on all
18     outstanding bonds or notes issued by the Authority under
19     subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act.
20         (2) An estimate of the amount necessary and required to
21     pay its obligations for debt service for any bonds or notes
22     which the Authority anticipates it will issue under
23     subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 during that
24     State fiscal year.
25         (3) Its debt service savings during the preceding State
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1     notes issued under subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of
2     Section 4.04.
3         (4) The amount of interest, if any, earned by the
4     Authority during the previous State fiscal year on the
5     proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to subdivisions
6     (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04, other than refunding or
7     advance refunding bonds or notes.
8     The certification shall include a specific schedule of debt
9 service payments, including the date and amount of each payment
10 for all outstanding bonds or notes and an estimated schedule of
11 anticipated debt service for all bonds and notes it intends to
12 issue, if any, during that State fiscal year, including the
13 estimated date and estimated amount of each payment.
14     Immediately upon the issuance of bonds for which an
15 estimated schedule of debt service payments was prepared, the
16 Authority shall file an amended certification with respect to
17 item (2) above, to specify the actual schedule of debt service
18 payments, including the date and amount of each payment, for
19 the remainder of the State fiscal year.
20     On the first day of each month of the State fiscal year in
21 which there are bonds outstanding with respect to which the
22 certification is made, the State Comptroller shall order
23 transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the
24 General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund the
25 Additional State Assistance and Additional Financial
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1 one-twelfth of the sum of the amounts certified under items (1)
2 and (3) above less the amount certified under item (4) above,
3 plus (ii) the amount required to pay debt service on bonds and
4 notes issued during the fiscal year, if any, divided by the
5 number of months remaining in the fiscal year after the date of
6 issuance, or some smaller portion as may be necessary under
7 subsection (c) or (c-5) of this Section for the relevant State
8 fiscal year, plus (iii) any cumulative deficiencies in
9 transfers for prior months, until an amount equal to the sum of
10 the amounts certified under items (1) and (3) above, plus the
11 actual debt service certified under item (2) above, less the
12 amount certified under item (4) above, has been transferred;
13 except that these transfers are subject to the following
14 limits:
15         (A) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
16     fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
17     by the Authority under subdivision (g)(2) of Section 4.04
18     exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified in
19     subsection (c) or the sum of the amounts certified under
20     items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt service
21     certified under item (2) above, less the amount certified
22     under item (4) above, with respect to those bonds and
23     notes.
24         (B) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
25     fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
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1     exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified in
2     subsection (c-5) or the sum of the amounts certified under
3     items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt service
4     certified under item (2) above, less the amount certified
5     under item (4) above, with respect to those bonds and
6     notes.
7     The term "outstanding" does not include bonds or notes for
8 which refunding or advance refunding bonds or notes have been
9 issued.
10     (e) Neither Additional State Assistance nor Additional
11 Financial Assistance may be pledged, either directly or
12 indirectly as general revenues of the Authority, as security
13 for any bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority may not
14 assign its right to receive Additional State Assistance or
15 Additional Financial Assistance, or direct payment of
16 Additional State Assistance or Additional Financial
17 Assistance, to a trustee or any other entity for the payment of
18 debt service on its bonds.
19     (f) The certification required under subsection (d) with
20 respect to outstanding bonds and notes of the Authority shall
21 be filed as early as practicable before the beginning of the
22 State fiscal year to which it relates. The certification shall
23 be revised as may be necessary to accurately state the debt
24 service requirements of the Authority.
25     (g) Within 6 months of the end of the 3 month period ending
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1 Authority shall determine:
2         (i) whether the aggregate of all system generated
3     revenues for public transportation in the metropolitan
4     region which is provided by, or under grant or purchase of
5     service contracts with, the Service Boards equals 50% of
6     the aggregate of all costs of providing such public
7     transportation. "System generated revenues" include all
8     the proceeds of fares and charges for services provided,
9     contributions received in connection with public
10     transportation from units of local government other than
11     the Authority and from the State pursuant to subsection (i)
12     of Section 2705-305 of the Department of Transportation Law
13     (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), and all other revenues properly
14     included consistent with generally accepted accounting
15     principles but may not include: the proceeds from any
16     borrowing, and, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, all
17     revenues and receipts, including but not limited to fares
18     and grants received from the federal, State or any unit of
19     local government or other entity, derived from providing
20     ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section 2.30 of the
21     Regional Transportation Authority Act. "Costs" include all
22     items properly included as operating costs consistent with
23     generally accepted accounting principles, including
24     administrative costs, but do not include: depreciation;
25     payment of principal and interest on bonds, notes or other
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1     Authority; payments with respect to public transportation
2     facilities made pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 2.20;
3     any payments with respect to rate protection contracts,
4     credit enhancements or liquidity agreements made under
5     Section 4.14; any other cost as to which it is reasonably
6     expected that a cash expenditure will not be made; costs up
7     to $5,000,000 annually for passenger security including
8     grants, contracts, personnel, equipment and administrative
9     expenses, except in the case of the Chicago Transit
10     Authority, in which case the term does not include costs
11     spent annually by that entity for protection against crime
12     as required by Section 27a of the Metropolitan Transit
13     Authority Act; costs as exempted by the Board for projects
14     pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act; or, beginning with
15     the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related to providing ADA
16     paratransit service pursuant to Section 2.30 of the
17     Regional Transportation Authority Act; or in fiscal years
18     2008 through 2017 inclusive, costs in the amount of
19     $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by $20,000,000
20     in each fiscal year thereafter until this exemption is
21     eliminated. If said system generated revenues are less than
22     50% of said costs, the Board shall remit an amount equal to
23     the amount of the deficit to the State. The Treasurer shall
24     deposit any such payment in the General Revenue Fund; and
25         (ii) whether, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, the
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1     paratransit services equals the system generated ADA
2     paratransit services revenue recovery ratio percentage of
3     the aggregate of all costs of providing such ADA
4     paratransit services.
5     (h) If the Authority makes any payment to the State under
6 paragraph (g), the Authority shall reduce the amount provided
7 to a Service Board from funds transferred under paragraph (a)
8 in proportion to the amount by which that Service Board failed
9 to meet its required system generated revenues recovery ratio.
10 A Service Board which is affected by a reduction in funds under
11 this paragraph shall submit to the Authority concurrently with
12 its next due quarterly report a revised budget incorporating
13 the reduction in funds. The revised budget must meet the
14 criteria specified in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section
15 4.11(b)(2). The Board shall review and act on the revised
16 budget as provided in Section 4.11(b)(3).
17 (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05.)"; and
 
18 on page 59, line 12, after "them.", by inserting "During fiscal
19 years 2008 through 2017, the Board shall also allocate the
20 exemption of $200,000,000 and the reducing amounts of costs
21 provided by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
22 from the farebox recovery ratio or system generated revenues
23 recovery ratio of each Service Board.".