Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 10/29/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1597

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1597, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No.
4 2, by replacing everything from line 8 on page 7 through line
5 23 on page 9 with the following:
6 "amended by changing Section 51 as follows:"; and
 
7 on page 12, by replacing lines 3 and 4 with the following:
8 "amended by changing Sections 2.01d, 2.04, 3A.15, and 3B.14 as
9 follows:"; and
 
10 by replacing everything from line 3 on page 14 through line 23
11 on page 17 with the following:
 
12     "(70 ILCS 3615/2.04)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.04)
13     Sec. 2.04. Fares and Nature of Service.
14     (a) Whenever a Service Board provides any public
15 transportation by operating public transportation facilities,

 

 

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1 the Service Board shall provide for the level and nature of
2 fares or charges to be made for such services, and the nature
3 and standards of public transportation to be so provided that
4 meet the goals and objectives adopted by the Authority in the
5 Strategic Plan. Provided, however that if the Board adopts a
6 budget and financial plan for a Service Board in accordance
7 with the provisions in Section 4.11(b)(5), the Board may
8 consistent with the terms of any purchase of service contract
9 provide for the level and nature of fares to be made for such
10 services under the jurisdiction of that Service Board, and the
11 nature and standards of public transportation to be so
12 provided.
13     (b) Whenever a Service Board provides any public
14 transportation pursuant to grants made after June 30, 1975, to
15 transportation agencies for operating expenses (other than
16 with regard to experimental programs) or pursuant to any
17 purchase of service agreement, the purchase of service
18 agreement or grant contract shall provide for the level and
19 nature of fares or charges to be made for such services, and
20 the nature and standards of public transportation to be so
21 provided. A Service Board shall require all transportation
22 agencies with which it contracts, or from which it purchases
23 transportation services or to which it makes grants to provide
24 half fare transportation for their student riders if any of
25 such agencies provide for half fare transportation to their
26 student riders.

 

 

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1     (c) In so providing for the fares or charges and the nature
2 and standards of public transportation, any purchase of service
3 agreements or grant contracts shall provide, among other
4 matters, for the terms or cost of transfers or interconnections
5 between different modes of transportation and different public
6 transportation agencies, schedules or routes of such service,
7 changes which may be made in such service, the nature and
8 condition of the facilities used in providing service, the
9 manner of collection and disposition of fares or charges, the
10 records and reports to be kept and made concerning such
11 service, for interchangeable tickets or other coordinated or
12 uniform methods of collection of charges, and shall further
13 require that the transportation agency comply with any
14 determination made by the Board of the Authority under and
15 subject to the provisions of Section 2.12b of this Act. In
16 regard to any such service, the Authority and the Service
17 Boards shall give attention to and may undertake programs to
18 promote use of public transportation and to provide coordinated
19 ticket sales and passenger information. In the case of a grant
20 to a transportation agency which remains subject to Illinois
21 Commerce Commission supervision and regulation, the Service
22 Boards shall exercise the powers set forth in this Section in a
23 manner consistent with such supervision and regulation by the
24 Illinois Commerce Commission.
25     (d) Except as otherwise provided in this amendatory act of
26 the 96th General Assembly, no Service Board shall increase

 

 

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1 fares or charges for public transportation services provided in
2 2010 or 2011.
3 (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)"; and
 
4 by deleting everything from line 1 on page 19 through line 20
5 on page 22.