Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

Filed: 3/19/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5732

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5732 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is
5 amended by changing Section 2-5.1 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 740/2-5.1)
7     Sec. 2-5.1. Additional requirements.
8     (a) Any unit of local government that becomes a participant
9 on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
10 94th General Assembly shall, in addition to any other
11 requirements under this Article, meet all of the following
12 requirements when applying for grants under this Article:
13         (1) The grant application must demonstrate the
14     participant's plan to provide general public
15     transportation with an emphasis on elderly, disabled, and
16     economically disadvantaged populations.

 

 

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1         (2) The grant application must demonstrate the
2     participant's plan for interagency coordination that, at a
3     minimum, allows the participation of all State-funded and
4     federally-funded agencies and programs with transportation
5     needs in the proposed service area in the development of
6     the applicant's public transportation program.
7         (3) Any participant serving a nonurbanized area that is
8     not receiving Federal Section 5311 funding must meet the
9     operating and safety compliance requirements as set forth
10     in that federal program.
11         (4) The participant is required to hold public hearings
12     to allow comment on the proposed service plan in all
13     municipalities with populations of 1,500 inhabitants or
14     more within the proposed service area.
15     (b) Service extensions by any participant after July 1,
16 2005 by either annexation or intergovernmental agreement must
17 meet the 4 requirements of subsection (a).
18     (c) In order to receive funding, the Department shall
19 certify that the participant has met the requirements of this
20 Section. Funding priority shall be given to service extension,
21 multi-county, and multi-jurisdictional projects.
22     (d) The Department shall develop an application process for
23 funding in new service areas. The application shall seek
24 information from potential applicants that includes, but is not
25 limited to, a description of the proposed service in the new
26 area and a budget for providing that service. The application

 

 

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1 must also contain the information described in item (1) of
2 subsection (a) of this Section. The Department shall certify
3 that the applicant has met the requirements of this Section and
4 shall submit an appropriation for the applicant that is equal
5 to 65% of eligible operating expenses of an approved budget for
6 the applicant's new service area. If the applicant is an
7 existing participant that is extending its service area, either
8 by annexation or intergovernmental agreement, then, in the
9 first fiscal year following the extension of the service area,
10 that participant's appropriation shall exceed its 10% annual
11 growth by an amount equal to 65% of eligible operating expenses
12 of its approved budget for the new service area.
13 (Source: P.A. 94-70, eff. 6-22-05.)".