Full Text of HB1597 96th General Assembly
HB1597sam002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 10/29/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1597
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1597 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | 6 |
| Section 2705-305 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305) | 8 |
| Sec. 2705-305. Grants for mass transportation. | 9 |
| (a) For the purpose of mass
transportation grants and | 10 |
| contracts, the following definitions apply: | 11 |
| "Carrier" means any corporation, authority, partnership,
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| association, person, or district authorized to provide mass
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| transportation within the State. | 14 |
| "District" means all of the following: | 15 |
| (i) Any district created pursuant to the Local Mass | 16 |
| Transit
District Act. |
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| (ii) The Authority created pursuant to the | 2 |
| Metropolitan Transit
Authority Act. | 3 |
| (iii) Any authority, commission, or other entity that | 4 |
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virtue of an
interstate compact approved by Congress is | 5 |
| authorized to provide mass
transportation. | 6 |
| (iv) The Authority created pursuant to the Regional
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| Transportation Authority Act. | 8 |
| "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used | 9 |
| in or appurtenant
to a mass transportation system, including | 10 |
| parking lots. | 11 |
| "Mass transportation" means transportation provided within | 12 |
| the State of
Illinois by rail, bus, or other conveyance and | 13 |
| available to the general public
on a regular and continuing | 14 |
| basis, including the transportation of handicapped
or elderly | 15 |
| persons as provided more specifically in Section 2705-310. | 16 |
| "Unit of local government" means any city, village, | 17 |
| incorporated town, or
county. | 18 |
| (b) Grants may be made to units of local government,
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| districts, and carriers for
the acquisition, construction, | 20 |
| extension, reconstruction, and improvement
of mass | 21 |
| transportation facilities. Grants shall be made upon the
terms
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| and conditions that in the judgment of the Secretary are | 23 |
| necessary
to
ensure their proper and effective utilization. | 24 |
| (c) The Department shall make grants under this Law
in a | 25 |
| manner
designed, so far as is consistent with the maintenance | 26 |
| and development
of a sound mass transportation system within |
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| the State, to: (i)
maximize
federal funds for the assistance of | 2 |
| mass transportation in Illinois
under the Federal Transit Act | 3 |
| and other
federal Acts; (ii) facilitate the movement of persons | 4 |
| who because
of age,
economic circumstance, or physical | 5 |
| infirmity are unable to drive; (iii)
contribute to an improved | 6 |
| environment through the reduction of air,
water, and noise | 7 |
| pollution; and (iv) reduce traffic congestion. | 8 |
| (d) The Secretary shall establish procedures for making
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| application
for mass transportation grants. The procedures | 10 |
| shall provide for
public
notice of all applications and give | 11 |
| reasonable opportunity for the
submission of comments and | 12 |
| objections by interested parties. The
procedures shall be | 13 |
| designed with a view to facilitating simultaneous
application | 14 |
| for a grant to the Department and to the federal government. | 15 |
| (e) Grants may be made for mass transportation projects as
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| follows: | 17 |
| (1) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the nonfederal | 18 |
| share of
projects
for which a federal grant is made. | 19 |
| (2) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the net project | 20 |
| cost
for projects
for which a federal grant is not made. | 21 |
| (3) In an amount not to exceed five-sixths of the net | 22 |
| project
cost for
projects essential for the maintenance of | 23 |
| a sound transportation system and
eligible for federal | 24 |
| assistance for which a federal grant application has
been | 25 |
| made but a federal grant has been delayed. If and when a | 26 |
| federal
grant is made, the amount in excess of the |
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| nonfederal share shall be
promptly returned to the | 2 |
| Department. | 3 |
| In no event shall the Department make a grant that, | 4 |
| together
with any
federal funds or funds from any other source, | 5 |
| is in excess of 100% of the
net project cost. | 6 |
| (f) Regardless of whether any funds are available under a
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| federal grant,
the Department shall not make a mass | 8 |
| transportation grant unless the Secretary
finds that the | 9 |
| recipient has entered into an agreement with the Department
in | 10 |
| which the recipient agrees not to engage in school bus | 11 |
| operations
exclusively for the transportation of students and | 12 |
| school personnel in
competition with private school bus | 13 |
| operators where those private
school bus
operators are able to | 14 |
| provide adequate transportation, at reasonable rates,
in | 15 |
| conformance with applicable safety standards, provided that | 16 |
| this
requirement shall not apply to a recipient that operates a | 17 |
| school
system
in the area to be served and operates a separate | 18 |
| and exclusive school bus
program for the school system. | 19 |
| (g) Grants may be made for mass transportation purposes | 20 |
| with
funds
appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund | 21 |
| consistent with the
specific purposes for which those funds are | 22 |
| appropriated by the
General
Assembly. Grants under this | 23 |
| subsection (g) are not subject to any
limitations or conditions | 24 |
| imposed upon grants by any other provision of
this Section, | 25 |
| except that the Secretary may impose the terms and
conditions | 26 |
| that in his or her judgment are necessary to ensure
the proper |
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| and
effective utilization of the grants under this subsection. | 2 |
| (h) The Department may let contracts for mass | 3 |
| transportation
purposes
and facilities for the purpose of | 4 |
| reducing urban congestion funded in whole
or in part with bonds | 5 |
| described in subdivision (b)(1) of
Section 4 of the
General | 6 |
| Obligation Bond Act, not to exceed $75,000,000 in bonds. | 7 |
| (i) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts, | 8 |
| and
units of local government for the purpose of reimbursing
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| them for providing reduced
fares for mass transportation | 10 |
| services for students, handicapped persons
and the elderly. | 11 |
| Grants shall be made upon the terms and
conditions that in
the | 12 |
| judgment of the Secretary are necessary to ensure their proper | 13 |
| and
effective utilization. | 14 |
| (j) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts, | 15 |
| and units of local government for costs of providing ADA | 16 |
| paratransit service. Subject to appropriation, the Department | 17 |
| shall make grants to the Regional Transportation Authority in | 18 |
| the amount of $8,500,000 in State fiscal year 2010 and in State | 19 |
| fiscal year 2011 in the amount determined by the Regional | 20 |
| Transportation Authority as the shortfall in the ADA | 21 |
| Paratransit Fund for calendar year 2011, provided that the | 22 |
| amount of the grant in 2011 shall not exceed $10,000,000. These | 23 |
| amounts granted to the Regional Transportation Authority shall | 24 |
| be deposited into the ADA Paratransit Fund and used for payment | 25 |
| to the Suburban Bus Board for the provision of ADA paratransit | 26 |
| service.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.) | 2 |
| Section 10. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is | 3 |
| amended by changing Section 2-15.2 as follows: | 4 |
| (30 ILCS 740/2-15.2) | 5 |
| Sec. 2-15.2. Free services; eligibility. | 6 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 7 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 8 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 9 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 10 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 11 |
| of, every participant, as defined in Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), | 12 |
| shall be provided without charge to all senior citizen | 13 |
| residents of the participant aged 65 and older, under such | 14 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the participant. | 15 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | 16 |
| March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | 17 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 18 |
| of, every participant, as defined in Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), | 19 |
| shall be provided without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and | 20 |
| older who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in | 21 |
| subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and | 22 |
| Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | 23 |
| Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 24 |
| the participant. The Department on Aging shall furnish all |
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| information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, | 2 |
| including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for | 3 |
| services without charge under this Section. Nothing in this | 4 |
| Section shall relieve the participant from providing reduced | 5 |
| fares as may be required by federal law.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 7 |
| Section 15. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | 8 |
| amended by changing Sections 30 and 51 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 3605/30) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 330)
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| Sec. 30. Powers of the Board. | 11 |
| (a) The Board shall make all rules and regulations | 12 |
| governing
the operation of the transportation system, shall | 13 |
| determine all routings
and change the same whenever it is | 14 |
| deemed advisable by the Board,
subject to the provisions of any | 15 |
| ordinance granting rights to the
Authority. Except as provided | 16 |
| in Section 4.11(b)(5) of the "Regional Transportation
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| Authority Act", and subject to the provisions of subsection (c) | 18 |
| of this Section, the Board shall fix rates, fares and charges | 19 |
| for
transportation, provided that they shall be at all times | 20 |
| sufficient in
the aggregate to provide revenues (a) for the | 21 |
| payment of the interest on
and principal of all bonds, | 22 |
| certificates and other obligations payable
from said revenues | 23 |
| and to meet all other charges upon such revenues as
provided by | 24 |
| any trust agreement executed by the Authority in connection
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| with the issuance of bonds or certificates under this Act, (b) | 2 |
| for the
payment of all operating costs including all charges | 3 |
| which may be
incurred pursuant to Sections 29 and 39 of this | 4 |
| Act and all other costs
and charges incidental to the operation | 5 |
| of the transportation system,
(c) for the payment of all costs | 6 |
| and charges incurred pursuant to
Sections 37 and 38 of this Act | 7 |
| and any other costs and charges for
acquisition, installation, | 8 |
| construction or for replacement or
reconstruction of | 9 |
| equipment, structures or rights of way not financed
through | 10 |
| issuance of bonds or certificates under Section 12 of this Act,
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| and (d) for any compensation required to be paid to any | 12 |
| municipality for
the use of streets, subways and other public | 13 |
| ways. The Board may
provide free transportation within any | 14 |
| municipality in and by which they
are employed for firemen and | 15 |
| public health nurses, when in uniform, and
policemen when in | 16 |
| uniform or, when not in uniform, upon presentation of
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| identification as policemen, and shall provide free | 18 |
| transportation to
sworn law enforcement personnel of the Cook | 19 |
| County Sheriff's Department
when in uniform or, when not in | 20 |
| uniform, upon presentation of
identification as sworn law | 21 |
| enforcement personnel of the Cook County
Sheriff's Department, | 22 |
| and may provide free transportation for employees
of the | 23 |
| Authority when in uniform or upon presentation of | 24 |
| identification
as such employees, and may enter into agreements | 25 |
| with the United States
Post Office Department for the | 26 |
| transportation of mail, and the payment
of compensation to the |
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| Authority in lieu of fares for the transportation
of letter | 2 |
| carriers, when in uniform at all times.
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| (b) The Board may also provide free transportation, or | 4 |
| transportation at
reduced fares, to all or designated classes | 5 |
| of pupils in attendance at
public schools of school districts | 6 |
| within or partly within the
territorial limits of the | 7 |
| Authority, or in attendance at private schools
offering grades | 8 |
| of instruction comparable to those offered in public
schools, | 9 |
| under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board, and,
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| if otherwise authorized by law, the Board may contract with | 11 |
| public
school boards and representatives of private schools, | 12 |
| for reimbursement
of pupil transportation costs from public | 13 |
| funds.
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| (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning | 15 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | 16 |
| General Assembly and for a period of 2 years after the | 17 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 18 |
| Assembly, for any ticket, pass, or other charge for services, | 19 |
| other than paratransit services, the Board shall not adopt, | 20 |
| approve, or collect a fare that is more than the price of that | 21 |
| fare on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | 22 |
| General Assembly. | 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
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| (70 ILCS 3605/51) | 25 |
| Sec. 51. Free services; eligibility. |
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| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 2 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 3 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 4 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 5 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 6 |
| of, the Board shall be provided without charge to all senior | 7 |
| citizens of the Metropolitan Region (as such term is defined in | 8 |
| 70 ILCS 3615/1.03) aged 65 and older, under such conditions as | 9 |
| shall be prescribed by the Board.
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| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | 11 |
| March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | 12 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 13 |
| of, the Board shall be provided without charge to senior | 14 |
| citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income eligibility | 15 |
| limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the | 16 |
| Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and | 17 |
| Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall | 18 |
| be prescribed by the Board. The Department on Aging shall | 19 |
| furnish all information reasonably necessary to determine | 20 |
| eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are | 21 |
| eligible for services without charge under this Section. | 22 |
| Nothing in this Section shall relieve the Board from providing | 23 |
| reduced fares as may be required by federal law. | 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 25 |
| Section 20. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended |
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| by changing Section 8.6 as follows: | 2 |
| (70 ILCS 3610/8.6) | 3 |
| Sec. 8.6. Free services; eligibility. | 4 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 5 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 6 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 7 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 8 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 9 |
| of, every District shall be provided without charge to all | 10 |
| senior citizens of the District aged 65 and older, under such | 11 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the District.
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| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | 13 |
| March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | 14 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 15 |
| of, every District shall be provided without charge to senior | 16 |
| citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income eligibility | 17 |
| limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the | 18 |
| Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and | 19 |
| Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall | 20 |
| be prescribed by the District. The Department on Aging shall | 21 |
| furnish all information reasonably necessary to determine | 22 |
| eligibility, including updated lists of individuals who are | 23 |
| eligible for services without charge under this Section. | 24 |
| Nothing in this Section shall relieve the District from | 25 |
| providing reduced fares as may be required by federal law. |
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 2 |
| Section 25. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 3 |
| amended by changing Sections 2.01d, 3A.10, 3A.15, 3B.10, and | 4 |
| 3B.14 and by adding Sections 3A.10-5 and 3B.10-5 as follows: | 5 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/2.01d) | 6 |
| Sec. 2.01d. ADA Paratransit Fund. The Authority shall | 7 |
| establish an ADA Paratransit Fund and, each year, deposit into | 8 |
| that Fund the amounts directed by Section 4.03.3 of this Act | 9 |
| and any funds received from the State pursuant to | 10 |
| appropriations for the purpose of funding ADA paratransit | 11 |
| services. The amounts on deposit in the Fund and interest and | 12 |
| other earnings on those amounts shall be used by the Authority | 13 |
| to make grants to the Suburban Bus Board for ADA paratransit | 14 |
| services provided pursuant to plans approved by the Authority | 15 |
| under Section 2.30 of this Act. Funds received by the Suburban | 16 |
| Bus Board from the Authority's ADA Paratransit Fund shall be | 17 |
| used only to provide ADA paratransit services to individuals | 18 |
| who are determined to be eligible for such services by the | 19 |
| Authority under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and | 20 |
| its implementing regulations. Revenues from and costs of | 21 |
| services provided by the Suburban Bus Board with grants made | 22 |
| under this Section shall be included in the Annual Budget and | 23 |
| Two-Year Financial Program of the Suburban Bus Board and shall | 24 |
| be subject to all budgetary and financial requirements under |
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| this Act that apply to ADA paratransit services. Beginning in | 2 |
| 2008, the Executive Director shall, no later than August 15 of | 3 |
| each year, provide to the Board a written determination of the | 4 |
| projected annual costs of ADA paratransit services that are | 5 |
| required to be provided pursuant to the Americans with | 6 |
| Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations. The | 7 |
| Board shall advise the Service Boards of the estimated | 8 |
| operating deficit of the Suburban Bus Board in the provision of | 9 |
| ADA paratransit service in 2011, the amount estimated to be | 10 |
| deposited into the ADA Paratransit Fund during that year under | 11 |
| Section 4.03.3, and any projected shortfall in funding for ADA | 12 |
| paratransit services for that year. The Authority shall advise | 13 |
| the Illinois Department of Transportation of the projected | 14 |
| shortfall and request a grant of $8,500,000 in 2010 and the | 15 |
| shortfall amount in 2011, however, that request shall not | 16 |
| exceed $10,000,000. If the Board, at any time after reviewing | 17 |
| the financial condition and results of operations of ADA | 18 |
| paratransit services under Section 4.11, determines that the | 19 |
| shortfall in the ADA Paratransit Fund will exceed $8,500,000 in | 20 |
| 2010 or $10,000,000 in 2011, and other actions authorized under | 21 |
| Section 4.11 are inadequate to eliminate that revised | 22 |
| shortfall, then the Board shall authorize the issuance of | 23 |
| Working Cash Notes, subject to the provisions of Section 4.04 | 24 |
| of this Act, to fund such shortfall to the extent that it | 25 |
| exceeds these enumerated amounts. The Authority shall conduct | 26 |
| triennial financial, compliance, and performance audits of ADA |
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| paratransit services to assist in this determination. | 2 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.10)
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| Sec. 3A.10. Budget and Program. The Suburban Bus Board, | 5 |
| subject to
the powers of the Authority in Section 4.11, shall | 6 |
| control the finances
of the Division. It shall by ordinance | 7 |
| appropriate money to perform the
Division's purposes and | 8 |
| provide for payment of debts and expenses of the
Division. Each | 9 |
| year the Suburban Bus Board shall prepare and publish a | 10 |
| comprehensive
annual budget and proposed five-year capital
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| program document, and a financial plan for the 2 years
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| thereafter describing the state of the Division and presenting | 13 |
| for the forthcoming
fiscal year and the 2 following years the | 14 |
| Suburban Bus Board's plans for
such operations and capital | 15 |
| expenditures as it intends to undertake and
the means by which | 16 |
| it intends to finance them. The proposed budget,
financial | 17 |
| plan, and five-year capital program shall be based on the | 18 |
| Authority's estimate of funds to be
made available to the | 19 |
| Suburban Bus Board by or through the Authority and
shall | 20 |
| conform in all respects to the requirements established by the | 21 |
| Authority.
The proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year | 22 |
| capital program shall contain a statement of the funds | 23 |
| estimated
to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year, | 24 |
| the funds estimated to
be received from all sources for such | 25 |
| year and the funds estimated to be
on hand at the end of such |
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| year. The fiscal year of the
Division shall be the same as the | 2 |
| fiscal year of the Authority. Before
the proposed budget,
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| financial plan, and five-year capital program
are submitted to | 4 |
| the
Authority, the Suburban Bus Board shall hold at least one | 5 |
| public hearing
thereon in each of the counties in the | 6 |
| metropolitan region in which the
Division provides service. The | 7 |
| Suburban Bus Board shall hold at least
one meeting for | 8 |
| consideration of the proposed
budget, financial plan, and | 9 |
| five-year capital program with the
county board of each of the | 10 |
| several counties in the metropolitan region
in which the | 11 |
| Division provides service. After conducting such hearings
and | 12 |
| holding such meetings and after making such changes in the | 13 |
| proposed
budget, financial plan, and five-year capital program | 14 |
| as the Suburban Bus Board deems appropriate, it shall
adopt an | 15 |
| annual budget ordinance at least by November 15 next preceding
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| the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget,
financial
plan, | 17 |
| and five-year capital program shall then be submitted to the | 18 |
| Authority as provided in Section 4.11. In the event
that the | 19 |
| Board of the Authority determines that the budget
and financial | 20 |
| plan do not meet the standards of Section 4.11, the Suburban
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| Bus Board shall make such changes as are necessary to meet such | 22 |
| requirements
and adopt an amended budget ordinance. The amended | 23 |
| budget ordinance shall
be resubmitted to the Authority pursuant | 24 |
| to Section 4.11. The ordinance
shall appropriate such sums of | 25 |
| money as are deemed necessary to defray
all necessary expenses | 26 |
| and obligations of the Division, specifying purposes
and the |
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| objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the | 2 |
| amount
appropriated for each object or program. Additional | 3 |
| appropriations, transfers
between items and other changes in | 4 |
| such ordinance which do not alter the
basis upon which the | 5 |
| balanced budget determination was made by the Board
of the | 6 |
| Authority may be made from time to
time by the Suburban Bus | 7 |
| Board.
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| The budget shall:
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| (i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues | 10 |
| from all sources including
operating subsidies and (B) the | 11 |
| costs of providing the services specified
and of funding | 12 |
| any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
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| periods, including provision for payment when due of | 14 |
| principal and interest
on outstanding indebtedness;
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| (ii) show cash balances including the proceeds of any | 16 |
| anticipated cash
flow borrowing sufficient to pay with | 17 |
| reasonable promptness all costs and
expenses as incurred;
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| (iii) subject to the provisions of Section 3A.10-5 of | 19 |
| this Act, provide for a level of fares or charges and | 20 |
| operating or administrative
costs for the public | 21 |
| transportation provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
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| of the Suburban Bus Board sufficient
to allow the Suburban | 23 |
| Bus Board to meet its required system generated revenues
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| recovery ratio and, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, | 25 |
| its system generated ADA paratransit services revenue | 26 |
| recovery ratio;
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| (iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and | 2 |
| projections which are reasonable
and prudent;
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| (v) have been prepared in accordance with sound | 4 |
| financial practices as
determined by the Board of the | 5 |
| Authority;
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| (vi) meet such other uniform financial, budgetary, or | 7 |
| fiscal requirements
that the Board of the Authority may by | 8 |
| rule or regulation establish; and
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| (vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives | 10 |
| adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the | 11 |
| Strategic Plan.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.10-5 new) | 14 |
| Sec. 3A.10-5. Prohibition on fare increases. | 15 |
| Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the | 16 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 17 |
| Assembly and for a period of 2 years after the effective date | 18 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, for any | 19 |
| ticket, pass, or other charge for services, other than | 20 |
| paratransit services, the Suburban Bus Board shall not adopt, | 21 |
| approve, or collect a fare that is more than the price of that | 22 |
| fare on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | 23 |
| General Assembly. | 24 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.15) |
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| Sec. 3A.15. Free services; eligibility. | 2 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 3 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 4 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 5 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 6 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 7 |
| of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be provided without charge to | 8 |
| all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged 65 and | 9 |
| older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the | 10 |
| Suburban Bus Board. | 11 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | 12 |
| March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | 13 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 14 |
| of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be provided without charge to | 15 |
| senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income | 16 |
| eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section | 17 |
| 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | 18 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | 19 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Suburban Bus Board. | 20 |
| The Department on Aging shall furnish all information | 21 |
| reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including | 22 |
| updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services | 23 |
| without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section | 24 |
| shall relieve the Suburban Bus Board from providing reduced | 25 |
| fares as may be required by federal law.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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| (70 ILCS 3615/3B.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.10)
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| Sec. 3B.10. Budget and Program. The Commuter Rail Board, | 3 |
| subject to
the powers of the Authority in Section 4.11, shall | 4 |
| control the finances
of the Division. It shall by ordinance | 5 |
| appropriate money to perform the
Division's purposes and | 6 |
| provide for payment of debts and expenses of the
Division. Each | 7 |
| year the Commuter Rail Board shall prepare and publish a
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| comprehensive annual budget and proposed five-year capital
| 9 |
| program document, and a financial plan for
the two years | 10 |
| thereafter describing the state of the Division and presenting
| 11 |
| for the forthcoming fiscal year and the two following years the | 12 |
| Commuter
Rail Board's plans for such operations and capital | 13 |
| expenditures as the Commuter
Rail Board intends to undertake | 14 |
| and the means by which it intends to finance
them. The proposed | 15 |
| budget,
financial plan, and five-year capital program shall be | 16 |
| based on the Authority's
estimate of funds to be made available | 17 |
| to the Commuter Rail Board by or through
the Authority and | 18 |
| shall conform in all respects to the requirements established
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| by the Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and | 20 |
| five-year capital program shall contain a statement
of the | 21 |
| funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal | 22 |
| year,
the funds estimated to be received from all sources for | 23 |
| such year and the
funds estimated to be on hand at the end of | 24 |
| such year.
The fiscal year of the Division shall be the same as | 25 |
| the fiscal
year of the Authority. Before the proposed budget,
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| financial
plan, and five-year capital program are submitted to | 2 |
| the Authority, the Commuter Rail Board shall hold
at least one | 3 |
| public hearing thereon in each of the counties in the | 4 |
| metropolitan
region in which the Division provides service. The | 5 |
| Commuter Rail Board
shall hold at least one meeting for | 6 |
| consideration of the proposed budget, financial plan, and | 7 |
| five-year capital plan with the county board of each of the | 8 |
| several counties in the
metropolitan region in which the | 9 |
| Division provides service. After conducting
such hearings and | 10 |
| holding such meetings and after making such changes in
the | 11 |
| proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year capital plan
as | 12 |
| the Commuter Rail Board deems appropriate,
the board shall | 13 |
| adopt its annual budget ordinance at least by November 15 next
| 14 |
| preceding
the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget,
| 15 |
| financial
plan, and five-year capital program
shall then be | 16 |
| submitted to the Authority as provided in Section 4.11.
In the | 17 |
| event that the Board of the Authority determines that the | 18 |
| budget
and program, and financial plan do not meet the | 19 |
| standards of Section 4.11,
the Commuter Rail Board shall make | 20 |
| such changes as are necessary to meet
such requirements and | 21 |
| adopt an amended budget ordinance. The amended budget
ordinance | 22 |
| shall be resubmitted to the Authority pursuant to Section 4.11. | 23 |
| The ordinance
shall appropriate such sums of money as are | 24 |
| deemed necessary to defray all
necessary expenses and | 25 |
| obligations of the Division, specifying purposes
and the | 26 |
| objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the |
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| amount
appropriated for each object or program. Additional | 2 |
| appropriations, transfers
between items and other changes in | 3 |
| such ordinance which do not alter the
basis upon which the | 4 |
| balanced budget determination was made by the Board
of the | 5 |
| Authority may be made from time to time by the Commuter Rail | 6 |
| Board.
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| The budget shall:
| 8 |
| (i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues | 9 |
| from all sources including
operating subsidies and (B) the | 10 |
| costs of providing the services specified
and of funding | 11 |
| any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
| 12 |
| periods, including provision for payment when due of | 13 |
| principal and interest
on outstanding indebtedness;
| 14 |
| (ii) show cash balances including the proceeds of any | 15 |
| anticipated cash
flow borrowing sufficient to pay with | 16 |
| reasonable promptness all costs
and expenses as incurred;
| 17 |
| (iii) subject to the provisions of Section 3B.10-5 of | 18 |
| this Act, provide for a level of fares or charges for the | 19 |
| public transportation
provided by or subject to the | 20 |
| jurisdiction of such Commuter Rail Board sufficient
to | 21 |
| allow the Commuter Rail Board to meet its required system | 22 |
| generated
revenue recovery ratio;
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| (iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and | 24 |
| projections which the Board
of the Authority finds to be | 25 |
| reasonable and prudent;
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| (v) have been prepared in accordance with sound |
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| financial practices as
determined by the Board of the | 2 |
| Authority;
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| (vi) meet such other uniform financial, budgetary, or | 4 |
| fiscal requirements
that the Board of the Authority may by | 5 |
| rule or regulation establish; and
| 6 |
| (vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives | 7 |
| adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the | 8 |
| Strategic Plan.
| 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 10 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/3B.10-5 new) | 11 |
| Sec. 3B.10-5. Prohibition on fare increases. | 12 |
| Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the | 13 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 14 |
| Assembly and for a period of 2 years after the effective date | 15 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, for any | 16 |
| ticket, pass, or other charge for services, other than | 17 |
| paratransit services, the Commuter Rail Board shall not adopt, | 18 |
| approve, or collect a fare that is more than the price of that | 19 |
| fare on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | 20 |
| General Assembly. | 21 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14) | 22 |
| Sec. 3B.14. Free services; eligibility. | 23 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 24 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 2 |
| implemented , any fixed route public transportation services | 3 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 4 |
| of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be provided without charge to | 5 |
| all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged 65 and | 6 |
| older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the | 7 |
| Commuter Rail Board. | 8 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on | 9 |
| March 1, 2010, any fixed route public transportation services | 10 |
| provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts | 11 |
| of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be provided without charge to | 12 |
| senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet the income | 13 |
| eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section | 14 |
| 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | 15 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | 16 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Commuter Rail Board. | 17 |
| The Department on Aging shall furnish all information | 18 |
| reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including | 19 |
| updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services | 20 |
| without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section | 21 |
| shall relieve the Commuter Rail Board from providing reduced | 22 |
| fares as may be required by federal law.
| 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 |
| becoming law.".
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