HB1597sam003 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 10/29/2009

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1597

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1597, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. 2, by replacing everything from line 8 on page 7 through line 23 on page 9 with the following:

"amended by changing Section 51 as follows:"; and

on page 12, by replacing lines 3 and 4 with the following: "amended by changing Sections 2.01d, 2.04, 3A.15, and 3B.14 as follows:"; and

by replacing everything from line 3 on page 14 through line 23 on page 17 with the following:

"(70 ILCS 3615/2.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.04)

Sec. 2.04. Fares and Nature of Service.

(a) Whenever a Service Board provides any public transportation by operating public transportation facilities, the Service Board shall provide for the level and nature of fares or charges to be made for such services, and the nature and standards of public transportation to be so provided that meet the goals and objectives adopted by the Authority in the Strategic Plan. Provided, however that if the Board adopts a budget and financial plan for a Service Board in accordance with the provisions in Section 4.11(b)(5), the Board may consistent with the terms of any purchase of service contract provide for the level and nature of fares to be made for such services under the jurisdiction of that Service Board, and the nature and standards of public transportation to be so provided.

(b) Whenever a Service Board provides any public transportation pursuant to grants made after June 30, 1975, to transportation agencies for operating expenses (other than with regard to experimental programs) or pursuant to any purchase of service agreement, the purchase of service agreement or grant contract shall provide for the level and nature of fares or charges to be made for such services, and the nature and standards of public transportation to be so provided. A Service Board shall require all transportation agencies with which it contracts, or from which it purchases transportation services or to which it makes grants to provide half fare transportation for their student riders if any of such agencies provide for half fare transportation to their student riders.

(c) In so providing for the fares or charges and the nature and standards of public transportation, any purchase of service agreements or grant contracts shall provide, among other matters, for the terms or cost of transfers or interconnections between different modes of transportation and different public transportation agencies, schedules or routes of such service, changes which may be made in such service, the nature and condition of the facilities used in providing service, the manner of collection and disposition of fares or charges, the records and reports to be kept and made concerning such service, for interchangeable tickets or other coordinated or uniform methods of collection of charges, and shall further require that the transportation agency comply with any determination made by the Board of the Authority under and subject to the provisions of Section 2.12b of this Act. In regard to any such service, the Authority and the Service Boards shall give attention to and may undertake programs to promote use of public transportation and to provide coordinated ticket sales and passenger information. In the case of a grant to a transportation agency which remains subject to Illinois Commerce Commission supervision and regulation, the Service Boards shall exercise the powers set forth in this Section in a manner consistent with such supervision and regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in this amendatory act of the 96th General Assembly, no Service Board shall increase fares or charges for public transportation services provided in 2010 or 2011.

(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)"; and

by deleting everything from line 1 on page 19 through line 20 on page 22.