Full Text of HB4623 96th General Assembly
HB4623sam004 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
Filed: 5/4/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4623
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4623, AS AMENDED, by | 3 |
| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is | 6 |
| amended by changing Section 2-15.2 as follows: | 7 |
| (30 ILCS 740/2-15.2) | 8 |
| Sec. 2-15.2. Free services; eligibility. | 9 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 10 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 11 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 12 |
| implemented and then beginning again when subsection (b) | 13 |
| becomes inoperative , any fixed route public transportation | 14 |
| services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service | 15 |
| contracts of, every participant, as defined in Section 2-2.02 | 16 |
| (1)(a), shall be provided without charge to all senior citizen |
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| residents of the participant aged 65 and older, under such | 2 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the participant. | 3 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 4 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 5 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 6 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 7 |
| of service contracts of, every participant, as defined in | 8 |
| Section 2-2.02 (1)(a), shall be provided without charge to | 9 |
| senior citizens aged 65 and older who have an annual household | 10 |
| income that does not exceed for households of one person 150%, | 11 |
| for households of 2 persons 150%, or for households with 3 or | 12 |
| more persons 125% of the income eligibility limitation set | 13 |
| forth in subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens | 14 |
| and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical | 15 |
| Assistance Act, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 16 |
| the participant. The Department on Aging shall furnish all | 17 |
| information reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, | 18 |
| including updated lists of individuals who are eligible for | 19 |
| services without charge under this Section. Nothing in this | 20 |
| Section shall relieve the participant from providing reduced | 21 |
| fares as may be required by federal law. | 22 |
| This subsection (b) becomes inoperative 2 years after the | 23 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 24 |
| Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) |
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| Section 10. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | 2 |
| amended by changing Section 51 as follows: | 3 |
| (70 ILCS 3605/51) | 4 |
| Sec. 51. Free services; eligibility. | 5 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 6 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 7 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 8 |
| implemented and then beginning again when subsection (b) | 9 |
| becomes inoperative , any fixed route public transportation | 10 |
| services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service | 11 |
| contracts of, the Board shall be provided without charge to all | 12 |
| senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region (as such term is | 13 |
| defined in 70 ILCS 3615/1.03) aged 65 and older, under such | 14 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board.
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| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 16 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 17 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 18 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 19 |
| of service contracts of, the Board shall be provided without | 20 |
| charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older who have an annual | 21 |
| household income that does not exceed for households of one | 22 |
| person 150%, for households of 2 persons 150%, or for | 23 |
| households with 3 or more persons 125% of the income | 24 |
| eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section | 25 |
| 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax |
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| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | 2 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board. The Department | 3 |
| on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably necessary to | 4 |
| determine eligibility, including updated lists of individuals | 5 |
| who are eligible for services without charge under this | 6 |
| Section. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the Board from | 7 |
| providing reduced fares as may be required by federal law. | 8 |
| This subsection (b) becomes inoperative 2 years after the | 9 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 10 |
| Assembly. | 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 12 |
| Section 15. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended | 13 |
| by changing Section 8.6 as follows: | 14 |
| (70 ILCS 3610/8.6) | 15 |
| Sec. 8.6. Free services; eligibility. | 16 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 17 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 18 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 19 |
| implemented and then beginning again when subsection (b) | 20 |
| becomes inoperative , any fixed route public transportation | 21 |
| services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service | 22 |
| contracts of, every District shall be provided without charge | 23 |
| to all senior citizens of the District aged 65 and older, under | 24 |
| such conditions as shall be prescribed by the District.
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| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 2 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 3 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 4 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 5 |
| of service contracts of, every District shall be provided | 6 |
| without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older who have an | 7 |
| annual household income that does not exceed for households of | 8 |
| one person 150%, for households of 2 persons 150%, or for | 9 |
| households with 3 or more persons 125% of the income | 10 |
| eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of Section | 11 |
| 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax | 12 |
| Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | 13 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the District. The | 14 |
| Department on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably | 15 |
| necessary to determine eligibility, including updated lists of | 16 |
| individuals who are eligible for services without charge under | 17 |
| this Section. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the | 18 |
| District from providing reduced fares as may be required by | 19 |
| federal law. | 20 |
| This subsection (b) becomes inoperative 2 years after the | 21 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 22 |
| Assembly. | 23 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 24 |
| Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 25 |
| amended by changing Sections 3A.15 and 3B.14 as follows: |
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| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.15) | 2 |
| Sec. 3A.15. Free services; eligibility. | 3 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 4 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 5 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 6 |
| implemented and then beginning again when subsection (b) | 7 |
| becomes inoperative , any fixed route public transportation | 8 |
| services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service | 9 |
| contracts of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be provided without | 10 |
| charge to all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged | 11 |
| 65 and older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 12 |
| the Suburban Bus Board. | 13 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 14 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 15 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public | 16 |
| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 17 |
| of service contracts of, the Suburban Bus Board shall be | 18 |
| provided without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older | 19 |
| who have an annual household income that does not exceed for | 20 |
| households of one person 150%, for households of 2 persons | 21 |
| 150%, or for households with 3 or more persons 125% of the | 22 |
| income eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of | 23 |
| Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property | 24 |
| Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | 25 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Suburban Bus Board. |
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| The Department on Aging shall furnish all information | 2 |
| reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including | 3 |
| updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services | 4 |
| without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section | 5 |
| shall relieve the Suburban Bus Board from providing reduced | 6 |
| fares as may be required by federal law.
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| This subsection (b) becomes inoperative 2 years after the | 8 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 9 |
| Assembly. | 10 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.) | 11 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14) | 12 |
| Sec. 3B.14. Free services; eligibility. | 13 |
| (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 14 |
| 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 15 |
| the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is | 16 |
| implemented and then beginning again when subsection (b) | 17 |
| becomes inoperative , any fixed route public transportation | 18 |
| services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service | 19 |
| contracts of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be provided without | 20 |
| charge to all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged | 21 |
| 65 and older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by | 22 |
| the Commuter Rail Board. | 23 |
| (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than | 24 |
| 180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 25 |
| the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public |
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| transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase | 2 |
| of service contracts of, the Commuter Rail Board shall be | 3 |
| provided without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older | 4 |
| who have an annual household income that does not exceed for | 5 |
| households of one person 150%, for households of 2 persons | 6 |
| 150%, or for households with 3 or more persons 125% of the | 7 |
| income eligibility limitation set forth in subsection (a-5) of | 8 |
| Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property | 9 |
| Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, under such | 10 |
| conditions as shall be prescribed by the Commuter Rail Board. | 11 |
| The Department on Aging shall furnish all information | 12 |
| reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including | 13 |
| updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services | 14 |
| without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section | 15 |
| shall relieve the Commuter Rail Board from providing reduced | 16 |
| fares as may be required by federal law.
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| This subsection (b) becomes inoperative 2 years after the | 18 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 19 |
| Assembly. | 20 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.".
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