Full Text of SB1842 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 9 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3610/9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 359)
| 7 | | Sec. 9. Discontinuance. | 8 | | (a) Whenever the Board of Trustees of any District shall
| 9 | | determine that there is no longer a public need for its | 10 | | transportation
services or that other adequate services are or | 11 | | can be made available,
and that it should terminate its | 12 | | existence and services, it may by
resolution so certify to the | 13 | | participating municipalities and counties
which created it. If | 14 | | the participating municipalities and counties
approve of such | 15 | | discontinuance, they may by ordinance or resolution, as
the | 16 | | case may be, authorize the District to discontinue its services | 17 | | and
wind up its affairs. A copy of such ordinance or resolution | 18 | | or both,
shall be filed with the county or municipal clerk or | 19 | | clerks and the
Secretary of State. After payment of all its | 20 | | debts and settlement of all
obligations and claims, any funds | 21 | | remaining after the sale and
disposition of its property shall | 22 | | be disposed of by payment to the
treasurer of the county or | 23 | | municipality which created it, or if created
by 2 or more |
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| 1 | | municipalities or counties, by payment to the several
| 2 | | treasurers, first, to repay in whole or pro rata, funds | 3 | | advanced to the
authority, and the balance, if any, pro rata | 4 | | according to the length of
scheduled transportation route miles | 5 | | operated in the several
municipalities and unincorporated | 6 | | areas of the several counties during
the preceding calendar | 7 | | year.
| 8 | | (b) Whenever the Board of Trustees of any District created | 9 | | under the provisions of Section 3.1 determines that there is no | 10 | | longer a public need for its existence or services, it may | 11 | | discontinue its existence by passing an ordinance or resolution | 12 | | stating that the District shall cease its existence on the date | 13 | | stated therein or, if no date is stated therein, on the date | 14 | | the ordinance or resolution was passed. A certified copy of the | 15 | | ordinance or resolution shall be filed with the Secretary of | 16 | | State and with the County Clerk of each county within the | 17 | | boundary of the District. The funds remaining after the payment | 18 | | of all debts and settlement of all obligations and claims shall | 19 | | be paid over on a pro rata basis based on area as follows: | 20 | | (1) to the Treasurer of each municipality that was in | 21 | | whole or in part within the boundary of the District; and | 22 | | (2) to the Treasurer of each county in which any | 23 | | unincorporated area of the county was within the boundary | 24 | | of the District. | 25 | | (c) Prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 26 | | the 98th General Assembly, if the Board of Trustees of any |
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| 1 | | District created under Section 3.1 of this Act passed an | 2 | | ordinance or resolution intended to effect a dissolution of its | 3 | | existence, the discontinuation of that District is confirmed as | 4 | | valid and effective on the date set forth in the ordinance or | 5 | | resolution or, if no date is stated therein, on the date the | 6 | | ordinance or resolution was passed. | 7 | | (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1635.)
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