(30 ILCS 740/3-9) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 697)
Sec. 3-9.
(a) Upon a determination by the Department that a proposed
project is in compliance with the provisions of this Article, and upon
approval thereof by the Department and the federal Department of
Transportation, the Department shall enter into one or more grant
agreements with and shall make grants to that participant as necessary to
implement the adopted project.
(b) All grants by the Department pursuant to this Article shall be
administered upon such conditions as the Secretary of Transportation shall
determine, consistent with the provisions and purposes of this Article and
consistent with Section 18 and the federal Department of Transportation
regulations and requirements thereunder.
The Department may make grants to any participant for an amount not to
exceed 50% of the projected operating deficit, 80% of the projected
eligible administrative expenses and/or 80% of any proposed capital
expenditure upon the participant paying or committing for payment funds which,
together with funds available under this Article, will be sufficient to
meet the total eligible operating expenses or the total project costs, as
the case may be, as set forth in the Agreement between the Department and
the participant.
(c) Payment and/or reimbursement for services provided by a participant
shall not exceed the difference between the total of eligible operating
expense plus the eligible administrative expenses for
the service and the amounts received by the participant for such services
from any other source.
(d) In addition to the grant of Section 18 moneys provided for in
subsection (b) above, the Department shall make grants from State moneys to
any participant who is eligible to receive federal operating assistance
funds under Section 18, in an amount not to exceed 25% of its operating
deficit, excepting those participants eligible to receive funds under
Article II of the Downstate Public Transportation Act during fiscal year
1990 or any year thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 86-1005.)
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