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91_SB1953
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1 AN ACT concerning mass transit.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by adding Section 2705-320 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 2705/2705-320 new)
7 Sec. 2705-320. Build Illinois Transit Program; new
8 facilities and service.
9 (a) The Department of Transportation must establish the
10 Build Illinois Transit Program to develop and maintain a
11 safe, affordable, comprehensive, attractive, and reliable
12 public transit system in Illinois. The Build Illinois
13 Transit Program shall provide for the repair, construction,
14 and acquisition of property and equipment for mass
15 transportation facilities and new or expanded mass
16 transportation service and facilities, including rapid
17 transit, rail, bus, and other equipment used in connection
18 with mass transit, by the State, a public entity, or 2 or
19 more of these entities authorized to provide and promote
20 public transportation within the State in order to expand
21 public transit service in the City of Chicago and the entire
22 State of Illinois and to ensure that the physical
23 infrastructure for public transit, including tracks, signals,
24 crossings, buses, and trains, are all safe and up-to-date.
25 Build Illinois Transit Program expenditures for mass
26 transportation service and facilities within the State must:
27 (1) Maximize federal funds for the assistance of
28 mass transportation facilities in Illinois.
29 (2) Facilitate the movement of all persons,
30 including those persons who, because of age, economic
31 circumstance, or physical infirmity, are unable to drive.
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1 (3) Contribute to an improved environment through
2 the reduction of air, water, and noise pollution.
3 (4) Reduce traffic congestion and suburban highway
4 and road sprawl.
5 (5) Facilitate the transportation of Illinois
6 residents to places of employment and to commercial,
7 medical, and shopping districts.
8 (6) Increase the frequency and reliability of
9 public transit service.
10 (b) For the purpose of this Section:
11 "Carrier" means any public or private entity authorized
12 to provide mass transportation within the State.
13 "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used
14 in or appurtenant to a mass transportation system.
15 "Mass transportation" means transportation provided
16 within the State by rapid transit, rail, bus, or other
17 conveyance available to the public on a regular and
18 continuing basis.
19 "Unit of local government" has the meaning provided in
20 Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
21 (c) Under the Build Illinois Transit Program, the
22 Department may (i) enter into contracts for new mass
23 transportation facilities and (ii) make grants, funded by the
24 bonds authorized in subsection (b-5) of Section 4 of the
25 General Obligation Bond Act. For the payment of the
26 principal and interest on the bonds, the Comptroller must
27 order transferred and the Treasurer must transfer
28 $293,000,000 annually from the General Revenue Fund to the
29 Build Illinois Transit Program Fund, a special fund created
30 in the State Treasury, until the bonds are retired.
31 (d) The Department must make Build Illinois Transit
32 grants for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, unless otherwise
33 specified, to units of local government and carriers for
34 repair, construction, and acquisition of property and
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1 equipment for mass transportation facilities and new or
2 expanded mass transportation service and facilities. The
3 grants must be made upon the terms and conditions as in the
4 judgment of the Secretary are necessary to ensure their
5 proper and effective use. The Department must make grants
6 for the repair, construction, and acquisition of property and
7 equipment for mass transportation facilities and new or
8 expanded mass transportation service and facilities to:
9 (1) the Chicago Transit Authority to:
10 (A) Complete the capital construction needs
11 listed as unfunded in the approved 2000-2004 capital
12 budget plan for the Chicago Transit Authority.
13 (B) Purchase up to 585 new buses and 537 new
14 rail cars, including hiring sufficient maintenance
15 personnel to keep the equipment safe and operating.
16 The new buses and rail cars shall be used to expand
17 service levels (specifically service miles and
18 service frequency) in the system.
19 (C) Initiate planning, design, and
20 implementation of (i) the 3 major expansion projects
21 identified in the Chicago Area Transportation Study
22 2020 Regional Plan, (ii) the expansion of the CTA
23 Blue line to Schaumburg, and (iii) a 3-year plan
24 beginning in 2001 to increase transit ridership by
25 reducing fares to a level comparable to the level of
26 inflation since 1980.
27 (2) Metra and Pace to implement the recommendations
28 and needs identified in their report, Future Agenda for
29 Suburban Transportation (prepared in 1993) to:
30 (A) Accelerate the repair and upgrade of Metra
31 tracks, signals, bridges, and stations and the
32 purchase of new rolling stock to expand service
33 levels; and initiate planning to construct
34 interchanges between CTA and Metra where their
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1 tracks are in close proximity.
2 (B) Expand the level of service offered by Pace
3 to meet the fiscal year 2010 goal stated in the Pace
4 capital plan for 2000-2010 by purchasing 2,200 new
5 fixed route and paratransit buses for Pace;
6 construct garages and maintenance facilities to
7 maintain them; and complete construction of the
8 proposed 96 Park-N-Ride facilities.
9 (3) Other transit systems in Illinois to implement
10 the recommendations and needs identified in the Capital
11 Vision Project prepared by the Illinois Public Transit
12 Association to replace 900 existing buses, paratransit
13 vehicles, and maintenance vehicles and purchase 800 new
14 buses, paratransit vehicles, and maintenance vehicles
15 along with necessary computer and administrative centers
16 and garages to keep the system operating safely.
17 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
18 Sections 5.541, 5.542, and 6z-49 as follows:
19 (30 ILCS 105/5.541 new)
20 Sec. 5.541. The Build Illinois Transit Program Fund.
21 (30 ILCS 105/5.542 new)
22 Sec. 5.542. The Build Illinois Transit Operations
23 Program Fund.
24 (30 ILCS 105/6z-49 new)
25 Sec. 6z-49. Build Illinois Transit Operations Program
26 Fund.
27 (a) The Build Illinois Transit Operations Program Fund
28 is created as a special fund in the State Treasury to provide
29 supplemental operating funds, in addition to any operating
30 funds provided through the Regional Transportation Authority
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1 Act or the Downstate Public Transportation Act, to entities
2 authorized to provide and promote public transportation
3 within the State for new or expanded mass transportation
4 service and facilities, including rapid transit, rail, bus,
5 and other equipment used in connection with mass transit,
6 created under the Build Illinois Transit Program.
7 (b) In each of the following fiscal years the
8 Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall
9 transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Build Illinois
10 Transit Operations Fund the following amounts:
11 (1) In fiscal year 2001, $31,000,000.
12 (2) In fiscal year 2002, $84,000,000.
13 (3) In fiscal year 2003, $188,000,000.
14 (4) In fiscal year 2004, $248,000,000.
15 (5) In fiscal year 2005, $266,000,000.
16 (c) The Department of Transportation must make the
17 operating funds available to units of local government or
18 carriers for supplemental operating costs associated with new
19 or expanded mass transportation service and facilities
20 created under the Build Illinois Transit Program. The grants
21 must be made upon the terms and conditions as in the judgment
22 of the Secretary are necessary to ensure their proper and
23 effective use. Subject to appropriation, the Department must
24 make the following grants for the operation of new or
25 expanded mass transportation service and facilities to:
26 (1) The Chicago Transit Authority for operating up
27 to an additional 585 buses and 537 rail cars as follows:
28 (A) In fiscal year 2001, $15,000,000.
29 (B) In fiscal year 2002, $52,000,000.
30 (C) In fiscal year 2003, $137,000,000.
31 (D) In fiscal year 2004, $170,000,000.
32 (E) In fiscal year 2005, $170,000,000.
33 (2) Pace for operating up to 1,160 buses and 1,040
34 paratransit service vehicles as follows:
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1 (A) In fiscal year 2001, $6,000,000.
2 (B) In fiscal year 2002, $13,000,000.
3 (C) In fiscal year 2003, $22,000,000.
4 (D) In fiscal year 2004, $39,000,000.
5 (E) In fiscal year 2005, $48,000,000.
6 (3) Transit systems outside the Chicago urbanized
7 area to operate 900 replacement buses and 800 new buses
8 in addition to administrative and maintenance facilities
9 as follows:
10 (A) In fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000.
11 (B) In fiscal year 2002, $19,000,000.
12 (C) In fiscal year 2003, $29,000,000.
13 (D) In fiscal year 2004, $39,000,000.
14 (E) In fiscal year 2005, $48,000,000.
15 Section 15. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended
16 by changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows:
17 (30 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 652)
18 Sec. 2. Authorization for Bonds. The State of Illinois
19 is authorized to issue, sell and provide for the retirement
20 of General Obligation Bonds of the State of Illinois in the
21 total amount of $19,752,847,592 $16,177,847,592 herein called
22 "Bonds".
23 Of the total amount of bonds authorized above, up to
24 $2,200,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be
25 issued and sold in accordance with the Baccalaureate Savings
26 Act in the form of General Obligation College Savings Bonds.
27 Of the total amount of bonds authorized above, up to
28 $300,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be
29 issued and sold in accordance with the Retirement Savings Act
30 in the form of General Obligation Retirement Savings Bonds.
31 The issuance and sale of Bonds pursuant to the General
32 Obligation Bond Act is an economical and efficient method of
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1 financing the capital needs of the State. This Act will
2 permit the issuance of a multi-purpose General Obligation
3 Bond with uniform terms and features. This will not only
4 lower the cost of registration but also reduce the overall
5 cost of issuing debt by improving the marketability of
6 Illinois General Obligation Bonds.
7 Bonds shall be issued for the categories and specific
8 purposes expressed in Sections 2 through 8 and Section 16 of
9 this Act.
10 (Source: P.A. 90-1, eff. 2-20-97; 90-8, eff. 12-8-97; 90-549,
11 eff. 12-8-97; 90-586, eff. 6-4-98; 91-39, eff. 6-15-99;
12 91-53, eff 6-30-99.)
13 (30 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 654)
14 Sec. 4. Transportation. The amount of $8,887,270,000
15 $5,312,270,000 is authorized for use by the Department of
16 Transportation for the specific purpose of promoting and
17 assuring rapid, efficient, and safe highway, air and mass
18 transportation for the inhabitants of the State by providing
19 monies, including the making of grants and loans, for the
20 acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension and
21 improvement of the following transportation facilities and
22 equipment, and for the acquisition of real property and
23 interests in real property required or expected to be
24 required in connection therewith as follows:
25 (a) $3,431,000,000 for State highways, arterial
26 highways, freeways, roads, bridges, structures separating
27 highways and railroads and roads, and bridges on roads
28 maintained by counties, municipalities, townships or road
29 districts for the following specific purposes:
30 (1) $3,330,000,000 for use statewide,
31 (2) $3,641,000 for use outside the Chicago
32 urbanized area,
33 (3) $7,543,000 for use within the Chicago urbanized
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1 area,
2 (4) $13,060,600 for use within the City of Chicago,
3 (5) $57,894,500 for use within the counties of
4 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, and
5 (6) $18,860,900 for use outside the counties of
6 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
7 (b) $1,529,670,000 for rail facilities and for mass
8 transit facilities, as defined in Section 2705-305 of the
9 Department of Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305),
10 including rapid transit, rail, bus and other equipment used
11 in connection therewith by the State or any unit of local
12 government, special transportation district, municipal
13 corporation or other corporation or public authority
14 authorized to provide and promote public transportation
15 within the State or two or more of the foregoing jointly, for
16 the following specific purposes:
17 (1) $1,433,870,000 statewide,
18 (2) $83,350,000 for use within the counties of
19 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,
20 (3) $12,450,000 for use outside the counties of
21 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
22 (b-5) 3,575,000,000 for mass transit facilities, as
23 defined in Section 2705-305 of the Department of
24 Transportation Law in the Civil Administrative Code of
25 Illinois, including rapid transit, rail, bus, and other
26 equipment used in connection therewith by the State, any unit
27 of local government, special transportation district,
28 municipal corporation, or other public authority authorized
29 to provide and promote public transportation within the
30 State, or 2 or more of the foregoing jointly, for the
31 following specific purposes:
32 (1) $1,300,000,000 for use within the City of
33 Chicago and Cook county by the Chicago Transit Authority
34 to complete the capital construction needs listed as
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1 unfunded in the approved 2000-2004 capital budget plan
2 for the Chicago Transit Authority.
3 (2) $575,000,000 for use within the City of Chicago
4 and Cook County by the Chicago Transit Authority to
5 purchase up to 585 new buses and 537 new rail cars,
6 including hiring sufficient maintenance personnel to keep
7 the equipment safe and operating.
8 (3) $375,000,000 for use within the City of Chicago
9 and Cook County by the Chicago Transit Authority to
10 initiate planning, design, and implementation of (i) the
11 3 major expansion projects identified in the Chicago Area
12 Transportation Study 2020 Regional Plan, (ii) the
13 expansion of the CTA Blue line to Schaumburg, and (iii) a
14 3-year plan beginning in 2001 to increase transit
15 ridership by reducing fares to a level comparable to the
16 level of inflation since 1980.
17 (4) $300,000,000 for use within the counties of
18 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will by Metra to
19 accelerate the repair and upgrade of Metra tracks,
20 signals, bridges, and stations and the purchase of new
21 rolling stock to expand service levels; and initiate
22 planning to construct interchanges between CTA and Metra
23 where their tracks are in close proximity.
24 (5) $775,000,000 for use within the counties of
25 Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will by Pace to
26 expand the level of service offered by Pace to meet the
27 fiscal year 2010 goal stated in the Pace capital plan for
28 2000-2010 by purchasing 2,200 new fixed route and
29 paratransit buses for Pace; construct garages and
30 maintenance facilities to maintain them; and complete
31 construction of the proposed 96 Park-N-Ride facilities.
32 (6) $250,000,000 for use outside the Chicago
33 urbanized area to replace 900 existing buses, paratransit
34 vehicles, and maintenance vehicles and purchase 800 new
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1 buses, paratransit vehicles, and maintenance vehicles
2 along with necessary computer and administrative centers
3 and garages to keep the system operating safely.
4 (c) $351,600,000 for airport or aviation facilities and
5 any equipment used in connection therewith, including
6 engineering and land acquisition costs, by the State or any
7 unit of local government, special transportation district,
8 municipal corporation or other corporation or public
9 authority authorized to provide public transportation within
10 the State, or two or more of the foregoing acting jointly.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-8, eff. 12-8-97 (changed from 6-1-98 by P.A.
12 90-549); 90-586, eff. 6-4-98; 91-39, eff. 6-15-99; 91-239,
13 eff. 1-1-00; revised 8-6-99.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
15 1, 2000.".