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92_SR0271

 
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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,   This   General   Assembly    has    heretofore
 3    appropriated  $40  million  in  the  State's Fiscal Year 2002
 4    Budget to the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) for the
 5    purpose of making grants to its Service Boards  to  subsidize
 6    the  provision  of  reduced  fare  transit  for  the elderly,
 7    students, and the  disabled  (P.A.  92-8,  Art.  52,  Section
 8    19b1); and

 9        WHEREAS,  It  is  the  understanding  of  this  House  of
10    Representatives  that  a  commitment  to  fund the RTA at $40
11    million per year for these purposes was an integral component
12    of the 2001 Illinois First program; and

13        WHEREAS, Proposed budgets of  the  RTA  and  its  Service
14    Boards the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and PACE for their
15    fiscal years commencing January 1, 2002 have been prepared in
16    full reliance on the existing Fiscal Year 2002 appropriation;
17    and

18        WHEREAS,  These  appropriated funds are necessary for the
19    maintenance of service by PACE and CTA; and

20        WHEREAS, On  November  27,  2001,  Governor  George  Ryan
21    announced  that it was his intent not to expend $4 million of
22    the  Fiscal  Year  2002  appropriation  for  these  purposes;
23    therefore, be it

24        RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-SECOND  GENERAL
25    ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, that we urge Governor
26    George  Ryan  to  fully  honor  the  aforesaid  duly  enacted
27    statutory appropriation and provide $40 million  to  the  RTA
28    for these purposes in Fiscal Year 2002; and be it further

29        RESOLVED,  That  the  Senate  urges  that  the Governor's
30    Fiscal  Year  2003   Budget   be   prepared   requesting   an
31    appropriation  of  no  less  than $40 million for the RTA for
 
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 1    these purposes; and be it further

 2        RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented  to
 3    the Governor of the State of Illinois.

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