92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0185
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House Sponsors:
FOWLER-BOST.

Senate Sponsors:
LUECHTEFELD-WOOLARD

Short description: 
DOWNSTATE PUBLIC TRANS ACT                                                 

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act.  Includes in  the      
   definition  of  "participant"  a local mass transit district organized      
   under the Local Mass Transit  Act  serving  a  nonurbanized  area  and      
   receiving federal rural public transportation assistance during Fiscal      
   Year  2002 (rather than on the effective date of the amendatory Act of      
   1993).  Makes an exception to the 10% limit on the increase in funding      
   per year for a participant that received an initial  appropriation  in      
   Fiscal  Year 2002. Allows rural mass transit districts that lack local      
   taxes or appropriations to receive  funding  equal  to  75%  of  their      
   eligible  operating  expenses  in  Fiscal  Year  2003  and thereafter.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          30 ILCS 740/2-7                                                      
        Deletes provisions concerning quarterly reports  required  to  be      
   filed  by  rural  mass  transit  districts  that  lack  local taxes or      
   appropriations.                                                             
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Includes in the definition of "participant" a local mass  transit      
   district  receiving  federal rural public transportation assistance on      
   or before June 30, 2002 (rather than during Fiscal Year 2002).              
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          30 ILCS 740/2-7                 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 667           
        Amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act. Provides that the      
   quarterly reports of any Metro-East Transit District participant  must      
   be  filed  no later than 60 days after the end of each quarter (rather      
   than no later than 30 days after the end of each month) of any  fiscal      
   year. Provides that any Metro-East Transit District may either monthly      
   or  quarterly for any fiscal year file a request for the participant's      
   eligible share of the amounts transferred into the  Metro-East  Public      
   Transportation  Fund  (rather  than  providing  that the Department of      
   Transportation shall pay the participant  its  allocated  share  after      
   determining  that  the  operating deficits were incurred in conformity      
   with the terms of the Act).  Provides that any payments from the  Fund      
   that  exceed  the eligible deficit of the participant (rather than any      
   discrepancy between the grants paid and the approved  program  amount)      
   shall be reconciled by appropriate payment or credit.                       
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0258

   Last action date: AUG-07-2001

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   3     SENATE -   0


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