Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado

Filed: 10/28/2025

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2111

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2111 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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"Article 2.

 
5    Section 2-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
6Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transit Innovation,
7Integration, and Reform Act. References in this Article to
8"this Act" mean this Article.
 
9    Section 2-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10    "Committee" means the Interagency Coordinating Committee
11on Transit Innovation, Integration, and Reform established
12under this Act.
13    "Department" means the Department of Transportation.
14    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation.
 

 

 

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1    Section 2-10. Establishment of the Committee.
2    (a) The Department shall establish an Interagency
3Coordinating Committee on Transit Innovation, Integration, and
4Reform.
5    (b) The Committee shall advise the Department on
6strategies and initiatives that improve access to transit and
7better integrate transit with intercity rail and intercity bus
8networks in Illinois outside of the Northeast Illinois region.
9    (c) The Committee shall focus on data-driven and
10evidence-based strategies to improve transit outside of the
11Northeast Illinois region, including, but not limited to,
12strategies that improve safety, data collection and use,
13technology deployment, the use of innovative project delivery,
14governance of transit in Illinois, funding programs, and
15interagency collaboration.
16    (d) The Committee shall focus on improving the
17attractiveness of downstate transit providers for State and
18federal funding opportunities and grants.
19    (e) The Committee shall focus on strategies to better
20connect intercity rail and bus networks to transit systems and
21hubs that are located outside of the Northeast Illinois
22region.
23    (f) The Committee shall interface with the Blue-Ribbon
24Commission on Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Policy
25as needed.
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1recommendations to be included in the Department's Public
2Transportation Plan.
3    (h) The Department shall provide administrative support to
4the Committee.
 
5    Section 2-15. Committee membership. The Committee shall
6include the following members, appointed by the Secretary:
7        (1) one member representing rural public transit
8    providers operating outside of the Northern Illinois
9    Transit Authority service area;
10        (2) one member representing small urban public transit
11    providers operating outside of the Northern Illinois
12    Transit Authority service area;
13        (3) two members representing regional public transit
14    providers operating outside of the Northern Illinois
15    Transit Authority service area;
16        (4) one member representing intercity rail providers;
17        (5) one member representing intercity bus providers;
18        (6) one member representing statewide or regional
19    business organizations with interests in transportation,
20    workforce development, or economic growth;
21        (7) one member representing an Illinois university
22    that generates significant ridership for the transit
23    system or intercity bus and rail systems near the
24    university's facilities;
25        (8) one member representing individuals with

 

 

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1    disabilities;
2        (9) one member representing a labor organization that
3    represents workers employed by downstate transit systems,
4    intercity bus providers, or intercity rail providers;
5        (10) one member representing large urban transit
6    agencies;
7        (11) one or more members representing the Department
8    that are involved in transit grant administration, project
9    implementation, or procurement;
10        (12) additional representatives as determined
11    necessary by the Secretary to ensure subject-matter
12    expertise, community representation, and geographic
13    diversity; and
14        (13) one member who shall serve as chair of the
15    Committee.
16    The members shall serve without compensation but may be
17reimbursed for necessary expenses associated with service on
18the Committee.
 
19    Section 2-20. Committee duties.
20    (a) The Committee shall:
21        (1) develop strategies and recommendations to improve
22    the connectivity of existing and future intercity rail and
23    intercity bus services to transit hubs and systems located
24    outside of the Northeastern Illinois region;
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1    aggregation, and use of transit data, including budgeting
2    models, ridership forecasting, equity analysis, and
3    performance metrics;
4        (3) promote the adoption and joint procurement of
5    advanced technologies, such as demand-responsive transit
6    platforms, real-time data systems, mobile fare collection,
7    fleet management tools, and other technologies the
8    Committee may find to improve transit service and
9    operations;
10        (4) develop goals and objectives to reduce duplication
11    of services and achieve public transportation, intercity
12    bus and intercity passenger rail coverage that is as
13    complete as possible;
14        (5) develop objectives for providing essential
15    transportation services to the transportation
16    disadvantaged and for providing technical assistance to
17    communities that are addressing transportation gaps that
18    affect low-income populations;
19        (6) develop recommendations for public transit
20    providers operating outside of the Northern Illinois
21    Transit Authority service area to use innovative
22    strategies, including federal fund braiding, to meet local
23    match requirements for State or federal grants to fund
24    transportation projects;
25        (7) review and make recommendations on increasing
26    efficiency in procurement;

 

 

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1        (8) recommend and support shared services or
2    regionalized administrative functions to reduce costs and
3    improve operational efficiency;
4        (9) explore and advise on the use of innovative
5    project delivery models, including design-build,
6    progressive design-build, construction manager general
7    contractor, and public-private partnerships;
8        (10) consider changes to existing and future funding
9    programs; and
10        (11) submit recommendations for inclusion in the
11    Department's final Public Transportation Plan.
12    (b) The Committee shall produce a report with its
13recommendations no later than 2 years after the effective date
14of this Act.
15    (c) the Department may procure consulting assistance
16necessary to support to work of the Committee.
 
17    Section 2-25. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1,
182035.
 
19
Article 3

 
20    Section 3-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
21Extremely High Wealth Mark-to-Market Tax Act. References in
22this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
 

 

 

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1    Section 3-3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
2    "Basis" means the fair market value of an asset on
3December 31 of the taxable year immediately preceding the
4taxable year in which the gain or loss is calculated under this
5Act. If the asset is acquired by the taxpayer during the
6taxable year, then the basis shall be the taxpayer's basis in
7the asset for the purpose of calculating capital gains under
8the federal Internal Revenue Code.
9    "Net income" has the meaning given to that term in Section
10202 of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
11    "Phase-in cap amount" means an amount equal to one-fourth
12of the worth of a taxpayer's net assets in excess of
13$1,000,000,000 on December 31 of the taxable year for which
14gains or losses are calculated under this Act.
15    "Resident taxpayer" means an individual, other than a
16nonresident of the State or a part-year resident of the State,
17who is subject to the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b)
18of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act for the taxable
19year.
20    "Taxable year" or "tax year" has the meaning ascribed to
21the term "taxable year" in Section 1501 of the Illinois Income
22Tax Act.
 
23    Section 3-5. Tax imposed; tax years ending on or after
24December 31, 2026 and ending prior to December 31, 2027.
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1years ending on or after December 31, 2026 and ending prior to
2December 31, 2027, a resident taxpayer with net assets worth
3$1,000,000,000 or more on December 31, 2026 shall recognize
4gains or losses as if each asset owned by that taxpayer had
5been sold for its fair market value on December 31, 2026. An
6amount equal to the lesser of (i) the difference between the
7total fair market value, on December 31, 2026, of all assets
8held by the taxpayer on that date and the combined basis of all
9assets held by the taxpayer on that date or (ii) the phase-in
10cap amount shall be included in the taxpayer's net income for
11that tax year for the purpose of calculating the tax due under
12the Illinois Income Tax Act. Proper adjustment shall be made
13in the amount of any gain or loss subsequently realized for
14gains or losses taken into account under this subsection. At
15the taxpayer's option, the tax payable as a result of this
16Section shall either be payable in one installment or else
17shall be payable annually in 10 equal installments beginning
18in the year of the effective date of this Act and with all such
19installment payments commencing after the initial installment
20payment also being subject to an annual nondeductible deferral
21charge of 7.5% annually.
22    (b) For resident taxpayers who would recognize net gains
23as a result of this Section except for the operation of this
24sentence, if the taxpayer can show that any portion of those
25gains was accumulated prior to the taxpayer becoming a
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1show that a portion of those gains was previously taxed by any
2state or jurisdiction in which the taxpayer was a resident
3prior to becoming a resident of Illinois, then credit shall be
4provided in the amount of the tax on those gains that was paid
5to any such prior state or jurisdiction. Any credits so
6provided by this subsection, however, shall not exceed the
7lesser of the total tax owed under this Section on such gains
8and the tax imposed on such gains by such other prior states or
9jurisdictions in which the taxpayer was a resident prior to
10becoming a resident individual of Illinois.
 
11    Section 3-10. Tax imposed; tax years ending on or after
12December 31, 2027.
13    (a) For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
142027, a resident taxpayer with net assets worth $1,000,000,000
15or more on December 31 of the tax year shall recognize gains or
16losses as if each asset owned by that taxpayer on December 31
17of the tax year had been sold for its fair market value on
18December 31 of the tax year but with adjustment made for taxes
19paid on gains in previous years. Any resulting net gains from
20these deemed sales, up to the phase-in cap amount, shall be
21included in the taxpayer's income for such taxable year.
22Proper adjustment shall be made in the amount of any gain or
23loss subsequently realized for gain or loss taken into account
24under the preceding sentence. To the extent that the losses of
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1not be recognized in such taxable year and shall instead carry
2forward indefinitely.
3    (b) For resident taxpayers who would recognize net gains
4as a result of this Section except for the operation of this
5sentence, if the taxpayer can show that any portion of those
6gains was accumulated prior to the taxpayer becoming a
7resident taxpayer of Illinois, and if the taxpayer can also
8show that a portion of those gains was previously taxed by any
9state or jurisdiction in which the taxpayer was a resident
10prior to becoming a resident of Illinois, then credit shall be
11provided in the amount of the tax on those gains that was paid
12to any such prior state or jurisdiction. Any credits so
13provided by this subsection, however, shall not exceed the
14lesser of the total tax owed under this Section on such gains
15and the tax imposed on such gains by such other prior states or
16jurisdictions in which the taxpayer was a resident prior to
17becoming a resident individual of Illinois.
 
18    Section 3-20. Net worth calculation.
19    (a) As used in this Act, the term "asset" means all real or
20personal property, whether tangible or intangible and wherever
21situated, that is: (1) owned by the taxpayer; (2) owned by the
22taxpayer's spouse, minor children, or any trust or estate of
23which the taxpayer is a beneficiary; (3) contributed by the
24taxpayer, or the taxpayer's spouse, minor children, or any
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1private foundation, donor advised fund, and any other entity
2described in Section 501(c) or Section 527 of the Internal
3Revenue Code of which the taxpayer, or the taxpayer's spouse,
4minor children, or any trust or estate of which the taxpayer is
5a beneficiary, is a substantial contributor (as such term is
6defined in Section 4958(c)(3)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue
7Code); and (4) without duplication, all gifts and donations
8made within the past 5 years by the taxpayer, or the taxpayer's
9spouse, minor children, or any trust or estate of which the
10taxpayer is a beneficiary, as if such gifts and donations were
11still owned by the taxpayer. As used in this Section, "net
12assets" means the fair market value of the taxpayer's assets
13less the fair market value of the taxpayer's liabilities and,
14in appropriate cases as determined by the Department of
15Revenue, liabilities of such other persons described in this
16Section.
17    (b) The term "assets" includes the real or personal
18property described in subsection (a), but only to the extent
19allowable under the Illinois Constitution, the United States
20Constitution, and any other governing federal law.
 
21    Section 3-25. Fair market value.
22    (a) The fair market value of each asset owned by the
23taxpayer shall be the price at which the asset would change
24hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither
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1reasonable knowledge of relevant facts. The value of a
2particular asset shall not be the price that a forced sale of
3the property would produce. Further, the fair market value of
4an asset shall not be its sale price in a market other than a
5market in which the item is most commonly sold to the public,
6taking into account the location of the item wherever
7appropriate. In the case of an asset that is generally
8obtained by the public in the retail market, the fair market
9value of such an asset shall be the price at which the item or
10a comparable item would be sold at retail.
11    (b) For purposes of this Section, any feature of an asset,
12such as a poison pill, that was added with the intent, and has
13the effect, of reducing the value of the asset shall be
14disregarded, and no valuation or other discount shall be taken
15into account if it would have the effect of reducing the value
16of a pro rata economic interest in an asset below the pro rata
17portion of the value of the entire asset.
 
18    Section 3-30. Administration.
19    (a) The Department of Revenue shall amend or create tax
20forms as necessary for the reporting of gains by assets.
21Assets shall be listed with (i) a description of the asset,
22(ii) the asset category, (iii) the year the asset was
23acquired, (iv) the adjusted Illinois basis of the asset as of
24December 31 of the tax year, (v) the fair market value of the
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1gain that would be taxable under this Act, unless the
2Department determines that one or more categories is not
3appropriate for a particular type of asset.
4    (b) Asset categories separately listed shall include, but
5shall not be limited to, the following:
6        (1) stock held in any publicly traded corporation;
7        (2) stock held in any private C corporation;
8        (3) stock held in any S corporation;
9        (4) interests in any private equity or hedge fund
10    organized as a partnership;
11        (5) interests in any other partnerships;
12        (6) interests in any other noncorporate businesses;
13        (7) bonds and interest bearing savings accounts, cash
14    and deposits;
15        (8) interests in mutual funds or index funds;
16        (9) put and call options;
17        (10) futures contracts;
18        (11) financial assets held offshore reported on IRS
19    tax form 8938;
20        (12) real property;
21        (13) art and collectibles;
22        (14) pension funds;
23        (15) other assets;
24        (16) debts and liabilities; and
25        (17) assets not owned by the taxpayer but which count
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1    3-20.
2    (c) The Department shall specifically request the filing
3of such forms by any resident individual expected to have net
4assets in excess of $1,000,000,000. Such taxpayers shall
5include, but not be limited to, taxpayers with an adjusted
6gross income summed over the previous 10 years in excess of
7$600,000,000.
 
8    Section 3-35. Mark-to-market in other states. If a
9resident taxpayer becomes an Illinois resident subsequent to
10paying tax to another state as a result of recognizing gain or
11loss pursuant to any mark-to-market or deemed-realization
12regime of that other state, proper adjustment shall be made in
13the amount of any gain or loss subsequently realized for gain
14or loss taken into account under such mark-to-market or
15deemed-realization regime of that other state for purposes of
16computing gain or loss under Sections 3-5 or 3-10 of this Act.
 
17    Section 3-40. Collection. The Department of Revenue shall
18collect the taxes imposed under this Act. Money collected
19under this Act from a resident taxpayer residing within the
20service area of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, after
21deducting amounts necessary for administration and enforcement
22by the Department, shall be paid into the Northern Illinois
23Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund.
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1residing outside the service area of the Northern Illinois
2Transit Authority, after deducting amounts necessary for
3administration and enforcement by the Department, shall be
4paid into the Downstate Public Transportation Fund in the
5State treasury.
 
6    Section 3-45. Rules. The Department of Revenue shall adopt
7rules necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of
8this Act, including rules to prevent the use of year-end
9transfers, related parties, or other arrangements to avoid its
10provisions.
 
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Article 4

 
12    Section 4-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
13Amusement Tax Act. References in this Article to "this Act"
14mean this Article.
 
15    Section 4-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
16    "Amusement" means:
17        (1) any exhibition, performance, presentation, or show
18    for entertainment purposes, including, but not limited to,
19    any theatrical, dramatic, musical, or spectacular
20    performance, promotional show, motion picture show, flower
21    show, athletic contest, sport, game, or similar
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1    swimming, racing, or exhibitions involving persons riding
2    on animals or vehicles, baseball, basketball, softball,
3    football, tennis, golf, hockey, track and field games,
4    bowling, or billiard or pool games;
5        (2) any paid television programming, whether
6    transmitted by wire, cable, fiber optics, laser,
7    microwave, radio, satellite, or similar means.
8    "Amusement" does not include lawful gambling at a casino,
9as that term is defined in the Illinois Gambling Act.
10    "Automatic amusement device" means any machine that, upon
11the insertion of a coin, slug, token, card, or similar object,
12or upon any other payment method, may be operated by the public
13generally for use as a game, entertainment, or amusement,
14whether or not the device registers a score, including, but
15not limited to, jukeboxes, marble machines, pinball machines,
16movie and video booths or stands, and all games, operations,
17or any similar transactions under any name by which they may be
18indicated. If a machine consists of more than one game monitor
19that permits individuals to play separate games
20simultaneously, each separate game monitor shall be deemed an
21automatic amusement device.
22    "Charges paid" means the gross amount of consideration
23paid for the privilege to enter, witness, view, or participate
24in an amusement, valued in money, whether received in money or
25otherwise, including cash, credits, property, and services,
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1term "charges paid" includes any charges that the patron pays
2incidental to obtaining the privilege to enter, witness, view,
3or participate in an amusement, including, but not limited to,
4any related markups, service fees, convenience fees,
5facilitation fees, cancellation fees, and other charges,
6regardless of terminology. "Charges paid" does not include
7charges that are added on account of the tax imposed by this
8Act or on account of any other tax imposed on the charge.
9    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
10    "License" means a ticket or other license granted for the
11privilege of entering, witnessing, viewing, or participating
12in an amusement, or the opportunity to obtain the privilege to
13enter, witness, view, or participate in an amusement, and
14includes, but is not limited to, a permanent seat license.
15    "Live theatrical, live musical, or other live cultural
16performance" means a live performance in any discipline that
17is commonly regarded as part of the fine arts, including, but
18not limited to, live theater, music, opera, drama, comedy,
19ballet, modern or traditional dance, and book or poetry
20readings. The term does not include athletic events, races, or
21performances conducted at adult entertainment cabarets.
22    "Operator" means any person who sells or resells a ticket
23or other license to an amusement for consideration or who,
24directly through an agreement or arrangement with another
25party, collects the charges paid for the sale or resale of a
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1but is not limited to, persons engaged in the business of
2selling or reselling tickets or other licenses to amusements,
3whether online, in person, or otherwise. "Operator" also
4includes persons who are engaged in the business of
5facilitating the sale or resale of tickets or other licenses
6to amusements, whether online, in person, or otherwise.
7"Operator" does not include banks, credit card companies,
8payment processors, or other persons whose involvement is
9limited to performing functions similar to those performed by
10such entities.
11    "Owner" means:
12         (1) a person who has an ownership or leasehold
13    interest in a building, structure, vehicle, boat, area, or
14    other place and who (i) presents, conducts, or operates an
15    amusement in that place or (ii) allows, by agreement or
16    otherwise, another person to present, conduct, or operate
17    an amusement in that place; or
18        (2) a person who has an ownership or leasehold
19    interest in an amusement or a proprietary interest in an
20    amusement that entitles the person to all or a portion of
21    the proceeds, after payment of reasonable expenses, from
22    the operation, conduct, or presentation of the amusement,
23    excluding proceeds from nonamusement services and sales of
24    tangible personal property; and
25        (3) a person who operates a community antenna
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1    any person receiving consideration from a patron for
2    furnishing, transmitting, or otherwise providing access to
3    paid television programming.
4    "Paid television" means programming that can be viewed on
5a television or other screen and is transmitted by cable,
6fiber optics, laser, microwave, radio, satellite, or similar
7means to members of the public for consideration.
8    "Patron" means a person who acquires the privilege to
9enter, witness, view, or participate in an amusement.
10    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, society,
11foundation, institution, partnership, limited liability
12company, association, joint-stock company, joint venture,
13public or private corporation, receiver, executor, trustee or
14other representative appointed by the order of any court, or
15any other entity recognized by law.
16    "Resale" means the resale of a ticket or other license to
17an amusement to an independent and unrelated third party after
18the ticket or license has been sold by the owner, manager, or
19operator of the amusement or the owner, manager, or operator
20of the place where the amusement is being held.
21    "Reseller" means a person who resells a ticket or other
22license to an amusement for consideration. "Reseller"
23includes, but is not limited to, a ticket broker and applies
24whether the ticket is resold by bidding, consignment, or
25otherwise, and whether the ticket is resold in person, at a
26site on the Internet, or by other means.

 

 

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1    "Special seating area" means an enclosed or substantially
2enclosed apartment-style room containing or making available
3amenities for the exclusive use of patrons who have permission
4to use that room, including, but not limited to, luxury
5suites, super suites, or skyboxes, or similar areas. Those
6amenities may include, but are not limited to, televisions
7(including closed-circuit capacity), bathrooms,
8refrigerators, telephone service, storage sinks, living room
9or lounge furniture, special spectator seating, food, heat,
10air conditioning, and parking.
11    "Ticket" means property that confers the privilege to
12enter, witness, view, or participate in an amusement, whether
13or not expressed in a tangible form.
 
14    Section 4-10. Tax imposed.
15    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, beginning on
16July 1, 2026, an amusement tax is imposed upon the patrons of
17every amusement occurring within the State. Except as
18otherwise provided, the rate of tax shall be 7% of the
19admission fees or other charges paid for the privilege of
20entering, witnessing, viewing, or participating in the
21amusement.
22    (b) The tax imposed by subsection (a) shall not apply to
23the following persons or privileges:
24        (1) patrons of automatic amusement devices;
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1        (3) the privilege of witnessing or participating in
2    any stock show or business show that is not open to the
3    general public;
4        (4) the privilege of hiring a pedicab;
5        (5) the privilege of witnessing or participating in
6    any amateur production or activity conducted by a
7    not-for-profit organization that is operated exclusively
8    for charitable, educational, or religious purposes;
9        (6) the privilege of participating in any amateur
10    event, including, but not limited to, an amateur athletic
11    event, if:
12            (A) the event takes place primarily on the public
13        way or other public property;
14            (B) all required permits for the event are
15        obtained;
16            (C) the event, or the organization conducting the
17        event, is open to the public; and
18            (D) at least 100 individuals pay to participate in
19        the event;
20        (7) the privilege of witnessing or participating in
21    any amusement sponsored or conducted by any of the
22    following organizations or institutions if (i) those
23    organizations or institutions are not-for-profit
24    institutions or organizations, (ii) the proceeds from the
25    amusement, after payment of reasonable expenses, inure
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1    institution, and (iii) no part of the net earnings inure
2    to the benefit of any private shareholder or person:
3            (A) religious, educational, and charitable
4        institutions, societies, or organizations;
5            (B) societies or organizations for the prevention
6        of cruelty to children or animals;
7            (C) societies or organizations conducted and
8        maintained for the purpose of civic improvement; or
9            (D) fraternal organizations, legion posts, and
10        social and political groups that occasionally conduct
11        or sponsor amusements, but not more often than twice
12        yearly;
13            (E) organizations that are affiliated with the
14        armed services of the United States or any National
15        Guard organization, any reserve officers' association,
16        or any organization for posts of war veterans,
17        including, but not limited to, any auxiliary unit or
18        society of such a post or organization, if the post,
19        organization, unit, or society is organized in the
20        State of Illinois and if no part of the earnings inure
21        to the benefit of any private shareholder or person;
22            (F) organizations or associations created and
23        maintained for the purpose of benefiting the members,
24        or the dependents or heirs of members, of the police or
25        fire departments of any political subdivision of the
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1            (G) societies or organizations that are
2        established for the sole purpose of maintaining
3        symphony orchestras, opera performances, or artistic
4        presentations, including, but not limited to, musical
5        presentations, if the society or organization: (i)
6        receives substantial support from voluntary
7        contributions; (ii) is a not-for-profit institution
8        where no part of the net earnings inure to the benefit
9        of any private shareholder or person; and (iii) either
10        (a) bears all risk of financial loss from its
11        presentation of the amusement and the amusement is
12        limited to an engagement of not more than 8 calendar
13        days over the course of a calendar year or (b) is
14        substantially and materially involved in the
15        production and performance of the amusement; if an
16        amusement is sponsored or conducted by 2 or more
17        artistic societies or organizations under this
18        subparagraph (G), the requirements of clauses (i) and
19        (ii) must be met by each of those artistic societies or
20        organizations, but the requirements of subsection
21        (iii) may be met by any of those artistic societies or
22        organizations individually or in combination;
23        (8) the privilege of entering, witnessing, viewing, or
24    participating in any amusement that occurs in any
25    auditorium, theater, or other space if the maximum
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1    including all balconies and other sections, is not more
2    than 1,500 persons.
3    (c) None of the exemptions set forth in subsection (b) of
4this Section shall apply to a person or privilege unless a
5written notice of the exemption is filed with the Department
6by the person seeking the exemption at least (i) 30 calendar
7days prior to the amusement or (ii) 15 calendar days prior to
8the date on which admission tickets to the amusement are first
9made available for sale, whichever is earlier. The notice
10shall be on a form prescribed by the Department and shall
11contain all information and materials necessary to permit the
12Department to consider whether the exemption claimed by the
13applicant is applicable. If applicable, the notice shall
14contain information and materials necessary to demonstrate
15that the proceeds intended to inure exclusively to the benefit
16of the exempt entity or entities are reasonably anticipated to
17equal at least 10% of the gross revenues from the amusement.
18    Upon the request of the person filing the notice under
19this subsection, the Department shall indicate, within 14
20calendar days after receiving the notice, whether the claimed
21exemption does or does not apply or whether additional
22information is necessary to make a determination.
23    (d) Initiation fees and membership dues paid to a health
24club, racquetball club, tennis club or a similar club or
25organization shall be exempt from the tax imposed in
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1operated on a membership basis and for the recreational
2purposes of its members and its members' guests. The exemption
3under this subsection shall not apply to any fees paid on a
4per-event or a per-admission basis.
5    (e) The tax imposed under subsection (a) shall apply to
6and be imposed upon 100% of the admission fees or other charges
7(including, but not limited to, the gross lease or rental
8amount) paid for the privilege of using special seating areas
9to witness or to view an amusement. However, the amusement tax
10that would otherwise be due upon those charges shall be
11reduced by any other taxes imposed on those charges if those
12taxes are separately stated and paid by the patron either
13directly or as an authorized reimbursement.
14    (f) It shall be presumed that all amusements are subject
15to tax under this Act unless the contrary is established by
16books, records, or other documentary evidence.
17    (g) In the case of amusements that are delivered
18electronically to mobile devices, the provisions of the
19Illinois Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Conformity Act may
20be used for the purpose of determining which customers and
21charges are subject to the tax imposed by this Act.
22    (h) For the purpose of determining the amount of the
23amusement tax due under this Act, admission fees or other
24charges shall be computed exclusive of this tax, any federal,
25State, or local taxes imposed upon the amusement patron for
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1for nonamusement services or for the sale or use of tangible
2personal property. The fact that the patron could have avoided
3the charge by obtaining the privilege from or through a
4different owner, manager, or operator, pursuant to different
5terms, or through a course of performance that would have
6avoided the obligation to pay the charge, does not make the
7charge optional.
8    (i) It is unlawful for any person to produce, present,
9conduct, or resell tickets to any amusement without collecting
10the tax under this Act except as provided in this Act.
11    (j) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the rate of tax
12imposed under this Act upon the buyer of a ticket or other
13license in a resale transaction shall be equal to 7% of the
14admission fees or other charges paid for the ticket or other
15license in the resale transaction.
 
16    Section 4-15. Collection, payment, and accounting.
17    (a) It shall be the joint and several duty of every owner,
18manager, or operator of an amusement or of a place where an
19amusement is being held, and of every reseller, to secure from
20each patron or buyer the tax imposed by this Act and to remit
21the tax to the Department not later than the 15th day of each
22calendar month for all admission fees or other charges
23received during the immediately preceding calendar month. A
24verified statement of admission fees or charges in a form
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1    (b) Every person required to collect and remit the tax
2imposed by this Act shall keep accurate books and records,
3including original source documents and books of entry
4denoting the transactions that gave rise, or may have given
5rise, to the tax liability or any exemption that may be
6claimed. All such books, records, and accounts shall be
7available for inspection by the Department at all reasonable
8times during business hours of the day.
 
9    Section 4-20. Incorporation of the Retailers' Occupation
10Tax Act. All of the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c,
115d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6b, and 6c of the Retailers' Occupation
12Tax Act that are not inconsistent with this Act, and Section
133-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, shall apply, as
14far as practicable, to the subject matter of this Act to the
15same extent as if such provisions were included in this Act.
 
16    Section 4-25. Tax not imposed if prohibited. The tax under
17this Act is not imposed upon any activity that may not under
18the Constitution and statutes of the United States be made the
19subject of taxation by this State.
 
20    Section 4-30. Distribution of proceeds. Proceeds that are
21collected under this Act from within the metropolitan region,
22as defined in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act,
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1trust fund referenced in subsection (n) of Section 4.03 of the
2Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act. Notwithstanding the
3provisions of subsection (n) of Section 4.03 of the Northern
4Illinois Transit Authority Act, 100% of the proceeds deposited
5into that trust fund under the provisions of this Section
6shall be allocated to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
7Proceeds that are collected under this Act from outside of the
8metropolitan region shall be deposited into the Downstate
9Public Transportation Fund.
 
10    Section 4-35. Rules. The Department may adopt rules for
11the implementation and administration of this Act.".
 
12
Article 5.

 
13    Section 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
14People Over Parking Act. References in this Article to "this
15Act" mean this Article.
 
16    Section 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
17    "Car-share vehicles" means motor vehicles that are
18operated as part of a regional fleet by a public or private
19car-sharing company or organization and provide hourly or
20daily service.
21    "Commercial development project" means a development
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1commercial use, including residential housing, multi-family
2housing, mixed-use housing, and non-residential commercial
3developments.
4    "Development project" means a project undertaken for the
5purpose of development of land. "Development project" includes
6(i) a project involving the issuance of a permit for
7construction or reconstruction, (ii) a housing development
8project, or (iii) a commercial development project.
9"Development project" does not include a project where any
10portion is designated for use as a hotel, motel,
11bed-and-breakfast inn, or other transient lodging, except
12where a portion of a housing development project is designated
13for use as a residential hotel.
14    "Efficiency living unit" has the meaning ascribed to that
15term in the 2018 International Building Code, Sixth Version
16(November 2021).
17    "Elderly housing", "low-income household",
18"moderate-income household", "multi-family housing", and "very
19low-income household" have the meanings ascribed to those
20terms in the Illinois Affordable Housing Act.
21    "Housing development project" means a development project
22consisting of (i) residential units only, (ii) mixed-use
23developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses
24with at least two-thirds of the square footage designated for
25residential use, or (iii) transitional housing or supportive
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1    "Maximum automobile parking requirements" means any law,
2code, or policy that limits a maximum number of off-street,
3private parking spaces for new residential and commercial
4developments.
5    "Minimum automobile parking requirements" means any law,
6code, or policy that requires a minimum number of off-street,
7private parking spaces for new residential and commercial
8developments.
9    "On-street parking" means parking of vehicles on public
10streets or thoroughfares located within the physical
11boundaries of a municipality.
12    "Public transportation corridor" means a street on which
13one or more bus routes have a combined frequency of bus service
14interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and
15afternoon peak commute periods.
16    "Public transportation hub" means: (i) a rail transit
17station, (ii) a boat or ferry terminal served by either a bus
18stop or rail transit station, and (iii) an intersection of 2 or
19more bus routes with a combined frequency of bus service
20interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and
21afternoon peak commute periods.
22    "Residential hotel" means any building containing 6 or
23more guest rooms or efficiency living units that is used or
24intended or designed to be used, rented, hired out, or
25occupied for sleeping purposes by guests and that is also the
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1not include any building containing 6 or more guest rooms or
2efficiency living units primarily used by transient guests who
3do not occupy the building as their primary residence.
 
4    Section 5-10. Minimum automobile parking requirements
5prohibited. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5-15, a
6unit of local government may not impose or enforce any minimum
7automobile parking requirements on a development project if
8the project is located within one-half mile of a public
9transportation hub or one-eighth mile of a public
10transportation corridor.
 
11    Section 5-15. Exceptions and limitations to prohibited
12minimum automobile parking requirements.
13    (a) If a development project provides automobile parking
14voluntarily, then a unit of local government may impose on the
15development project requirements for parking spaces to be made
16available for car-share vehicles, for parking spaces to be
17shared with the public, or for parking spaces to be made
18available only for a fee. A unit of local government may not
19require voluntarily provided parking to be provided free of
20charge.
21    (b) Section 5-10 does not apply to minimum automobile
22parking requirements if the requirements conflict with a
23contractual agreement or approved site plan with the unit of
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1the effective date of this Act. However, Section 5-10 applies
2to an amendment or extension to the contractual agreement or
3approved site plan if the amendment or extension increases
4automobile parking requirements.
5    (c) A development project may voluntarily build additional
6parking that is not shared with the public.
7    (d) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to prevent a
8unit of local government from regulating access to on-street
9parking.
10    (e) Nothing in this Act prevents a unit of local
11government from enacting or enforcing local laws that
12establish a maximum parking requirement.
13    (f) Nothing in this Act prevents a unit of local
14government from enacting or enforcing local laws that
15establish a minimum parking requirement for bicycles,
16including electric-assisted bicycles.
 
17    Section 5-90. Home rule. A home rule unit may not regulate
18minimum automobile parking requirements in a manner
19inconsistent with this Act. This Act is a limitation under
20subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
21Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
22powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
23    Section 5-95. Conflict with other laws. To the extent that
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1controls.
 
2    Section 5-300. The State Officials and Employees Ethics
3Act is amended by changing Sections 75-5 and 75-10 as follows:
 
4    (5 ILCS 430/75-5)
5    Sec. 75-5. Application of the State Officials and
6Employees Ethics Act to the Regional Transit Boards and
7Regional Development Authorities.
8    (a) The provisions of Articles 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 50 of
9this Act, as well as this Article, apply to Regional Transit
10Boards and Regional Development Authorities. As used in
11Articles 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 50, and 75, (i) "appointee" and
12"officer" include a person appointed to serve on the board of a
13Regional Transit Board or a board of a Regional Development
14Authority, and (ii) "employee" and "State employee" include:
15(A) a full-time, part-time, or contractual employee of a
16Regional Transit Board or a Regional Development Authority;
17and (B) Authority leaders of a Regional Development Authority.
18As used in this subsection, "Authority leader" has the meaning
19given to that term in the various Acts and Laws creating the
20Regional Development Authorities.
21    (b) The Executive Ethics Commission shall have
22jurisdiction over all board members and employees of the
23Regional Transit Boards and Regional Development Authorities.
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1shall have jurisdiction over all board members, employees,
2vendors, and others doing business with the Regional Transit
3Boards and Regional Development Authorities to investigate
4allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct,
5nonfeasance, misfeasance, malfeasance, or violations of this
6Act.
7(Source: P.A. 103-517, eff. 8-11-23.)
 
8    (5 ILCS 430/75-10)
9    Sec. 75-10. Coordination between Executive Inspector
10General and Inspectors General appointed by Regional Transit
11Boards.
12    (a) Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 96th General
13Assembly precludes a Regional Transit Board from appointing or
14employing an Inspector General to serve under the jurisdiction
15of a Regional Transit Board to receive complaints and conduct
16investigations in accordance with an ordinance or resolution
17adopted by that respective Board, provided he or she is
18approved by the Executive Ethics Commission. A Regional
19Transit Board shall notify the Executive Ethics Commission
20within 10 days after employing or appointing a person to serve
21as Inspector General, and the Executive Ethics Commission
22shall approve or reject the appointment or employment of the
23Inspector General. Any notification not acted upon by the
24Executive Ethics Commission within 60 days after its receipt
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1Ethics Commission. Within 30 days after the effective date of
2this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, a Regional
3Transit Board shall notify the Executive Ethics Commission of
4any person serving on the effective date of this amendatory
5Act as an Inspector General for the Regional Transit Board,
6and the Executive Ethics Commission shall approve or reject
7the appointment or employment within 30 days after receipt of
8the notification, provided that any notification not acted
9upon by the Executive Ethics Commission within 30 days shall
10be deemed to have received approval. No person rejected by the
11Executive Ethics Commission shall serve as an Inspector
12General for a Regional Transit Board for a term of 5 years
13after being rejected by the Commission. For purposes of this
14subsection (a), any person appointed or employed by a Transit
15Board to receive complaints and investigate allegations of
16fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance,
17misfeasance, malfeasance, or violations of this Act shall be
18considered an Inspector General and shall be subject to
19approval of the Executive Ethics Commission.
20    (b) The Executive Inspector General appointed by the
21Governor shall have exclusive jurisdiction to investigate
22complaints or allegations of violations of this Act and, in
23his or her discretion, may investigate other complaints or
24allegations. Unless created by statute, no Regional Transit
25Board or Regional Development Authority shall create or retain
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1Executive Inspector General's jurisdiction. Complaints or
2allegations of a violation of this Act received by an
3Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit
4Board shall be immediately referred to the Executive Inspector
5General. The Executive Inspector General shall have authority
6to assume responsibility and investigate any complaint or
7allegation received by an Inspector General appointed or
8employed by a Regional Transit Board. In the event the
9Executive Inspector General provides written notification of
10intent to assume investigatory responsibility for a complaint,
11allegation, or ongoing investigation, the Inspector General
12appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board shall cease
13review of the complaint, allegation, or ongoing investigation
14and provide all information to the Executive Inspector
15General. The Executive Inspector General may delegate
16responsibility for an investigation to the Inspector General
17appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board. In the
18event the Executive Inspector General provides an Inspector
19General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board with
20written notification of intent to delegate investigatory
21responsibility for a complaint, allegation, or ongoing
22investigation, the Executive Inspector General shall provide
23all information to the Inspector General appointed or employed
24by a Regional Transit Board.
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1to the Executive Inspector General indicating:
2        (1) the total number of complaints or allegations
3    received since the date of the last report and a
4    description of each complaint;
5        (2) the number of investigations pending as of the
6    reporting date and the status of each investigation;
7        (3) the number of investigations concluded since the
8    date of the last report and the result of each
9    investigation; and
10        (4) the status of any investigation delegated by the
11    Executive Inspector General.
12    An Inspector General appointed or employed by a Regional
13Transit Board and the Executive Inspector General shall
14cooperate and share resources or information as necessary to
15implement the provisions of this Article.
16    (d) Reports filed under this Section are exempt from the
17Freedom of Information Act and shall be deemed confidential.
18Investigatory files and reports prepared by the Office of the
19Executive Inspector General and the Office of an Inspector
20General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board may
21be disclosed between the Offices as necessary to implement the
22provisions of this Article.
23(Source: P.A. 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
24    Section 5-305. The Secretary of State Act is amended by
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1    (15 ILCS 305/37.5 new)
2    Sec. 37.5. Certification of eligibility for visitor
3paratransit service.
4    (a) The Secretary of State may issue guidance and develop
5standardized forms that an entity that is required to provide
6complementary paratransit service in Illinois under 49 CFR
7Part 37, Subpart F may use to determine and document the
8eligibility of persons for that service.
9    (b) The Secretary of State shall ensure that the guidance
10issued and forms developed under subsection (a) merely
11describe the process that must be followed to document a
12person's eligibility for complementary paratransit service
13under 49 CFR Part 37, Subpart F and do not require the
14disclosure or recording of any specific information about an
15individual's disability.
 
16    Section 5-500. The Illinois Identification Card Act is
17amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
18    (15 ILCS 335/4)  (from Ch. 124, par. 24)
19    Sec. 4. Identification card.
20    (a) In accordance with the requirements of this Section,
21the Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois
22Identification Card, as well as a mobile Illinois
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1of the State of Illinois who applies for such a card, or
2renewal thereof. No identification card shall be issued to any
3person who holds a valid foreign state identification card,
4license, or permit unless the person first surrenders to the
5Secretary of State the valid foreign state identification
6card, license, or permit. The card shall be prepared and
7supplied by the Secretary of State and shall include a
8photograph and signature or mark of the applicant. However,
9the Secretary of State may provide by rule for the issuance of
10Illinois Identification Cards without photographs if the
11applicant has a bona fide religious objection to being
12photographed or to the display of his or her photograph. The
13Illinois Identification Card may be used for identification
14purposes in any lawful situation only by the person to whom it
15was issued. As used in this Act, "photograph" means any color
16photograph or digitally produced and captured image of an
17applicant for an identification card. As used in this Act,
18"signature" means the name of a person as written by that
19person and captured in a manner acceptable to the Secretary of
20State.
21    (a-5) If an applicant for an identification card has a
22current driver's license or instruction permit issued by the
23Secretary of State, the Secretary may require the applicant to
24utilize the same residence address and name on the
25identification card, driver's license, and instruction permit
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1promulgate rules to implement this provision.
2    (a-10) If the applicant is a judicial officer as defined
3in Section 1-10 of the Judicial Privacy Act or a peace officer,
4the applicant may elect to have his or her office or work
5address listed on the card instead of the applicant's
6residence or mailing address. The Secretary may promulgate
7rules to implement this provision. For the purposes of this
8subsection (a-10), "peace officer" means any person who by
9virtue of his or her office or public employment is vested by
10law with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for
11a violation of any penal statute of this State, whether that
12duty extends to all violations or is limited to specific
13violations.
14    (a-15) The Secretary of State may provide for an expedited
15process for the issuance of an Illinois Identification Card.
16The Secretary shall charge an additional fee for the expedited
17issuance of an Illinois Identification Card, to be set by
18rule, not to exceed $75. All fees collected by the Secretary
19for expedited Illinois Identification Card service shall be
20deposited into the Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
21The Secretary may adopt rules regarding the eligibility,
22process, and fee for an expedited Illinois Identification
23Card. If the Secretary of State determines that the volume of
24expedited identification card requests received on a given day
25exceeds the ability of the Secretary to process those requests
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1expedited services, and the additional fee for the expedited
2service shall be refunded to the applicant.
3    (a-20) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
4Illinois Identification Card to a person committed to the
5Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
6a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in Illinois, or a
7county jail or county department of corrections as follows: if
8the person has a social security number,
9        (1) A committed person who has previously held an
10    Illinois Identification Card or an Illinois driver's
11    license shall submit an Identification Card verification
12    form to the Secretary of State, including a photograph
13    taken by the correctional facility, proof of residency
14    upon discharge, and a social security number, if the
15    committed person has a social security number. If the
16    committed person does not have a social security number
17    and is eligible for a social security number, the
18    Secretary of State shall not issue a standard Illinois
19    Identification Card until the committed person obtains a
20    social security number. If the committed person's
21    photograph and demographic information matches an existing
22    Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's license
23    and the Secretary of State verifies the applicant's social
24    security number with the Social Security Administration,
25    the Secretary of State shall issue the committed person a
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1    or demographic information matches an existing Illinois
2    Identification Card or Illinois driver's license in
3    another person's name or identity, a standard Illinois
4    Identification Card shall not be issued until the
5    committed person submits a certified birth certificate and
6    social security card to the Secretary of State and the
7    Secretary of State verifies the identity of the committed
8    person. If the Secretary of State cannot find a match to an
9    existing Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's
10    license, the committed person may apply for a standard
11    Illinois Identification card as described in paragraph
12    (2).
13        (2) A committed person who has not previously held an
14    Illinois Identification Card or Illinois driver's license
15    or for whom a match cannot be found as described in
16    paragraph (1) shall submit an Illinois Identification Card
17    verification form, including a photograph taken by the
18    correctional facility, a certified birth certificate,
19    proof of residency upon discharge, and a social security
20    number, if the committed has a social security number. If
21    the committed person does not have a social security
22    number and is eligible for a social security number, the
23    Secretary of State shall not issue a standard Illinois
24    Identification Card until the committed person obtains a
25    social security number. If the Secretary of State verifies
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1    Security Administration, the Secretary of State shall
2    issue the committed person a standard Illinois
3    Identification Card.
4    The Illinois Identification Card verification form
5described in this subsection shall be prescribed by the
6Secretary of State. The Secretary of State and correctional
7facilities in this State shall establish a secure method to
8transfer the form.
9    (a-25) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term
10Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a committed
11person upon release on parole, mandatory supervised release,
12aftercare release, final discharge, or pardon from the
13Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
14a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility located in Illinois, or a
15county jail or county department of corrections, if the
16released person does not obtain a standard Illinois
17Identification Card as described in subsection (a-20) prior to
18release but does present a Secretary of State prescribed
19Identification Card verification form completed by the
20correctional facility, verifying the released person's date of
21birth, social security number, if the person has a social
22security number, and his or her Illinois residence address.
23The verification form must have been completed no more than 30
24days prior to the date of application for the Illinois
25Identification Card.
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1limited-term Illinois Identification Card, if the released
2person submits to the Secretary of State a certified copy of
3his or her birth certificate and his or her social security
4card, if the person has a social security number, or other
5documents authorized by the Secretary, a standard Illinois
6Identification Card shall be issued. A limited-term Illinois
7Identification Card may not be renewed.
8    This subsection shall not apply to a released person who
9was unable to obtain a standard Illinois Identification Card
10because his or her photograph or demographic information
11matched an existing Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
12driver's license in another person's name or identity or to a
13released person who does not have a social security number and
14is eligible for a social security number.
15    (a-30) The Secretary of State shall issue a standard
16Illinois Identification Card to a person upon conditional
17release or absolute discharge from the custody of the
18Department of Human Services, if the person presents a
19certified copy of his or her birth certificate, social
20security card, if the person has a social security number, or
21other documents authorized by the Secretary, and a document
22proving his or her Illinois residence address. The Secretary
23of State shall issue a standard Illinois Identification Card
24to a person prior to his or her conditional release or absolute
25discharge if personnel from the Department of Human Services
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1required documents. Documents proving residence address may
2include any official document of the Department of Human
3Services showing the person's address after release and a
4Secretary of State prescribed verification form, which may be
5executed by personnel of the Department of Human Services.
6    (a-35) The Secretary of State shall issue a limited-term
7Illinois Identification Card valid for 90 days to a person
8upon conditional release or absolute discharge from the
9custody of the Department of Human Services, if the person is
10unable to present a certified copy of his or her birth
11certificate and social security card, if the person has a
12social security number, or other documents authorized by the
13Secretary, but does present a Secretary of State prescribed
14verification form completed by the Department of Human
15Services, verifying the person's date of birth and social
16security number, if the person has a social security number,
17and a document proving his or her Illinois residence address.
18The verification form must have been completed no more than 30
19days prior to the date of application for the Illinois
20Identification Card. The Secretary of State shall issue a
21limited-term Illinois Identification Card to a person no
22sooner than 14 days prior to his or her conditional release or
23absolute discharge if personnel from the Department of Human
24Services bring the person to a Secretary of State location
25with the required documents. Documents proving residence
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1of Human Services showing the person's address after release
2and a Secretary of State prescribed verification form, which
3may be executed by personnel of the Department of Human
4Services.
5    (b) The Secretary of State shall issue a special Illinois
6Identification Card, which shall be known as an Illinois
7Person with a Disability Identification Card, to any natural
8person who is a resident of the State of Illinois, who is a
9person with a disability as defined in Section 4A of this Act,
10who applies for such card, or renewal thereof. No Illinois
11Person with a Disability Identification Card shall be issued
12to any person who holds a valid foreign state identification
13card, license, or permit unless the person first surrenders to
14the Secretary of State the valid foreign state identification
15card, license, or permit. The Secretary of State shall charge
16no fee to issue such card. The card shall be prepared and
17supplied by the Secretary of State, and shall include a
18photograph and signature or mark of the applicant, a
19designation indicating that the card is an Illinois Person
20with a Disability Identification Card, and shall include a
21comprehensible designation of the type and classification of
22the applicant's disability as set out in Section 4A of this
23Act. However, the Secretary of State may provide by rule for
24the issuance of Illinois Person with a Disability
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1the display of his or her photograph. If the applicant so
2requests, the card shall include a description of the
3applicant's disability and any information about the
4applicant's disability or medical history which the Secretary
5determines would be helpful to the applicant in securing
6emergency medical care. If a mark is used in lieu of a
7signature, such mark shall be affixed to the card in the
8presence of 2 two witnesses who attest to the authenticity of
9the mark. The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification
10Card may be used for identification purposes in any lawful
11situation by the person to whom it was issued.
12    The Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card
13may be used as adequate documentation of disability in lieu of
14a physician's determination of disability, a determination of
15disability from a physician assistant, a determination of
16disability from an advanced practice registered nurse, or any
17other documentation of disability whenever any State law
18requires that a person with a disability provide such
19documentation of disability, however an Illinois Person with a
20Disability Identification Card shall not qualify the
21cardholder to participate in any program or to receive any
22benefit which is not available to all persons with like
23disabilities. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an
24Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card, or
25evidence that the Secretary of State has issued an Illinois
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1used by any person other than the person named on such card to
2prove that the person named on such card is a person with a
3disability or for any other purpose unless the card is used for
4the benefit of the person named on such card, and the person
5named on such card consents to such use at the time the card is
6so used.
7    An optometrist's determination of a visual disability
8under Section 4A of this Act is acceptable as documentation
9for the purpose of issuing an Illinois Person with a
10Disability Identification Card.
11    When medical information is contained on an Illinois
12Person with a Disability Identification Card, the Office of
13the Secretary of State shall not be liable for any actions
14taken based upon that medical information.
15    The Secretary of State shall add a marker or box to the
16Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card that can
17be used to record and demonstrate that the holder of the card
18has presented documentation of certification of eligibility to
19receive complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part
2037, Subpart F by an entity that is required to provide those
21services in the State.    
22    (c) The Secretary of State shall provide that each
23original or renewal Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
24Person with a Disability Identification Card issued to a
25person under the age of 21 shall be of a distinct nature from
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1Disability Identification Cards issued to individuals 21 years
2of age or older. The color designated for Illinois
3Identification Cards or Illinois Person with a Disability
4Identification Cards for persons under the age of 21 shall be
5at the discretion of the Secretary of State.
6    (c-1) Each original or renewal Illinois Identification
7Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card
8issued to a person under the age of 21 shall display the date
9upon which the person becomes 18 years of age and the date upon
10which the person becomes 21 years of age.
11    (c-3) The General Assembly recognizes the need to identify
12military veterans living in this State for the purpose of
13ensuring that they receive all of the services and benefits to
14which they are legally entitled, including healthcare,
15education assistance, and job placement. To assist the State
16in identifying these veterans and delivering these vital
17services and benefits, the Secretary of State is authorized to
18issue Illinois Identification Cards and Illinois Person with a
19Disability Identification Cards with the word "veteran"
20appearing on the face of the cards. This authorization is
21predicated on the unique status of veterans. The Secretary may
22not issue any other identification card which identifies an
23occupation, status, affiliation, hobby, or other unique
24characteristics of the identification card holder which is
25unrelated to the purpose of the identification card.
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1of State shall designate a space on each original or renewal
2identification card where, at the request of the applicant,
3the word "veteran" shall be placed. The veteran designation
4shall be available to a person identified as a veteran under
5subsection (b) of Section 5 of this Act who was discharged or
6separated under honorable conditions.
7    (d) The Secretary of State may issue a Senior Citizen
8discount card, to any natural person who is a resident of the
9State of Illinois who is 60 years of age or older and who
10applies for such a card or renewal thereof. The Secretary of
11State shall charge no fee to issue such card. The card shall be
12issued in every county and applications shall be made
13available at, but not limited to, nutrition sites, senior
14citizen centers and Area Agencies on Aging. The applicant,
15upon receipt of such card and prior to its use for any purpose,
16shall have affixed thereon in the space provided therefor his
17signature or mark.
18    (e) The Secretary of State, in his or her discretion, may
19designate on each Illinois Identification Card or Illinois
20Person with a Disability Identification Card a space where the
21card holder may place a sticker or decal, issued by the
22Secretary of State, of uniform size as the Secretary may
23specify, that shall indicate in appropriate language that the
24card holder has renewed his or her Illinois Identification
25Card or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card.
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1identification card to an individual who is otherwise eligible
2to hold a physical credential in addition to, and not instead
3of, an identification card if the Secretary of State has
4issued an identification card to the person. The data elements
5that are used to build an electronic credential must match the
6individual's current Department record.
7    (2) The Secretary may enter into agreements or contract
8with an agency of the State, another state, the United States,
9or a third party to facilitate the issuance, use, and
10verification of a mobile identification card issued by the
11Secretary or another state.
12    (3) Any mobile identification card issued by the Secretary
13shall be in accordance with the most recent AAMVA standards.
14    (4) The Secretary shall design the mobile identification
15card in a manner that allows the credential holder to maintain
16physical possession of the device on which the mobile
17identification card is accessed during verification.
18    (g) The verification process shall be implemented to
19require:
20        (1) the relying parties to authenticate electronic
21    credentials in accordance with applicable AAMVA standards
22    prior to acceptance of the electronic credential;
23        (2) the Secretary to ensure that electronic credential
24    data is subject to all jurisdictional data security and
25    privacy protection laws and regulations; and
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1    credential data elements that are necessary to complete
2    the transaction for which data is being requested.
3    (h) Privacy and tracking of data shall be restricted by
4implementing the following requirements:
5        (1) the relying parties shall retain only electronic
6    credential data elements for which the relying party
7    explicitly obtained consent from the electronic credential
8    holder and shall inform the electronic credential holder
9    of the use and retention period of the electronic data
10    elements;
11        (2) the Secretary shall use an electronic credential
12    system that is designed to maximize the privacy of the
13    credential holder in accordance with State and federal law
14    and shall not track or compile information without the
15    credential holder's consent; and
16        (3) the Department shall only compile and disclose
17    information regarding the use of the credential as
18    required by State or federal law.
19    (i)(1) The electronic credential holder shall be required
20to have the holder's their physical credential on the holder's    
21their person for all purposes for which an identification card
22is required. No person, public entity, private entity, or
23agency shall establish a policy that requires an electronic
24credential instead of a physical credential.
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1holder to display or relinquish possession of the credential
2holder's mobile device to relying parties for the acceptance
3of an electronic credential.
4    (3) When required by law and upon request by law
5enforcement, a credential holder must provide the credential
6holder's physical credential.
7    (4) Any law or regulation that requires an individual to
8surrender the individual's their physical credential to law
9enforcement does not apply to the device on which an
10electronic credential has been provisioned.
11    (j) A person may be required to produce when so requested a
12physical identification card to a law enforcement officer, a
13representative of a State or federal department or agency, or
14a private entity and is subject to all applicable laws and
15consequences for failure to produce such an identification
16card.
17    (k) The Secretary of State shall adopt such rules as are
18necessary to implement a mobile identification card.
19    (l) The display of a mobile identification card shall not
20serve as consent or authorization for a law enforcement
21officer, or any other person, to search, view, or access any
22other data or application on the mobile device. If a person
23presents the person's mobile device to a law enforcement
24officer for purposes of displaying a mobile identification
25card, the law enforcement officer shall promptly return the
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1opportunity to verify the identity of the person. Except for
2willful and wanton misconduct, any law enforcement officer,
3court, or officer of the court presented with the device shall
4be immune from any liability resulting from damage to the
5mobile device.
6    (m) The fee to install the application to display a mobile
7identification card as defined in this subsection shall not
8exceed $6.
9    (n) As used in this Section:
10    "AAMVA" means the American Association of Motor Vehicle
11Administrators.
12    "Credential" means a driver's license, learner's permit,
13or identification card.
14    "Credential holder" means the individual to whom a mobile
15driver's license or a mobile identification card is issued.
16    "Data element" means a distinct component of a customer's
17information that is found on the Department's customer record.
18    "Department" means the Secretary of State Department of
19Driver Services.
20    "Electronic credential" means an electronic extension of
21the departmental issued physical credential that conveys
22identity and complies with AAMVA's mobile driver license
23Implementation guidelines and the ISO/IEC 18013-5 standard.
24    "Electronic credential system" means a digital process
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1data elements, and performing tasks to maintain the system.
2    "Full profile" means all the information provided on an
3identification card.
4    "ISO" means the International Organization for
5Standardization, which creates uniform processes and
6procedures.
7    "Limited profile" means a portion of the information
8provided on an Identification Card.
9    "Mobile identification card" means a data file that is
10available on any mobile device that has connectivity to the
11Internet through an application that allows the mobile device
12to download the data file from the Secretary of State, that
13contains all the data elements visible on the face and back of
14an identification card, and that displays the current status
15of the identification card. "Mobile identification card" does
16not include a copy, photograph, or image of an Illinois
17Identification Card that is not downloaded through the
18application on a mobile device.
19    "Physical credential" means a Department-issued Department
20issued document that conveys identity in accordance with the
21Illinois Identification Card Act.
22    "Provision" means the initial loading of an electronic
23credential onto a device.
24    "Relying party" means the entity to which the credential
25holder presents the electronic credential.
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1the electronic credential through the use of secured
2encryption communication.
3    (o) (f) Upon providing the required documentation, at the
4request of the applicant, the identification card may reflect
5Gold Star Family designation. The Secretary shall designate a
6space on each original or renewal of an identification card
7for such designation. This designation shall be available to a
8person eligible for Gold Star license plates under subsection
9(f) of Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
10(Source: P.A. 102-299, eff. 8-6-21; 103-210, eff. 7-1-24;
11103-345, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-782, eff.
128-6-24; 103-824, eff. 1-1-25; 103-933, eff. 1-1-25; revised
1311-26-24.)
 
14    Section 5-800. The Department of Transportation Law of the
15Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
16Sections 2705-203 and 2705-440 and by adding Sections
172705-592, 2705-594, 2705-596, and 2705-598 as follows:
 
18    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-203)
19    Sec. 2705-203. Transportation asset management plan and
20performance-based programming.
21    (a) The General Assembly declares it to be in the public
22interest that a project prioritization process be developed
23and implemented to: improve the efficiency and effectiveness
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1safety; enhance movement and multi-modal connections of people
2and goods; mitigate environmental impacts; and promote
3inclusive economic growth throughout the State.
4    (b) In accordance with Section 2705-200, the Department of
5Transportation shall develop and publish a statewide
6multi-modal transportation improvement program for all
7transportation facilities under its jurisdiction. The
8development of the program shall use the following methods:
9        (1) use transportation system information to make
10    investment and policy decisions to achieve statewide and
11    regional performance goals established in the State's
12    long-range transportation plan;
13        (2) ensure transportation investment decisions emerge
14    from an objective and quantifiable technical analysis;
15        (3) evaluate the need and financial support necessary
16    for maintaining, expanding, and modernizing existing
17    transportation infrastructure;
18        (4) ensure that all State transportation funds
19    invested are directed to support progress toward the
20    achievement of performance targets established in the
21    State's long-range transportation plan;
22        (5) make investment decisions transparent and
23    accessible to the public;
24        (6) consider emissions and increase infrastructure
25    resilience to climate change; and
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1    performance experienced by racially marginalized
2    communities, low-income to moderate-income consumers, and
3    other disadvantaged groups and populations identified
4    under the Environmental Justice Act.
5    (c) The Department shall develop a risk-based, statewide
6highway system asset management plan in accordance with 23
7U.S.C. 119 and 23 CFR Part 515 to preserve and improve the
8condition of highway and bridge assets and enhance the
9performance of the system while minimizing the life-cycle
10cost. The asset management plan shall be made publicly
11available on the Department's website.
12    (d) The Department shall develop a needs-based transit
13asset management plan for State-supported public
14transportation assets, including vehicles, facilities,
15equipment, and other infrastructure in accordance with 49 CFR
16Part 625. The goal of the transit asset management plan is to
17preserve and modernize capital transit assets that will
18enhance the performance of the transit system. Federally
19required transit asset management plans developed by the
20Northern Illinois Transit Authority Regional Transportation
21Authority (RTA) or Service Boards service boards, as defined
22in Section 1.03 of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
23Transportation Authority Act, shall become the transportation
24asset management plans for all public transportation assets
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1publicly available on the Department's website. The Northern
2Illinois Transit Authority RTA shall be responsible for making
3public transit asset management plans for its service area
4publicly available.
5    (e) The Department shall develop a performance-based
6project selection process to prioritize taxpayer investment in
7State-owned transportation assets that add capacity. The goal
8of the process is to select projects through an evaluation
9process. This process shall provide the ability to prioritize
10projects based on geographic regions. The Department shall
11solicit input from localities, metropolitan planning
12organizations, transit authorities, transportation
13authorities, representatives of labor and private businesses,
14the public, community-based organizations, and other
15stakeholders in its development of the prioritization process
16pursuant to this subsection.
17    The selection process shall include a defined public
18process by which candidate projects are evaluated and
19selected. The process shall include both a quantitative
20analysis of the evaluation factors and qualitative review by
21the Department. The Department may apply different weights to
22the performance measures based on regional geography or
23project type. Projects selected as part of the process will be
24considered for inclusion in the State's multi-year
25transportation program and the annual element of the
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1project shall be included in the multi-year transportation
2plan or annual element without being evaluated under the
3selection process described in this Section. Existing projects
4in the multi-year highway improvement program may be included
5regardless of the outcome of using the performance-based
6project selection tool. The policies that guide the
7performance-based project selection process shall be derived
8from State and regional long-range transportation plans. The
9Department shall certify that it is making progress toward the
10goals included in the State's long-range transportation plan.
11All plan and program development based on the project
12selection process described in this subsection shall include
13consideration of regional balance. The selection process shall
14be based on an objective and quantifiable analysis that
15considers, at a minimum, the goals identified in the
16long-range transportation plan and shall:
17        (1) consider emissions and increase infrastructure
18    resilience due to climate change; and
19        (2) reduce disparities in transportation system
20    performance experienced by racially marginalized
21    communities, low-income to moderate-income consumers, and
22    other disadvantaged groups and populations identified
23    under the Environmental Justice Act; and .
24        (3) evaluate project potential for mode shift away
25    from single-occupancy vehicles and commercial motor
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1    (f) The prioritization process developed under subsection
2(e) may apply only to State jurisdiction projects and not to:
3        (1) projects funded by the Congestion Mitigation and
4    Air Quality Improvement funds apportioned to the State
5    pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(4) and State matching funds;
6        (2) projects funded by the Highway Safety Improvement
7    Program funds apportioned to the State pursuant to 23
8    U.S.C. 104(b)(3) and State matching funds;
9        (3) projects funded by the Transportation Alternatives
10    funds set-aside pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 133(h) and State
11    matching funds;
12        (4) projects funded by the National Highway Freight
13    Program pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 167 and State matching
14    funds;
15        (5) funds to be allocated to urban areas based on
16    population under federal law; and
17        (6) any new federal program that requires competitive
18    selection, distribution to local public agencies, or
19    specific eligibility.
20    (g) A summary of the project evaluation process, measures,
21program, and scores for all candidate projects shall be
22published on the Department website in a timely manner.
23(Source: P.A. 102-573, eff. 8-24-21.)
 
24    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-440)  (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.25h)
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1    (a) For the purposes of providing intercity railroad
2passenger service within this State and throughout the United
3States, the Department is authorized to enter into agreements
4with any state, state agency, unit units of local government
5or political subdivision subdivisions, the Commuter Rail
6Division of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
7Transportation Authority (or a public corporation on behalf of
8that Division), architecture or engineering firm firms, the
9National Railroad Passenger Corporation, any carrier, or any
10individual, corporation, partnership, or public or private
11entity. The cost related to such services shall be borne in
12such proportion as, by agreement or contract the parties may
13desire.
14    (b) In providing any intercity railroad passenger service
15as provided in this Section, the Department shall have the
16following additional powers:
17        (1) to enter into trackage use agreements with rail
18    carriers;
19        (1.5) to freely lease or otherwise contract for any
20    purpose any of the locomotives, passenger railcars, and
21    other rolling stock equipment or accessions to any state
22    or state agency, public or private entity, or quasi-public
23    entities;
24        (2) to enter into haulage agreements with rail
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1    maintenance, servicing, and repair of any needed
2    locomotives, rolling stock, stations, or other facilities,
3    the lease or contract having a term not to exceed 50 years
4    (but any multi-year contract shall recite that the
5    contract is subject to termination and cancellation,
6    without any penalty, acceleration payment, or other
7    recoupment mechanism, in any fiscal year for which the
8    General Assembly fails to make an adequate appropriation
9    to cover the contract obligation);
10        (4) to enter into management agreements;
11        (5) to include in any contract indemnification of
12    carriers or other parties for any liability with regard to
13    intercity railroad passenger service;
14        (6) to obtain insurance for any losses or claims with
15    respect to the service;
16        (7) to promote the use of the service;
17        (8) to make grants to any body politic and corporate,
18    any unit of local government, or the Commuter Rail
19    Division of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
20    Transportation Authority to cover all or any part of any
21    capital or operating costs of the service and to enter
22    into agreements with respect to those grants;
23        (9) to set any fares or make other regulations with
24    respect to the service, consistent with any contracts for
25    the service; and
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1    or convenient to provide rail services, operate or
2    maintain locomotives, passenger railcars, and other
3    rolling stock equipment or accessions, including the lease
4    or use of such locomotives, railcars, equipment, or
5    accessions.
6    (c) All service provided under this Section shall be
7exempt from all regulations by the Illinois Commerce
8Commission (other than for safety matters). To the extent the
9service is provided by the Commuter Rail Division of the
10Regional Transportation Authority (or a public corporation on
11behalf of that Division), it shall be exempt from safety
12regulations of the Illinois Commerce Commission to the extent
13the Commuter Rail Division adopts its own safety regulations.
14    (d) In connection with any powers exercised under this
15Section, the Department
16        (1) shall not have the power of eminent domain; and
17        (2) shall not directly operate any railroad service
18    with its own employees.
19    (e) Any contract with the Commuter Rail Division of the
20Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
21(or a public corporation on behalf of the Division) under this
22Section shall provide that all costs in excess of revenue
23received by the Division generated from intercity rail service
24provided by the Division shall be fully borne by the
25Department, and no funds for operation of commuter rail
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1period of time, to subsidize the intercity rail operation. If
2at any time the Division does not have sufficient funds
3available to satisfy the requirements of this Section, the
4Division shall forthwith terminate the operation of intercity
5rail service. The payments made by the Department to the
6Division for the intercity rail passenger service shall not be
7made in excess of those costs or as a subsidy for costs of
8commuter rail operations. This shall not prevent the contract
9from providing for efficient coordination of service and
10facilities to promote cost effective operations of both
11intercity rail passenger service and commuter rail services
12with cost allocations as provided in this paragraph.
13    (f) Whenever the Department enters into an agreement with
14any carrier for the Department's payment of such railroad
15required maintenance expenses necessary for intercity
16passenger service, the Department may deposit such required
17maintenance funds into an escrow account. Whenever the
18Department enters into an agreement with any State or State
19agency, any public or private entity or quasi-public entity
20for the lease, rental or use of locomotives, passenger
21railcars, and other rolling stock equipment or accessions, the
22Department may deposit such receipts into a separate escrow
23account. For purposes of this subsection, "escrow account" an
24escrow account means any fiduciary account established with
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1trusts in this State, or (ii) any national banking association
2which has its principal place of business in this State and
3which also is authorized to accept and administer trusts in
4this State. The funds in any required maintenance escrow
5account may be withdrawn by the carrier or entity in control of
6the railroad being maintained, only with the consent of the
7Department, pursuant to a written maintenance agreement and
8pursuant to a maintenance plan that shall be updated each
9year. The funds in an escrow account holding lease payments,
10use fees, or rental payments may be withdrawn by the
11Department, only with the consent of the Midwest Fleet Pool
12Board and deposited into the High-Speed Rail Rolling Stock
13Fund. The moneys deposited in the escrow accounts shall be
14invested and reinvested, pursuant to the direction of the
15Department, in bonds and other interest bearing obligations of
16this State, or in such accounts, certificates, bills,
17obligations, shares, pools, or other securities as are
18authorized for the investment of public funds under the Public
19Funds Investment Act. Escrow accounts created under this
20subsection shall not have terms that exceed 20 years. At the
21end of the term of an escrow account holding lease payments,
22use fees, or rental payments, the remaining balance shall be
23deposited in the High-Speed Rail Rolling Stock Fund, a special
24fund that is created in the State treasury Treasury. Moneys in
25the High-Speed Rail Rolling Stock Fund may be used for any
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1rolling stock equipment. The Department shall prepare a report
2for presentation to the Comptroller and the Treasurer each
3year that shows the amounts deposited and withdrawn, the
4purposes for withdrawal, the balance, and the amounts derived
5from investment.
6    (g) Whenever the Department enters into an agreement with
7any carrier, State or State agency, any public or private
8entity, or quasi-public entity for costs related to
9procurement and maintenance of locomotives, passenger
10railcars, and other rolling stock equipment or accessions, the
11Department shall deposit such receipts into the High-Speed
12Rail Rolling Stock Fund. Additionally, the Department may make
13payments into the High-Speed Rail Rolling Stock Fund for the
14State's share of the costs related to locomotives, passenger
15railcars, and other rolling stock equipment.
16(Source: P.A. 103-707, eff. 1-1-25; revised 11-22-24.)
 
17    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-592 new)
18    Sec. 2705-592. Bus rapid transit and related technologies.
19To improve public transportation service across the State, the
20Department, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and
21counties and municipalities shall collaborate with and provide
22support to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and other
23public transit providers in the implementation of bus rapid
24transit and bus priority service using the expressway,
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1cooperation with the Northern Illinois Transit Authority,
2other public transit providers, the Illinois State Toll
3Highway Authority, and counties and municipalities, shall
4evaluate and refine technologies and operations approaches to
5bus rapid transit and bus priority operations and make
6recommendations to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and
7other public transit providers. The Department shall work with
8public transit providers to research, evaluate, and, where
9appropriate, implement vehicle infrastructure, intelligent
10transportation systems, and other technologies to improve the
11quality and safety of public transportation on roadway
12systems.
 
13    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-594 new)
14    Sec. 2705-594. Transit Integration Policy Development
15Committee.    
16    (a) The Transit Integration Policy Development Committee
17is created within the Department to better integrate transit
18policy, planning, and design into Department decisions and
19highway planning and design. The Committee shall consist of
20the following members:
21        (1) the Secretary or the Secretary's designee;
22        (2) representatives of the Department that are
23    involved in highway or intermodal project implementation,
24    design, planning, or programming, as designated by the
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1        (3) transportation experts from outside the
2    Department, including, but not limited to, staff of a
3    metropolitan planning organization or local transportation
4    department, as designated by the Secretary.
5    (b) The Committee shall recommend new policies and
6processes or shall review and recommend revisions to existing
7policies and processes for:
8        (1) identifying existing, planned, and potential
9    future transit corridors;
10        (2) soliciting in a timely fashion and evaluating
11    feedback from local transit agencies and local governments
12    as it pertains to Department projects on existing,
13    planned, and potential future transit corridors;
14        (3) coordinating with local transit authorities,
15    intercity bus operators, and local governments on the
16    delivery of bus priority projects;
17        (4) incorporating designing for transit vehicles and
18    intercity buses on highway projects in the Department's
19    Design and Environment Manual, including design to
20    facilitate bus-on-shoulder operations; and
21        (5) developing a cost and maintenance policy for
22    construction and maintenance of future facilities in
23    partnership with transit agencies.
24    (c) The Committee shall research global best practices on
25optimizing roadways for public transportation services.
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1experts, transit users, and other individuals and groups with
2knowledge and experience on how to optimize roadways for
3public transportation service.
4    (e) The Department shall implement policies and processes
5based on recommendations developed by the Transit Integration
6Policy Development Committee under subsection (b) and shall
7publish, by January 1, 2027, a report on the modifications to
8the Department's policies and procedures based on input from
9the Transit Integration Policy Development Committee. The
10report shall include the Department's identification of
11statutory provisions that the Department believes make it
12difficult or impossible for the Department to implement its
13recommended best practices for optimizing its highways for
14public transit service and users.
15    (f) The Transit Integration Policy Development Committee
16shall review and evaluate the Department's implementation of
17policies and processes created or revised under subsection
18(f). The Committee shall publish a report on the status of the
19Department's implementation of these policies and procedures
20by January 1, 2030.
21    (g) This Section is repealed January 1, 2030.
 
22    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-596 new)
23    Sec. 2705-596. Transit Coordination Oversight Officer.    
24    (a) Within 12 months after the effective date of this
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11, 2030, the Secretary shall designate a Transit Coordination
2Oversight Officer within the Department. The Transit
3Coordination Oversight Officer shall be tasked with the
4following:
5        (1) overseeing the Department's implementation of the
6    policies and processes recommended by the Transit
7    Integration Policy Development Committee;
8        (2) leading coordination across the Department to
9    publish the Department's reports outlined in Section
10    2705-594 of this Code; and
11        (3) liaising with transit agencies, metropolitan
12    planning organizations, and members of the public to
13    solicit and evaluate feedback on the Department's
14    implementation of transit-related policies and processes.
15    (b) Beginning January 1, 2030, the Department may employ a
16Transit Coordination Oversight Officer.    
 
17    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-598 new)
18    Sec. 2705-598. Planning study on improvements needed at
19the Joliet train station. The Department shall conduct a
20planning study on improvements needed at the Joliet train
21station for potential extensions of passenger rail service to
22Peoria and other locations outside of the counties of Cook,
23DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will.
 
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1adding Section 20-25.3 as follows:
 
2    (30 ILCS 500/20-25.3 new)
3    Sec. 20-25.3. Procurement of transition consultant by the
4Department of Transportation.
5    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or
6any law to the contrary, the Department of Transportation
7shall identify a method of source selection that will make it
8possible to procure and contract with a consultant to assist
9with the transition from the Regional Transportation Authority
10to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority as set out in
11Section 1.04. The source selection method identified by the
12Department of Transportation is not limited to those otherwise
13set forth in this Code. The transition consultant shall assist
14the Department of Transportation and the interim Northern
15Illinois Transit Authority Board to develop a transition plan,
16including the transition of functions between the Service
17Boards and the Authority, the evaluation of existing policy
18processes, and the development of a process for efficient and
19effective operations by both the Northern Illinois Transit
20Authority and the Service Boards.
21    (b) The method of source selection shall be by an
22expedited, competitive process approved by the Chief
23Procurement Officer appointed under paragraph (4) of
24subsection (a) of Section 10-20.
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1Illinois Procurement Gateway vendor portal prior to contract
2execution.
3    (d) Except for Sections 5-5, 5-7, 10-10, 20-75, 20-80,
420-120, 20-155, 20-160, and 25-60, paragraph (5) of subsection
5(b) of Section 15-25, and Article 50 and any rules adopted
6under those Sections and Article, this Code does not apply to
7procurements required by this Section, notwithstanding any
8other provision of this Code or any law to the contrary.
9    (e) This Section is inoperative 2 years after the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
11Assembly.
 
12    Section 5-810. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
13changing Sections 203 and 901 as follows:
 
14    (35 ILCS 5/203)  (from Ch. 120, par. 2-203)
15    Sec. 203. Base income defined.
16    (a) Individuals.
17        (1) In general. In the case of an individual, base
18    income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's adjusted
19    gross income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph
20    (2).
21        (2) Modifications. The adjusted gross income referred
22    to in paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto
23    the sum of the following amounts:
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1        to the taxpayer as interest or dividends during the
2        taxable year to the extent excluded from gross income
3        in the computation of adjusted gross income, except
4        stock dividends of qualified public utilities
5        described in Section 305(e) of the Internal Revenue
6        Code;
7            (B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by
8        this Act to the extent deducted from gross income in
9        the computation of adjusted gross income for the
10        taxable year;
11            (C) An amount equal to the amount received during
12        the taxable year as a recovery or refund of real
13        property taxes paid with respect to the taxpayer's
14        principal residence under the Revenue Act of 1939 and
15        for which a deduction was previously taken under
16        subparagraph (L) of this paragraph (2) prior to July
17        1, 1991, the retrospective application date of Article
18        4 of Public Act 87-17. In the case of multi-unit or
19        multi-use structures and farm dwellings, the taxes on
20        the taxpayer's principal residence shall be that
21        portion of the total taxes for the entire property
22        which is attributable to such principal residence;
23            (D) An amount equal to the amount of the capital
24        gain deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue
25        Code, to the extent deducted from gross income in the
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1            (D-5) An amount, to the extent not included in
2        adjusted gross income, equal to the amount of money
3        withdrawn by the taxpayer in the taxable year from a
4        medical care savings account and the interest earned
5        on the account in the taxable year of a withdrawal
6        pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 20 of the
7        Medical Care Savings Account Act or subsection (b) of
8        Section 20 of the Medical Care Savings Account Act of
9        2000;
10            (D-10) For taxable years ending after December 31,
11        1997, an amount equal to any eligible remediation
12        costs that the individual deducted in computing
13        adjusted gross income and for which the individual
14        claims a credit under subsection (l) of Section 201;
15            (D-15) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, an
16        amount equal to the bonus depreciation deduction taken
17        on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for the
18        taxable year under subsection (k) of Section 168 of
19        the Internal Revenue Code;
20            (D-16) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
21        or otherwise disposes of property for which the
22        taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
23        addition modification under subparagraph (D-15), then
24        an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
25        deductions taken in all taxable years under
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1            If the taxpayer continues to own property through
2        the last day of the last tax year for which a
3        subtraction is allowed with respect to that property
4        under subparagraph (Z) and for which the taxpayer was
5        allowed in any taxable year to make a subtraction
6        modification under subparagraph (Z), then an amount
7        equal to that subtraction modification.
8            The taxpayer is required to make the addition
9        modification under this subparagraph only once with
10        respect to any one piece of property;
11            (D-17) An amount equal to the amount otherwise
12        allowed as a deduction in computing base income for
13        interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
14        indirectly, (i) for taxable years ending on or after
15        December 31, 2004, to a foreign person who would be a
16        member of the same unitary business group but for the
17        fact that foreign person's business activity outside
18        the United States is 80% or more of the foreign
19        person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
20        years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
21        who would be a member of the same unitary business
22        group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
23        under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
24        unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
25        required to apportion business income under different
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1        required by this subparagraph shall be reduced to the
2        extent that dividends were included in base income of
3        the unitary group for the same taxable year and
4        received by the taxpayer or by a member of the
5        taxpayer's unitary business group (including amounts
6        included in gross income under Sections 951 through
7        964 of the Internal Revenue Code and amounts included
8        in gross income under Section 78 of the Internal
9        Revenue Code) with respect to the stock of the same
10        person to whom the interest was paid, accrued, or
11        incurred. For taxable years ending on and after
12        December 31, 2025, for purposes of applying this
13        paragraph in the case of a taxpayer to which Section
14        163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code applies for the
15        taxable year, the reduction in the amount of interest
16        for which a deduction is allowed by reason of Section
17        163(j) shall be treated as allocable first to persons
18        who are not foreign persons referred to in this
19        paragraph and then to such foreign persons.
20            For taxable years ending before December 31, 2025,
21        this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
22                (i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
23            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person who
24            is subject in a foreign country or state, other
25            than a state which requires mandatory unitary
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1            with respect to such interest; or
2                (ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
3            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
4            the taxpayer can establish, based on a
5            preponderance of the evidence, both of the
6            following:
7                    (a) the person, during the same taxable
8                year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
9                to a person that is not a related member, and
10                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
11                interest expense between the taxpayer and the
12                person did not have as a principal purpose the
13                avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
14                pursuant to a contract or agreement that
15                reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
16                terms; or
17                (iii) the taxpayer can establish, based on
18            clear and convincing evidence, that the interest
19            paid, accrued, or incurred relates to a contract
20            or agreement entered into at arm's-length rates
21            and terms and the principal purpose for the
22            payment is not federal or Illinois tax avoidance;
23            or
24                (iv) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
25            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
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1            evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
2            if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
3            to the application or use of an alternative method
4            of apportionment under Section 304(f).
5            For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
6        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
7                (i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
8            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
9            the taxpayer can establish, based on a
10            preponderance of the evidence, both of the
11            following:
12                    (a) the person, during the same taxable
13                year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
14                to a person that is not a related member, and
15                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
16                interest expense between the taxpayer and the
17                person did not have as a principal purpose the
18                avoidance of Illinois income tax and is paid
19                pursuant to a contract or agreement that
20                reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
21                terms; or
22                (ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
23            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
24            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
25            evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
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1            to the application or use of an alternative method
2            of apportionment under Section 304(f).
3            Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
4        Director from making any other adjustment otherwise
5        allowed under Section 404 of this Act for any tax year
6        beginning after the effective date of this amendment
7        provided such adjustment is made pursuant to
8        regulation adopted by the Department and such
9        regulations provide methods and standards by which the
10        Department will utilize its authority under Section
11        404 of this Act;
12            (D-18) An amount equal to the amount of intangible
13        expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a deduction in
14        computing base income, and that were paid, accrued, or
15        incurred, directly or indirectly, (i) for taxable
16        years ending on or after December 31, 2004, to a
17        foreign person who would be a member of the same
18        unitary business group but for the fact that the
19        foreign person's business activity outside the United
20        States is 80% or more of that person's total business
21        activity and (ii) for taxable years ending on or after
22        December 31, 2008, to a person who would be a member of
23        the same unitary business group but for the fact that
24        the person is prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27)
25        from being included in the unitary business group
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1        business income under different subsections of Section
2        304. The addition modification required by this
3        subparagraph shall be reduced to the extent that
4        dividends were included in base income of the unitary
5        group for the same taxable year and received by the
6        taxpayer or by a member of the taxpayer's unitary
7        business group (including amounts included in gross
8        income under Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal
9        Revenue Code and amounts included in gross income
10        under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code) with
11        respect to the stock of the same person to whom the
12        intangible expenses and costs were directly or
13        indirectly paid, incurred, or accrued. The preceding
14        sentence does not apply to the extent that the same
15        dividends caused a reduction to the addition
16        modification required under Section 203(a)(2)(D-17) of
17        this Act. As used in this subparagraph, the term
18        "intangible expenses and costs" includes (1) expenses,
19        losses, and costs for, or related to, the direct or
20        indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or management,
21        ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of
22        intangible property; (2) losses incurred, directly or
23        indirectly, from factoring transactions or discounting
24        transactions; (3) royalty, patent, technical, and
25        copyright fees; (4) licensing fees; and (5) other
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1        subparagraph, "intangible property" includes patents,
2        patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service
3        marks, copyrights, mask works, trade secrets, and
4        similar types of intangible assets.
5            For taxable years ending before December 31, 2025,
6        this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
7                (i) any item of intangible expenses or costs
8            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
9            indirectly, from a transaction with a person who
10            is subject in a foreign country or state, other
11            than a state which requires mandatory unitary
12            reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
13            with respect to such item; or
14                (ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
15            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
16            indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
17            on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
18            following:
19                    (a) the person during the same taxable
20                year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
21                intangible expense or cost to a person that is
22                not a related member, and
23                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
24                intangible expense or cost between the
25                taxpayer and the person did not have as a
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1                income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
2                or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
3                or
4                (iii) any item of intangible expense or cost
5            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
6            indirectly, from a transaction with a person if
7            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
8            evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
9            or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
10            writing to the application or use of an
11            alternative method of apportionment under Section
12            304(f);
13            For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
14        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
15                (i) any item of intangible expense or cost
16            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
17            indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
18            on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
19            following:
20                    (a) the person during the same taxable
21                year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
22                intangible expense or cost to a person that is
23                not a related member, and
24                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
25                intangible expense or cost between the
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1                principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
2                income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
3                or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
4                or
5                (ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
6            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
7            indirectly, from a transaction with a person if
8            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
9            evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
10            or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
11            writing to the application or use of an
12            alternative method of apportionment under Section
13            304(f).
14            Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
15        Director from making any other adjustment otherwise
16        allowed under Section 404 of this Act for any tax year
17        beginning after the effective date of this amendment
18        provided such adjustment is made pursuant to
19        regulation adopted by the Department and such
20        regulations provide methods and standards by which the
21        Department will utilize its authority under Section
22        404 of this Act;
23            (D-19) For taxable years ending on or after
24        December 31, 2008, an amount equal to the amount of
25        insurance premium expenses and costs otherwise allowed
26        as a deduction in computing base income, and that were

 

 

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1        paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
2        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
3        business group but for the fact that the person is
4        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
5        included in the unitary business group because he or
6        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
7        income under different subsections of Section 304. The
8        addition modification required by this subparagraph
9        shall be reduced to the extent that dividends were
10        included in base income of the unitary group for the
11        same taxable year and received by the taxpayer or by a
12        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group
13        (including amounts included in gross income under
14        Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code
15        and amounts included in gross income under Section 78
16        of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the
17        stock of the same person to whom the premiums and costs
18        were directly or indirectly paid, incurred, or
19        accrued. The preceding sentence does not apply to the
20        extent that the same dividends caused a reduction to
21        the addition modification required under Section
22        203(a)(2)(D-17) or Section 203(a)(2)(D-18) of this
23        Act;
24            (D-20) For taxable years beginning on or after
25        January 1, 2002 and ending on or before December 31,
26        2006, in the case of a distribution from a qualified

 

 

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1        tuition program under Section 529 of the Internal
2        Revenue Code, other than (i) a distribution from a
3        College Savings Pool created under Section 16.5 of the
4        State Treasurer Act or (ii) a distribution from the
5        Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, an amount equal
6        to the amount excluded from gross income under Section
7        529(c)(3)(B). For taxable years beginning on or after
8        January 1, 2007, in the case of a distribution from a
9        qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the
10        Internal Revenue Code, other than (i) a distribution
11        from a College Savings Pool created under Section 16.5
12        of the State Treasurer Act, (ii) a distribution from
13        the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, or (iii) a
14        distribution from a qualified tuition program under
15        Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code that (I)
16        adopts and determines that its offering materials
17        comply with the College Savings Plans Network's
18        disclosure principles and (II) has made reasonable
19        efforts to inform in-state residents of the existence
20        of in-state qualified tuition programs by informing
21        Illinois residents directly and, where applicable, to
22        inform financial intermediaries distributing the
23        program to inform in-state residents of the existence
24        of in-state qualified tuition programs at least
25        annually, an amount equal to the amount excluded from
26        gross income under Section 529(c)(3)(B).

 

 

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1            For the purposes of this subparagraph (D-20), a
2        qualified tuition program has made reasonable efforts
3        if it makes disclosures (which may use the term
4        "in-state program" or "in-state plan" and need not
5        specifically refer to Illinois or its qualified
6        programs by name) (i) directly to prospective
7        participants in its offering materials or makes a
8        public disclosure, such as a website posting; and (ii)
9        where applicable, to intermediaries selling the
10        out-of-state program in the same manner that the
11        out-of-state program distributes its offering
12        materials;
13            (D-20.5) For taxable years beginning on or after
14        January 1, 2018, in the case of a distribution from a
15        qualified ABLE program under Section 529A of the
16        Internal Revenue Code, other than a distribution from
17        a qualified ABLE program created under Section 16.6 of
18        the State Treasurer Act, an amount equal to the amount
19        excluded from gross income under Section 529A(c)(1)(B)
20        of the Internal Revenue Code;
21            (D-21) For taxable years beginning on or after
22        January 1, 2007, in the case of transfer of moneys from
23        a qualified tuition program under Section 529 of the
24        Internal Revenue Code that is administered by the
25        State to an out-of-state program, an amount equal to
26        the amount of moneys previously deducted from base

 

 

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1        income under subsection (a)(2)(Y) of this Section;
2            (D-21.5) For taxable years beginning on or after
3        January 1, 2018, in the case of the transfer of moneys
4        from a qualified tuition program under Section 529 or
5        a qualified ABLE program under Section 529A of the
6        Internal Revenue Code that is administered by this
7        State to an ABLE account established under an
8        out-of-state ABLE account program, an amount equal to
9        the contribution component of the transferred amount
10        that was previously deducted from base income under
11        subsection (a)(2)(Y) or subsection (a)(2)(HH) of this
12        Section;
13            (D-22) For taxable years beginning on or after
14        January 1, 2009, and prior to January 1, 2018, in the
15        case of a nonqualified withdrawal or refund of moneys
16        from a qualified tuition program under Section 529 of
17        the Internal Revenue Code administered by the State
18        that is not used for qualified expenses at an eligible
19        education institution, an amount equal to the
20        contribution component of the nonqualified withdrawal
21        or refund that was previously deducted from base
22        income under subsection (a)(2)(y) of this Section,
23        provided that the withdrawal or refund did not result
24        from the beneficiary's death or disability. For
25        taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018:
26        (1) in the case of a nonqualified withdrawal or

 

 

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1        refund, as defined under Section 16.5 of the State
2        Treasurer Act, of moneys from a qualified tuition
3        program under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code
4        administered by the State, an amount equal to the
5        contribution component of the nonqualified withdrawal
6        or refund that was previously deducted from base
7        income under subsection (a)(2)(Y) of this Section, and
8        (2) in the case of a nonqualified withdrawal or refund
9        from a qualified ABLE program under Section 529A of
10        the Internal Revenue Code administered by the State
11        that is not used for qualified disability expenses, an
12        amount equal to the contribution component of the
13        nonqualified withdrawal or refund that was previously
14        deducted from base income under subsection (a)(2)(HH)
15        of this Section;
16            (D-23) An amount equal to the credit allowable to
17        the taxpayer under Section 218(a) of this Act,
18        determined without regard to Section 218(c) of this
19        Act;
20            (D-24) For taxable years ending on or after
21        December 31, 2017, an amount equal to the deduction
22        allowed under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code
23        for the taxable year;
24            (D-25) In the case of a resident, an amount equal
25        to the amount of tax for which a credit is allowed
26        pursuant to Section 201(p)(7) of this Act;

 

 

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1            (D-26) The amount recognized as a net gain for the
2        taxable year under the Extremely High Wealth
3        Mark-to-Market Tax Act.    
4    and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of the
5    following amounts:
6            (E) For taxable years ending before December 31,
7        2001, any amount included in such total in respect of
8        any compensation (including but not limited to any
9        compensation paid or accrued to a serviceman while a
10        prisoner of war or missing in action) paid to a
11        resident by reason of being on active duty in the Armed
12        Forces of the United States and in respect of any
13        compensation paid or accrued to a resident who as a
14        governmental employee was a prisoner of war or missing
15        in action, and in respect of any compensation paid to a
16        resident in 1971 or thereafter for annual training
17        performed pursuant to Sections 502 and 503, Title 32,
18        United States Code as a member of the Illinois
19        National Guard or, beginning with taxable years ending
20        on or after December 31, 2007, the National Guard of
21        any other state. For taxable years ending on or after
22        December 31, 2001, any amount included in such total
23        in respect of any compensation (including but not
24        limited to any compensation paid or accrued to a
25        serviceman while a prisoner of war or missing in
26        action) paid to a resident by reason of being a member

 

 

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1        of any component of the Armed Forces of the United
2        States and in respect of any compensation paid or
3        accrued to a resident who as a governmental employee
4        was a prisoner of war or missing in action, and in
5        respect of any compensation paid to a resident in 2001
6        or thereafter by reason of being a member of the
7        Illinois National Guard or, beginning with taxable
8        years ending on or after December 31, 2007, the
9        National Guard of any other state. The provisions of
10        this subparagraph (E) are exempt from the provisions
11        of Section 250;
12            (F) An amount equal to all amounts included in
13        such total pursuant to the provisions of Sections
14        402(a), 402(c), 403(a), 403(b), 406(a), 407(a), and
15        408 of the Internal Revenue Code, or included in such
16        total as distributions under the provisions of any
17        retirement or disability plan for employees of any
18        governmental agency or unit, or retirement payments to
19        retired partners, which payments are excluded in
20        computing net earnings from self employment by Section
21        1402 of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations
22        adopted pursuant thereto;
23            (G) The valuation limitation amount;
24            (H) An amount equal to the amount of any tax
25        imposed by this Act which was refunded to the taxpayer
26        and included in such total for the taxable year;

 

 

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1            (I) An amount equal to all amounts included in
2        such total pursuant to the provisions of Section 111
3        of the Internal Revenue Code as a recovery of items
4        previously deducted from adjusted gross income in the
5        computation of taxable income;
6            (J) An amount equal to those dividends included in
7        such total which were paid by a corporation which
8        conducts business operations in a River Edge
9        Redevelopment Zone or zones created under the River
10        Edge Redevelopment Zone Act, and conducts
11        substantially all of its operations in a River Edge
12        Redevelopment Zone or zones. This subparagraph (J) is
13        exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
14            (K) An amount equal to those dividends included in
15        such total that were paid by a corporation that
16        conducts business operations in a federally designated
17        Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone and that is designated
18        a High Impact Business located in Illinois; provided
19        that dividends eligible for the deduction provided in
20        subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
21        shall not be eligible for the deduction provided under
22        this subparagraph (K);
23            (L) For taxable years ending after December 31,
24        1983, an amount equal to all social security benefits
25        and railroad retirement benefits included in such
26        total pursuant to Sections 72(r) and 86 of the

 

 

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1        Internal Revenue Code;
2            (M) With the exception of any amounts subtracted
3        under subparagraph (N), an amount equal to the sum of
4        all amounts disallowed as deductions by (i) Sections
5        171(a)(2) and 265(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
6        and all amounts of expenses allocable to interest and
7        disallowed as deductions by Section 265(a)(1) of the
8        Internal Revenue Code; and (ii) for taxable years
9        ending on or after August 13, 1999, Sections
10        171(a)(2), 265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the
11        Internal Revenue Code, plus, for taxable years ending
12        on or after December 31, 2011, Section 45G(e)(3) of
13        the Internal Revenue Code and, for taxable years
14        ending on or after December 31, 2008, any amount
15        included in gross income under Section 87 of the
16        Internal Revenue Code; the provisions of this
17        subparagraph are exempt from the provisions of Section
18        250;
19            (N) An amount equal to all amounts included in
20        such total which are exempt from taxation by this
21        State either by reason of its statutes or Constitution
22        or by reason of the Constitution, treaties or statutes
23        of the United States; provided that, in the case of any
24        statute of this State that exempts income derived from
25        bonds or other obligations from the tax imposed under
26        this Act, the amount exempted shall be the interest

 

 

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1        net of bond premium amortization;
2            (O) An amount equal to any contribution made to a
3        job training project established pursuant to the Tax
4        Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
5            (P) An amount equal to the amount of the deduction
6        used to compute the federal income tax credit for
7        restoration of substantial amounts held under claim of
8        right for the taxable year pursuant to Section 1341 of
9        the Internal Revenue Code or of any itemized deduction
10        taken from adjusted gross income in the computation of
11        taxable income for restoration of substantial amounts
12        held under claim of right for the taxable year;
13            (Q) An amount equal to any amounts included in
14        such total, received by the taxpayer as an
15        acceleration in the payment of life, endowment or
16        annuity benefits in advance of the time they would
17        otherwise be payable as an indemnity for a terminal
18        illness;
19            (R) An amount equal to the amount of any federal or
20        State bonus paid to veterans of the Persian Gulf War;
21            (S) An amount, to the extent included in adjusted
22        gross income, equal to the amount of a contribution
23        made in the taxable year on behalf of the taxpayer to a
24        medical care savings account established under the
25        Medical Care Savings Account Act or the Medical Care
26        Savings Account Act of 2000 to the extent the

 

 

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1        contribution is accepted by the account administrator
2        as provided in that Act;
3            (T) An amount, to the extent included in adjusted
4        gross income, equal to the amount of interest earned
5        in the taxable year on a medical care savings account
6        established under the Medical Care Savings Account Act
7        or the Medical Care Savings Account Act of 2000 on
8        behalf of the taxpayer, other than interest added
9        pursuant to item (D-5) of this paragraph (2);
10            (U) For one taxable year beginning on or after
11        January 1, 1994, an amount equal to the total amount of
12        tax imposed and paid under subsections (a) and (b) of
13        Section 201 of this Act on grant amounts received by
14        the taxpayer under the Nursing Home Grant Assistance
15        Act during the taxpayer's taxable years 1992 and 1993;
16            (V) Beginning with tax years ending on or after
17        December 31, 1995 and ending with tax years ending on
18        or before December 31, 2004, an amount equal to the
19        amount paid by a taxpayer who is a self-employed
20        taxpayer, a partner of a partnership, or a shareholder
21        in a Subchapter S corporation for health insurance or
22        long-term care insurance for that taxpayer or that
23        taxpayer's spouse or dependents, to the extent that
24        the amount paid for that health insurance or long-term
25        care insurance may be deducted under Section 213 of
26        the Internal Revenue Code, has not been deducted on

 

 

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1        the federal income tax return of the taxpayer, and
2        does not exceed the taxable income attributable to
3        that taxpayer's income, self-employment income, or
4        Subchapter S corporation income; except that no
5        deduction shall be allowed under this item (V) if the
6        taxpayer is eligible to participate in any health
7        insurance or long-term care insurance plan of an
8        employer of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse. The
9        amount of the health insurance and long-term care
10        insurance subtracted under this item (V) shall be
11        determined by multiplying total health insurance and
12        long-term care insurance premiums paid by the taxpayer
13        times a number that represents the fractional
14        percentage of eligible medical expenses under Section
15        213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 not actually
16        deducted on the taxpayer's federal income tax return;
17            (W) For taxable years beginning on or after
18        January 1, 1998, all amounts included in the
19        taxpayer's federal gross income in the taxable year
20        from amounts converted from a regular IRA to a Roth
21        IRA. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
22        Section 250;
23            (X) For taxable year 1999 and thereafter, an
24        amount equal to the amount of any (i) distributions,
25        to the extent includible in gross income for federal
26        income tax purposes, made to the taxpayer because of

 

 

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1        his or her status as a victim of persecution for racial
2        or religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis
3        regime or as an heir of the victim and (ii) items of
4        income, to the extent includible in gross income for
5        federal income tax purposes, attributable to, derived
6        from or in any way related to assets stolen from,
7        hidden from, or otherwise lost to a victim of
8        persecution for racial or religious reasons by Nazi
9        Germany or any other Axis regime immediately prior to,
10        during, and immediately after World War II, including,
11        but not limited to, interest on the proceeds
12        receivable as insurance under policies issued to a
13        victim of persecution for racial or religious reasons
14        by Nazi Germany or any other Axis regime by European
15        insurance companies immediately prior to and during
16        World War II; provided, however, this subtraction from
17        federal adjusted gross income does not apply to assets
18        acquired with such assets or with the proceeds from
19        the sale of such assets; provided, further, this
20        paragraph shall only apply to a taxpayer who was the
21        first recipient of such assets after their recovery
22        and who is a victim of persecution for racial or
23        religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis
24        regime or as an heir of the victim. The amount of and
25        the eligibility for any public assistance, benefit, or
26        similar entitlement is not affected by the inclusion

 

 

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1        of items (i) and (ii) of this paragraph in gross income
2        for federal income tax purposes. This paragraph is
3        exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
4            (Y) For taxable years beginning on or after
5        January 1, 2002 and ending on or before December 31,
6        2004, moneys contributed in the taxable year to a
7        College Savings Pool account under Section 16.5 of the
8        State Treasurer Act, except that amounts excluded from
9        gross income under Section 529(c)(3)(C)(i) of the
10        Internal Revenue Code shall not be considered moneys
11        contributed under this subparagraph (Y). For taxable
12        years beginning on or after January 1, 2005, a maximum
13        of $10,000 contributed in the taxable year to (i) a
14        College Savings Pool account under Section 16.5 of the
15        State Treasurer Act or (ii) the Illinois Prepaid
16        Tuition Trust Fund, except that amounts excluded from
17        gross income under Section 529(c)(3)(C)(i) of the
18        Internal Revenue Code shall not be considered moneys
19        contributed under this subparagraph (Y). For purposes
20        of this subparagraph, contributions made by an
21        employer on behalf of an employee, or matching
22        contributions made by an employee, shall be treated as
23        made by the employee. This subparagraph (Y) is exempt
24        from the provisions of Section 250;
25            (Z) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, for the
26        taxable year in which the bonus depreciation deduction

 

 

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1        is taken on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
2        under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal
3        Revenue Code and for each applicable taxable year
4        thereafter, an amount equal to "x", where:
5                (1) "y" equals the amount of the depreciation
6            deduction taken for the taxable year on the
7            taxpayer's federal income tax return on property
8            for which the bonus depreciation deduction was
9            taken in any year under subsection (k) of Section
10            168 of the Internal Revenue Code, but not
11            including the bonus depreciation deduction;
12                (2) for taxable years ending on or before
13            December 31, 2005, "x" equals "y" multiplied by 30
14            and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
15            0.429); and
16                (3) for taxable years ending after December
17            31, 2005:
18                    (i) for property on which a bonus
19                depreciation deduction of 30% of the adjusted
20                basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
21                30 and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied
22                by 0.429);
23                    (ii) for property on which a bonus
24                depreciation deduction of 50% of the adjusted
25                basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
26                1.0;

 

 

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1                    (iii) for property on which a bonus
2                depreciation deduction of 100% of the adjusted
3                basis was taken in a taxable year ending on or
4                after December 31, 2021, "x" equals the
5                depreciation deduction that would be allowed
6                on that property if the taxpayer had made the
7                election under Section 168(k)(7) of the
8                Internal Revenue Code to not claim bonus
9                depreciation on that property; and
10                    (iv) for property on which a bonus
11                depreciation deduction of a percentage other
12                than 30%, 50% or 100% of the adjusted basis
13                was taken in a taxable year ending on or after
14                December 31, 2021, "x" equals "y" multiplied
15                by 100 times the percentage bonus depreciation
16                on the property (that is, 100(bonus%)) and
17                then divided by 100 times 1 minus the
18                percentage bonus depreciation on the property
19                (that is, 100(1-bonus%)).
20            The aggregate amount deducted under this
21        subparagraph in all taxable years for any one piece of
22        property may not exceed the amount of the bonus
23        depreciation deduction taken on that property on the
24        taxpayer's federal income tax return under subsection
25        (k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code. This
26        subparagraph (Z) is exempt from the provisions of

 

 

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1        Section 250;
2            (AA) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
3        or otherwise disposes of property for which the
4        taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
5        addition modification under subparagraph (D-15), then
6        an amount equal to that addition modification.
7            If the taxpayer continues to own property through
8        the last day of the last tax year for which a
9        subtraction is allowed with respect to that property
10        under subparagraph (Z) and for which the taxpayer was
11        required in any taxable year to make an addition
12        modification under subparagraph (D-15), then an amount
13        equal to that addition modification.
14            The taxpayer is allowed to take the deduction
15        under this subparagraph only once with respect to any
16        one piece of property.
17            This subparagraph (AA) is exempt from the
18        provisions of Section 250;
19            (BB) Any amount included in adjusted gross income,
20        other than salary, received by a driver in a
21        ridesharing arrangement using a motor vehicle;
22            (CC) The amount of (i) any interest income (net of
23        the deductions allocable thereto) taken into account
24        for the taxable year with respect to a transaction
25        with a taxpayer that is required to make an addition
26        modification with respect to such transaction under

 

 

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1        Section 203(a)(2)(D-17), 203(b)(2)(E-12),
2        203(c)(2)(G-12), or 203(d)(2)(D-7), but not to exceed
3        the amount of that addition modification, and (ii) any
4        income from intangible property (net of the deductions
5        allocable thereto) taken into account for the taxable
6        year with respect to a transaction with a taxpayer
7        that is required to make an addition modification with
8        respect to such transaction under Section
9        203(a)(2)(D-18), 203(b)(2)(E-13), 203(c)(2)(G-13), or
10        203(d)(2)(D-8), but not to exceed the amount of that
11        addition modification. This subparagraph (CC) is
12        exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
13            (DD) An amount equal to the interest income taken
14        into account for the taxable year (net of the
15        deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
16        transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
17        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but
18        for the fact that the foreign person's business
19        activity outside the United States is 80% or more of
20        that person's total business activity and (ii) for
21        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to
22        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
23        business group but for the fact that the person is
24        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
25        included in the unitary business group because he or
26        she is ordinarily required to apportion business

 

 

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1        income under different subsections of Section 304, but
2        not to exceed the addition modification required to be
3        made for the same taxable year under Section
4        203(a)(2)(D-17) for interest paid, accrued, or
5        incurred, directly or indirectly, to the same person.
6        This subparagraph (DD) is exempt from the provisions
7        of Section 250;
8            (EE) An amount equal to the income from intangible
9        property taken into account for the taxable year (net
10        of the deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
11        transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
12        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but
13        for the fact that the foreign person's business
14        activity outside the United States is 80% or more of
15        that person's total business activity and (ii) for
16        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to
17        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
18        business group but for the fact that the person is
19        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
20        included in the unitary business group because he or
21        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
22        income under different subsections of Section 304, but
23        not to exceed the addition modification required to be
24        made for the same taxable year under Section
25        203(a)(2)(D-18) for intangible expenses and costs
26        paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to

 

 

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1        the same foreign person. This subparagraph (EE) is
2        exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
3            (FF) An amount equal to any amount awarded to the
4        taxpayer during the taxable year by the Court of
5        Claims under subsection (c) of Section 8 of the Court
6        of Claims Act for time unjustly served in a State
7        prison. This subparagraph (FF) is exempt from the
8        provisions of Section 250;
9            (GG) For taxable years ending on or after December
10        31, 2011, in the case of a taxpayer who was required to
11        add back any insurance premiums under Section
12        203(a)(2)(D-19), such taxpayer may elect to subtract
13        that part of a reimbursement received from the
14        insurance company equal to the amount of the expense
15        or loss (including expenses incurred by the insurance
16        company) that would have been taken into account as a
17        deduction for federal income tax purposes if the
18        expense or loss had been uninsured. If a taxpayer
19        makes the election provided for by this subparagraph
20        (GG), the insurer to which the premiums were paid must
21        add back to income the amount subtracted by the
22        taxpayer pursuant to this subparagraph (GG). This
23        subparagraph (GG) is exempt from the provisions of
24        Section 250;
25            (HH) For taxable years beginning on or after
26        January 1, 2018 and prior to January 1, 2028, a maximum

 

 

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1        of $10,000 contributed in the taxable year to a
2        qualified ABLE account under Section 16.6 of the State
3        Treasurer Act, except that amounts excluded from gross
4        income under Section 529(c)(3)(C)(i) or Section
5        529A(c)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code shall not
6        be considered moneys contributed under this
7        subparagraph (HH). For purposes of this subparagraph
8        (HH), contributions made by an employer on behalf of
9        an employee, or matching contributions made by an
10        employee, shall be treated as made by the employee;
11            (II) For taxable years that begin on or after
12        January 1, 2021 and begin before January 1, 2026, the
13        amount that is included in the taxpayer's federal
14        adjusted gross income pursuant to Section 61 of the
15        Internal Revenue Code as discharge of indebtedness
16        attributable to student loan forgiveness and that is
17        not excluded from the taxpayer's federal adjusted
18        gross income pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection
19        (f) of Section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code;
20            (JJ) For taxable years beginning on or after
21        January 1, 2023, for any cannabis establishment
22        operating in this State and licensed under the
23        Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or any cannabis
24        cultivation center or medical cannabis dispensing
25        organization operating in this State and licensed
26        under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis

 

 

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1        Program Act, an amount equal to the deductions that
2        were disallowed under Section 280E of the Internal
3        Revenue Code for the taxable year and that would not be
4        added back under this subsection. The provisions of
5        this subparagraph (JJ) are exempt from the provisions
6        of Section 250;
7            (KK) To the extent includible in gross income for
8        federal income tax purposes, any amount awarded or
9        paid to the taxpayer as a result of a judgment or
10        settlement for fertility fraud as provided in Section
11        15 of the Illinois Fertility Fraud Act, donor
12        fertility fraud as provided in Section 20 of the
13        Illinois Fertility Fraud Act, or similar action in
14        another state;
15            (LL) For taxable years beginning on or after
16        January 1, 2026, if the taxpayer is a qualified
17        worker, as defined in the Workforce Development
18        through Charitable Loan Repayment Act, an amount equal
19        to the amount included in the taxpayer's federal
20        adjusted gross income that is attributable to student
21        loan repayment assistance received by the taxpayer
22        during the taxable year from a qualified community
23        foundation under the provisions of the Workforce
24        Development through Charitable Loan Repayment Act.
25            This subparagraph (LL) is exempt from the
26        provisions of Section 250; and    

 

 

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1            (MM) For taxable years beginning on or after
2        January 1, 2025, if the taxpayer is an eligible
3        resident as defined in the Medical Debt Relief Act, an
4        amount equal to the amount included in the taxpayer's
5        federal adjusted gross income that is attributable to
6        medical debt relief received by the taxpayer during
7        the taxable year from a nonprofit medical debt relief
8        coordinator under the provisions of the Medical Debt
9        Relief Act. This subparagraph (MM) is exempt from the
10        provisions of Section 250; and .    
11            (NN) An amount eligible to be taken as a loss in
12        the taxable year under the Extremely High Wealth
13        Mark-to-Market Tax Act that is not otherwise deducted
14        under this Act.    
 
15    (b) Corporations.
16        (1) In general. In the case of a corporation, base
17    income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable
18    income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2).
19        (2) Modifications. The taxable income referred to in
20    paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the sum
21    of the following amounts:
22            (A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued
23        to the taxpayer as interest and all distributions
24        received from regulated investment companies during
25        the taxable year to the extent excluded from gross

 

 

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1        income in the computation of taxable income;
2            (B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by
3        this Act to the extent deducted from gross income in
4        the computation of taxable income for the taxable
5        year;
6            (C) In the case of a regulated investment company,
7        an amount equal to the excess of (i) the net long-term
8        capital gain for the taxable year, over (ii) the
9        amount of the capital gain dividends designated as
10        such in accordance with Section 852(b)(3)(C) of the
11        Internal Revenue Code and any amount designated under
12        Section 852(b)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code,
13        attributable to the taxable year (this amendatory Act
14        of 1995 (Public Act 89-89) is declarative of existing
15        law and is not a new enactment);
16            (D) The amount of any net operating loss deduction
17        taken in arriving at taxable income, other than a net
18        operating loss carried forward from a taxable year
19        ending prior to December 31, 1986;
20            (E) For taxable years in which a net operating
21        loss carryback or carryforward from a taxable year
22        ending prior to December 31, 1986 is an element of
23        taxable income under paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
24        or subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection
25        (e), the amount by which addition modifications other
26        than those provided by this subparagraph (E) exceeded

 

 

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1        subtraction modifications in such earlier taxable
2        year, with the following limitations applied in the
3        order that they are listed:
4                (i) the addition modification relating to the
5            net operating loss carried back or forward to the
6            taxable year from any taxable year ending prior to
7            December 31, 1986 shall be reduced by the amount
8            of addition modification under this subparagraph
9            (E) which related to that net operating loss and
10            which was taken into account in calculating the
11            base income of an earlier taxable year, and
12                (ii) the addition modification relating to the
13            net operating loss carried back or forward to the
14            taxable year from any taxable year ending prior to
15            December 31, 1986 shall not exceed the amount of
16            such carryback or carryforward;
17            For taxable years in which there is a net
18        operating loss carryback or carryforward from more
19        than one other taxable year ending prior to December
20        31, 1986, the addition modification provided in this
21        subparagraph (E) shall be the sum of the amounts
22        computed independently under the preceding provisions
23        of this subparagraph (E) for each such taxable year;
24            (E-5) For taxable years ending after December 31,
25        1997, an amount equal to any eligible remediation
26        costs that the corporation deducted in computing

 

 

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1        adjusted gross income and for which the corporation
2        claims a credit under subsection (l) of Section 201;
3            (E-10) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, an
4        amount equal to the bonus depreciation deduction taken
5        on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for the
6        taxable year under subsection (k) of Section 168 of
7        the Internal Revenue Code;
8            (E-11) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
9        or otherwise disposes of property for which the
10        taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
11        addition modification under subparagraph (E-10), then
12        an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
13        deductions taken in all taxable years under
14        subparagraph (T) with respect to that property.
15            If the taxpayer continues to own property through
16        the last day of the last tax year for which a
17        subtraction is allowed with respect to that property
18        under subparagraph (T) and for which the taxpayer was
19        allowed in any taxable year to make a subtraction
20        modification under subparagraph (T), then an amount
21        equal to that subtraction modification.
22            The taxpayer is required to make the addition
23        modification under this subparagraph only once with
24        respect to any one piece of property;
25            (E-12) An amount equal to the amount otherwise
26        allowed as a deduction in computing base income for

 

 

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1        interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
2        indirectly, (i) for taxable years ending on or after
3        December 31, 2004, to a foreign person who would be a
4        member of the same unitary business group but for the
5        fact the foreign person's business activity outside
6        the United States is 80% or more of the foreign
7        person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
8        years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
9        who would be a member of the same unitary business
10        group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
11        under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
12        unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
13        required to apportion business income under different
14        subsections of Section 304. The addition modification
15        required by this subparagraph shall be reduced to the
16        extent that dividends were included in base income of
17        the unitary group for the same taxable year and
18        received by the taxpayer or by a member of the
19        taxpayer's unitary business group (including amounts
20        included in gross income pursuant to Sections 951
21        through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code and amounts
22        included in gross income under Section 78 of the
23        Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock of
24        the same person to whom the interest was paid,
25        accrued, or incurred. For taxable years ending on and
26        after December 31, 2025, for purposes of applying this

 

 

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1        paragraph in the case of a taxpayer to which Section
2        163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code applies for the
3        taxable year, the reduction in the amount of interest
4        for which a deduction is allowed by reason of Section
5        163(j) shall be treated as allocable first to persons
6        who are not foreign persons referred to in this
7        paragraph and then to such foreign persons.
8            For taxable years ending before December 31, 2025,
9        this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
10                (i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
11            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person who
12            is subject in a foreign country or state, other
13            than a state which requires mandatory unitary
14            reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
15            with respect to such interest; or
16                (ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
17            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
18            the taxpayer can establish, based on a
19            preponderance of the evidence, both of the
20            following:
21                    (a) the person, during the same taxable
22                year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
23                to a person that is not a related member, and
24                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
25                interest expense between the taxpayer and the
26                person did not have as a principal purpose the

 

 

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1                avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
2                pursuant to a contract or agreement that
3                reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
4                terms; or
5                (iii) the taxpayer can establish, based on
6            clear and convincing evidence, that the interest
7            paid, accrued, or incurred relates to a contract
8            or agreement entered into at arm's-length rates
9            and terms and the principal purpose for the
10            payment is not federal or Illinois tax avoidance;
11            or
12                (iv) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
13            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
14            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
15            evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
16            if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
17            to the application or use of an alternative method
18            of apportionment under Section 304(f).
19            For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
20        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
21                (i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
22            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
23            the taxpayer can establish, based on a
24            preponderance of the evidence, both of the
25            following:
26                    (a) the person, during the same taxable

 

 

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1                year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
2                to a person that is not a related member, and
3                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
4                interest expense between the taxpayer and the
5                person did not have as a principal purpose the
6                avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
7                pursuant to a contract or agreement that
8                reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
9                terms; or
10                (ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
11            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
12            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
13            evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
14            if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
15            to the application or use of an alternative method
16            of apportionment under Section 304(f).
17            Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
18        Director from making any other adjustment otherwise
19        allowed under Section 404 of this Act for any tax year
20        beginning after the effective date of this amendment
21        provided such adjustment is made pursuant to
22        regulation adopted by the Department and such
23        regulations provide methods and standards by which the
24        Department will utilize its authority under Section
25        404 of this Act;
26            (E-13) An amount equal to the amount of intangible

 

 

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1        expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a deduction in
2        computing base income, and that were paid, accrued, or
3        incurred, directly or indirectly, (i) for taxable
4        years ending on or after December 31, 2004, to a
5        foreign person who would be a member of the same
6        unitary business group but for the fact that the
7        foreign person's business activity outside the United
8        States is 80% or more of that person's total business
9        activity and (ii) for taxable years ending on or after
10        December 31, 2008, to a person who would be a member of
11        the same unitary business group but for the fact that
12        the person is prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27)
13        from being included in the unitary business group
14        because he or she is ordinarily required to apportion
15        business income under different subsections of Section
16        304. The addition modification required by this
17        subparagraph shall be reduced to the extent that
18        dividends were included in base income of the unitary
19        group for the same taxable year and received by the
20        taxpayer or by a member of the taxpayer's unitary
21        business group (including amounts included in gross
22        income pursuant to Sections 951 through 964 of the
23        Internal Revenue Code and amounts included in gross
24        income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code)
25        with respect to the stock of the same person to whom
26        the intangible expenses and costs were directly or

 

 

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1        indirectly paid, incurred, or accrued. The preceding
2        sentence shall not apply to the extent that the same
3        dividends caused a reduction to the addition
4        modification required under Section 203(b)(2)(E-12) of
5        this Act. As used in this subparagraph, the term
6        "intangible expenses and costs" includes (1) expenses,
7        losses, and costs for, or related to, the direct or
8        indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or management,
9        ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of
10        intangible property; (2) losses incurred, directly or
11        indirectly, from factoring transactions or discounting
12        transactions; (3) royalty, patent, technical, and
13        copyright fees; (4) licensing fees; and (5) other
14        similar expenses and costs. For purposes of this
15        subparagraph, "intangible property" includes patents,
16        patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service
17        marks, copyrights, mask works, trade secrets, and
18        similar types of intangible assets.
19            For taxable years ending before December 31, 2025,
20        this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
21                (i) any item of intangible expenses or costs
22            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
23            indirectly, from a transaction with a person who
24            is subject in a foreign country or state, other
25            than a state which requires mandatory unitary
26            reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income

 

 

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1            with respect to such item; or
2                (ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
3            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
4            indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
5            on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
6            following:
7                    (a) the person during the same taxable
8                year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
9                intangible expense or cost to a person that is
10                not a related member, and
11                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
12                intangible expense or cost between the
13                taxpayer and the person did not have as a
14                principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
15                income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
16                or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
17                or
18                (iii) any item of intangible expense or cost
19            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
20            indirectly, from a transaction with a person if
21            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
22            evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
23            or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
24            writing to the application or use of an
25            alternative method of apportionment under Section
26            304(f);

 

 

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1            For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
2        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
3                (i) any item of intangible expense or cost
4            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
5            indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
6            on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
7            following:
8                    (a) the person during the same taxable
9                year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
10                intangible expense or cost to a person that is
11                not a related member, and
12                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
13                intangible expense or cost between the
14                taxpayer and the person did not have as a
15                principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
16                income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
17                or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
18                or
19                (ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
20            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
21            indirectly, from a transaction with a person if
22            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
23            evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
24            or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
25            writing to the application or use of an
26            alternative method of apportionment under Section

 

 

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1            304(f).
2            Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
3        Director from making any other adjustment otherwise
4        allowed under Section 404 of this Act for any tax year
5        beginning after the effective date of this amendment
6        provided such adjustment is made pursuant to
7        regulation adopted by the Department and such
8        regulations provide methods and standards by which the
9        Department will utilize its authority under Section
10        404 of this Act;
11            (E-14) For taxable years ending on or after
12        December 31, 2008, an amount equal to the amount of
13        insurance premium expenses and costs otherwise allowed
14        as a deduction in computing base income, and that were
15        paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
16        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
17        business group but for the fact that the person is
18        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
19        included in the unitary business group because he or
20        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
21        income under different subsections of Section 304. The
22        addition modification required by this subparagraph
23        shall be reduced to the extent that dividends were
24        included in base income of the unitary group for the
25        same taxable year and received by the taxpayer or by a
26        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group

 

 

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1        (including amounts included in gross income under
2        Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code
3        and amounts included in gross income under Section 78
4        of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the
5        stock of the same person to whom the premiums and costs
6        were directly or indirectly paid, incurred, or
7        accrued. The preceding sentence does not apply to the
8        extent that the same dividends caused a reduction to
9        the addition modification required under Section
10        203(b)(2)(E-12) or Section 203(b)(2)(E-13) of this
11        Act;
12            (E-15) For taxable years beginning after December
13        31, 2008, any deduction for dividends paid by a
14        captive real estate investment trust that is allowed
15        to a real estate investment trust under Section
16        857(b)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code for
17        dividends paid;
18            (E-16) An amount equal to the credit allowable to
19        the taxpayer under Section 218(a) of this Act,
20        determined without regard to Section 218(c) of this
21        Act;
22            (E-17) For taxable years ending on or after
23        December 31, 2017, an amount equal to the deduction
24        allowed under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code
25        for the taxable year;
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1        31, 2018, an amount equal to the deduction allowed
2        under Section 250(a)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue
3        Code for the taxable year;
4            (E-19) for taxable years ending on or after June
5        30, 2021, an amount equal to the deduction allowed
6        under Section 250(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue
7        Code for the taxable year;
8            (E-20) for taxable years ending on or after June
9        30, 2021, an amount equal to the deduction allowed
10        under Sections 243(e) and 245A(a) of the Internal
11        Revenue Code for the taxable year;
12            (E-21) the amount that is claimed as a federal
13        deduction when computing the taxpayer's federal
14        taxable income for the taxable year and that is
15        attributable to an endowment gift for which the
16        taxpayer receives a credit under the Illinois Gives
17        Tax Credit Act;
18    and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of the
19    following amounts:
20            (F) An amount equal to the amount of any tax
21        imposed by this Act which was refunded to the taxpayer
22        and included in such total for the taxable year;
23            (G) An amount equal to any amount included in such
24        total under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code;
25            (H) In the case of a regulated investment company,
26        an amount equal to the amount of exempt interest

 

 

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1        dividends as defined in subsection (b)(5) of Section
2        852 of the Internal Revenue Code, paid to shareholders
3        for the taxable year;
4            (I) With the exception of any amounts subtracted
5        under subparagraph (J), an amount equal to the sum of
6        all amounts disallowed as deductions by (i) Sections
7        171(a)(2) and 265(a)(2) and amounts disallowed as
8        interest expense by Section 291(a)(3) of the Internal
9        Revenue Code, and all amounts of expenses allocable to
10        interest and disallowed as deductions by Section
11        265(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code; and (ii) for
12        taxable years ending on or after August 13, 1999,
13        Sections 171(a)(2), 265, 280C, 291(a)(3), and
14        832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code, plus,
15        for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2011,
16        amounts disallowed as deductions by Section 45G(e)(3)
17        of the Internal Revenue Code and, for taxable years
18        ending on or after December 31, 2008, any amount
19        included in gross income under Section 87 of the
20        Internal Revenue Code and the policyholders' share of
21        tax-exempt interest of a life insurance company under
22        Section 807(a)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code (in
23        the case of a life insurance company with gross income
24        from a decrease in reserves for the tax year) or
25        Section 807(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code (in
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1        deduction for an increase in reserves for the tax
2        year); the provisions of this subparagraph are exempt
3        from the provisions of Section 250;
4            (J) An amount equal to all amounts included in
5        such total which are exempt from taxation by this
6        State either by reason of its statutes or Constitution
7        or by reason of the Constitution, treaties or statutes
8        of the United States; provided that, in the case of any
9        statute of this State that exempts income derived from
10        bonds or other obligations from the tax imposed under
11        this Act, the amount exempted shall be the interest
12        net of bond premium amortization;
13            (K) An amount equal to those dividends included in
14        such total which were paid by a corporation which
15        conducts business operations in a River Edge
16        Redevelopment Zone or zones created under the River
17        Edge Redevelopment Zone Act and conducts substantially
18        all of its operations in a River Edge Redevelopment
19        Zone or zones. This subparagraph (K) is exempt from
20        the provisions of Section 250;
21            (L) An amount equal to those dividends included in
22        such total that were paid by a corporation that
23        conducts business operations in a federally designated
24        Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone and that is designated
25        a High Impact Business located in Illinois; provided
26        that dividends eligible for the deduction provided in

 

 

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1        subparagraph (K) of paragraph 2 of this subsection
2        shall not be eligible for the deduction provided under
3        this subparagraph (L);
4            (M) For any taxpayer that is a financial
5        organization within the meaning of Section 304(c) of
6        this Act, an amount included in such total as interest
7        income from a loan or loans made by such taxpayer to a
8        borrower, to the extent that such a loan is secured by
9        property which is eligible for the River Edge
10        Redevelopment Zone Investment Credit. To determine the
11        portion of a loan or loans that is secured by property
12        eligible for a Section 201(f) investment credit to the
13        borrower, the entire principal amount of the loan or
14        loans between the taxpayer and the borrower should be
15        divided into the basis of the Section 201(f)
16        investment credit property which secures the loan or
17        loans, using for this purpose the original basis of
18        such property on the date that it was placed in service
19        in the River Edge Redevelopment Zone. The subtraction
20        modification available to the taxpayer in any year
21        under this subsection shall be that portion of the
22        total interest paid by the borrower with respect to
23        such loan attributable to the eligible property as
24        calculated under the previous sentence. This
25        subparagraph (M) is exempt from the provisions of
26        Section 250;

 

 

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1            (M-1) For any taxpayer that is a financial
2        organization within the meaning of Section 304(c) of
3        this Act, an amount included in such total as interest
4        income from a loan or loans made by such taxpayer to a
5        borrower, to the extent that such a loan is secured by
6        property which is eligible for the High Impact
7        Business Investment Credit. To determine the portion
8        of a loan or loans that is secured by property eligible
9        for a Section 201(h) investment credit to the
10        borrower, the entire principal amount of the loan or
11        loans between the taxpayer and the borrower should be
12        divided into the basis of the Section 201(h)
13        investment credit property which secures the loan or
14        loans, using for this purpose the original basis of
15        such property on the date that it was placed in service
16        in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
17        Sub-Zone located in Illinois. No taxpayer that is
18        eligible for the deduction provided in subparagraph
19        (M) of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be
20        eligible for the deduction provided under this
21        subparagraph (M-1). The subtraction modification
22        available to taxpayers in any year under this
23        subsection shall be that portion of the total interest
24        paid by the borrower with respect to such loan
25        attributable to the eligible property as calculated
26        under the previous sentence;

 

 

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1            (N) Two times any contribution made during the
2        taxable year to a designated zone organization to the
3        extent that the contribution (i) qualifies as a
4        charitable contribution under subsection (c) of
5        Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code and (ii)
6        must, by its terms, be used for a project approved by
7        the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
8        under Section 11 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act
9        or under Section 10-10 of the River Edge Redevelopment
10        Zone Act. This subparagraph (N) is exempt from the
11        provisions of Section 250;
12            (O) An amount equal to: (i) 85% for taxable years
13        ending on or before December 31, 1992, or, a
14        percentage equal to the percentage allowable under
15        Section 243(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
16        for taxable years ending after December 31, 1992, of
17        the amount by which dividends included in taxable
18        income and received from a corporation that is not
19        created or organized under the laws of the United
20        States or any state or political subdivision thereof,
21        including, for taxable years ending on or after
22        December 31, 1988, dividends received or deemed
23        received or paid or deemed paid under Sections 951
24        through 965 of the Internal Revenue Code, exceed the
25        amount of the modification provided under subparagraph
26        (G) of paragraph (2) of this subsection (b) which is

 

 

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1        related to such dividends, and including, for taxable
2        years ending on or after December 31, 2008, dividends
3        received from a captive real estate investment trust;
4        plus (ii) 100% of the amount by which dividends,
5        included in taxable income and received, including,
6        for taxable years ending on or after December 31,
7        1988, dividends received or deemed received or paid or
8        deemed paid under Sections 951 through 964 of the
9        Internal Revenue Code and including, for taxable years
10        ending on or after December 31, 2008, dividends
11        received from a captive real estate investment trust,
12        from any such corporation specified in clause (i) that
13        would but for the provisions of Section 1504(b)(3) of
14        the Internal Revenue Code be treated as a member of the
15        affiliated group which includes the dividend
16        recipient, exceed the amount of the modification
17        provided under subparagraph (G) of paragraph (2) of
18        this subsection (b) which is related to such
19        dividends. For taxable years ending on or after June
20        30, 2021, (i) for purposes of this subparagraph, the
21        term "dividend" does not include any amount treated as
22        a dividend under Section 1248 of the Internal Revenue
23        Code, and (ii) this subparagraph shall not apply to
24        dividends for which a deduction is allowed under
25        Section 245(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. For
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1        50% of the amount of global intangible low-taxed
2        income received or deemed received or paid or deemed
3        paid under Section 951A of the Internal Revenue Code.
4        This subparagraph (O) is exempt from the provisions of
5        Section 250 of this Act;
6            (P) An amount equal to any contribution made to a
7        job training project established pursuant to the Tax
8        Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
9            (Q) An amount equal to the amount of the deduction
10        used to compute the federal income tax credit for
11        restoration of substantial amounts held under claim of
12        right for the taxable year pursuant to Section 1341 of
13        the Internal Revenue Code;
14            (R) On and after July 20, 1999, in the case of an
15        attorney-in-fact with respect to whom an interinsurer
16        or a reciprocal insurer has made the election under
17        Section 835 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.
18        835, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
19        amounts paid or incurred by that interinsurer or
20        reciprocal insurer in the taxable year to the
21        attorney-in-fact over the deduction allowed to that
22        interinsurer or reciprocal insurer with respect to the
23        attorney-in-fact under Section 835(b) of the Internal
24        Revenue Code for the taxable year; the provisions of
25        this subparagraph are exempt from the provisions of
26        Section 250;

 

 

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1            (S) For taxable years ending on or after December
2        31, 1997, in the case of a Subchapter S corporation, an
3        amount equal to all amounts of income allocable to a
4        shareholder subject to the Personal Property Tax
5        Replacement Income Tax imposed by subsections (c) and
6        (d) of Section 201 of this Act, including amounts
7        allocable to organizations exempt from federal income
8        tax by reason of Section 501(a) of the Internal
9        Revenue Code. This subparagraph (S) is exempt from the
10        provisions of Section 250;
11            (T) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, for the
12        taxable year in which the bonus depreciation deduction
13        is taken on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
14        under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal
15        Revenue Code and for each applicable taxable year
16        thereafter, an amount equal to "x", where:
17                (1) "y" equals the amount of the depreciation
18            deduction taken for the taxable year on the
19            taxpayer's federal income tax return on property
20            for which the bonus depreciation deduction was
21            taken in any year under subsection (k) of Section
22            168 of the Internal Revenue Code, but not
23            including the bonus depreciation deduction;
24                (2) for taxable years ending on or before
25            December 31, 2005, "x" equals "y" multiplied by 30
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1            0.429); and
2                (3) for taxable years ending after December
3            31, 2005:
4                    (i) for property on which a bonus
5                depreciation deduction of 30% of the adjusted
6                basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
7                30 and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied
8                by 0.429);
9                    (ii) for property on which a bonus
10                depreciation deduction of 50% of the adjusted
11                basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
12                1.0;
13                    (iii) for property on which a bonus
14                depreciation deduction of 100% of the adjusted
15                basis was taken in a taxable year ending on or
16                after December 31, 2021, "x" equals the
17                depreciation deduction that would be allowed
18                on that property if the taxpayer had made the
19                election under Section 168(k)(7) of the
20                Internal Revenue Code to not claim bonus
21                depreciation on that property; and
22                    (iv) for property on which a bonus
23                depreciation deduction of a percentage other
24                than 30%, 50% or 100% of the adjusted basis
25                was taken in a taxable year ending on or after
26                December 31, 2021, "x" equals "y" multiplied

 

 

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1                by 100 times the percentage bonus depreciation
2                on the property (that is, 100(bonus%)) and
3                then divided by 100 times 1 minus the
4                percentage bonus depreciation on the property
5                (that is, 100(1-bonus%)).
6            The aggregate amount deducted under this
7        subparagraph in all taxable years for any one piece of
8        property may not exceed the amount of the bonus
9        depreciation deduction taken on that property on the
10        taxpayer's federal income tax return under subsection
11        (k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code. This
12        subparagraph (T) is exempt from the provisions of
13        Section 250;
14            (U) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons, or
15        otherwise disposes of property for which the taxpayer
16        was required in any taxable year to make an addition
17        modification under subparagraph (E-10), then an amount
18        equal to that addition modification.
19            If the taxpayer continues to own property through
20        the last day of the last tax year for which a
21        subtraction is allowed with respect to that property
22        under subparagraph (T) and for which the taxpayer was
23        required in any taxable year to make an addition
24        modification under subparagraph (E-10), then an amount
25        equal to that addition modification.
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1        under this subparagraph only once with respect to any
2        one piece of property.
3            This subparagraph (U) is exempt from the
4        provisions of Section 250;
5            (V) The amount of: (i) any interest income (net of
6        the deductions allocable thereto) taken into account
7        for the taxable year with respect to a transaction
8        with a taxpayer that is required to make an addition
9        modification with respect to such transaction under
10        Section 203(a)(2)(D-17), 203(b)(2)(E-12),
11        203(c)(2)(G-12), or 203(d)(2)(D-7), but not to exceed
12        the amount of such addition modification, (ii) any
13        income from intangible property (net of the deductions
14        allocable thereto) taken into account for the taxable
15        year with respect to a transaction with a taxpayer
16        that is required to make an addition modification with
17        respect to such transaction under Section
18        203(a)(2)(D-18), 203(b)(2)(E-13), 203(c)(2)(G-13), or
19        203(d)(2)(D-8), but not to exceed the amount of such
20        addition modification, and (iii) any insurance premium
21        income (net of deductions allocable thereto) taken
22        into account for the taxable year with respect to a
23        transaction with a taxpayer that is required to make
24        an addition modification with respect to such
25        transaction under Section 203(a)(2)(D-19), Section
26        203(b)(2)(E-14), Section 203(c)(2)(G-14), or Section

 

 

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1        203(d)(2)(D-9), but not to exceed the amount of that
2        addition modification. This subparagraph (V) is exempt
3        from the provisions of Section 250;
4            (W) An amount equal to the interest income taken
5        into account for the taxable year (net of the
6        deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
7        transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
8        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but
9        for the fact that the foreign person's business
10        activity outside the United States is 80% or more of
11        that person's total business activity and (ii) for
12        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to
13        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
14        business group but for the fact that the person is
15        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
16        included in the unitary business group because he or
17        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
18        income under different subsections of Section 304, but
19        not to exceed the addition modification required to be
20        made for the same taxable year under Section
21        203(b)(2)(E-12) for interest paid, accrued, or
22        incurred, directly or indirectly, to the same person.
23        This subparagraph (W) is exempt from the provisions of
24        Section 250;
25            (X) An amount equal to the income from intangible
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1        of the deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
2        transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
3        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but
4        for the fact that the foreign person's business
5        activity outside the United States is 80% or more of
6        that person's total business activity and (ii) for
7        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to
8        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
9        business group but for the fact that the person is
10        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
11        included in the unitary business group because he or
12        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
13        income under different subsections of Section 304, but
14        not to exceed the addition modification required to be
15        made for the same taxable year under Section
16        203(b)(2)(E-13) for intangible expenses and costs
17        paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
18        the same foreign person. This subparagraph (X) is
19        exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
20            (Y) For taxable years ending on or after December
21        31, 2011, in the case of a taxpayer who was required to
22        add back any insurance premiums under Section
23        203(b)(2)(E-14), such taxpayer may elect to subtract
24        that part of a reimbursement received from the
25        insurance company equal to the amount of the expense
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1        company) that would have been taken into account as a
2        deduction for federal income tax purposes if the
3        expense or loss had been uninsured. If a taxpayer
4        makes the election provided for by this subparagraph
5        (Y), the insurer to which the premiums were paid must
6        add back to income the amount subtracted by the
7        taxpayer pursuant to this subparagraph (Y). This
8        subparagraph (Y) is exempt from the provisions of
9        Section 250;
10            (Z) The difference between the nondeductible
11        controlled foreign corporation dividends under Section
12        965(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code over the
13        taxable income of the taxpayer, computed without
14        regard to Section 965(e)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue
15        Code, and without regard to any net operating loss
16        deduction. This subparagraph (Z) is exempt from the
17        provisions of Section 250; and
18            (AA) For taxable years beginning on or after
19        January 1, 2023, for any cannabis establishment
20        operating in this State and licensed under the
21        Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or any cannabis
22        cultivation center or medical cannabis dispensing
23        organization operating in this State and licensed
24        under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
25        Program Act, an amount equal to the deductions that
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1        Revenue Code for the taxable year and that would not be
2        added back under this subsection. The provisions of
3        this subparagraph (AA) are exempt from the provisions
4        of Section 250.
5        (3) Special rule. For purposes of paragraph (2)(A),
6    "gross income" in the case of a life insurance company,
7    for tax years ending on and after December 31, 1994, and
8    prior to December 31, 2011, shall mean the gross
9    investment income for the taxable year and, for tax years
10    ending on or after December 31, 2011, shall mean all
11    amounts included in life insurance gross income under
12    Section 803(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
 
13    (c) Trusts and estates.
14        (1) In general. In the case of a trust or estate, base
15    income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable
16    income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2).
17        (2) Modifications. Subject to the provisions of
18    paragraph (3), the taxable income referred to in paragraph
19    (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the sum of the
20    following amounts:
21            (A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued
22        to the taxpayer as interest or dividends during the
23        taxable year to the extent excluded from gross income
24        in the computation of taxable income;
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1        trust which, under its governing instrument, is
2        required to distribute all of its income currently,
3        $300; and (iii) any other trust, $100, but in each such
4        case, only to the extent such amount was deducted in
5        the computation of taxable income;
6            (C) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by
7        this Act to the extent deducted from gross income in
8        the computation of taxable income for the taxable
9        year;
10            (D) The amount of any net operating loss deduction
11        taken in arriving at taxable income, other than a net
12        operating loss carried forward from a taxable year
13        ending prior to December 31, 1986;
14            (E) For taxable years in which a net operating
15        loss carryback or carryforward from a taxable year
16        ending prior to December 31, 1986 is an element of
17        taxable income under paragraph (1) of subsection (e)
18        or subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection
19        (e), the amount by which addition modifications other
20        than those provided by this subparagraph (E) exceeded
21        subtraction modifications in such taxable year, with
22        the following limitations applied in the order that
23        they are listed:
24                (i) the addition modification relating to the
25            net operating loss carried back or forward to the
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1            December 31, 1986 shall be reduced by the amount
2            of addition modification under this subparagraph
3            (E) which related to that net operating loss and
4            which was taken into account in calculating the
5            base income of an earlier taxable year, and
6                (ii) the addition modification relating to the
7            net operating loss carried back or forward to the
8            taxable year from any taxable year ending prior to
9            December 31, 1986 shall not exceed the amount of
10            such carryback or carryforward;
11            For taxable years in which there is a net
12        operating loss carryback or carryforward from more
13        than one other taxable year ending prior to December
14        31, 1986, the addition modification provided in this
15        subparagraph (E) shall be the sum of the amounts
16        computed independently under the preceding provisions
17        of this subparagraph (E) for each such taxable year;
18            (F) For taxable years ending on or after January
19        1, 1989, an amount equal to the tax deducted pursuant
20        to Section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code if the
21        trust or estate is claiming the same tax for purposes
22        of the Illinois foreign tax credit under Section 601
23        of this Act;
24            (G) An amount equal to the amount of the capital
25        gain deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue
26        Code, to the extent deducted from gross income in the

 

 

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1        computation of taxable income;
2            (G-5) For taxable years ending after December 31,
3        1997, an amount equal to any eligible remediation
4        costs that the trust or estate deducted in computing
5        adjusted gross income and for which the trust or
6        estate claims a credit under subsection (l) of Section
7        201;
8            (G-10) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, an
9        amount equal to the bonus depreciation deduction taken
10        on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for the
11        taxable year under subsection (k) of Section 168 of
12        the Internal Revenue Code; and
13            (G-11) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
14        or otherwise disposes of property for which the
15        taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
16        addition modification under subparagraph (G-10), then
17        an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
18        deductions taken in all taxable years under
19        subparagraph (R) with respect to that property.
20            If the taxpayer continues to own property through
21        the last day of the last tax year for which a
22        subtraction is allowed with respect to that property
23        under subparagraph (R) and for which the taxpayer was
24        allowed in any taxable year to make a subtraction
25        modification under subparagraph (R), then an amount
26        equal to that subtraction modification.

 

 

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1            The taxpayer is required to make the addition
2        modification under this subparagraph only once with
3        respect to any one piece of property;
4            (G-12) An amount equal to the amount otherwise
5        allowed as a deduction in computing base income for
6        interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
7        indirectly, (i) for taxable years ending on or after
8        December 31, 2004, to a foreign person who would be a
9        member of the same unitary business group but for the
10        fact that the foreign person's business activity
11        outside the United States is 80% or more of the foreign
12        person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
13        years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
14        who would be a member of the same unitary business
15        group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
16        under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
17        unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
18        required to apportion business income under different
19        subsections of Section 304. The addition modification
20        required by this subparagraph shall be reduced to the
21        extent that dividends were included in base income of
22        the unitary group for the same taxable year and
23        received by the taxpayer or by a member of the
24        taxpayer's unitary business group (including amounts
25        included in gross income pursuant to Sections 951
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1        included in gross income under Section 78 of the
2        Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock of
3        the same person to whom the interest was paid,
4        accrued, or incurred. For taxable years ending on and
5        after December 31, 2025, for purposes of applying this
6        paragraph in the case of a taxpayer to which Section
7        163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code applies for the
8        taxable year, the reduction in the amount of interest
9        for which a deduction is allowed by reason of Section
10        163(j) shall be treated as allocable first to persons
11        who are not foreign persons referred to in this
12        paragraph and then to such foreign persons.
13            For taxable years ending before December 31, 2025,
14        this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
15                (i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
16            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person who
17            is subject in a foreign country or state, other
18            than a state which requires mandatory unitary
19            reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
20            with respect to such interest; or
21                (ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
22            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
23            the taxpayer can establish, based on a
24            preponderance of the evidence, both of the
25            following:
26                    (a) the person, during the same taxable

 

 

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1                year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
2                to a person that is not a related member, and
3                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
4                interest expense between the taxpayer and the
5                person did not have as a principal purpose the
6                avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
7                pursuant to a contract or agreement that
8                reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
9                terms; or
10                (iii) the taxpayer can establish, based on
11            clear and convincing evidence, that the interest
12            paid, accrued, or incurred relates to a contract
13            or agreement entered into at arm's-length rates
14            and terms and the principal purpose for the
15            payment is not federal or Illinois tax avoidance;
16            or
17                (iv) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
18            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
19            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
20            evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
21            if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
22            to the application or use of an alternative method
23            of apportionment under Section 304(f).
24            For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
25        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
26                (i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or

 

 

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1            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
2            the taxpayer can establish, based on a
3            preponderance of the evidence, both of the
4            following:
5                    (a) the person, during the same taxable
6                year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
7                to a person that is not a related member, and
8                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
9                interest expense between the taxpayer and the
10                person did not have as a principal purpose the
11                avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
12                pursuant to a contract or agreement that
13                reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
14                terms; or
15                (ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
16            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
17            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
18            evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
19            if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
20            to the application or use of an alternative method
21            of apportionment under Section 304(f).
22            Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
23        Director from making any other adjustment otherwise
24        allowed under Section 404 of this Act for any tax year
25        beginning after the effective date of this amendment
26        provided such adjustment is made pursuant to

 

 

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1        regulation adopted by the Department and such
2        regulations provide methods and standards by which the
3        Department will utilize its authority under Section
4        404 of this Act;
5            (G-13) An amount equal to the amount of intangible
6        expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a deduction in
7        computing base income, and that were paid, accrued, or
8        incurred, directly or indirectly, (i) for taxable
9        years ending on or after December 31, 2004, to a
10        foreign person who would be a member of the same
11        unitary business group but for the fact that the
12        foreign person's business activity outside the United
13        States is 80% or more of that person's total business
14        activity and (ii) for taxable years ending on or after
15        December 31, 2008, to a person who would be a member of
16        the same unitary business group but for the fact that
17        the person is prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27)
18        from being included in the unitary business group
19        because he or she is ordinarily required to apportion
20        business income under different subsections of Section
21        304. The addition modification required by this
22        subparagraph shall be reduced to the extent that
23        dividends were included in base income of the unitary
24        group for the same taxable year and received by the
25        taxpayer or by a member of the taxpayer's unitary
26        business group (including amounts included in gross

 

 

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1        income pursuant to Sections 951 through 964 of the
2        Internal Revenue Code and amounts included in gross
3        income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code)
4        with respect to the stock of the same person to whom
5        the intangible expenses and costs were directly or
6        indirectly paid, incurred, or accrued. The preceding
7        sentence shall not apply to the extent that the same
8        dividends caused a reduction to the addition
9        modification required under Section 203(c)(2)(G-12) of
10        this Act. As used in this subparagraph, the term
11        "intangible expenses and costs" includes: (1)
12        expenses, losses, and costs for or related to the
13        direct or indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or
14        management, ownership, sale, exchange, or any other
15        disposition of intangible property; (2) losses
16        incurred, directly or indirectly, from factoring
17        transactions or discounting transactions; (3) royalty,
18        patent, technical, and copyright fees; (4) licensing
19        fees; and (5) other similar expenses and costs. For
20        purposes of this subparagraph, "intangible property"
21        includes patents, patent applications, trade names,
22        trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask works,
23        trade secrets, and similar types of intangible assets.
24            For taxable years ending before December 31, 2025,
25        this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
26                (i) any item of intangible expenses or costs

 

 

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1            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
2            indirectly, from a transaction with a person who
3            is subject in a foreign country or state, other
4            than a state which requires mandatory unitary
5            reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
6            with respect to such item; or
7                (ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
8            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
9            indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
10            on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
11            following:
12                    (a) the person during the same taxable
13                year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
14                intangible expense or cost to a person that is
15                not a related member, and
16                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
17                intangible expense or cost between the
18                taxpayer and the person did not have as a
19                principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
20                income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
21                or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
22                or
23                (iii) any item of intangible expense or cost
24            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
25            indirectly, from a transaction with a person if
26            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing

 

 

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1            evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
2            or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
3            writing to the application or use of an
4            alternative method of apportionment under Section
5            304(f);
6            For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
7        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
8                (i) any item of intangible expense or cost
9            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
10            indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
11            on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
12            following:
13                    (a) the person during the same taxable
14                year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
15                intangible expense or cost to a person that is
16                not a related member, and
17                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
18                intangible expense or cost between the
19                taxpayer and the person did not have as a
20                principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
21                income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
22                or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
23                or
24                (ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
25            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
26            indirectly, from a transaction with a person if

 

 

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1            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
2            evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
3            or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
4            writing to the application or use of an
5            alternative method of apportionment under Section
6            304(f).
7            Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
8        Director from making any other adjustment otherwise
9        allowed under Section 404 of this Act for any tax year
10        beginning after the effective date of this amendment
11        provided such adjustment is made pursuant to
12        regulation adopted by the Department and such
13        regulations provide methods and standards by which the
14        Department will utilize its authority under Section
15        404 of this Act;
16            (G-14) For taxable years ending on or after
17        December 31, 2008, an amount equal to the amount of
18        insurance premium expenses and costs otherwise allowed
19        as a deduction in computing base income, and that were
20        paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
21        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
22        business group but for the fact that the person is
23        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
24        included in the unitary business group because he or
25        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
26        income under different subsections of Section 304. The

 

 

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1        addition modification required by this subparagraph
2        shall be reduced to the extent that dividends were
3        included in base income of the unitary group for the
4        same taxable year and received by the taxpayer or by a
5        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group
6        (including amounts included in gross income under
7        Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code
8        and amounts included in gross income under Section 78
9        of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the
10        stock of the same person to whom the premiums and costs
11        were directly or indirectly paid, incurred, or
12        accrued. The preceding sentence does not apply to the
13        extent that the same dividends caused a reduction to
14        the addition modification required under Section
15        203(c)(2)(G-12) or Section 203(c)(2)(G-13) of this
16        Act;
17            (G-15) An amount equal to the credit allowable to
18        the taxpayer under Section 218(a) of this Act,
19        determined without regard to Section 218(c) of this
20        Act;
21            (G-16) For taxable years ending on or after
22        December 31, 2017, an amount equal to the deduction
23        allowed under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code
24        for the taxable year;
25            (G-17) the amount that is claimed as a federal
26        deduction when computing the taxpayer's federal

 

 

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1        taxable income for the taxable year and that is
2        attributable to an endowment gift for which the
3        taxpayer receives a credit under the Illinois Gives
4        Tax Credit Act;
5    and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of the
6    following amounts:
7            (H) An amount equal to all amounts included in
8        such total pursuant to the provisions of Sections
9        402(a), 402(c), 403(a), 403(b), 406(a), 407(a) and 408
10        of the Internal Revenue Code or included in such total
11        as distributions under the provisions of any
12        retirement or disability plan for employees of any
13        governmental agency or unit, or retirement payments to
14        retired partners, which payments are excluded in
15        computing net earnings from self employment by Section
16        1402 of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations
17        adopted pursuant thereto;
18            (I) The valuation limitation amount;
19            (J) An amount equal to the amount of any tax
20        imposed by this Act which was refunded to the taxpayer
21        and included in such total for the taxable year;
22            (K) An amount equal to all amounts included in
23        taxable income as modified by subparagraphs (A), (B),
24        (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) which are exempt from
25        taxation by this State either by reason of its
26        statutes or Constitution or by reason of the

 

 

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1        Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United
2        States; provided that, in the case of any statute of
3        this State that exempts income derived from bonds or
4        other obligations from the tax imposed under this Act,
5        the amount exempted shall be the interest net of bond
6        premium amortization;
7            (L) With the exception of any amounts subtracted
8        under subparagraph (K), an amount equal to the sum of
9        all amounts disallowed as deductions by (i) Sections
10        171(a)(2) and 265(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
11        and all amounts of expenses allocable to interest and
12        disallowed as deductions by Section 265(a)(1) of the
13        Internal Revenue Code; and (ii) for taxable years
14        ending on or after August 13, 1999, Sections
15        171(a)(2), 265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the
16        Internal Revenue Code, plus, (iii) for taxable years
17        ending on or after December 31, 2011, Section
18        45G(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and, for
19        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008,
20        any amount included in gross income under Section 87
21        of the Internal Revenue Code; the provisions of this
22        subparagraph are exempt from the provisions of Section
23        250;
24            (M) An amount equal to those dividends included in
25        such total which were paid by a corporation which
26        conducts business operations in a River Edge

 

 

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1        Redevelopment Zone or zones created under the River
2        Edge Redevelopment Zone Act and conducts substantially
3        all of its operations in a River Edge Redevelopment
4        Zone or zones. This subparagraph (M) is exempt from
5        the provisions of Section 250;
6            (N) An amount equal to any contribution made to a
7        job training project established pursuant to the Tax
8        Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
9            (O) An amount equal to those dividends included in
10        such total that were paid by a corporation that
11        conducts business operations in a federally designated
12        Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone and that is designated
13        a High Impact Business located in Illinois; provided
14        that dividends eligible for the deduction provided in
15        subparagraph (M) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
16        shall not be eligible for the deduction provided under
17        this subparagraph (O);
18            (P) An amount equal to the amount of the deduction
19        used to compute the federal income tax credit for
20        restoration of substantial amounts held under claim of
21        right for the taxable year pursuant to Section 1341 of
22        the Internal Revenue Code;
23            (Q) For taxable year 1999 and thereafter, an
24        amount equal to the amount of any (i) distributions,
25        to the extent includible in gross income for federal
26        income tax purposes, made to the taxpayer because of

 

 

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1        his or her status as a victim of persecution for racial
2        or religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis
3        regime or as an heir of the victim and (ii) items of
4        income, to the extent includible in gross income for
5        federal income tax purposes, attributable to, derived
6        from or in any way related to assets stolen from,
7        hidden from, or otherwise lost to a victim of
8        persecution for racial or religious reasons by Nazi
9        Germany or any other Axis regime immediately prior to,
10        during, and immediately after World War II, including,
11        but not limited to, interest on the proceeds
12        receivable as insurance under policies issued to a
13        victim of persecution for racial or religious reasons
14        by Nazi Germany or any other Axis regime by European
15        insurance companies immediately prior to and during
16        World War II; provided, however, this subtraction from
17        federal adjusted gross income does not apply to assets
18        acquired with such assets or with the proceeds from
19        the sale of such assets; provided, further, this
20        paragraph shall only apply to a taxpayer who was the
21        first recipient of such assets after their recovery
22        and who is a victim of persecution for racial or
23        religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis
24        regime or as an heir of the victim. The amount of and
25        the eligibility for any public assistance, benefit, or
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1        of items (i) and (ii) of this paragraph in gross income
2        for federal income tax purposes. This paragraph is
3        exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
4            (R) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, for the
5        taxable year in which the bonus depreciation deduction
6        is taken on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
7        under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal
8        Revenue Code and for each applicable taxable year
9        thereafter, an amount equal to "x", where:
10                (1) "y" equals the amount of the depreciation
11            deduction taken for the taxable year on the
12            taxpayer's federal income tax return on property
13            for which the bonus depreciation deduction was
14            taken in any year under subsection (k) of Section
15            168 of the Internal Revenue Code, but not
16            including the bonus depreciation deduction;
17                (2) for taxable years ending on or before
18            December 31, 2005, "x" equals "y" multiplied by 30
19            and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
20            0.429); and
21                (3) for taxable years ending after December
22            31, 2005:
23                    (i) for property on which a bonus
24                depreciation deduction of 30% of the adjusted
25                basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
26                30 and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied

 

 

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1                by 0.429);
2                    (ii) for property on which a bonus
3                depreciation deduction of 50% of the adjusted
4                basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
5                1.0;
6                    (iii) for property on which a bonus
7                depreciation deduction of 100% of the adjusted
8                basis was taken in a taxable year ending on or
9                after December 31, 2021, "x" equals the
10                depreciation deduction that would be allowed
11                on that property if the taxpayer had made the
12                election under Section 168(k)(7) of the
13                Internal Revenue Code to not claim bonus
14                depreciation on that property; and
15                    (iv) for property on which a bonus
16                depreciation deduction of a percentage other
17                than 30%, 50% or 100% of the adjusted basis
18                was taken in a taxable year ending on or after
19                December 31, 2021, "x" equals "y" multiplied
20                by 100 times the percentage bonus depreciation
21                on the property (that is, 100(bonus%)) and
22                then divided by 100 times 1 minus the
23                percentage bonus depreciation on the property
24                (that is, 100(1-bonus%)).
25            The aggregate amount deducted under this
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1        property may not exceed the amount of the bonus
2        depreciation deduction taken on that property on the
3        taxpayer's federal income tax return under subsection
4        (k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code. This
5        subparagraph (R) is exempt from the provisions of
6        Section 250;
7            (S) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons, or
8        otherwise disposes of property for which the taxpayer
9        was required in any taxable year to make an addition
10        modification under subparagraph (G-10), then an amount
11        equal to that addition modification.
12            If the taxpayer continues to own property through
13        the last day of the last tax year for which a
14        subtraction is allowed with respect to that property
15        under subparagraph (R) and for which the taxpayer was
16        required in any taxable year to make an addition
17        modification under subparagraph (G-10), then an amount
18        equal to that addition modification.
19            The taxpayer is allowed to take the deduction
20        under this subparagraph only once with respect to any
21        one piece of property.
22            This subparagraph (S) is exempt from the
23        provisions of Section 250;
24            (T) The amount of (i) any interest income (net of
25        the deductions allocable thereto) taken into account
26        for the taxable year with respect to a transaction

 

 

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1        with a taxpayer that is required to make an addition
2        modification with respect to such transaction under
3        Section 203(a)(2)(D-17), 203(b)(2)(E-12),
4        203(c)(2)(G-12), or 203(d)(2)(D-7), but not to exceed
5        the amount of such addition modification and (ii) any
6        income from intangible property (net of the deductions
7        allocable thereto) taken into account for the taxable
8        year with respect to a transaction with a taxpayer
9        that is required to make an addition modification with
10        respect to such transaction under Section
11        203(a)(2)(D-18), 203(b)(2)(E-13), 203(c)(2)(G-13), or
12        203(d)(2)(D-8), but not to exceed the amount of such
13        addition modification. This subparagraph (T) is exempt
14        from the provisions of Section 250;
15            (U) An amount equal to the interest income taken
16        into account for the taxable year (net of the
17        deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
18        transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
19        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but
20        for the fact the foreign person's business activity
21        outside the United States is 80% or more of that
22        person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
23        years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
24        who would be a member of the same unitary business
25        group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
26        under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the

 

 

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1        unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
2        required to apportion business income under different
3        subsections of Section 304, but not to exceed the
4        addition modification required to be made for the same
5        taxable year under Section 203(c)(2)(G-12) for
6        interest paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
7        indirectly, to the same person. This subparagraph (U)
8        is exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
9            (V) An amount equal to the income from intangible
10        property taken into account for the taxable year (net
11        of the deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
12        transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
13        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but
14        for the fact that the foreign person's business
15        activity outside the United States is 80% or more of
16        that person's total business activity and (ii) for
17        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to
18        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
19        business group but for the fact that the person is
20        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
21        included in the unitary business group because he or
22        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
23        income under different subsections of Section 304, but
24        not to exceed the addition modification required to be
25        made for the same taxable year under Section
26        203(c)(2)(G-13) for intangible expenses and costs

 

 

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1        paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
2        the same foreign person. This subparagraph (V) is
3        exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
4            (W) in the case of an estate, an amount equal to
5        all amounts included in such total pursuant to the
6        provisions of Section 111 of the Internal Revenue Code
7        as a recovery of items previously deducted by the
8        decedent from adjusted gross income in the computation
9        of taxable income. This subparagraph (W) is exempt
10        from Section 250;
11            (X) an amount equal to the refund included in such
12        total of any tax deducted for federal income tax
13        purposes, to the extent that deduction was added back
14        under subparagraph (F). This subparagraph (X) is
15        exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
16            (Y) For taxable years ending on or after December
17        31, 2011, in the case of a taxpayer who was required to
18        add back any insurance premiums under Section
19        203(c)(2)(G-14), such taxpayer may elect to subtract
20        that part of a reimbursement received from the
21        insurance company equal to the amount of the expense
22        or loss (including expenses incurred by the insurance
23        company) that would have been taken into account as a
24        deduction for federal income tax purposes if the
25        expense or loss had been uninsured. If a taxpayer
26        makes the election provided for by this subparagraph

 

 

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1        (Y), the insurer to which the premiums were paid must
2        add back to income the amount subtracted by the
3        taxpayer pursuant to this subparagraph (Y). This
4        subparagraph (Y) is exempt from the provisions of
5        Section 250;
6            (Z) For taxable years beginning after December 31,
7        2018 and before January 1, 2026, the amount of excess
8        business loss of the taxpayer disallowed as a
9        deduction by Section 461(l)(1)(B) of the Internal
10        Revenue Code; and
11            (AA) For taxable years beginning on or after
12        January 1, 2023, for any cannabis establishment
13        operating in this State and licensed under the
14        Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or any cannabis
15        cultivation center or medical cannabis dispensing
16        organization operating in this State and licensed
17        under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
18        Program Act, an amount equal to the deductions that
19        were disallowed under Section 280E of the Internal
20        Revenue Code for the taxable year and that would not be
21        added back under this subsection. The provisions of
22        this subparagraph (AA) are exempt from the provisions
23        of Section 250.
24        (3) Limitation. The amount of any modification
25    otherwise required under this subsection shall, under
26    regulations prescribed by the Department, be adjusted by

 

 

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1    any amounts included therein which were properly paid,
2    credited, or required to be distributed, or permanently
3    set aside for charitable purposes pursuant to Internal
4    Revenue Code Section 642(c) during the taxable year.
 
5    (d) Partnerships.
6        (1) In general. In the case of a partnership, base
7    income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable
8    income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2).
9        (2) Modifications. The taxable income referred to in
10    paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the sum
11    of the following amounts:
12            (A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued
13        to the taxpayer as interest or dividends during the
14        taxable year to the extent excluded from gross income
15        in the computation of taxable income;
16            (B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by
17        this Act to the extent deducted from gross income for
18        the taxable year;
19            (C) The amount of deductions allowed to the
20        partnership pursuant to Section 707 (c) of the
21        Internal Revenue Code in calculating its taxable
22        income;
23            (D) An amount equal to the amount of the capital
24        gain deduction allowable under the Internal Revenue
25        Code, to the extent deducted from gross income in the

 

 

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1        computation of taxable income;
2            (D-5) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, an
3        amount equal to the bonus depreciation deduction taken
4        on the taxpayer's federal income tax return for the
5        taxable year under subsection (k) of Section 168 of
6        the Internal Revenue Code;
7            (D-6) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons,
8        or otherwise disposes of property for which the
9        taxpayer was required in any taxable year to make an
10        addition modification under subparagraph (D-5), then
11        an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
12        deductions taken in all taxable years under
13        subparagraph (O) with respect to that property.
14            If the taxpayer continues to own property through
15        the last day of the last tax year for which a
16        subtraction is allowed with respect to that property
17        under subparagraph (O) and for which the taxpayer was
18        allowed in any taxable year to make a subtraction
19        modification under subparagraph (O), then an amount
20        equal to that subtraction modification.
21            The taxpayer is required to make the addition
22        modification under this subparagraph only once with
23        respect to any one piece of property;
24            (D-7) An amount equal to the amount otherwise
25        allowed as a deduction in computing base income for
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1        indirectly, (i) for taxable years ending on or after
2        December 31, 2004, to a foreign person who would be a
3        member of the same unitary business group but for the
4        fact the foreign person's business activity outside
5        the United States is 80% or more of the foreign
6        person's total business activity and (ii) for taxable
7        years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to a person
8        who would be a member of the same unitary business
9        group but for the fact that the person is prohibited
10        under Section 1501(a)(27) from being included in the
11        unitary business group because he or she is ordinarily
12        required to apportion business income under different
13        subsections of Section 304. The addition modification
14        required by this subparagraph shall be reduced to the
15        extent that dividends were included in base income of
16        the unitary group for the same taxable year and
17        received by the taxpayer or by a member of the
18        taxpayer's unitary business group (including amounts
19        included in gross income pursuant to Sections 951
20        through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code and amounts
21        included in gross income under Section 78 of the
22        Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the stock of
23        the same person to whom the interest was paid,
24        accrued, or incurred. For taxable years ending on and
25        after December 31, 2025, for purposes of applying this
26        paragraph in the case of a taxpayer to which Section

 

 

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1        163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code applies for the
2        taxable year, the reduction in the amount of interest
3        for which a deduction is allowed by reason of Section
4        163(j) shall be treated as allocable first to persons
5        who are not foreign persons referred to in this
6        paragraph and then to such foreign persons.
7            For taxable years ending before December 31, 2025,
8        this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
9                (i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
10            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person who
11            is subject in a foreign country or state, other
12            than a state which requires mandatory unitary
13            reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
14            with respect to such interest; or
15                (ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
16            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
17            the taxpayer can establish, based on a
18            preponderance of the evidence, both of the
19            following:
20                    (a) the person, during the same taxable
21                year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest
22                to a person that is not a related member, and
23                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
24                interest expense between the taxpayer and the
25                person did not have as a principal purpose the
26                avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid

 

 

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1                pursuant to a contract or agreement that
2                reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
3                terms; or
4                (iii) the taxpayer can establish, based on
5            clear and convincing evidence, that the interest
6            paid, accrued, or incurred relates to a contract
7            or agreement entered into at arm's-length rates
8            and terms and the principal purpose for the
9            payment is not federal or Illinois tax avoidance;
10            or
11                (iv) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
12            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
13            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
14            evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
15            if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
16            to the application or use of an alternative method
17            of apportionment under Section 304(f).
18            For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
19        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
20                (i) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
21            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
22            the taxpayer can establish, based on a
23            preponderance of the evidence, both of the
24            following:
25                    (a) the person, during the same taxable
26                year, paid, accrued, or incurred, the interest

 

 

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1                to a person that is not a related member, and
2                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
3                interest expense between the taxpayer and the
4                person did not have as a principal purpose the
5                avoidance of Illinois income tax, and is paid
6                pursuant to a contract or agreement that
7                reflects an arm's-length interest rate and
8                terms; or
9                (ii) an item of interest paid, accrued, or
10            incurred, directly or indirectly, to a person if
11            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
12            evidence that the adjustments are unreasonable; or
13            if the taxpayer and the Director agree in writing
14            to the application or use of an alternative method
15            of apportionment under Section 304(f).
16            Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
17        Director from making any other adjustment otherwise
18        allowed under Section 404 of this Act for any tax year
19        beginning after the effective date of this amendment
20        provided such adjustment is made pursuant to
21        regulation adopted by the Department and such
22        regulations provide methods and standards by which the
23        Department will utilize its authority under Section
24        404 of this Act; and
25            (D-8) An amount equal to the amount of intangible
26        expenses and costs otherwise allowed as a deduction in

 

 

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1        computing base income, and that were paid, accrued, or
2        incurred, directly or indirectly, (i) for taxable
3        years ending on or after December 31, 2004, to a
4        foreign person who would be a member of the same
5        unitary business group but for the fact that the
6        foreign person's business activity outside the United
7        States is 80% or more of that person's total business
8        activity and (ii) for taxable years ending on or after
9        December 31, 2008, to a person who would be a member of
10        the same unitary business group but for the fact that
11        the person is prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27)
12        from being included in the unitary business group
13        because he or she is ordinarily required to apportion
14        business income under different subsections of Section
15        304. The addition modification required by this
16        subparagraph shall be reduced to the extent that
17        dividends were included in base income of the unitary
18        group for the same taxable year and received by the
19        taxpayer or by a member of the taxpayer's unitary
20        business group (including amounts included in gross
21        income pursuant to Sections 951 through 964 of the
22        Internal Revenue Code and amounts included in gross
23        income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code)
24        with respect to the stock of the same person to whom
25        the intangible expenses and costs were directly or
26        indirectly paid, incurred or accrued. The preceding

 

 

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1        sentence shall not apply to the extent that the same
2        dividends caused a reduction to the addition
3        modification required under Section 203(d)(2)(D-7) of
4        this Act. As used in this subparagraph, the term
5        "intangible expenses and costs" includes (1) expenses,
6        losses, and costs for, or related to, the direct or
7        indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or management,
8        ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of
9        intangible property; (2) losses incurred, directly or
10        indirectly, from factoring transactions or discounting
11        transactions; (3) royalty, patent, technical, and
12        copyright fees; (4) licensing fees; and (5) other
13        similar expenses and costs. For purposes of this
14        subparagraph, "intangible property" includes patents,
15        patent applications, trade names, trademarks, service
16        marks, copyrights, mask works, trade secrets, and
17        similar types of intangible assets;
18            For taxable years ending on or after December 31,
19        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
20                (i) any item of intangible expenses or costs
21            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
22            indirectly, from a transaction with a person who
23            is subject in a foreign country or state, other
24            than a state which requires mandatory unitary
25            reporting, to a tax on or measured by net income
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1                (ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
2            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
3            indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
4            on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
5            following:
6                    (a) the person during the same taxable
7                year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
8                intangible expense or cost to a person that is
9                not a related member, and
10                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
11                intangible expense or cost between the
12                taxpayer and the person did not have as a
13                principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
14                income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
15                or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
16                or
17                (iii) any item of intangible expense or cost
18            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
19            indirectly, from a transaction with a person if
20            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
21            evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
22            or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
23            writing to the application or use of an
24            alternative method of apportionment under Section
25            304(f);
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1        2025, this paragraph shall not apply to the following:
2                (i) any item of intangible expense or cost
3            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
4            indirectly, if the taxpayer can establish, based
5            on a preponderance of the evidence, both of the
6            following:
7                    (a) the person during the same taxable
8                year paid, accrued, or incurred, the
9                intangible expense or cost to a person that is
10                not a related member, and
11                    (b) the transaction giving rise to the
12                intangible expense or cost between the
13                taxpayer and the person did not have as a
14                principal purpose the avoidance of Illinois
15                income tax, and is paid pursuant to a contract
16                or agreement that reflects arm's-length terms;
17                or
18                (ii) any item of intangible expense or cost
19            paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or
20            indirectly, from a transaction with a person if
21            the taxpayer establishes by clear and convincing
22            evidence, that the adjustments are unreasonable;
23            or if the taxpayer and the Director agree in
24            writing to the application or use of an
25            alternative method of apportionment under Section
26            304(f).

 

 

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1            Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the
2        Director from making any other adjustment otherwise
3        allowed under Section 404 of this Act for any tax year
4        beginning after the effective date of this amendment
5        provided such adjustment is made pursuant to
6        regulation adopted by the Department and such
7        regulations provide methods and standards by which the
8        Department will utilize its authority under Section
9        404 of this Act;
10            (D-9) For taxable years ending on or after
11        December 31, 2008, an amount equal to the amount of
12        insurance premium expenses and costs otherwise allowed
13        as a deduction in computing base income, and that were
14        paid, accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to
15        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
16        business group but for the fact that the person is
17        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
18        included in the unitary business group because he or
19        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
20        income under different subsections of Section 304. The
21        addition modification required by this subparagraph
22        shall be reduced to the extent that dividends were
23        included in base income of the unitary group for the
24        same taxable year and received by the taxpayer or by a
25        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group
26        (including amounts included in gross income under

 

 

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1        Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue Code
2        and amounts included in gross income under Section 78
3        of the Internal Revenue Code) with respect to the
4        stock of the same person to whom the premiums and costs
5        were directly or indirectly paid, incurred, or
6        accrued. The preceding sentence does not apply to the
7        extent that the same dividends caused a reduction to
8        the addition modification required under Section
9        203(d)(2)(D-7) or Section 203(d)(2)(D-8) of this Act;
10            (D-10) An amount equal to the credit allowable to
11        the taxpayer under Section 218(a) of this Act,
12        determined without regard to Section 218(c) of this
13        Act;
14            (D-11) For taxable years ending on or after
15        December 31, 2017, an amount equal to the deduction
16        allowed under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code
17        for the taxable year;
18            (D-12) the amount that is claimed as a federal
19        deduction when computing the taxpayer's federal
20        taxable income for the taxable year and that is
21        attributable to an endowment gift for which the
22        taxpayer receives a credit under the Illinois Gives
23        Tax Credit Act;
24    and by deducting from the total so obtained the following
25    amounts:
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1            (F) An amount equal to the amount of any tax
2        imposed by this Act which was refunded to the taxpayer
3        and included in such total for the taxable year;
4            (G) An amount equal to all amounts included in
5        taxable income as modified by subparagraphs (A), (B),
6        (C) and (D) which are exempt from taxation by this
7        State either by reason of its statutes or Constitution
8        or by reason of the Constitution, treaties or statutes
9        of the United States; provided that, in the case of any
10        statute of this State that exempts income derived from
11        bonds or other obligations from the tax imposed under
12        this Act, the amount exempted shall be the interest
13        net of bond premium amortization;
14            (H) Any income of the partnership which
15        constitutes personal service income as defined in
16        Section 1348(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (as in
17        effect December 31, 1981) or a reasonable allowance
18        for compensation paid or accrued for services rendered
19        by partners to the partnership, whichever is greater;
20        this subparagraph (H) is exempt from the provisions of
21        Section 250;
22            (I) An amount equal to all amounts of income
23        distributable to an entity subject to the Personal
24        Property Tax Replacement Income Tax imposed by
25        subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act
26        including amounts distributable to organizations

 

 

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1        exempt from federal income tax by reason of Section
2        501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; this subparagraph
3        (I) is exempt from the provisions of Section 250;
4            (J) With the exception of any amounts subtracted
5        under subparagraph (G), an amount equal to the sum of
6        all amounts disallowed as deductions by (i) Sections
7        171(a)(2) and 265(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
8        and all amounts of expenses allocable to interest and
9        disallowed as deductions by Section 265(a)(1) of the
10        Internal Revenue Code; and (ii) for taxable years
11        ending on or after August 13, 1999, Sections
12        171(a)(2), 265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the
13        Internal Revenue Code, plus, (iii) for taxable years
14        ending on or after December 31, 2011, Section
15        45G(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and, for
16        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008,
17        any amount included in gross income under Section 87
18        of the Internal Revenue Code; the provisions of this
19        subparagraph are exempt from the provisions of Section
20        250;
21            (K) An amount equal to those dividends included in
22        such total which were paid by a corporation which
23        conducts business operations in a River Edge
24        Redevelopment Zone or zones created under the River
25        Edge Redevelopment Zone Act and conducts substantially
26        all of its operations from a River Edge Redevelopment

 

 

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1        Zone or zones. This subparagraph (K) is exempt from
2        the provisions of Section 250;
3            (L) An amount equal to any contribution made to a
4        job training project established pursuant to the Real
5        Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act;
6            (M) An amount equal to those dividends included in
7        such total that were paid by a corporation that
8        conducts business operations in a federally designated
9        Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone and that is designated
10        a High Impact Business located in Illinois; provided
11        that dividends eligible for the deduction provided in
12        subparagraph (K) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
13        shall not be eligible for the deduction provided under
14        this subparagraph (M);
15            (N) An amount equal to the amount of the deduction
16        used to compute the federal income tax credit for
17        restoration of substantial amounts held under claim of
18        right for the taxable year pursuant to Section 1341 of
19        the Internal Revenue Code;
20            (O) For taxable years 2001 and thereafter, for the
21        taxable year in which the bonus depreciation deduction
22        is taken on the taxpayer's federal income tax return
23        under subsection (k) of Section 168 of the Internal
24        Revenue Code and for each applicable taxable year
25        thereafter, an amount equal to "x", where:
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1            deduction taken for the taxable year on the
2            taxpayer's federal income tax return on property
3            for which the bonus depreciation deduction was
4            taken in any year under subsection (k) of Section
5            168 of the Internal Revenue Code, but not
6            including the bonus depreciation deduction;
7                (2) for taxable years ending on or before
8            December 31, 2005, "x" equals "y" multiplied by 30
9            and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied by
10            0.429); and
11                (3) for taxable years ending after December
12            31, 2005:
13                    (i) for property on which a bonus
14                depreciation deduction of 30% of the adjusted
15                basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
16                30 and then divided by 70 (or "y" multiplied
17                by 0.429);
18                    (ii) for property on which a bonus
19                depreciation deduction of 50% of the adjusted
20                basis was taken, "x" equals "y" multiplied by
21                1.0;
22                    (iii) for property on which a bonus
23                depreciation deduction of 100% of the adjusted
24                basis was taken in a taxable year ending on or
25                after December 31, 2021, "x" equals the
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1                on that property if the taxpayer had made the
2                election under Section 168(k)(7) of the
3                Internal Revenue Code to not claim bonus
4                depreciation on that property; and
5                    (iv) for property on which a bonus
6                depreciation deduction of a percentage other
7                than 30%, 50% or 100% of the adjusted basis
8                was taken in a taxable year ending on or after
9                December 31, 2021, "x" equals "y" multiplied
10                by 100 times the percentage bonus depreciation
11                on the property (that is, 100(bonus%)) and
12                then divided by 100 times 1 minus the
13                percentage bonus depreciation on the property
14                (that is, 100(1-bonus%)).
15            The aggregate amount deducted under this
16        subparagraph in all taxable years for any one piece of
17        property may not exceed the amount of the bonus
18        depreciation deduction taken on that property on the
19        taxpayer's federal income tax return under subsection
20        (k) of Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code. This
21        subparagraph (O) is exempt from the provisions of
22        Section 250;
23            (P) If the taxpayer sells, transfers, abandons, or
24        otherwise disposes of property for which the taxpayer
25        was required in any taxable year to make an addition
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1        equal to that addition modification.
2            If the taxpayer continues to own property through
3        the last day of the last tax year for which a
4        subtraction is allowed with respect to that property
5        under subparagraph (O) and for which the taxpayer was
6        required in any taxable year to make an addition
7        modification under subparagraph (D-5), then an amount
8        equal to that addition modification.
9            The taxpayer is allowed to take the deduction
10        under this subparagraph only once with respect to any
11        one piece of property.
12            This subparagraph (P) is exempt from the
13        provisions of Section 250;
14            (Q) The amount of (i) any interest income (net of
15        the deductions allocable thereto) taken into account
16        for the taxable year with respect to a transaction
17        with a taxpayer that is required to make an addition
18        modification with respect to such transaction under
19        Section 203(a)(2)(D-17), 203(b)(2)(E-12),
20        203(c)(2)(G-12), or 203(d)(2)(D-7), but not to exceed
21        the amount of such addition modification and (ii) any
22        income from intangible property (net of the deductions
23        allocable thereto) taken into account for the taxable
24        year with respect to a transaction with a taxpayer
25        that is required to make an addition modification with
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1        203(a)(2)(D-18), 203(b)(2)(E-13), 203(c)(2)(G-13), or
2        203(d)(2)(D-8), but not to exceed the amount of such
3        addition modification. This subparagraph (Q) is exempt
4        from Section 250;
5            (R) An amount equal to the interest income taken
6        into account for the taxable year (net of the
7        deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
8        transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
9        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but
10        for the fact that the foreign person's business
11        activity outside the United States is 80% or more of
12        that person's total business activity and (ii) for
13        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to
14        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
15        business group but for the fact that the person is
16        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
17        included in the unitary business group because he or
18        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
19        income under different subsections of Section 304, but
20        not to exceed the addition modification required to be
21        made for the same taxable year under Section
22        203(d)(2)(D-7) for interest paid, accrued, or
23        incurred, directly or indirectly, to the same person.
24        This subparagraph (R) is exempt from Section 250;
25            (S) An amount equal to the income from intangible
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1        of the deductions allocable thereto) with respect to
2        transactions with (i) a foreign person who would be a
3        member of the taxpayer's unitary business group but
4        for the fact that the foreign person's business
5        activity outside the United States is 80% or more of
6        that person's total business activity and (ii) for
7        taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2008, to
8        a person who would be a member of the same unitary
9        business group but for the fact that the person is
10        prohibited under Section 1501(a)(27) from being
11        included in the unitary business group because he or
12        she is ordinarily required to apportion business
13        income under different subsections of Section 304, but
14        not to exceed the addition modification required to be
15        made for the same taxable year under Section
16        203(d)(2)(D-8) for intangible expenses and costs paid,
17        accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to the
18        same person. This subparagraph (S) is exempt from
19        Section 250;
20            (T) For taxable years ending on or after December
21        31, 2011, in the case of a taxpayer who was required to
22        add back any insurance premiums under Section
23        203(d)(2)(D-9), such taxpayer may elect to subtract
24        that part of a reimbursement received from the
25        insurance company equal to the amount of the expense
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1        company) that would have been taken into account as a
2        deduction for federal income tax purposes if the
3        expense or loss had been uninsured. If a taxpayer
4        makes the election provided for by this subparagraph
5        (T), the insurer to which the premiums were paid must
6        add back to income the amount subtracted by the
7        taxpayer pursuant to this subparagraph (T). This
8        subparagraph (T) is exempt from the provisions of
9        Section 250; and
10            (U) For taxable years beginning on or after
11        January 1, 2023, for any cannabis establishment
12        operating in this State and licensed under the
13        Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or any cannabis
14        cultivation center or medical cannabis dispensing
15        organization operating in this State and licensed
16        under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
17        Program Act, an amount equal to the deductions that
18        were disallowed under Section 280E of the Internal
19        Revenue Code for the taxable year and that would not be
20        added back under this subsection. The provisions of
21        this subparagraph (U) are exempt from the provisions
22        of Section 250.
 
23    (e) Gross income; adjusted gross income; taxable income.
24        (1) In general. Subject to the provisions of paragraph
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1    and Section 803(e), a taxpayer's gross income, adjusted
2    gross income, or taxable income for the taxable year shall
3    mean the amount of gross income, adjusted gross income or
4    taxable income properly reportable for federal income tax
5    purposes for the taxable year under the provisions of the
6    Internal Revenue Code. Taxable income may be less than
7    zero. However, for taxable years ending on or after
8    December 31, 1986, net operating loss carryforwards from
9    taxable years ending prior to December 31, 1986, may not
10    exceed the sum of federal taxable income for the taxable
11    year before net operating loss deduction, plus the excess
12    of addition modifications over subtraction modifications
13    for the taxable year. For taxable years ending prior to
14    December 31, 1986, taxable income may never be an amount
15    in excess of the net operating loss for the taxable year as
16    defined in subsections (c) and (d) of Section 172 of the
17    Internal Revenue Code, provided that when taxable income
18    of a corporation (other than a Subchapter S corporation),
19    trust, or estate is less than zero and addition
20    modifications, other than those provided by subparagraph
21    (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) for corporations or
22    subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) for
23    trusts and estates, exceed subtraction modifications, an
24    addition modification must be made under those
25    subparagraphs for any other taxable year to which the
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1    applied under Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code or
2    under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of this subsection
3    (e) applied in conjunction with Section 172 of the
4    Internal Revenue Code.
5        (2) Special rule. For purposes of paragraph (1) of
6    this subsection, the taxable income properly reportable
7    for federal income tax purposes shall mean:
8            (A) Certain life insurance companies. In the case
9        of a life insurance company subject to the tax imposed
10        by Section 801 of the Internal Revenue Code, life
11        insurance company taxable income, plus the amount of
12        distribution from pre-1984 policyholder surplus
13        accounts as calculated under Section 815a of the
14        Internal Revenue Code;
15            (B) Certain other insurance companies. In the case
16        of mutual insurance companies subject to the tax
17        imposed by Section 831 of the Internal Revenue Code,
18        insurance company taxable income;
19            (C) Regulated investment companies. In the case of
20        a regulated investment company subject to the tax
21        imposed by Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code,
22        investment company taxable income;
23            (D) Real estate investment trusts. In the case of
24        a real estate investment trust subject to the tax
25        imposed by Section 857 of the Internal Revenue Code,
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1            (E) Consolidated corporations. In the case of a
2        corporation which is a member of an affiliated group
3        of corporations filing a consolidated income tax
4        return for the taxable year for federal income tax
5        purposes, taxable income determined as if such
6        corporation had filed a separate return for federal
7        income tax purposes for the taxable year and each
8        preceding taxable year for which it was a member of an
9        affiliated group. For purposes of this subparagraph,
10        the taxpayer's separate taxable income shall be
11        determined as if the election provided by Section
12        243(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code had been in
13        effect for all such years;
14            (F) Cooperatives. In the case of a cooperative
15        corporation or association, the taxable income of such
16        organization determined in accordance with the
17        provisions of Section 1381 through 1388 of the
18        Internal Revenue Code, but without regard to the
19        prohibition against offsetting losses from patronage
20        activities against income from nonpatronage
21        activities; except that a cooperative corporation or
22        association may make an election to follow its federal
23        income tax treatment of patronage losses and
24        nonpatronage losses. In the event such election is
25        made, such losses shall be computed and carried over
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1        207 of this Act and apportioned by the apportionment
2        factor reported by the cooperative on its Illinois
3        income tax return filed for the taxable year in which
4        the losses are incurred. The election shall be
5        effective for all taxable years with original returns
6        due on or after the date of the election. In addition,
7        the cooperative may file an amended return or returns,
8        as allowed under this Act, to provide that the
9        election shall be effective for losses incurred or
10        carried forward for taxable years occurring prior to
11        the date of the election. Once made, the election may
12        only be revoked upon approval of the Director. The
13        Department shall adopt rules setting forth
14        requirements for documenting the elections and any
15        resulting Illinois net loss and the standards to be
16        used by the Director in evaluating requests to revoke
17        elections. Public Act 96-932 is declaratory of
18        existing law;
19            (G) Subchapter S corporations. In the case of: (i)
20        a Subchapter S corporation for which there is in
21        effect an election for the taxable year under Section
22        1362 of the Internal Revenue Code, the taxable income
23        of such corporation determined in accordance with
24        Section 1363(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, except
25        that taxable income shall take into account those
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1        Internal Revenue Code to be separately stated; and
2        (ii) a Subchapter S corporation for which there is in
3        effect a federal election to opt out of the provisions
4        of the Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982 and have
5        applied instead the prior federal Subchapter S rules
6        as in effect on July 1, 1982, the taxable income of
7        such corporation determined in accordance with the
8        federal Subchapter S rules as in effect on July 1,
9        1982; and
10            (H) Partnerships. In the case of a partnership,
11        taxable income determined in accordance with Section
12        703 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that taxable
13        income shall take into account those items which are
14        required by Section 703(a)(1) to be separately stated
15        but which would be taken into account by an individual
16        in calculating his taxable income.
17        (3) Recapture of business expenses on disposition of
18    asset or business. Notwithstanding any other law to the
19    contrary, if in prior years income from an asset or
20    business has been classified as business income and in a
21    later year is demonstrated to be non-business income, then
22    all expenses, without limitation, deducted in such later
23    year and in the 2 immediately preceding taxable years
24    related to that asset or business that generated the
25    non-business income shall be added back and recaptured as
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1    asset or business. Such amount shall be apportioned to
2    Illinois using the greater of the apportionment fraction
3    computed for the business under Section 304 of this Act
4    for the taxable year or the average of the apportionment
5    fractions computed for the business under Section 304 of
6    this Act for the taxable year and for the 2 immediately
7    preceding taxable years.
 
8    (f) Valuation limitation amount.
9        (1) In general. The valuation limitation amount
10    referred to in subsections (a)(2)(G), (c)(2)(I) and
11    (d)(2)(E) is an amount equal to:
12            (A) The sum of the pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation
13        amounts (to the extent consisting of gain reportable
14        under the provisions of Section 1245 or 1250 of the
15        Internal Revenue Code) for all property in respect of
16        which such gain was reported for the taxable year;
17        plus
18            (B) The lesser of (i) the sum of the pre-August 1,
19        1969 appreciation amounts (to the extent consisting of
20        capital gain) for all property in respect of which
21        such gain was reported for federal income tax purposes
22        for the taxable year, or (ii) the net capital gain for
23        the taxable year, reduced in either case by any amount
24        of such gain included in the amount determined under
25        subsection (a)(2)(F) or (c)(2)(H).

 

 

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1        (2) Pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation amount.
2            (A) If the fair market value of property referred
3        to in paragraph (1) was readily ascertainable on
4        August 1, 1969, the pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation
5        amount for such property is the lesser of (i) the
6        excess of such fair market value over the taxpayer's
7        basis (for determining gain) for such property on that
8        date (determined under the Internal Revenue Code as in
9        effect on that date), or (ii) the total gain realized
10        and reportable for federal income tax purposes in
11        respect of the sale, exchange or other disposition of
12        such property.
13            (B) If the fair market value of property referred
14        to in paragraph (1) was not readily ascertainable on
15        August 1, 1969, the pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation
16        amount for such property is that amount which bears
17        the same ratio to the total gain reported in respect of
18        the property for federal income tax purposes for the
19        taxable year, as the number of full calendar months in
20        that part of the taxpayer's holding period for the
21        property ending July 31, 1969 bears to the number of
22        full calendar months in the taxpayer's entire holding
23        period for the property.
24            (C) The Department shall prescribe such
25        regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
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1    (g) Double deductions. Unless specifically provided
2otherwise, nothing in this Section shall permit the same item
3to be deducted more than once.
 
4    (h) Legislative intention. Except as expressly provided by
5this Section there shall be no modifications or limitations on
6the amounts of income, gain, loss or deduction taken into
7account in determining gross income, adjusted gross income or
8taxable income for federal income tax purposes for the taxable
9year, or in the amount of such items entering into the
10computation of base income and net income under this Act for
11such taxable year, whether in respect of property values as of
12August 1, 1969 or otherwise.
13(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-478, eff. 1-1-24;
14103-592, Article 10, Section 10-900, eff. 6-7-24; 103-592,
15Article 170, Section 170-90, eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff.
167-1-24; 103-647, eff. 7-1-24; 104-6, eff. 6-16-25; 104-417,
17eff. 8-15-25.)
 
18    (35 ILCS 5/901)
19    Sec. 901. Collection authority.
20    (a) In general. The Department shall collect the taxes
21imposed by this Act. The Department shall collect certified
22past due child support amounts under Section 2505-650 of the
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1Illinois. Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (e),
2(f), (g), and (h) of this Section, money collected pursuant to
3subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act shall be
4paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State treasury;
5money collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section
6201 of this Act shall be paid into the Personal Property Tax
7Replacement Fund, a special fund in the State treasury    
8Treasury; and money collected under Section 2505-650 of the
9Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
10Illinois shall be paid into the Child Support Enforcement
11Trust Fund, a special fund outside the State treasury    
12Treasury, or to the State Disbursement Unit established under
13Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, as directed by
14the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
15    (b) Local Government Distributive Fund. Beginning August
161, 2017 and continuing through July 31, 2022, the Treasurer
17shall transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the
18Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum
19of: (i) 6.06% (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual income tax
20rate prior to 2011 to the 4.95% individual income tax rate
21after July 1, 2017) of the net revenue realized from the tax
22imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act
23upon individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding
24month; (ii) 6.85% (10% of the ratio of the 4.8% corporate
25income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 7% corporate income tax
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1tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this
2Act upon corporations during the preceding month; and (iii)
3beginning February 1, 2022, 6.06% of the net revenue realized
4from the tax imposed by subsection (p) of Section 201 of this
5Act upon electing pass-through entities. Beginning August 1,
62022 and continuing through July 31, 2023, the Treasurer shall
7transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local
8Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of:
9(i) 6.16% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by
10subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon
11individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding month;
12(ii) 6.85% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by
13subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon
14corporations during the preceding month; and (iii) 6.16% of
15the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsection
16(p) of Section 201 of this Act upon electing pass-through
17entities. Beginning August 1, 2023, the Treasurer shall
18transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local
19Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of:
20(i) 6.47% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by
21subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon
22individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding month;
23(ii) 6.85% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by
24subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon
25corporations during the preceding month; and (iii) 6.47% of
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1(p) of Section 201 of this Act upon electing pass-through
2entities. Net revenue realized for a month shall be defined as
3the revenue from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
4Section 201 of this Act which is deposited into the General
5Revenue Fund, the Education Assistance Fund, the Income Tax
6Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund, the Fund for the
7Advancement of Education, and the Commitment to Human Services
8Fund during the month minus the amount paid out of the General
9Revenue Fund in State warrants during that same month as
10refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability under the
11tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this
12Act.
13    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
14beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
15100-23), those amounts required under this subsection (b) to
16be transferred by the Treasurer into the Local Government
17Distributive Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall be
18directly deposited into the Local Government Distributive Fund
19as the revenue is realized from the tax imposed by subsections
20(a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act.
21    (c) Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund.
22        (1) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the
23    Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
24    collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and
25    (3) of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in the State
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1    with State fiscal year 1990 and for each fiscal year
2    thereafter, the percentage deposited into the Income Tax
3    Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the Annual
4    Percentage. For fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage
5    shall be 8.75%. For fiscal year 2012, the Annual
6    Percentage shall be 8.75%. For fiscal year 2013, the
7    Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For fiscal year 2014,
8    the Annual Percentage shall be 9.5%. For fiscal year 2015,
9    the Annual Percentage shall be 10%. For fiscal year 2018,
10    the Annual Percentage shall be 9.8%. For fiscal year 2019,
11    the Annual Percentage shall be 9.7%. For fiscal year 2020,
12    the Annual Percentage shall be 9.5%. For fiscal year 2021,
13    the Annual Percentage shall be 9%. For fiscal year 2022,
14    the Annual Percentage shall be 9.25%. For fiscal year
15    2023, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.25%. For fiscal
16    year 2024, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.15%. For
17    fiscal year 2025, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.15%.
18    For fiscal year 2026, the Annual Percentage shall be
19    9.15%. For all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage
20    shall be calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which
21    shall be the amount of refunds approved for payment by the
22    Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of
23    overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
24    (b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201 of this Act plus the
25    amount of such refunds remaining approved but unpaid at
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1    transferred into the Income Tax Refund Fund from the
2    Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund, and the denominator of
3    which shall be the amounts which will be collected
4    pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of
5    Section 201 of this Act during the preceding fiscal year;
6    except that in State fiscal year 2002, the Annual
7    Percentage shall in no event exceed 7.6%. The Director of
8    Revenue shall certify the Annual Percentage to the
9    Comptroller on the last business day of the fiscal year
10    immediately preceding the fiscal year for which it is to
11    be effective.
12        (2) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the
13    Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
14    collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and
15    (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in
16    the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund.
17    Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each fiscal
18    year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the Income
19    Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the Annual
20    Percentage. For fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage
21    shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2012, the Annual
22    Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2013, the
23    Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For fiscal year 2014, the
24    Annual Percentage shall be 13.4%. For fiscal year 2015,
25    the Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For fiscal year 2018,
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1    2019, the Annual Percentage shall be 15.5%. For fiscal
2    year 2020, the Annual Percentage shall be 14.25%. For
3    fiscal year 2021, the Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For
4    fiscal year 2022, the Annual Percentage shall be 15%. For
5    fiscal year 2023, the Annual Percentage shall be 14.5%.
6    For fiscal year 2024, the Annual Percentage shall be 14%.
7    For fiscal year 2025, the Annual Percentage shall be 14%.
8    For fiscal year 2026, the Annual Percentage shall be 14%.
9    For all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be
10    calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
11    the amount of refunds approved for payment by the
12    Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of
13    overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
14    (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this
15    Act plus the amount of such refunds remaining approved but
16    unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and the
17    denominator of which shall be the amounts which will be
18    collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and
19    (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act during the
20    preceding fiscal year; except that in State fiscal year
21    2002, the Annual Percentage shall in no event exceed 23%.
22    The Director of Revenue shall certify the Annual
23    Percentage to the Comptroller on the last business day of
24    the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for
25    which it is to be effective.
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1    Treasurer shall transfer from the Tobacco Settlement
2    Recovery Fund to the Income Tax Refund Fund (i)
3    $35,000,000 in January, 2001, (ii) $35,000,000 in January,
4    2002, and (iii) $35,000,000 in January, 2003.
5    (d) Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund.
6        (1) Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the Income Tax
7    Refund Fund shall be expended exclusively for the purpose
8    of paying refunds resulting from overpayment of tax
9    liability under Section 201 of this Act and for making
10    transfers pursuant to this subsection (d), except that in
11    State fiscal years 2022 and 2023, moneys in the Income Tax
12    Refund Fund shall also be used to pay one-time rebate
13    payments as provided under Sections 208.5 and 212.1.
14        (2) The Director shall order payment of refunds
15    resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section
16    201 of this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to the
17    extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201 of
18    this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d) and
19    item (3) of subsection (c) have been deposited and
20    retained in the Fund.
21        (3) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal
22    year, the Director shall order transferred and the State
23    Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the
24    Income Tax Refund Fund to the Personal Property Tax
25    Replacement Fund an amount, certified by the Director to
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1    collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section
2    201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund
3    during the fiscal year over the amount of refunds
4    resulting from overpayment of tax liability under
5    subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid
6    from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
7        (4) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal
8    year, the Director shall order transferred and the State
9    Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the
10    Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Income Tax
11    Refund Fund an amount, certified by the Director to the
12    Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount of refunds
13    resulting from overpayment of tax liability under
14    subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid
15    from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year
16    over the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and
17    (d) of Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income
18    Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
19        (4.5) As soon as possible after the end of fiscal year
20    1999 and of each fiscal year thereafter, the Director
21    shall order transferred and the State Treasurer and State
22    Comptroller shall transfer from the Income Tax Refund Fund
23    to the General Revenue Fund any surplus remaining in the
24    Income Tax Refund Fund as of the end of such fiscal year;
25    excluding for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 amounts
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1    less refunds resulting from the earned income tax credit,
2    and excluding for fiscal year 2022 amounts attributable to
3    transfers from the General Revenue Fund authorized by
4    Public Act 102-700. For purposes of this item (4.5),
5    "surplus" means the cash balance in the Income Tax Refund
6    Fund at the end of such fiscal year, less amounts
7    attributable to transfers under item (3) of this
8    subsection (d).
9        (5) This Act shall constitute an irrevocable and
10    continuing appropriation from the Income Tax Refund Fund
11    for the purposes of (i) paying refunds upon the order of
12    the Director in accordance with the provisions of this
13    Section and (ii) paying one-time rebate payments under
14    Sections 208.5 and 212.1.
15    (e) Deposits into the Education Assistance Fund and the
16Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund. On
17July 1, 1991, and thereafter, of the amounts collected
18pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act,
19minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department
20shall deposit 7.3% into the Education Assistance Fund in the
21State treasury Treasury. Beginning July 1, 1991, and
22continuing through January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected
23pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the
24Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax
25Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 3.0% into the Income
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1treasury Treasury. Beginning February 1, 1993 and continuing
2through June 30, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to
3subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
4Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the
5Department shall deposit 4.4% into the Income Tax Surcharge
6Local Government Distributive Fund in the State treasury    
7Treasury. Beginning July 1, 1993, and continuing through June
830, 1994, of the amounts collected under subsections (a) and
9(b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income
10Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 1.475% into the
11Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund in the
12State treasury Treasury.
13    (f) Deposits into the Fund for the Advancement of
14Education. Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall
15deposit the following portions of the revenue realized from
16the tax imposed upon individuals, trusts, and estates by
17subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus
18deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, into the Fund for the
19Advancement of Education:
20        (1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February
21    1, 2025, 1/30; and
22        (2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26.
23    If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of
24Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act,
25the Department shall not make the deposits required by this
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1reduction.
2    (g) Deposits into the Commitment to Human Services Fund.
3Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall deposit the
4following portions of the revenue realized from the tax
5imposed upon individuals, trusts, and estates by subsections
6(a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the
7Income Tax Refund Fund, into the Commitment to Human Services
8Fund:
9        (1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February
10    1, 2025, 1/30; and
11        (2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26.
12    If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of
13Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act,
14the Department shall not make the deposits required by this
15subsection (g) on or after the effective date of the
16reduction.
17    (h) Deposits into the Tax Compliance and Administration
18Fund. Beginning on the first day of the first calendar month to
19occur on or after August 26, 2014 (the effective date of Public
20Act 98-1098), each month the Department shall pay into the Tax
21Compliance and Administration Fund, to be used, subject to
22appropriation, to fund additional auditors and compliance
23personnel at the Department, an amount equal to 1/12 of 5% of
24the cash receipts collected during the preceding fiscal year
25by the Audit Bureau of the Department from the tax imposed by
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1net of deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund made from those
2cash receipts.
3    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the tax
4collected from gains realized under the Extremely High Wealth
5Mark-to-Market Tax Act shall be deposited into (1) the
6Northern Illinois Transit Authority Authority Occupation and
7Use Tax Replacement Fund if the tax was collected from a person
8residing within the service area of the Northern Illinois
9Transit Authority or (2) the Downstate Public Transportation
10Fund if the tax was collected from a person residing outside
11the service area of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
12(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23;
13103-588, eff. 6-5-24; 104-2, eff. 6-16-25; 104-6, eff.
146-16-25; revised 9-10-25.)
 
15    Section 5-900. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
16amended by changing Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9a, 9b, 11, 12a,
1712b, 12c, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28, 28a, 28d, 29, 31, 38,
18and 42 and by adding Sections 19.5, 33.10, and 51.5 as follows:
 
19    (70 ILCS 3605/1)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 301)
20    Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the
21Chicago Transit Authority Act, and for the purposes of legal
22obligations created prior to this amendatory Act of the 104th
23General Assembly, it may also be cited as the "Metropolitan
24Transit Authority Act."

 

 

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1(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3605/2)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 302)
3    Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
4    "Transportation System" means all plants, equipment,
5property and rights useful for transportation of passengers
6for hire except taxicabs and includes, without limiting the
7generality of the foregoing, street railways, elevated
8railroads, subways and underground railroads, motor vehicles,
9trolley buses, motor buses and any combination thereof.
10    "Metropolitan area of Cook County" embraces all the
11territory in the County of Cook, State of Illinois East of the
12east line of Range Eleven (11), East of the Third Principal
13Meridian of the United States Government survey.
14    "Metropolitan area" means the metropolitan area of Cook
15County, as above defined.
16    "Authority" means Chicago Transit Authority created by
17this Act.
18    "Board" means Chicago Transit Board.
19    "Governor" means Governor of the State of Illinois.
20    "Mayor" means Mayor of the City of Chicago.
21    "Metropolitan area" has the meaning given to the term
22"metropolitan region" in the Northern Illinois Transit
23Authority Act.    
24    "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is
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1obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated on
2rails.
3    "Municipal government" means a "municipality" as defined
4in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
5    "Supermajority vote" means a supermajority vote by the
6Northern Illinois Transit Authority as defined in the Northern
7Illinois Transit Authority Act.
8    "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it
9in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
10(Source: P.A. 98-709, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 3605/6)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 306)
12    Sec. 6. Subject to the powers and duties of the Northern
13Illinois Transit Authority created by the Northern Illinois
14Transit Authority Act, the Chicago Transit The Authority shall
15have power to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain
16for public service a transportation system in the metropolitan
17area of Cook County and outside thereof to the extent herein
18provided and all the powers necessary or convenient to
19accomplish the purposes of this Act, including, without
20limiting the generality of the foregoing, the specific powers
21enumerated herein.
22(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1166.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3605/7)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 307)
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1    (a) The Board of the Authority shall:
2        (1) oversee the operations and management of the
3    Authority;
4        (2) convey the Northern Illinois Transit Authority's
5    goals, priorities, and requirements to the Authority; and
6        (3) convey information, concerns, and recommendations
7    from the Authority to the Executive Director and Board of
8    the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
9    (b) The Board shall manage the debt that was issued and
10outstanding by the Authority and ensure that the obligations
11owed to bondholders are fulfilled.
12    (c) The Board may not issue new debt, except for:
13        (1) debt or other financial instruments designed to
14    refinance or retire debt that was issued and outstanding
15    on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
16    General Assembly;
17        (2) debt or other financial instruments in the
18    amounts, terms and conditions, and other requirements
19    provided for in the Full Funding Grant Agreement in the
20    form in which it was executed on January 10, 2025, and in
21    effect on the date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
22    General Assembly (Project ID No. IL-2025-001-00), commonly
23    known as the Red Line Extension Project, and to refinance
24    or retire debt that was issued pursuant to the Full
25    Funding Grant Agreement in the form in which it was
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1        (3) debt or other financial instruments in the
2    amounts, terms and conditions, and other requirements
3    provided for in the Full Funding Grant Agreement in the
4    form in which it was executed on January 9, 2017, and in
5    effect on the date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
6    General Assembly (Project ID No. IL-2017-002-00), commonly
7    known as the Red and Purple Modernization Phase One
8    Project, and to refinance or retire debt that was issued
9    pursuant to the Full Funding Grant Agreement in the form
10    in which it was executed on January 9, 2017.
11    The Authority shall receive revenues sufficient to satisfy
12the financial obligation of the above instruments under the
13Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act.    
14    All material changes in the amount, terms and conditions,
15or other requirements of the projects covered by the Full
16Funding Agreements in paragraphs (2) and (3) and occurring
17after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
18General Assembly are subject to the review and approval of the
19Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The
20Authority shall cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit
21Authority on the use of alternative issuers of debt or other
22financial instruments or other efforts by the Northern
23Illinois Transit Authority to reduce the debt expense of the
24above-referenced projects, including pursuit of additional
25funding sources. The authorization provided in paragraphs (2)
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1    (d) In addition to any powers provided in this Act, the
2Authority shall have all of the powers specified in Section
32.20 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, except
4that the powers specified in paragraph (v) of subsection (a)
5of Section 2.20 must be delegated to the Authority by the Board
6of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
7    (e) The Board shall also have the power to:
8        (1) cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit
9    Authority in the exercise by the Northern Illinois Transit
10    Authority of all the powers granted to the Northern
11    Illinois Transit Authority by the Northern Illinois
12    Transit Authority Act;
13        (2) receive funds from the Northern Illinois Transit
14    Authority under Sections 2.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.09, and 4.10
15    of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, as
16    provided in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act;
17        (3) receive financial grants from the Northern
18    Illinois Transit Authority;
19        (4) adopt ordinances and rules to regulate the use,
20    operation, and maintenance of its property and facilities;
21    and
22        (5) carry into effect the powers granted to the
23    Authority, with any necessary fines or penalties, such as
24    the suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of
25    fare media under Section 2.40 of the Northern Illinois
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1    (f) The Authority shall use powers delegated to it by the
2Northern Illinois Transit Authority to oversee the delivery of
3public transportation in the metropolitan region, provided
4that the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall retain
5primary responsibility for setting fares, service standards,
6schedules, and coordinated fare collection so that the public
7transportation system in the metropolitan region operates on a
8one-network, one-timetable, one-ticket model for transit
9users. The Authority shall have power to acquire by purchase,
10condemnation, lease, gift or otherwise all or any part of the
11plant, equipment, property, rights in property, reserve funds,
12employees' pension or retirement funds, special funds,
13franchises, licenses, patents, permits and papers, documents
14and records belonging to any public utility operating a
15transportation system within the metropolitan area of Cook
16County, together with all or any part of the right of way,
17equipment, fixed facilities and other property of any kind of
18any such utility extending beyond the boundaries of the
19metropolitan area of Cook County and forming part of an
20integrated suburban rapid transit, rail transportation
21facility or motor bus operation connecting with rapid transit
22or electric railway lines in super highways of the Authority
23or leading to the unification and integration of a unified
24rapid transit, rail, and motor bus operation in and about the
25metropolitan area of Cook County. Such properties upon
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1operated as part of the transportation system of the Authority
2and the Authority shall have all powers in connection with
3such properties and such operations as are conferred by this
4Act with respect to the transportation system of the Authority
5located within the metropolitan area of Cook County. The
6Authority shall also have the power to enter into agreements
7to operate any such lines extending beyond the boundaries of
8the metropolitan area; such agreements to be subject to all
9other provisions of this Act. The Authority shall have power
10to contract for or lease for operation and maintenance by the
11Authority, any municipally owned local transportation subways
12or other municipally owned local transportation facilities or
13the facilities of any common carrier or the facilities of any
14local Mass Transit District, organized under the "Local Mass
15Transit Act", approved July 21, 1959, as heretofore and
16hereafter amended, whether such subways or facilities are
17within or without the metropolitan area of Cook County. The
18Authority shall have the power to contract with any local Mass
19Transit District, organized under the "Local Mass Transit
20Act", approved July 21, 1959, as heretofore and hereafter
21amended, or with any common carrier for the construction and
22operation of a transportation system, whether such
23transportation system is within or without the metropolitan
24area of Cook County. However, the Authority shall not have
25power to operate a motor bus facility, the major part of which
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1village or incorporated town, unless and until the Authority
2shall have secured the right to operate motor buses in such
3municipality for local transportation of passengers in the
4manner stated in Section 11 of this Act.
5(Source: P.A. 76-1548.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 3605/9a)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309a)
7    Sec. 9a. In addition to all its other powers, the
8Authority shall, in all its dealings with the Northern
9Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority established
10by the Northern Illinois Transit "Regional Transportation    
11Authority Act", enacted by the 78th General Assembly, have the
12following powers:
13    (a) (blank); to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
14Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
15Authority of all the powers granted it by such Act;
16    (b) (blank); to receive funds from the Regional
17Transportation Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01,
184.02, 4.09 and 4.10 of the "Regional Transportation Authority
19Act", all as provided in the "Regional Transportation
20Authority Act";
21    (c) to receive financial grants from the Northern Illinois
22Transit Regional Transportation Authority or a Service Board,
23as defined in the Northern Illinois Transit " Regional
24Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and conditions
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1Authority and the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
2Transportation Authority or the Authority and another Service
3Board, which contract or agreement may be for such number of
4years or duration as the parties may agree, all as provided in
5the Northern Illinois Transit "Regional Transportation    
6Authority Act";
7    (d) to acquire from the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
8Transportation Authority any Public Transportation Facility,
9as defined in the Northern Illinois Transit "Regional
10Transportation Authority Act", by purchase contract, gift,
11grant, exchange for other property or rights in property,
12lease (or sublease) or installment or conditional purchase
13contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for
14consideration to be paid in annual installments during a
15period not exceeding 40 years; such property may be acquired
16subject to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or
17other interests of other parties as the Authority may deem
18appropriate and in each case the Authority may acquire or
19dispose of a joint, leasehold, easement, license or other
20partial interest in such property;
21    (e) to sell, sell by installment contract, lease (or
22sublease) as lessor, or transfer to, or grant to or provide for
23the use by the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
24Transportation Authority any Public Transportation Facility,
25as defined in the Northern Illinois Transit " Regional
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1consideration, or for no consideration, as the Authority may
2deem proper;
3    (f) to cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit    
4Regional Transportation Authority for the protection of
5employees of the Authority and users of public transportation
6facilities against crime and unsafe conditions and also to
7protect such facilities; such cooperation may include, without
8limitation, agreements for the coordination or merger of
9police or security forces;
10    (g) to file such budgets, financial plans and reports with
11and transfer such records, papers, or documents to the
12Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority as
13may be agreed upon with, or required by the Northern Illinois
14Transit Regional Transportation Authority, all as provided in
15the Northern Illinois Transit "Regional Transportation    
16Authority Act".
17(Source: P.A. 90-273, eff. 7-30-97.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3605/9b)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309b)
19    Sec. 9b. The Authority shall comply with the requirements
20imposed upon a Service Board in Sections 4.09(d) and 4.11 of
21the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
22Authority Act and with the requirements of Section 2.11 of the
23Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
24Act. The Authority shall present evidence that it has complied
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1Authority.
2(Source: P.A. 102-559, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3605/12a)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312a)
4    Sec. 12a. (a) In addition to other powers provided in
5Section 12b, the Authority may issue its notes from time to
6time, in anticipation of tax receipts of the Northern Illinois
7Transit Regional Transportation Authority allocated to the
8Authority or of other revenues or receipts of the Authority,
9in order to provide money for the Authority to cover any cash
10flow deficit which the Authority anticipates incurring.
11Provided, however, that no such notes may be issued unless the
12annual cost thereof is incorporated in a budget or revised
13budget of the Authority which has been approved by the
14Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority.
15Any such notes are referred to as "Working Cash Notes".
16Provided further that, the board shall not issue and have
17outstanding or demand and direct that the Board of the
18Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
19issue and have outstanding more than an aggregate of
20$40,000,000 in Working Cash Notes. No Working Cash Notes shall
21be issued for a term of longer than 18 months. Proceeds of
22Working Cash Notes may be used to pay day to day operating
23expenses of the Authority, consisting of wages, salaries and
24fringe benefits, professional and technical services
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1services), office rental, furniture, fixtures and equipment,
2insurance premiums, claims for self-insured amounts under
3insurance policies, public utility obligations for telephone,
4light, heat and similar items, travel expenses, office
5supplies, postage, dues, subscriptions, public hearings and
6information expenses, fuel purchases, and payments of grants
7and payments under purchase of service agreements for
8operations of Transportation Agencies transportation agencies,
9prior to the receipt by the Authority from time to time of
10funds for paying such expenses. Proceeds of the Working Cash
11Notes shall not be used (i) to increase or provide a debt
12service reserve fund for any bonds or notes other than Working
13Cash Notes of the same Series, or (ii) to pay principal of or
14interest or redemption premium on any capital bonds or notes,
15whether as such amounts become due or by earlier redemption,
16issued by the Authority or a transportation agency to
17construct or acquire public transportation facilities, or to
18provide funds to purchase such capital bonds or notes.
19    (b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of any such
20notes shall fix the date or dates of maturity, the dates on
21which interest is payable, any sinking fund account or reserve
22fund account provisions and all other details of such notes
23and may provide for such covenants or agreements necessary or
24desirable with regard to the issue, sale and security of such
25notes. The Authority shall determine and fix the rate or rates
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1adopted by the Board prior to the issuance thereof, none of
2which rates of interest shall exceed that permitted in the
3Bond Authorization Act. Interest may be payable annually or
4semi-annually, or at such other times as determined by the
5Board. Notes issued under this Section may be issued as serial
6or term obligations, shall be of such denomination or
7denominations and form, including interest coupons to be
8attached thereto, be executed in such manner, shall be payable
9at such place or places and bear such date as the Board shall
10fix by the ordinance authorizing such note and shall mature at
11such time or times, within a period not to exceed 18 months
12from the date of issue, and may be redeemable prior to maturity
13with or without premium, at the option of the Board, upon such
14terms and conditions as the Board shall fix by the ordinance
15authorizing the issuance of such notes. The Board may provide
16for the registration of notes in the name of the owner as to
17the principal alone or as to both principal and interest, upon
18such terms and conditions as the Board may determine. The
19ordinance authorizing notes may provide for the exchange of
20such notes which are fully registered, as to both principal
21and interest, with notes which are registerable as to
22principal only. All notes issued under this Section by the
23Board shall be sold at a price which may be at a premium or
24discount but such that the interest cost (excluding any
25redemption premium) to the Board of the proceeds of an issue of
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1tables of bond values, shall not exceed that permitted in the
2Bond Authorization Act. Such notes shall be sold at such time
3or times as the Board shall determine. The notes may be sold
4either upon competitive bidding or by negotiated sale (without
5any requirement of publication of intention to negotiate the
6sale of such notes), as the Board shall determine by ordinance
7adopted with the affirmative votes of at least 4 Directors. In
8case any officer whose signature appears on any notes or
9coupons authorized pursuant to this Section shall cease to be
10such officer before delivery of such notes, such signature
11shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes,
12the same as if such officer had remained in office until such
13delivery. Neither the Directors of the Northern Illinois
14Transit Regional Transportation Authority, the Directors of
15the Authority nor any person executing any bonds or notes
16thereof shall be liable personally on any such bonds or notes
17or coupons by reason of the issuance thereof.
18    (c) All notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this
19Section shall be general obligations of the Authority to which
20shall be pledged the full faith and credit of the Authority, as
21provided in this Section. Such notes shall be secured as
22provided in the authorizing ordinance, which may,
23notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, include in
24addition to any other security, a specific pledge or
25assignment of and lien on or security interest in any or all
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1Transportation Authority allocated to the Authority and on any
2or all other revenues or moneys of the Authority from whatever
3source which may by law be utilized for debt service purposes
4and a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security
5interest in any funds or accounts established or provided for
6by the ordinance of the Board authorizing the issuance of such
7notes. Any such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest
8for the benefit of holders of notes of the Authority shall be
9valid and binding from the time the notes are issued without
10any physical delivery or further act, and shall be valid and
11binding as against and prior to the claims of all other parties
12having claims of any kind against the Authority or any other
13person irrespective of whether such other parties have notice
14of such pledge, assignment, lien or security interest. The
15obligations of the Authority incurred pursuant to this Section
16shall be superior to and have priority over any other
17obligations of the Authority except for obligations under
18Section 12. The Board may provide in the ordinance authorizing
19the issuance of any notes issued pursuant to this Section for
20the creation of, deposits in, and regulation and disposition
21of sinking fund or reserve accounts relating to such notes.
22The ordinance authorizing the issuance of any notes pursuant
23to this Section may contain provisions as part of the contract
24with the holders of the notes, for the creation of a separate
25fund to provide for the payment of principal and interest on
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1tax receipts of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
2Transportation Authority allocated to the Authority and from
3any or all such other moneys or revenues of the Authority from
4whatever source which may by law be utilized for debt service
5purposes, all as provided in such ordinance, of amounts to
6meet the debt service requirements on such notes, including
7principal and interest, and any sinking fund or reserve fund
8account requirements as may be provided by such ordinance, and
9all expenses incident to or in connection with such fund and
10accounts or the payment of such notes. Such ordinance may also
11provide limitations on the issuance of additional notes of the
12Authority. No such notes of the Authority shall constitute a
13debt of the State of Illinois.
14    (d) The ordinance of the Board authorizing the issuance of
15any notes may provide additional security for such notes by
16providing for appointment of a corporate trustee (which may be
17any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company
18within the State) with respect to such notes. The ordinance
19shall prescribe the rights, duties and powers of the trustee
20to be exercised for the benefit of the Authority and the
21protection of the holders of such notes. The ordinance may
22provide for the trustee to hold in trust, invest and use
23amounts in funds and accounts created as provided by the
24ordinance with respect to the notes. The ordinance shall
25provide that amounts so paid to the trustee which are not
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1accounts created by the ordinance with respect to notes or
2used for paying notes to be paid by the trustee to the
3Authority.
4    (e) Any notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this
5Section shall constitute a contract between the Authority and
6the holders from time to time of such notes. In issuing any
7note, the Board may include in the ordinance authorizing such
8issue a covenant as part of the contract with the holders of
9the notes, that as long as such obligations are outstanding,
10it shall make such deposits, as provided in paragraph (c) of
11this Section. A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing
12the issuance of any such obligations shall be filed at or prior
13to the issuance of such obligations with the Northern Illinois
14Transit Regional Transportation Authority, Comptroller of the
15State of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Revenue.
16    (f) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
17holders of the notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this
18Section that the State will not limit or alter the rights and
19powers vested in the Authority by this Act or in the Northern
20Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority by the
21Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
22Act so as to impair the terms of any contract made by the
23Authority with such holders or in any way impair the rights and
24remedies of such holders until such notes, together with
25interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of
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1action or proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are
2fully met and discharged. In addition, the State pledges to
3and agrees with the holders of the notes of the Authority
4issued pursuant to this Section that the State will not limit
5or alter the basis on which State funds are to be paid to the
6Authority as provided in the Northern Illinois Transit    
7Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the use of such
8funds, so as to impair the terms of any such contract. The
9Board is authorized to include these pledges and agreements of
10the State in any contract with the holders of bonds or notes
11issued pursuant to this Section.
12    (g) The Board shall not at any time issue, sell or deliver
13any Interim Financing Notes pursuant to this Section which
14will cause it to have issued and outstanding at any time in
15excess of $40,000,000 of Working Cash Notes. Notes which are
16being paid or retired by such issuance, sale or delivery of
17notes, and notes for which sufficient funds have been
18deposited with the paying agency of such notes to provide for
19payment of principal and interest thereon or to provide for
20the redemption thereof, all pursuant to the ordinance
21authorizing the issuance of such notes, shall not be
22considered to be outstanding for the purposes of this
23paragraph.
24    (h) The Board, subject to the terms of any agreements with
25noteholders as may then exist, shall have power, out of any
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1which shall thereupon be cancelled.
2    (i) In addition to any other authority granted by law, the
3State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, invest
4or reinvest, at a price not to exceed par, any State money in
5the State treasury that Treasury which is not needed for
6current expenditures due or about to become due in Interim
7Financing Notes. In the event of a default on an interim
8financing note issued by the Chicago Transit Authority in
9which State money in the State treasury was invested, the
10Treasurer may, after giving notice to the Authority, certify
11to the Comptroller the amounts of the defaulted interim
12financing note, in accordance with any applicable rules of the
13Comptroller, and the Comptroller must deduct and remit to the
14State treasury the certified amounts or a portion of those
15amounts from the following proportions of payments of State
16funds to the Authority:
17        (1) in the first year after default, one-third of the
18    total amount of any payments of State funds to the
19    Authority;
20        (2) in the second year after default, two-thirds of
21    the total amount of any payments of State funds to the
22    Authority; and
23        (3) in the third year after default and for each year
24    thereafter until the total invested amount is repaid, the
25    total amount of any payments of State funds to the
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1(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-485, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3605/12b)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312b)
3    Sec. 12b. Working Cash Borrowing. In addition to the
4powers provided in Section 12a, the Board with the affirmative
5vote of 5 of its Directors may request demand and direct the
6Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
7Authority to issue Working Cash Notes at such time and in such
8amounts and having such maturities as the Authority deems
9proper, provided however any such borrowing shall have been
10specifically identified in the budget of the Authority as
11approved by the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit    
12Regional Transportation Authority. Provided further, that the
13Board may not issue and have outstanding or demand and direct
14the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
15Transportation Authority to issue and have outstanding more
16than an aggregate of $40,000,000 in Working Cash Notes.
17(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3605/12c)
19    Sec. 12c. Retiree Benefits Bonds and Notes.
20    (a) In addition to all other bonds or notes that it is
21authorized to issue, the Authority is authorized to issue its
22bonds or notes for the purposes of providing funds for the
23Authority to make the deposits described in Section 12c(b)(1)
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1this Section, as well as for the purposes of paying costs of
2issuance, obtaining bond insurance or other credit enhancement
3or liquidity facilities, paying costs of obtaining related
4swaps as authorized in the Bond Authorization Act ("Swaps"),
5providing a debt service reserve fund, paying Debt Service (as
6defined in paragraph (i) of this Section 12c), and paying all
7other costs related to any such bonds or notes.
8    (b)(1) After its receipt of a certified copy of a report of
9the Auditor General of the State of Illinois meeting the
10requirements of Section 3-2.3 of the Illinois State Auditing
11Act, the Authority may issue $1,348,550,000 aggregate original
12principal amount of bonds and notes. After payment of the
13costs of issuance and necessary deposits to funds and accounts
14established with respect to debt service, the net proceeds of
15such bonds or notes shall be deposited only in the Retirement
16Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees and used only for
17the purposes required by Section 22-101 of the Illinois
18Pension Code. Provided that no less than $1,110,500,000 has
19been deposited in the Retirement Plan, remaining proceeds of
20bonds issued under this subparagraph (b)(1) may be used to pay
21costs of issuance and make necessary deposits to funds and
22accounts with respect to debt service for bonds and notes
23issued under this subparagraph or subparagraph (b)(2).
24    (2) After its receipt of a certified copy of a report of
25the Auditor General of the State of Illinois meeting the
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1Act, the Authority may issue $639,680,000 aggregate original
2principal amount of bonds and notes. After payment of the
3costs of issuance and necessary deposits to funds and accounts
4established with respect to debt service, the net proceeds of
5such bonds or notes shall be deposited only in the Retiree
6Health Care Trust and used only for the purposes required by
7Section 22-101B of the Illinois Pension Code. Provided that no
8less than $528,800,000 has been deposited in the Retiree
9Health Care Trust, remaining proceeds of bonds issued under
10this subparagraph (b)(2) may be used to pay costs of issuance
11and make necessary deposits to funds and accounts with respect
12to debt service for bonds and notes issued under this
13subparagraph or subparagraph (b)(1).
14    (3) In addition, refunding bonds are authorized to be
15issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds or notes
16issued under this Section 12c.
17    (4) The bonds or notes issued under 12c(b)(1) shall be
18issued as soon as practicable after the Auditor General issues
19the report provided in Section 3-2.3(b) of the Illinois State
20Auditing Act. The bonds or notes issued under 12c(b)(2) shall
21be issued as soon as practicable after the Auditor General
22issues the report provided in Section 3-2.3(c) of the Illinois
23State Auditing Act.
24    (5) With respect to bonds and notes issued under
25subparagraph (b), scheduled aggregate annual payments of
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1the purpose of such payment shall commence within one year
2after the bonds and notes are issued. With respect to
3principal and interest, scheduled aggregate annual payments of
4principal and interest or deposits into funds and accounts
5established for the purpose of such payment shall be not less
6than 70% in 2009, 80% in 2010, and 90% in 2011, respectively,
7of scheduled payments or deposits of principal and interest in
82012 and shall be substantially equal beginning in 2012 and
9each year thereafter. For purposes of this subparagraph (b),
10"substantially equal" means that debt service in any full year
11after calendar year 2011 is not more than 115% of debt service
12in any other full year after calendar year 2011 during the term
13of the bonds or notes. For the purposes of this subsection (b),
14with respect to bonds and notes that bear interest at a
15variable rate, interest shall be assumed at a rate equal to the
16rate for United States Treasury Securities - State and Local
17Government Series for the same maturity, plus 75 basis points.
18If the Authority enters into a Swap with a counterparty
19requiring the Authority to pay a fixed interest rate on a
20notional amount, and the Authority has made a determination
21that such Swap was entered into for the purpose of providing
22substitute interest payments for variable interest rate bonds
23or notes of a particular maturity or maturities in a principal
24amount equal to the notional amount of the Swap, then during
25the term of the Swap for purposes of any calculation of
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1the bonds or notes of such maturity or maturities shall be
2determined as if such bonds or notes bore interest at the fixed
3interest rate payable by the Authority under such Swap.
4    (6) No bond or note issued under this Section 12c shall
5mature later than December 31, 2040.
6    (c) The Chicago Transit Board shall provide for the
7issuance of bonds or notes as authorized in this Section 12c by
8the adoption of an ordinance. The ordinance, together with the
9bonds or notes, shall constitute a contract among the
10Authority, the owners from time to time of the bonds or notes,
11any bond trustee with respect to the bonds or notes, any
12related credit enhancer and any provider of any related Swaps.
13    (d) The Authority is authorized to cause the proceeds of
14the bonds or notes, and any interest or investment earnings on
15the bonds or notes, and of any Swaps, to be invested until the
16proceeds and any interest or investment earnings have been
17deposited with the Retirement Plan or the Retiree Health Care
18Trust.
19    (e) Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c may
20be general obligations of the Authority, to which shall be
21pledged the full faith and credit of the Authority, or may be
22obligations payable solely from particular sources of funds
23all as may be provided in the authorizing ordinance. The
24authorizing ordinance for the bonds and notes, whether or not
25general obligations of the Authority, may provide for the Debt
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1have a claim for payment from particular sources of funds,
2including, without limitation, amounts to be paid to the
3Authority or a bond trustee. The authorizing ordinance may
4provide for the means by which the bonds or notes (and any
5related Swaps) may be secured, which may include, a pledge of
6any revenues or funds of the Authority from whatever source
7which may by law be utilized for paying Debt Service. In
8addition to any other security, upon the written approval of
9the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
10Authority by a supermajority the affirmative vote of 12 of its
11then Directors, the ordinance may provide a specific pledge or
12assignment of and lien on or security interest in amounts to be
13paid to the Authority by the Northern Illinois Transit    
14Regional Transportation Authority and direct payment thereof
15to the bond trustee for payment of Debt Service with respect to
16the bonds or notes, subject to the provisions of existing
17lease agreements of the Authority with any public building
18commission. The authorizing ordinance may also provide a
19specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security
20interest in and direct payment to the trustee of all or a
21portion of the moneys otherwise payable to the Authority from
22the City of Chicago pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement
23with the Authority to provide financial assistance to the
24Authority. Any such pledge, assignment, lien or security
25interest for the benefit of owners of bonds or notes shall be
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1without any physical delivery or further act, and shall be
2valid and binding as against and prior to the claims of all
3other parties having claims of any kind against the Authority
4or any other person, irrespective of whether such other
5parties have notice of such pledge, assignment, lien or
6security interest, all as provided in the Local Government
7Debt Reform Act, as it may be amended from time to time. The
8bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to this
9Section 12c shall have such priority of payment and as to their
10claim for payment from particular sources of funds, including
11their priority with respect to obligations of the Authority
12issued under other Sections of this Act, all as shall be
13provided in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the
14bonds or notes. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of any
15bonds or notes under this Section may provide for the creation
16of, deposits in, and regulation and disposition of sinking
17fund or reserve accounts relating to those bonds or notes and
18related agreements. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of
19any such bonds or notes authorized under this Section 12c may
20contain provisions for the creation of a separate fund to
21provide for the payment of principal of and interest on those
22bonds or notes and related agreements. The ordinance may also
23provide limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or
24notes of the Authority.
25    (f) Bonds or notes issued under this Section 12c shall not
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1Regional Transportation Authority, the State of Illinois, or
2of any other political subdivision of or municipality within
3the State, except the Authority.
4    (g) The ordinance of the Chicago Transit Board authorizing
5the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to this Section 12c may
6provide for the appointment of a corporate trustee (which may
7be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust
8company within Illinois) with respect to bonds or notes issued
9pursuant to this Section 12c. The ordinance shall prescribe
10the rights, duties, and powers of the trustee to be exercised
11for the benefit of the Authority and the protection of the
12owners of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c.
13The ordinance may provide for the trustee to hold in trust,
14invest and use amounts in funds and accounts created as
15provided by the ordinance with respect to the bonds or notes in
16accordance with this Section 12c. The Authority may apply, as
17it shall determine, any amounts received upon the sale of the
18bonds or notes to pay any Debt Service on the bonds or notes.
19The ordinance may provide for a trust indenture to set forth
20terms of, sources of payment for and security for the bonds and
21notes.
22    (h) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
23owners of the bonds or notes issued pursuant to Section 12c
24that the State of Illinois will not limit the powers vested in
25the Authority by this Act to pledge and assign its revenues and
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1vested in the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
2Transportation Authority by the Northern Illinois Transit    
3Regional Transportation Authority Act or this Act, so as to
4materially impair the payment obligations of the Authority
5under the terms of any contract made by the Authority with
6those owners or to materially impair the rights and remedies
7of those owners until those bonds or notes, together with
8interest and any redemption premium, and all costs and
9expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on
10behalf of such owners are fully met and discharged. The
11Authority is authorized to include these pledges and
12agreements of the State of Illinois in any contract with
13owners of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c.
14    (i) For purposes of this Section, "Debt Service" with
15respect to bonds or notes includes, without limitation,
16principal (at maturity or upon mandatory redemption),
17redemption premium, interest, periodic, upfront, and
18termination payments on Swaps, fees for bond insurance or
19other credit enhancement, liquidity facilities, the funding of
20bond or note reserves, bond trustee fees, and all other costs
21of providing for the security or payment of the bonds or notes.
22    (j) The Authority shall adopt a procurement program with
23respect to contracts relating to the following service
24providers in connection with the issuance of debt for the
25benefit of the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
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1accountants. The program shall include goals for the payment
2of not less than 30% of the total dollar value of the fees from
3these contracts to minority-owned businesses and women-owned
4businesses as defined in the Business Enterprise for
5Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. The
6Authority shall conduct outreach to minority-owned businesses
7and women-owned businesses. Outreach shall include, but is not
8limited to, advertisements in periodicals and newspapers,
9mailings, and other appropriate media. The Authority shall
10submit to the General Assembly a comprehensive report that
11shall include, at a minimum, the details of the procurement
12plan, outreach efforts, and the results of the efforts to
13achieve goals for the payment of fees. The service providers
14selected by the Authority pursuant to such program shall not
15be subject to approval by the Northern Illinois Transit    
16Regional Transportation Authority, and the Northern Illinois
17Transit Regional Transportation Authority's approval pursuant
18to subsection (e) of this Section 12c related to the issuance
19of debt shall not be based in any way on the service providers
20selected by the Authority pursuant to this Section.
21    (k) No person holding an elective office in this State,
22holding a seat in the General Assembly, serving as a director,
23trustee, officer, or employee of the Northern Illinois Transit    
24Regional Transportation Authority or the Chicago Transit
25Authority, including the spouse or minor child of that person,
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1to the issuance of any bond issued by the Chicago Transit
2Authority pursuant to this Section.
3(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
4    (70 ILCS 3605/15)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 315)
5    Sec. 15. To the extent permitted by the Northern Illinois
6Transit Authority Act, the The Authority shall have power to
7apply for and accept grants and loans from the Federal
8Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, from the
9State, or from any county, municipal corporation or other
10political subdivision of the State to be used for any of the
11purposes of the Authority, including, but not by way of
12limitation, grants and loans in aid of mass transportation and
13for studies in mass transportation, and may provide matching
14funds when necessary to qualify for such grants or loans. The
15Authority may enter into any agreement with the Federal
16Government, the State, and any county, municipal corporation
17or other political subdivision of the State in relation to
18such grants or loans; provided that such agreement does not
19conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement
20securing the payment of bonds or certificates of the
21Authority.
22    The Authority may also accept from the State state, or
23from any county or other political subdivision, or from any
24municipal corporation, or school district, or school
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1paid to the Authority for any of the purposes of this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3605/19)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319)
4    Sec. 19. (a) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026.
5    (b) The governing and administrative body of the Authority
6shall be a board consisting of seven members, to be known as
7Chicago Transit Board. Members of the Board shall be residents
8of the metropolitan area and persons of recognized business
9ability. No member of the Board of the Authority shall hold any
10other office or employment under the Federal, State or any
11County or any municipal government, or any other unit of local
12government, except an honorary office without compensation or
13an office in the National Guard. No employee of the Authority
14shall hold any other office or employment under the Federal,
15State or any County or any municipal government, or any other
16unit of local government, except an office with compensation
17not exceeding $15,000 annually or a position in the National
18Guard or the United States military reserves. Provided,
19however, that the Chairman may be a member of the Board of the
20Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority.
21No member of the Board or employee of the Authority shall have
22any private financial interest, profit or benefit in any
23contract, work or business of the Authority nor in the sale or
24lease of any property to or from the Authority. The salary of
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1annum, and such salary shall not be increased or diminished
2during his or her term of office. The salaries of successor
3members of the Board shall be fixed by the Board and shall not
4be increased or diminished during their respective terms of
5office. No Board member shall be allowed any fees, perquisites
6or emoluments, reward or compensation for his or her services
7as a member or officer of the Authority aside from his or her
8salary or pension, but he or she shall be reimbursed for actual
9expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of his or
10her duties.
11(Source: P.A. 98-709, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 3605/19.5 new)
13    Sec. 19.5. Chicago Transit Board.
14    (a) The governing body of the Chicago Transit Authority
15shall be the Chicago Transit Board. Beginning July 1, 2026,
16the Board shall consist of 7 members appointed as follows:
17        (1) Two members appointed by the Governor, with the
18    advice and consent of the Senate, including:
19            (A) a member with an initial term of 5 years who
20        shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois
21        Transit Authority; and
22            (B) a member with an initial term of 3 years.
23        (2) Three members appointed by the Mayor of Chicago,
24    with the advice and consent of the City Council of the City
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1            (A) a member with an initial term of 3 years who
2        shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois
3        Transit Authority;
4            (B) a member with an initial term of 5 years; and
5            (C) a member with an initial term of 3 years.
6        (3) Two members appointed by the President of the Cook
7    County Board of Commissioners, with the advice and consent
8    of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, including:
9            (A) a member with an initial term of 3 years who
10        shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois
11        Transit Authority; and
12            (B) a member with an initial term of 5 years.
13    (b) The subsequent terms of each director appointed under
14subsection (a) shall be 5 years.
15    (c) The Chair of the Board shall be elected by a simple
16majority vote by the members of the Board from among the
17members of the Board.
18    (d) Initial appointments of members under subsection (a)
19must be made in time for the members to begin their terms on
20July 1, 2026.
21    (e) On July 1, 2026, the terms of all members serving on
22the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
23Assembly, and of any members appointed to fill a vacancy,
24shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board occurs
25before July 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be filled under
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1amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may be
2reappointed under subsection (a).
3    (f) The members of the Board shall receive an annual
4salary of $15,000, except that members of the Board who are
5also members of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit
6Authority shall receive $5,000 per year in addition to the
7compensation the members receive for serving on the Board of
8the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
9    (g) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
10experience and expertise for overseeing the planning,
11operation, and funding of a regional transportation system,
12including, but not limited to, backgrounds in urban and
13regional planning, management of large capital projects, labor
14and workforce development, business management, public
15administration, transportation, and community organizations.
16    (h) Those responsible for appointing Directors shall
17strive to assemble a set of Directors that, to the greatest
18extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
19racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
 
20    (70 ILCS 3605/20)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 320)
21    Sec. 20.
22    (a) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026.
23    (b) Within sixty (60) days after the adoption of this Act
24by the electors of one or more cities, villages and
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1population in the aggregate of at least 100,000 according to
2the Federal census of 1940, the Governor, by and with the
3advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three members
4of the Board for initial terms expiring September first of the
5years 1947, 1948 and 1949, respectively, at least one of which
6members shall be a resident of that portion of the
7metropolitan area which is outside the corporate limits of the
8City of Chicago, and the Mayor, with advice and consent of the
9City Council of the City of Chicago, shall appoint four
10members of the Board for initial terms expiring September
11first of the years 1946, 1950, 1951 and 1952, respectively. At
12the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the
13Governor his successor shall be appointed by the Governor, and
14at the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the
15Mayor his successor shall be appointed by the Mayor in like
16manner, and with like regard as to the place of residence of
17the appointee, as appointments for the initial terms. All
18successors shall hold office for the term of seven years from
19the first day of September of the year in which they are
20appointed, except in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
21In case of vacancy in the office of any member appointed by the
22Governor during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall
23make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the
24Senate when he shall nominate some person to fill such office;
25and any person so nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate,
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1until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. If the
2Senate is not in session at the time this Act takes effect, the
3Governor shall make temporary appointments as in case of
4vacancies. Each appointment by the Governor shall be subject
5to approval by the Mayor, and each appointment by the Mayor
6shall be subject to approval by the Governor and, when so
7approved, the Governor and the Mayor shall certify their
8respective appointments and approvals to the Secretary of
9State. If the Governor or the Mayor does not approve or
10disapprove the appointment by the Mayor or the Governor,
11respectively, within 15 days after receipt thereof, the person
12is appointed. Within thirty days after certification and
13approval of his appointment, and before entering upon the
14duties of his office, each member of the Board shall take and
15subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it in the
16office of the Secretary of State.
17(Source: P.A. 79-938.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3605/21)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 321)
19    Sec. 21. Members of the Board shall hold office until
20their respective successors have been appointed and have
21qualified. Any member may resign from his or her office, to
22take effect when his or her successor has been appointed and
23has qualified. An appointing authority The Governor and the
24Mayor, respectively, may remove any member of the Board
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1duty, or malfeasance in office. They may give him or her a copy
2of the charges against him or her and an opportunity to be
3publicly heard in person or by counsel in his or her own
4defense upon not less than 10 days' notice. The Governor may
5remove any member in response to a summary report received
6from the Executive Inspector General in accordance with
7Section 20-50 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act,
8provided he or she has an opportunity to be publicly heard in
9person or by counsel prior to removal. In case of failure to
10qualify within the time required, or of abandonment of his or
11her office, or in case of death, conviction of a crime or
12removal from office, his or her office shall become vacant.
13Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by
14appointment in like manner, and with like regard as to the
15place of residence of the appointee, as in case of expiration
16of the term of a member of the Board.
17(Source: P.A. 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3605/23)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 323)
19    Sec. 23. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at
20least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such
21meetings to be fixed by the Board. Four members of the Board
22shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All
23action of the Board shall be by ordinance or resolution and the
24affirmative vote of at least 4 four members shall be necessary
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1ordinances and resolutions before taking effect shall be
2approved by the chairman of the Board, and if he shall approve
3thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he shall not
4approve he shall return to the Board with his objections
5thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
6occurring after the passage thereof. But in case the chairman
7shall fail to return any ordinance or resolution with his
8objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed
9to have approved the same and it shall take effect
10accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by
11the chairman with his objections, the vote by which the same
12was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such
13reconsideration said ordinance or resolution is passed by the
14affirmative vote of at least 5 five members, it shall go into
15effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All
16ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the Authority
17and all documents and records in its possession shall be
18public records, and open to public inspection, except such
19documents and records as shall be kept or prepared by the Board
20for use in negotiations, action or proceedings to which the
21Authority is a party.
22    Open meetings of the Board shall be broadcast to the
23public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website
24using a high-speed Internet connection. Recordings of each
25meeting broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website
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1maintained as public records to the extent practicable, as
2determined by the Board. Compliance with the provisions of
3this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly does not
4relieve the Board of its obligations under the Open Meetings
5Act.
6(Source: P.A. 98-1139, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
7    (70 ILCS 3605/27)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327)
8    Sec. 27. The Board may appoint an Executive Director with
9the advice and consent of the Board of the Northern Illinois
10Transit Authority. The Executive Director shall have
11demonstrated experience with one or more of the following
12areas: (i) public transportation system operations; (ii)
13infrastructure capital project management; or (iii) legal or
14human resource management for a public agency. The Executive
15Director shall also meet any qualifications that may be set,
16by ordinance, by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The
17Chair of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
18and the Executive Director of the Northern Illinois Transit
19Authority shall be included in the process for choosing the
20Executive Director of the Authority, including membership in
21any search committee. The Executive Director who shall be a
22person of recognized ability and experience in the operation
23of transportation systems and shall to hold office during the
24pleasure of the Board. The Executive Director shall have
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1the employees thereof, subject to the general control of the
2Board, shall direct the enforcement of all ordinances,
3resolutions, rules, and regulations of the Board, and shall
4perform such other duties and powers as may be prescribed from
5time to time by the Board Northern Illinois Transit Authority
6in an ordinance describing the position's role, powers, and
7responsibilities. The Board may appoint a General Counsel and
8a Chief Engineer, and shall provide for the appointment of
9other officers, attorneys, engineers, consultants, agents and
10employees as may be necessary for the construction, extension,
11operation, maintenance, and policing of its properties. It
12shall define their duties and require bonds of such of them as
13the Board may designate. The Executive Director, General
14Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all other officers provided for
15pursuant to this section shall be exempt from taking and
16subscribing to any oath of office. The compensation of the
17Executive Director, General Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all
18other officers, attorneys, consultants, agents and employees
19shall be fixed by the Board.
20    In the policing of its properties the Board may provide
21for the appointment and maintenance, from time to time, of
22such police force as it may find necessary and practicable to
23aid and supplement the police forces of any municipality in
24the protection of its property and the protection of the
25persons and property of its passengers and employees, or
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1Authority was organized. The members of such police force
2shall have and exercise like police powers to those conferred
3upon the police of cities. Neither the Authority, the members
4of its Board nor its officers or employees shall be held liable
5for failure to provide a security or police force or, if a
6security or police force is provided, for failure to provide
7adequate police protection or security, failure to prevent the
8commission of crimes by fellow passengers or other third
9persons or for the failure to apprehend criminals.
10(Source: P.A. 84-939; 87-597.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 3605/28)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328)
12    Sec. 28. The Board shall classify all the offices,
13positions and grades of regular and exempt employment
14required, excepting that of the Chairman of the Board, the
15Executive Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel, and
16Chief Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title, job
17schedule number, and the compensation fixed therefor, and
18adopt rules governing appointments to any of such offices or
19positions on the basis of merit and efficiency. The job title
20shall be generally descriptive of the duties performed in that
21job, and the job schedule number shall be used to identify a
22job title and to further classify positions within a job
23title. No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited
24in the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
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1upon political reasons or factors. No discrimination shall be
2made in any appointment or promotion to any office, position,
3or grade of regular employment because of race, creed, color,
4sex, national origin, physical or mental disability unrelated
5to ability, or political or religious affiliations. No officer
6or employee in regular employment shall be discharged or
7demoted except for cause which is detrimental to the service.
8Any officer or employee in regular employment who is
9discharged or demoted may file a complaint in writing with the
10Board within ten days after notice of his or her discharge or
11demotion. If an employee is a member of a labor organization
12the complaint may be filed by such organization for and on in    
13behalf of such employee. The Board shall grant a hearing on
14such complaint within thirty (30) days after it is filed. The
15time and place of the hearing shall be fixed by the Board and
16due notice thereof given to the complainant, the labor
17organization by or through which the complaint was filed and
18the Executive Director. The hearing shall be conducted by the
19Board, or any member thereof or any officers' committee or
20employees' committee appointed by the Board. The complainant
21may be represented by counsel. If the Board finds, or approves
22a finding of the member or committee appointed by the Board,
23that the complainant has been unjustly discharged or demoted,
24he or she shall be restored to his or her office or position
25with back pay. The decision of the Board shall be final and not
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1positions, and grades of employment as exempt as it deems
2necessary for the efficient operation of the business of the
3Authority. The total number of employees occupying exempt
4offices, positions, or grades of employment may not exceed 3%
5of the total employment of the Authority. All exempt offices,
6positions, and grades of employment shall be at will. No
7unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in the
8Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or aspect
9of employment. There shall not be discrimination based upon
10political reasons or factors. No discrimination shall be made
11in any appointment or promotion to any office, position, or
12grade of exempt employment because of race, creed, color, sex,
13national origin, physical or mental disability unrelated to
14ability, or religious or political affiliation. The Board may
15abolish any vacant or occupied office or position.
16Additionally, the Board may reduce the force of employees for
17lack of work or lack of funds as determined by the Board. When
18the number of positions or employees holding positions of
19regular employment within a particular job title and job
20schedule number are reduced, those employees with the least
21company seniority in that job title and job schedule number
22shall be first released from regular employment service. For a
23period of one year, an employee released from service shall be
24eligible for reinstatement to the job title and job schedule
25number from which he or she was released, in order of company
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1"Company seniority" as used in this Section means the overall
2employment service credited to an employee by the Authority
3since the employee's most recent date of hire irrespective of
4job titles held. If 2 or more employees have the same company
5seniority date, time in the affected job title and job
6schedule number shall be used to break the company seniority
7tie. For purposes of this Section, company seniority shall be
8considered a working condition. When employees are represented
9by a labor organization that has a labor agreement with the
10Authority, the wages, hours, and working conditions
11(including, but not limited to, seniority rights) shall be
12governed by the terms of the agreement. Exempt employment
13shall not include any employees who are represented by a labor
14organization that has a labor agreement with the Authority.
15    No employee, officer, or agent of the Chicago Transit
16Board may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
17salary unless that bonus has been reviewed for a period of 14
18days by the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
19Authority Board. After 14 days, the bonus shall be considered
20reviewed. This Section does not apply to usual and customary
21salary adjustments.
22(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3605/28a)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328a)
24    Sec. 28a. (a) The Board may deal with and enter into
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1accredited representatives of such employees or
2representatives of any labor organization authorized to act
3for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
4conditions and pension or retirement provisions; provided,
5nothing herein shall be construed to permit hours of labor in
6excess of those provided by law or to permit working
7conditions prohibited by law. In case of dispute over wages,
8salaries, hours, working conditions, or pension or retirement
9provisions the Board may arbitrate any question or questions
10and may agree with such accredited representatives or labor
11organization that the decision of a majority of any
12arbitration board shall be final, provided each party shall
13agree in advance to pay half of the expense of such
14arbitration.
15    No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor
16organization, association, group or individual for the
17employment of members of such organization, association, group
18or individual for the construction, improvement, maintenance,
19operation or administration of any property, plant or
20facilities under the jurisdiction of the Authority, where such
21organization, association, group or individual denies on the
22ground of race, creed, color, sex, religion, physical or
23mental disability unrelated to ability, or national origin
24membership and equal opportunities for employment to any
25citizen of Illinois.
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1collective bargaining agreements (including extensions and
2amendments of existing agreements) entered into on or after
3January 1, 1984.
4    (2) The Board shall deal with and enter into written
5contracts with their employees, through accredited
6representatives of such employees authorized to act for such
7employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
8conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a
9collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983. Any such
11agreement of the Authority shall provide that the agreement
12may be reopened if the amended budget submitted pursuant to
13Section 2.18a of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
14Transportation Authority Act is not approved by the Board of
15the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
16Authority. The agreement may not include a provision requiring
17the payment of wage increases based on changes in the Consumer
18Price Index. The Board shall not have the authority to enter
19into collective bargaining agreements with respect to inherent
20management rights, which include such areas of discretion or
21policy as the functions of the employer, standards of
22services, its overall budget, the organizational structure and
23selection of new employees and direction of personnel.
24Employers, however, shall be required to bargain collectively
25with regard to policy matters directly affecting wages, hours
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1thereon upon request by employee representatives. To preserve
2the rights of employers and exclusive representatives which
3have established collective bargaining relationships or
4negotiated collective bargaining agreements prior to the
5effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983, employers shall
6be required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
7concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about
8which they have bargained prior to the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of 1983.
10    (3) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a
11prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service
12operated by or funded by the Board, except where prohibited by
13federal law.
14    (4) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
15bargaining agreement, the Board shall determine the costs of
16each provision of the agreement, prepare an amended budget
17incorporating the costs of the agreement, and present the
18amended budget to the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit    
19Regional Transportation Authority for its approval under
20Section 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
21Transportation Act. The Board of the Northern Illinois Transit    
22Regional Transportation Authority may approve the amended
23budget by a supermajority an affirmative vote of 12 of its then
24Directors. If the budget is not approved by the Board of the
25Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority,
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1renegotiated. Any amended budget which may be prepared
2following renegotiation shall be presented to the Board of the
3Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
4for its approval in like manner.
5(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 3605/28d)
7    Sec. 28d. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
8provided in Section 28a, before the Chicago Transit Board may
9enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of
10$100,000, the Chicago Transit Board must submit that contract
11or amendment to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
12Transportation Authority Board for review for a period of 14
13days. After 14 days, the contract shall be considered
14reviewed. This Section applies only to contracts entered into
15or amended on or after the effective date of this amendatory
16Act of the 98th General Assembly.
17(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3605/31)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 331)
19    Sec. 31. The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances
20and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to
21regulate the use, operation and maintenance of its property
22and facilities, and to carry into effect the powers granted to
23the Authority, with such fines or penalties, including
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1of riding privileges or confiscation of fare media under
2Section 2.40 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act, as
3may be deemed proper. No fine or penalty shall exceed $300.00,
4and no imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months for one
5offense. All fines and penalties shall be imposed by
6ordinances, which shall be published in a newspaper of general
7circulation published in the metropolitan area. No such
8ordinance shall take effect until ten days after its
9publication.
10(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 3605/33.10 new)
12    Sec. 33.10. Budget and program. The Authority, subject to
13the powers of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, shall,
14by ordinance, appropriate money to perform the Authority's
15purposes and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the
16Authority. Each year, as part of the process set forth in
17Section 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act,
18the Authority shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual
19budget and proposed 5-Year Capital Program document, and a
20financial plan for the 2 years thereafter describing the state
21of the Authority and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal
22year and the 2 following years the Authority's plans for such
23operations and capital expenditures as it intends to undertake
24and the means by which it intends to finance them. The proposed
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1based on the Northern Illinois Transit Authority's estimate of
2funds to be made available to the Board by or through the
3Authority and shall conform in all respects to the
4requirements established by the Northern Illinois Transit
5Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and 5-Year
6Capital Program shall contain a statement of the funds
7estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year,
8the funds estimated to be received from all sources for the
9year and the funds estimated to be on hand at the end of the
10year. The fiscal year of the Authority shall be the same as the
11fiscal year of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The
12proposed budget, financial plan, and 5-Year Capital Program
13shall be included in the Northern Illinois Transit Authority's
14public hearings under Section 4.11 of the Northern Illinois
15Transit Authority Act. The budget, financial plan, and 5-Year
16Capital Program shall then be finalized by the Northern
17Illinois Transit Authority as provided in Section 4.11. The
18ordinance adopted by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
19as provided in Section 4.11 shall appropriate the sums of
20money as are deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses
21and obligations of the Authority, specifying purposes and the
22objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the
23amount appropriated for each object or program. Additional
24appropriations, transfers between items, and other changes in
25the ordinance that do not alter the basis upon which the
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1Northern Illinois Transit Authority may be made from time to
2time by the Authority.
 
3    (70 ILCS 3605/38)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 338)
4    Sec. 38. To assure modern, attractive transportation
5service the Board may establish a depreciation policy which
6makes provision for the continuous and prompt replacement of
7worn out and obsolete property and the Board may make
8provision for such depreciation of the property of the
9Authority as is not offset by current expenditures for
10maintenance, repairs and replacements under such rules and
11regulations as may be prescribed by the Board. The Board from
12time to time shall make a determination of the relationship
13between the service condition of the properties of the
14Authority and the then established depreciation rates and
15reserves and from time to time may make adjustments or
16modifications of such rates in such amounts as it may deem
17appropriate because of experienced and estimated consumption
18of service life of road, plant, and equipment. All
19depreciation policies shall be in accordance with such policy
20set by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.    
21(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 3605/42)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 342)
23    Sec. 42. The Board may investigate all means of
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1its ordinances, rules and regulations, and the action, conduct
2and efficiency of all officers, agents and employees of the
3Authority. In the conduct of such investigations the Board may
4hold public hearings on its own motion, and shall do so on
5complaint or petition of any municipality which has adopted
6this Act or which has granted rights to the Authority by
7ordinance. Each member of the Board shall have power to
8administer oaths, and the Secretary, by order of the Board,
9shall issue subpoenas to secure the attendance and testimony
10of witnesses, and the production of books and papers relevant
11to such investigations and to any hearing before the Board or
12any member thereof or any officers' committee or employees'
13committee appointed by the Board to hear any complaint of an
14officer or employee who has been discharged or demoted.
15    Any circuit court of this State, upon application of the
16Board, or any member thereof, may in its discretion compel the
17attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers,
18and giving of testimony before the Board or before any member
19thereof or any officers' committee or employees' committee
20appointed by the Board, by attachment for contempt or
21otherwise in the same manner as the production of evidence may
22be compelled before the court.
23(Source: P.A. 83-334.)
 
24    (70 ILCS 3605/51.5 new)
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1    (a) Upon certifying that a person is eligible to receive
2complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
3Subpart F or within 10 business days after receiving a
4certified person's request for documentation of eligibility
5for those services, the Authority shall provide the person
6with documentation of the person's certification of
7eligibility for those services.
8    (b) If a person provides the Authority with documentation
9of the person's certification of eligibility to receive
10complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
11Subpart F, then the Authority shall provide those services to
12the person within one business day after receiving the
13documentation.
14    (c) The procedures used by the Authority to document a
15person's certification of eligibility for complementary
16paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37, Subpart F shall not
17require the disclosure or recording of any specific
18information about an individual's disability.
 
19    (70 ILCS 3605/3 rep.)
20    (70 ILCS 3605/4 rep.)
21    (70 ILCS 3605/6.1 rep.)
22    (70 ILCS 3605/8 rep.)
23    (70 ILCS 3605/8.5 rep.)
24    (70 ILCS 3605/10 rep.)
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1    (70 ILCS 3605/12 rep.)
2    (70 ILCS 3605/13 rep.)
3    (70 ILCS 3605/16 rep.)
4    (70 ILCS 3605/17 rep.)
5    (70 ILCS 3605/22 rep.)
6    (70 ILCS 3605/27a rep.)
7    (70 ILCS 3605/30 rep.)
8    (70 ILCS 3605/32 rep.)
9    (70 ILCS 3605/34 rep.)
10    (70 ILCS 3605/44 rep.)
11    (70 ILCS 3605/46 rep.)
12    (70 ILCS 3605/47 rep.)
13    (70 ILCS 3605/51 rep.)
14    (70 ILCS 3605/52 rep.)
15    Section 5-903. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
16amended by repealing Sections 3, 4, 6.1, 8, 8.5, 10, 11.1, 12,
1713, 16, 17, 22, 27a, 30, 32, 34, 44, 46, 47, 51, and 52.
 
18    Section 5-905. The Local Mass Transit District Act is
19amended by adding Sections 5.08 and 8.8 as follows:
 
20    (70 ILCS 3610/5.08 new)
21    Sec. 5.08. Transit-supportive development and
22trail-supportive development.    
23    (a) As used in this Section:
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1commercial, and governmental facilities and supporting
2infrastructure improvements that are designed to facilitate
3access to and use of public transit or public trails and that
4are located within either (i) one-half mile of a public
5transportation station or (ii) one-eighth mile of a bus stop
6on a public transportation bus route.
7    "Trail-supportive development" means residential,
8commercial, and governmental facilities, and supporting
9infrastructure improvements that are (i) located within
10one-quarter mile of a public trail and (ii) designed to
11facilitate access to and use of public transit or public
12trails.
13    (b) The Board of Trustees of any Transit District may
14acquire, construct, own, operate, or maintain for public
15service transit-supportive developments and trail-supportive
16developments in the metropolitan region and may exercise all
17powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of
18this Section.
19    (c) The Board of Trustees of any Transit District may
20acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, gift, or otherwise
21any property and rights useful for its transit-supportive
22development purposes and may sell, lease, transfer, or convey
23any property or rights when no longer useful or to exchange the
24same for other property or rights that are useful for its
25purposes.
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1amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Board of
2Trustees of any Transit District may enter into contracts and
3agreements with governmental, not-for-profit, and for-profit
4entities for the development, construction, and operation of
5transit-supportive developments and trail-supportive
6developments.
7    (e) The Board of Trustees of any Transit District shall
8have the continuing power to borrow money for (i) the purpose
9of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending, or
10improving transit-supportive developments and
11trail-supportive developments or any part of those
12developments and (ii) the purpose of acquiring property and
13equipment useful for the construction, reconstruction,
14extension, improvement, or operation of its transit-supportive
15developments and trail-supportive developments or any part of
16those developments.
17    (f) This Section does not exempt the Board of Trustees of
18any Transit District from complying with land use regulations
19applicable to the property involved in a transit-supportive
20development or trail-supportive development.
 
21    (70 ILCS 3610/8.8 new)
22    Sec. 8.8. Visitor paratransit service.
23    (a) Upon certifying that a person is eligible to receive
24complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
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1certified person's request for documentation of eligibility
2for those services, a district shall provide the person with
3documentation of the person's certification of eligibility for
4those services.
5    (b) If a person provides a district with documentation of
6the person's certification of eligibility to receive
7complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
8Subpart F, then the district shall provide those services to
9the person within one business day after receiving the
10documentation.
11    (c) The procedures used by a district to document a
12person's certification of eligibility for complementary
13paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37, Subpart F shall not
14require the disclosure or recording of any specific
15information about an individual's disability.
 
16    Section 5-910. The Regional Transportation Authority Act
17is amended by changing Sections 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 2.01a,
182.01b, 2.01c, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 2.10a,
192.12b, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18a, 2.19, 2.24, 2.30, 2.39, 2.40, 2.41,
203.01, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3A.01, 3A.02, 3A.03, 3A.05, 3A.06,
213A.07, 3A.08, 3A.09, 3A.12, 3A.14, 3B.01, 3B.02, 3B.03, 3B.05,
223B.06, 3B.09, 3B.12, 3B.26, 4.01, 4.03, 4.03.3, 4.04, 4.06,
234.09, 4.11, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 5.03, 5.05, and 5.15 and by
24adding Sections 2.01f, 2.01g, 2.06.2, 2.10b, 2.11, 2.11.05,
252.11.10, 2.11.15, 2.11.20, 2.11.25, 2.11.30, 2.11.35, 2.43,

 

 

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12.44, 2.45, 2.46, 2.47, 2.48, 2.49, 2.50, 3.13, 3A.15.5,
23B.02.5, 3B.10.5, 3B.14.5, 3B.27, 3B.28, 3B.29 4.01b, 4.06.05,
35.17, 5.20, 5.25, 5.30, and 5.35 and Articles VI and VII as
4follows:
 
5    (70 ILCS 3615/1.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.01)
6    Sec. 1.01. Short Title; references to Act.     
7    (a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the
8Northern Illinois Transit "Regional Transportation Authority
9Act".
10    (b) References to this Act. For the purposes of
11outstanding debt obligations and for other purposes, this Act
12may continue to be referred to as the Regional Transportation
13Authority Act.    
14(Source: P.A. 78-3rd S.S.-5.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 3615/1.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.02)
16    Sec. 1.02. Findings and Purpose.
17    (a) The General Assembly finds;
18        (1) (i) Public transportation is, as provided in
19    Section 7 of Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution, an
20    essential public purpose for which public funds may be
21    expended and that Section authorizes the State to provide
22    financial assistance to units of local government for
23    distribution to providers of public transportation. There
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1    government to assure the proper management of public
2    transportation and to receive and distribute State or
3    federal operating assistance and to raise and distribute
4    revenues for local operating assistance. System generated
5    revenues are not adequate for such service and a public
6    need exists to provide for, aid and assist public
7    transportation in the northeastern area of the State,
8    consisting of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will
9    Counties.
10        (2) (ii) Comprehensive and coordinated regional public
11    transportation is essential to the public health, safety,    
12    and welfare. It is essential to economic well-being,
13    maintenance of full employment, conservation of sources of
14    energy and land for open space and reduction of traffic
15    congestion and for providing and maintaining a healthful
16    environment for the benefit of present and future
17    generations in the metropolitan region. Public
18    transportation improves the mobility of the public and
19    improves access to jobs, commercial facilities, schools,    
20    and cultural attractions. Public transportation decreases
21    air pollution and other environmental hazards resulting
22    from excessive use of automobiles and allows for more
23    efficient land use and planning.
24        (3) Transportation in the metropolitan region is being
25    threatened by (iii) Because system generated receipts are
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1    and services in the northeastern area are in grave
2    financial conditions condition. With existing methods of
3    financing, coordination, structure, and management, the
4    public transportation system is and relative convenience
5    of automobiles, such public transportation facilities are    
6    not providing adequate public transportation to ensure    
7    insure the public health, safety, and welfare.
8        (3.5) The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented
9    disruption in public transportation ridership and
10    operations from which the service providers have yet to
11    fully recover and the pandemic-related federal funding
12    support for public transportation operations has expired.
13    Although ridership levels continue to improve from the
14    lowest levels observed during the pandemic, net ridership
15    levels have not recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
16    Furthermore, the system experienced persistent losses in
17    ridership, service quality, and financial stability for
18    many years before the pandemic. These systemic issues,
19    combined with the changes in passenger behaviors,
20    experiences, and commuting patterns since the pandemic,
21    create conditions untenable to a sustainable and thriving
22    public transportation system.    
23        (4) (iv) Additional commitments to the public
24    transportation needs of persons with disabilities, the
25    economically disadvantaged, and the elderly are necessary.
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1    needs of persons who currently reside in areas with
2    limited, infrequent, or no public transit service are
3    needed to eliminate existing public transit deserts and
4    ensure that all residents of the metropolitan region have
5    access to frequent, reliable, safe, and interconnected
6    transit options.    
7        (5) (v) To solve these problems, it is necessary to
8    provide for the creation and empowerment of the Northern
9    Illinois Transit Authority a regional transportation
10    authority with the powers necessary to insure adequate
11    public transportation.
12            
13    (b) (Blank). The General Assembly further finds, in
14connection with this amendatory Act of 1983:
15        (i) Substantial, recurring deficits in the operations
16    of public transportation services subject to the
17    jurisdiction of the Regional Transportation Authority and
18    periodic cash shortages have occurred either of which
19    could bring about a loss of public transportation services
20    throughout the metropolitan region at any time;
21        (ii) A substantial or total loss of public
22    transportation services or any segment thereof would
23    create an emergency threatening the safety and well-being
24    of the people in the northeastern area of the State; and
25        (iii) To meet the urgent needs of the people of the
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1    to provide financially sound methods of managing the
2    provision of public transportation services in the
3    northeastern area of the State, it is necessary, while
4    maintaining and continuing the existing Authority, to
5    modify the powers and responsibilities of the Authority,
6    to reallocate responsibility for operating decisions, to
7    change the composition and appointment of the Board of
8    Directors thereof, and to immediately establish a new
9    Board of Directors.
10    (c) (Blank). The General Assembly further finds in
11connection with this amendatory Act of the 95th General
12Assembly:    
13        (i) The economic vitality of northeastern Illinois
14    requires regionwide and systemwide efforts to increase
15    ridership on the transit systems, constrain road
16    congestion within the metropolitan region, and allocate
17    resources for transportation so as to assist in the
18    development of an adequate, efficient, geographically
19    equitable and coordinated regional transportation system
20    that is in a state of good repair.    
21        (ii) To achieve the purposes of this amendatory Act of
22    the 95th General Assembly, the powers and duties of the
23    Authority must be enhanced to improve overall planning and
24    coordination, to achieve an integrated and efficient
25    regional transit system, to advance the mobility of
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1    the Authority and the Service Boards.    
2    (d) It is the purpose of this Act to provide for, aid and
3assist public transportation in the northeastern area of the
4State without impairing the overall quality of existing public
5transportation by providing for the creation of a single
6authority responsive to the people and elected officials of
7the area and with the power and competence to develop,
8implement, and enforce plans that promote adequate, efficient,
9geographically equitable and coordinated public
10transportation, provide financial review of the providers of
11public transportation in the metropolitan region and
12facilitate public transportation provided by Service Boards
13which is attractive and economical to users, comprehensive,
14coordinated among its various elements, economical, safe,
15efficient and coordinated with area and State plans.
16    (e) It is the intent of this Act to continue and maintain
17the existence of the Regional Transportation Authority,
18notwithstanding a change in its name and appointment powers
19and authorities, and is in no way intended to change, modify,
20or restrict the rights of existing Regional Transit Authority
21bondholders or to change or repeal the non-impairment covenant
22in the current Regional Transportation Authority legislation.    
23(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
24    (70 ILCS 3615/1.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.03)
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1    "Authority" means the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
2(formerly the Regional Transportation Authority). ;
3    "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Northern
4Illinois Transit Authority (formerly the Board of Directors of
5the Regional Transportation Authority). ;
6    "Construct or acquire" means plan, design, construct,
7reconstruct, improve, modify, extend, landscape, expand or
8acquire. ;
9    "Limited English proficient individual" means an
10individual who does not speak English as the individual's
11primary language and who has a limited ability to read, speak,
12write, or understand English.    
13    "Metropolitan Region" means all territory included within
14the territory of the Authority as provided in this Act, and
15such territory as may be annexed to the Authority. ;
16    "Municipality", "County" and "Unit of Local Government"
17have the meanings given to such terms in Section 1 of Article
18VII of the Illinois Constitution. ;
19    "Operate" means operate, maintain, administer, repair,
20promote and any other acts necessary or proper with regard to
21such matters. ;
22    "Passenger miles traveled" means the cumulative sum of the
23distances ridden by each passenger.    
24    "Public Transportation" means the transportation or
25conveyance of persons within the metropolitan region by means
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1general public with special needs, except for transportation
2by automobiles not used for conveyance of the general public
3as passengers. ;
4    "Public Transportation Facilities" means all equipment or
5property, real or personal, or rights therein, useful or
6necessary for providing, maintaining or administering public
7transportation within the metropolitan region or otherwise
8useful for carrying out or meeting the purposes or powers of
9the Authority, except it shall not include roads, streets,
10highways or bridges or toll highways or toll bridges for
11general public use. ; and
12    "Qualified interpreter" or "qualified translator" means an
13individual proficient in both English and the non-English
14language used by the limited English proficient individual,
15with demonstrated ability to interpret or translate accurately
16and impartially.    
17    "Service Boards" means the Board of the Commuter Rail
18Division of the Authority, the Board of the Suburban Bus
19Division of the Authority, and the Board of the Chicago
20Transit Authority established pursuant to the Chicago Transit
21Authority Act "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act", approved
22April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter amended.
23    "Service standards" means quantitative and qualitative
24attributes of public transit service as well as the
25appropriate level of service to be provided across the
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1    "Supermajority vote" means the affirmative vote of:
2        (1) until July 1, 2026, 12 of the Authority's then
3    Directors; or
4        (2) beginning July 1, 2026, 12 of the Authority's then
5    Directors if there are:
6            (A) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors
7        appointed under subsection (a) of Section 3.01;
8            (B) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors
9        appointed under subsection (a-5) of Section 3.01;
10            (C) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors
11        appointed under subsection (b) of Section 3.01; and
12            (D) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors
13        appointed under subsection (b-5) of Section 3.01.    
14    "Transportation Agency" means any individual, firm,
15partnership, corporation, association, body politic, municipal
16corporation, public authority, unit of local government or
17other person, other than the Authority and the Service Boards,
18which provides public transportation, any local mass transit
19district created pursuant to the "Local Mass Transit District
20Act", as now or hereafter amended, and any urban
21transportation district created pursuant to the "Urban
22Transportation District Act", as now or hereafter amended,
23which districts are located in whole or in part within the
24metropolitan region.
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1counted each time they board vehicles no matter how many
2vehicles they use to travel from their origin to destination.
3    "Vehicle revenue hours" means the hours that vehicles are
4scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service.
5"Vehicle revenue hours" includes layover or recovery time.
6"Vehicle revenue hours" does not include deadhead, operator
7training, vehicle maintenance testing, and other non-revenue
8uses of vehicles.
9    "Vehicle revenue miles" means the miles that vehicles are
10scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service.
11"Vehicle revenue miles" includes distances traveled during
12layover or recovery time. "Vehicle revenue miles" does not
13include deadhead, operator training, vehicle maintenance
14testing, and other non-revenue uses of vehicles.
15    "Vital documents" means materials critical for obtaining
16services or understanding rider rights, including fare
17schedules, safety information, service announcements, and
18notices of rights or responsibilities.    
19(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
20    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.01)
21    Sec. 2.01. General Allocation of Responsibility for Public
22Transportation.
23    (a) In order to accomplish the purposes as set forth in
24this Act, the responsibility for planning, operating, and
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1be allocated as described in this Act. The Authority shall:
2        (i) create and adopt plans that implement the public
3    policy of the State to provide adequate, efficient,
4    geographically equitable and coordinated public
5    transportation throughout the metropolitan region;
6        (ii) set goals, objectives, and standards for the
7    Authority, the Service Boards, and Transportation Agencies    
8    transportation agencies;
9        (iii) develop and use service standards and
10    performance standards to objectively and transparently
11    determine the level, nature, and kinds of public
12    transportation that should be provided throughout the
13    metropolitan region performance measures to inform the
14    public about the extent to which the provision of public
15    transportation in the metropolitan region meets those
16    goals, objectives, and standards;
17        (iv) budget and allocate operating and capital funds
18    made available to support public transportation in the
19    metropolitan region;
20        (v) provide financial oversight of the Service Boards;
21    and    
22        (vi) coordinate the provision of public transportation
23    and the investment in public transportation facilities to
24    enhance the integration of public transportation
25    throughout the metropolitan region, all as provided in
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1        (vii) set fares and plan, procure, and operate an
2    integrated fare collection system;
3        (viii) conduct operations, service, and capital
4    planning;
5        (ix) provide design and construction oversight of
6    capital projects;
7        (x) be responsible for ensuring that public
8    transportation service in the metropolitan region complies
9    with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; and
10        (xi) subject to applicable land use laws, develop or
11    participate in residential and commercial development on
12    and in the vicinity of public transportation stations and
13    routes as deemed necessary to facilitate
14    transit-supportive land uses, increase public
15    transportation ridership, generate revenue, and improve
16    access to jobs and other opportunities in the metropolitan
17    region by public transportation.    
18    The Service Boards shall, on a continuing basis provide
19for the metropolitan region public transportation service of    
20determine the level, nature, and kind determined by the
21Authority of public transportation which should be provided
22for the metropolitan region in order to meet the plans, goals,
23objectives, and standards adopted by the Authority. The
24Service Boards may provide public transportation by purchasing
25such service from Transportation Agencies transportation
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1such agencies or by operating such service, all pursuant to
2this Act and the Chicago Transit Authority Act "Metropolitan
3Transit Authority Act", as now or hereafter amended. Certain
4of its actions to implement the responsibilities allocated to
5the Authority in this subsection (a) shall be taken in 3 public
6documents adopted by a supermajority the affirmative vote of
7at least 12 of its then Directors: a A Strategic Plan; a 5-Year    
8Five-Year Capital Program; and an Annual Budget and 2-Year    
9Two-Year Financial Plan.
10    The Authority has ultimate responsibility for providing
11the metropolitan region with a high-quality public
12transportation system and, subject to the requirements of this
13Act and applicable law and agreements, shall have the final
14responsibility for allocating duties among the Service Boards
15and between the Service Boards and the Authority itself.
16Nothing in this Act shall prevent the Authority from
17delegating to the Service Boards powers and duties in addition
18to those expressly assigned to the Service Boards under this
19Act.    
20    (b) The Authority shall subject the operating and capital
21plans and expenditures of the Service Boards in the
22metropolitan region with regard to public transportation to
23continuing review so that the Authority may budget and expend
24its funds with maximum effectiveness and efficiency. The
25Authority shall conduct audits of each of the Service Boards
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1management, performance, financial, and infrastructure
2condition audits. The Authority may conduct management,
3performance, financial, and infrastructure condition audits of
4Transportation Agencies transportation agencies that receive
5funds from the Authority. The Authority may direct a Service
6Board to conduct any such audit of a Transportation Agency    
7transportation agency that receives funds from such Service
8Board, and the Service Board shall comply with such request to
9the extent it has the right to do so. These audits of the
10Service Boards or Transportation Agencies transportation
11agencies may be project or service specific audits to evaluate
12their achievement of the goals and objectives of that project
13or service and their compliance with any applicable
14requirements.
15    The Authority shall have ready access at any time to
16information regarding Service Board operations and has the
17right to demand and receive information from a Service Board
18concerning any aspect of the Service Board's operations at any
19time.    
20(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
21    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01a)
22    Sec. 2.01a. Strategic Plan.
23    (a) By a supermajority the affirmative vote of at least 12
24of its then Directors, the Authority shall adopt a Strategic
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1Service Boards and after holding a minimum of 3 public
2hearings in Cook County, at least one of which shall be held in
3the City of Chicago, and one public hearing in each of the
4other counties in the region. The Executive Director of the
5Authority shall review the Strategic Plan on an ongoing basis
6and make recommendations to the Board of the Authority with
7respect to any update or amendment of the Strategic Plan. The
8Strategic Plan shall describe the specific actions to be taken
9by the Authority and the Service Boards to provide adequate,
10efficient, and coordinated public transportation.
11    (b) The Strategic Plan shall identify goals and objectives
12with respect to:
13        (i) increasing ridership and passenger miles on public
14    transportation funded by the Authority;
15        (ii) increasing per capita transit ridership and the
16    share of trips taken by transit in the region;
17        (iii) using public transportation to reduce greenhouse
18    gas and other emissions from the transportation sector;    
19        (iv) (ii) coordination of public transportation
20    services and the investment in public transportation
21    facilities to enhance the integration of public
22    transportation throughout the metropolitan region;
23        (v) (iii) coordination of fare and transfer policies
24    to promote transfers by riders among Service Boards,
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1    objectives for development of a universal fare instrument
2    that riders may use interchangeably on all public
3    transportation funded by the Authority, and methods to be
4    used to allocate revenues from transfers;
5        (vi) (iv) improvements in public transportation
6    facilities to bring those facilities into a state of good
7    repair, enhancements that attract ridership and improve
8    customer service, and expansions needed to serve areas
9    with sufficient demand for public transportation;
10        (vii) (v) access for transit-dependent populations,
11    including low-income communities, seniors, students, and
12    people with disabilities access by low-income communities
13    to places of employment, utilizing analyses provided by
14    the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding
15    employment and transportation availability, and giving
16    consideration to the location of employment centers in
17    each county and the availability of public transportation
18    at off-peak hours and on weekends;
19        (viii) access by low-income communities to places of
20    employment, using analyses provided by the Chicago
21    Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding employment and
22    transportation availability, and giving consideration to
23    the location of employment centers in each county and the
24    availability of public transportation at off-peak hours
25    and on weekends;    
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1    transportation system, including both operating and
2    capital programs;
3        (vii) limiting road congestion within the metropolitan
4    region and enhancing transit options to improve mobility;
5    and    
6        (x) improving roadway operations within the
7    metropolitan region to enhance transit options and to
8    improve mobility;
9        (xi) land use policies, practices, and incentives that
10    make more effective use of public transportation services
11    and facilities as community assets and encourage locating
12    the siting of businesses, homes, and public facilities
13    near public transportation services and facilities to
14    provide convenient and affordable travel for residents,
15    customers, and employees in the metropolitan region;
16        (xii) policies, practices, and incentives that will
17    better integrate public transportation with other active
18    modes of transportation; and    
19        (xiii) (viii) such other goals and objectives that
20    advance the policy of the State to provide adequate,
21    efficient, geographically equitable and coordinated public
22    transportation in the metropolitan region.
23    (c) The Strategic Plan shall establish the process and
24criteria by which proposals for capital improvements by the
25Authority, a Service Board, or a Transportation Agency    
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1inclusion, as proposed or with modifications, in the 5-Year    
2Five-Year Capital Program, which shall be in accordance with
3the prioritization process set forth in Section 2.39.
4Proposals for capital improvements may include criteria for:
5        (i) allocating funds among maintenance, enhancement,
6    and expansion improvements;
7        (ii) projects to be funded from the Innovation,
8    Coordination, and Enhancement Fund;
9        (iii) projects intended to improve or enhance
10    ridership or customer service;
11        (iv) design and location of station or transit
12    improvements intended to promote transfers, increase
13    ridership, and support transit-oriented land development;
14        (v) assessing the impact of projects on the ability to
15    operate and maintain the existing transit system; and
16        (vi) other criteria that advance the goals and
17    objectives of the Strategic Plan.
18    (d) The Strategic Plan shall establish performance
19standards and measurements regarding the adequacy, efficiency,
20geographic equity and coordination of public transportation
21services in the region and the implementation of the goals and
22objectives in the Strategic Plan. At a minimum, such standards
23and measures shall include customer-related performance data
24measured by line, route, or sub-region, as determined by the
25Authority, on the following:
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1        (ii) ridership data;
2        (iii) equipment failure rates;
3        (iv) employee and customer safety; and    
4        (v) crowding;
5        (vi) cleanliness of vehicles and stations;
6        (vii) service productivity; and    
7        (viii) (v) customer satisfaction.
8    The Service Boards and transportation agencies that
9receive funding from the Authority or Service Boards shall
10prepare, publish, and submit to the Authority such reports
11with regard to these standards and measurements in the
12frequency and form required by the Authority; however, the
13frequency of such reporting shall be no less than annual. The
14Service Boards shall publish such reports on their respective
15websites. The Authority shall compile and publish such reports
16on its website. Such performance standards and measures shall
17not be used as the basis for disciplinary action against any
18employee of the Authority or Service Boards, except to the
19extent the employment and disciplinary practices of the
20Authority or Service Board provide for such action.    
21    (e) The Strategic Plan shall identify innovations to
22improve the delivery of public transportation and the
23construction of public transportation facilities.
24    (f) The Strategic Plan shall describe the expected
25financial condition of public transportation in the
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1may include information about the cash position and all known
2obligations of the Authority and the Service Boards including
3operating expenditures, debt service, contributions for
4payment of pension and other post-employment benefits, the
5expected revenues from fares, tax receipts, grants from the
6federal, State, and local governments for operating and
7capital purposes and issuance of debt, the availability of
8working capital, and the resources needed to achieve the goals
9and objectives described in the Strategic Plan.
10    (g) In developing the Strategic Plan, the Authority shall
11rely on such demographic and other data, forecasts, and
12assumptions developed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
13Planning with respect to the patterns of population density
14and growth, projected commercial and residential development,
15and environmental factors, within the metropolitan region and
16in areas outside the metropolitan region that may impact
17public transportation utilization in the metropolitan region.
18The Authority shall also consult with the Illinois Department
19of Transportation's Office of Planning and Programming when
20developing the Strategic Plan. Before adopting or amending any
21Strategic Plan, the Authority shall consult with the Chicago
22Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding the consistency of
23the Strategic Plan with the Regional Comprehensive Plan
24adopted pursuant to the Regional Planning Act.
25    (h) The Authority may adopt, by a supermajority the
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1sub-regional or corridor plans for specific geographic areas
2of the metropolitan region in order to improve the adequacy,
3efficiency, geographic equity and coordination of existing, or
4the delivery of new, public transportation. Such plans may
5also address areas outside the metropolitan region that may
6impact public transportation utilization in the metropolitan
7region. In preparing a sub-regional or corridor plan, the
8Authority may identify changes in operating practices or
9capital investment in the sub-region or corridor that could
10increase ridership, reduce costs, improve coordination, or
11enhance transit-oriented development. The Authority shall
12consult with any affected Service Boards in the preparation of
13any sub-regional or corridor plans.
14    (i) (Blank). If the Authority determines, by the
15affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors, that,
16with respect to any proposed new public transportation service
17or facility, (i) multiple Service Boards or transportation
18agencies are potential service providers and (ii) the public
19transportation facilities to be constructed or purchased to
20provide that service have an expected construction cost of
21more than $25,000,000, the Authority shall have sole
22responsibility for conducting any alternatives analysis and
23preliminary environmental assessment required by federal or
24State law. Nothing in this subparagraph (i) shall prohibit a
25Service Board from undertaking alternatives analysis and
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1transportation service or facility identified in items (i) and
2(ii) above that is included in the Five-Year Capital Program
3as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
4General Assembly; however, any expenditure related to any such
5public transportation service or facility must be included in
6a Five-Year Capital Program under the requirements of Sections
72.01b and 4.02 of this Act.    
8(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
9    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01b)
10    Sec. 2.01b. The 5-Year Five-Year Capital Program. By a
11supermajority the affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then
12Directors, the Authority, after consultation with the Service
13Boards and after holding a minimum of 3 public hearings in Cook
14County, at least one one of which shall be held in the City of
15Chicago, and one public hearing in each of the other counties
16in the metropolitan region, shall each year adopt a 5-Year    
17Five-Year Capital Program that shall include each capital
18improvement to be undertaken by the Authority or, on behalf of
19the Authority, by a Service Board or Transportation Agency, or
20on behalf of a Service Board provided that the Authority finds
21that the improvement meets any criteria for capital
22improvements contained in the Strategic Plan, is not
23inconsistent with any sub-regional or corridor plan adopted by
24the Authority, and can be funded within amounts available with
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1improvement. Prior to submitting their proposed capital
2projects to the Authority, each Service Board shall hold at
3least one meeting for consideration of the capital projects
4being submitted to the Authority with representatives of labor
5organizations that have collective bargaining agreements with
6the respective Service Board. The Program shall be based on
7any criteria for capital improvements contained in the
8Strategic Plan, the capital project prioritization process,
9the service standards, the transit asset management plans
10required by 49 CFR 625.25, and other criteria determined by
11the Authority so long as the improvements are not inconsistent
12with any subregional or corridor plan adopted by the Authority
13and can be funded within amounts available with respect to the
14capital and operating costs of the improvement.    
15    In reviewing proposals for improvements to be included in
16a 5-Year Five-Year Capital Program, the Authority may give
17priority to improvements that are intended to bring public
18transportation facilities into a state of good repair. Before
19adopting a 5-Year Capital Program, the Authority shall consult
20with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding
21the consistency of the 5-Year Capital Program with the
22Regional Comprehensive Plan adopted under the Regional
23Planning Act. The 5-Year Five-Year Capital Program shall also
24identify capital improvements to be undertaken by a Service
25Board, a Transportation Agency transportation agency, or a
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1amounts in the Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement Fund,
2provided that no improvement that is included in the 5-Year    
3Five-Year Capital Program as of the effective date of this
4amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may receive
5funding from the Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement
6Fund. Before adopting a Five-Year Capital Program, the
7Authority shall consult with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency
8for Planning regarding the consistency of the Five-Year
9Capital Program with the Regional Comprehensive Plan adopted
10pursuant to the Regional Planning Act.
11    Beginning on January 1, 2027, for each improvement
12identified in the 5-year Capital Program, the Authority shall
13identify the entity responsible for implementing the project.
14The Authority shall retain responsibility for larger or
15comprehensive improvements such as Regionally Significant
16Projects, as designated by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
17Planning; new service infrastructure such as a new rail line
18or a new BRT corridor; large-scale rebuild of existing service
19infrastructure; new service vehicle or rolling stock
20purchases; or improvements that will be used by multiple
21Service Boards. The Authority shall assign to the appropriate
22Service Board responsibility for projects such as general
23service infrastructure renewal; improvements to non-service
24facilities; overhauls of railcars and vehicles; routine
25maintenance; and projects that will be completed entirely by
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1(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01c)
3    Sec. 2.01c. Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement
4Fund.
5    (a) The Authority shall establish an Innovation,
6Coordination, and Enhancement Fund and deposit into the Fund
7an amount equal to $10,000,000 in 2008, and, each year
8thereafter, an amount equal to the amount deposited in the
9previous year increased or decreased by the percentage growth
10or decline in revenues received by the Authority from taxes
11imposed under Section 4.03 in the previous year. Amounts on
12deposit in such Fund and interest and other earnings on those
13amounts may be used by the Authority, upon a supermajority the
14affirmative vote of 12 of its then Directors, and after a
15public participation process, for operating or capital grants
16or loans to Service Boards, Transportation Agencies    
17transportation agencies, or units of local government that
18advance the goals and objectives identified by the Authority
19in its Strategic Plan, provided that no improvement that has
20been included in a 5-Year Five-Year Capital Program as of
21January 18, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-708)    
22this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may receive
23any funding from the Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement
24Fund. Unless the Board has determined by a supermajority vote
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1the use of some or all of the funds then in the Innovation,
2Coordination, and Enhancement Fund, such funds may only be
3used to enhance the coordination and integration of public
4transportation and develop and implement innovations to
5improve the quality and delivery of public transportation.
6    (b) Any grantee that receives funds from the Innovation,
7Coordination, and Enhancement Fund for the operation of
8eligible programs must (i) implement such programs within one
9year of receipt of such funds and (ii) within 2 years following
10commencement of any program utilizing such funds, determine
11whether it is desirable to continue the program, and upon such
12a determination, either incorporate such program into its
13annual operating budget and capital program or discontinue
14such program. No additional funds from the Innovation,
15Coordination, and Enhancement Fund may be distributed to a
16grantee for any individual program beyond 2 years unless the
17Authority by a supermajority the affirmative vote of at least
1812 of its then Directors waives this limitation. Any such
19waiver will be with regard to an individual program and with
20regard to a one-year period one year-period, and any further
21waivers for such individual program require a subsequent vote
22of the Board.
23(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11; revised 7-10-25.)
 
24    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01f new)
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1    (a) Beginning December 2027, the Authority shall develop a
2regionally coordinated Service Plan that describes all transit
3service to be provided in the coming year or years. The
4Authority may plan service for periods of not less than 1 year
5and not more than 3 years.
6    (b) To assist in the development of Service Plans, the
7Authority may issue a request for proposed service plans to
8all Service Boards. Requests for proposed service plans must
9indicate the first and last years for which service will be
10planned and must not cover more than 3 years. Requests for
11proposed service plans may not be issued to less than all
12Service Boards.
13    (c) For years in which the Authority is engaged in Service
14Planning, it shall commence the process by issuing a request
15for proposed service plans to all the Service Boards by the
16preceding December 15. The requests for proposed service plans
17may include:
18        (1) a description of service improvements and changes
19    that the Authority desires to carry out its Strategic Plan
20    and to implement its service standards;
21        (2) a description of the estimates of revenue for the
22    next fiscal year that the Authority has received from the
23    Director of the Governor's Office of Management and
24    Budget;
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1    various specified budget allocations for each Service
2    Board;
3        (4) a description of the degree to which Service
4    Boards may make changes to the programmed location,
5    frequency, days, and hours of service provided by the
6    Service Board as compared to the approved service plan and
7    the circumstances under which the changes shall be
8    permitted;
9        (5) the opportunity for the Service Boards to propose
10    service improvements along with estimated costs; and
11        (6) requests for information the Authority deems
12    necessary for the Authority to assess how to most
13    effectively and equitably allocate funds among the Service
14    Boards, including estimates of the resources needed to
15    provide each service-level scenario.
16    (d) By March 31 following the request for proposed service
17plans, each Service Board shall present preliminary service
18proposals in several public hearings conducted by the
19Authority. A minimum of 3 public hearings shall be held in Cook
20County, including one in the City of Chicago, and one public
21hearing shall be held in each of the other counties in the
22region.
23    (e) By June 30 following the request for proposed service
24plans, each Service Board shall submit a proposed service plan
25in response to the Authority's request, prepared in the format
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1outline:
2        (1) the operating funding assumptions used by the
3    Service Board to determine that the proposed service is
4    feasible, including any estimates of resources that were
5    requested by the Authority;
6        (2) the location, frequency, days and hours of
7    service, and other details of the service that the Service
8    Board shall provide;
9        (3) the reasons for any changes made to the location,
10    frequency, days, and hours of service provided by the
11    Service Board from the previous service plan;
12        (4) the service requirements applicable to the service
13    provided by the Service Board covering issues such as
14    reliability, cleanliness, and safety; and
15        (5) requirements relating to the Service Board's
16    compliance with Authority fare technology and fare
17    integration efforts, information technology systems,
18    customer communication systems and protocols, branding and
19    advertising efforts, coordination of schedules, and other
20    requirements designed to improve the integration and
21    quality of public transportation in the metropolitan
22    region.
23    (f) Before voting on any final regionwide Service Plan,
24the Authority shall hold at least one public hearing on the
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1the Authority shall hold at least one meeting for
2consideration of the regionwide Service Plan with the county
3board of each of the several counties in the metropolitan
4region in which the Service Board provides service.
5    (h) The Board shall review the proposed service plans and
6compile the plans into a revised, regionwide Service Plan. The
7Board shall only approve the revised, regionwide Service Plan
8if it meets the service standards set forth in the Strategic
9Plan as best as possible considering projected available
10funds. If the Board fails to approve the revised, regionwide
11Service Plan, then the Board shall notify each Service Board
12of any deficiencies identified in that Service Board's
13contributions to the revised, regionwide Service Plan. The
14Board shall also notify each Service Board if its reasons for
15changes from the previous approved service plan fail to comply
16with any guidance provided by the Board in the previous
17request for service plans as described in paragraph (4) of
18subsection (e). Service Boards shall not continue to operate
19service changes that the Board deems to have failed to comply
20with guidance provided by the Board, unless the service is
21included in the forthcoming regionwide service plan.
22    (i) If the Board has not found that the revised,
23regionwide Service Plan meets the service standards, the Board
24shall adopt a regionwide Service Plan that does. In all cases,
25the Board shall adopt a regionwide Service Plan by no later
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/2.01g new)
2    Sec. 2.01g. Performance audits.    
3    (a) The Auditor General shall conduct a performance audit
4of the Authority and Service Boards every 5 years. The
5Authority and Service Boards shall enter into an
6intergovernmental agreement with the Auditor General to
7facilitate the audit.
8    (b) When conducting an audit of the Authority, the Auditor
9General shall:
10        (1) focus on the quality and cost-effectiveness of the
11    public transportation system, including comparative
12    assessments against the performance of transit systems in
13    comparable metropolitan regions around the world;
14        (2) include recommendations for improvements informed
15    by applicable industry best practices and any legislation
16    or other steps that governmental bodies could take to
17    facilitate such improvements; and
18        (3) assess the efficacy of the public transportation
19    system in providing affordable transportation; connecting
20    residents to jobs, education, and other opportunities; and
21    improving the environment.
22    When conducting an audit, the Auditor General shall give
23consideration to limitations experienced by the Commuter Rail
24Board due to shared infrastructure with freight rail.
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1Auditor General to consider, and the Auditor General may, in
2the Auditor General's discretion, structure the audit and
3recommendations to help achieve the goal of a well-functioning
4and efficient regional public transportation system.
5    (d) The Auditor General and the Authority shall coordinate
6the timing of performance audits so that the findings are
7available to the Authority at the time when it begins
8preparing its Strategic Plan and 5-Year Capital Program.
9    (e) The Authority shall reimburse the Auditor General for
10the costs incurred in conducting the performance audits.
 
11    (70 ILCS 3615/2.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.03)
12    Sec. 2.03. Operations. A Service Board may provide public
13transportation by operating public transportation facilities.
14A Service Board may enter into operating agreements with any
15individual, corporation or other person or private or public
16entity to operate such facilities on behalf of the Service
17Board. Beginning in 2029, Service Boards may only provide
18service adhering as closely as possible to that described in
19the regionwide service plan most recently adopted by the
20Authority, in the planned scenario that is the closest to the
21actual revenue available for that year, except as allowed
22under guidance provided by the Board in the previous request
23for service plans as described in paragraph (4) of subsection
24(e) of Section 2.01f.    
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/2.04)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.04)
2    Sec. 2.04. Fares and Nature of Service.
3    (a) The Authority shall have the sole authority to: (i)
4set and coordinate fares and charges for public transit
5services in the metropolitan region, including public
6transportation provided by Transportation Agencies pursuant to
7purchase of service or grant agreements with the Authority,
8and (ii) establish the nature and standards of public transit
9to be provided in accordance with the Strategic Plan and
10service standards. Whenever a Service Board provides any
11public transportation by operating public transportation
12facilities, the Service Board shall provide for the level and
13nature of fares or charges to be made for such services, and
14the nature and standards of public transportation to be so
15provided that meet the goals and objectives adopted by the
16Authority in the Strategic Plan. Provided, however that if the
17Board adopts a budget and financial plan for a Service Board in
18accordance with the provisions in Section 4.11(b)(5), the
19Board may consistent with the terms of any purchase of service
20contract provide for the level and nature of fares to be made
21for such services under the jurisdiction of that Service
22Board, and the nature and standards of public transportation
23to be so provided.
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1Transportation Agencies transportation agencies for operating
2expenses (other than with regard to experimental programs) or
3pursuant to any purchase of service agreement, the purchase of
4service agreement or grant contract shall provide for the
5level and nature of fares or charges to be made for such
6services, and the nature and standards of public
7transportation to be so provided. A Service Board shall
8require all Transportation Agencies transportation agencies    
9with which it contracts, or from which it purchases
10transportation services or to which it makes grants to provide
11half fare transportation for their student riders if any of
12such agencies provide for half fare transportation to their
13student riders.
14    (c) In so providing for the fares or charges and the nature
15and standards of public transportation, any purchase of
16service agreements or grant contracts shall provide, among
17other matters, for the terms or cost of transfers or
18interconnections between different modes of transportation and
19different public Transportation Agencies transportation
20agencies, schedules or routes of such service, changes which
21may be made in such service, the nature and condition of the
22facilities used in providing service, the manner of collection
23and disposition of fares or charges, the records and reports
24to be kept and made concerning such service, for
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1that the Transportation Agency transportation agency comply
2with any determination made by the Board of the Authority
3under and subject to the provisions of Section 2.12b of this
4Act. In regard to any such service, the Authority and the
5Service Boards shall give attention to and may undertake
6programs to promote use of public transportation and to
7provide coordinated ticket sales and passenger information. In
8the case of a grant to a Transportation Agency transportation
9agency which remains subject to Illinois Commerce Commission
10supervision and regulation, the Service Boards shall exercise
11the powers set forth in this Section in a manner consistent
12with such supervision and regulation by the Illinois Commerce
13Commission.
14    (d) The Authority shall develop and implement a regionally
15coordinated and consolidated fare collection system. By
16January 1, 2013, the Authority, in consultation with the
17Service Boards and the general public, must develop a policy
18regarding transfer fares on all fixed-route public
19transportation services provided by the Service Boards. The
20policy shall also set forth the fare sharing agreements
21between the Service Boards that apply to interagency fare
22passes and tickets. The policy established by the Authority
23shall be submitted to each of the Service Boards for its
24approval or comments and objection. After receiving the
25policy, the Service Boards have 90 days to approve or take
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1Boards agree to the policy, then a regional agreement shall be
2created and signed by each of the Service Boards. The terms of
3the agreement may be changed upon petition by any of the
4Service Boards and by agreement of the other Service Boards.
5    (e) The Authority may delegate the responsibility for all
6or some aspects of physical fare collection to the Service
7Boards. By January 1, 2015, the Authority must develop and
8implement a regional fare payment system. The regional fare
9payment system must use and conform with established
10information security industry standards and requirements of
11the financial industry. The system must allow consumers to use
12contactless credit cards, debit cards, and prepaid cards to
13pay for all fixed-route public transportation services.
14Beginning in 2012 and each year thereafter until 2015, the
15Authority must submit an annual report to the Governor and
16General Assembly describing the progress of the Authority and
17each of the Service Boards in implementing the regional fare
18payment system. The Authority must adopt rules to implement
19the requirements set forth in this Section.
20    (f) Prior to adopting any fare structure ordinance, the
21Authority shall allow a reasonable time for public input and
22hold public hearings under subsection (e-5) of Section 5.01.
23    (g) The Authority shall submit the proposed fare structure
24ordinance to each Service Board for feedback.
25    (h) By no later than January 1, 2028, the Authority, in
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1procurement for a next generation fare collection system,
2which shall include, among other things, a unified mobile
3ticket application, that shall be procured and implemented by
4the Authority by February 1, 2030, as a unified regional fare
5payment system. All agreements for, or related to, a regional
6fare payment system must include provisions for data sharing
7that allow the Authority and the Service Boards access to all
8data generated by the fare collection system.
9    (i) Whenever the Authority adopts a fare policy
10establishing or modifying interagency passes, tickets, or
11transfers, the policy shall also set forth the fare-sharing
12agreements between the Service Boards that apply to the
13revenue raised from interagency fare passes, tickets, and
14transfers. Except as specified in such an agreement, all fare
15revenue generated and received by the Authority shall be
16disbursed by the Authority to the Service Board responsible
17for generating the revenue.
18    (j)(1) The Authority shall have sole authority over and be
19responsible for administering all special fare programs,
20including free and reduced fares for seniors and people with
21disabilities, and other special fare programs.
22    (2) To the extent required by Section 3-33-160 of the
23Chicago Municipal Code, the Authority and the Chicago Transit
24Agency shall provide for free rides for active duty military
25personnel in uniform or with appropriate identification, and
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1    (3) Any fixed-route public transportation services
2provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
3of, a Service Board shall be provided without charge to senior
4citizens aged 65 and older, and all persons with a disability,
5who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in
6subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and
7Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, under such
8conditions as shall be prescribed by Authority. The Department
9on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably necessary to
10determine eligibility, including updated lists of individuals
11who are eligible for services without charge under this
12Section. After an initial eligibility determination is made,
13an individual's eligibility for free services shall
14automatically renew every 5 years after receipt by the
15Authority of a copy of the individual's government-issued
16identification card validating Illinois residency. Nothing in
17this Section shall relieve the Authority from providing
18reduced fares as may be required by federal law. The Authority
19shall provide the Department of Public Health with a monthly
20list of all riders that receive free or reduced fares under
21this subsection. The list shall include an individual's name,
22address, and date of birth. The Department of Public Health
23shall, within 2 weeks after receipt of the list, report back to
24the Authority any discrepancies that indicate that a rider
25receiving free or reduced fare services is deceased. The
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1Public Health, shall take appropriate steps to remove any
2deceased individual's name from the list of individuals
3eligible under the free or reduced fare programs.
4    (4) By no later than 2 years after the effective date of
5this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
6Authority shall develop a program across public transportation
7service providers for providing free services to a rider for
8any additional fares for the duration of a daily, weekly,
9monthly, or 30-day pass once the rider has purchased enough
10regular one-way fares to reach an amount that is no less than
11the cost of an applicable pass.
12    (k) The Authority shall provide regular annual reports to
13the Governor and General Assembly on progress made in
14implementing the changes made to this Act by this amendatory
15Act of the 104th General Assembly under subsections (f) and
16(g) of this Section as outlined under Section 2.44.    
17(Source: P.A. 97-85, eff. 7-7-11.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3615/2.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.05)
19    Sec. 2.05. Centralized Services; Acquisition and
20Construction.
21    (a) The Authority may at the request of two or more Service
22Boards, serve, or designate a Service Board to serve, as a
23centralized purchasing agent for the Service Boards so
24requesting.
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1Boards perform other centralized services such as ridership
2information and transfers between services under the
3jurisdiction of the Service Boards where such centralized
4services financially benefit the region as a whole. Provided,
5however, that the Board may require transfers only upon a
6supermajority an affirmative vote of 12 of its then Directors.
7    (c) A Service Board or the Authority may for the benefit of
8a Service Board, to meet its purposes, construct or acquire
9any public transportation facility for use by a Service Board
10or for use by any Transportation Agency transportation agency    
11and may acquire any such facilities from any Transportation
12Agency transportation agency, including also without
13limitation any reserve funds, employees' pension or retirement
14funds, special funds, franchises, licenses, patents, permits
15and papers, documents and records of the agency. In connection
16with any such acquisition from a Transportation Agency    
17transportation agency the Authority may assume obligations of
18the Transportation Agency transportation agency with regard to
19such facilities or property or public transportation
20operations of such agency.
21    In connection with any construction or acquisition, the
22Authority shall make relocation payments as may be required by
23federal law or by the requirements of any federal agency
24authorized to administer any federal program of aid.
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1marketing, advertising, and public information programs that
2promote the use and coordination of, and transfers among,
3public transportation services in the metropolitan region. The
4Authority shall develop and adopt, with a supermajority the
5affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors, rules
6and regulations for the Authority and the Service Boards
7regarding such programs to ensure that the Service Boards'
8independent programs conform with the Authority's regional
9programs.
10    (e) By July 1, 2028, the Authority shall manage digital
11and web-based trip-planning and real-time vehicle arrival
12information for use by riders for all public transportation
13services in northeastern Illinois, including demand-response
14modes. Relevant Service Board infrastructure, digital assets,
15technology, administrative support, and contracts may be
16transferred to the Authority for future centralized customer
17information services.    
18(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
19    (70 ILCS 3615/2.06.2 new)
20    Sec. 2.06.2. Pedestrian access to transit.    
21    (a) As part of its Strategic Plan, the Authority shall
22identify and prioritize sidewalk and other improvements needed
23to provide safe pedestrian access to transit service stops.
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1on a roadway under its jurisdiction that has bus stops, rail
2stations, or other fixed location transit service stops where
3a person can board or alight public transportation vehicles or
4that intersects with a roadway that provides access to the
5transit service stop within one-quarter mile, then the project
6scope may include the addition of sidewalks or shared-use
7paths to connect the transit stops to any existing sidewalks
8or paths within 500 feet of the project. The unit of local
9government in the metropolitan region may also include the
10addition of concrete sidewalk boarding areas, which may
11connect to the sidewalk, for any existing or new transit stops
12within the project limits and may add a shelter, if
13appropriate, based on rules the Authority develops for transit
14service stops.
15    (c) If a unit of local government in the metropolitan
16region includes a project listed subsection (b) in its
17construction or reconstruction project, then the unit of local
18government may seek reimbursement from the Authority for
19capital costs associated with the requirements of this
20Section, including signal improvements, ADA accommodations,
21and other pay items appurtenant to the construction of
22sidewalks, shelters, and concrete boarding areas. If
23right-of-way acquisition is required to construct the
24improvements, then the unit of local government may elect not
25to include these improvements in its construction contract.
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1comply with all applicable requirements of the Department of
2Transportation in carrying out improvements under this
3Section.
4    (d) The Authority shall, by ordinance, provide rules for
5the program described in this Section, including rules
6restricting reimbursement to pay items not already required by
7the Department of Transportation, and it may elect to
8establish an annual not-to-exceed amount for the program and
9require cost-sharing by grantees. The Authority shall use only
10capital funding for any program established under this
11Section.
 
12    (70 ILCS 3615/2.07)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.07)
13    Sec. 2.07. Extraterritorial authority Extra-territorial
14Authority. To In order to provide or assist any transportation
15of members of the general public between points in the
16metropolitan region and points outside the metropolitan
17region, whether in this State, or in Wisconsin, or Indiana,
18the Authority may at the request and for the benefit of a
19Service Board, by ordinance, enter into agreements with any
20unit of local government, individual, corporation or other
21business entity, or other person or public agency in or of any
22such state or any private entity for such service. Such
23agreements may provide for participation by the Authority a
24Service Board in providing such service and for grants by the
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1and may, subject to federal and State law, set forth any terms
2relating to such service, including coordinating such service
3with public transportation in the metropolitan region. Such
4agreement may be for such number of years or duration as the
5parties may agree. In regard to any such agreements or grants,
6the Authority a Service Board shall consider the benefit to
7the metropolitan region and the financial contribution with
8regard to such service made or to be made from public funds in
9such areas served outside the metropolitan region. Nothing in
10this Section prevents the Board of the Commuter Rail Division
11of the Authority from entering into agreements to provide
12service, or the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad
13Corporation from providing service, between points outside the
14metropolitan region when it is deemed beneficial to the State,
15the Authority, the Services Boards, or the Northeast Illinois
16Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation.    
17(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 3615/2.08)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.08)
19    Sec. 2.08. Protection Against Crime. The Authority shall
20cooperate with the various State, municipal, sheriff's and
21transportation agency police forces in the metropolitan region
22for the protection of employees and consumers of public
23transportation services and public transportation facilities
24against crime. The Authority may provide by ordinance for an
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1police forces in protecting persons and property and reducing
2the threats of crime with regard to public transportation.
3Such police shall have the same powers with regard to such
4protection of persons and property as those exercised by
5police of municipalities and may include members of other
6police forces in the metropolitan region. The Authority shall
7establish minimum standards for selection and training of
8members of such police force employed by it. Training shall be
9accomplished at schools certified by the Illinois Law
10Enforcement Training Standards Board established pursuant to
11the Illinois Police Training Act. Such training shall be
12subject to the rules and standards adopted pursuant to Section
137 of that Act. The Authority may participate in any training
14program conducted under that Act. The Authority may provide
15for the coordination or consolidation of security services and
16police forces maintained with regard to public transportation
17services and facilities by various transportation agencies and
18may contract with any municipality or county in the
19metropolitan region to provide protection of persons or
20property with regard to public transportation. Employees of
21the Authority or of any transportation agency affected by any
22action of the Authority under this Section shall be provided
23the protection set forth in Section 2.16. Neither the
24Authority, the Suburban Bus Division, the Commuter Rail
25Division, the Chicago Transit Authority, nor any of their
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1failure to provide a security or police force or, if a security
2or police force is provided, for failure to provide adequate
3police protection or security, failure to prevent the
4commission of crimes by fellow passengers or other third
5persons or for the failure to apprehend criminals.
6(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
7    (70 ILCS 3615/2.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.09)
8    Sec. 2.09. Research and Development.
9    (a) The Authority and the Service Boards shall study
10public transportation problems and developments; encourage
11experimentation in developing new public transportation
12technology, financing methods, and management procedures;
13conduct, in cooperation with other public and private
14agencies, studies, demonstrations, and demonstration and
15development projects to test and develop methods for improving
16public transportation, for reducing its costs to users or for
17increasing public use; and conduct, sponsor, and participate
18in other studies and experiments, which may include fare
19demonstration programs, and transportation technology pilot
20programs, in conjunction with private parties and public
21agencies, including the United States Department of
22Transportation, the Department of Transportation, the Illinois
23State Toll Highway Authority, and the Chicago Metropolitan
24Agency for Planning, as are useful in to achieving the
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1this Section may be exempted by the Board in a budget ordinance
2from the "costs" included in determining that the Authority
3and its service boards meet the farebox recovery ratio or
4system generated revenues recovery ratio requirements of
5Sections 3A.10, 3B.10, 4.01(b), 4.09 and 4.11 of this Act and
6Section 34 of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act during
7the Authority's fiscal year which begins January 1, 1986 and
8ends December 31, 1986, provided that the cost of any item
9authorized herein must be specifically approved within the
10budget adopted pursuant to Sections 4.01 and 4.11 of this Act
11for that fiscal year.
12    (b) (Blank). To improve public transportation service in
13areas of the metropolitan region with limited access to
14commuter rail service, the Authority and the Suburban Bus
15Division shall evaluate the feasibility of implementing new
16bus rapid transit services using the expressway and tollway
17systems in the metropolitan region. The Illinois Department of
18Transportation and the Illinois Toll Highway Authority shall
19work cooperatively with the Authority and the Suburban Bus
20Division in that evaluation and in the implementation of bus
21rapid transit services. The Authority and the Suburban Bus
22Division, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of
23Transportation, shall develop a bus rapid transit
24demonstration project on Interstate 55 located in Will,
25DuPage, and Cook Counties. This demonstration project shall
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1the expressway or tollway shoulder or regular travel lanes and
2shall investigate technology options that facilitate the
3shared use of the transit lane and provide revenue for
4financing construction and operation of public transportation
5facilities.    
6    (c) (Blank). The Suburban Bus Division and the Authority
7shall cooperate in the development, funding, and operation of
8programs to enhance access to job markets for residents in
9south suburban Cook County. Beginning in 2008, the Authority
10shall allocate to the Suburban Bus Division an amount not less
11than $3,750,000, and beginning in 2009 an amount not less than
12$7,500,000 annually for the costs of such programs.    
13(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
14    (70 ILCS 3615/2.10)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.10)
15    Sec. 2.10. Protection of the Environment.     
16    (a) The Authority shall take all feasible and prudent
17steps to minimize environmental disruption and pollution
18arising from its activities and from public transportation
19activities of Transportation Agencies acting under purchase of
20service or grant agreements. In carrying out its purposes and
21powers under this Act, the Authority shall seek to reduce
22environmental disruption and pollution arising from all forms
23of transportation of persons within the metropolitan region.
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1disruption and pollution.
2    (b) In recognition of the fact that the transportation
3sector accounts for approximately one-third of the greenhouse
4gases generated in the State and that public transportation
5moves people with fewer emissions than other motorized modes
6of transportation, the Authority shall work cooperatively with
7the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll
8Highway, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, and
9other units of government in the region to assist them in using
10investments in public transportation facilities and operations
11as a tool to help them meet their greenhouse gas emission
12reduction goals. To the maximum extent allowed by law, the
13Authority is eligible to receive funding and other assistance
14from local, state, and federal sources so the Authority can
15assist in using improved and expanded public transportation in
16the metropolitan region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
17other pollution generated by the transportation sector. The
18Authority and the Service Boards shall take all feasible and
19prudent steps to minimize environmental disruption and
20pollution arising from its activities or from public
21transportation activities of transportation agencies acting
22pursuant to purchase of service agreements. In carrying out
23its purposes and powers under this Act, the Authority and the
24Service Boards shall seek to reduce environmental disruption
25and pollution arising from all forms of transportation of
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1shall employ persons with skills and responsibilities for
2determining means to minimize such disruption and pollution.
3(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
 
4    (70 ILCS 3615/2.10a)
5    Sec. 2.10a. Zero-emission buses.
6    (a) As used in this Section:
7    "Zero-emission bus" means a bus that is:
8        (1) designed to carry more than 10 passengers and is
9    used to carry passengers for compensation.
10        (2) a zero-emission vehicle; and
11        (3) not a taxi.
12    "Zero-emission vehicle" means a fuel cell or electric
13vehicle that:
14        (1) is a motor vehicle;
15        (2) is made by a commercial manufacturer;
16        (3) is manufactured primarily for use on public
17    streets, roads, and highways;
18        (4) has a maximum speed capability of at least 55
19    miles per hour;
20        (5) is powered entirely by electricity or powered by
21    combining hydrogen and oxygen, which runs the motor;
22        (6) has an operating range of at least 100 miles; and
23        (7) produces only water vapor and heat as byproducts.
24    (b) The Authority On or after July 1, 2026, a Service Board    
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1a zero-emission bus for the purpose of a the Service Board's
2transit bus fleet.
3    (c) For the purposes of determining compliance with this
4Section, the Authority a Service Board shall not be deemed to
5be in violation of this Section when failure to comply is due
6to:
7        (1) the unavailability of zero-emission buses from a
8    manufacturer or funding to purchase zero-emission buses;
9        (2) the lack of necessary charging, fueling, or
10    storage facilities or funding to procure charging,
11    fueling, or storage facilities; or
12        (3) the inability of a third party to enter into a
13    contractual or commercial relationship with the Authority    
14    a Service Board that is necessary to carry out the
15    purposes of this Section.
16(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 3615/2.10b new)
18    Sec. 2.10b. Traffic law enforcement.    
19    (a) The Authority shall cooperate with local governments
20and law enforcement agencies in the metropolitan region on the
21enforcement of laws designed to protect the quality and safety
22of public transportation operations, such as laws prohibiting
23unauthorized vehicles from blocking bus stops, bus lanes, or
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1    (b) Local governments and law enforcement agencies in the
2metropolitan region may accept photographic, video, or other
3records derived from cameras and other sensors on public
4transportation vehicles and facilities as prima facie evidence
5of a violation of laws that protect the quality and safety of
6public transportation operations.
7    (c) The Authority may establish by rule an enforcement
8program that covers jurisdictions in the metropolitan region
9that lack laws that protect the quality and safety of public
10transportation operations or that, in the Authority's sole
11discretion, fail to adequately enforce laws protecting the
12quality and safety of public transit operations.
13    (d) An enforcement program established under this Section
14shall contain the following elements:
15        (1) clear definitions of what constitutes a civil
16    violation, such as provisions specifying the number of
17    feet around bus stops where unauthorized vehicles are
18    prohibited from parking;
19        (2) publication on the Authority's website of
20    descriptions and locations of public transportation
21    facilities that are subject to the Authority's enforcement
22    program and other pertinent information about the
23    enforcement program, and clearly posted signs on or near
24    such public transportation facilities visible to drivers;
25        (3) a description of the types of evidence, such as
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1    prima facie case that a vehicle or person has violated an
2    Authority enforcement rule;
3        (4) provision of adequate notice of an alleged
4    violation to the registered owner of the vehicle,
5    including, but not limited to: the date, time and location
6    of any violation; the particular regulation violated; the
7    fine and any penalty that may be assessed for late
8    payment; the vehicle make and model, or a photograph of
9    the vehicle; the state registration number of the vehicle;
10    the identification number of the person issuing the
11    notice; information as to the availability of a hearing in
12    which the violation may be contested on its merits; and,
13    service of the notice by first-class mail;
14        (5) an administrative adjudication process that gives
15    registered vehicle owners an opportunity to appear before
16    a neutral party appointed by the Authority to contest the
17    violation on its merits;
18        (6) a process through which the hearing officer may
19    consider in defense of a violation: (i) that the motor
20    vehicle or registration plates or digital registration
21    plates of the motor vehicle were stolen before the
22    violation occurred and not under the control of or in the
23    possession of the owner or lessee at the time of the
24    violation; (ii) that the motor vehicle was hijacked before
25    the violation occurred and not under the control of or in
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1    violation; (iii) that the driver of the vehicle entered
2    the designated bus lane in order to yield the right-of-way
3    to an emergency vehicle; (iv) that the motor vehicle was
4    under the control of or in the possession of a lessee
5    pursuant to a written lease agreement at the time of the
6    violation, so the lessee should be held liable for the
7    violation; or (v) any other evidence or issues provided by
8    Authority rulemaking;
9        (7) use of tools, such as remote hearings and
10    allowance of online submission of documents contesting an
11    alleged violation, to provide alleged violators an
12    adequate opportunity to contest their alleged violation;
13        (8) civil violation fees that are no higher than the
14    highest administrative fees imposed for similar violations
15    by other public agencies in the metropolitan region; and
16        (9) appropriate and legally required data privacy and
17    personal identifying information protections.
18    (e) The Authority shall:
19        (1) cooperate with local governments and law
20    enforcement agencies to help improve their enforcement of
21    their laws that are designed to improve the quality and
22    safety of public transportation operations;
23        (2) inform and consult with local governments and law
24    enforcement agencies in jurisdictions in which the
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1        (3) enter into a revenue sharing agreement with each
2    local government in jurisdictions in which the Authority
3    is establishing and operating an enforcement program under
4    subsections (c) and (d).
5            (i) The agreement shall specify what share of fee
6        revenue resulting from violations within the
7        jurisdiction of a local government shall be disbursed
8        by the Authority to that local government.
9            (ii) The share of revenue retained by the
10        Authority under the agreement shall be at least
11        sufficient to cover administrative and
12        equipment-related costs required to operate the
13        enforcement program within that jurisdiction.
14    (f) In its enforcement programs, if any, under subsection
15(c) and through its cooperation with local governments and law
16enforcement agencies on their enforcement programs, the
17Authority shall strive for as much standardization as feasible
18throughout the metropolitan region in enforcement programs
19designed to improve the quality and safety of public
20transportation operations.
 
21    (70 ILCS 3615/2.11)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.11)
22    Sec. 2.11. Safety.
23    (a) The Service Boards may establish, enforce and
24facilitate achievement and maintenance of standards of safety
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1provided by the Service Boards or by Transportation Agencies    
2transportation agencies pursuant to purchase of service
3agreements with the Service Boards. However, Sections 18c-7401
4and 18c-7402 of the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law and
5all rules adopted by the Illinois Commerce Commission adopted
6under Sections 18c-7401 and 18c-7402 of the Illinois
7Commercial Transportation Law shall continue to apply to the    
8The provisions of general or special orders, rules or
9regulations issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission
10pursuant to Section 57 of "An Act concerning public
11utilities", approved June 29, 1921, as amended, which pertain
12to public transportation and public transportation facilities
13of railroads will continue to apply until the Service Board
14determines that different standards are necessary to protect
15such health and safety.
16    (b) (Blank).
17    (c) The security portion of the system safety program,
18investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data
19compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the Authority under
20this subsection, shall not be subject to discovery or admitted
21into evidence in federal or State court or considered for
22other purposes in any civil action for damages arising from
23any matter mentioned or addressed in such reports, surveys,
24schedules, lists, data, or information.
25    (d) Neither the Authority nor its directors, officers, or
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1its directors, officers, or employees shall be held liable in
2any civil action for any injury to any person or property for
3any acts or omissions or failure to act under this Section or
4pursuant to 49 CFR Part 659 as now or hereafter amended.
5    (e) Nothing in this Section alleviates an individual's
6duty to comply with the State Officials and Employees Ethics
7Act.
8(Source: P.A. 102-559, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
9    (70 ILCS 3615/2.11.05 new)
10    Sec. 2.11.05. NITA Law Enforcement Task Force.    
11    (a) The Cook County Sheriff shall establish a
12multijurisdictional NITA Law Enforcement Task Force led by the
13Cook County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with the Chicago
14Police Department, the METRA Police, the Illinois State
15Police, the sheriff's offices of other counties in the
16metropolitan region, and other municipal police departments in
17the metropolitan region. Law enforcement agencies within the
18metropolitan region not explicitly named in this subsection
19may participate on the Task Force upon request of the Cook
20County Sheriff.
21    (b) The Task Force shall be created under an
22intergovernmental agreement and be dedicated to combating
23violent and other types of crime with the primary mission of
24preservation of life and reducing the occurrence and the fear
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1Transit Authority. The objectives of the Task Force shall
2include, but shall not be limited to, reducing and preventing
3violent crimes and other illegal activities. The Task Force
4shall also assist and coordinate with the Chief Transit Safety
5Officer in the Chief Transit Safety Officer's efforts to
6enforce the Authority's and Service Boards' codes of conduct
7and to solve quality of life issues for transit riders and
8staff.
9    (c) The Task Force may develop and acquire information,
10training, tools, and resources necessary to implement a
11data-driven approach to policing, with an emphasis on:
12        (1) preventing violent crime in known hotspots,
13    property crime, and code of conduct violations that are
14    crimes; and
15        (2) identifying and arresting persons accused of
16    violent crime.
17    (d) The Task Force may use information sharing,
18partnerships, crime analysis, and evidence-based practices to
19assist in the reduction of violent crime, property crime, and
20other code of conduct violations.
21    (e) The Task Force shall recognize and use best practices
22of community-oriented policing and procedural justice. The
23Task Force may develop potential partnerships with faith-based
24and community organizations to achieve its goals, including,
25but not limited to, partnering with social service
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1obtain shelter and other services and to assist persons
2experiencing a mental health or behavioral crisis in
3connecting with appropriate services.
4    (f) The Task Force shall identify and use best practices
5in deflection and diversion programs and other community-based
6services to redirect low level offenders and persons charged
7with nonviolent offenses.
8    (g) The Task Force shall engage in violence suppression
9strategies, including, but not limited to, details in
10identified locations that have shown to be the most prone to
11gun violence and violent crime, focused deterrence against
12violent gangs and groups considered responsible for the
13violence in the transit system, and other intelligence driven
14methods deemed necessary to implement the Task Force's
15objectives.
16    (h) To implement this Section, the Cook County Sheriff may
17establish intergovernmental agreements with law enforcement
18agencies in accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation
19Act.
20    (i) Law enforcement agencies that are party to an
21intergovernmental agreement established under subsection (b)
22or (h) and that participate in activities described in
23subsections (c) through (g) may claim funds to defray
24increased costs incurred by participation in the Task Force
25from any available moneys provided in support of the Task
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1    (j) The Chicago Police Department shall use any resources
2provided for participation in the Task Force to supplement,
3not supplant, existing force strength currently assigned to
4the Mass Transit Unit within the Chicago Police Department.
5    (k) The Authority shall provide technical, operational,
6and material assistance to the Task Force as necessary. The
7Authority's Chief Transit Safety Officer or the Chief Transit
8Safety Officer's designee shall participate in the Task Force
9to facilitate information sharing.
10    (l) The Task Force shall coordinate with the Chief Transit
11Safety Officer to identify which code of conduct violations
12and quality of life issues shall fall under the Task Force's
13purview, which shall fall under the transit ambassadors'
14purview, and which shall require the Task Force and transit
15ambassadors to respond.
16    (m) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Task Force
18shall prepare a report of recommendations for ongoing law
19enforcement strategies, tactics, and best practices for the
20Northern Illinois Transit Authority transit system. The report
21shall also make recommendations to be used by the Authority in
22implementing a sworn law enforcement officer crime prevention
23program on public transportation and a crime prevention plan
24to protect public transportation employees and riders in the
25metropolitan region. The Report shall be submitted to the
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12.11.20.
2    (n) The Task Force shall disband 3 years after the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
4Assembly or upon the Authority's transition to a sworn law
5enforcement officer crime prevention program on public
6transportation and a crime prevention plan to protect public
7transportation employees and riders in the metropolitan
8region, whichever event occurs first.
9    (o) Prior to disbanding, the Task Force shall cooperate
10with the Office of Transit Safety and Experience to develop a
11plan to transition from the Task Force to a sworn law
12enforcement officer crime prevention program on public
13transportation and a crime prevention plan to protect public
14transportation employees and riders in the metropolitan
15region.
 
16    (70 ILCS 3615/2.11.10 new)
17    Sec. 2.11.10. Vote on sworn officer crime prevention
18program.    
19    (a) Within 1 year after the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Authority
21shall vote to implement a sworn law enforcement officer crime
22prevention program on public transportation and a crime
23prevention plan to protect public transportation employees and
24riders in the metropolitan region.
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1enforcement to respond to crime on public transportation in
2the metropolitan region and to protect public transportation
3employees and riders shall be approved by a supermajority
4vote. In taking this vote, the Board shall consider
5recommendations provided by the NITA Law Enforcement Task
6Force, findings from the Coordinated Safety Council's report
7on the feasibility, advisability, and necessity of the
8program, and recommendations from the Safety Subcommittee.
9    (c) Within 60 days of the vote to implement a sworn law
10enforcement officer crime prevention program on public
11transportation and a crime prevention plan to protect public
12transportation employees and riders in the metropolitan
13region, the Office of Transit Safety and Experience shall
14develop an Operational Plan to implement the selected
15strategy. The Operational Plan shall include the steps and
16schedule for transitioning from the Task Force to the sworn
17law enforcement officer crime prevention program on public
18transportation and the crime prevention plan to protect public
19transportation employees and riders in the metropolitan
20region.
 
21    (70 ILCS 3615/2.11.15 new)
22    Sec. 2.11.15. Office of Transit Safety and Experience.    
23    (a) The Authority shall establish an Office of Transit
24Safety and Experience.
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1        (1) developing, implementing, and overseeing a
2    regionwide safety strategy, working with the Coordinated
3    Safety Response Council;
4        (2) promoting code of conduct compliance and the
5    safety of riders and workers;
6        (3) developing safety standards under subsection (a)
7    of Section 2.11.30;
8        (4) making recommendations relating to system safety
9    for inclusion in the Authority's Strategic Plan, Annual
10    Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan, 5-Year Capital Program,
11    and other projects and programs;
12        (5) making any reports and plans regarding rider and
13    worker safety required under this Act;
14        (6) overseeing the enforcement and facilitation of the
15    achievement and maintenance of safety standards, the
16    implementation of safety tools and technologies, and the
17    conducting of customer satisfaction polling under Section
18    2.11;
19        (7) coordinating and liaising with law enforcement
20    agencies, the Task Force, social service agencies, and
21    other government agencies or nongovernmental agencies
22    serving the metropolitan region on safety issues and
23    initiatives;
24        (8) strategizing and partnering with law enforcement
25    agencies as appropriate to ensure as much as possible that
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1    facilities occurs pursuant to the sworn law enforcement
2    officer crime prevention program on public transportation,
3    the crime prevention plan to protect public transportation
4    employees and riders in the metropolitan region, and the
5    incident response deployment strategy developed by the
6    Safety Coordination Council;
7        (9) developing and overseeing policies and programs to
8    assist riders in their use of the transit system and to
9    connect them to other beneficial government and social
10    services, including through partnerships and contracts
11    with social service agencies and nongovernmental agencies
12    that conduct outreach and provide assistance to unhoused
13    riders;
14        (10) collecting and analyzing data on safety incidents
15    occurring on public transportation in the metropolitan
16    region; and
17        (11) developing and implementing policies and
18    procedures for riders to provide compliments and
19    complaints about their experiences on public
20    transportation in the metropolitan region.
21    (c) The Executive Director of the Authority shall, subject
22to the Board's approval, designate a full-time Chief Transit
23Safety Officer to lead and manage the Office of Transit Safety
24and Experience. The Chief Transit Safety Officer shall have
25previously served in a supervisory capacity at a law
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1Director. The Chief Transit Safety Officer shall receive the
2same training that all members of the Coordinated Safety
3Response Council receive under subsection (h) of Section
42.11.20.
5    (d) Personnel within the Office for Transit Safety and
6Experience may be organized or assigned into bureaus,
7sections, or divisions as determined by the Executive Director
8pursuant to the authority granted by this Act.
9    (e) To implement this Section, the Authority may establish
10intergovernmental agreements with law enforcement agencies in
11accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
12    (f) To implement this Section, the Authority shall enter
13into contracts with nongovernmental agencies to provide, or
14create using the staff of the Authority, programs that offer
15outreach and assistance to riders that are unhoused, that
16suffer from mental health issues, or that otherwise may
17benefit from social services in order to implement the
18recommendations of the study conducted by the Coordinated
19Safety Response Council within 12 months of the delivery of
20the report.
21    (g) Law enforcement agencies that are party to
22intergovernmental agreements and nongovernmental agencies that
23enter into contracts with the Authority to implement the sworn
24law enforcement officer crime prevention program on public
25transportation, the crime prevention plan to protect public
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1region, the incident response deployment strategy, or a
2combination thereof may claim funds to defray increased costs
3incurred by participation in those programs from any available
4moneys provided in support of the programs.
5    (h) The Chicago Police Department shall use any resources
6provided to implement the sworn law enforcement officer crime
7prevention program on public transportation, the crime
8prevention plan to protect public transportation employees and
9riders in the metropolitan region, the incident response
10deployment strategy or combination thereof to supplement, not
11supplant, existing force strength currently assigned to the
12Mass Transit Unit within the Chicago Police Department.
 
13    (70 ILCS 3615/2.11.20 new)
14    Sec. 2.11.20. Coordinated Safety Response Council.    
15    (a) The Office of Transit Safety and Experience shall
16create a standing Coordinated Safety Response Council to
17facilitate collaboration and synchronization among government
18agencies and nongovernmental agencies to address safety issues
19and social service needs for individuals working or riding on
20public transportations in the metropolitan region.
21    (b) The Office of Transit Safety and Experience shall
22invite organizations to be members of the Coordinated Safety
23Response Council. Membership may include major law enforcement
24agencies and social service providers in the area served by
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1staff representing:
2        (1) the Authority's Chief Transit Safety Officer;
3        (2) each Service Board;
4        (3) the Chair of the Riders Advisory Council;
5        (4) the Chair of the ADA Advisory Council;
6        (5) the Cook County State's Attorney's Office;
7        (6) the Cook County Sheriff's Office;
8        (7) the highest ranking officer of the NITA Law
9    Enforcement Task Force;
10        (8) law enforcement agencies whose jurisdiction
11    includes transit facilities operated by the Authority;
12        (9) the Chicago Police Department;
13        (10) the Chicago Department of Family and Support
14    Services;
15        (11) representatives of the labor organizations
16    representing bus and train operators for the Chicago
17    Transit Authority;
18        (12) a representative from an organization currently
19    providing alternative behavioral health, mobile crisis
20    response;
21        (13) a representative from an organization
22    participating in implementation of the Community Emergency
23    Services and Supports Act;
24        (14) representatives from community-based
25    organizations serving youth, people with disabilities, or
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1        (15) a representative from the Department of Human
2    Services; and
3        (16) a representative from a labor organization
4    representing bus and train operators for the Commuter Rail
5    Division.
6    (c) Within 9 months of the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Coordinated
8Safety Response Council shall issue a report on using sworn
9law enforcement officers to respond to crime on public
10transportation in the metropolitan region, which shall
11include:
12        (1) an assessment of the feasibility, advisability,
13    and necessity of various strategies to use sworn law
14    enforcement officers to respond to crime on public
15    transportation in the metropolitan region; and
16        (2) the qualifications, composition, training,
17    requirements, strategies, roles, and accountability
18    measures, policies, and procedures necessary to implement
19    the outlined strategies.
20    (d) In evaluating the feasibility, advisability, and
21necessity of various strategies to use sworn law enforcement
22to respond to crime on public transportation, the Coordinated
23Safety Response Council shall consider:
24        (1) data, outcomes, and recommendations from the NITA
25    Law Enforcement Task Force;
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1    systems and programs, including the transit ambassador
2    program, safety, surveillance, and communication
3    technologies, infrastructure investments, and external
4    partnerships and contracts and investments;
5        (3) the costs and risks associated with the various
6    strategies; and
7        (4) making a recommendation on the optimal strategy to
8    use law enforcement to respond to crime on public
9    transportation in the metropolitan region.
10    (e) The Coordinated Safety Response Council shall be
11responsible for developing an incident response and long-term
12safety strategy, including, at minimum:
13        (1) the appropriate responses, including sworn law
14    enforcement and social services, for different kinds of
15    safety or code of conduct incidents on public
16    transportation in the region;
17        (2) the organization responsible for deploying
18    resources to provide the identified responses based on
19    incident location and circumstances;
20        (3) the agreements, contracts, or communication
21    protocols needed for the identified organizations to
22    implement the incident response strategy; and
23        (4) the protocols necessary to address
24    multijurisdiction participation in the NITA Law
25    Enforcement Task Force and any future multijurisdictional
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1            (A) addressing legal questions of jurisdictional
2        authority;
3            (B) creating consistent use of force standards;
4            (C) promoting consistent training across the
5        multiple law enforcement entities participating in the
6        NITA Law Enforcement Task Force; and
7            (D) clarifying the ordinance authority held by
8        Chicago Transit Authority to allow multiple
9        jurisdictions to lawfully participate in the NITA Law
10        Enforcement Task Force.
11    (f) The incident response and long-term safety strategy
12shall consider actions and outcomes achievable given a
13baseline annual funding level of $95,000,000 from the
14Authority and a baseline level of spending by each local law
15enforcement agency participating in the council that is no
16less than that agency's spending relating to public
17transportation in Fiscal Year 2025.
18    (g) The Coordinated Safety Response Council shall complete
19a comprehensive review and evaluation of the incident response
20and long-term safety strategy no less than once every 3 years.
21The Coordinated Safety Response Council shall update the
22incident response and long-term safety strategy as it finds
23necessary in its evaluation.
24    (h) Members of the Coordinated Safety Response Council
25shall, at a minimum, receive or show proof that they have
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1quantity, scope, and type, on the following topics:
2        (1) constitutional and other relevant law on
3    police-community encounters, including the law on the use
4    of force and stops, searches, and arrests;
5        (2) police tactics, including de-escalation;
6        (3) impartial policing;
7        (4) policing individuals in crisis;
8        (5) procedural justice; and
9        (6) cultural competency, including implicit bias and
10    racial and ethnic sensitivity.
11    (i) The Authority shall implement the recommendations of
12the Coordinated Safety Response Council in a permanent
13long-term safety plan as soon as possible after the completion
14of each report.
15    (j) The Coordinated Safety Response Council shall study
16the current use of nongovernmental agencies that provide
17outreach and assistance to riders that (i) are unhoused, (ii)
18suffer from mental health issues, or (iii) otherwise may
19benefit from social services. Within 12 months of the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
21Assembly, the Coordinated Safety Response Council shall issue
22a report, which shall include, at a minimum:
23        (1) an analysis of the cost and effect of these
24    programs on the population the programs serve and the
25    broader effect the programs have on users of the system;
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1    existing programs;
2        (3) strategies and best practices to expand and
3    improve these programs throughout the Service Boards; and
4        (4) the qualifications, composition, training,
5    requirements, strategies, roles, and accountability
6    measures, policies, and procedures necessary to implement
7    the outlined recommendations.
 
8    (70 ILCS 3615/2.11.25 new)
9    Sec. 2.11.25. Safety Subcommittee.    
10    (a) The Board shall create a standing Safety Subcommittee
11composed of, at minimum, one member from each appointing
12authority.
13    (b) The Safety Subcommittee shall:
14        (1) review the findings and recommendations of the
15    Office of Transit Safety and Experience;
16        (2) examine data on safety-related issues facing the
17    Authority, Service Boards, and transit users and workers;
18        (3) review efforts by the Authority to improve safety
19    for workers and users of the public transportation system;
20        (4) make recommendations to improve system safety; and
21        (5) review the Authority's safety-related performance
22    standards and reporting for accuracy and completeness and
23    to ensure that the results are effectively conveyed to the
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/2.11.30 new)
2    Sec. 2.11.30. Safety standards and investments.    
3    (a) The Authority shall establish, enforce, and facilitate
4achievement and maintenance of standards of safety with
5respect to public transportation provided by the Authority or
6by Transportation Agencies under a purchase of service or
7grant agreement.
8    (b) The Authority shall establish standards for the design
9and maintenance of its facilities in ways that increase the
10safety of and perception of safety by users of the public
11transportation system. The standards shall address
12environmental factors that impact safety, such as the lighting
13of stations and bus stops.
14    (c) The Authority shall explore and, where appropriate,
15deploy technologies that enhance the safety of users of the
16public transportation system.
17    (d) The Authority shall ensure that public transportation
18system users on service provided by any Service Board or
19Transportation Agency can report safety issues in real time.
20The Authority shall develop and deploy a single feature in its
21mobile application that shall allow users of the public
22transportation system to report safety issues in real time to
23the Authority. The feature must connect users to law
24enforcement or other appropriate personnel who can respond to
25the user's safety concerns in a timely and meaningful manner.
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1effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
2Assembly.
3    (e) The Authority may establish standards for other
4investments to improve the safety of riders and workers as
5deemed appropriate.
6    (f) The Authority shall conduct customer satisfaction
7polling annually. The customer satisfaction polling shall
8collect quantitative and qualitative data about rider
9experience and safety, including questions that explore and
10measure the perception of safety, cleanliness, maintenance,
11availability, accessibility, dependability, rider
12information, and rider care by users of the public
13transportation system.
14    (g) In recognition of the fact that travel by public
15transportation is significantly safer than travel by other
16means of surface transportation, the Authority shall work
17cooperatively with the Department of Transportation, the
18Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, the Chicago
19Metropolitan Agency for Planning, and other units of
20government to assist them in using investments in public
21transportation facilities and operations as a tool to help the
22Department and units of local government meet their roadway
23crash, fatality, and serious injury reduction goals. To the
24maximum extent allowed by law, the Authority is eligible to
25receive funding and other assistance from local, State, and
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1and expanded public transportation in the metropolitan region
2to improve safety in the surface transportation sector.
3    (h) The security portion of the system safety program,
4investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data
5compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the Authority under
6this subsection shall be confidential and shall not be subject
7to discovery or admitted into evidence in federal or State
8court or considered for other purposes in any civil action for
9damages arising from any matter mentioned or addressed in the
10reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or information.
11    (i) Neither the Authority or its directors, officers, or
12employees nor a Service Board or the Service Board's
13directors, officers, or employees may be held liable in any
14civil action for any injury to any person or property for any
15acts or omissions or failure to act under this Section or under
1649 CFR Part 659 as now or hereafter amended.
17    (j) Nothing in this Section alleviates an individual's
18duty to comply with the State Officials and Employees Ethics
19Act.
 
20    (70 ILCS 3615/2.11.35 new)
21    Sec. 2.11.35. Bus shields.    
22    (a) As used in this Section, "security barrier" means a
23protective partition made of hard and durable materials
24designed to shield a fixed-route bus operator from physical
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1communication with passengers, that:
2        (1) extends from the bus floor to the bus ceiling;
3        (2) is capable of fully enclosing the bus operator's
4    workstation and preventing the unwanted entry of persons,
5    fluids, and objects into the bus operator's workstation;
6    and
7        (3) does not impede the bus operator's lines of sight
8    from the workstation to the exterior of the bus.
9    (b) The bus operator's workstation of any fixed-route bus
10operated in revenue service for the Authority, the Chicago
11Transportation Authority, and the Suburban Bus Division shall
12be equipped with a security barrier as conducive to the
13physical limitations of the vehicle.
14    (c) No later than January 1, 2027, the Authority shall
15consult with the Chicago Transportation Authority, the
16Suburban Bus Division, and representatives from each labor
17organization representing Chicago Transportation Authority
18fixed-route bus operators and Suburban Bus Division
19fixed-route bus operators regarding security barriers,
20including design, materials, specifications, selection, and
21installation.
22    (d) The Authority, the Chicago Transportation Authority,
23and the Suburban Bus Division shall complete installation of
24security barriers by January 1, 2028 for vehicles without
25limitations provided in subsection (b).
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1the Chicago Transportation Authority shall consider the
2implementation of security barriers and safety of bus
3operators.
 
4    (70 ILCS 3615/2.12b)
5    Sec. 2.12b. Coordination of Fares and Service. Upon the
6request of a Service Board, the Executive Director of the
7Authority may, upon the affirmative vote of 11 9 of the then
8Directors of the Authority, intervene in any matter involving
9(i) a dispute between Service Boards or a Service Board and a
10Transportation Agency transportation agency providing service
11on behalf of a Service Board with respect to the terms of
12transfer between, and the allocation of revenues from fares
13and charges for, transportation services provided by the
14parties or (ii) a dispute between 2 Service Boards with
15respect to coordination of service, route duplication, or a
16change in service. Any Service Board or Transportation Agency    
17transportation agency involved in such dispute shall meet with
18the Executive Director, cooperate in good faith to attempt to
19resolve the dispute, and provide any books, records, and other
20information requested by the Executive Director. If the
21Executive Director is unable to mediate a resolution of any
22dispute, he or she may provide a written determination
23recommending a change in the fares or charges or the
24allocation of revenues for such service or directing a change
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1dispute. The Executive Director shall base such determination
2upon the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan
3established pursuant to Section 2.01a(b). Such determination
4shall be presented to the Board of the Authority and, if
5approved by the affirmative vote of at least 11 9 of the then
6Directors of the Authority, shall be final and shall be
7implemented by any affected Service Board and Transportation
8Agency transportation agency within the time frame required by
9the determination.
10(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 3615/2.14)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.14)
12    Sec. 2.14. Appointment of Officers and Employees. The
13Authority may appoint, retain, and employ officers, attorneys,
14agents, engineers and employees. The officers shall include an
15Executive Director, who shall be the chief executive officer
16of the Authority, appointed by the Chair Chairman with the
17concurrence of 11 of the other then Directors of the Board. The
18initial Executive Director appointed under this amendatory act
19of the 104th General Assembly shall be confirmed by the
20Illinois State Senate. The Executive Director shall organize
21the staff of the Authority, shall allocate their functions and
22duties, may shall transfer such staff to the Service Boards or
23Transportation Agencies when deemed necessary or advisable    
24Suburban Bus Division and the Commuter Rail Division as is
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1conditions of employment of the staff of the Authority, and
2consistent with the policies of and direction from the Board,
3take all actions necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill
4its responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have
5such other powers and responsibilities as the Board shall
6determine. The Executive Director must be an individual of
7proven transportation and management skills and may not be a
8member of the Board. The Authority may employ its own
9professional management personnel to provide professional and
10technical expertise concerning its purposes and powers and to
11assist it in assessing the performance of the Service Boards
12in the metropolitan region.
13    No employee, officer, or agent of the Authority may
14receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual salary
15unless that bonus has been reviewed by the Board for a period
16of 14 days. After 14 days, the bonus contract shall be
17considered reviewed. This Section does not apply to usual and
18customary salary adjustments.
19    No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
20the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
21aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
22upon political reasons or factors. The Authority shall
23establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall not
24be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on merit.
25    The Authority shall be subject to the "Illinois Human
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1procedure established under that Act thereunder. The Authority
2shall file an affirmative action program for employment by it
3with the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants
4are employed and that employees are treated during employment,
5without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
6action program shall include provisions relating to hiring,
7upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment
8advertising, selection for training and rates of pay or other
9forms of compensation.
10(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 3615/2.16)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.16)
12    Sec. 2.16. Employee Protection.
13    (a) The Authority shall ensure insure that every employee
14of the Authority or of a Service Board or Transportation
15Agency transportation agency shall receive fair and equitable
16protection against actions of the Authority which shall not be
17less than those established pursuant to Section 13(c) of the
18Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C.
19Sec.    5333(b) 1609(c)), and Section 405(b) of the Rail
20Passenger Service Act of 1970, as amended (45 U.S.C. Sec.    
21565(b)), and as prescribed by the United States Secretary of
22Labor thereunder, at the time of the protective agreement or
23arbitration decision providing protection.
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1with the employees, through their accredited representatives
2authorized to act for them. If agreement cannot be reached on
3the terms of such protective arrangement, any party may submit
4any matter in dispute to arbitration. In such arbitration,
5each party shall have the right to select non-voting
6arbitration board members. The impartial arbitrator will be
7selected by the American Arbitration Association and appointed
8from a current listing of the membership of the National
9Academy of Arbitrators, upon request of any party. The
10impartial arbitrator's decision shall be final and binding on
11all parties. Each party shall pay an equal proportionate share
12of the impartial arbitrator's fees and expenses.
13    (c) For purposes of Sections 2.15 through 2.19, "actions
14of the Authority" include its acquisition and operation of
15public transportation facilities, the execution of purchase of
16service agreements and grant contracts made under this Act and
17the coordination, reorganization, combining, leasing, merging
18of operations or the expansion or curtailment of public
19transportation service or facilities by the Authority, but
20does not include a failure or refusal to enter into a purchase
21of service agreement or grant contract.
22(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3615/2.18a)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.18a)
24    Sec. 2.18a. (a) The provisions of this Section apply to
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1amendments to existing agreements) between Service Boards or
2Transportation Agencies transportation agencies subject to the
3jurisdiction of Service Boards and their employees, which are
4entered into after January 1, 1984.
5    (b) The Authority shall approve amended budgets prepared
6by Service Boards which incorporate the costs of collective
7bargaining agreements between Service Boards and their
8employees. The Authority shall approve such an amended budget
9provided that it determines by a supermajority the affirmative    
10vote of 12 of its then members that the amended budget meets
11the standards established in Section 4.11.
12(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
13    (70 ILCS 3615/2.19)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.19)
14    Sec. 2.19. Labor Relations Procedures.
15    (a) Whenever the Authority proposes to operate or to enter
16into a contract to operate any new public transportation
17facility which may result in the displacement of employees or
18the rearrangement of the working forces of the Authority, or
19of the Service Boards Chicago Transit Authority or of any
20Transportation Agency transportation agency, the Authority
21shall give at least 90 days written notice of such proposed
22operations to the representatives of the employees affected
23and the Authority shall provide for the selection of forces to
24perform the work of that facility on the basis of agreement
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1employees. In the event of failure to agree, the dispute may be
2submitted by the Authority or by any representative of the
3employees affected to final and binding arbitration by an
4impartial arbitrator to be selected by the American
5Arbitration Association from a current listing of arbitrators
6of the National Academy of Arbitrators.
7    (b) In case of any labor dispute not otherwise governed by
8this Act, by the Labor Management Relations Act, as amended,
9the Railway Labor Act, as amended, or by impasse resolution
10provisions in a collective bargaining or protective agreement
11involving the Authority, the Service Boards Chicago Transit
12Authority or any Transportation Agency transportation agency    
13financed in whole or in part by the Authority and the employees
14of the Authority, the Service Boards, or of the Chicago
15Transit Authority or any such Transportation Agency    
16transportation agency, which is not settled by the parties
17thereto within 30 days from the date of commencement of
18negotiations, either party may request the assistance of a
19mediator appointed by either the State or Federal Mediation
20and Conciliation Service, who shall seek to resolve the
21dispute. In the event that the dispute is not resolved by
22mediation within a reasonable period, the mediator shall
23certify to the parties that an impasse exists. Upon receipt of
24the mediator's certification, any party to the dispute may,
25within 7 days, submit the dispute to a fact-finder fact finder    
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1the American Arbitration Association from a current listing of
2members of the National Academy of Arbitrators supplied by the
3AAA. The fact-finder fact finder shall have the duty to hold
4hearings, or otherwise take evidence from the parties under
5such other arrangements as they may agree. Upon completion of
6the parties' submissions, the fact-finder fact finder shall
7have the power to issue and make public findings and
8recommendations, or to refer the dispute back to the parties
9for such other appropriate action as he may recommend. In the
10event that the parties do not reach agreement after the
11issuance of the fact-finder's fact finder's report and
12recommendations, or in cases where neither party requests
13fact-finding fact finding, the Authority shall offer to submit
14the dispute to arbitration by a board composed of 3 persons,
15one appointed by the Authority, one appointed by the labor
16organization representing the employees, and a third member to
17be agreed upon by the labor organization and the Authority.
18The member agreed upon by the labor organization and the
19Authority shall act as chairman of the board. The
20determination of the majority of the board of arbitration thus
21established shall be final and binding on all matters in
22dispute. If, after a period of 10 days from the date of the
23appointment of the two arbitrators representing the Authority
24and the labor organization, the third arbitrator has not been
25selected, then either arbitrator may request the American
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1the membership of the National Academy of Arbitrators the
2names of 7 such members of the National Academy from which the
3third arbitrator shall be selected. The arbitrators appointed
4by the Authority and the labor organization, promptly after
5the receipt of such list, shall determine by lot the order of
6elimination, and thereafter each shall in that order
7alternately eliminate one name until only one name remains.
8The remaining person on the list shall be the third
9arbitrator. The term "labor dispute" shall be broadly
10construed and shall include any controversy concerning wages,
11salaries, hours, working conditions, or benefits, including
12health and welfare, sick leave, insurance, or pension or
13retirement provisions, but not limited thereto, and including
14any controversy concerning any differences or questions that
15may arise between the parties including but not limited to the
16making or maintaining of collective bargaining agreements, the
17terms to be included in such agreements, and the
18interpretation or application of such collective bargaining
19agreements and any grievance that may arise. Each party shall
20pay one-half of the expenses of such arbitration.
21(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/2.24)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.24)
23    Sec. 2.24. Drug and alcohol testing. The Regional
24Transportation Authority, and all of the Service Boards
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1Transportation Authority, shall be responsible for the
2establishment, maintenance, administration and enforcement of
3a comprehensive drug and alcohol testing program which is in
4absolute conformity with Federal statutes and regulations
5currently in effect.
6(Source: P.A. 88-619, eff. 1-1-95.)
 
7    (70 ILCS 3615/2.30)
8    Sec. 2.30. Paratransit services.
9    (a) For purposes of this Act, "ADA paratransit services"
10shall mean those comparable or specialized transportation
11services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service
12contracts of, the Service Boards to individuals with
13disabilities who are unable to use fixed route transportation
14systems and who are determined to be eligible, for some or all
15of their trips, for such services under the Americans with
16Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
17    (b) Beginning July 1, 2005, the Authority is responsible
18for the funding, from amounts on deposit in the ADA
19Paratransit Fund established under Section 2.01d of this Act,
20financial review and oversight of all ADA paratransit services
21that are provided by the Authority or by any of the Service
22Boards. The Suburban Bus Board shall operate or provide for
23the operation of all ADA paratransit services by no later than
24July 1, 2006, except that this date may be extended to the
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1Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to subsection
2(c).
3    (c) No later than January 1, 2006, the Authority, in
4collaboration with the Suburban Bus Board and the Chicago
5Transit Authority, shall develop a plan for the provision of
6ADA paratransit services and submit such plan to the Federal
7Transit Administration for approval. Approval of such plan by
8the Authority shall require a supermajority vote the
9affirmative votes of 12 of the then Directors. The Suburban
10Bus Board, the Chicago Transit Authority and the Authority
11shall comply with the requirements of the Americans with
12Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations in
13developing and approving such plan including, without
14limitation, consulting with individuals with disabilities and
15groups representing them in the community, and providing
16adequate opportunity for public comment and public hearings.
17The plan shall include the contents required for a paratransit
18plan pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
19and its implementing regulations. The plan shall also include,
20without limitation, provisions to:
21        (1) maintain, at a minimum, the levels of ADA
22    paratransit service that are required to be provided by
23    the Service Boards pursuant to the Americans with
24    Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations;
25        (2) transfer the appropriate ADA paratransit services,
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1    the Chicago Transit Authority to the Authority or the
2    Suburban Bus Board, as necessary, by no later than July 1,
3    2006, except that this date may be extended to the extent
4    necessary to obtain approval from the Federal Transit
5    Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to this
6    subsection (c);
7        (3) provide for consistent policies throughout the
8    metropolitan region for scheduling of ADA paratransit
9    service trips to and from destinations, with consideration
10    of scheduling of return trips on a "will-call" open-ended
11    basis upon request of the rider, if practicable, and with
12    consideration of an increased number of trips available by
13    subscription service than are available as of the
14    effective date of this amendatory Act;
15        (4) provide that service contracts and rates, entered
16    into or set after the approval by the Federal Transit
17    Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to subsection
18    (c) of this Section, with private carriers and taxicabs
19    for ADA paratransit service are procured by means of an
20    open procurement process;
21        (5) provide for fares, fare collection and billing
22    procedures for ADA paratransit services throughout the
23    metropolitan region;
24        (6) provide for performance standards for all ADA
25    paratransit service transportation carriers, with
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1        (7) provide, in cooperation with the Illinois
2    Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of
3    Public Aid and other appropriate public agencies and
4    private entities, for the application and receipt of
5    grants, including, without limitation, reimbursement from
6    Medicaid or other programs for ADA paratransit services;
7        (8) provide for a system of dispatch of ADA
8    paratransit services transportation carriers throughout
9    the metropolitan region, with consideration of
10    county-based dispatch systems already in place as of the
11    effective date of this amendatory Act;
12        (9) provide for a process of determining eligibility
13    for ADA paratransit services that complies with the
14    Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its
15    implementing regulations;
16        (10) provide for consideration of innovative methods
17    to provide and fund ADA paratransit services; and
18        (11) provide for the creation of one or more ADA
19    advisory boards, or the reconstitution of the existing ADA
20    advisory boards for the Service Boards, to represent the
21    diversity of individuals with disabilities in the
22    metropolitan region and to provide appropriate ongoing
23    input from individuals with disabilities into the
24    operation of ADA paratransit services.
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1of this Section, or certifications of continued compliance in
2lieu of plan updates, that are required to be provided to the
3Federal Transit Administration shall be developed by the
4Authority, in collaboration with the Suburban Bus Board and
5the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Authority shall submit
6such revision, update or certification to the Federal Transit
7Administration for approval. Approval of such revisions,
8updates or certifications by the Authority shall require a
9supermajority vote the affirmative votes of 12 of the then
10Directors.
11    (e) The Illinois Department of Transportation, the
12Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Authority, the Suburban
13Bus Board and the Chicago Transit Authority shall enter into
14intergovernmental agreements as may be necessary to provide
15funding and accountability for, and implementation of, the
16requirements of this Section.
17    (f) By no later than April 1, 2007, the Authority shall
18develop and submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a
19funding plan for ADA paratransit services. Approval of such
20plan by the Authority shall require a supermajority vote the
21affirmative votes of 12 of the then Directors. The funding
22plan shall, at a minimum, contain an analysis of the current
23costs of providing ADA paratransit services, projections of
24the long-term costs of providing ADA paratransit services,
25identification of and recommendations for possible cost
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1identification of and recommendations for possible funding
2sources for providing ADA paratransit services. The Illinois
3Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of
4Public Aid, the Suburban Bus Board, the Chicago Transit
5Authority and other State and local public agencies as
6appropriate shall cooperate with the Authority in the
7preparation of such funding plan.
8    (g) Any funds derived from the federal Medicaid program
9for reimbursement of the costs of providing ADA paratransit
10services within the metropolitan region shall be directed to
11the Authority and shall be used to pay for or reimburse the
12costs of providing such services.
13    (h) Nothing in this amendatory Act shall be construed to
14conflict with the requirements of the Americans with
15Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
16(Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 3615/2.39)
18    Sec. 2.39. Prioritization process for Northeastern
19Illinois transit capital projects.
20    (a) The Authority shall develop a transparent
21prioritization process for metropolitan region transit capital
22projects to identify projects that will most effectively
23achieve the goals of the Strategic Plan and improve the
24quality of public transportation services contemplated by the
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1adopted. The Authority shall develop a transparent
2prioritization process for Northeastern Illinois transit
3projects receiving State capital funding. The prioritization
4process must consider, at a minimum: (1) access to key
5destinations such as jobs, retail, healthcare, and recreation,
6(2) reliability improvement, (3) capacity needs, (4) safety,
7(5) state of good repair, (6) racial equity and mobility
8justice, and (7) economic development. All State capital
9funding awards shall be made by the Regional Transportation
10Authority in accordance with the prioritization process. An
11appropriate public input process shall be established. The
12Authority shall make a report to the General Assembly each
13year describing the prioritization process and its use in
14funding awards.
15    (b) The Authority shall use the prioritization process
16when developing its 5-year Capital Program under Section 2.01b
17and for its other capital planning processes. A summary of the
18project evaluation process, measures, program, and scores or
19prioritization criteria for all candidate projects shall be
20published on the Authority's website in a timely manner.
21    (c) The prioritization process must consider, at a
22minimum:
23        (1) increasing access to key destinations, such as
24    jobs, retail, healthcare, and recreation;
25        (2) reliability improvements;
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1        (4) safety;
2        (5) state of good repair;
3        (6) racial equity and mobility justice;
4        (7) environmental protection;
5        (8) the service standards;
6        (9) economic development; and
7        (10) improving physical access to bus stops, transit
8    vehicles, and transit facilities. Starting April 1, 2022,
9    no project shall be included in the 5-year capital
10    program, or amendments to that program, without being
11    evaluated under the selection process described in this
12    Section.
13    (d) All capital funding awards shall be made by the
14Authority in accordance with the prioritization process. An
15appropriate public input process shall be established. The
16Authority shall make a report to the General Assembly each
17year describing the prioritization process and its use in
18funding awards.
19    (e) A summary of the project evaluation process, measures,
20program, and scores or prioritization criteria for all
21candidate projects shall be published on the Authority's
22website in a timely manner.
23    (f) No project shall be included in the 5-year Capital
24Program, or amendments to that Program, without being
25evaluated under the selection process described in this
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1(Source: P.A. 102-573, eff. 8-24-21.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/2.40)
3    Sec. 2.40. Suspension of riding privileges and
4confiscation of fare media.
5    (a) As used in this Section, "demographic information"
6includes, but is not limited to, age, race, ethnicity, gender,
7and housing status, as that term is defined under Section 10 of
8the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act.
9    (b) Suspension of riding privileges and confiscation of
10fare media are limited to:
11        (1) violations where the person's conduct places
12    transit employees or transit passengers in reasonable
13    apprehension of a threat to their safety or the safety of
14    others, including assault and battery, as those terms are
15    defined under Sections 12-1 and 12-3 of the Criminal Code
16    of 2012;
17        (2) violations where the person's conduct places
18    transit employees or transit passengers in reasonable
19    apprehension of a threat of a criminal sexual assault, as
20    that term is defined under Section 11-1.20 of the Criminal
21    Code of 2012; and
22        (3) violations involving an act of public indecency,
23    as that term is defined in Section 11-30 of the Criminal
24    Code of 2012.
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1regarding the suspension of the individual's riding privileges
2or confiscation of fare media. The notice shall be provided in
3person at the time of the alleged violation, except that, if
4providing notice in person at the time of the alleged
5violation is not practicable, then the Authority shall make a
6reasonable effort to provide notice to the individual by
7personal service, by mailing a copy of the notice by certified
8mail, return receipt requested, and first-class mail to the
9person's current address, or by emailing a copy of the notice
10to an email address on file, if available. If the person is
11known to be detained in jail, service shall be made as provided
12under Section 2-203.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The
13written notice shall be sufficient to inform the individual
14about the following:
15        (1) the nature of the suspension of riding privileges
16    or confiscation of fare media;
17        (2) the person's rights and available remedies to
18    contest or appeal the suspension of riding privileges or
19    confiscation of fare media and to apply for reinstatement
20    of riding privileges; and
21        (3) the procedures for adjudicating whether a
22    suspension or confiscation is warranted and for applying
23    for reinstatement of riding privileges, including the time
24    and location of any hearing.
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1length of the suspension shall be concluded within 30 business
2days after the individual receives notice of the suspension or
3confiscation.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no
5person shall be denied the ability to contest or appeal a
6suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of fare media,
7or to attend a hearing to determine whether a suspension or
8confiscation was warranted, because the person was detained in
9a jail.
10    (d) The Authority Each Service Board shall create an
11administrative suspension hearing process as follows:
12        (1) The Authority A Service Board shall designate an
13    official to oversee the administrative process to decide
14    whether a suspension is warranted and the length of the
15    suspension.
16        (2) The accused and related parties, including legal
17    counsel, may attend this hearing in person, by telephone,
18    or virtually.
19        (3) The Authority Service Board shall present the
20    suspension-related evidence and outline the evidence that
21    supports the need for the suspension.
22        (4) The accused or the accused's legal counsel can
23    present and may make an oral or written presentation and
24    offer documents, including affidavits, in response to the
25    Service Board's evidence.
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1    official shall make a finding on the suspension.
2        (6) The value of unexpended credit or unexpired passes
3    shall be reimbursed upon suspension of riding privileges
4    or confiscation of fare media.
5        (7) The alleged victims of the violation and related
6    parties, including witnesses who were present, may attend
7    this hearing in person, by telephone, or virtually.
8        (8) The alleged victims of the violation and related
9    parties, including witnesses who were present, can present
10    and may make an oral or written presentation and offer
11    documents, including affidavits, in response to the
12    Service Board's evidence.
13    (e) The Authority Each Service Board shall create a
14process to appeal and reinstate ridership privileges. This
15information shall be provided to the suspended rider at the
16time of the Authority's Service Board's findings. A suspended
17rider is entitled to 2 appeals after the Authority's Service
18Board's finding to suspend the person's ridership. A suspended
19rider may petition the Authority Service Board to reinstate
20the person's ridership privileges one calendar year after the
21Authority's Service Board's suspension finding if the length
22of the suspension is more than one year.
23    (f) The Authority Each Service Board shall collect,
24report, and make publicly available in a quarterly timeframe
25the number and demographic information of people subject to
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1the conduct leading to the suspension or confiscation, as well
2as the location and description of the location where the
3conduct occurred, such as identifying the transit station or
4transit line, date, and time of day, a citation to the
5statutory authority for which the accused person was arrested
6or charged, the amount, if any, on the fare media, and the
7length of the suspension.
8(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
9    (70 ILCS 3615/2.41)
10    Sec. 2.41. Fast-track authority Domestic Violence and
11Sexual Assault Regional Transit Authority Public
12Transportation Assistance Program.
13    (a) The Board may designate select projects in the 5-Year
14Capital Program to be authorized using a fast-track process to
15be approved along with the 5-Year Capital Program.
16        (1) To be considered for fast-track authorization, a
17    project must meet each of the following criteria:
18            (A) It must have over $250,000,000 in 5-year
19        funding programmed in the 5-Year Capital Program.
20            (B) It must have demonstrated local support in the
21        affected area, as evidenced by comments at public
22        meetings, letters of support from local officials,
23        survey responses, or similar expressions of support.
24            (C) It must document benefits from techniques
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1        costs, standardized designs, or increased in-house
2        staff to manage contracts.
3        (2) The Board shall hold the following hearings for
4    each fast-track project to demonstrate how the project
5    meets the eligibility criteria before final approval of
6    the 5-Year Capital Program. Before adopting a 5-Year
7    Capital Program with one or more fast-track projects, the
8    Board must meet with and attempt to address concerns
9    raised by (i) the county board president or county
10    executive of each county within which any construction
11    activity for the proposed fast-track projects is to be
12    conducted; (ii) the mayor of Chicago if any fast-track
13    project construction activity may occur within Chicago;
14    and (iii) the Department of Transportation if any
15    fast-track project construction activity will affect
16    highway rights-of-way under State jurisdiction.
17    (b) Once the Board has presented the fast-track project,
18the Board may approve its fast-track status as part of the
195-year Capital Program. Upon confirmation of fast-track
20status, the Authority or the relevant Service Board shall
21notify the State and any unit of local government or public
22utility affected by any proposed construction, acquisition, or
23other activity related to the fast-track project. Any
24agreements, such as cost-sharing agreements for utility
25relocation, project betterments, and site access, between the
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1government, private or public utilities, or private property
2owners shall be negotiated and executed before fast-track
3projects are finalized and construction contracts are
4executed.
5        (1) If construction related to the fast-track project
6    will require access to a roadway or right-of-way that is
7    under the jurisdiction of the State or a unit of local
8    government, the Authority shall provide notice to the
9    governmental entity from which the Authority anticipates
10    seeking right-of-way access upon completion of the
11    preliminary plan and shall provide updates throughout the
12    planning stage. Upon completion of final plans, the
13    Authority shall request access to roadways or
14    right-of-ways, if necessary, from the government entity
15    with jurisdiction over the property. The Authority's
16    request must comply with any existing requirements of the
17    State or unit of local government for access to its
18    roadways or, at minimum, include detailed construction
19    plans, safety measures, and plans for mitigating traffic
20    and inconvenience caused by the work.
21        Once an access request is received and complete
22    information has been provided, as determined by the State
23    or unit of local government from which the Authority seeks
24    access, the government entity with jurisdiction over the
25    relevant roadway will have 60 days to process and respond
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1    government requires additional information or adjustments
2    to the Authority's plans, it will work with the Authority
3    for an additional 45 days to complete its review. If the
4    State or unit of local government fails or is unable to
5    approve the Authority's request within 120 days, the
6    Authority may report the delay to and seek immediate
7    approval from the relevant representative of the State or
8    unit of local government, which is the Regional Engineer
9    of the Department of Transportation's District 1 Office if
10    the request involves a State roadway; the relevant highway
11    superintendent if the request involves a county roadway;
12    the transportation commissioner if the request involves a
13    municipality; or the chief executive officer of the
14    relevant organization if the requests involves any other
15    local governmental entity.
16        Upon completion of construction, the Authority shall
17    comply with permit and State or unit of local governmental
18    requirements and restore the roadway to its previous
19    condition, unless otherwise agreed to by the State or unit
20    of local government. The Authority shall provide a survey
21    of the quality of the relevant infrastructure and shall
22    allow the State or unit of local government to inspect the
23    infrastructure. The Authority shall be responsible for any
24    defect in infrastructure or other damage resulting from
25    the Authority's actions. The Authority shall either repair
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1    any damages resulting from the Authority's actions. Unless
2    previously agreed, at no point shall the Authority's use
3    of State or unit of local governmental property be
4    permanent, create a property interest, or affect the
5    jurisdiction of the roadway.
6        (2) If a fast-track project requires the removal,
7    relocation, or modification of any facility of a public
8    utility, the Authority or the relevant Service Board shall
9    provide reasonable notice to the affected public utility
10    when the need for removal or relocation becomes known and
11    shall provide updates throughout the planning stage. Upon
12    completion of final plans, the Authority shall provide
13    written notice to each affected public utility of the need
14    to remove, relocate, or modify its facilities. The notice
15    shall include detailed construction plans, safety
16    measures, and plans for mitigating traffic and
17    inconvenience caused by the work. If public utility
18    facilities that are subject to removal or relocation are
19    located within State or county highway rights-of-way, with
20    the consent of the State or appropriate county highway
21    authority, the Authority may coordinate with the
22    Department of Transportation or county highway authority
23    and the removal or relocation shall be subject to the
24    terms of the Illinois Highway Code. Any other utility
25    relocation or removal shall be subject to the terms of
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1    (a) No later than 90 days after the effective date of this
2amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Authority
3shall create the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Regional
4Transit Authority Public Transportation Assistance Program to
5serve residents of the Authority.    
6    Through this Program, the Authority shall issue monetarily
7preloaded mass transit cards to The Network: Advocating
8Against Domestic Violence for survivor and victim use of
9public transportation through Chicago Transit Authority, the
10Suburban Bus Division, and the Commuter Rail Division.    
11    The Authority shall coordinate with The Network:
12Advocating Against Domestic Violence to issue no less than
1325,000 monetarily preloaded mass transit cards with a value of
14$20 per card for distribution to domestic violence and sexual
15assault service providers throughout the Authority's
16jurisdiction, including the counties of Cook, Kane, DuPage,
17Will, Lake, and McHenry.    
18    The mass transit card shall be plastic or laminated and
19wallet-sized, contain no information that would reference
20domestic violence or sexual assault services, and have no
21expiration date. The cards shall also be available
22electronically and shall be distributed to domestic violence
23and sexual assault direct service providers to distribute to
24survivors.    
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1providers throughout the Authority's region based on the
2average number of clients served in 2021 and 2022 in
3comparison to the total number of mass transit cards granted
4by the Authority.    
5    (b) The creation of the Program shall include an
6appointment of a domestic violence or sexual assault program
7service provider or a representative of the service provider's
8choosing to the Authority's Citizen Advisory Board.    
9    The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence shall
10provide an annual report of the program, including a list of
11service providers receiving the mass transit cards, the total
12number of cards received by each service provider, and an
13estimated number of survivors and victims of domestic violence
14and sexual assault participating in the program. The report
15shall also include survivor testimonies of the program and
16shall include program provided recommendations on improving
17implementation of the Program. The report shall be provided to
18the Regional Transit Authority one calendar year after the
19creation of the Program.    
20    In partnership with The Network: Advocating Against
21Domestic Violence, the Authority shall report this information
22to the Board and the Citizen Advisory Board and compile an
23annual report of the Program to the General Assembly and to
24domestic violence and sexual assault service providers in the
25service providers' jurisdiction and include recommendations
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1(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 7-28-23.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/2.43 new)
3    Sec. 2.43. Transit-supportive development.    
4    (a) As used in this Section, "transit-supportive
5development" means residential improvements, commercial
6improvements, and supporting infrastructure improvements that
7are designed to facilitate access to and use of public
8transit.
9    (b) The Authority shall have power to acquire, construct,
10own, operate, or maintain for public service
11transit-supportive development in the metropolitan region and
12all the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the
13purposes of this Section.
14    (c) The Authority shall have power to acquire by purchase,
15condemnation, lease, gift, or otherwise any property and
16rights useful for its transit-supportive development purposes;
17to sell, lease, transfer, or convey any property or rights
18when no longer useful; or to exchange the same for other
19property or rights that are useful for its purposes.
20    (d) In addition to other powers provided in this Act, the
21Authority shall have power to enter into contracts and
22agreements with governmental, not-for-profit, and for-profit
23entities for the development, construction, and operation of
24transit-supportive developments.
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1borrow money for (i) the purpose of acquiring, constructing,
2reconstructing, extending, or improving transit-supportive
3developments or any part of those developments and (ii) the
4purpose of acquiring property and equipment useful for the
5construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement, or
6operation of its transit-supportive developments or any part
7of those developments.
8    (f) The Authority may use the powers of condemnation under
9subsection (c) over property within the jurisdiction of a
10municipality only if the corporate authorities of the
11municipality having jurisdiction of the property approve of
12the use of those powers by ordinance or resolution. The
13Authority may use the powers of condemnation under subsection
14(c) over property that is not within the jurisdiction of a
15municipality only if the county board or the board of
16commissioners of the county having jurisdiction of the
17property approve of the use of the powers by ordinance or
18resolution.
19    (g) This Section does not exempt the Authority from
20complying with land use regulations and other local laws
21applicable to the property involved in a transit-supportive
22development and the development itself.
 
23    (70 ILCS 3615/2.44 new)
24    Sec. 2.44. Transit-supportive development opportunity
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1    (a) As used in this Section, "transit-supportive
2development" means residential and commercial infrastructure
3improvements that are (i) located within one-half mile of a
4public transportation station or within one-eighth of a mile
5of a bus stop on a public transportation bus route and (ii)
6designed to facilitate access to and use of public transit.
7    (b) The Authority shall develop an inventory of all real
8property owned by the Authority or the Service Boards to
9identify all property that could allow for transit-supportive
10development without impeding the operations of the Authority
11or Service Boards. The inventory shall identify, at minimum,
12any parcels owned by the Authority or by a Service Board that
13are (i) located within one-half mile of a public
14transportation station or within one-eighth of a mile of a bus
15stop on a public transportation bus route and (ii) are
16unimproved or contain improvements whose gross square footage
17(excluding parking facilities) is less than the total land
18square footage of the parcel.
19    (c) No later than 12 months after the effective date of
20this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
21Authority shall provide for direct, public access to a
22database of all parcels of real property thus identified. The
23database shall include each parcel sortable and searchable by,
24at minimum:
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1    within the parcel;
2        (3) the current use of the parcel by the current
3    owner, including any restrictions on use imposed by
4    Authority rule or agreement or by federal law;
5        (4) any parcel identification number that may be
6    issued by the assessor of the county containing the
7    parcel;
8        (5) zip code;
9        (6) parcel centroid longitude; and
10        (7) parcel centroid latitude.
11    (d) The database may also include parcels owned by other
12governmental agencies or nongovernmental organizations that
13are identified to the Authority by the entity owning them as
14suitable for allowing transit-supportive development. Any
15parcels included should be sortable and searchable as
16described in subsection (c).
17    (e) The Authority may establish and maintain this database
18through an accessible website or delegate this responsibility
19to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning if the Chicago
20Metropolitan Agency for Planning agrees to assume this
21responsibility.
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/2.45 new)
23    Sec. 2.45. Transit-Supportive Development Incentive
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1development" means commercial or residential development that
2is designed to expand the public transportation ridership base
3or to effectively connect public transportation users to such
4developments. "Transit-supportive development" includes, but
5is not limited to, laws and policies that further these
6objectives, capital improvements that foster communities with
7high per capita transit ridership, and public transportation
8operation improvements that support efforts to build
9communities with high per capita transit ridership.
10    (b) The Authority may establish a Transit-Supportive
11Development Incentive Program and authorize the deposit of
12Authority moneys into a Transit-Supportive Development
13Incentive Fund. Amounts on deposit in the Fund and interest
14and other earnings on those amounts may be used by the
15Authority, with the approval of its Directors and after a
16competitive application and scoring process that includes an
17opportunity for public participation, for operating or capital
18grants or loans to Service Boards, Transportation Agencies, or
19units of local government for the following purposes:
20        (1) investment in transit-supportive residential and
21    commercial development, including developments on or in
22    the vicinity of property owned by the Authority, a Service
23    Board, or a Transportation Agency;
24        (2) grants to local governments to help cover the cost
25    of drafting and implementing land use, parking, and other
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1    have the effect of allowing or supporting
2    transit-supportive residential or commercial development;
3    and
4        (3) providing resources for increased public
5    transportation service in and around transit-supportive
6    residential and commercial developments, especially newly
7    created transit-supportive developments.
8    (c) If the Authority establishes such a program, the
9Authority shall develop and publish scoring criteria that it
10shall use in making awards from the Transit-Supportive
11Development Incentive Fund. The scoring criteria shall
12prioritize high-density development in and in the near
13vicinity of public transportation stations and routes and
14shall prioritize projects that (i) are likely to increase per
15capita public transportation ridership, (ii) serve
16disadvantaged and transit-dependent populations, and (iii) are
17located in jurisdictions that have land use and other policies
18that encourage the level of residential density and
19concentration of businesses in walkable districts accessible
20by public transportation required to support financially
21viable public transportation service with substantial
22ridership.
23    (d) Any grantee that receives funds under this Section
24must (i) implement such programs within one year after receipt
25of the funds and (ii) determine, within 2 years following
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1resulted in increased use of public transportation by those
2residing in the area covered by the program or those accessing
3the area from outside the area. No additional funds under this
4Section may be distributed to a grantee for any individual
5program beyond 2 years unless the Board of the Authority
6waives this limitation. A waiver shall be with regard to an
7individual program and with regard to a one-year period, and
8any further waivers for an individual program require a
9subsequent vote of the Board.
10    (e) The Authority may reallocate unused funds deposited
11into the Transit-Supportive Development Incentive Fund to
12other Authority purposes and programs.
 
13    (70 ILCS 3615/2.46 new)
14    Sec. 2.46. Transit ambassadors.    
15    (a) By July 1, 2027, the Authority shall implement a
16transit ambassador program to increase safety for passengers
17and personnel, provide passenger education and assistance, and
18help passengers navigate all transit systems under the
19Authority.
20    (b) To ensure regional competency and system integration,
21the Authority shall develop a transit ambassador training
22program with input from each Service Board and interested
23stakeholders and in alignment with subsection (d) of Section
2425 of the Community Emergency Services and Support Act.
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1shall deploy trained, unarmed personnel on buses, bus stops,
2trains, and stations to achieve the goals of the Transit
3Ambassador Program.
4    (d) Transit ambassador units may be composed of mobile and
5fixed post personnel.
6    (e) The responsibilities of a transit ambassador may
7include, but are not limited to:
8        (1) navigational and other passenger assistance;
9        (2) liaising with law enforcement, social services,
10    and community resources to address unsafe conditions and
11    to connect persons with relevant social, medical, and
12    other services; and
13        (3) monitoring passenger activity and compliance with
14    laws and rules.    
15    (f) No less than 80% of transit ambassadors serving the
16Chicago Transit Authority shall be full-time employees of the
17Chicago Transit Authority. The Chicago Transit Authority shall
18bargain with the union representing current customer service
19employees to determine the initial conditions of employment
20for the transit ambassadors.
21    (g) Those persons employed by the Chicago Transit
22Authority as Customer Service Assistants, who meet the
23applicable Transit Ambassador qualifications and the
24requirements of the training program established pursuant to
25the Chicago Transit Authority Transit Ambassador Program,
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1    (h) Customer-facing employees of the Commuter Rail
2Division shall undergo the standard transit ambassador
3training program developed by the Authority.
4    (i) Existing employees of the Service Boards identified to
5complete the transit ambassador training shall do so by
6January 1, 2027.
7    (j) The Authority shall facilitate coordination between
8the Service Boards to ensure communication and continuity
9across all Service Boards.
10    (k) Beginning January 1, 2031, the Authority shall
11evaluate the efficacy of the program no less than every 5 years
12and identify needed changes and improvements.
 
13    (70 ILCS 3615/2.47 new)
14    Sec. 2.47. Language accessibility.
15    (a) As used in this Section:
16    "Limited English proficient individual" means an
17individual who does not speak English as the individual's
18primary language and who has a limited ability to read, speak,
19write, or understand English.
20    "Major languages" means a language with at least 50,000
21native speakers in Illinois based on the last decennial
22census.
23    "Qualified interpreter" or "qualified translator" means an
24individual proficient in both English and the non-English
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1with demonstrated ability to interpret or translate accurately
2and impartially.
3    "Vital documents" means materials critical for obtaining
4services or understanding rider rights, including fare
5schedules, safety information, service announcements, and
6notices of rights or responsibilities.
7    (b) The Authority and all Service Boards shall:
8        (1) arrange for a qualified translator to translate
9    all vital documents into all major languages;
10        (2) provide oral interpretation services in major
11    languages spoken by limited English proficient individuals
12    by a qualified interpreter at customer service centers, by
13    multilingual phone lines, or through on-demand interpreter
14    services;
15        (3) post multilingual signage in major languages
16    spoken by limited English proficient individuals,
17    including "I Speak" language identification posters, in
18    major transit hubs and vehicles; and
19        (4) include translation features in major languages
20    spoken by limited English proficient individuals for
21    digital platforms, applications, and real-time service
22    updates.
23    (c) No later than January 1, 2027, and every 3 years
24thereafter, the Authority, in coordination with the Service
25Boards, shall develop and implement, and update every 3 years
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1shall:
2        (1) identify limited English proficient populations in
3    the metropolitan area, based on census, rider surveys, and
4    community input;
5        (2) describe language assistance services currently
6    provided;
7        (3) implement a timeline for improvements and
8    expansion of language assistance services; and
9        (4) designate staff responsible for compliance and
10    monitoring.
11    (d) The Authority and all Service Boards shall conduct
12regular outreach to limited English proficient communities
13through culturally competent community organizations and
14ethnic media and include limited English proficient riders in
15service planning, language access evaluations, and public
16engagement sessions.
17    (e) The Authority shall develop and make available to all
18frontline and customer-facing staff training on legal
19obligations under federal law, proper use of language
20services, and cultural competency best practices. The Service
21Boards shall make best efforts to ensure that all new hires and
22existing customer-facing employees complete the training.
23    (f) No later than January 1, 2027, and each year
24thereafter, each Service Board shall submit annual language
25access progress reports to the Authority.
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1review of at least one Service Board.
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/2.48 new)
3    Sec. 2.48. One-day transit passes on the day of an
4amusement.
5    (a) As used in this Section:
6    "Amusement ticket" has the meaning given to that term in
7Section 4.03.
8    "One-day transit pass" means a pass that allows the holder
9unlimited rides on the transit systems operated by each
10Service Board.
11    (b) Beginning one year after the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Authority
13shall provide the holder of each amusement ticket that was
14subject to the surcharge under subsection (r) of Section 4.03
15with a one-day transit pass for the day of the amusement or, in
16the case of a multi-day event, for each day that the amusement
17ticket allows the holder to enter the amusement.
18    (c) The Authority shall inform its employees and the
19employees of the Service Boards that a one-day transit pass
20shall be provided to the holder of an amusement ticket for each
21day that the amusement ticket allows the holder to enter the
22amusement.
23    (d) The Authority shall, by ordinance, adopt regulations
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/2.49 new)
2    Sec. 2.49. Medical service reimbursement.
3    (a) If the Village of Forest Park, the Village of Oak Park,
4the Village of River Forest, or the Village of Rosemont incur
5costs for the provision of first responder services,
6including, but not limited to, police, fire, paramedic,
7emergency medical technician, or ambulance responses, at a
8Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line or Green Line station that
9is located within its corporate boundaries, then the Authority
10shall reimburse the applicable village for those costs.
11    (b) Reimbursements shall be made by the Authority on an
12annual basis. The Village of Forest Park, the Village of Oak
13Park, the Village of River Forest, and the Village of Rosemont
14shall submit an itemized billing statement to the Authority no
15later than January 15 of each calendar year for the costs it
16incurred during the preceding calendar year. The Authority
17shall remit payment to the Village of Forest Park, the Village
18of Oak Park, the Village of River Forest, and the Village of
19Rosemont no later than February 6 following receipt of the
20billing statement.
21    (c) The Department of Transportation shall oversee
22implementation of this Section and may enter into
23intergovernmental agreements or adopt rules as necessary to
24administer and enforce the reimbursement process described in
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/2.50 new)
2    Sec. 2.50. Renovations to terminals.
3    (a) The Authority shall remodel, renovate, or construct a
4new station at or near the Cicero/Laramie location on the Blue
5Line. The renovated or newly constructed station shall be
6completed and open for public operation no later than January
71, 2029.
8    (b) The Authority shall remodel, renovate, or construct a
9new station along the Green Line within the Englewood
10community area. The renovated or newly constructed station
11shall be completed and open for public operation no later than
12January 1, 2029.
13    (c) The Authority and Department of Transportation may
14enter into intergovernmental agreements with municipalities to
15share costs for repair and related right-of-way improvements
16for bridges used by the Green Line located outside of the City
17of Chicago.
18    (d) The Department of Transportation shall oversee
19implementation of this Section and may coordinate with the
20Authority and other relevant entities to ensure timely
21completion of the projects described in this Section.
22    (e) The Department of Transportation may provide financial
23assistance or grants or enter into cost-sharing agreements
24necessary to carry out the purposes of this Section using
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1Transportation or the Authority.
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/3.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01)
3    Sec. 3.01. Board of Directors. The corporate authorities
4and governing and administrative body of the Authority shall
5be a Board consisting of 20 13 Directors until April 1, 2008,
6and 16 Directors thereafter, appointed as follows:
7    (a) Five Four Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City
8of Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of
9the City of Chicago, and, only until April 1, 2008, a fifth
10director who shall be the Chairman of the Chicago Transit
11Authority. After April 1, 2008, the Mayor of the City of
12Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the
13City of Chicago, shall appoint a fifth Director. The Directors
14appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall not be the
15Chairman or a Director of the Chicago Transit Authority. Each
16such Director shall reside in the City of Chicago. Directors
17appointed under this subsection shall include:
18        (1) one Director with an initial term of 5 years who
19    shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
20    Authority;
21        (2) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
22    shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
23    Authority;
24        (3) one Director with an initial term of 5 years who
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1        (4) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
2    shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
3        (5) one Director with an initial term of 5 years.    
4    (a-5) Five Directors appointed by the Governor, President
5of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Representatives.
6Each Director appointed under this subsection shall reside in
7the metropolitan region. Directors appointed under this
8subsection shall include:
9        (1) one Director appointed by the Governor, with the
10    advice and consent of the Senate, with an initial term of 5
11    years who shall serve as a member of the Board of the
12    Chicago Transit Authority;
13        (2) one Director appointed by the Governor, with the
14    advice and consent of the Senate, with an initial term of 3
15    years who shall serve as a director of the Suburban Bus
16    Board;
17        (3) one Director appointed by the Governor, with the
18    advice and consent of the Senate, with an initial term of 5
19    years who shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail
20    Board;
21        (4) one Director appointed by the President of the
22    Senate with an initial term of 5 years; and
23        (5) one Director appointed by the Speaker of the House
24    of Representatives with an initial term of 3 years.
25    (b) Five Four Directors appointed by the President of    
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1Commissioners, with the advice and consent of the Cook County
2Board of Commissioners, including: elected from districts, a
3majority of the electors of which reside outside Chicago.
4After April 1, 2008, a fifth Director appointed by the
5President of the Cook County Board with the advice and consent
6of the members of the Cook County Board. Each Director
7appointed under this subparagraph shall reside in that part of
8Cook County outside Chicago.
9        (1) one Director representing those communities in
10    Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and
11    north of Devon Avenue who shall reside in the area the
12    Director represents, serve an initial term of 3 years, and
13    serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
14        (2) one Director representing those communities in
15    Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south
16    of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and in
17    addition the Village of Summit who shall reside in the
18    area the Director represents, serve an initial term of 5
19    years, and serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
20        (3) one Director representing those communities in
21    Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south
22    of Interstate 55, and west of the Interstate 57, excluding
23    the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins,
24    Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park who shall reside
25    in the area the Director represents, serve an initial term
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1    Board;
2        (4) one Director representing those communities in
3    Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and
4    east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the communities
5    of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and
6    Tinley Park who shall reside in the area the Director
7    represents, serve an initial term of 5 years, and serve as
8    a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
9        (5) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
10    shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
11    Authority.
12    (b-5) Five Directors appointed by the chair of the county
13boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry, DuPage, and Will Counties. Each
14chair shall appoint one Director for the chair's county, with
15the advice and consent of the chair's county board. Each
16Director shall reside in the county from which the Director is
17appointed. Directors appointed under this subsection shall
18include:
19        (1) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the
20    DuPage County Board with an initial term of 5 years who
21    shall serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
22        (2) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
23    County Board with an initial term of 3 years who shall
24    serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
25        (3) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake
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1    serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board;
2        (4) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the
3    McHenry County Board with an initial term of 5 years who
4    shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
5        (5) one Director appointed by the County Executive of
6    Will County Board who shall reside in Will County, serve
7    an initial term of 3 years, and serve as a director of the
8    Suburban Bus Board.
9    (b-10) On July 1, 2026, the terms of all directors serving
10on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
11General Assembly and of any directors appointed to fill a
12vacancy shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board
13occurs before July 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be filled
14under Section 3.03. Directors serving on the effective date of
15this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may be
16reappointed.
17    (b-15) Within 120 days of the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the appointing
19authorities shall appoint, with the advice and consent
20required under this Section, a new Board of the Authority.
21Directors have been appointed when appointments are filed with
22and accepted by the Secretary of State in accordance with
23subsection (g). The initial Directors appointed after the
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
25Assembly shall serve terms of office beginning on July 1,
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1    (b-20) On the first meeting of the Board the Directors
2after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
3General Assembly, the Board of Directors shall, by majority
4vote, elect a Director to serve as Chair of the Board.
5    (b-25) The subsequent terms of each Director appointed
6after July 1, 2026 shall be 5 years.    
7    (c) (Blank). Until April 1, 2008, 3 Directors appointed by
8the Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake,
9McHenry, and Will Counties, as follows:    
10        (i) Two Directors appointed by the Chairmen of the
11    county boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties,
12    with the concurrence of not less than a majority of the
13    Chairmen from such counties, from nominees by the
14    Chairmen. Each such Chairman may nominate not more than 2
15    persons for each position. Each such Director shall reside
16    in a county in the metropolitan region other than Cook or
17    DuPage Counties.
18        (ii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
19    DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
20    DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage
21    County.
22    (d) (Blank). After April 1, 2008, 5 Directors appointed by
23the Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake and
24McHenry Counties and the County Executive of Will County, as
25follows:    
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1    County Board with the advice and consent of the Kane
2    County Board. Such Director shall reside in Kane County.    
3        (ii) One Director appointed by the County Executive of
4    Will County with the advice and consent of the Will County
5    Board. Such Director shall reside in Will County.    
6        (iii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
7    DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
8    DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage
9    County.    
10        (iv) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
11    Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the Lake
12    County Board. Such Director shall reside in Lake County.    
13        (v) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
14    McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the
15    McHenry County Board. Such Director shall reside in
16    McHenry County.    
17        (vi) To implement the changes in appointing authority
18    under this subparagraph (d) the three Directors appointed
19    under subparagraph (c) and residing in Lake County, DuPage
20    County, and Kane County respectively shall each continue
21    to serve as Director until the expiration of their
22    respective term of office and until his or her successor
23    is appointed and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the
24    office. Thereupon, the appointment shall be made by the
25    officials given appointing authority with respect to the
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1    vacant.    
2    (e) (Blank). The Chairman serving on the effective date of
3this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall
4continue to serve as Chairman until the expiration of his or
5her term of office and until his or her successor is appointed
6and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Upon the
7expiration or vacancy of the term of the Chairman then serving
8upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
9General Assembly, the Chairman shall be appointed by the other
10Directors, by the affirmative vote of at least 11 of the then
11Directors with at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who
12reside in the City of Chicago, at least 2 affirmative votes
13from Directors who reside in Cook County outside the City of
14Chicago, and at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who
15reside in the Counties of DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, or
16McHenry. The chairman shall not be appointed from among the
17other Directors. The chairman shall be a resident of the
18metropolitan region.
19    (f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, no Director
20shall, while serving as such, be an officer, a member of the
21Board of Directors or Trustees, or an employee of any Service
22Board or Transportation Agency, transportation agency, or be    
23an employee of the State, of Illinois or any department or
24agency of the State thereof, or of any municipality, county,
25or any other unit of local government or receive any
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1Constitution and laws of Illinois; except that a Director may
2be a member of a school board, a member of the National Guard,
3or an elected official of a municipality, county, or other
4unit of local government.
5    (g) Each appointment made under this Section and under
6Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority
7and filed with the Secretary of State and to the Secretary of
8the Board. The Secretary of the Board , which shall maintain
9the certifications as part of the official records of the
10Authority.
11    (h) (Blank).
12    (i) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
13experience and expertise for overseeing the planning,
14operation, and funding of a regional transportation system,
15including, but not limited to, backgrounds in urban and
16regional planning, management of large capital projects, labor
17and workforce development, business management, public
18administration, transportation, and community organizations.
19    (j) Those responsible for appointing Directors shall
20strive to assemble a set of Directors that, to the greatest
21extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
22racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.    
23(Source: P.A. 98-709, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
24    (70 ILCS 3615/3.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.03)
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1office for a term of 5 years, and until his successor has been
2appointed and has qualified. A vacancy shall occur upon
3resignation, death, conviction of a felony, or removal from
4office of a Director. Any Director may be removed from office
5(i) upon a supermajority vote concurrence of not less than 11
6Directors, on a formal finding of incompetence, neglect of
7duty, or malfeasance in office or (ii) by the Governor in
8response to a summary report received from the Executive
9Inspector General in accordance with Section 20-50 of the
10State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, provided he or she
11has an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel
12prior to removal. Within 30 days after the office of any
13Director member becomes vacant for any reason, the appointing
14authorities of the Director such member shall make an
15appointment to fill the vacancy. A vacancy shall be filled for
16the unexpired term.
17    Whenever a vacancy for a Director, except as to the
18Chairman or those Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City
19of Chicago, exists for longer than 4 months, the new Director
20shall be chosen by election by all legislative members in the
21General Assembly representing the affected area. In order to
22qualify as a voting legislative member in this matter, the
23affected area must be more than 50% of the geographic area of
24the legislative district.
25(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 3615/3.04)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04)
2    Sec. 3.04. Compensation. Each Director including the
3Chairman, except for the Chairman of the Chicago Transit
4Authority who shall not be compensated by the Authority, shall
5be compensated at the rate of $15,000 $25,000 per year.
6Payments shall be made monthly. A director shall not be
7eligible for pay for a month if the director is absent from any
8regularly scheduled meeting, unless due to illness or an
9emergency.    
10    Directors shall be required to complete an annual training
11on financial management and procurement laws, policies, and
12procedures. Directors who failed to complete the required
13trainings shall not be eligible for compensation.    
14    Officers of the Authority shall not be required to comply
15with the requirements of "An Act requiring certain custodians
16of public moneys to file and publish statements of the
17receipts and disbursements thereof", approved June 24, 1919,
18as now or hereafter amended.
19(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
20    (70 ILCS 3615/3.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.05)
21    Sec. 3.05. Meetings. The Board shall prescribe the times
22and places for meetings and the manner in which special
23meetings may be called. The Board shall comply in all respects
24with the "Open Meetings Act", approved July 11, 1957, as now or
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1Authority, other than those relating to matters concerning
2which closed sessions of the Board may be held, shall be
3available for public examination, subject to such reasonable
4regulations as the Board may adopt.
5    A majority of the Directors holding office shall
6constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. Except as
7otherwise provided in this Act, a supermajority vote the
8affirmative votes of at least 9 Directors shall be necessary
9for approving any contract or agreement, adopting any rule or
10regulation, and any other action required by this Act to be
11taken by resolution or ordinance.
12    The Board shall meet with the Regional Citizens Advisory
13Board at least once every 4 months.
14    Open meetings of the Board shall be broadcast to the
15public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website
16using a high-speed Internet connection. Recordings of each
17meeting broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website
18within a reasonable time after the meeting and shall be
19maintained as public records to the extent practicable, as
20determined by the Board. Compliance with the provisions of
21this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly does not
22relieve the Board of its obligations under the Open Meetings
23Act.
24(Source: P.A. 98-1139, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
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1    Sec. 3.13. Board members' professional development
2leadership training.
3    (a) In addition to any other training requirements that
4may be established under Illinois law or ordinance adopted by
5the Authority, every Director of the Board of the Authority
6and member of the Service Boards must participate in a
7mandatory training seminar within the first 3 months of the
8Director's or member's term of office. The training shall
9consist of at least 4 hours of professional development
10leadership training covering topics that shall include, but
11are not limited to, financial oversight and accountability,
12procurement, audits, fiduciary responsibilities of a member of
13a governing board, and conflicts of interest. The training
14shall be completed by each member of the board every 2 years.
15    (b) The training under this Section may be provided by the
16Authority's legal counsel or ethics officer or by other
17qualified providers. The Authority may contract with a
18qualified provider to provide the training required under this
19Section.
20    (c) Any Director of the Board of the Authority or member of
21the Service Boards who does not timely complete the training
22required under this Section is not eligible to serve on the
23Board of the Authority or the Service Board, unless (i) the
24Director or member completes the missed training within 30
25days after the date the Director or member failed to complete
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1legitimate medical excuse. Upon resolution of the
2circumstances giving rise to a legitimate medical excuse, the
3Director or member shall have 30 days to complete the required
4training. If the Director or member fails to complete the
5training required under this Section, then the secretary of
6the Board of the Authority or Service Board shall notify (i)
7the Chair of the Board of the Authority, (ii) the Service
8Board, if the Director or member is a member of a Service
9Board, and (iii) the authority that appointed the Director or
10member.
11    (d) A Director of the Board of the Authority or member of a
12Service Board in violation of this Section may not be
13compensated for service as a Director of the Board of the
14Authority or as a member of a Service Board.    
15    (e) Failure of the Director or member to complete the
16training required by this Section does not affect the validity
17of any action taken by the Authority or the Service Board.
 
18    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.01)
19    Sec. 3A.01. Suburban Bus Division. There is established
20within the Authority the Suburban Bus Division as the
21operating division responsible for providing public
22transportation by bus and as may be provided in this Act.
23Purchase of service agreements between a Transportation Agency    
24transportation agency and the Authority in effect on the
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1force and effect in accordance with the terms of such
2agreement. Such agreements shall first be the responsibility
3of the Transition Board and, on the date of its creation, shall
4be the responsibility of the Suburban Bus Division and its
5Board.
6(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
7    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02)
8    Sec. 3A.02. Suburban Bus Board.
9    (a) The governing body of the Suburban Bus Division shall
10be the Suburban Bus Board. Until July 1, 2026, the Suburban Bus
11Board shall consist shall be a board consisting of 13
12directors appointed as follows:
13        (1) (a) Six Directors appointed by the members of the
14    Cook County Board elected from that part of Cook County
15    outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board of
16    Commissioners becomes elected from single member
17    districts, by those Commissioners elected from districts,
18    a majority of the residents of which reside outside of
19    Chicago from the chief executive officers of the
20    municipalities, of that portion of Cook County outside of
21    Chicago. Provided however, that:
22            (A) (i) One of the Directors shall be the chief
23        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
24        the Northwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
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1        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
2        the North Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
3            (C) (iii) One of the Directors shall be the chief
4        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
5        the North Shore Region defined in Section 3A.13;
6            (D) (iv) One of the Directors shall be the chief
7        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
8        the Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
9            (E) (v) One of the Directors shall be the chief
10        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
11        the Southwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
12            (F) (vi) One of the Directors shall be the chief
13        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
14        the South Region defined in Section 3A.13;
15        (2) (b) One Director by the Chairman of the Kane
16    County Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
17    municipality within Kane County;
18        (3) (c) One Director by the Chairman of the Lake
19    County Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
20    municipality within Lake County;
21        (4) (d) One Director by the Chairman of the DuPage
22    County Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
23    municipality within DuPage County;
24        (5) (e) One Director by the Chairman of the McHenry
25    County Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
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1        (6) (f) One Director by the Chairman of the Will
2    County Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
3    municipality within Will County;
4        (7) (g) The Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for
5    People with Disabilities, from the City of Chicago, who
6    shall serve as an ex officio ex-officio member; and
7        (8) (h) The Chairman by the Governor for the initial
8    term, and thereafter by a majority of the Chairmen of the
9    DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will County Boards and the
10    members of the Cook County Board elected from that part of
11    Cook County outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board
12    of Commissioners is elected from single member districts,
13    by those Commissioners elected from districts, a majority
14    of the electors of which reside outside of Chicago; and
15    who after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
16    95th General Assembly may not be a resident of the City of
17    Chicago.
18    (b) Beginning July 1, 2026, the board shall consist of 11
19directors appointed as follows:
20        (1) One director appointed by the Governor, with the
21    advice and consent of the Senate. The director appointed
22    under this paragraph shall have an initial term of 3
23    years. The director appointed under this paragraph shall
24    also serve as a Director of the Northern Illinois Transit
25    Authority.
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1    with the advice and consent of the City Council of the City
2    of Chicago, including:
3            (A) a director with an initial term of 5 years who
4        shall serve as a Director on the Board of the
5        Authority; and
6            (B) a director with an initial term of 3 years.
7        (3) Three directors appointed by the President of the
8    Cook County Board of Commissioners with the advice and
9    consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,
10    including:
11            (A) a director with an initial term of 5 years who
12        shall serve as a Director on the Board of the
13        Authority;
14            (B) a director with an initial term of 3 years who
15        shall serve as a Director on the Board of the
16        Authority; and
17            (C) a director with an initial term of 5 years.
18        (4) One director appointed by the Chairman of the
19    DuPage County Board. The director appointed under this
20    paragraph shall have an initial term of 3 years. The
21    director appointed under this paragraph shall also serve
22    as a Director on the Board of the Authority.
23        (5) One director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
24    County Board. The director appointed under this paragraph
25    shall have an initial term of 5 years. The director
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1    Director on the Board of the Authority.
2        (6) One director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake
3    County Board. The director appointed under this paragraph
4    shall have an initial term of 5 years.
5        (7) One director appointed by the Chairman of the
6    McHenry County Board. The director appointed under this
7    paragraph shall have an initial term of 3 years.
8        (8) One director appointed by the County Executive of
9    Will County Board. The director appointed under this
10    paragraph shall reside in Will County. The director
11    appointed under this paragraph shall have an initial term
12    of 5 years. The director appointed under this paragraph
13    shall also serve as a Director on the Board of the
14    Authority.
15    (c) The subsequent terms of each director appointed under
16subsection (b) shall be 5 years.
17    (d) The Chairman of the Suburban Bus Board shall be
18elected by a simple majority vote by the directors of the
19Suburban Bus Board from among the directors of the Suburban
20Bus Board.
21    (e) Initial appointments of directors under subsection (b)
22must be made in time for the directors to begin their terms on
23July 1, 2026.
24    (f) On July 1, 2026, the terms of all directors appointed
25under subsection (a) and of any directors appointed to fill a
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1Bus Board occurs before July 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be
2filled under Section 3A.03. Directors appointed under
3subsection (a) may be reappointed under subsection (b).
4    (g) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
5experience or expertise in overseeing the planning, operation,
6or funding of a public transportation system, including, but
7not limited to, backgrounds in urban and regional planning,
8management of large capital projects, labor and workforce
9development, business management, public administration,
10transportation, and transit and ridership advocacy.
11    (h) Those responsible for appointing Directors shall
12strive to assemble a set of Directors that, to the greatest
13extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
14racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
15    Each appointment made under paragraphs (a) through (g) and
16under Section 3A.03 shall be certified by the appointing
17authority to the Suburban Bus Board which shall maintain the
18certifications as part of the official records of the Suburban
19Bus Board; provided that the initial appointments shall be
20certified to the Secretary of State, who shall transmit the
21certifications to the Suburban Bus Board following its
22organization.
23    For the purposes of this Section, "chief executive officer
24of a municipality" includes a former chief executive officer
25of a municipality within the specified Region or County,
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1such Region or County.
2(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.03)
4    Sec. 3A.03. Terms, Vacancies. Each The initial term of the
5directors appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
63A.02 shall expire on June 30, 1985; the initial term of the
7directors appointed pursuant to subdivisions (b) through (g)
8of Section 3A.02 shall expire on June 30, 1986. Thereafter,
9each director shall serve be appointed for a term of 4 years,
10and until his successor has been appointed and qualified. A
11vacancy shall occur upon the resignation, death, conviction of
12a felony, or removal from office of a director. Any director
13may be removed from office (i) upon the concurrence of not less
14than 8 directors, on a formal finding of incompetence, neglect
15of duty, or malfeasance in office or (ii) by the Governor in
16response to a summary report received from the Executive
17Inspector General in accordance with Section 20-50 of the
18State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, provided he or she
19has an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel
20prior to removal. Within 30 days after the office of any
21director becomes vacant for any reason, the appointing
22authorities of such director shall make an appointment to fill
23the vacancy. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.
24The initial directors other than the chairman shall be
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1    On June 1, 1984 the seat of any Director of the Suburban
2Bus Board not yet filled shall be deemed vacant and shall be
3chosen by the election of all the legislative members of the
4General Assembly representing the affected area. In order to
5qualify as a voting legislative member in this matter, the
6affected area must be more than 50% of the geographic area of
7the legislative district.
8(Source: P.A. 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
9    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05)
10    Sec. 3A.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
11Suburban Bus Board shall, with the advice and consent of the
12Board of the Authority, appoint an Executive Director who
13shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
14appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of 6 9    
15of the directors of the Suburban Bus Board. The Chair of the
16Board of the Authority and the Executive Director of the
17Authority shall be included in the process for choosing the
18Executive Director of the Suburban Bus Division, including
19membership in any search committee. The Executive Director of
20the Suburban Bus Division shall appoint, retain, and employ
21officers, attorneys, agents, engineers, employees and shall
22organize the staff, shall allocate their functions and duties,
23fix compensation and conditions of employment, and consistent
24with the policies of and direction from the Suburban Bus Board
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1its responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have
2such other powers and responsibilities as the Authority    
3Suburban Bus Board shall determine in an ordinance describing
4the position's role, powers, and responsibilities. The
5Executive Director shall be an individual of proven
6transportation and management skills and may not be a director    
7member of the Suburban Bus Board. The Executive Director of
8the Suburban Bus Division shall have demonstrated experience
9with one or more of the following areas: (i) public
10transportation system operations; (ii) infrastructure capital
11project management; or (iii) legal or human resource
12management for a public agency. The Executive Director of the
13Suburban Bus Division shall also meet any qualifications that
14may be set, by ordinance, by the Authority. The Suburban Bus    
15Division may employ its own professional management personnel
16to provide professional and technical expertise concerning its
17purposes and powers and to assist it in assessing the
18performance of Transportation Agencies transportation agencies    
19in the metropolitan region.
20    No employee, officer, or agent of the Suburban Bus Board
21may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
22salary unless that bonus has been reviewed by the Regional
23Transportation Authority Board for a period of 14 days. After
2414 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This
25Section does not apply to usual and customary salary
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1    No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
2the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
3aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
4upon political reasons or factors. The Suburban Bus Board
5shall establish regulations to insure that its discharges
6shall not be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based
7on merit.
8    The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human
9Rights Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
10procedure established thereunder. The Suburban Bus Board shall
11file an affirmative action program for employment by it with
12the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants are
13employed and that employees are treated during employment,
14without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
15action program shall include provisions relating to hiring,
16upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment
17advertising, selection for training and rates of pay or other
18forms of compensation.
19(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
20    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.06)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.06)
21    Sec. 3A.06. Compensation. The members Chairman of the
22Suburban Bus Board shall receive an annual salary of $15,000,
23except that members of the Suburban Bus Board who are also
24members of the Board of the Authority shall receive $5,000 per
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1serving on the Board of the Authority , and the other members of
2the Suburban Bus Board shall receive an annual salary of
3$10,000. Each member shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
4incurred in the performance of his duties, not to exceed $5000
5per year.
6    Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply
7with the requirements of the Public Funds Statement
8Publication Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public
9monies to file and publish statements of the receipts and
10disbursements thereof", approved June 24, 1919, as now or
11hereafter amended.
12(Source: P.A. 84-939.)
 
13    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.07)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.07)
14    Sec. 3A.07. Meetings. The Suburban Bus Board shall
15prescribe the time and places for meetings and the manner in
16which special meetings may be called. The Suburban Bus Board
17shall comply in all respects with the "Open Meetings Act", as
18now or hereafter amended. All records, documents and papers of
19the Suburban Bus Division, other than those relating to
20matters concerning which closed sessions of the Suburban Bus
21Board may be held, shall be available for public examination,
22subject to such reasonable regulations as the Suburban Bus
23Board may adopt.
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1members shall be necessary for any action required by this Act
2to be taken by ordinance.
3    Open meetings of the Board shall be broadcast to the
4public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website
5using a high-speed Internet connection. Recordings of each
6meeting broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website
7within a reasonable time after the meeting and shall be
8maintained as public records to the extent practicable, as
9determined by the Board. Compliance with the provisions of
10this Section amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly does
11not relieve the Board of its obligations under the Open
12Meetings Act.
13(Source: P.A. 98-1139, eff. 6-1-15.)
 
14    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.08)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.08)
15    Sec. 3A.08. Jurisdiction. The Suburban Bus Board shall
16have jurisdiction to provide Any public transportation by bus
17and ADA paratransit services within the metropolitan region,
18other than public transportation by commuter rail or public
19transportation provided by the Chicago Transit Authority
20pursuant to agreements in effect on the effective date of this
21amendatory Act of 1983 or in the City of Chicago and any ADA
22paratransit services provided pursuant to Section 2.30 of the
23Regional Transportation Authority Act, shall be subject to the
24jurisdiction of the Suburban Bus Board.
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.09)
2    Sec. 3A.09. Powers General powers.     
3    (a) The Suburban Bus Board shall:
4        (1) oversee the operations and management of the
5    Service Board;
6        (2) convey the Authority's goals, priorities, and
7    requirements to the Service Board; and
8        (3) convey information, concerns, and recommendations
9    from the Service Board to Authority leadership.
10    (b) The Suburban Bus Board shall manage the debt that was
11issued and outstanding by its service board predecessor to
12ensure that the obligations owed to bondholders are fulfilled.
13    (c) The Suburban Bus Board shall not have the power to
14issue new debt other than debt or other financial instruments
15designed to refinance or retire debt that was issued and
16outstanding on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
17the 104th General Assembly.    
18    (d) The status and rights of employees of the Suburban Bus
19Board under any applicable statutes, any applicable collective
20bargaining agreements, or any pension, retirement, or annuity
21plan shall not be affected by this amendatory Act of the 104th
22General Assembly.    
23    (e) In addition to any powers elsewhere provided to the
24Suburban Bus Board, it shall have all of the powers specified
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1specified in Section 2.20(a)(v) must be delegated to the
2Suburban Bus Board by the Board of the Authority.
3    (f) The Suburban Bus Board shall also have the power:
4            (1) (a) to cooperate with the Regional
5        Transportation Authority in the exercise by the
6        Regional Transportation Authority of all the powers
7        granted it by such Act;
8            (2) (b) to receive funds from the Regional
9        Transportation Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02,
10        4.01, 4.02, 4.09 and 4.10 of the Regional
11        Transportation Authority Act, all as provided in the
12        Regional Transportation Authority Act;
13            (3) (c) to receive financial grants from the
14        Regional Transportation Authority or a Service Board,
15        as defined in the Regional Transportation Authority
16        Act, upon such terms and conditions as shall be set
17        forth in a grant contract between either the Suburban
18        Bus Division and the Regional Transportation Authority
19        or the Division and another Service Board, which
20        contract or agreement may be for such number of years
21        or duration as the parties agree, all as provided in
22        the Regional Transportation Authority Act;
23            (4) (d) to perform all functions necessary for the
24        provision of paratransit services under Section 2.30
25        of this Act; and    
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1    constructing a new garage in the northwestern Cook County
2    suburbs, (ii) converting the South Cook garage in Markham
3    to a Compressed Natural Gas facility, (iii) constructing a
4    new paratransit garage in DuPage County, (iv) expanding
5    the North Shore garage in Evanston to accommodate
6    additional indoor bus parking, and (v) purchasing new
7    transit buses. For the purpose of evidencing the
8    obligation of the Suburban Bus Board to repay any money
9    borrowed as provided in this subsection, the Suburban Bus
10    Board may issue revenue bonds from time to time pursuant
11    to ordinance adopted by the Suburban Bus Board, subject to
12    the approval of the Regional Transportation Authority of
13    each such issuance by the affirmative vote of 12 of its
14    then Directors; provided that the Suburban Bus Board may
15    not issue bonds for the purpose of financing the
16    acquisition, construction, or improvement of any facility
17    other than those listed in this subsection (e). All such
18    bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income
19    or any other funds that the Suburban Bus Board may
20    receive, provided that the Suburban Bus Board may not
21    pledge as security for such bonds the moneys, if any, that
22    the Suburban Bus Board receives from the Regional
23    Transportation Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.3(f) of
24    the Regional Transportation Authority Act. The bonds shall
25    bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate
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1    at such time or times not exceeding 25 years from their
2    respective dates. Bonds issued pursuant to this paragraph
3    must be issued with scheduled principal or mandatory
4    redemption payments in equal amounts in each fiscal year
5    over the term of the bonds, with the first principal or
6    mandatory redemption payment scheduled within the fiscal
7    year in which bonds are issued or within the next
8    succeeding fiscal year. At least 25%, based on total
9    principal amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this
10    Section shall be sold pursuant to notice of sale and
11    public bid. No more than 75%, based on total principal
12    amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this Section
13    shall be sold by negotiated sale. The maximum principal
14    amount of the bonds that may be issued may not exceed
15    $100,000,000. The bonds shall have all the qualities of
16    negotiable instruments under the laws of this State. To
17    secure the payment of any or all of such bonds and for the
18    purpose of setting forth the covenants and undertakings of
19    the Suburban Bus Board in connection with the issuance
20    thereof and the issuance of any additional bonds payable
21    from such revenue or income as well as the use and
22    application of the revenue or income received by the
23    Suburban Bus Board, the Suburban Bus Board may execute and
24    deliver a trust agreement or agreements; provided that no
25    lien upon any physical property of the Suburban Bus Board
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1    default of the terms of any such trust agreement by the
2    Suburban Bus Board may be by mandamus proceedings in any
3    court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance and
4    compliance therewith, but the trust agreement may
5    prescribe by whom or on whose behalf such action may be
6    instituted. Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued
7    by the Suburban Bus Board or any other obligation of the
8    Suburban Bus Board in connection with the issuance of such
9    bonds be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the
10    State of Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority,
11    or any other political subdivision of or municipality
12    within the State, nor shall any such bonds or obligations
13    be or become an indebtedness of the Suburban Bus Board
14    within the purview of any constitutional limitation or
15    provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of
16    each bond that it does not constitute such an indebtedness
17    or obligation but is payable solely from the revenues or
18    income as aforesaid; and
19            (5) (f) to adopt ordinances and make all rules and
20        regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use,
21        operation, and maintenance of its property and
22        facilities and to carry into effect the powers granted
23        to the Suburban Bus Board, with any necessary fines or
24        penalties, such as the suspension of riding privileges
25        or confiscation of fare media under Section 2.40, as
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1    (g) The Suburban Bus Board shall use powers delegated to
2it by the Authority to oversee the delivery of public
3transportation in the metropolitan region, provided that the
4Authority shall retain primary responsibility for setting
5fares, service standards, schedules, and coordinated fare
6collection so that the public transportation system in the
7metropolitan region operates on a one-network, one-timetable,
8one-ticket model for transit users.    
9(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
10    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.12)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12)
11    Sec. 3A.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Suburban Bus Board
12with the affirmative vote of 8 9 of its Directors may request    
13demand and direct the Board of the Authority to issue Working
14Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts and having such
15maturities as the Suburban Bus Board deems proper, provided
16however any such borrowing shall have been specifically
17identified in the budget of the Suburban Bus Board as approved
18by the Board of the Authority. Provided further, that the
19Suburban Bus Board may not demand and direct the Board of the
20Authority to have issued and have outstanding at any time in
21excess of $5,000,000 in Working Cash Notes.
22(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.14)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.14)
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1    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to collective
2bargaining agreements (including extensions and amendments of
3existing agreements) entered into on or after January 1, 1984.
4    (b) The Suburban Bus Board shall deal with and enter into
5written contracts with their employees, through accredited
6representatives of such employees authorized to act for such
7employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
8conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a
9collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983. Any such
11agreement of the Suburban Bus Board shall provide that the
12agreement may be reopened if the amended budget submitted
13pursuant to Section 2.18a of this Act is not approved by the
14Board of the Authority. The agreement may not include a
15provision requiring the payment of wage increases based on
16changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Suburban Bus Board
17shall not have the authority to enter collective bargaining
18agreements with respect to inherent management rights, which
19include such areas of discretion or policy as the functions of
20the employer, standards of services, its overall budget, the
21organizational structure and selection of new employees and
22direction of personnel. Employers, however, shall be required
23to bargain collectively with regard to policy matters directly
24affecting wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment,
25as well as the impact thereon, upon request by employee
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1exclusive representatives which have established collective
2bargaining relationships or negotiated collective bargaining
3agreements prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
4of 1983, employers shall be required to bargain collectively
5with regard to any matter concerning wages, hours or
6conditions of employment about which they have bargained prior
7to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983.
8    (c) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a
9prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service
10operated by the Suburban Bus Board except where prohibited by
11federal law.
12    (d) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
13bargaining agreement, the Suburban Bus Board shall determine
14the costs of each provision of the agreement, prepare an
15amended budget incorporating the costs of the agreement, and
16present the amended budget to the Board of the Authority for
17its approval under Section 4.11. The Board may approve the
18amended budget by a supermajority vote an affirmative vote of
1912 of its then Directors. If the budget is not approved by the
20Board of the Authority, the agreement may be reopened and its
21terms may be renegotiated. Any amended budget which may be
22prepared following renegotiation shall be presented to the
23Board of the Authority for its approval in like manner.
24(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
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1    Sec. 3A.15.5. Visitor paratransit service.
2    (a) Upon certifying that a person is eligible to receive
3complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
4Subpart F or within 10 business days after receiving a
5certified person's request for documentation of eligibility
6for those services, the Suburban Bus Board shall provide the
7person with documentation of the person's certification of
8eligibility for those services.
9    (b) If a person provides the Suburban Bus Board with
10documentation of the person's certification of eligibility to
11receive complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part
1237, Subpart F, then the Suburban Bus Board shall provide those
13services to the person within one business day after receiving
14the documentation.
15    (c) The procedures used by the Suburban Bus Board to
16document a person's certification of eligibility for
17complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
18Subpart F shall not require the disclosure or recording of any
19specific information about an individual's disability.
 
20    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.01)
21    Sec. 3B.01. Commuter Rail Division. There is established
22within the Authority the Commuter Rail Division as the
23operating division responsible for providing public
24transportation by commuter rail. Purchase of service
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1agency and the Authority in effect on the effective date of
2this amendatory Act shall remain in full force and effect in
3accordance with the terms of such agreement. Such agreements
4shall first be the responsibility of the Transition Board and,
5on the date of its creation, shall become the responsibility
6of the Commuter Rail Division and its Board.
7(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
8    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
9    Sec. 3B.02. Commuter Rail Board.
10    (a) Until April 1, 2008, the governing body of the
11Commuter Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 7
12directors appointed pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as
13follows:
14        (1) One director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
15    the Board of DuPage County with the advice and consent of
16    the County Board of DuPage County and shall reside in
17    DuPage County.
18        (2) Two directors appointed by the Chairmen of the
19    County Boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties
20    with the concurrence of not less than a majority of the
21    chairmen from such counties, from nominees by the
22    Chairmen. Each such chairman may nominate not more than
23    two persons for each position. Each such director shall
24    reside in a county in the metropolitan region other than
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1        (3) Three directors appointed by the members of the
2    Cook County Board elected from that part of Cook County
3    outside of Chicago, or, in the event such Board of
4    Commissioners becomes elected from single member
5    districts, by those Commissioners elected from districts,
6    a majority of the residents of which reside outside
7    Chicago. In either case, such appointment shall be with
8    the concurrence of four such Commissioners. Each such
9    director shall reside in that part of Cook County outside
10    Chicago.
11        (4) One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of
12    Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council
13    of the City of Chicago. Such director shall reside in the
14    City of Chicago.
15        (5) The chairman shall be appointed by the directors,
16    from the members of the board, with the concurrence of 5 of
17    such directors.
18    (b) After April 1, 2008 the governing body of the Commuter
19Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 11 directors
20appointed, pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as follows:
21        (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
22    the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
23    DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. To
24    implement the changes in appointing authority under this
25    Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in
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1    subsection (a) of this Section who resides in DuPage
2    County, a Director shall be appointed under this
3    subparagraph.
4        (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
5    the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of
6    the McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry
7    County. To implement the change in appointing authority
8    under this Section, upon the expiration of the term of or
9    vacancy in office of the Director appointed under item (2)
10    of subsection (a) of this Section who resides in McHenry
11    County, a Director shall be appointed under this
12    subparagraph.
13        (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County
14    Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County
15    Board and shall reside in Will County. To implement the
16    change in appointing authority under this Section, upon
17    the expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the
18    Director appointed under item (2) of subsection (a) of
19    this Section who resides in Will County, a Director shall
20    be appointed under this subparagraph.
21        (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
22    the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the
23    Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County.
24        (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
25    the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the
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1        (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of
2    the City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City
3    Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City
4    of Chicago. To implement the changes in appointing
5    authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the
6    term of or vacancy in office of the Director appointed
7    under item (4) of subsection (a) of this Section who
8    resides in the City of Chicago, a Director shall be
9    appointed under this subparagraph.
10        (7) Five Directors residing in Cook County outside of
11    the City of Chicago, as follows:
12            (i) One Director who resides in Cook County
13        outside of the City of Chicago, appointed by the
14        President of the Cook County Board with the advice and
15        consent of the members of the Cook County Board.
16            (ii) One Director who resides in the township of
17        Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg,
18        or Elk Grove. To implement the changes in appointing
19        authority under this Section, upon the expiration of
20        the term of or vacancy in office of the Director
21        appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of
22        this Section who resides in the geographic area
23        described in this subparagraph, a Director shall be
24        appointed under this subparagraph.
25            (iii) One Director who resides in the township of
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1        Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park.
2            (iv) One Director who resides in the township of
3        Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney,
4        Lemont, Palos, or Orland. To implement the changes in
5        appointing authority under this Section, upon the
6        expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the
7        Director appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection
8        (a) of this Section who resides in the geographic area
9        described in this subparagraph and whose term of
10        office had not expired as of August 1, 2007, a Director
11        shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
12            (v) One Director who resides in the township of
13        Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. To
14        implement the changes in appointing authority under
15        this Section, upon the expiration of the term of or
16        vacancy in office of the Director appointed under
17        paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section who
18        resides in the geographic area described in this
19        subparagraph and whose term of office had expired as
20        of August 1, 2007, a Director shall be appointed under
21        this subparagraph.
22            (vi) The Directors identified under the provisions
23        of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph
24        (7) shall be appointed by the members of the Cook
25        County Board. Each individual Director shall be
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1        whose Board districts overlap in whole or in part with
2        the geographic territory described in the relevant
3        subparagraph. The vote of County Board members
4        eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of
5        subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7)
6        shall be weighted by the number of electors residing
7        in those portions of their Board districts within the
8        geographic territory described in the relevant
9        subparagraph (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7).
10        (8) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors,
11    from the members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of
12    such Directors. To implement the changes in appointing
13    authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the
14    term of or vacancy in office of the Chairman appointed
15    under item (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, a
16    Chairman shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
17    (c) No director, while serving as such, shall be an
18officer, a member of the board of directors or trustee or an
19employee of any Transportation Agency transportation agency,
20or be an employee of the State of Illinois or any department or
21agency thereof, or of any county, municipality, or any other
22unit of local government or receive any compensation from any
23elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws of
24Illinois.
25    (d) Each appointment made under subsections (a) and (b) of
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1appointing authority to the Commuter Rail Board which shall
2maintain the certifications as part of the official records of
3the Commuter Rail Board.
4    (e) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026.    
5(Source: P.A. 98-709, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02.5 new)
7    Sec. 3B.02.5. Commuter Rail Board.    
8    (a) The governing body of the Commuter Rail Division shall
9be the Commuter Rail Board. Beginning July 1, 2026, the
10Commuter Rail Board shall consist of 11 directors appointed as
11follows:
12        (1) One director appointed by the Governor, with the
13    advice and consent of the Senate. The director appointed
14    under this paragraph shall have an initial term of 5
15    years. The director appointed under this paragraph shall
16    also serve as a Director of the Northern Illinois Transit
17    Authority.
18        (2) Two directors appointed by the Mayor of Chicago
19    with the advice and consent of the City Council of the City
20    of Chicago, including:
21            (A) a director with an initial term of 3 years who
22        shall also serve as a Director on the Board of the
23        Authority; and
24            (B) a director with an initial term of 5 years.
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1    Cook County Board of Commissioners with the advice and
2    consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,
3    including:
4            (A) a director with an initial term of 3 years who
5        shall also serve as a Director on the Board of the
6        Authority;
7            (B) a director with an initial term of 5 years who
8        shall also serve as a Director on the Board of the
9        Authority; and
10            (C) a director with an initial term of 3 years.
11        (4) One director appointed by the Chairman of the
12    DuPage County Board. The director appointed under this
13    paragraph shall have an initial term of 5 years.
14        (5) One director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
15    County Board. The director appointed under this paragraph
16    shall have an initial term of 3 years.
17        (6) One director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake
18    County Board. The director appointed under this paragraph
19    shall have an initial term of 3 years. The director
20    appointed under this paragraph shall also serve as a
21    Director on the Board of the Authority.
22        (7) One director appointed by the Chairman of the
23    McHenry County Board. The director appointed under this
24    paragraph shall have an initial term of 5 years. The
25    director appointed under this paragraph shall also serve
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1        (8) One director appointed by the County Executive of
2    Will County. The director appointed under this paragraph
3    shall reside in Will County. The director appointed under
4    this paragraph shall have an initial term of 3 years.
5    (b) The subsequent terms of each director appointed under
6subsection (a) shall be 5 years.
7    (c) The Chairman of the Commuter Rail Board shall be
8elected by a simple majority vote by the directors of the Board
9from among the directors of the Commuter Rail Board.
10    (d) Initial appointments of directors under subsection (a)
11must be made in time for the directors to begin their terms on
12July 1, 2026.
13    (e) On July 1, 2026, the terms of all directors serving on
14the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
15Assembly and of any directors appointed to fill a vacancy
16shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board occurs
17before July 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be filled under
18Section 3B.03. Directors serving on the effective date of this
19amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may be
20reappointed under subsection (a).
21    (f) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
22experience and expertise for overseeing the planning,
23operation, and funding of a regional transportation system,
24including, but not limited to, backgrounds in urban and
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1administration, transportation, and community organizations.
2    (g) Those responsible for appointing directors shall
3strive to assemble a set of directors that, to the greatest
4extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
5racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
 
6    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.03)
7    Sec. 3B.03. Terms, Vacancies. Each director shall serve be
8appointed for a term of 4 years, and until his successor has
9been appointed and qualified. A vacancy shall occur upon the
10resignation, death, conviction of a felony, or removal from
11office of a director. Any director may be removed from office
12(i) upon the concurrence of not less than 8 directors, on a
13formal finding of incompetence, neglect of duty, or
14malfeasance in office or (ii) by the Governor in response to a
15summary report received from the Executive Inspector General
16in accordance with Section 20-50 of the State Officials and
17Employees Ethics Act, provided he or she has an opportunity to
18be publicly heard in person or by counsel prior to removal.
19Within 30 days after the office of any director becomes vacant
20for any reason, the appropriate appointing authorities of the    
21such director, as provided in Section 3B.02 or 3B.02.5, as
22applicable, shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A
23vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.
24(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.05)
2    Sec. 3B.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
3Commuter Rail Board shall, with the advice and consent of the
4Board of the Authority, appoint an Executive Director who
5shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
6appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of 7 8    
7of the directors of the Commuter Rail Board. The Chair of the
8Board of the Authority and the Executive Director of the
9Authority shall be included in the process for choosing the
10Executive Director of the Commuter Rail Division, including
11membership in any search committee. The Executive Director of
12the Commuter Rail Division shall appoint, retain and employ
13officers, attorneys, agents, engineers, employees and shall
14organize the staff, shall allocate their functions and duties,
15fix compensation and conditions of employment, and consistent
16with the policies of and direction from the Commuter Rail
17Board take all actions necessary to achieve its purposes,
18fulfill its responsibilities and carry out its powers, and
19shall have such other powers and responsibilities as the
20Authority Commuter Rail Board shall determine and describe in
21an ordinance describing the position's role, powers, and
22responsibilities. The Executive Director shall be an
23individual of proven transportation and management skills and
24may not be a member of the Commuter Rail Board. The Executive
25Director of the Commuter Rail Division shall have demonstrated
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1transportation system operations; (ii) infrastructure capital
2project management; or (iii) legal or human resource
3management for a public agency. The Executive Director of the
4Commuter Rail Division shall also satisfy any qualifications
5that may be set, by ordinance, by the Authority. The Division
6may employ its own professional management personnel to
7provide professional and technical expertise concerning its
8purposes and powers and to assist it in assessing the
9performance of Transportation Agencies transportation agencies    
10in the metropolitan region.
11    No employee, officer, or agent of the Commuter Rail Board
12may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
13salary unless that bonus has been reviewed by the Regional
14Transportation Authority Board for a period of 14 days. After
1514 days, the bonus contract shall be considered reviewed. This
16Section does not apply to usual and customary salary
17adjustments.
18    No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
19the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
20aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
21upon political reasons or factors. The Commuter Rail Board
22shall establish regulations to insure that its discharges
23shall not be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based
24on merit.
25    The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human
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1procedure established thereunder. The Commuter Rail Board
2shall file an affirmative action program for employment by it
3with the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants
4are employed and that employees are treated during employment,
5without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
6action program shall include provisions relating to hiring,
7upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment
8advertising, selection for training and rates of pay or other
9forms of compensation.
10(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.06)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.06)
12    Sec. 3B.06. Compensation. Directors The Chairman of the
13Commuter Rail Board shall receive an annual salary of $25,000.
14Other members of the Commuter Rail Board shall receive an
15annual salary of $15,000, except that members of the Commuter
16Rail Board that are also members of the Board of the Northern
17Illinois Transit Authority shall receive $5,000 per year in
18addition to the compensation the member receives for serving
19on the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. Each
20member shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the
21performance of his duties.
22    Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply
23with the requirements of "An Act requiring certain custodians
24of public monies to file and publish statements of the
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1as now or hereafter amended.
2(Source: P.A. 83-1156.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.09)
4    Sec. 3B.09. General Powers. The Commuter Rail Board shall
5use powers delegated to it by the Authority to oversee the
6delivery of public transportation in the metropolitan region.
7However, the Authority shall retain primary responsibility for
8setting fares, service standards, schedules, and coordinated
9fare collection so that the public transportation system in
10the metropolitan region operates on a one-network,
11one-timetable, one-ticket model for transit users.    
12    In addition to any powers elsewhere provided to the
13Commuter Rail Board, it shall have all of the powers specified
14in Section 2.20 of this Act except for the powers specified in
15Section 2.20(a)(v).
16    The Commuter Rail Division shall honor all outstanding
17bond debt issued by the Commuter Rail Division on the terms
18that the bonds were issued. The Commuter Rail Division shall
19not have the power to issue new bond debt other than working
20cash notes as provided in Section 3B.12, or debt or other
21financial instruments designed to refinance or retire debt
22that was issued and outstanding on the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly.    
24    The Commuter Rail Board shall also have the power:
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1Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation    
2Authority of all the powers granted it by such Act;
3    (b) to receive funds from the Regional Transportation    
4Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.09 and 4.10    
5of the "Regional Transportation Authority Act", all as
6provided in the "Regional Transportation Authority Act";
7    (c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
8Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in the
9"Regional Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and
10conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract between
11either the Commuter Rail Division and the Regional
12Transportation Authority or the Commuter Rail Division and
13another Service Board, which contract or agreement may be for
14such number of years or duration as the parties may agree, all
15as provided in the "Regional Transportation Authority Act";
16and
17    (d) (blank); to borrow money for the purpose of acquiring,
18constructing, reconstructing, extending, or improving any
19Public Transportation Facilities (as defined in Section 1.03
20of the Regional Transportation Authority Act) operated by or
21to be operated by or on behalf of the Commuter Rail Division.
22For the purpose of evidencing the obligation of the Commuter
23Rail Board to repay any money borrowed as provided in this
24subsection, the Commuter Rail Board may issue revenue bonds
25from time to time pursuant to ordinance adopted by the
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1Transportation Authority of each such issuance by the
2affirmative vote of 12 of its then Directors; provided that
3the Commuter Rail Board may not issue bonds for the purpose of
4financing the acquisition, construction, or improvement of a
5corporate headquarters building. All such bonds shall be
6payable solely from the revenues or income or any other funds
7that the Commuter Rail Board may receive, provided that the
8Commuter Rail Board may not pledge as security for such bonds
9the moneys, if any, that the Commuter Rail Board receives from
10the Regional Transportation Authority pursuant to Section
114.03.3(f) of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. The
12bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum
13rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act and shall mature
14at such time or times not exceeding 25 years from their
15respective dates. Bonds issued pursuant to this paragraph must
16be issued with scheduled principal or mandatory redemption
17payments in equal amounts in each fiscal year over the term of
18the bonds, with the first principal or mandatory redemption
19payment scheduled within the fiscal year in which bonds are
20issued or within the next succeeding fiscal year. At least
2125%, based on total principal amount, of all bonds authorized
22pursuant to this Section shall be sold pursuant to notice of
23sale and public bid. No more than 75%, based on total principal
24amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this Section shall
25be sold by negotiated sale. The maximum principal amount of
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1not exceed $1,000,000,000. The bonds shall have all the
2qualities of negotiable instruments under the laws of this
3State. To secure the payment of any or all of such bonds and
4for the purpose of setting forth the covenants and
5undertakings of the Commuter Rail Board in connection with the
6issuance thereof and the issuance of any additional bonds
7payable from such revenue or income as well as the use and
8application of the revenue or income received by the Commuter
9Rail Board, the Commuter Rail Board may execute and deliver a
10trust agreement or agreements; provided that no lien upon any
11physical property of the Commuter Rail Board shall be created
12thereby. A remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any
13such trust agreement by the Commuter Rail Board may be by
14mandamus proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to
15compel performance and compliance therewith, but the trust
16agreement may prescribe by whom or on whose behalf such action
17may be instituted. Under no circumstances shall any bonds
18issued by the Commuter Rail Board or any other obligation of
19the Commuter Rail Board in connection with the issuance of
20such bonds be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the
21State of Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority, or
22any other political subdivision of or municipality within the
23State, nor shall any such bonds or obligations be or become an
24indebtedness of the Commuter Rail Board within the purview of
25any constitutional limitation or provision, and it shall be
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1constitute such an indebtedness or obligation but is payable
2solely from the revenues or income as aforesaid.
3    (e) to oversee the operations and management of the
4Commuter Rail Division;
5    (f) to convey the Authority's goals, priorities, and
6requirements to the Division; and
7    (g) to convey information, concerns, and recommendations
8from the Division to Authority leadership.    
9(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
10    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.10.5 new)
11    Sec. 3B.10.5. Budget and program. The Commuter Rail Board,
12subject to the powers of the Authority, shall by ordinance
13appropriate money to perform the Division's purposes and
14provide for payment of debts and expenses of the Division.
15Each year, as part of the process set forth in Section 4.11,
16the Authority shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual
17budget and proposed 5-year capital program document, and a
18financial plan for the 2 years thereafter describing the state
19of the Division and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year
20and the 2 following years the Division's plans for such
21operations and capital expenditures as it intends to undertake
22and the means by which it intends to finance them. The proposed
23budget, financial plan, and 5-year capital program shall be
24based on the Authority's estimate of funds to be made
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1Authority and shall conform in all respects to the
2requirements established by the Authority. The proposed
3budget, financial plan, and 5-year capital program shall
4contain a statement of the funds estimated to be on hand at the
5beginning of the fiscal year, the funds estimated to be
6received from all sources for such year and the funds
7estimated to be on hand at the end of such year. The fiscal
8year of the Division shall be the same as the fiscal year of
9the Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and 5-year
10capital program shall be included in the Authority's public
11hearings under Section 4.11. The budget, financial plan, and
125-year capital program shall then be finalized by the
13Authority as provided in Section 4.11. The ordinance adopted
14by the Authority as provided in Section 4.11 shall appropriate
15such sums of money as are deemed necessary to defray all
16necessary expenses and obligations of the Division, specifying
17purposes and the objects or programs for which appropriations
18are made and the amount appropriated for each object or
19program. Additional appropriations, transfers between items
20and other changes in such ordinance which do not alter the
21basis upon which the balanced budget determination was made by
22the Board of the Authority may be made from time to time by the
23Commuter Rail Board.
 
24    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.12)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.12)
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1Board with the affirmative vote of 6 7 of its Directors may
2request demand and direct the Board of the Authority to issue
3Working Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts and having
4such maturities as the Commuter Rail Board deems proper,
5provided however any such borrowing shall have been
6specifically identified in the budget of the Commuter Rail
7Board as approved by the Board of the Authority. Provided
8further, that the Commuter Rail Board may not demand and
9direct the Board of the Authority to have issued and have
10outstanding at any time in excess of $20,000,000 in Working
11Cash Notes.
12(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
13    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14.5 new)
14    Sec. 3B.14.5. Visitor paratransit service.
15    (a) Upon certifying that a person is eligible to receive
16complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
17Subpart F or within 10 business days after receiving a
18certified person's request for documentation of eligibility
19for those services, the Commuter Rail Board shall provide the
20person with documentation of the person's certification of
21eligibility for those services.
22    (b) If a person provides the Commuter Rail Board with
23documentation of the person's certification of eligibility to
24receive complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part
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1those services to the person within one business day after
2receiving the documentation.
3    (c) The procedures used by the Commuter Rail Board to
4document a person's certification of eligibility for
5complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
6Subpart F shall not require the disclosure or recording of any
7specific information about an individual's disability.
 
8    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.26)
9    Sec. 3B.26. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
10provided in Section 3B.13, before the Commuter Rail Board may
11enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of
12$100,000, the Commuter Rail Board must submit that contract or
13amendment to the Board for review for a period of 14 days.
14After 14 days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This
15Section applies only to contracts entered into or amended on
16or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
17General Assembly.
18    Before the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority
19may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of
20$100,000, the Board must submit that contract to the Chairman
21and Minority Spokesman of the Transportation Regulations Roads
22and Bridges Mass Transit Committee, or its successor
23committee, of the House of Representatives, and to the
24Chairman and Minority Spokesman of the Transportation
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1(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.27 new)
3    Sec. 3B.27. Agreements with the Northern Indiana Commuter
4Transportation District. The Commuter Rail Division shall not
5enter into any agreement that prohibits trains of the Northern
6Indiana Commuter Transportation District, also known as the
7South Shore Line, from picking up passengers at stations
8operated by the Division. Any agreement in effect on the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
10Assembly shall remain in effect until its expiration and, if
11there is no expiration date provided, the Commuter Rail
12Division shall make best efforts to renegotiate the agreement
13to allow the South Shore Line to pick up passengers at stations
14operated by the Commuter Rail Division. The Commuter Rail
15Division may negotiate the revenue sharing provisions with the
16South Shore Line as the Commuter Rail Division deems
17appropriate.
 
18    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.28 new)
19    Sec. 3B.28. Regional rail scheduling pilot program on the
20Rock Island commuter rail line. By January 1, 2027, the
21Commuter Rail Division shall implement a regional rail
22scheduling pilot program on the Rock Island commuter rail line
23to improve transit access for residents of Will County and
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.29 new)
2    Sec. 3B.29. Planning study on expanding the Metra Electric
3commuter rail line. The Commuter Rail Division shall conduct a
4planning study on expanding the Metra Electric commuter rail
5line from University Park to Kankakee.
     
6    (70 ILCS 3615/4.01)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01)
7    Sec. 4.01. Budget and Program.
8    (a) The Board shall control the finances of the Authority.
9It shall, by ordinance adopted by a supermajority the
10affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors :    
11        (1) (i) appropriate money to perform the Authority's
12    purposes and provide for payment of debts and expenses of
13    the Authority; , (ii)    
14        (2) until the new budget process under subsection
15    (a-20) is implemented on January 1, 2027, take action with
16    respect to the budget and 2-year two-year financial plan
17    of each Service Board, as provided in Section 4.11; , and
18        (3) until the new budget process under subsection
19    (a-20) is implemented on January 1, 2027, (iii) adopt an
20    Annual Budget and 2-Year Two-Year Financial Plan for the
21    Authority that includes the Annual Budget annual budget    
22    and 2-Year two-year financial plan of each Service Board
23    that has been approved by the Authority.
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1shall contain a statement of the funds estimated to be on hand
2for the Authority and each Service Board at the beginning of
3the fiscal year, the funds estimated to be received from all
4sources for such year, the estimated expenses and obligations
5of the Authority and each Service Board for all purposes,
6including expenses for contributions to be made with respect
7to pension and other employee benefits, and the funds
8estimated to be on hand at the end of such year.
9    (a-10) The fiscal year of the Authority and each Service
10Board shall begin on January 1st and end on the succeeding
11December 31st.
12    (a-15) Until January 1, 2027, the Annual Budget and 2-Year
13Financial Plan shall be prepared as follows:    
14        (1) By July 1st of each year the Director of the
15    Illinois Governor's Office of Management and Budget
16    (formerly Bureau of the Budget) shall submit to the
17    Authority an estimate of revenues for the next fiscal year
18    of the Authority to be collected from the taxes imposed by
19    the Authority and the amounts to be available in the
20    Public Transportation Fund and the Northern Illinois
21    Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund    
22    Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
23    Replacement Fund and the amounts otherwise to be
24    appropriated by the State to the Authority for its
25    purposes. Before a proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
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1    least one public hearing in the metropolitan region and
2    meet with the county board, or its designee, of each of the
3    counties in the metropolitan region. After an Annual
4    Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan is adopted, the Authority
5    shall file a copy of the Annual Budget and 2-Year
6    Financial Plan with the General Assembly and the Governor.    
7        (2) After conducting the hearings and holding the
8    meetings required under this subsection and after making
9    the changes in the proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
10    Financial Plan that the Authority deems appropriate, the
11    Board shall adopt its annual appropriation and Annual
12    Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan ordinance before November
13    30. The ordinance may be adopted by the Board only upon a
14    supermajority vote. The ordinance shall appropriate the
15    sums of money as are deemed necessary to defray all
16    necessary expenses and obligations of the Authority and
17    the Service Boards, specifying the purposes and the
18    objects or programs for which appropriations are made and
19    the amount appropriated for each object or program.
20    Additional appropriations, transfers between items and
21    other changes in the ordinance may be made from time to
22    time by the Board upon a supermajority vote.
23    (a-20) Beginning January 1, 2027, the Annual Budget and
242-Year Financial Plan shall be prepared as follows:    
25        (1) By July 1st of each year the Director of the
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1    submit to the Authority an estimate of revenues for the
2    next fiscal year of the Authority to be collected from the
3    taxes imposed by the Authority and the amounts to be
4    available in the Public Transportation Fund and the
5    Northern Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax
6    Replacement Fund and the amounts otherwise to be
7    appropriated by the State to the Authority for its
8    purposes. Before the Board may adopt its annual
9    appropriation and Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan
10    ordinance, based on the information provided by the
11    Director of the Illinois Governor's Office of Management
12    and Budget and the estimates of amounts to be available
13    from the State and other sources to the Service boards,
14    the Board shall advise each Service board on the amounts
15    estimated to be available for the Service Board during the
16    upcoming fiscal year and the 2 following fiscal years and
17    the times at which the amounts shall be available.
18        (2) Before the Board may adopt its annual
19    appropriation and Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan
20    ordinance, the Board shall provide the Service Boards with
21    a proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan. At the
22    same time that it provides a copy of the proposed Annual
23    Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan to the Service Boards,
24    the Board shall make the proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
25    Financial Plan budget available to the public on its
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1    hearings on the proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
2    Financial Plan in Cook County and at least one public
3    hearing in each of the other counties in the metropolitan
4    region. In addition, the Authority shall meet with the
5    county board, or its designee, of each of the counties in
6    the metropolitan region.
7        (3) Before the Board adopts the Authority's annual
8    appropriation and Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan
9    ordinance, the Service boards shall review the proposed
10    Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan and shall adopt,
11    by the affirmative vote of a majority of each Service
12    Board's then Directors, a budget recommendation ordinance
13    describing any modifications to the Board's proposed
14    Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan that are deemed
15    necessary by the Service Boards to provide the service
16    described in the regionwide Service Plan adopted by the
17    Authority.
18        (4) The Authority shall file a copy of its Annual
19    Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan with the General
20    Assembly and the Governor after its adoption. Before the
21    proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan is
22    adopted, the Authority shall hold at least one public
23    hearing thereon in the metropolitan region, and shall meet
24    with the county board or its designee of each of the
25    several counties in the metropolitan region. After
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1    required under this subsection and after making the such    
2    changes in the proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year Two-Year    
3    Financial Plan as the Authority Board deems appropriate,
4    the Authority Board shall adopt its annual appropriation
5    and Annual Budget and 2-Year Two-Year Financial Plan
6    ordinance. The ordinance may be adopted only upon a
7    supermajority vote the affirmative votes of 12 of its then
8    Directors. The ordinance shall appropriate such sums of
9    money as are deemed necessary to defray all necessary
10    expenses and obligations of the Authority and the Service
11    Boards, specifying purposes and the objects or programs
12    for which appropriations are made and the amount
13    appropriated for each object or program. Additional
14    appropriations, transfers between items and other changes
15    in such ordinance may be made from time to time by the
16    Board upon a supermajority vote the affirmative votes of
17    12 of its then Directors.
18    (b) The Annual Budget and 2-Year Two-Year Financial Plan
19shall show a balance between anticipated revenues from all
20sources and anticipated expenses including funding of
21operating deficits or the discharge of encumbrances incurred
22in prior periods and payment of principal and interest when
23due, and shall show cash balances sufficient to pay with
24reasonable promptness all obligations and expenses as
25incurred.
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1and 2-Year Financial Plan with the General Assembly and the
2Governor after its adoption.    
3    The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan must show:
4        (i) that the level of fares and charges for mass
5    transportation provided by, or under grant or purchase of
6    service contracts of, the Service Boards is sufficient to
7    cause the aggregate of all projected fare revenues from
8    such fares and charges received in each fiscal year to
9    equal at least 50% of the aggregate costs of providing
10    such public transportation in such fiscal year. However,
11    due to the fiscal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the
12    aggregate of all projected fare revenues from such fares
13    and charges received in fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023,
14    2024, and 2025 may be less than 50% of the aggregate costs
15    of providing such public transportation in those fiscal
16    years. "Fare revenues" include the proceeds of all fares
17    and charges for services provided, contributions received
18    in connection with public transportation from units of
19    local government other than the Authority, except for
20    contributions received by the Chicago Transit Authority
21    from a real estate transfer tax imposed under subsection
22    (i) of Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and
23    from the State pursuant to subsection (i) of Section
24    2705-305 of the Department of Transportation Law (20 ILCS
25    2705/2705-305), and all other operating revenues properly
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1    principles but do not include: the proceeds of any
2    borrowings, and, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, all
3    revenues and receipts, including but not limited to fares
4    and grants received from the federal, State or any unit of
5    local government or other entity, derived from providing
6    ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section 2.30 of the
7    Regional Transportation Authority Act. "Costs" include all
8    items properly included as operating costs consistent with
9    generally accepted accounting principles, including
10    administrative costs, but do not include: depreciation;
11    payment of principal and interest on bonds, notes or other
12    evidences of obligation for borrowed money issued by the
13    Authority; payments with respect to public transportation
14    facilities made pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 2.20
15    of this Act; any payments with respect to rate protection
16    contracts, credit enhancements or liquidity agreements
17    made under Section 4.14; any other cost to which it is
18    reasonably expected that a cash expenditure will not be
19    made; costs for passenger security including grants,
20    contracts, personnel, equipment and administrative
21    expenses, except in the case of the Chicago Transit
22    Authority, in which case the term does not include costs
23    spent annually by that entity for protection against crime
24    as required by Section 27a of the Metropolitan Transit
25    Authority Act; the payment by the Chicago Transit
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1    the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, on bonds or notes
2    issued pursuant to that Section; the payment by the
3    Commuter Rail Division of debt service on bonds issued
4    pursuant to Section 3B.09; expenses incurred by the
5    Suburban Bus Division for the cost of new public
6    transportation services funded from grants pursuant to
7    Section 2.01e of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
8    Assembly for a period of 2 years from the date of
9    initiation of each such service; costs as exempted by the
10    Board for projects pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act;
11    or, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related
12    to providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section
13    2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; and in
14    fiscal years 2008 through 2012 inclusive, costs in the
15    amount of $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by
16    $40,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter until this
17    exemption is eliminated; and
18        (ii) that the level of fares charged for ADA
19    paratransit services is sufficient to cause the aggregate
20    of all projected revenues from such fares charged and
21    received in each fiscal year to equal at least 10% of the
22    aggregate costs of providing such ADA paratransit
23    services. However, due to the fiscal impacts of the
24    COVID-19 pandemic, the aggregate of all projected fare
25    revenues from such fares and charges received in fiscal
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1    of the aggregate costs of providing such ADA paratransit
2    services in those fiscal years. For purposes of this Act,
3    the percentages in this subsection (b)(ii) shall be
4    referred to as the "system generated ADA paratransit
5    services revenue recovery ratio". For purposes of the
6    system generated ADA paratransit services revenue recovery
7    ratio, "costs" shall include all items properly included
8    as operating costs consistent with generally accepted
9    accounting principles. However, the Board may exclude from
10    costs an amount that does not exceed the allowable
11    "capital costs of contracting" for ADA paratransit
12    services pursuant to the Federal Transit Administration
13    guidelines for the Urbanized Area Formula Program.    
14    The Authority shall file a statement certifying that the
15Service Boards published the data described in subsection
16(b-5) with the General Assembly and the Governor after
17adoption of the Annual Budget and 2-Year Two-Year Financial
18Plan required by subsection (a). If the Authority fails to
19file a statement certifying publication of the data, then the
20appropriations to the Department of Transportation for grants
21to the Authority intended to reimburse the Service Boards for
22providing free and reduced fares shall be withheld.
23    (b-5) Each fiscal year For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the
24Service Boards must publish a monthly comprehensive set of
25data regarding transit service and safety. The data included
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1        (1) staffing levels, including numbers of budgeted
2    positions, current positions employed, hired staff,
3    attrition, staff in training, and absenteeism rates;
4        (2) scheduled service and delivered service, including
5    percentage of scheduled service delivered by day, service
6    by mode of transportation, service by route and rail line,
7    total number of revenue miles driven, excess wait times by
8    day, by mode of transportation, by bus route, and by stop;
9    and
10        (3) safety on the system, including the number of
11    incidents of crime and code of conduct violations on
12    system, any performance measures used to evaluate the
13    effectiveness of investments in private security, safety
14    equipment, and other security investments in the system.
15    If no performance measures exist to evaluate the
16    effectiveness of these safety investments, the Service
17    Boards and Authority shall develop and publish these
18    performance measures.
19    The Authority and Service Boards shall solicit input and
20ideas on publishing data on the service reliability,
21operations, and safety of the system from the public and
22groups representing transit riders, workers, and businesses.
23    (c) The actual administrative expenses of the Authority
24for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1985 may not exceed
25$5,000,000. The actual administrative expenses of the
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1for each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed the maximum
2administrative expenses for the previous fiscal year plus 5%,
3except that this limitation shall not apply to fiscal years
4beginning on January 1, 2026, and ending on or before December
531, 2027. "Administrative expenses" are defined for purposes
6of this Section as all expenses except: (1) capital expenses
7and purchases of the Authority on behalf of the Service
8Boards; (2) payments to Service Boards; and (3) payment of
9principal and interest on bonds, notes or other evidence of
10obligation for borrowed money issued by the Authority; (4)
11costs for passenger security including grants, contracts,
12personnel, equipment and administrative expenses; (5) payments
13with respect to public transportation facilities made pursuant
14to subsection (b) of Section 2.20 of this Act; and (6) any
15payments with respect to rate protection contracts, credit
16enhancements or liquidity agreements made pursuant to Section
174.14.
18    (d) This subsection becomes inoperative on January 1,
192027. This subsection applies only until the Department begins
20administering and enforcing an increased tax under Section
214.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th
22General Assembly. After withholding 15% of the proceeds of any
23tax imposed by the Authority and 15% of money received by the
24Authority from the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
25Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
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1remaining to the Service Boards as follows: (1) an amount
2equal to 85% of the proceeds of those taxes collected within
3the City of Chicago and 85% of the money received by the
4Authority on account of transfers to the Northern Illinois
5Transit Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use
6Tax Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District
7Fund attributable to retail sales within the City of Chicago
8shall be allocated to the Chicago Transit Authority; (2) an
9amount equal to 85% of the proceeds of those taxes collected
10within Cook County outside the City of Chicago and 85% of the
11money received by the Authority on account of transfers to the
12Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
13Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the County and
14Mass Transit District Fund attributable to retail sales within
15Cook County outside of the city of Chicago shall be allocated
1630% to the Chicago Transit Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail
17Board and 15% to the Suburban Bus Board; and (3) an amount
18equal to 85% of the proceeds of the taxes collected within the
19Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will shall be
20allocated 70% to the Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the
21Suburban Bus Board.
22    (e) This subsection becomes inoperative on January 1,
232027. This subsection applies only until the Department begins
24administering and enforcing an increased tax under Section
254.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th
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1of transfers to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
2Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
3Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall be
4allocated among the Authority and the Service Boards as
5follows: 15% of such moneys shall be retained by the Authority
6and the remaining 85% shall be transferred to the Service
7Boards as soon as may be practicable after the Authority
8receives payment. Moneys which are distributable to the
9Service Boards pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be
10allocated among the Service Boards on the basis of each
11Service Board's distribution ratio. The term "distribution
12ratio" means, for purposes of this subsection (e) of this
13Section 4.01, the ratio of the total amount distributed to a
14Service Board pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 4.01 for
15the immediately preceding calendar year to the total amount
16distributed to all of the Service Boards pursuant to
17subsection (d) of Section 4.01 for the immediately preceding
18calendar year.
19    (f) To carry out its duties and responsibilities under
20this Act, the Board shall employ staff which shall:
21        (1) propose for adoption by the Board of the Authority
22    rules for the Service Boards that establish (i) forms and
23    schedules to be used and information required to be
24    provided with respect to a 5-Year Capital Program    
25    five-year capital program, an Annual Budget annual
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1    Board's annual budget and 2-year financial plan, two-year
2    financial plans and regular reporting of actual results
3    against adopted budgets and financial plans, (ii)
4    financial practices to be followed in the budgeting and
5    expenditure of public funds, (iii) assumptions and
6    projections that must be followed in preparing and
7    submitting its Annual Budget annual budget and 2-Year
8    Financial Plan two-year financial plan or a 5-Year Capital
9    Program five-year capital program;
10        (2) evaluate for the Board public transportation
11    programs operated or proposed by the Service Boards and
12    Transportation Agencies transportation agencies in terms
13    of the goals and objectives set out in the Strategic Plan;
14        (3) keep the Board and the public informed of the
15    extent to which the Service Boards and Transportation
16    Agencies transportation agencies are meeting the goals and
17    objectives adopted by the Authority in the Strategic Plan;
18    and
19        (4) assess the efficiency or adequacy of public
20    transportation services provided by a Service Board and
21    make recommendations for change in that service to the end
22    that the moneys available to the Authority may be expended
23    in the most economical manner possible with the least
24    possible duplication.
25    (g) All Service Boards, Transportation Agencies    
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1including the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, or
2transportation planning agencies in the metropolitan region
3shall furnish to the Authority such information pertaining to
4public transportation or relevant for plans therefor as it may
5from time to time require. The Executive Director, or his or
6her designee, shall, for the purpose of securing any such
7information necessary or appropriate to carry out any of the
8powers and responsibilities of the Authority under this Act,
9have access to, and the right to examine, all books,
10documents, papers or records of a Service Board or any
11Transportation Agency transportation agency receiving funds
12from the Authority or Service Board, and such Service Board or
13Transportation Agency transportation agency shall comply with
14any request by the Executive Director, or his or her designee,
15within 30 days or an extended time provided by the Executive
16Director.
17    (h) No Service Board shall undertake any capital
18improvement which is not identified in the 5-Year Five-Year    
19Capital Program.
20    (i) Each Service Board shall furnish to the Board access
21to its financial information including, but not limited to,
22audits and reports. The Board shall have real-time access to
23the financial information of the Service Boards; however, the
24Board shall be granted read-only access to the Service Board's
25financial information.
26(Source: P.A. 102-678, eff. 12-10-21; 103-281, eff. 1-1-24.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 3615/4.01b new)
2    Sec. 4.01b. System generated revenue recovery ratios.    
3    (a) As used in this Section:
4    "Costs" includes all items properly included as operating
5costs consistent with generally accepted accounting principles
6incurred by the Authority and its Service Boards. "Costs" does
7not include costs related to providing ADA paratransit
8service.
9    "System generated revenue" includes passenger fares and
10ancillary revenue from sources such as the lease of space,
11advertising, and investment income.
12    (b) The Authority shall determine the ratio of system
13generated revenues for public transportation in the
14metropolitan region compared to the aggregate of all costs of
15providing public transportation.
16    (c) Until January 1, 2029, the Authority shall report its
17system generated revenue recovery ratio as part of the
18Authority's Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan.
19        (1) The Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan must
20    show that the system generated revenue received in each
21    fiscal year shall equal at least 25% of the costs of
22    providing public transportation in that fiscal year. The
23    Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan must show that the
24    level of fares charged and received in each fiscal year
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1    providing ADA paratransit services.
2        (2) The Authority shall file a statement certifying
3    that the Service Boards published the data described in
4    this Section with the General Assembly and the Governor
5    after adoption of the Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial
6    Plan. If the Authority fails to file a statement
7    certifying the system generated revenue recovery ratio as
8    required in this Section, then the appropriations to the
9    Department of Transportation for grants to the Authority
10    intended to reimburse the Service Boards for providing
11    free and reduced fares shall be withheld.
12        (3) If the system generated revenues are less than 25%
13    of said costs, then the Board shall remit an amount equal
14    to the amount of the deficit to the State. The Treasurer
15    shall deposit any payment made under this paragraph in the
16    Road Fund. However, due to the ongoing fiscal impact of
17    the COVID-19 pandemic this requirement shall not apply to
18    fiscal year 2026.
19    (d) Beginning January 1, 2029, the Authority shall report
20its system generated revenue recovery ratio within 6 months of
21the end of each fiscal year. If the Authority's system
22generated revenue recovery ratio falls below 20% for 2
23consecutive years, then the Board of Directors shall:
24        (1) report this fact to the General Assembly and the
25    Governor and provide a summary of fare adjustments made
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1        (2) consider whether additional fare adjustments or
2    other changes are necessary to increase system generated
3    revenue, reduce costs, or both.
4    (e) Nothing in this Section shall diminish or impair the
5rights of any employee employed by the Authority or any
6Service Board or any organization of employees representing
7employees of the Authority or any Service Board.
8    (f) The Authority shall separately calculate a system
9generated revenue recovery ratio for ADA paratransit service.
10The Authority shall report this ratio in its annual
11certification under subsection (d) Section 2.02 and shall take
12the actions required under subsection (c) of this Section if
13the ADA paratransit service system generated recovery ratio
14falls below 5% for 2 consecutive years.
15    (g) The Authority shall document the system generated
16recovery ratio in the Authority's Annual Budget and 2-Year
17Financial Plan.
18    (h) Upon the request of the House of Representatives or
19the Senate, the Chair of the Board of the Authority, the chair
20of the board of a Service Board, or any other employee of the
21Authority or Service Board requested by the House of
22Representatives or Senate shall attend a hearing before the
23House of Representatives or Senate regarding the reported
24system generated revenue recovery ratios.
 
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1    Sec. 4.03. Taxes and surcharges.
2    (a) In order to carry out any of the powers or purposes of
3the Authority, the Board may, by ordinance approved by a
4supermajority vote adopted with the concurrence of 12 of the
5then Directors, impose throughout the metropolitan region any
6or all of the taxes provided in this Section. Except as
7otherwise provided in this Act, taxes and surcharges imposed
8under this Section and civil penalties imposed incident
9thereto shall be collected and enforced by the State    
10Department of Revenue. The Department shall have the power to
11administer and enforce the taxes and surcharges and to
12determine all rights for refunds for erroneous payments of the
13taxes and surcharges. Nothing in Public Act 95-708 is intended
14to invalidate any taxes currently imposed by the Authority.
15The increased vote requirements to impose a tax shall only
16apply to actions taken after January 1, 2008 (the effective
17date of Public Act 95-708).
18    (b) The Board may impose a public transportation tax upon
19all persons engaged in the metropolitan region in the business
20of selling at retail motor fuel for operation of motor
21vehicles upon public highways. The tax shall be at a rate not
22to exceed 5% of the gross receipts from the sales of motor fuel
23in the course of the business. As used in this Act, the term
24"motor fuel" shall have the same meaning as in the Motor Fuel
25Tax Law. The Board may provide for details of the tax. The
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1practicable, to the provisions of the Municipal Retailers
2Occupation Tax Act, including, without limitation, conformity
3to penalties with respect to the tax imposed and as to the
4powers of the State Department of Revenue to promulgate and
5enforce rules and regulations relating to the administration
6and enforcement of the provisions of the tax imposed, except
7that reference in the Act to any municipality shall refer to
8the Authority and the tax shall be imposed only with regard to
9receipts from sales of motor fuel in the metropolitan region,
10at rates as limited by this Section.
11    (c) In connection with the tax imposed under paragraph (b)
12of this Section, the Board may impose a tax upon the privilege
13of using in the metropolitan region motor fuel for the
14operation of a motor vehicle upon public highways, the tax to
15be at a rate not in excess of the rate of tax imposed under
16paragraph (b) of this Section. The Board may provide for
17details of the tax.
18    (d) The Board may impose a motor vehicle parking tax upon
19the privilege of parking motor vehicles at off-street parking
20facilities in the metropolitan region at which a fee is
21charged, and may provide for reasonable classifications in and
22exemptions to the tax, for administration and enforcement
23thereof and for civil penalties and refunds thereunder and may
24provide criminal penalties thereunder, the maximum penalties
25not to exceed the maximum criminal penalties provided in the
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1enforce the tax itself or by contract with any unit of local
2government. The State Department of Revenue shall have no
3responsibility for the collection and enforcement unless the
4Department agrees with the Authority to undertake the
5collection and enforcement. As used in this paragraph, the
6term "parking facility" means a parking area or structure
7having parking spaces for more than 2 vehicles at which motor
8vehicles are permitted to park in return for an hourly, daily,
9or other periodic fee, whether publicly or privately owned,
10but does not include parking spaces on a public street, the use
11of which is regulated by parking meters.
12    (e) The Board may impose a Northern Illinois Transit    
13Regional Transportation Authority Retailers' Occupation Tax
14upon all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible
15personal property at retail in the metropolitan region. In
16Cook County, before the effective date of this amendatory Act
17of the 104th General Assembly, the tax rate shall be 1.25% of
18the gross receipts from sales of food for human consumption
19that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold (other
20than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or infused with
21adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food that has been
22prepared for immediate consumption) and tangible personal
23property taxed at the 1% rate under the Retailers' Occupation
24Tax Act, and 1% of the gross receipts from other taxable sales
25made in the course of that business. In Cook County, on and
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1General Assembly, the tax rate shall be 1.5% of the gross
2receipts from sales of food for human consumption that is to be
3consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than
4alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or infused with adult
5use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food that has been
6prepared for immediate consumption) and tangible personal
7property taxed at the 1% rate under the Retailers' Occupation
8Tax Act, and 1.25% of the gross receipts from other taxable
9sales made in the course of that business. In DuPage, Kane,
10Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, before the effective date of
11this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the tax
12rate shall be 0.75% of the gross receipts from all taxable
13sales made in the course of that business. In DuPage, Kane,
14Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, on and after the effective
15date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
16tax rate shall be 1% of the gross receipts from all taxable
17sales made in the course of that business. The rate of tax
18imposed in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties
19under this Section on sales of aviation fuel on or after
20December 1, 2019 shall, however, be 0.25% unless the Regional
21Transportation Authority in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and
22Will counties has an "airport-related purpose" and the
23additional 0.50% of the 0.75% tax (or 0.75% of 1% tax on and
24after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
25General Assembly) on aviation fuel is expended for
26airport-related purposes. If there is no airport-related

 

 

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1purpose to which aviation fuel tax revenue is dedicated, then
2aviation fuel is excluded from the additional 0.50% of the
30.75% tax. The tax imposed under this Section and all civil
4penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
5collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
6Department shall have full power to administer and enforce
7this Section; to collect all taxes and penalties so collected
8in the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine all
9rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous
10payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the administration of,
11and compliance with this Section, the Department and persons
12who are subject to this Section shall have the same rights,
13remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, and be
14subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations,
15penalties, exclusions, exemptions, and definitions of terms,
16and employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in
17Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 2 through 2-65
18(in respect to all provisions therein other than the State
19rate of tax), 2c, 3 (except as to the disposition of taxes and
20penalties collected, and except that the retailer's discount
21is not allowed for taxes paid on aviation fuel that are subject
22to the revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49
23U.S.C. 47133), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j,
245k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the
25Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform
26Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were

 

 

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1set forth herein.
2    The Board and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
3counties must comply with the certification requirements for
4airport-related purposes under Section 2-22 of the Retailers'
5Occupation Tax Act. For purposes of this Section,
6"airport-related purposes" has the meaning ascribed in Section
76z-20.2 of the State Finance Act. This exclusion for aviation
8fuel only applies for so long as the revenue use requirements
9of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the
10Authority.
11    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
12granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their
13seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the tax
14as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
15combination in a single amount with State taxes that sellers
16are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, under any
17bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
18    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
19made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
20credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
21Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
22amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
23from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
24Treasurer out of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
25Transportation Authority tax fund established under paragraph
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1Fund, as appropriate.
2    If a tax is imposed under this subsection (e), a tax shall
3also be imposed under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section.
4    For the purpose of determining whether a tax authorized
5under this Section is applicable, a retail sale by a producer
6of coal or other mineral mined in Illinois, is a sale at retail
7at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois
8is extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to
9coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
10seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the
11sale is exempt under the Federal Constitution as a sale in
12interstate or foreign commerce.
13    No tax shall be imposed or collected under this subsection
14on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of
15another state if that motor vehicle will not be titled in this
16State.
17    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize
18the Regional Transportation Authority to impose a tax upon the
19privilege of engaging in any business that under the
20Constitution of the United States may not be made the subject
21of taxation by this State.
22    (f) If a tax has been imposed under paragraph (e), a
23Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
24Service Occupation Tax shall also be imposed upon all persons
25engaged, in the metropolitan region in the business of making
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1service, transfer tangible personal property within the
2metropolitan region, either in the form of tangible personal
3property or in the form of real estate as an incident to a sale
4of service. In Cook County, before the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the tax rate
6shall be: (1) 1.25% of the serviceman's cost price of food
7prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident to
8a sale of service subject to the service occupation tax by an
9entity that is located in the metropolitan region and that is
10licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home
11Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the
12Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the
13ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Child Care Act
14of 1969, or an entity that holds a permit issued pursuant to
15the Life Care Facilities Act; (2) 1.25% of the selling price of
16food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
17premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages,
18food consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft
19drinks, candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate
20consumption) and tangible personal property taxed at the 1%
21rate under the Service Occupation Tax Act; and (3) 1% of the
22selling price from other taxable sales of tangible personal
23property transferred. In Cook County, on and after the
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
25Assembly, the tax rate shall be: (1) 1.5% of the serviceman's
26cost price of food prepared for immediate consumption and

 

 

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1transferred incident to a sale of service subject to the
2service occupation tax by an entity that is located in the
3metropolitan region and that is licensed under the Hospital
4Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Assisted Living
5and Shared Housing Act, the Specialized Mental Health
6Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the
7MC/DD Act, or the Child Care Act of 1969, or an entity that
8holds a permit issued pursuant to the Life Care Facilities
9Act; (2) 1.5% of the selling price of food for human
10consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is
11sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or
12infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food
13that has been prepared for immediate consumption) and tangible
14personal property taxed at the 1% rate under the Service
15Occupation Tax Act; and (3) 1.25% of the selling price from
16other taxable sales of tangible personal property transferred.    
17In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, before the
18effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
19Assembly, the rate shall be 0.75% of the selling price of all
20tangible personal property transferred. In DuPage, Kane, Lake,
21McHenry, and Will counties, on and after the effective date of
22this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the rate
23shall be 1% of the selling price of all tangible personal
24property transferred. The rate of tax imposed in DuPage, Kane,
25Lake, McHenry, and Will counties under this Section on sales
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1be 0.25% unless the Regional Transportation Authority in
2DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties has an
3"airport-related purpose" and the additional 0.50% of the
40.75% (or 0.75% of 1% tax on and after the effective date of
5this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly) tax on
6aviation fuel is expended for airport-related purposes. If
7there is no airport-related purpose to which aviation fuel tax
8revenue is dedicated, then aviation fuel is excluded from the
9additional 0.5% of the 0.75% tax.
10    The Board and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
11counties must comply with the certification requirements for
12airport-related purposes under Section 2-22 of the Retailers'
13Occupation Tax Act. For purposes of this Section,
14"airport-related purposes" has the meaning ascribed in Section
156z-20.2 of the State Finance Act. This exclusion for aviation
16fuel only applies for so long as the revenue use requirements
17of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the
18Authority.
19    The tax imposed under this paragraph and all civil
20penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
21collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
22Department of Revenue shall have full power to administer and
23enforce this paragraph; to collect all taxes and penalties due
24hereunder; to dispose of taxes and penalties collected in the
25manner hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to
26credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment

 

 

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1of tax or penalty hereunder. In the administration of and
2compliance with this paragraph, the Department and persons who
3are subject to this paragraph shall have the same rights,
4remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, and be
5subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations,
6penalties, exclusions, exemptions, and definitions of terms,
7and employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in
8Sections 1a-1, 2, 2a, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all
9provisions therein other than the State rate of tax), 4
10(except that the reference to the State shall be to the
11Authority), 5, 7, 8 (except that the jurisdiction to which the
12tax shall be a debt to the extent indicated in that Section 8
13shall be the Authority), 9 (except as to the disposition of
14taxes and penalties collected, and except that the returned
15merchandise credit for this tax may not be taken against any
16State tax, and except that the retailer's discount is not
17allowed for taxes paid on aviation fuel that are subject to the
18revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C.
1947133), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section 2b
20of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any
21reference to the State shall mean the Authority), the first
22paragraph of Section 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 of the Service
23Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and
24Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were set forth
25herein.
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1granted in this paragraph may reimburse themselves for their
2serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
3tax as an additional charge, that charge may be stated in
4combination in a single amount with State tax that servicemen
5are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, under
6any bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
7    Whenever the Department of Revenue determines that a
8refund should be made under this paragraph to a claimant
9instead of issuing a credit memorandum, the Department of
10Revenue shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall cause
11the warrant to be drawn for the amount specified, and to the
12person named in the notification from the Department of
13Revenue. The refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of
14the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
15Authority tax fund established under paragraph (n) of this
16Section or the Local Government Aviation Trust Fund, as
17appropriate.
18    Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize
19the Authority to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
20any business that under the Constitution of the United States
21may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
22    (g) If a tax has been imposed under paragraph (e), a tax
23shall also be imposed upon the privilege of using in the
24metropolitan region, any item of tangible personal property
25that is purchased outside the metropolitan region at retail
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1agency of this State's government. In Cook County, before the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
3Assembly, the tax rate shall be 1% of the selling price of the
4tangible personal property, as "selling price" is defined in
5the Use Tax Act. In Cook County, on and after the effective
6date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
7tax rate shall be 1.25% of the selling price of the tangible
8personal property, as "selling price" is defined in the Use
9Tax Act. In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties,
10before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
11General Assembly, the tax rate shall be 0.75% of the selling
12price of the tangible personal property, as "selling price" is
13defined in the Use Tax Act. In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and
14Will counties, on and after the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the tax rate
16shall be 1% of the selling price of the tangible personal
17property, as "selling price" is defined in the Use Tax Act. The
18tax shall be collected from persons whose Illinois address for
19titling or registration purposes is given as being in the
20metropolitan region. The tax shall be collected by the
21Department of Revenue for the Regional Transportation    
22Authority. The tax must be paid to the State, or an exemption
23determination must be obtained from the Department of Revenue,
24before the title or certificate of registration for the
25property may be issued. The tax or proof of exemption may be
26transmitted to the Department by way of the State agency with

 

 

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1which, or the State officer with whom, the tangible personal
2property must be titled or registered if the Department and
3the State agency or State officer determine that this
4procedure will expedite the processing of applications for
5title or registration.
6    The Department shall have full power to administer and
7enforce this paragraph; to collect all taxes, penalties, and
8interest due hereunder; to dispose of taxes, penalties, and
9interest collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to
10determine all rights to credit memoranda or refunds arising on
11account of the erroneous payment of tax, penalty, or interest
12hereunder. In the administration of and compliance with this
13paragraph, the Department and persons who are subject to this
14paragraph shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
15immunities, powers, and duties, and be subject to the same
16conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, exclusions,
17exemptions, and definitions of terms and employ the same modes
18of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except the
19definition of "retailer maintaining a place of business in
20this State"), 3 through 3-80 (except provisions pertaining to
21the State rate of tax, and except provisions concerning
22collection or refunding of the tax by retailers), 4, 11, 12,
2312a, 14, 15, 19 (except the portions pertaining to claims by
24retailers and except the last paragraph concerning refunds),
2520, 21, and 22 of the Use Tax Act, and are not inconsistent
26with this paragraph, as fully as if those provisions were set

 

 

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1forth herein.
2    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
3made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
4credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
5Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
6amount specified, and to the person named in the notification
7from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
8Treasurer out of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
9Transportation Authority tax fund established under paragraph
10(n) of this Section.
11    (g-5) If, on January 1, 2025, a unit of local government
12has in effect a tax under subsections (e), (f), and (g), or if,
13after January 1, 2025, a unit of local government imposes a tax
14under subsections (e), (f), and (g), then that tax applies to
15leases of tangible personal property in effect, entered into,
16or renewed on or after that date in the same manner as the tax
17under this Section and in accordance with the changes made by
18Public Act 103-592 this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
19Assembly.
20    (h) The Authority may impose a replacement vehicle tax of
21$50 on any passenger car as defined in Section 1-157 of the
22Illinois Vehicle Code purchased within the metropolitan region
23by or on behalf of an insurance company to replace a passenger
24car of an insured person in settlement of a total loss claim.
25The tax imposed may not become effective before the first day
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1the tax and receipt of a certified copy of the ordinance by the
2Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall collect
3the tax for the Authority in accordance with Sections 3-2002
4and 3-2003 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
5    The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
6Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes collected
7hereunder.
8    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
9beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the
10Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order
11transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR
12Bonds Revenue Fund the local sales tax increment, as defined
13in the Innovation Development and Economy Act, collected under
14this Section during the second preceding calendar month for
15sales within a STAR bond district.
16    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
17on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
18Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
19disbursement of stated sums of money to the Authority. The
20amount to be paid to the Authority shall be the amount
21collected hereunder during the second preceding calendar month
22by the Department, less any amount determined by the
23Department to be necessary for the payment of refunds, and
24less any amounts that are transferred to the STAR Bonds
25Revenue Fund. Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller
26of the disbursement certification to the Authority provided

 

 

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1for in this Section to be given to the Comptroller by the
2Department, the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn
3for that amount in accordance with the directions contained in
4the certification.
5    (i) The Board may not impose any other taxes except as it
6may from time to time be authorized by law to impose.
7    (j) A certificate of registration issued by the State    
8Department of Revenue to a retailer under the Retailers'
9Occupation Tax Act or under the Service Occupation Tax Act
10shall permit the registrant to engage in a business that is
11taxed under the tax imposed under paragraphs (b), (e), (f) or
12(g) of this Section and no additional registration shall be
13required under the tax. A certificate issued under the Use Tax
14Act or the Service Use Tax Act shall be applicable with regard
15to any tax imposed under paragraph (c) of this Section.
16    (k) The provisions of any tax imposed under paragraph (c)
17of this Section shall conform as closely as may be practicable
18to the provisions of the Use Tax Act, including, without
19limitation, conformity as to penalties with respect to the tax
20imposed and as to the powers of the State Department of Revenue
21to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations relating to
22the administration and enforcement of the provisions of the
23tax imposed. The taxes shall be imposed only on use within the
24metropolitan region and at rates as provided in the paragraph.
25    (l) The Board in imposing any tax as provided in
26paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section, shall, after seeking

 

 

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1the advice of the State Department of Revenue, provide means
2for retailers, users or purchasers of motor fuel for purposes
3other than those with regard to which the taxes may be imposed
4as provided in those paragraphs to receive refunds of taxes
5improperly paid, which provisions may be at variance with the
6refund provisions as applicable under the Municipal Retailers
7Occupation Tax Act. The State Department of Revenue may
8provide for certificates of registration for users or
9purchasers of motor fuel for purposes other than those with
10regard to which taxes may be imposed as provided in paragraphs
11(b) and (c) of this Section to facilitate the reporting and
12nontaxability of the exempt sales or uses.
13    (m) Any ordinance imposing or discontinuing any tax under
14this Section shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
15filed with the Department on or before June 1, whereupon the
16Department of Revenue shall proceed to administer and enforce
17this Section on behalf of the Regional Transportation    
18Authority as of September 1 next following such adoption and
19filing. Beginning January 1, 1992, an ordinance or resolution
20imposing or discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted
21and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or
22before the first day of July, whereupon the Department shall
23proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the first
24day of October next following such adoption and filing.
25Beginning January 1, 1993, an ordinance or resolution
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1hereunder shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed
2with the Department, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
3administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of the
4first month to occur not less than 60 days following such
5adoption and filing. Any ordinance or resolution of the
6Authority imposing a tax under this Section and in effect on
7August 1, 2007 shall remain in full force and effect and shall
8be administered by the Department of Revenue under the terms
9and conditions and rates of tax established by such ordinance
10or resolution until the Department begins administering and
11enforcing an increased tax under this Section as authorized by
12Public Act 95-708. The tax rates authorized by Public Act
1395-708 are effective only if imposed by ordinance of the
14Authority.
15    (n) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (n),
16the State Department of Revenue shall, upon collecting any
17taxes as provided in this Section, pay the taxes over to the
18State Treasurer as trustee for the Authority. The taxes shall
19be held in a trust fund outside the State treasury Treasury. If
20an airport-related purpose has been certified, taxes and
21penalties collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will
22counties on aviation fuel sold on or after December 1, 2019
23from the 0.50% of the 0.75% rate shall be immediately paid over
24by the Department to the State Treasurer, ex officio, as
25trustee, for deposit into the Local Government Aviation Trust
26Fund. The Department shall only pay moneys into the Local

 

 

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1Government Aviation Trust Fund under this Act for so long as
2the revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49
3U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the Authority. On or before the
425th day of each calendar month, the State Department of
5Revenue shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller of the
6State of Illinois and to the Authority (i) the amount of taxes
7collected in each county other than Cook County in the
8metropolitan region, (not including, if an airport-related
9purpose has been certified, the taxes and penalties collected
10from the 0.50% of the 0.75% rate on aviation fuel sold on or
11after December 1, 2019 that are deposited into the Local
12Government Aviation Trust Fund) (ii) the amount of taxes
13collected within the City of Chicago, and (iii) the amount
14collected in that portion of Cook County outside of Chicago,
15each amount less the amount necessary for the payment of
16refunds to taxpayers located in those areas described in items
17(i), (ii), and (iii), and less 1.5% of the remainder, which
18shall be transferred from the trust fund into the Tax
19Compliance and Administration Fund. The Department, at the
20time of each monthly disbursement to the Authority, shall
21prepare and certify to the State Comptroller the amount to be
22transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
23under this subsection. Within 10 days after receipt by the
24Comptroller of the certification of the amounts, the
25Comptroller shall cause an order to be drawn for the transfer
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1Administration Fund and the payment of two-thirds of the
2amounts certified in item (i) of this subsection to the
3Authority and one-third of the amounts certified in item (i)
4of this subsection to the respective counties other than Cook
5County and the amount certified in items (ii) and (iii) of this
6subsection to the Authority.
7    In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding
8paragraph, an allocation shall be made in July 1991 and each
9year thereafter to the Regional Transportation Authority. The
10allocation shall be made in an amount equal to the average
11monthly distribution during the preceding calendar year
12(excluding the 2 months of lowest receipts) and the allocation
13shall include the amount of average monthly distribution from
14the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
15Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund. The
16distribution made in July 1992 and each year thereafter under
17this paragraph and the preceding paragraph shall be reduced by
18the amount allocated and disbursed under this paragraph in the
19preceding calendar year. The Department of Revenue shall
20prepare and certify to the Comptroller for disbursement the
21allocations made in accordance with this paragraph.
22    (o) Failure to adopt a budget ordinance or otherwise to
23comply with Section 4.01 of this Act or to adopt a 5-Year    
24Five-year Capital Program or otherwise to comply with
25paragraph (b) of Section 2.01 of this Act shall not affect the
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1conformity with law.
2    (p) At no time shall a public transportation tax or motor
3vehicle parking tax authorized under paragraphs (b), (c), and
4(d) of this Section be in effect at the same time as any
5retailers' occupation, use or service occupation tax
6authorized under paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of this Section
7is in effect.
8    Any taxes imposed under the authority provided in
9paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) shall remain in effect only until
10the time as any tax authorized by paragraph (e), (f), or (g) of
11this Section is are imposed and becomes effective. Once any
12tax authorized by paragraph (e), (f), or (g) is imposed the
13Board may not reimpose taxes as authorized in paragraphs (b),
14(c), and (d) of the Section unless any tax authorized by
15paragraph (e), (f), or (g) of this Section becomes ineffective
16by means other than an ordinance of the Board.
17    (q) Any existing rights, remedies and obligations
18(including enforcement by the Regional Transportation    
19Authority) arising under any tax imposed under paragraph (b),
20(c), or (d) of this Section shall not be affected by the
21imposition of a tax under paragraph (e), (f), or (g) of this
22Section.
23    (r) Beginning one year after the effective date of this
24amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Board shall
25impose a large event ticket surcharge on an amusement ticket
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1capacity of 10,000 or more persons; (2) the amusement is
2located within the service area of the Authority; and (3) the
3amusement ticket is sold for consideration. The amount of the
4surcharge shall be $5 per amusement ticket unless the
5amusement is held over multiple days. If the amusement is held
6over multiple days, then the amount of the surcharge shall be
7$5 per day that the amusement ticket grants the holder of the
8amusement ticket access to the amusement. The surcharge shall
9apply each time the amusement ticket is sold. It shall be the
10joint and several duty of every seller of an amusement ticket
11that is subject to the surcharge imposed under this subsection
12to remit the surcharge to the Department of Revenue not later
13than the 15th day of each calendar month for all surcharges
14received during the immediately preceding calendar month. A
15verified statement of surcharges in a form prescribed by the
16Department of Revenue shall accompany each remittance. The
17Department of Revenue may establish penalties for the failure
18of a seller or reseller of an amusement ticket to remit the
19surcharge amounts due. The Authority may require a seller of
20an amusement ticket to notify the purchaser of the amusement
21ticket that the purchaser of the amusement ticket shall
22receive a one-day transit pass for the day of the amusement
23under Section 2.48.
24    As used in this subsection:
25    "Amusement" means any exhibition, performance,
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1but not limited to, any theatrical, dramatic, musical or
2spectacular performance; promotional show; motion picture
3show; flower, poultry, or animal show; animal act; circus;
4rodeo; or athletic contest, sport, game, or similar
5exhibition, such as boxing, wrestling, skating, dancing,
6swimming, racing, or riding on animals or vehicles, baseball,
7basketball, softball, football, tennis, golf, hockey, track
8and field games, bowling or billiard or pool games.
9"Amusement" does not include lawful gambling at a casino, as
10that term is defined in Section 4 of the Illinois Gambling Act.
11    "One-day transit pass" has the meaning given to that term
12in Section 2.48.
13    "Amusement ticket" means a ticket or other license
14granting (1) the privilege to enter, witness, view, or
15participate in an amusement or (2) the opportunity to obtain
16the privilege to enter, witness, view, or participate in an
17amusement. "Amusement ticket" includes, but is not limited to,
18a permanent seat license.
19(Source: P.A. 102-700, eff. 4-19-22; 103-592, eff. 1-1-25;
20103-781, eff. 8-5-24; revised 11-26-24.)
 
21    (70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3)
22    Sec. 4.03.3. Distribution of Revenues.     
23This Section applies only after the Department begins
24administering and enforcing an increased tax under Section
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1General Assembly. After providing for payment of its
2obligations with respect to bonds and notes issued under the
3provisions of Section 4.04 and obligations related to those
4bonds and notes and separately accounting for the tax on
5aviation fuel deposited into the Local Government Aviation
6Trust Fund, the Authority shall disburse the remaining
7proceeds from taxes it has received from the Department of
8Revenue under this Article IV and the remaining proceeds it
9has received from the State under Section 4.09(a) as follows:
10    (a) (Blank). With respect to taxes imposed by the
11Authority under Section 4.03, after withholding 15% of 80% of
12the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook County at a
13rate of 1.25%, 15% of 75% of the receipts from those taxes
14collected in Cook County at the rate of 1%, 15% of one-half of
15the receipts from those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake,
16McHenry, and Will Counties, and 15% of money received by the
17Authority from the Regional Transportation Authority
18Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or from the Regional
19Transportation Authority tax fund created in Section 4.03(n),
20the Board shall allocate the proceeds and money remaining to
21the Service Boards as follows:    
22        (1) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
23    from those taxes collected within the City of Chicago at a
24    rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of the receipts from those
25    taxes collected in the City of Chicago at the rate of 1%,
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1    account of transfers to the Regional Transportation
2    Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to
3    the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created in
4    Section 4.03(n) from the County and Mass Transit District
5    Fund attributable to retail sales within the City of
6    Chicago shall be allocated to the Chicago Transit
7    Authority;    
8        (2) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
9    from those taxes collected within Cook County outside of
10    the City of Chicago at a rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of
11    the receipts from those taxes collected within Cook County
12    outside the City of Chicago at a rate of 1%, and (iii) 85%
13    of the money received by the Authority on account of
14    transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
15    Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to the Regional
16    Transportation Authority tax fund created in Section
17    4.03(n) from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
18    attributable to retail sales within Cook County outside of
19    the City of Chicago shall be allocated 30% to the Chicago
20    Transit Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Board, and 15%
21    to the Suburban Bus Board; and    
22        (3) an amount equal to 85% of one-half of the receipts
23    from the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage,
24    Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be allocated 70% to
25    the Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus Board.    
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1of transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
2Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and
3Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall be allocated among the
4Authority and the Service Boards as follows: 15% of such
5moneys shall be retained by the Authority and the remaining
685% shall be transferred to the Service Boards as soon as may
7be practicable after the Authority receives payment. Moneys
8which are distributable to the Service Boards pursuant to the
9preceding sentence shall be allocated among the Service Boards
10on the basis of each Service Board's distribution ratio. The
11term "distribution ratio" means, for purposes of this
12subsection (b), the ratio of the total amount distributed to a
13Service Board pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for
14the immediately preceding calendar year to the total amount
15distributed to all of the Service Boards pursuant to
16subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for the immediately preceding
17calendar year.    
18    (c) (Blank). (i) 20% of the receipts from those taxes
19collected in Cook County under Section 4.03 at the rate of
201.25%, (ii) 25% of the receipts from those taxes collected in
21Cook County under Section 4.03 at the rate of 1%, (iii) 50% of
22the receipts from those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake,
23McHenry, and Will Counties under Section 4.03, and (iv)
24amounts received from the State under Section 4.09 (a)(2) and
25items (i), (ii), and (iii) of Section 4.09 (a)(3) shall be
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1the ADA Paratransit Fund described in Section 2.01d, the
2amount required to be deposited into the Suburban Community
3Mobility Fund described in Section 2.01e, and the amount
4required to be deposited into the Innovation, Coordination and
5Enhancement Fund described in Section 2.01c, and the balance
6shall be allocated 48% to the Chicago Transit Authority, 39%
7to the Commuter Rail Board, and 13% to the Suburban Bus Board.    
8    (d) (Blank). Amounts received from the State under Section
94.09 (a)(3)(iv) shall be distributed 100% to the Chicago
10Transit Authority.    
11    (d-5) For fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029, the
12Authority, after making deductions to cover the Authority's
13expenses, including Administrative Operating Expenses,
14Regional Services Operating Expense, Program and Project
15Expenses, Joint Self-Insurance Fund, and debt service
16obligations, and the cost of ADA paratransit service shall
17allocate operating revenue from all sources as follows:
18        (1) An amount to each Service Board equal to the
19    amount of the total public funding and the federal relief
20    funding the Service Board received in fiscal year 2025
21    under the Regional Budget adopted by the Authority in
22    December 2024.
23        (2) Any amount remaining after the distribution under
24    paragraph (1) shall be allocated to the Service Boards in
25    proportion to the sum of each Service Board's percentage
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1            (A) vehicle revenue miles;
2            (B) passenger miles traveled;
3            (C) unlinked passenger trips; and
4            (D) vehicle revenue hours.
5    (d-10) The Board of the Authority may, by ordinance,
6adjust the amounts allocated to each of the Service Boards
7under paragraph (2) of subsection (d-5) if it finds that the
8allocation of funds under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
9(d-5) has a disproportionately adverse impact on the service
10levels of any Service Board and shall make appropriate
11adjustments to address the disproportionate adverse impact.
12    (d-15) For fiscal years 2030, 2031, and 2032, the
13Authority, after making deductions to cover the Authority's
14expenses, including Administrative Operating Expenses,
15Regional Services Operating Expense, Program and Project
16Expenses, Joint Self-Insurance Fund, and debt service
17obligations and the cost of ADA paratransit service, shall
18allocate operating revenue from all sources to each Service
19Board in an amount equal to the amount of the total public
20funding and federal relief funding the Service Board received
21in fiscal year 2025 under the Annual Budget and 2-Year
22Financial Plan adopted by the Authority in December 2024. Any
23amount remaining after the distribution under subsection
24(d-10) shall be allocated to the Service Boards by the
25Authority under the service standards.
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1thereafter, the Authority, after making deductions to cover
2the Authority's expenses, shall allocate operating revenue
3from all sources to the Service Boards under the service
4standards.    
5    (d-25) The allocation of funds for any fiscal year shall
6be sufficient to satisfy the debt service obligations of the
7Service Boards entered into in compliance with the
8requirements of this Act.    
9    (e) With respect to those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane,
10Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties and paid directly to the
11counties under Section 4.03, the County Board of each county
12shall use those amounts to fund operating and capital costs of
13public safety and public transportation services or facilities
14or to fund operating, capital, right-of-way, construction, and
15maintenance costs of other transportation purposes, including
16road, bridge, public safety, and transit purposes intended to
17improve mobility or reduce congestion in the county. The
18receipt of funding by such counties pursuant to this paragraph
19shall not be used as the basis for reducing any funds that such
20counties would otherwise have received from the State of
21Illinois, any agency or instrumentality thereof, the
22Authority, or the Service Boards.
23    (f) The Authority by ordinance approved by a supermajority
24vote adopted by 12 of its then Directors shall apportion to the
25Service Boards funds provided by the State of Illinois under
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1payment of the amounts to each Service Board as soon as may be
2practicable upon their receipt provided the Authority has
3adopted a balanced budget as required by Section 4.01 and
4further provided the Service Board is in compliance with the
5requirements in Section 4.11.
6    (g) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any payments,
7transfers, or expenditures under this Section to a Service
8Board, the Authority must first comply with Section 4.02a or
94.02b of this Act, whichever may be applicable.
10    (h) Moneys may be appropriated from the Public
11Transportation Fund to the Office of the Executive Inspector
12General for the costs incurred by the Executive Inspector
13General while serving as the inspector general for the
14Authority and each of the Service Boards. Beginning December
1531, 2012, and each year thereafter, the Office of the
16Executive Inspector General shall annually report to the
17General Assembly the expenses incurred while serving as the
18inspector general for the Authority and each of the Service
19Boards.
20(Source: P.A. 101-604, eff. 12-13-19.)
 
21    (70 ILCS 3615/4.04)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.04)
22    Sec. 4.04. Issuance and Pledge of Bonds and Notes.
23    (a) The Authority shall have the continuing power to
24borrow money and to issue its negotiable bonds or notes as
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1Section, the term "notes" also includes bond anticipation
2notes, which are notes which by their terms provide for their
3payment from the proceeds of bonds thereafter to be issued.
4Bonds or notes of the Authority may be issued for any or all of
5the following purposes: to pay costs to the Authority or a
6Service Board of constructing or acquiring any public
7transportation facilities (including funds and rights relating
8thereto, as provided in Section 2.05 of this Act); to repay
9advances to the Authority or a Service Board made for such
10purposes; to pay other expenses of the Authority or a Service
11Board incident to or incurred in connection with such
12construction or acquisition; to provide funds for any
13Transportation Agency transportation agency to pay principal
14of or interest or redemption premium on any bonds or notes,
15whether as such amounts become due or by earlier redemption,
16issued prior to the date of this amendatory Act by such
17Transportation Agency transportation agency to construct or
18acquire public transportation facilities or to provide funds
19to purchase such bonds or notes; and to provide funds for any
20Transportation Agency transportation agency to construct or
21acquire any public transportation facilities, to repay
22advances made for such purposes, and to pay other expenses
23incident to or incurred in connection with such construction
24or acquisition; and to provide funds for payment of
25obligations, including the funding of reserves, under any
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1    In addition to any other borrowing as may be authorized by
2this Section, the Authority may issue its notes, from time to
3time, in anticipation of tax receipts of the Authority or of
4other revenues or receipts of the Authority, in order to
5provide money for the Authority or the Service Boards to cover
6any cash flow deficit which the Authority or a Service Board
7anticipates incurring. Any such notes are referred to in this
8Section as "Working Cash Notes". No Working Cash Notes shall
9be issued for a term of longer than 24 months. Proceeds of
10Working Cash Notes may be used to pay day to day operating
11expenses of the Authority or the Service Boards, consisting of
12wages, salaries, and fringe benefits, professional and
13technical services (including legal, audit, engineering, and
14other consulting services), office rental, furniture, fixtures
15and equipment, insurance premiums, claims for self-insured
16amounts under insurance policies, public utility obligations
17for telephone, light, heat and similar items, travel expenses,
18office supplies, postage, dues, subscriptions, public hearings
19and information expenses, fuel purchases, and payments of
20grants and payments under purchase of service agreements for
21operations of Transportation Agencies transportation agencies,
22prior to the receipt by the Authority or a Service Board from
23time to time of funds for paying such expenses. In addition to
24any Working Cash Notes that the Board of the Authority may
25determine to issue, the Suburban Bus Board, the Commuter Rail
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1and direct that the Authority issue its Working Cash Notes in
2such amounts and having such maturities as the Service Board
3may determine.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any
5amounts necessary to pay principal of and interest on any
6Working Cash Notes issued at the demand and direction of a
7Service Board or any Working Cash Notes the proceeds of which
8were used for the direct benefit of a Service Board or any
9other Bonds or Notes of the Authority the proceeds of which
10were used for the direct benefit of a Service Board shall
11constitute a reduction of the amount of any other funds
12provided by the Authority to that Service Board. The Authority
13shall, after deducting any costs of issuance, tender the net
14proceeds of any Working Cash Notes issued at the demand and
15direction of a Service Board to such Service Board as soon as
16may be practicable after the proceeds are received. The
17Authority may also issue notes or bonds to pay, refund or
18redeem any of its notes and bonds, including to pay redemption
19premiums or accrued interest on such bonds or notes being
20renewed, paid or refunded, and other costs in connection
21therewith. The Authority may also utilize the proceeds of any
22such bonds or notes to pay the legal, financial,
23administrative and other expenses of such authorization,
24issuance, sale or delivery of bonds or notes or to provide or
25increase a debt service reserve fund with respect to any or all
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1its bonds or notes in exchange for any public transportation
2facilities, (including funds and rights relating thereto, as
3provided in Section 2.05 of this Act) or in exchange for
4outstanding bonds or notes of the Authority, including any
5accrued interest or redemption premium thereon, without
6advertising or submitting such notes or bonds for public
7bidding.
8    (b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of any such
9bonds or notes shall fix the date or dates of maturity, the
10dates on which interest is payable, any sinking fund account
11or reserve fund account provisions and all other details of
12such bonds or notes and may provide for such covenants or
13agreements necessary or desirable with regard to the issue,
14sale and security of such bonds or notes. The rate or rates of
15interest on its bonds or notes may be fixed or variable and the
16Authority shall determine or provide for the determination of
17the rate or rates of interest of its bonds or notes issued
18under this Act in an ordinance adopted by the Authority prior
19to the issuance thereof, none of which rates of interest shall
20exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act. Interest
21may be payable at such times as are provided for by the Board.
22Bonds and notes issued under this Section may be issued as
23serial or term obligations, shall be of such denomination or
24denominations and form, including interest coupons to be
25attached thereto, be executed in such manner, shall be payable
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1shall fix by the ordinance authorizing such bond or note and
2shall mature at such time or times, within a period not to
3exceed forty years from the date of issue, and may be
4redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium, at the
5option of the Authority, upon such terms and conditions as the
6Authority shall fix by the ordinance authorizing the issuance
7of such bonds or notes. No bond anticipation note or any
8renewal thereof shall mature at any time or times exceeding 5
9years from the date of the first issuance of such note. The
10Authority may provide for the registration of bonds or notes
11in the name of the owner as to the principal alone or as to
12both principal and interest, upon such terms and conditions as
13the Authority may determine. The ordinance authorizing bonds
14or notes may provide for the exchange of such bonds or notes
15which are fully registered, as to both principal and interest,
16with bonds or notes which are registerable as to principal
17only. All bonds or notes issued under this Section by the
18Authority other than those issued in exchange for property or
19for bonds or notes of the Authority shall be sold at a price
20which may be at a premium or discount but such that the
21interest cost (excluding any redemption premium) to the
22Authority of the proceeds of an issue of such bonds or notes,
23computed to stated maturity according to standard tables of
24bond values, shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond
25Authorization Act. The Authority shall notify the Governor's
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1least 30 days before any bond sale and shall file with the
2Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the State
3Comptroller a certified copy of any ordinance authorizing the
4issuance of bonds at or before the issuance of the bonds. After
5December 31, 1994, any such bonds or notes shall be sold to the
6highest and best bidder on sealed bids as the Authority shall
7deem. As such bonds or notes are to be sold the Authority shall
8advertise for proposals to purchase the bonds or notes which
9advertisement shall be published at least once in a daily
10newspaper of general circulation published in the metropolitan
11region at least 10 days before the time set for the submission
12of bids. The Authority shall have the right to reject any or
13all bids. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
14Section, Working Cash Notes or bonds or notes to provide funds
15for self-insurance or a joint self-insurance pool or entity
16may be sold either upon competitive bidding or by negotiated
17sale (without any requirement of publication of intention to
18negotiate the sale of such Notes), as the Board shall
19determine by ordinance adopted with the affirmative votes of
20at least 9 Directors. In case any officer whose signature
21appears on any bonds, notes or coupons authorized pursuant to
22this Section shall cease to be such officer before delivery of
23such bonds or notes, such signature shall nevertheless be
24valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such
25officer had remained in office until such delivery. Neither
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1bonds or notes thereof shall be liable personally on any such
2bonds or notes or coupons by reason of the issuance thereof.
3    (c) All bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to
4this Section shall be general obligations of the Authority to
5which shall be pledged the full faith and credit of the
6Authority, as provided in this Section. Such bonds or notes
7shall be secured as provided in the authorizing ordinance,
8which may, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
9include in addition to any other security, a specific pledge
10or assignment of and lien on or security interest in any or all
11tax receipts of the Authority and on any or all other revenues
12or moneys of the Authority from whatever source, which may by
13law be utilized for debt service purposes and a specific
14pledge or assignment of and lien on or security interest in any
15funds or accounts established or provided for by the ordinance
16of the Authority authorizing the issuance of such bonds or
17notes. Any such pledge, assignment, lien, or security interest
18for the benefit of holders of bonds or notes of the Authority
19shall be valid and binding from the time the bonds or notes are
20issued without any physical delivery or further act and shall
21be valid and binding as against and prior to the claims of all
22other parties having claims of any kind against the Authority
23or any other person irrespective of whether such other parties
24have notice of such pledge, assignment, lien, or security
25interest. The obligations of the Authority incurred pursuant
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1other obligations of the Authority.
2    The Authority may provide in the ordinance authorizing the
3issuance of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section
4for the creation of, deposits in, and regulation and
5disposition of sinking fund or reserve accounts relating to
6such bonds or notes. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of
7any bonds or notes pursuant to this Section may contain
8provisions as part of the contract with the holders of the
9bonds or notes, for the creation of a separate fund to provide
10for the payment of principal and interest on such bonds or
11notes and for the deposit in such fund from any or all the tax
12receipts of the Authority and from any or all such other moneys
13or revenues of the Authority from whatever source which may by
14law be utilized for debt service purposes, all as provided in
15such ordinance, of amounts to meet the debt service
16requirements on such bonds or notes, including principal and
17interest, and any sinking fund or reserve fund account
18requirements as may be provided by such ordinance, and all
19expenses incident to or in connection with such fund and
20accounts or the payment of such bonds or notes. Such ordinance
21may also provide limitations on the issuance of additional
22bonds or notes of the Authority. No such bonds or notes of the
23Authority shall constitute a debt of the State of Illinois.
24Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enable the Authority
25to impose any ad valorem tax on property.
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1issuance of any bonds or notes may provide additional security
2for such bonds or notes by providing for appointment of a
3corporate trustee (which may be any trust company or bank
4having the powers of a trust company within the state) with
5respect to such bonds or notes. The ordinance shall prescribe
6the rights, duties, and powers of the trustee to be exercised
7for the benefit of the Authority and the protection of the
8holders of such bonds or notes. The ordinance may provide for
9the trustee to hold in trust, invest, and use amounts in funds
10and accounts created as provided by the ordinance with respect
11to the bonds or notes. The ordinance may provide for the
12assignment and direct payment to the trustee of any or all
13amounts produced from the sources provided in Section 4.03 and
14Section 4.09 of this Act and provided in Section 6z-17 of the
15State Finance Act. Upon receipt of notice of any such
16assignment, the Department of Revenue and the Comptroller of
17the State of Illinois shall thereafter, notwithstanding the
18provisions of Section 4.03 and Section 4.09 of this Act and
19Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, provide for such
20assigned amounts to be paid directly to the trustee instead of
21the Authority, all in accordance with the terms of the
22ordinance making the assignment. The ordinance shall provide
23that amounts so paid to the trustee which are not required to
24be deposited, held or invested in funds and accounts created
25by the ordinance with respect to bonds or notes or used for
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1Authority.
2    (e) Any bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to
3this Section shall constitute a contract between the Authority
4and the holders from time to time of such bonds or notes. In
5issuing any bond or note, the Authority may include in the
6ordinance authorizing such issue a covenant as part of the
7contract with the holders of the bonds or notes, that as long
8as such obligations are outstanding, it shall make such
9deposits, as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section. It may
10also so covenant that it shall impose and continue to impose
11taxes, as provided in Section 4.03 of this Act and in addition
12thereto as subsequently authorized by law, sufficient to make
13such deposits and pay the principal and interest and to meet
14other debt service requirements of such bonds or notes as they
15become due. A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the
16issuance of any such obligations shall be filed at or prior to
17the issuance of such obligations with the Comptroller of the
18State of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Revenue.
19    (f) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
20holders of the bonds and notes of the Authority issued
21pursuant to this Section that the State will not limit or alter
22the rights and powers vested in the Authority by this Act so as
23to impair the terms of any contract made by the Authority with
24such holders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of
25such holders until such bonds and notes, together with
26interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of

 

 

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1interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any
2action or proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are
3fully met and discharged. In addition, the State pledges to
4and agrees with the holders of the bonds and notes of the
5Authority issued pursuant to this Section that the State will
6not limit or alter the basis on which State funds are to be
7paid to the Authority as provided in this Act, or the use of
8such funds, so as to impair the terms of any such contract. The
9Authority is authorized to include these pledges and
10agreements of the State in any contract with the holders of
11bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section.
12    (g) (Blank). (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (g)(2)
13and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act, the Authority shall not
14at any time issue, sell or deliver any bonds or notes (other
15than Working Cash Notes and lines of credit) pursuant to this
16Section 4.04 which will cause it to have issued and
17outstanding at any time in excess of $800,000,000 of such
18bonds and notes (other than Working Cash Notes and lines of
19credit). The Authority shall not issue, sell, or deliver any
20Working Cash Notes or establish a line of credit pursuant to
21this Section that will cause it to have issued and outstanding
22at any time in excess of $100,000,000. However, the Authority
23may issue, sell, and deliver additional Working Cash Notes or
24establish a line of credit before July 1, 2022 that are over
25and above and in addition to the $100,000,000 authorization
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1Cash Notes and lines of credit does not exceed at any time
2$300,000,000. Bonds or notes which are being paid or retired
3by such issuance, sale or delivery of bonds or notes, and bonds
4or notes for which sufficient funds have been deposited with
5the paying agency of such bonds or notes to provide for payment
6of principal and interest thereon or to provide for the
7redemption thereof, all pursuant to the ordinance authorizing
8the issuance of such bonds or notes, shall not be considered to
9be outstanding for the purposes of this subsection.
10    (2) In addition to the authority provided by paragraphs
11(1) and (3), the Authority is authorized to issue, sell, and
12deliver bonds or notes for Strategic Capital Improvement
13Projects approved pursuant to Section 4.13 as follows:
14        $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued on or after
15    January 1, 1990;
16        an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
17    on or after January 1, 1991;
18        an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
19    on or after January 1, 1992;
20        an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
21    on or after January 1, 1993;
22        an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
23    on or after January 1, 1994; and
24        the aggregate total authorization of bonds and notes
25    for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects as of January
26    1, 1994, shall be $500,000,000.

 

 

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1    The Authority is also authorized to issue, sell, and
2deliver bonds or notes in such amounts as are necessary to
3provide for the refunding or advance refunding of bonds or
4notes issued for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects under
5this subdivision (g)(2), provided that no such refunding bond
6or note shall mature later than the final maturity date of the
7series of bonds or notes being refunded, and provided further
8that the debt service requirements for such refunding bonds or
9notes in the current or any future fiscal year shall not exceed
10the debt service requirements for that year on the refunded
11bonds or notes.
12    (3) In addition to the authority provided by paragraphs
13(1) and (2), the Authority is authorized to issue, sell, and
14deliver bonds or notes for Strategic Capital Improvement
15Projects approved pursuant to Section 4.13 as follows:
16        $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued on or after
17    January 1, 2000;
18        an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
19    on or after January 1, 2001;
20        an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
21    on or after January 1, 2002;
22        an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
23    on or after January 1, 2003;
24        an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
25    on or after January 1, 2004; and
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1    for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects pursuant to
2    this paragraph (3) as of January 1, 2004 shall be
3    $1,300,000,000.
4    The Authority is also authorized to issue, sell, and
5deliver bonds or notes in such amounts as are necessary to
6provide for the refunding or advance refunding of bonds or
7notes issued for Strategic Capital Improvement projects under
8this subdivision (g)(3), provided that no such refunding bond
9or note shall mature later than the final maturity date of the
10series of bonds or notes being refunded, and provided further
11that the debt service requirements for such refunding bonds or
12notes in the current or any future fiscal year shall not exceed
13the debt service requirements for that year on the refunded
14bonds or notes.
15    (h) The Authority, subject to the terms of any agreements
16with noteholders or bond holders as may then exist, shall have
17power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase notes
18or bonds of the Authority, which shall thereupon be cancelled.
19    (i) In addition to any other authority granted by law, the
20State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, invest
21or reinvest, at a price not to exceed par, any State money in
22the State treasury Treasury which is not needed for current
23expenditures due or about to become due in Working Cash Notes.
24In the event of a default on a Working Cash Note issued by the
25Regional Transportation Authority in which State money in the
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1notice to the Authority, certify to the Comptroller the
2amounts of the defaulted Working Cash Note, in accordance with
3any applicable rules of the Comptroller, and the Comptroller
4must deduct and remit to the State treasury the certified
5amounts or a portion of those amounts from the following
6proportions of payments of State funds to the Authority:
7        (1) in the first year after default, one-third of the
8    total amount of any payments of State funds to the
9    Authority;
10        (2) in the second year after default, two-thirds of
11    the total amount of any payments of State funds to the
12    Authority; and
13        (3) in the third year after default and for each year
14    thereafter until the total invested amount is repaid, the
15    total amount of any payments of State funds to the
16    Authority.
17    (j) The Authority may establish a line of credit with a
18bank or other financial institution as may be evidenced by the
19issuance of notes or other obligations, secured by and payable
20from all tax receipts of the Authority and any or all other
21revenues or moneys of the Authority, in an amount not to exceed
22the limitations set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (g).
23Money borrowed under this subsection (j) shall be used to
24provide money for the Authority or the Service Boards to cover
25any cash flow deficit that the Authority or a Service Board
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1    Before establishing a line of credit under this subsection
2(j), the Authority shall authorize the line of credit by
3ordinance. The ordinance shall set forth facts demonstrating
4the need for the line of credit, state the amount to be
5borrowed, establish a maximum interest rate limit not to
6exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization
7Act, and provide a date by which the borrowed funds shall be
8repaid. The ordinance shall authorize and direct the relevant
9officials to make arrangements to set apart and hold, as
10applicable, the moneys that will be used to repay the
11borrowing. In addition, the ordinance may authorize the
12relevant officials to make partial repayments on the line of
13credit as the moneys become available and may contain any
14other terms, restrictions, or limitations desirable or
15necessary to give effect to this subsection (j).
16    The Authority shall notify the Governor's Office of
17Management and Budget and the State Comptroller at least 30
18days before establishing a line of credit and shall file with
19the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the State
20Comptroller a certified copy of any ordinance authorizing the
21establishment of a line of credit upon or before establishing
22the line of credit.
23    Moneys borrowed under a line of credit pursuant to this
24subsection (j) are general obligations of the Authority that
25are secured by the full faith and credit of the Authority.
26(Source: P.A. 101-485, eff. 8-23-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 3615/4.06)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.06)
2    Sec. 4.06. Public bidding.
3    (a) The Board shall adopt regulations to ensure that the
4acquisition by the Authority or a Service Board other than the
5Chicago Transit Authority of services or public transportation
6facilities (other than real estate) involving a cost of more
7than the small purchase threshold set by the Federal Transit
8Administration and the disposition of all property of the
9Authority or a Service Board other than the Chicago Transit
10Authority shall be after public notice and with public
11bidding. The Board shall adopt regulations to ensure that the
12construction, demolition, rehabilitation, renovation, and
13building maintenance projects by the Authority or a Service
14Board other than the Chicago Transit Authority for services or
15public transportation facilities involving a cost of more than
16$40,000 shall be after public notice and with public bidding.
17Such regulations may provide for exceptions to such
18requirements for acquisition of repair parts, accessories,
19equipment or services previously furnished or contracted for;
20for the immediate delivery of supplies, material or equipment
21or performance of service when it is determined by the
22concurrence of two-thirds of the then Directors that an
23emergency requires immediate delivery or supply thereof; for
24goods or services that are economically procurable from only
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1equipment which are made with the manufacturers or authorized
2service agent of that equipment where the maintenance or
3servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or
4authorized service agent or such a contract would be otherwise
5advantageous to the Authority or a Service Board, other than
6the Chicago Transit Authority, except that the exceptions in
7this clause shall not apply to contracts for plumbing,
8heating, piping, refrigeration and automatic temperature
9control systems, ventilating and distribution systems for
10conditioned air, and electrical wiring; for goods or services
11procured from another governmental agency; for purchases and
12contracts for the use or purchase of data processing equipment
13and data processing systems software; for the acquisition of
14professional or utility services; and for the acquisition of
15public transportation equipment including, but not limited to,
16rolling stock, locomotives and buses, provided that: (i) it is
17determined by a vote of 2/3 of the then Directors of the
18Service Board making the acquisition that a negotiated
19acquisition offers opportunities with respect to the cost or
20financing of the equipment, its delivery, or the performance
21of a portion of the work within the State or the use of goods
22produced or services provided within the State; (ii) a notice
23of intention to negotiate for the acquisition of such public
24transportation equipment is published in a newspaper of
25general circulation within the City of Chicago inviting
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1respect to such acquisition is authorized by a vote of 2/3 of
2the then Directors of the Service Board making the
3acquisition. The requirements set forth in this Section shall
4not apply to purchase of service agreements or other
5contracts, purchases or sales entered into by the Authority
6with any Transportation Agency transportation agency or unit
7of local government.
8    (b) (1) In connection with two-phase design/build
9selection procedures authorized in this Section, a Service
10Board may authorize, by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of
11the then members of the Service Board, the use of competitive
12selection and the prequalification of responsible bidders
13consistent with applicable federal regulations and this
14subsection (b).
15        (2) Two-phase design/build selection procedures shall
16    consist of the following:
17            (i) A Service Board shall develop, through
18        licensed architects or licensed engineers, a scope of
19        work statement for inclusion in the solicitation for
20        phase-one proposals that defines the project and
21        provides prospective offerors with sufficient
22        information regarding the Service Board's
23        requirements. The statement shall include criteria and
24        preliminary design, and general budget parameters and
25        general schedule or delivery requirements to enable
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1        Service Board's needs. When the two-phase design/build
2        selection procedure is used and the Service Board
3        contracts for development of the scope of work
4        statement, the Service Board shall contract for
5        architectural or engineering services as defined by
6        and in accordance with the Architectural, Engineering,
7        and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act
8        and all applicable licensing statutes.
9            (ii) The evaluation factors to be used in
10        evaluating phase-one proposals must be stated in the
11        solicitation and must include specialized experience
12        and technical competence, capability to perform, past
13        performance of the offeror's team (including the
14        architect-engineer and construction members of the
15        team) and other appropriate technical and
16        qualifications factors. Each solicitation must
17        establish the relative importance assigned to the
18        evaluation factors and the subfactors that must be
19        considered in the evaluation of phase-one proposals on
20        the basis of the evaluation factors set forth in the
21        solicitation. Each design/build team must include a
22        licensed design professional independent from the
23        Service Board's licensed architect or engineer and a
24        licensed design professional must be named in the
25        phase-one proposals submitted to the Service Board.
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1        Service Board shall select as the most highly
2        qualified the number of offerors specified in the
3        solicitation and request the selected offerors to
4        submit phase-two competitive proposals and cost or
5        price information. Each solicitation must establish
6        the relative importance assigned to the evaluation
7        factors and the subfactors that must be considered in
8        the evaluation of phase-two proposals on the basis of
9        the evaluation factors set forth in the solicitation.
10        A Service Board may negotiate with the selected
11        design/build team after award but prior to contract
12        execution for the purpose of securing better terms
13        than originally proposed, provided the salient
14        features of the design/build solicitation are not
15        diminished. Each phase-two solicitation evaluates
16        separately (A) the technical submission for the
17        proposal, including design concepts or proposed
18        solutions to requirements addressed within the scope
19        of work, and (B) the evaluation factors and
20        subfactors, including cost or price, that must be
21        considered in the evaluations of proposals.
22            (iv) A design/build solicitation issued under the
23        procedures in this subsection (b) shall state the
24        maximum number of offerors that are to be selected to
25        submit competitive phase-two proposals. The maximum
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1        5 unless the Service Board with respect to an
2        individual solicitation determines that a specified
3        number greater than 5 is in the best interest of the
4        Service Board and is consistent with the purposes and
5        objectives of the two-phase design/build selection
6        process.
7            (v) All designs submitted as part of the two-phase
8        selection process and not selected shall be
9        proprietary to the preparers.
10    (c) The Regional Transportation Authority and the Service
11Boards may donate rolling stock, including locomotives and
12equipment, to museums in this State that are not-for-profit
13corporations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
14Code of 1986.
15    (d) The Authority may engage in joint purchases under
16subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Governmental Joint
17Purchasing Act. The Authority may enter into master contracts
18for commonly procured items, including vehicles, equipment,
19supplies, and business services, that are used by the
20Authority or one or more of the Service Boards, in compliance
21with the terms of the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act.    
22(Source: P.A. 103-654, eff. 1-1-25.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3615/4.06.05 new)
24    Sec. 4.06.05. Bidding restrictions.
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1    "Covered transportation entity" includes the Authority and
2all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Authority.
3    "Covered transportation contract" means a contract for the
4acquisition of public transportation rolling stock,
5locomotives, buses, paratransit vehicles, and any vehicle
6components incorporated into the end product of rolling stock
7with a base-buy value $10,000,000 or more.
8    "Illinois Jobs Plan" means a document submitted by an
9applicant for a covered transportation contract or a
10contractor or participating subcontractor on working on a
11covered transportation contract that requires the applicant,
12contractor, or subcontractor to include in the applicant's
13application:
14        (1) the minimum number of full-time equivalent jobs
15    that shall be retained and created if the applicant is
16    awarded the contract;
17        (2) the minimum wage and benefit amounts, by job
18    classification, for nonsupervisory workers on the
19    contract;
20        (3) the minimum number of jobs that shall be
21    specifically retained and created for disadvantaged
22    workers, as defined by Section 15-10 of the Community
23    Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act, if the applicant
24    is awarded the contract; and
25        (4) a detailed description and proposed amounts of
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1    (b) Notwithstanding any law requiring a government entity
2to award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, beginning
3January 1, 2027, covered transportation entities shall:
4        (1) award all covered transportation contracts using a
5    competitive best-value procurement process; and
6        (2) require bidders to submit an Illinois Jobs Plan
7    for the bidder and any entity participating as part of the
8    bidder's solicitation responses.
9    (c) The Authority shall develop procedures, evaluation and
10scoring criteria, and all forms and guidance necessary for
11covered transportation entities to implement this Section.
12Solicitation documents shall disclose the minimum
13qualification requirements and specify the criteria that shall
14be assigned a weighted value. The evaluation process shall use
15a scoring method based on the factors provided in this
16Section, including the Illinois Jobs Plan, and the contract
17price. The Illinois Jobs Plan shall be scored as part of the
18overall proposal and incorporated as material terms of the
19final contract.
20    (d) Contractors and participating subcontractors working
21on covered transportation contracts shall be required to
22submit annual Illinois Jobs Plan reports to the Authority and
23covered transportation entities demonstrating compliance with
24the contractor's or participating subcontractor's Illinois
25Jobs Plan commitments. The Authority shall make the Illinois
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1public. The Illinois Jobs Plan and annual compliance reports
2shall not be considered a trade secret under subsection (g) of
3Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act or confidential,
4privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under the
5Freedom of Information Act.
6    (e) This Section shall not apply to a contract awarded
7based on a solicitation issued before January 1, 2027.
8    (f) The provisions of this Section shall be severable, and
9if the application of any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part
10of this Section to any person or circumstance shall be
11adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
12then the judgment shall not necessarily affect, impair, or
13invalidate the application of any clause, sentence, paragraph,
14or part of this Section or remainder thereof, as the case may
15be, to any other person or circumstance, but shall be confined
16in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part
17thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the
18judgment shall have been rendered.
 
19    (70 ILCS 3615/4.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.09)
20    Sec. 4.09. Public Transportation Fund and the Northern
21Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
22Fund Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
23Replacement Fund.
24    (a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), as
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1July 1, 1984, upon certification of the Department of Revenue,
2the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer
3shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to a special fund
4in the State treasury Treasury to be known as the Public
5Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue,
6before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts
7pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and
8Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from
9any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to Sections 4.03 and
104.03.1 and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Northern
11Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
12created by Section 4.03 of this Act, from the County and Mass
13Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of the
14State Finance Act and 25% of the amounts deposited into the
15Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
16Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and
17Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section 6z-17 of the
18State Finance Act.
19    On the first day of the month following the date that the
20Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
21Section 4.03(m) as authorized by Public Act 95-708 and until
22the first day of the month following the date that the
23Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
24Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
25104th General Assembly, in lieu of the transfers authorized in
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1of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
2Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
3Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net
4revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
5discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
6Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
7realized from (i) 80% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
8Authority at a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 75% of the
9proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1%
10in Cook County, and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax
11imposed by the Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties
12of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to
13Section 4.03, and 25% of the net revenue realized from any tax
14imposed by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.1, and 25%
15of the amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation
16Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of this Act from the
17County and Mass Transit District Fund as provided in Section
186z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 25% of the amounts
19deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority
20Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and
21Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section 6z-17 of the
22State Finance Act.
23    On the first day of the month following the date that the
24Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
25Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
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1the preceding sentences, upon certification of the Department
2of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
3Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
4Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net
5revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
6discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
7Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
8realized from (i) two-thirds of the proceeds of any tax
9imposed by the Authority at a rate of 1.5% in Cook County, (ii)
1060% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the
11rate of 1.25% in Cook County, and (iii) 25% of the proceeds of
12any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in the
13Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all
14pursuant to Section 4.03, and 25% of the net revenue realized
15from any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to Section
164.03.1, and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Northern
17Illinois Transit Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of
18this Act from the County and Mass Transit District Fund as
19provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 25% of
20the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit
21Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the
22State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section
236z-17 of the State Finance Act.    
24    As used in this Section, net revenue realized for a month
25shall be the revenue collected by the State pursuant to
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1the metropolitan region, less the amount paid out during that
2same month as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of
3liability in the metropolitan region under Sections 4.03 and
44.03.1.
5    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
6beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
7100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (1) of
8subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the
9Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall
10be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as
11the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.
12    (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), on
13February 1, 2009 (the first day of the month following the
14effective date of Public Act 95-708) and each month
15thereafter, upon certification by the Department of Revenue,
16the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer
17shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public
18Transportation Fund an amount equal to 5% of the net revenue,
19before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts
20pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and
21Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from
22any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to Sections 4.03 and
234.03.1 and certified by the Department of Revenue under
24Section 4.03(n) of this Act to be paid to the Authority and 5%
25of the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit    
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14.03 of this Act from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
2as provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 5%
3of the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit    
4Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
5Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform
6Fund as provided in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, and
75% of the revenue realized by the Chicago Transit Authority as
8financial assistance from the City of Chicago from the
9proceeds of any tax imposed by the City of Chicago under
10Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
11    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
12beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
13100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (2) of
14subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the
15Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall
16be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as
17the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.
18    (3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), as soon
19as possible after the first day of January, 2009 and each month
20thereafter and until the first day of the month following the
21date that the Department receives revenues from increased
22taxes under Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory
23Act of the 104th General Assembly, upon certification of the
24Department of Revenue with respect to the taxes collected
25under Section 4.03, the Comptroller shall order transferred
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1to the Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the
2net revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and
3retailer discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service
4Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation
5Tax Act, realized from (i) 20% of the proceeds of any tax
6imposed by the Authority at a rate of 1.25% in Cook County,
7(ii) 25% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at
8the rate of 1% in Cook County, and (iii) one-third of the
9proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of
100.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and
11Will, all pursuant to Section 4.03, and the Comptroller shall
12order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the
13General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund (iv) an
14amount equal to 25% of the revenue realized by the Chicago
15Transit Authority as financial assistance from the City of
16Chicago from the proceeds of any tax imposed by the City of
17Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
18    On the first day of the month following the date that the
19Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
20Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
21104th General Assembly, upon certification of the Department
22of Revenue with respect to the taxes collected under Section
234.03, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
24Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
25Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net
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1discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
2Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
3realized from (i) one-sixth of the proceeds of any tax imposed
4by the Authority at a rate of 1.5% in Cook County, (ii) 20% of
5the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of
61.25% in Cook County, and (iii) 25% of the proceeds of any tax
7imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in the Counties of
8DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to Section
94.03, and the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
10Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
11Public Transportation Fund (iv) an amount equal to 25% of the
12revenue realized by the Chicago Transit Authority as financial
13assistance from the City of Chicago from the proceeds of any
14tax imposed by the City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the
15Illinois Municipal Code.
16    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
17beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
18100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (3) of
19subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the
20Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall
21be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as
22the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.
23    (4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
24for the State fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 and each State
25fiscal year thereafter, the first $150,000,000 that would have
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1deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as provided in
2paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a) shall
3instead be transferred from the Road Fund by the Treasurer
4upon certification by the Department of Revenue and order of
5the Comptroller. For the State fiscal year beginning July 1,
62024, only, the next $75,000,000 that would have otherwise
7been transferred from the General Revenue Fund and deposited
8into the Public Transportation Fund as provided in paragraphs
9(1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a) shall instead be
10transferred from the Road Fund and deposited into the Public
11Transportation Fund by the Treasurer upon certification by the
12Department of Revenue and order of the Comptroller. The funds
13authorized and transferred pursuant to this amendatory Act of
14the 103rd General Assembly are not intended or planned for
15road construction projects. For the State fiscal year
16beginning July 1, 2024, only, the next $50,000,000 that would
17have otherwise been transferred from the General Revenue Fund
18and deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as provided
19in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a) shall
20instead be transferred from the Underground Storage Tank Fund
21and deposited into the Public Transportation Fund by the
22Treasurer upon certification by the Department of Revenue and
23order of the Comptroller. The remaining balance shall be
24deposited each State fiscal year as otherwise provided in
25paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a).
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1    (6) (Blank).
2    (7) For State fiscal year 2020 only, notwithstanding any
3provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue
4and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues
5realized during State fiscal year 2020 shall be reduced by 5%.
6    (8) For State fiscal year 2021 only, notwithstanding any
7provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue
8and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues
9realized during State fiscal year 2021 shall be reduced by 5%.    
10    (b)(1) All moneys deposited in the Public Transportation
11Fund and the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
12Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund, whether
13deposited pursuant to this Section or otherwise, are allocated
14to the Authority, except for amounts appropriated to the
15Office of the Executive Inspector General as authorized by
16subsection (h) of Section 4.03.3 and amounts transferred to
17the Audit Expense Fund pursuant to Section 6z-27 of the State
18Finance Act. The Comptroller, as soon as possible after each
19monthly transfer provided in this Section and after each
20deposit into the Public Transportation Fund, shall order the
21Treasurer to pay to the Authority out of the Public
22Transportation Fund the amount so transferred or deposited.
23Any Additional State Assistance and Additional Financial
24Assistance paid to the Authority under this Section shall be
25expended by the Authority for its purposes as provided in this
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1Public Transportation Fund shall be expended by the Authority
2as provided in Section 4.03.3. The Comptroller, as soon as
3possible after each deposit into the Northern Illinois Transit    
4Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
5Replacement Fund provided in this Section, in and Section
66z-17 of the State Finance Act, and in the Extremely High
7Wealth Market-to-Market Tax Act, shall order the Treasurer to
8pay to the Authority out of the Northern Illinois Transit    
9Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
10Replacement Fund the amount so deposited. Such amounts paid to
11the Authority may be expended by it for its purposes as
12provided in this Act. The provisions directing the
13distributions from the Public Transportation Fund and the
14Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
15Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund provided for in this
16Section shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing
17appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State
18Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized and
19directed to make distributions as provided in this Section.
20(2) Provided, however, no moneys deposited under subsection
21(a) of this Section shall be paid from the Public
22Transportation Fund to the Authority or its assignee for any
23fiscal year until the Authority has certified to the Governor,
24the Comptroller, and the Mayor of the City of Chicago that it
25has adopted for that fiscal year an Annual Budget and 2-Year    
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14.01(b).
2    (c) In recognition of the efforts of the Authority to
3enhance the mass transportation facilities under its control,
4the State shall provide financial assistance ("Additional
5State Assistance") in excess of the amounts transferred to the
6Authority from the General Revenue Fund under subsection (a)
7of this Section. Additional State Assistance shall be
8calculated as provided in subsection (d), but shall in no
9event exceed the following specified amounts with respect to
10the following State fiscal years:
11        1990$5,000,000;
12        1991$5,000,000;
13        1992$10,000,000;
14        1993$10,000,000;
15        1994$20,000,000;
16        1995$30,000,000;
17        1996$40,000,000;
18        1997$50,000,000;
19        1998$55,000,000; and
20        each year thereafter$55,000,000.
21    (c-5) The State shall provide financial assistance
22("Additional Financial Assistance") in addition to the
23Additional State Assistance provided by subsection (c) and the
24amounts transferred to the Authority from the General Revenue
25Fund under subsection (a) of this Section. Additional
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1calculated as provided in subsection (d), but shall in no
2event exceed the following specified amounts with respect to
3the following State fiscal years:
4        2000$0;
5        2001$16,000,000;
6        2002$35,000,000;
7        2003$54,000,000;
8        2004$73,000,000;
9        2005$93,000,000; and
10        each year thereafter$100,000,000.
11    (d) Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and continuing
12for each State fiscal year thereafter, the Authority shall
13annually certify to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer,
14separately with respect to each of subdivisions (g)(2) and
15(g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act, the following amounts:
16        (1) The amount necessary and required, during the
17    State fiscal year with respect to which the certification
18    is made, to pay its obligations for debt service on all
19    outstanding bonds or notes issued by the Authority under
20    subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this
21    Act.
22        (2) An estimate of the amount necessary and required
23    to pay its obligations for debt service for any bonds or
24    notes which the Authority anticipates it will issue under
25    subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 during that
26    State fiscal year.

 

 

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1        (3) Its debt service savings during the preceding
2    State fiscal year from refunding or advance refunding of
3    bonds or notes issued under subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3)
4    of Section 4.04.
5        (4) The amount of interest, if any, earned by the
6    Authority during the previous State fiscal year on the
7    proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to subdivisions
8    (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04, other than refunding or
9    advance refunding bonds or notes.
10    The certification shall include a specific schedule of
11debt service payments, including the date and amount of each
12payment for all outstanding bonds or notes and an estimated
13schedule of anticipated debt service for all bonds and notes
14it intends to issue, if any, during that State fiscal year,
15including the estimated date and estimated amount of each
16payment.
17    Immediately upon the issuance of bonds for which an
18estimated schedule of debt service payments was prepared, the
19Authority shall file an amended certification with respect to
20item (2) above, to specify the actual schedule of debt service
21payments, including the date and amount of each payment, for
22the remainder of the State fiscal year.
23    On the first day of each month of the State fiscal year in
24which there are bonds outstanding with respect to which the
25certification is made, the State Comptroller shall order
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1Road Fund to the Public Transportation Fund the Additional
2State Assistance and Additional Financial Assistance in an
3amount equal to the aggregate of (i) one-twelfth of the sum of
4the amounts certified under items (1) and (3) above less the
5amount certified under item (4) above, plus (ii) the amount
6required to pay debt service on bonds and notes issued during
7the fiscal year, if any, divided by the number of months
8remaining in the fiscal year after the date of issuance, or
9some smaller portion as may be necessary under subsection (c)
10or (c-5) of this Section for the relevant State fiscal year,
11plus (iii) any cumulative deficiencies in transfers for prior
12months, until an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
13certified under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt
14service certified under item (2) above, less the amount
15certified under item (4) above, has been transferred; except
16that these transfers are subject to the following limits:
17        (A) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
18    fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
19    by the Authority under subdivision (g)(2) of Section 4.04
20    exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified
21    in subsection (c) or the sum of the amounts certified
22    under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt
23    service certified under item (2) above, less the amount
24    certified under item (4) above, with respect to those
25    bonds and notes.
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1    fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
2    by the Authority under subdivision (g)(3) of Section 4.04
3    exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified
4    in subsection (c-5) or the sum of the amounts certified
5    under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt
6    service certified under item (2) above, less the amount
7    certified under item (4) above, with respect to those
8    bonds and notes.
9    The term "outstanding" does not include bonds or notes for
10which refunding or advance refunding bonds or notes have been
11issued.
12    (e) Neither Additional State Assistance nor Additional
13Financial Assistance may be pledged, either directly or
14indirectly as general revenues of the Authority, as security
15for any bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority may not
16assign its right to receive Additional State Assistance or
17Additional Financial Assistance, or direct payment of
18Additional State Assistance or Additional Financial
19Assistance, to a trustee or any other entity for the payment of
20debt service on its bonds.
21    (f) The certification required under subsection (d) with
22respect to outstanding bonds and notes of the Authority shall
23be filed as early as practicable before the beginning of the
24State fiscal year to which it relates. The certification shall
25be revised as may be necessary to accurately state the debt
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1    (g) (Blank). Within 6 months of the end of each fiscal
2year, the Authority shall determine:
3        (i) whether the aggregate of all system generated
4    revenues for public transportation in the metropolitan
5    region which is provided by, or under grant or purchase of
6    service contracts with, the Service Boards equals 50% of
7    the aggregate of all costs of providing such public
8    transportation. "System generated revenues" include all
9    the proceeds of fares and charges for services provided,
10    contributions received in connection with public
11    transportation from units of local government other than
12    the Authority, except for contributions received by the
13    Chicago Transit Authority from a real estate transfer tax
14    imposed under subsection (i) of Section 8-3-19 of the
15    Illinois Municipal Code, and from the State pursuant to
16    subsection (i) of Section 2705-305 of the Department of
17    Transportation Law, and all other revenues properly
18    included consistent with generally accepted accounting
19    principles but may not include: the proceeds from any
20    borrowing, and, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, all
21    revenues and receipts, including but not limited to fares
22    and grants received from the federal, State or any unit of
23    local government or other entity, derived from providing
24    ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section 2.30 of the
25    Regional Transportation Authority Act. "Costs" include all
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1    generally accepted accounting principles, including
2    administrative costs, but do not include: depreciation;
3    payment of principal and interest on bonds, notes or other
4    evidences of obligations for borrowed money of the
5    Authority; payments with respect to public transportation
6    facilities made pursuant to subsection (b) of Section
7    2.20; any payments with respect to rate protection
8    contracts, credit enhancements or liquidity agreements
9    made under Section 4.14; any other cost as to which it is
10    reasonably expected that a cash expenditure will not be
11    made; costs for passenger security including grants,
12    contracts, personnel, equipment and administrative
13    expenses, except in the case of the Chicago Transit
14    Authority, in which case the term does not include costs
15    spent annually by that entity for protection against crime
16    as required by Section 27a of the Metropolitan Transit
17    Authority Act; the costs of Debt Service paid by the
18    Chicago Transit Authority, as defined in Section 12c of
19    the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, or bonds or notes
20    issued pursuant to that Section; the payment by the
21    Commuter Rail Division of debt service on bonds issued
22    pursuant to Section 3B.09; expenses incurred by the
23    Suburban Bus Division for the cost of new public
24    transportation services funded from grants pursuant to
25    Section 2.01e of this Act for a period of 2 years from the
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1    by the Board for projects pursuant to Section 2.09 of this
2    Act; or, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, expenses
3    related to providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to
4    Section 2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act;
5    or in fiscal years 2008 through 2012 inclusive, costs in
6    the amount of $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing
7    by $40,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter until this
8    exemption is eliminated. If said system generated revenues
9    are less than 50% of said costs, the Board shall remit an
10    amount equal to the amount of the deficit to the State;
11    however, due to the fiscal impacts from the COVID-19
12    pandemic, for fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and
13    2025, no such payment shall be required. The Treasurer
14    shall deposit any such payment in the Road Fund; and
15        (ii) whether, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, the
16    aggregate of all fares charged and received for ADA
17    paratransit services equals the system generated ADA
18    paratransit services revenue recovery ratio percentage of
19    the aggregate of all costs of providing such ADA
20    paratransit services.    
21    (h) (Blank). If the Authority makes any payment to the
22State under paragraph (g), the Authority shall reduce the
23amount provided to a Service Board from funds transferred
24under paragraph (a) in proportion to the amount by which that
25Service Board failed to meet its required system generated
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1a reduction in funds under this paragraph shall submit to the
2Authority concurrently with its next due quarterly report a
3revised budget incorporating the reduction in funds. The
4revised budget must meet the criteria specified in clauses (i)
5through (vi) of Section 4.11(b)(2). The Board shall review and
6act on the revised budget as provided in Section 4.11(b)(3).
7(Source: P.A. 102-678, eff. 12-10-21; 103-281, eff. 1-1-24;
8103-588, eff. 6-5-24.)
 
9    (70 ILCS 3615/4.11)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.11)
10    Sec. 4.11. Budget Review Powers.
11    (a) Until January 1, 2027, based Based upon estimates
12which shall be given to the Authority by the Director of the
13Governor's Office of Management and Budget (formerly Bureau of
14the Budget) of the receipts to be received by the Authority
15from the taxes imposed by the Authority and the authorized
16estimates of amounts to be available from State and other
17sources to the Service Boards, and the times at which such
18receipts and amounts will be available, the Board shall, not
19later than the next preceding September 15th prior to the
20beginning of the Authority's next fiscal year, advise each
21Service Board of the amounts estimated by the Board to be
22available for such Service Board during such fiscal year and
23the two following fiscal years and the times at which such
24amounts will be available. The Board shall, at the same time,
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1generated revenues recovery ratio for the next fiscal year
2which shall be the percentage of the aggregate costs of
3providing public transportation by or under jurisdiction of
4that Service Board which must be recovered from system
5generated revenues. The Board shall, at the same time,
6consider the written determination of the Executive Director,
7made pursuant to Section 2.01d, of the costs of ADA
8paratransit services that are required to be provided under
9the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its
10implementing regulations, and shall amend the current year
11budgets of the Authority and the Service Boards to provide for
12additional funding for the provision of ADA paratransit
13services, if needed. The Board shall, at the same time,
14beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, also advise each Service
15Board that provides ADA paratransit services of its required
16system generated ADA paratransit services revenue recovery
17ratio for the next fiscal year which shall be the percentage of
18the aggregate costs of providing ADA paratransit services by
19or under jurisdiction of that Service Board which must be
20recovered from fares charged for such services, except that
21such required system generated ADA paratransit services
22revenue recovery ratio shall not exceed the minimum percentage
23established pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(ii) of this Act. In
24determining a Service Board's system generated revenue
25recovery ratio, the Board shall consider the historical system
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1the jurisdiction of that Service Board. The Board shall not
2increase a Service Board's system generated revenues recovery
3ratio for the next fiscal year over such ratio for the current
4fiscal year disproportionately or prejudicially to increases
5in such ratios for other Service Boards. The Board may, by
6ordinance, provide that (i) the cost of research and
7development projects in the fiscal year beginning January 1,
81986 and ending December 31, 1986 conducted pursuant to
9Section 2.09 of this Act, (ii) the costs for passenger
10security, and (iii) expenditures of amounts granted to a
11Service Board from the Innovation, Coordination, and
12Enhancement Fund for operating purposes may be exempted from
13the farebox recovery ratio or the system generated revenues
14recovery ratio of the Chicago Transit Authority, the Suburban
15Bus Board, and the Commuter Rail Board, or any of them. During
16fiscal years 2008 through 2012, the Board may also allocate
17the exemption of $200,000,000 and the reducing amounts of
18costs provided by this amendatory Act of the 95th General
19Assembly from the farebox recovery ratio or system generated
20revenues recovery ratio of each Service Board.
21    (b) (1) Not later than the next preceding November 15
22prior to the commencement of such fiscal year, each Service
23Board shall submit to the Authority its proposed budget for
24such fiscal year and its proposed financial plan for the two
25following fiscal years. Such budget and financial plan shall
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1budgetary practices, and be based on any assumptions and
2projections required by the Authority and (ii) not project or
3assume a receipt of revenues from the Authority in amounts
4greater than those set forth in the estimates provided by the
5Authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section.
6    (2) The Board shall review the proposed budget and
7two-year financial plan submitted by each Service Board. The
8Board shall approve the budget and two-year financial plan of
9a Service Board if:    
10        (i) such budget and plan show a balance between (A)
11    anticipated revenues from all sources including operating
12    subsidies and (B) the costs of providing the services
13    specified and of funding any operating deficits or
14    encumbrances incurred in prior periods, including
15    provision for payment when due of principal and interest
16    on outstanding indebtedness;    
17        (ii) such budget and plan show cash balances including
18    the proceeds of any anticipated cash flow borrowing
19    sufficient to pay with reasonable promptness all costs and
20    expenses as incurred;    
21        (iii) such budget and plan provide for a level of
22    fares or charges and operating or administrative costs for
23    the public transportation provided by or subject to the
24    jurisdiction of such Service Board sufficient to allow the
25    Service Board to meet its required system generated
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1    year, system generated ADA paratransit services revenue
2    recovery ratio;    
3        (iv) such budget and plan are based upon and employ
4    assumptions and projections which are reasonable and
5    prudent;    
6        (v) such budget and plan have been prepared in
7    accordance with sound financial practices as determined by
8    the Board;    
9        (vi) such budget and plan meet such other financial,
10    budgetary, or fiscal requirements that the Board may by
11    rule or regulation establish; and
12        (vii) such budget and plan are consistent with the
13    goals and objectives adopted by the Authority in the
14    Strategic Plan.
15    (3) (Blank).
16    (4) Unless the Board by a supermajority an affirmative    
17vote of 12 of the then Directors determines that the budget and
18financial plan of a Service Board meets the criteria specified
19in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of this
20paragraph (b), the Board shall withhold from that Service
21Board 25% of the cash proceeds of taxes imposed by the
22Authority under Section 4.03 and Section 4.03.1 and received
23after February 1 and 25% of the amounts transferred to the
24Authority from the Public Transportation Fund under Section
254.09(a) (but not including Section 4.09(a)(3)(iv)) after
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1Service Board under Section 4.11(a). Such funding shall be
2released to the Service Board only upon approval of a budget
3and financial plan under this Section or adoption of a budget
4and financial plan on behalf of the Service Board by the
5Authority.
6    (5) If the Board has not found that the budget and
7financial plan of a Service Board meets the criteria specified
8in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of this
9paragraph (b), the Board, by a supermajority the affirmative    
10vote of at least 12 of its then Directors, shall adopt a budget
11and financial plan meeting such criteria for that Service
12Board.
13    (c)(1) If the Board shall at any time have received a
14revised estimate, or revises any estimate the Board has made,
15pursuant to this Section 4.01 of the receipts to be collected
16by the Authority which, in the judgment of the Board, requires
17a change in the estimates on which the budget of any Service
18Board is based, the Board shall advise the affected Service
19Board of such revised estimates, and such Service Board shall,    
20within 30 days after receipt of such advice, submit
21recommendations for a revised budget incorporating such
22revised estimates. If the revised estimates require, in the
23judgment of the Board, that the system generated revenues
24recovery ratio of one or more Service Boards be revised in
25order to allow the Authority to meet its required ratio, the
26Board shall advise any such Service Board of its revised ratio

 

 

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1and such Service Board shall within 30 days after receipt of
2such advice submit a revised budget incorporating such revised
3estimates or ratio.
4    (2) Each Service Board shall, within such period after the
5end of each fiscal quarter as shall be specified by the Board,
6report to the Authority its financial condition and results of
7operations and the financial condition and results of
8operations of the public transportation services subject to
9its jurisdiction, as at the end of and for such quarter. If in
10the judgment of the Board such condition and results are not
11substantially in accordance with such Service Board's budget
12for such period, the Board shall so advise such Service Board
13and such Service Board shall within the period specified by
14the Board submit a revised budget incorporating such results.
15    (3) If the Board shall determine that a revised budget
16submitted by a Service Board pursuant to subparagraph (1) or
17(2) of this paragraph (c) does not meet the criteria specified
18in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph
19(b) of this Section, the Board shall withhold from that
20Service Board 25% of the cash proceeds of taxes imposed by the
21Authority under Section 4.03 or 4.03.1 and received by the
22Authority after February 1 and 25% of the amounts transferred
23to the Authority from the Public Transportation Fund under
24Section 4.09(a) (but not including Section 4.09(a)(3)(iv))
25after February 1 that the Board has estimated to be available
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1Board submits a revised financial plan and budget which plan
2and budget shows that the criteria will be met within a four
3quarter period, the Board shall release any such withheld
4funds to the Service Board. The Board by a supermajority the
5affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors may
6require a Service Board to submit a revised financial plan and
7budget which shows that the criteria will be met in a time
8period less than four quarters.
9    (d) All budgets and financial plans, financial statements,
10audits, and other information presented to the Authority
11pursuant to this Section or which may be required by the Board
12to permit it to monitor compliance with the provisions of this
13Section shall be prepared and presented in such manner and
14frequency and in such detail as shall have been prescribed by
15the Board, shall be prepared on both an accrual and cash flow
16basis as specified by the Board, shall present such
17information as the Authority shall prescribe that fairly
18presents the condition of any pension plan or trust for health
19care benefits with respect to retirees established by the
20Service Board and describes the plans of the Service Board to
21meet the requirements of Sections 4.02a and 4.02b, and shall
22identify and describe the assumptions and projections employed
23in the preparation thereof to the extent required by the
24Board. If the Executive Director certifies that a Service
25Board has not presented its budget and two-year financial plan
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1the provisions of Section 4.01(f) and this subsection (d), and
2such certification is accepted by a supermajority the
3affirmative vote of at least 12 of the then Directors of the
4Authority, the Authority shall not distribute to that Service
5Board any funds for operating purposes in excess of the
6amounts distributed for such purposes to the Service Board in
7the previous fiscal year. Except when the Board adopts a
8budget and a financial plan for a Service Board under
9paragraph (b)(5), a Service Board shall provide for such
10levels of transportation services and fares or charges
11therefor as it deems appropriate and necessary in the
12preparation of a budget and financial plan meeting the
13criteria set forth in clauses (i) through (vii) of
14subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of this Section. The
15Authority shall have access to and the right to examine and
16copy all books, documents, papers, records, or other source
17data of a Service Board relevant to any information submitted
18pursuant to this Section.
19    (d-5) Beginning in fiscal year 2027, the Board of the
20Authority shall, no later than September 15 of each year
21consider the written determination of the Executive Director,
22made under Section 2.01d, of the costs of ADA paratransit
23services that are required to be provided under the federal
24Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing
25regulations, and shall amend the current year budgets of the
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1funding for the provision of ADA paratransit services, if
2needed.    
3    (d-10)(1) Beginning in fiscal year 2027, if the Board
4shall at any time have received a revised estimate, or revises
5any estimate the Board has made, under Section 4.01 of the
6receipts to be collected by the Authority which, in the
7judgment of the Board, requires a change in the estimates on
8which the budget of any Service Board is based, then the Board
9of the Authority shall advise the affected Service Board of
10the revised estimates, and the Service Board shall, within 30
11days after receipt of the advice, submit recommendations for a
12revised budget incorporating the revised estimates. After
13considering the Service Board's recommendations, the Authority
14shall adopt a revised budget.    
15    (2) Each Service Board shall, within the period after the
16end of each fiscal quarter as shall be specified by the Board,
17report to the Authority its financial condition and results of
18operations and the financial condition and results of
19operations of the public transportation services subject to
20its jurisdiction, as at the end of and for the quarter. If, in
21the judgment of the Board, the condition and results are not
22substantially in accordance with the Service Board's budget
23for the period, then the Board shall so advise the Service
24Board and the Service Board shall within the period specified
25by the Board submit recommendations for a revised budget
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1Board's recommendations, the Authority shall adopt a revised
2budget.    
3    (d-15) Beginning in fiscal year 2027, all financial
4statements, audits, and other information presented to the
5Authority under this Section or which may be required by the
6Board to permit it to monitor compliance with the provisions
7of this Section shall be prepared and presented in the manner
8and frequency and in the detail prescribed by the Board, shall
9be prepared on both an accrual and cash flow basis as specified
10by the Board, shall present the information as the Authority
11shall prescribe that fairly presents the condition of any
12pension plan or trust for health care benefits with respect to
13retirees established by the Service Board and describes the
14plans of the Service Board to meet the requirements of
15Sections 4.02a and 4.02b, and shall identify and describe the
16assumptions and projections employed in the preparation
17thereof to the extent required by the Board.    
18    (e) Whenever this Section requires the Board to make
19determinations with respect to estimates, budgets or financial
20plans, or rules or regulations with respect thereto such
21determinations shall be made upon a supermajority the
22affirmative vote of at least 12 of the then Directors and shall
23be incorporated in a written report of the Board and such
24report shall be submitted within 10 days after such
25determinations are made to the Governor, the Mayor of Chicago
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1Authority), and the Auditor General of Illinois.
2(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3615/4.13)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.13)
4    Sec. 4.13. Annual Capital Improvement Plan.
5    (a) With respect to each calendar year, the Authority
6shall prepare as part of its 5-Year Capital Five Year Program
7an Annual Capital Improvement Plan (the "Plan") which shall
8describe its intended development and implementation of the
9Strategic Capital Improvement Program. The Plan shall include
10the following information:    
11        (i) a list of projects for which approval is sought
12    from the Governor, with a description of each project
13    stating at a minimum the project cost, its category, its
14    location and the entity responsible for its
15    implementation;    
16        (ii) a certification by the Authority that the
17    Authority and the Service Boards have applied for all
18    grants, loans and other moneys made available by the
19    federal government or the State of Illinois during the
20    preceding federal and State fiscal years for financing its
21    capital development activities;    
22        (iii) a certification that, as of September 30 of the
23    preceding calendar year or any later date, the balance of
24    all federal capital grant funds and all other funds to be
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1    possessed by the Authority or a Service Board but which
2    had not been obligated was less than $350,000,000, or a
3    greater amount as authorized in writing by the Governor
4    (for purposes of this subsection (a), "obligated" means
5    committed to be paid by the Authority or a Service Board
6    under a contract with a nongovernmental entity in
7    connection with the performance of a project or committed
8    under a force account plan approved by the federal
9    government);    
10        (iv) a certification that the Authority has adopted a
11    balanced budget with respect to such calendar year under
12    Section 4.01 of this Act;    
13        (v) a schedule of all bonds or notes previously issued
14    for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects and all debt
15    service payments to be made with respect to all such bonds
16    and the estimated additional debt service payments through
17    June 30 of the following calendar year expected to result
18    from bonds to be sold prior thereto;    
19        (vi) a long-range summary of the Strategic Capital
20    Improvement Program describing the projects to be funded
21    through the Program with respect to project cost,
22    category, location, and implementing entity, and
23    presenting a financial plan including an estimated time
24    schedule for obligating funds for the performance of
25    approved projects, issuing bonds, expending bond proceeds
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1    Program; and    
2        (vii) the source of funding for each project in the
3    Plan. For any project for which full funding has not yet
4    been secured and which is not subject to a federal full
5    funding contract, the Authority must identify alternative,
6    dedicated funding sources available to complete the
7    project. The Governor may waive this requirement on a
8    project by project basis.
9    (b) The Authority shall submit the Plan with respect to
10any calendar year to the Governor on or before January 15 of
11that year, or as soon as possible thereafter; provided,
12however, that the Plan shall be adopted by a supermajority
13vote on the affirmative votes of 12 of the then Directors. The
14Plan may be revised or amended at any time, but any revision in
15the projects approved shall require the Governor's approval.
16    (c) The Authority shall seek approval from the Governor
17only through the Plan or an amendment thereto. The Authority
18shall not request approval of the Plan from the Governor in any
19calendar year in which it is unable to make the certifications
20required under items (ii), (iii) and (iv) of subsection (a).
21In no event shall the Authority seek approval of the Plan from
22the Governor for projects in an aggregate amount exceeding the
23proceeds of bonds or notes for Strategic Capital Improvement
24Projects issued under Section 4.04 of this Act.
25    (d) The Governor may approve the Plan for which approval
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1of the project cost stated in the Plan. The Governor shall not
2approve the Plan in a calendar year if the Authority is unable
3to make the certifications required under items (ii), (iii)
4and (iv) of subsection (a). In no event shall the Governor
5approve the Plan for projects in an aggregate amount exceeding
6the proceeds of bonds or notes for Strategic Capital
7Improvement Projects issued under Section 4.04 of this Act.
8    (e) With respect to capital improvements, only those
9capital improvements which are in a Plan approved by the
10Governor shall be financed with the proceeds of bonds or notes
11issued for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects.
12    (f) Before the Authority or a Service Board obligates any
13funds for a project for which the Authority or Service Board
14intends to use the proceeds of bonds or notes for Strategic
15Capital Improvement Projects, but which project is not
16included in an approved Plan, the Authority must notify the
17Governor of the intended obligation. No project costs incurred
18prior to approval of the Plan including that project may be
19paid from the proceeds of bonds or notes for Strategic Capital
20Improvement Projects issued under Section 4.04 of this Act.
21(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/4.14)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.14)
23    Sec. 4.14. Rate Protection Contract. "Rate Protection
24Contract" means interest rate price exchange agreements;
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1agreements; contracts providing for payment or receipt of
2funds based on levels of, or changes in, interest rates,
3currency exchange rates, stock or other indices; contracts to
4exchange cash flows or a series of payments; contracts,
5including without limitation, interest rate caps; interest
6rate floor; interest rate locks; interest rate collars; rate
7of return guarantees or assurances, to manage payment,
8currency, rate, spread or similar exposure; the obligation,
9right, or option to issue, put, lend, sell, grant a security
10interest in, buy, borrow or otherwise acquire, a bond, note or
11other security or interest therein as an investment, as
12collateral, as a hedge, or otherwise as a source or assurance
13of payment to or by the Authority or as a reduction of the
14Authority's or an obligor's risk exposure; repurchase
15agreements; securities lending agreements; and other
16agreements or arrangements similar to the foregoing.
17    Notwithstanding any provision in Section 2.20 (a) (ii) of
18this Act to the contrary, in connection with or incidental to
19the issuance by the Authority of its bonds or notes under the
20provisions of Section 4.04 or the exercise of its powers under
21subsection (b) of Section 2.20, the Authority, for its own
22benefit or for the benefit of the holders of its obligations or
23their trustee, may enter into rate protection contracts. The
24Authority may enter into rate protection contracts only
25pursuant to a determination by a supermajority vote of 12 of
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1related agreements reduce the risk of loss to the Authority,
2or protect, preserve or enhance the value of its assets, or
3provide compensation to the Authority for losses resulting
4from changes in interest rates. The Authority's obligations
5under any rate protection contract or credit enhancement or
6liquidity agreement shall not be considered bonds or notes for
7purposes of this Act. For purposes of this Section a rate
8protection contract is a contract determined by the Authority
9as necessary or appropriate to permit it to manage payment,
10currency or interest rate risks or levels.
11(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 3615/4.15)
13    Sec. 4.15. Revolving door prohibition. No Director,
14Service Board director or member, former Director, or former
15Service Board director or member shall, during his or her term
16and for a period of one year immediately after the end of his
17or her term, engage in business dealings with, knowingly
18accept employment from, or receive compensation or fees for
19services from the Regional Transportation Authority, the
20Suburban Bus Board, the Commuter Rail Board or the Chicago
21Transit Board. This prohibition shall not apply to any
22business dealings engaged in by the Director or Service Board
23director or member in the course of his or her official duties
24or responsibilities as a Director or Service Board director or
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1(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 3615/5.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.03)
3    Sec. 5.03. Limitation on Actions.
4    The Authority shall not be liable in any civil action for
5any injury to any person or property for any acts or omissions
6of any Transportation Agency transportation agency or unit of
7local government, as a result of the Authority making grants
8to or having a purchase of service agreement with such agency
9or unit of local government. Nothing in this Act, however,
10limits the power of the Authority in its purchase of service
11agreements to pay the cost of any such injuries.
12    No civil action shall be commenced in any court against
13the Authority or a Service Board by any person on account of
14any wrongful death or for any injury to any person unless it is
15commenced within one year from the date that the cause of
16action accrued; provided, however, that the foregoing shall
17not limit a Transportation Agency transportation agency in
18bringing a civil action to enforce its rights under a purchase
19of service agreement with the Authority. This amendatory Act
20of 1995 applies only to causes of action accruing on or after
21January 1, 1996.
22(Source: P.A. 89-109, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3615/5.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.05)
24    Sec. 5.05. Opt Out.

 

 

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1    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if
2the County Board of the County of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry,    
3or Will by ordinance authorizes that such county shall elect
4to terminate the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus
5Division in that County, the Secretary of such County Board
6shall certify that proposition to the proper election
7officials, who shall submit such proposition at an election in
8accordance with the general election law to decide whether or
9not the County shall opt out; and if a majority of the voters
10voting upon the proposition is in favor of terminating the
11powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus Division those
12powers shall be terminated.
13    The form of the ballot to be used at the referendum shall
14be substantially as follows:
15---------------------------------
16    Shall ..... County Terminate the
17Powers of the Regional Transportation        YES
18Authority and the Suburban Bus          ---------------------
19Division in .... County                       NO
20on ..... (date)
21-------------------------------------------------------------
22    If a majority of the voters vote in favor of terminating
23the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus Division then
24all of the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus
25Division shall terminate in such county except those powers
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1to exercise with regard to:    
2        (i) public transportation by commuter rail, and
3    related public transportation facilities;    
4        (ii) public transportation other than by commuter rail
5    which is required in order to comply with federal or State
6    laws and regulations, and related public transportation
7    facilities; and    
8        (iii) public transportation other than by commuter
9    rail provided by the Suburban Bus Division pursuant to
10    contract with the County or other governmental entity
11    therein, and related public transportation facilities.
12    (b) The termination of the powers of the Authority and the
13Suburban Bus Division referred to in paragraph (a) of this
14Section with respect to any County shall occur on approval of
15the referendum by the electors provided on or prior to the date
16of such termination, such County shall have:    
17        (i) assumed the obligations of the Authority under all
18    laws, federal or State, and all contracts with respect to
19    public transportation or public transportation facilities
20    in such County, which statutory or contractual obligations
21    extend beyond the termination date provided for in
22    accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section provided
23    that such obligations shall not be deemed to include any
24    indebtedness of the Authority for borrowed money;    
25        (ii) agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the
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1    liabilities arising out of or in connection with the
2    termination of the Authority's powers and functions
3    pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section; and    
4        (iii) taken or caused to be taken all necessary
5    actions and fulfilled or caused to be fulfilled all
6    requirements under federal and State laws, rules and
7    regulations with respect to such termination and any
8    related transfers of assets or liabilities of the
9    Authority. A County may, by mutual agreement with the
10    Authority, permit the Authority to fulfill one or more
11    contracts which by their terms extend beyond the
12    termination date provided for in accordance with paragraph
13    (c) of this Section, in which case the powers and
14    functions of the Authority in that County shall survive
15    only to the extent deemed necessary by the Authority to
16    fulfill said contract or contracts. The satisfaction of
17    the requirements provided for in this paragraph shall be
18    evidenced in such manner as the Authority may require.
19    (c) Following an election to terminate the powers of the
20Authority and the Suburban Bus Division at a referendum held
21under paragraph (a) of this Section the County Board shall
22notify the Authority of the results of the referendum which
23notice shall specify a termination date, which is the last day
24of the calendar month, but no earlier than December 31, 1984.
25Unless the termination date is extended by mutual agreement
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1powers and functions of the Authority in the County shall
2occur at midnight on the termination date, provided that the
3requirements of this Section have been met.
4    (d) The proceeds of taxes imposed by the Authority under
5Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 collected after the termination date
6within a County wherein the powers of the Authority and the
7Suburban Bus Division have been terminated under this Section
8shall be provided by the Authority to the Commuter Rail Board
9to support services under the jurisdiction of the Commuter
10Rail Board which are attributable to that County, as
11determined by the Commuter Rail Board. Any proceeds which are
12in excess of that necessary to support such services shall be
13paid by the Authority to that County to be expended for general
14transportation purposes in accordance with law. If no services
15under the jurisdiction of the Commuter Rail Board are provided
16in a County wherein the powers of the Authority have been
17terminated under this Section, all proceeds of taxes imposed
18by the Authority in the County shall be paid by the Authority
19to the County to be expended for general transportation
20purposes in accordance with law. The Authority or the Suburban
21Bus Division has no obligation to see that the funds expended
22under this paragraph by the County are spent for general
23transportation purposes in accordance with law.
24(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
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1    Sec. 5.15. Rail safety recommendation report. The Regional
2Transportation Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, and
3the Commuter Rail Division shall issue an annual report on or
4before December 31 of each year containing all rail safety
5recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety
6Board during the previous 12 months and the status of the
7Regional Transportation Authority's, the Chicago Transit
8Authority's, and the Commuter Rail Division's implementation
9of those recommendations, including for any recommendations
10within the Regional Transportation Authority's
11extraterritorial extra-territorial authority, if any. The
12reports shall be made publicly available on the Regional
13Transportation Authority's website.
14(Source: P.A. 103-640, eff. 7-1-24.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 3615/5.17 new)
16    Sec. 5.17. Diversity reporting.    
17    (a) As used in this Section:
18    "Minority person" has the meaning given to that term in
19the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons
20with Disabilities Act.
21    "Person with a disability" has the meaning given to that
22term in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and
23Persons with Disabilities Act.
24    "Qualified veteran-owned small business" has the meaning
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1Procurement Code.
2    "Small business" has the meaning given to that term in
3Section 45-57 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
4    "Veteran" has the meaning given to that term in Section
545-57 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
6    "Woman" has the meaning given to that term in the Business
7Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
8Disabilities Act.
9    (b) All construction contractors who contract with the
10Authority or a Service Board shall report to the Authority
11regarding the diversity of its employees, apprenticeship
12hours, and its spending. Reports must contain data providing:
13        (1) the number of women, minority persons, persons
14    with a disability, and veterans employed by the
15    construction contractor;
16        (2) the apprenticeship hours performed by women,
17    minority persons, persons with a disability, and veterans;
18    and
19        (3) the spending for women-owned, minority-owned,
20    qualified veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in
21    the previous calendar year.
22    Reports shall express the percentage of the total work
23performed on Authority projects by the construction contractor
24submitting the report, the total apprenticeship hours and
25percentage of apprenticeship hours performed by women,
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1percentage of spending by the construction contractor for all
2women-owned, minority-owned, qualified veteran-owned small
3business, and small business enterprises.
4    (c) The construction contractor shall submit a diversity
5report to the Board of the Authority annually on the
6anniversary of the contract. The Authority shall publish each
7diversity report on its website.
 
8    (70 ILCS 3615/5.20 new)
9    Sec. 5.20. Performance review and removal for cause.    
10    (a) The Authority shall conduct a performance review of
11the Executive Director of each Service Board once each year.
12As part of this review, the Executive Director shall appear
13before the Board to discuss the initial findings of the
14review. At the conclusion of the review, the Authority shall
15provide feedback to the Executive Director. The review shall
16consider, at minimum:
17        (1) performance of public transportation service
18    provided by the relevant Service Board as measured against
19    the applicable service standards pursuant to Section 6.02;
20        (2) any findings of the most recent general
21    performance audit conducted by the Auditor General under
22    Section 2.01g;
23        (3) any findings of audits conducted by the Chief
24    Internal Auditor into the relevant Division; and
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1    5-Year Capital Program, Annual Budget, and 2-Year
2    Financial Plan approved by the Authority.
3    (b) The Authority may also review allegations of
4misconduct or other wrongdoing by the Executive Director. The
5Authority shall provide the Executive Director with written
6notice of any allegations and a reasonable opportunity to be
7heard in person or by counsel in reference thereto. The
8Authority shall establish rules to implement this Section.
9    (c) The Authority shall remove the Executive Director of
10the Commuter Rail Division, Suburban Bus Division, or Chicago
11Transit Division (i) upon a showing of just cause, or
12following an annual performance review in which the Authority
13determines that the Executive Director led the Division to
14fail to comply with the Service Plan, 5-Year Capital Program,
15Annual Budget, or 2-Year Financial Plan approved by the
16Authority and (ii) a supermajority vote. Upon a vote to remove
17an Executive Director, a schedule that shall permit an orderly
18transition in that office may be instituted. For the purposes
19of this Section, "just cause" means any egregious act or
20omission, including, but not limited to, malfeasance,
21nonfeasance, gross misconduct or criminal conduct which
22impairs the individual's ability to fulfill their duties and
23obligations, or for actions taken that violate the terms of
24this Act.
 
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1    Sec. 5.25. Dial-a-ride service program.    
2    (a) As used in this Section, "local dial-a-ride service"
3or "DAR service" means a door-to-door transportation service,
4other than that mandated by the Americans with Disabilities
5Act, that is operated by a Service Board or other unit of local
6government within the service area of the Authority and that
7allows passengers to request pick-up and drop-off by telephone
8or other means and does not follow a fixed route.
9    (b) A hired third party shall work in collaboration with
10the Authority, Service Boards, counties, and townships that
11operate dial-a-ride services to evaluate existing dial-a-ride
12programs and create recommendations for coordinated service
13across the region. The recommendations shall consider
14coordination with existing dial-a-ride service and fixed-route
15service operated by the Service Boards and potential expansion
16of fixed-route service operated by the Service Boards. The
17Authority shall work with the Service Boards, counties, and
18townships that operate dial-a-ride services to implement the
19recommendations following an affirmative vote of the Board of
20the Authority.
21    (c) After the recommendations have been completed, the
22Authority may establish a DAR service program policy and
23authorize the deposit of Authority moneys into a DAR Service
24Program Fund. Amounts on deposits in the fund and interest and
25other earnings on those amounts may be used by the Authority,
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1        (1) operating cost assistance up to a maximum of 80%
2    of the operating cost of the DAR service provided by a unit
3    of local government;
4        (2) capital cost assistance for vehicles and
5    technology obtained by units of local government to
6    deliver DAR service;
7        (3) payment of Authority staff deployed to help
8    support DAR services operated by units of local government
9    and for other operating expenses incurred by the Authority
10    relating to the provision of DAR service by units of local
11    government or an operating unit of the Authority; and
12        (4) payment of capital costs incurred by the Authority
13    relating to its support of DAR service provided by units
14    of local government or by a Service Board.
15    (d) If the Board creates a DAR service program policy that
16provides guidance on what DAR services provided by units of
17local government are eligible for Authority support under the
18DAR service program policy, then the DAR service program
19policy shall include:
20        (1) the level of operating and capital subsidies
21    available to units of local government from the Authority
22    under the DAR service program policy;
23        (2) eligibility criteria for units of local government
24    to receive operating or capital subsidies from the DAR
25    service program policy;
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1    may supply units of local government that operate DAR
2    services;
3        (4) a description of how units of local government may
4    obtain DAR services from a Service Board of the Authority;
5        (5) requirements that DAR services must be consistent
6    with service standards established by the Authority to be
7    eligible for operating or capital subsidies from the
8    Authority;
9        (6) the requirements for integration of a DAR service
10    operated by a unit of local government into the
11    Authority's fare collection, service branding, travel
12    information, and other systems required to provide riders
13    with seamless integration of DAR services with the
14    Authority's fixed-route transit services in the
15    metropolitan region;
16        (7) standardized hours of operation, rider eligibility
17    criteria, fares, service standards, and use of fare media
18    compatible with the Authority's fixed-route services, and
19    other service-related requirements established by the
20    Authority that shall be in effect for all DAR services
21    funded by the Authority;
22        (8) Authority funding support levels tied to objective
23    criteria, such as vehicle revenue miles, passenger miles
24    traveled, unlinked passenger trips, vehicle revenue hours,
25    cost per DAR service ride, the number of zero-car
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1    trips by DAR service users that also include travel on the
2    Authority's fixed-route services;
3        (9) requirements of any limitations on the provision
4    of DAR service across DAR service areas and to
5    destinations outside the metropolitan region; and
6        (10) standardized forms of agreements between the
7    Authority and units of local government used in the
8    administration of the DAR service program setting forth
9    the funding arrangements, service levels, performance
10    measures, and other requirements for participation in the
11    program.
12    (e) The Authority shall not provide operating or capital
13funding for a DAR service that does not meet the requirements
14of the DAR service program policy.
15    (f) To better inform and implement the DAR service
16program, the Authority shall establish a DAR Service
17Coordination Council consisting of officials from each of the
18county departments of transportation in the metropolitan
19region as well as a diverse set of representatives from other
20local units of government, social service providers, and other
21community stakeholders. The Coordination Council shall advise
22the Authority on DAR service program policies and shall assist
23the Authority in improving DAR service quality, coordination,
24and consistency throughout the metropolitan region.
25    (g) The Authority may establish a DAR Service Board to
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1    (h) If the Authority creates a DAR program, then the
2Authority shall address DAR service issues and its DAR service
3program policy in its Strategic Plan and in its other plans and
4programs.
 
5    (70 ILCS 3615/5.30 new)
6    Sec. 5.30. Contract limitations on lame duck boards. On
7and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
8104th General Assembly and until the new Board of the
9Authority and boards of the Service Boards are seated, the
10Regional Transportation Authority and Service Boards shall not
11enter into or renew any contract with a term of one year or
12more or a total cost of $10,000,000 or more. Any contract
13entered into or renewed in violation of this Section shall be
14voidable by the new Board of the Authority or the new board of
15the applicable Service Board.
 
16    (70 ILCS 3615/5.35 new)
17    Sec. 5.35. Northern Illinois Transit Authority Executive
18Director performance evaluation. The Board shall conduct an
19annual evaluation, each fiscal year, of the Northern Illinois
20Transit Authority Executive Director. At the conclusion of the
21review, the Authority shall provide feedback to the Executive
22Director. The review shall consider, at minimum:
23    (1) performance of public transportation service provided
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1service standards under Section 6.01;
2    (2) any relevant findings of audits conducted by the Chief
3Internal Auditor under Section 7.01; and
4    (3) any findings of the most recent general performance
5audit conducted by the Auditor General under Section 2.01g.
 
6    (70 ILCS 3615/Art. VI heading new)
7
ARTICLE VI. SERVICE

 
8    (70 ILCS 3615/6.01 new)
9    Sec. 6.01. Service standards.    
10    (a) The Authority shall adopt service standards to guide
11the provision of public transportation throughout the
12metropolitan region.
13    (b) The service standards shall identify quantitative and
14qualitative attributes of quality public transit service using
15metrics drawn from the performance of high-quality transit
16systems in global metropolitan areas with populations and
17metropolitan economies comparable to the metropolitan region.
18    (c) The service standards shall include a framework that
19describes the appropriate characteristics for each type of
20service or mode. These characteristics include, but are not
21limited to, mode, frequency, time span, vehicle type, stop
22spacing, vehicle and stop amenities, network connectivity,
23route directness, route deviation, and coverage of service.
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1revenue miles, passenger miles traveled, and unlinked
2passenger trips.
3    (d) The service standards shall cover the entire
4metropolitan region and include the development of transit
5propensity thresholds for each type of service or mode.
6Transit propensity metrics shall include, but are not limited
7to, population density, employment density, low-income
8populations, disabled populations, zero-car households,
9intersection density, and the presence of sidewalks. The
10Authority shall develop weights for each metric and a scoring
11system to determine transit propensity.
12    (e) The service standards shall be adjusted as appropriate
13to accommodate the addition of modes of public transportation
14not currently being provided by the Authority, which may
15include, but are not limited to:
16        (1) streetcars;
17        (2) light rail;
18        (3) full-scale bus rapid transit;
19        (4) a transition from commuter rail to regional rail
20    or a combination of commuter and regional rail; and
21        (5) electrified versions of current combustion engine
22    vehicle systems.
23    (f) A unit of local government may petition the Authority
24to increase the level of transit service provided above what
25would otherwise be provided through the service standards. The
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1local government in identifying corridors where additional
2service could be provided.
3    (g) The service standards shall include the transition of
4commuter rail in the metropolitan region to a regional rail
5service pattern or the retention of commuter rail with
6additional regional rail service.
7    (h) Service standards and transit propensity thresholds
8shall be developed, adopted by the board of directors, and
9implemented by December 31, 2027.
10        (1) The development of such standards shall be done
11    cooperatively by staff of the Authority and the Service
12    Boards, including input from the bus and train operators
13    and train operating crews employed by the Service Boards.
14        (2) In developing and evaluating the service
15    standards, consideration shall be given to limitations
16    experienced by the Commuter Rail Division due to shared
17    infrastructure with freight rail.
18        (3) After service standards are implemented, the
19    Authority shall meet with each of the Service Boards at
20    least quarterly each year to ensure operations are
21    continuing effectively and to discuss issues or concerns
22    related to the service standards.
23        (4) The Board shall review and make adjustments to the
24    service standards in conjunction with its adoption of the
25    Authority's Strategic Plan.
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1to revenue generated by taxes under Section 4.03 and any funds
2distributed to the Service Boards based on Section 4.03.3.
3    (j) Until December 31, 2030, the amount of funding
4distributed to each Service Board under this Section shall be,
5at a minimum, equal to the amount of funding distributed in
62025 under Section 4.03.3 to each Service Board. If the
7revenue generated under Section 4.03.03 in a year is below
8that of 2025, then the amount of funding distributed to each
9Service Board under this Section shall be reduced
10proportionally.
11    (k) Following the implementation of service standards, the
12Authority and the Service Boards, their chief executive
13officers, and other employees as required shall, upon request
14of the General Assembly, attend a minimum of one hearing
15annually before an appropriations committee and a substantive
16committee of the House of Representatives and an
17appropriations committee and a substantive committee of the
18Senate regarding the implementation and efficacy of service
19standards and other issues as requested. These hearings may be
20conducted in Chicago or Springfield or any other location
21selected by the General Assembly.
22    (l) The Authority shall compile and publish reports
23comparing the actual public transportation system performance
24measured against the service standards. The performance
25measures shall include customer-related performance data
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1Authority, including, but not limited to:
2        (1) travel times and on-time performance;
3        (2) ridership data;
4        (3) equipment failure rates;
5        (4) employee and customer safety;
6        (5) crowding;
7        (6) cleanliness of vehicles and stations;
8        (7) service productivity; and
9        (8) customer satisfaction.
10    The Service Boards shall prepare and submit to the
11Authority the reports with regard to these performance
12measures in the frequency and form required by the Authority.
13The Authority shall compile and publish the reports on its
14website on a regular basis, no less than monthly. The
15Authority shall implement consistent data reporting standards.
16    (m) The service standards and performance measures shall
17not be used as a basis for disciplinary action against any
18employee of the Authority or a Service Board, except to the
19extent that the collective bargaining agreements and
20employment and disciplinary practices of the Authority or the
21relevant Service Board provide for the action.
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/Art. VII heading new)
23
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1    Sec. 7.01. Chief Internal Auditor.    
2    (a) The Board of the Authority shall appoint a Chief
3Internal Auditor, who shall report directly to the Board. The
4Chief Internal Auditor shall:
5        (1) have earned a baccalaureate degree from an
6    institution of higher education;
7        (2) be a certified internal auditor, certified public
8    accountant with at least 5 years of auditing experience,
9    or an auditor with 5 years of auditing experience; and
10        (3) have not been convicted of any felony under the
11    laws of this State, another State, or the United States.
12    The term of the Chief Internal Auditor shall be 5 years.
13The initial appointment shall be made within 180 days after
14the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
15Assembly. A Chief Internal Auditor may be reappointed to one
16or more subsequent terms. A Chief Internal Auditor may only be
17removed for cause. Cause for removal includes incompetence,
18neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, and violation of the
19prohibitions of subsection (d). A vacancy occurring during a
20term shall be filled with a 5-year appointment.
21    (b) The Chief Internal Auditor appointed by the Board of
22the Authority shall have jurisdiction over the Commuter Rail
23Division, the Suburban Bus Division, the Chicago Transit
24Authority, and all officers and employees of, and vendors and
25others doing business with, the Authority and the Service
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1Authority and the Service Boards to make post audits and
2investigations authorized by or under this Act.
3    (c) The Chief Internal Auditor shall:
4        (1) direct the internal audit functions and activities
5    of the Authority, including conducting operational,
6    financial, compliance, performance, information
7    technology, and special audits to determine the adequacy
8    of the Authority's systems of internal control and ensure
9    compliance with Authority and State requirements;
10        (2) prepare audit reports and assess program goals,
11    including making recommendations leading to compliance,
12    reduced operating costs, improved services, and greater
13    general efficiency and effectiveness in existing Authority
14    operations;
15        (3) be responsible for the preparation of an annual
16    audit plan for submission to, and subject to the approval
17    of, the Board of the Authority;
18        (4) follow-up on findings in internal and external
19    audit reports to determine if appropriate remedial action
20    has been taken;
21        (5) coordinate external audit request and report
22    responses to be completed by Authority management; and
23        (6) perform other duties as required by law or
24    ordinance.
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1        (1) become a candidate for any elective public office;
2        (2) hold any other public office, by appointment or
3    otherwise, except for appointments on governmental
4    advisory boards or study commissions or as otherwise
5    expressly authorized by law;
6        (3) hold any other employment;
7        (4) be actively involved in the affairs of any
8    political party;
9        (5) actively participate in any political campaign for
10    any public office created by the Constitution or by any
11    statute of the State;
12        (6) actively participate in any campaign relating to a
13    referendum or public question concerning the Constitution,
14    the government of the State or any local or private agency
15    audited by the Authority's Chief Internal Auditor during
16    the preceding 4 years;
17        (7) hold any legal, equitable, creditor, or debt
18    interest in any partnership, firm, or other entity which
19    contracts with the Authority during the Chief Internal
20    Auditor's or the deputy internal auditor's term or tenure;
21        (8) have any direct or indirect financial or economic
22    interest in the transactions of the Authority audited by
23    the Chief Internal Auditor during the Chief Internal
24    Auditor's or the deputy internal auditor's term or tenure;
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1    participation in any post audit involving that transaction
2    may, with the approval of the Board of the Authority,
3    constitute compliance with this paragraph if the interest
4    is either insubstantial or results directly from an
5    interest held before becoming Chief Internal Auditor or
6    deputy internal auditor;
7        (9) conduct or supervise a post audit of any outside
8    agency or vendor for which they were responsible or by
9    which they were employed or with which they contracted
10    during the preceding 4 years; and
11        (10) make or report publicly any charges of
12    nonfeasance or malfeasance in the office of any public
13    official or illegal conduct of any person unless they know
14    of reasonable grounds, based on accepted auditing and
15    accounting standards, for the charges.
16    (e) The Chief Internal Auditor may hire employees as may
17be necessary and appropriate to carry out the Chief Internal
18Auditor's duties, including Deputy Internal Auditors. The
19Chief Internal Auditor may determine the duties of all
20employees and may delegate the Chief Internal Auditor's power
21and authority to deputy internal auditors.
22    (f) The Chief Internal Auditor may contract with certified
23public accountants licensed in Illinois, qualified management
24consultants, attorneys licensed in this State, and other
25persons or firms necessary to carry out the Chief Internal
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1person with whom the Chief Internal Auditor contracts as a
2special assistant auditor for the purpose of conducting a post
3audit or investigation under the Chief Internal Auditor's
4supervision. The Chief Internal Auditor may delegate the Chief
5Internal Auditor's powers and authority respecting post audits
6and investigations to special assistant auditors other than
7the power of subpoena, but any delegation of authority to
8administer oaths or take depositions must be made in writing
9and limited to a particular audit or investigation.
10    (g) The Chief Internal Auditor shall conduct a financial
11audit, a compliance audit, or other attestation engagement, as
12is appropriate to the Authority's operations under generally
13accepted government auditing standards, of each Authority
14agency at least once during every biennium. The general
15direction and supervision of the financial audit program may
16be delegated only to an individual who is a certified public
17accountant and a payroll employee under the control of the
18Chief Internal Auditor. In the conduct of financial audits,
19compliance audits, and other attestation engagements, the
20Chief Internal Auditor may inquire into and report upon
21matters properly within the scope of a performance audit,
22provided that the inquiry shall be limited to matters arising
23during the ordinary course of the financial audit.
24    (h) The Chief Internal Auditor shall conduct a performance
25audit of an agency of the Authority when directed by the Board
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1        (1) require the Chief Internal Auditor to examine and
2    report on specific management efficiencies or
3    cost-effectiveness proposals specified therein;
4        (2) in the case of a program audit, set forth specific
5    program objectives, responsibilities, or duties or specify
6    the program performance standards or program evaluation
7    standards to be the basis of the program audit;
8        (3) be directed at particular procedures or functions
9    established by statute, ordinance, administrative rule, or
10    precedent; and
11        (4) require an examination and report upon specific
12    proposals relating to Authority programs specified in the
13    directive.
14    (i) The Chief Internal Auditor may initiate and conduct a
15special audit whenever the Chief Internal Auditor determines
16it to be in the public interest.
17    (j) The Chief Internal Auditor may initiate and conduct an
18economy and efficiency audit of an agency or program of the
19Authority whenever the findings of a post audit indicate that
20an economy and efficiency audit is advisable or in the public
21interest, if the Chief Internal Auditor has given the Board of
22the Authority at least 30 days prior notice of the Chief
23Internal Auditor's intention to conduct the audit and the
24Board of the Authority has not disapproved of that audit.
25    (k) The Chief Internal Auditor may, at any time, make an
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1obligation, receipt, expenditure, or use of Authority funds or
2other public funds, but an internal inquiry may not be in the
3nature of an investigation or post audit.
4    (l) The Chief Internal Auditor may adopt rules
5establishing post audit standards consistent with attestation
6standards and auditing standards issued by the American
7Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), related
8AICPA Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements, and
9in accordance with generally accepted government auditing
10standards current at the time the audit is commenced.
11    (m) The Authority and the Service Boards, their officers,
12and their employees shall promptly comply with, and aid and
13assist the Chief Internal Auditor in the exercise of the Chief
14Internal Auditor's powers and duties under this Section.
15    At the request of the Chief Internal Auditor, each agency
16of the Authority shall, without delay, make available to the
17Chief Internal Auditor or the Chief Internal Auditor's
18designated representative any record or information requested
19and shall provide for examination or copying all records,
20accounts, papers, reports, vouchers, correspondence, books,
21and other documentation in the custody of that agency,
22including information stored in electronic data processing
23systems, which is related to or within the scope of any audit
24or investigation under this Section.
25    The Chief Internal Auditor shall report to the Board of
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1Authority fails to cooperate promptly and fully as required by
2this Section.
3    The Chief Internal Auditor may institute and maintain any
4action or proceeding to secure compliance with this Section.
5    (n) Upon completion of any audit, the Chief Internal
6Auditor shall issue an audit report that shall include: a
7precise statement of the scope of the audit or review; a
8statement of the material findings resulting from the audit; a
9statement of the underlying cause, evaluative criteria used,
10and the current and prospective significance thereof; and a
11statement of explanation or rebuttal that may have been
12submitted by the agency audited relevant to the audit findings
13included in the report.
14    As part of this report the Chief Internal Auditor shall
15prepare a signed digest of the significant matters of the
16report and, as may be applicable, a concise statement of:
17        (1) any actions taken or contemplated by persons or
18    agencies after the completion of the audit but before the
19    release of the report, which bear on matters in the
20    report;    
21        (2) any actions the Chief Internal Auditor considers
22    necessary or desirable; and
23        (3) any other information the Chief Internal Auditor
24    deems useful to the Board of the Authority in order to
25    understand or act on any matters presented in the audit.    
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1Chief Internal Auditor as a public record, except to the
2extent that information contained in the report is made
3confidential or privileged by law.
4    If the post audit of an agency of the Authority discloses
5an apparent violation of a penal statute or an apparent
6instance of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance, by any
7person, relating to the obligation, expenditure, receipt, or
8use of public funds, the Chief Internal Auditor shall
9immediately make a written report to the Board of the
10Authority stating that to be the case and setting forth the
11underlying facts that have led to that conclusion.
12    (o) By March 1, each year, the Chief Internal Auditor
13shall submit to the Board of the Authority an annual report
14summarizing all audits, investigations, and special studies
15made under this Section during the last preceding calendar
16year. The Chief Internal Auditor shall prepare and distribute
17other reports as may be required by the Board of the Authority.
18    (p) If records or information are classified as
19confidential under law, then the records or information shall
20be disclosed to the Office of the Chief Internal Auditor as
21necessary and to the extent required for the performance of an
22authorized post audit. Federal tax information shall only be
23provided in accordance with federal law and regulations
24applicable to the safeguarding of federal tax information.
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1confidentiality and protective restrictions in the Office of
2the Chief Internal Auditor as the records and information have
3in the hands of the official authorized custodian. Any
4penalties applicable to the officially authorized custodian or
5the custodian's employees for the violation of any
6confidentiality or protective restrictions applicable to the
7records or information shall also apply to the officers,
8employees, contractors, and agents of the Office of the Chief
9Internal Auditor.
10    The Office of the Chief Internal Auditor may not publish
11any confidential information or records in any report,
12including data and statistics, if the information as published
13is directly or indirectly matchable to any individual.
14    Inside the Office of the Chief Internal Auditor,
15confidential records or information may be used only for
16official purposes. Any officer, employee, contractor, or agent
17of the Office of the Chief Internal Auditor who violates any
18legal confidentiality or protective restriction governing any
19records or information shall be guilty of a Class A
20misdemeanor unless a greater penalty is otherwise provided by
21law.
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/7.02 new)
23    Sec. 7.02. Transition.    
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1the 104th General Assembly through the development of a
2transition plan. As soon as is reasonably feasible after the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
4Assembly and before September 1, 2026, the Department of
5Transportation shall enter into a contract with a third party
6to assist with the transition plan, including the transition
7of certain functions between the Service Boards and the
8Authority. This contract shall also include a study of the
9functions outlined in subsection (e) to inform the optimum
10allocation of those functions to allow for the efficient
11exercise by the Authority of the powers under this Act and the
12Chicago Transit Authority Act, the Suburban Bus Division under
13Article 3A, the Commuter Rail Division under Article 3B, and
14the Chicago Transit Authority under the Chicago Transit
15Authority Act.
16    (b) To assist the contracted third party and the
17Authority, a Transition Working Group shall be established and
18supported by the Authority that shall be consulted throughout
19the transition process.
20        (1) The Transition Working Group shall be made up of
21    15 members, comprised of representatives from the
22    Authority, each of the Service Boards, and at least one
23    member from a statewide labor organization recognized
24    under the National Labor Relations Act or the Railway
25    Labor Act and resides within the 6-county metropolitan
26    region of the Authority.

 

 

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1        (2) The Transition Working Group shall meet regularly
2    with the Authority and the hired third party throughout
3    the duration of the contract to provide insight into the
4    workings of the Authority and Service Boards.
5        (3) As needed, the Transition Working Group shall
6    convene and assemble other necessary staff of the Service
7    Boards and the Authority to aid in the transition.
8        (4) The Authority shall appoint the members of the
9    Transition Working Group by October 1, 2026.
10    (c) The Service Boards shall work closely with the
11Authority and provide all relevant data and information
12necessary to complete the transition plan. The Authority shall
13have access to and the right to examine and copy all books,
14documents, papers, records, or other source data of a Service
15Board relevant to any information submitted under this
16Section.
17    (d) The Authority shall evaluate and propose a transition
18plan for each of the following:
19        (1) Establishing a new process and coordination
20    between the Authority and the Service Boards to create the
21    5-Year Capital Program. This process shall be established
22    by January 1, 2027.
23        (2) The creation of a universal fare instrument and
24    necessary coordination between the Authority and the
25    Service Boards. This process shall be established by July
26    1, 2027.

 

 

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1        (3) The transition from the NITA Law Enforcement Task
2    Force to a sworn law enforcement officer crime prevention
3    program on public transportation and a crime prevention
4    plan to protect public transportation employees and riders
5    in the metropolitan region, as required by Section
6    2.11.10.
7    (e) As part of the development of the transition plan, the
8Authority and the hired third party shall evaluate the
9existing policy processes performed by the Authority and each
10of the Service Boards and develop a process for efficient and
11effective operations by both the Authority and the Service
12Boards.
13    (f) As part of the development of the transit plan, the
14Department of Transportation and the hired third party shall
15evaluate procurement, with special consideration given to the
16consolidation of bulk fuel purchases, information technology
17services, consulting contracts, and subscriptions of:
18        (1) service planning;
19        (2) grant administration;
20        (3) marketing;
21        (4) lobbying;
22        (5) communications, media, and graphics design;
23        (6) governmental and legislative affairs; and
24        (7) information technology.
25    (g) The hired third-party shall evaluate existing
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1coordination and service. The recommendations may include, but
2are not limited to, improved coordination of paratransit and
3accessible mainline transportation services, and other
4measures to improve the customer and worker experience. These
5recommendations shall be brought to the Board by January 1,
62027 for review and approval. The Authority shall take action
7on these recommendations no later than April 1, 2027 and
8report back to the Board with progress January 1, 2028.
9    (h) The Authority shall regularly report to the Board on
10the status of the transition effort and make recommendations
11for Board policies and actions. The Authority and the hired
12third party shall prepare and convey a summary of its
13activities and produce a final report of the transition
14activities already performed, future recommendations, and
15relevant data for the General Assembly by July 1, 2027.
16    (i) The Authority shall implement the provisions of the
17transition plan by ordinance no later than July 1, 2027,
18notwithstanding any deadlines provided in this Section, and
19the Service Boards shall take any corresponding actions
20required.
 
21    (70 ILCS 3615/7.03 new)
22    Sec. 7.03. ADA Advisory Council.    
23    (a) There is established an ADA Advisory Council. The
24Board shall appoint at least 5 and not more than 15 members to
25the ADA Advisory Council.

 

 

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1    (b) The purpose of the ADA Advisory Council is to advise
2the Board of the Authority of the impact of Authority
3policies, programs, and public transportation services on
4disabled transit riders within the metropolitan region and to
5make recommendations for how to improve public transportation
6in the metropolitan region.
7    (c) The Board shall strive to assemble an ADA Advisory
8Council that is reflective of the diversity of the
9metropolitan region, the users of the various modes of public
10transportation, and the interests of the residents of the
11region in a strong public transportation system.
12    (d) ADA Advisory Council members shall be appointed to
13terms of 5 years, may be reappointed to serve multiple terms,
14and may continue to serve after expiration of their terms
15until their successors are appointed.
16    (e) The members of the ADA Advisory Council shall elect a
17Chair, who shall preside over meetings, which shall occur
18monthly or on such other schedule as is set by vote of the ADA
19Advisory Council and shall establish meeting agendas in
20consultation with fellow ADA Advisory Council members and the
21Authority.
22    (f) Meetings of the ADA Advisory Council shall be held in
23compliance with the Open Meetings Act, and the public shall be
24given an opportunity to attend and comment on matters
25pertaining to the work of the ADA Advisory Council.
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1liaisons to provide technical support for the ADA Advisory
2Council and to facilitate direct communication between the ADA
3Advisory Council and those in the Authority responsible for
4delivering public transportation services.
5    (h) The ADA Advisory Council shall:
6        (1) review and comment on proposed Authority budgets,
7    financial plans, capital programs, fare policies, and
8    service standards;
9        (2) convey concerns pertaining to the quality,
10    efficiency, safety, accessibility, and equity of mainline
11    and paratransit public transportation services as they
12    impact disabled riders;
13        (3) assess the efficacy of Authority initiatives to
14    protect the safety of disabled riders on the public
15    transportation system;
16        (4) prepare and convey recommendations to the
17    Authority for how the Authority can improve the quality,
18    efficiency, and equity of public transportation service
19    for disabled riders in the metropolitan region;
20        (5) serve as a resource for connecting disabled riders
21    and disability advocacy organizations with those in the
22    Authority responsible for delivering public transportation
23    services;
24        (6) advocate for funding, policies, and laws that
25    shall improve public transportation in the metropolitan
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1        (7) serve as a resource for Authority staff to discuss
2    proposed changes to services, policies, and technologies
3    affecting disabled transit riders before those changes are
4    implemented.
5    (i) The Authority shall provide adequate technical support
6so the ADA Advisory Council can function effectively, provide
7regular briefing on service delivery issues and other topics
8of interest for transit riders, make staff responsible for
9delivery of public transportation services accessible to the
10ADA Advisory Council, give the ADA Advisory Council sufficient
11information and time to comment on proposed plans and
12policies, and take into account the comments and
13recommendations of the ADA Advisory Council before taking
14action on initiatives that impact public transit riders.
15    (j) The Authority shall establish an Office of Disability
16of Policy and Planning, whose initial responsibilities shall
17include developing ADA-related training standards, complaint
18and comment procedures, paratransit eligibility criteria, and
19a regional Transit Accessibility Plan in collaboration with
20the ADA Advisory Committee.
21    (k) Members of the ADA Advisory Council shall serve
22without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of
23reasonable and necessary costs incurred in the performance of
24their duties.
25    (l) ADA Advisory Council members are subject to public
26transportation usage requirements applicable to Directors.
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 3615/7.04 new)
2    Sec. 7.04. Riders Advisory Council.    
3    (a) There is established a Riders Advisory Council. The
4Board shall appoint at least 5 and not more than 15 members to
5the Riders Advisory Council.
6    (b) The purpose of the Riders Advisory Council is to
7advise the Board of the Authority on the impact of Authority
8policies, programs, and public transportation services on
9transit riders within the metropolitan region and to make
10recommendations for how to improve public transportation in
11the metropolitan region.
12    (c) The Board shall strive to assemble a Riders Advisory
13Council that is reflective of the diversity of the
14metropolitan region, the users of the various modes of public
15transportation, and the interests of the residents of the
16region in a strong public transportation system.
17    (d) Members of the Riders Advisory Council shall be
18appointed to terms of 5 years, may be reappointed to serve
19multiple terms, and may continue to serve after expiration of
20their terms until their successors are appointed.
21    (e) The members of the Riders Advisory Council shall elect
22a Chair, who shall preside over meetings, which shall occur
23monthly or on such other schedule as is set by vote of the
24Riders Advisory Council, and shall establish meeting agendas
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1and the Authority.
2    (f) Meetings of the Riders Advisory Council shall be held
3in compliance with the Open Meetings Act, and the public shall
4be given an opportunity to attend and comment on matters
5pertaining to the work of the Riders Advisory Council.
6    (g) The Authority shall designate one or more staff
7liaisons to provide technical support for the Riders Advisory
8Council and to facilitate direct communication between the
9Riders Advisory Council and those in the Authority responsible
10for delivering public transportation services.
11    (h) The Riders Advisory Council shall:    
12        (1) review and comment on proposed Authority budgets,
13    financial plans, capital programs, fare policies, and
14    service standards;
15        (2) convey rider concerns pertaining to the quality,
16    efficiency, safety, accessibility, and equity of public
17    transportation services;
18        (3) assess the efficacy of Authority initiatives to
19    protect the safety of riders on the public transportation
20    system;
21        (4) prepare and convey recommendations to the
22    Authority for how the Authority can improve the quality,
23    efficiency, and equity of public transportation service in
24    the metropolitan region;
25        (5) serve as a resource for connecting riders and
26    rider advocacy organizations with those in the Authority

 

 

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1    responsible for delivering public transportation services;
2        (6) advocate for funding, policies, and laws that
3    shall improve public transportation in the metropolitan
4    region; and
5        (7) serve as a resource for Authority staff to discuss
6    proposed changes to services, policies, and technologies
7    affecting transit riders before those changes are
8    Implemented.
9    (i) The Authority shall provide adequate technical support
10so the Riders Advisory Council can function effectively,
11provide regular briefing on service delivery issues and other
12topics of interest for transit riders, make staff responsible
13for delivery of public transportation services accessible to
14the Riders Advisory Council, give the Riders Advisory Council
15sufficient information and time to comment on proposed plans
16and policies, and take into account the comments and
17recommendations of the Riders Advisory Council before taking
18action on initiatives that impact public transit riders.
19    (j) Members of the Riders Advisory Council shall serve
20without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of
21reasonable and necessary costs incurred in the performance of
22their duties.
23    (k) Riders Advisory Council members are subject to public
24transportation system usage requirements applicable to
25Directors.
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 3615/2.13a rep.)
2    (70 ILCS 3615/2.37 rep.)
3    (70 ILCS 3615/3.08 rep.)
4    (70 ILCS 3615/3.11 rep.)
5    (70 ILCS 3615/3.12 rep.)
6    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.10 rep.)
7    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.11 rep.)
8    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.15 rep.)
9    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.16 rep.)
10    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.09b rep.)
11    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.10 rep.)
12    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.11 rep.)
13    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.14 rep.)
14    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.15 rep.)
15    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.25 rep.)
16    Section 5-915. The Regional Transportation Authority Act
17is amended by repealing Sections 2.13a, 2.37, 3.08, 3.11,
183.12, 3A.10, 3A.11, 3A.15, 3A.16, 3B.09b, 3B.10, 3B.11, 3B.14,
193B.15, and 3B.25.
 
20    Section 5-920. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
21changing Sections 11-208.8, 18c-7401, and 18c-7402 as follows:
 
22    (625 ILCS 5/11-208.8)
23    Sec. 11-208.8. Automated speed enforcement systems in
24safety zones.

 

 

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1    (a) As used in this Section:
2    "Automated speed enforcement system" means a photographic
3device, radar device, laser device, or other electrical or
4mechanical device or devices installed or utilized in a safety
5zone and designed to record the speed of a vehicle and obtain a
6clear photograph or other recorded image of the vehicle and
7the vehicle's registration plate or digital registration plate
8while the driver is violating Article VI of Chapter 11 of this
9Code or a similar provision of a local ordinance.
10    An automated speed enforcement system is a system, located
11in a safety zone which is under the jurisdiction of a
12municipality, that produces a recorded image of a motor
13vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a local
14ordinance and is designed to obtain a clear recorded image of
15the vehicle and the vehicle's license plate. The recorded
16image must also display the time, date, and location of the
17violation.
18    "Owner" means the person or entity to whom the vehicle is
19registered.
20    "Recorded image" means images recorded by an automated
21speed enforcement system on:
22        (1) 2 or more photographs;
23        (2) 2 or more microphotographs;
24        (3) 2 or more electronic images; or
25        (4) a video recording showing the motor vehicle and,
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1    identifying the registration plate or digital registration
2    plate number of the motor vehicle.
3    "Safety zone" means an area that is within one-eighth of a
4mile from the nearest property line of any public or private
5elementary or secondary school, or from the nearest property
6line of any facility, area, or land owned by a school district
7that is used for educational purposes approved by the Illinois
8State Board of Education, not including school district
9headquarters or administrative buildings. A safety zone also
10includes an area that is within one-eighth of a mile from the
11nearest property line of any facility, area, or land owned by a
12park district used for recreational purposes. However, if any
13portion of a roadway is within either one-eighth mile radius,
14the safety zone also shall include the roadway extended to the
15furthest portion of the next furthest intersection. The term
16"safety zone" does not include any portion of the roadway
17known as Lake Shore Drive or any controlled access highway
18with 8 or more lanes of traffic.
19    (a-5) The automated speed enforcement system shall be
20operational and violations shall be recorded only at the
21following times:
22        (i) if the safety zone is based upon the property line
23    of any facility, area, or land owned by a school district,
24    only on school days and no earlier than 6 a.m. and no later
25    than 8:30 p.m. if the school day is during the period of
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1    Friday; and
2        (ii) if the safety zone is based upon the property
3    line of any facility, area, or land owned by a park
4    district, no earlier than one hour prior to the time that
5    the facility, area, or land is open to the public or other
6    patrons, and no later than one hour after the facility,
7    area, or land is closed to the public or other patrons.
8    (b) A municipality that produces a recorded image of a
9motor vehicle's violation of a provision of this Code or a
10local ordinance must make the recorded images of a violation
11accessible to the alleged violator by providing the alleged
12violator with a website address, accessible through the
13Internet.
14    (c) Notwithstanding any penalties for any other violations
15of this Code, the owner of a motor vehicle used in a traffic
16violation recorded by an automated speed enforcement system
17shall be subject to the following penalties:
18        (1) if the recorded speed is no less than 6 miles per
19    hour and no more than 10 miles per hour over the legal
20    speed limit, a civil penalty not exceeding $50, plus an
21    additional penalty of not more than $50 for failure to pay
22    the original penalty in a timely manner; or
23        (2) if the recorded speed is more than 10 miles per
24    hour over the legal speed limit, a civil penalty not
25    exceeding $100, plus an additional penalty of not more
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1    timely manner.
2    A penalty may not be imposed under this Section if the
3driver of the motor vehicle received a Uniform Traffic
4Citation from a police officer for a speeding violation
5occurring within one-eighth of a mile and 15 minutes of the
6violation that was recorded by the system. A violation for
7which a civil penalty is imposed under this Section is not a
8violation of a traffic regulation governing the movement of
9vehicles and may not be recorded on the driving record of the
10owner of the vehicle. A law enforcement officer is not
11required to be present or to witness the violation. No penalty
12may be imposed under this Section if the recorded speed of a
13vehicle is 5 miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit.
14The municipality may send, in the same manner that notices are
15sent under this Section, a speed violation warning notice
16where the violation involves a speed of 5 miles per hour or
17less above the legal speed limit.
18    (d) For a municipality with a population under 2,000,000,
1950% of gross revenue collected from the automated speed
20enforcement system shall be remitted to the Northern Illinois
21Transit Authority. The net proceeds that a municipality
22receives from civil penalties imposed under an automated speed
23enforcement system, after deducting all non-personnel and
24personnel costs associated with the operation and maintenance
25of such system, shall be expended or obligated by the
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1        (i) public safety initiatives to ensure safe passage
2    around schools, and to provide police protection and
3    surveillance around schools and parks, including but not
4    limited to: (1) personnel costs; and (2) non-personnel
5    costs such as construction and maintenance of public
6    safety infrastructure and equipment;
7        (ii) initiatives to improve pedestrian and traffic
8    safety;
9        (iii) construction and maintenance of infrastructure
10    within the municipality, including but not limited to
11    roads and bridges; and
12        (iv) after school programs.
13    (e) For each violation of a provision of this Code or a
14local ordinance recorded by an automated speed enforcement
15system, the municipality having jurisdiction shall issue a
16written notice of the violation to the registered owner of the
17vehicle as the alleged violator. The notice shall be delivered
18to the registered owner of the vehicle, by mail, within 30 days
19after the Secretary of State notifies the municipality of the
20identity of the owner of the vehicle, but in no event later
21than 90 days after the violation.
22    (f) The notice required under subsection (e) of this
23Section shall include:
24        (1) the name and address of the registered owner of
25    the vehicle;
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1    involved in the violation;
2        (3) the violation charged;
3        (4) the date, time, and location where the violation
4    occurred;
5        (5) a copy of the recorded image or images;
6        (6) the amount of the civil penalty imposed and the
7    date by which the civil penalty should be paid;
8        (7) a statement that recorded images are evidence of a
9    violation of a speed restriction;
10        (8) a warning that failure to pay the civil penalty or
11    to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of
12    liability;
13        (9) a statement that the person may elect to proceed
14    by:
15            (A) paying the fine; or
16            (B) challenging the charge in court, by mail, or
17        by administrative hearing; and
18        (10) a website address, accessible through the
19    Internet, where the person may view the recorded images of
20    the violation.
21    (g) (Blank).
22    (h) Based on inspection of recorded images produced by an
23automated speed enforcement system, a notice alleging that the
24violation occurred shall be evidence of the facts contained in
25the notice and admissible in any proceeding alleging a
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1    (i) Recorded images made by an automated speed enforcement
2system are confidential and shall be made available only to
3the alleged violator and governmental and law enforcement
4agencies for purposes of adjudicating a violation of this
5Section, for statistical purposes, or for other governmental
6purposes. Any recorded image evidencing a violation of this
7Section, however, may be admissible in any proceeding
8resulting from the issuance of the citation.
9    (j) The court or hearing officer may consider in defense
10of a violation:
11        (1) that the motor vehicle or registration plates or
12    digital registration plates of the motor vehicle were
13    stolen before the violation occurred and not under the
14    control or in the possession of the owner or lessee at the
15    time of the violation;
16        (1.5) that the motor vehicle was hijacked before the
17    violation occurred and not under the control of or in the
18    possession of the owner or lessee at the time of the
19    violation;
20        (2) that the driver of the motor vehicle received a
21    Uniform Traffic Citation from a police officer for a
22    speeding violation occurring within one-eighth of a mile
23    and 15 minutes of the violation that was recorded by the
24    system; and
25        (3) any other evidence or issues provided by municipal
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1    (k) To demonstrate that the motor vehicle was hijacked or
2the motor vehicle or registration plates or digital
3registration plates were stolen before the violation occurred
4and were not under the control or possession of the owner or
5lessee at the time of the violation, the owner or lessee must
6submit proof that a report concerning the motor vehicle or
7registration plates was filed with a law enforcement agency in
8a timely manner.
9    (l) A roadway equipped with an automated speed enforcement
10system shall be posted with a sign conforming to the national
11Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices that is visible to
12approaching traffic stating that vehicle speeds are being
13photo-enforced and indicating the speed limit. The
14municipality shall install such additional signage as it
15determines is necessary to give reasonable notice to drivers
16as to where automated speed enforcement systems are installed.
17    (m) A roadway where a new automated speed enforcement
18system is installed shall be posted with signs providing 30
19days notice of the use of a new automated speed enforcement
20system prior to the issuance of any citations through the
21automated speed enforcement system.
22    (n) The compensation paid for an automated speed
23enforcement system must be based on the value of the equipment
24or the services provided and may not be based on the number of
25traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by the
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1    (n-1) No member of the General Assembly and no officer or
2employee of a municipality or county shall knowingly accept
3employment or receive compensation or fees for services from a
4vendor that provides automated speed enforcement system
5equipment or services to municipalities or counties. No former
6member of the General Assembly shall, within a period of 2
7years immediately after the termination of service as a member
8of the General Assembly, knowingly accept employment or
9receive compensation or fees for services from a vendor that
10provides automated speed enforcement system equipment or
11services to municipalities or counties. No former officer or
12employee of a municipality or county shall, within a period of
132 years immediately after the termination of municipal or
14county employment, knowingly accept employment or receive
15compensation or fees for services from a vendor that provides
16automated speed enforcement system equipment or services to
17municipalities or counties.
18    (o) (Blank).
19    (p) No person who is the lessor of a motor vehicle pursuant
20to a written lease agreement shall be liable for an automated
21speed or traffic law enforcement system violation involving
22such motor vehicle during the period of the lease; provided
23that upon the request of the appropriate authority received
24within 120 days after the violation occurred, the lessor
25provides within 60 days after such receipt the name and
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1may be subsequently individually requested by the appropriate
2authority if needed for enforcement of this Section.
3    Upon the provision of information by the lessor pursuant
4to this subsection, the municipality may issue the violation
5to the lessee of the vehicle in the same manner as it would
6issue a violation to a registered owner of a vehicle pursuant
7to this Section, and the lessee may be held liable for the
8violation.
9    (q) A municipality using an automated speed enforcement
10system must provide notice to drivers by publishing the
11locations of all safety zones where system equipment is
12installed on the website of the municipality.
13    (r) A municipality operating an automated speed
14enforcement system shall conduct a statistical analysis to
15assess the safety impact of the system following installation
16of the system and every 2 years thereafter. A municipality
17operating an automated speed enforcement system before the
18effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
19Assembly shall conduct a statistical analysis to assess the
20safety impact of the system by no later than one year after the
21effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
22Assembly and every 2 years thereafter. Each statistical
23analysis shall be based upon the best available crash,
24traffic, and other data, and shall cover a period of time
25before and after installation of the system sufficient to
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1Each statistical analysis shall be consistent with
2professional judgment and acceptable industry practice. Each
3statistical analysis also shall be consistent with the data
4required for valid comparisons of before and after conditions
5and shall be conducted within a reasonable period following
6the installation of the automated traffic law enforcement
7system. Each statistical analysis required by this subsection
8shall be made available to the public and shall be published on
9the website of the municipality.
10    (s) This Section applies only to municipalities within the
11following counties: Cook; DuPage; Kane; Lake; McHenry; and
12Will. with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants.
13    (t) If a county or municipality selects a new vendor for
14its automated speed enforcement system and must, as a
15consequence, apply for a permit, approval, or other
16authorization from the Department for reinstallation of one or
17more malfunctioning components of that system and if, at the
18time of the application for the permit, approval, or other
19authorization, the new vendor operates an automated speed
20enforcement system for any other county or municipality in the
21State, then the Department shall approve or deny the county or
22municipality's application for the permit, approval, or other
23authorization within 90 days after its receipt.
24    (u) The Department may revoke any permit, approval, or
25other authorization granted to a county or municipality for
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1speed enforcement system if any official or employee who
2serves that county or municipality is charged with bribery,
3official misconduct, or a similar crime related to the
4placement, installation, or operation of the automated speed
5enforcement system in the county or municipality.
6    The Department shall adopt any rules necessary to
7implement and administer this subsection. The rules adopted by
8the Department shall describe the revocation process, shall
9ensure that notice of the revocation is provided, and shall
10provide an opportunity to appeal the revocation. Any county or
11municipality that has a permit, approval, or other
12authorization revoked under this subsection may not reapply
13for such a permit, approval, or other authorization for a
14period of 1 year after the revocation.
15    (v) If an automated speed enforcement system is removed or
16rendered inoperable due to construction, then the Department
17shall authorize the reinstallation or use of the automated
18speed enforcement system within 30 days after the construction
19is complete.    
20(Source: P.A. 102-905, eff. 1-1-23; 103-364, eff. 7-28-23.)
 
21    (625 ILCS 5/18c-7401)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-7401)
22    Sec. 18c-7401. Safety requirements for track, facilities,
23and equipment.
24    (1) General Requirements. Each rail carrier shall,
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1Railroad Administration, construct, maintain, and operate all
2of its equipment, track, and other property in this State in
3such a manner as to pose no undue risk to its employees or the
4person or property of any member of the public.
5    (2) Adoption of Federal Standards. The track safety
6standards and accident/incident standards promulgated by the
7Federal Railroad Administration shall be safety standards of
8the Commission. The Commission may, in addition, adopt by
9reference in its regulations other federal railroad safety
10standards, whether contained in federal statutes or in
11regulations adopted pursuant to such statutes.
12    (3) Railroad Crossings. No public road, highway, or street
13shall hereafter be constructed across the track of any rail
14carrier at grade, nor shall the track of any rail carrier be
15constructed across a public road, highway or street at grade,
16without having first secured the permission of the Commission;
17provided, that this Section shall not apply to the replacement
18of lawfully existing roads, highways, and tracks. No public
19pedestrian bridge or subway shall be constructed across the
20track of any rail carrier without having first secured the
21permission of the Commission. The Commission shall have the
22right to refuse its permission or to grant it upon such terms
23and conditions as it may prescribe. The Commission shall have
24power to determine and prescribe the manner, including the
25particular point of crossing, and the terms of installation,
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1crossing.
2    The Commission shall also have power, after a hearing, to
3require major alteration of or to abolish any crossing,
4heretofore or hereafter established, when in its opinion, the
5public safety requires such alteration or abolition, and,
6except in cities, villages, and incorporated towns of
71,000,000 or more inhabitants, to vacate and close that part
8of the highway on such crossing altered or abolished and cause
9barricades to be erected across such highway in such manner as
10to prevent the use of such crossing as a highway, when, in the
11opinion of the Commission, the public convenience served by
12the crossing in question is not such as to justify the further
13retention thereof; or to require a separation of grades, at
14railroad-highway grade crossings; or to require a separation
15of grades at any proposed crossing where a proposed public
16highway may cross the tracks of any rail carrier or carriers;
17and to prescribe, after a hearing of the parties, the terms
18upon which such separations shall be made and the proportion
19in which the expense of the alteration or abolition of such
20crossings or the separation of such grades, having regard to
21the benefits, if any, accruing to the rail carrier or any party
22in interest, shall be divided between the rail carrier or
23carriers affected, or between such carrier or carriers and the
24State, county, municipality or other public authority in
25interest. However, a public hearing by the Commission to
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1highway authority in interest vacates the highway. In such
2instance the rail carrier, following notification to the
3Commission and the highway authority, shall remove any grade
4crossing warning devices and the grade crossing surface.
5    The Commission shall also have power by its order to
6require the reconstruction, minor alteration, minor
7relocation, or improvement of any crossing (including the
8necessary highway approaches thereto) of any railroad across
9any highway or public road, pedestrian bridge, or pedestrian
10subway, whether such crossing be at grade or by overhead
11structure or by subway, whenever the Commission finds after a
12hearing or without a hearing as otherwise provided in this
13paragraph that such reconstruction, alteration, relocation, or
14improvement is necessary to preserve or promote the safety or
15convenience of the public or of the employees or passengers of
16such rail carrier or carriers. By its original order or
17supplemental orders in such case, the Commission may direct
18such reconstruction, alteration, relocation, or improvement to
19be made in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as
20may be reasonable and necessary and may apportion the cost of
21such reconstruction, alteration, relocation, or improvement
22and the subsequent maintenance thereof, having regard to the
23benefits, if any, accruing to the railroad or any party in
24interest, between the rail carrier or carriers and public
25utilities affected, or between such carrier or carriers and
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1public authority in interest. The cost to be so apportioned
2shall include the cost of changes or alterations in the
3equipment of public utilities affected as well as the cost of
4the relocation, diversion or establishment of any public
5highway, made necessary by such reconstruction, alteration,
6relocation, or improvement of said crossing. A hearing shall
7not be required in those instances when the Commission enters
8an order confirming a written stipulation in which the
9Commission, the public highway authority or other public
10authority in interest, the rail carrier or carriers affected,
11and in instances involving the use of the Grade Crossing
12Protection Fund, the Illinois Department of Transportation,
13agree on the reconstruction, alteration, relocation, or
14improvement and the subsequent maintenance thereof and the
15division of costs of such changes of any grade crossing
16(including the necessary highway approaches thereto) of any
17railroad across any highway, pedestrian bridge, or pedestrian
18subway.
19    The Commission shall also have power to enter into
20stipulated agreements with a rail carrier or rail carriers or
21public authorities to fund, provide, install, and maintain
22safety treatments to deter trespassing on railroad property in
23accordance with paragraph (1) of Section 18c-7503 at locations
24approved by such rail carrier or rail carriers following a
25diagnostic evaluation between the Commission and the rail
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1interest or the Federal Railroad Administration, and to order
2the allocation of the cost of those treatments and their
3installation and maintenance from the Grade Crossing
4Protection Fund. Safety treatments approved under this
5paragraph by the Commission shall be deemed adequate and
6appropriate.
7    Every rail carrier operating in the State of Illinois
8shall construct and maintain every highway crossing over its
9tracks within the State so that the roadway at the
10intersection shall be as flush with the rails as superelevated
11curves will allow, and, unless otherwise ordered by the
12Commission, shall construct and maintain the approaches
13thereto at a grade of not more than 5% within the right-of-way    
14right of way for a distance of not less the 6 feet on each side
15of the centerline of such tracks; provided, that the grades at
16the approaches may be maintained in excess of 5% only when
17authorized by the Commission.
18    Every rail carrier operating within this State shall
19remove from its right-of-way right of way at all
20railroad-highway grade crossings within the State, such brush,
21shrubbery, and trees as is reasonably practical for a distance
22of not less than 500 feet in either direction from each grade
23crossing. The Commission shall have power, upon its own
24motion, or upon complaint, and after having made proper
25investigation, to require the installation of adequate and
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1flashing signals, crossing gates illuminated at night, or
2other protective devices in order to promote and safeguard the
3health and safety of the public. Luminous flashing signal or
4crossing gate devices installed at grade crossings, which have
5been approved by the Commission, shall be deemed adequate and
6appropriate. The Commission shall have authority to determine
7the number, type, and location of such signs, signals, gates,
8or other protective devices which, however, shall conform as
9near as may be with generally recognized national standards,
10and the Commission shall have authority to prescribe the
11division of the cost of the installation and subsequent
12maintenance of such signs, signals, gates, or other protective
13devices between the rail carrier or carriers, the public
14highway authority or other public authority in interest, and
15in instances involving the use of the Grade Crossing
16Protection Fund, the Illinois Department of Transportation.
17Except where train crews provide flagging of the crossing to
18road users, yield signs shall be installed at all highway
19intersections with every grade crossing in this State that is
20not equipped with automatic warning devices, such as luminous
21flashing signals or crossing gate devices. A stop sign may be
22used in lieu of the yield sign when an engineering study
23conducted in cooperation with the highway authority and the
24Illinois Department of Transportation has determined that a
25stop sign is warranted. If the Commission has ordered the
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1devices at a grade crossing not equipped with active warning
2devices, the Commission shall order the installation of
3temporary stop signs at the highway intersection with the
4grade crossing unless an engineering study has determined that
5a stop sign is not appropriate. If a stop sign is not
6appropriate, the Commission may order the installation of
7other appropriate supplemental signing as determined by an
8engineering study. The temporary signs shall remain in place
9until the luminous flashing signal or crossing gate devices
10have been installed. The rail carrier is responsible for the
11installation and subsequent maintenance of any required signs.
12The permanent signs shall be in place by July 1, 2011.
13    No railroad may change or modify the warning device system
14at a railroad-highway grade crossing, including warning
15systems interconnected with highway traffic control signals,
16without having first received the approval of the Commission.
17The Commission shall have the further power, upon application,
18upon its own motion, or upon complaint and after having made
19proper investigation, to require the interconnection of grade
20crossing warning devices with traffic control signals at
21highway intersections located at or near railroad crossings
22within the distances described by the State Manual on Uniform
23Traffic Control Devices adopted pursuant to Section 11-301 of
24this Code. In addition, State and local authorities may not
25install, remove, modernize, or otherwise modify traffic
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1interconnected or proposed to be interconnected with grade
2crossing warning devices when the change affects the number,
3type, or location of traffic control devices on the track
4approach leg or legs of the intersection or the timing of the
5railroad preemption sequence of operation until the Commission
6has approved the installation, removal, modernization, or
7modification. Commission approval shall be limited to
8consideration of issues directly affecting the public safety
9at the railroad-highway grade crossing. The electrical circuit
10devices, alternate warning devices, and preemption sequences
11shall conform as nearly as possible, considering the
12particular characteristics of the crossing and intersection
13area, to the State manual adopted by the Illinois Department
14of Transportation pursuant to Section 11-301 of this Code and
15such federal standards as are made applicable by subsection
16(2) of this Section. In order to carry out this authority, the
17Commission shall have the authority to determine the number,
18type, and location of traffic control devices on the track
19approach leg or legs of the intersection and the timing of the
20railroad preemption sequence of operation. The Commission
21shall prescribe the division of costs for installation and
22maintenance of all devices required by this paragraph between
23the railroad or railroads and the highway authority in
24interest and in instances involving the use of the Grade
25Crossing Protection Fund or a State highway, the Illinois
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1    Any person who unlawfully or maliciously removes, throws
2down, damages or defaces any sign, signal, gate, or other
3protective device, located at or near any public grade
4crossing, shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined not less
5than $50 nor more than $200 for each offense. In addition to
6fines levied under the provisions of this Section a person
7adjudged guilty hereunder may also be directed to make
8restitution for the costs of repair or replacement, or both,
9necessitated by his misconduct.
10    It is the public policy of the State of Illinois to enhance
11public safety by establishing safe grade crossings. In order
12to implement this policy, the Illinois Commerce Commission is
13directed to conduct public hearings and to adopt specific
14criteria by July 1, 1994, that shall be adhered to by the
15Illinois Commerce Commission in determining if a grade
16crossing should be opened or abolished. The following factors
17shall be considered by the Illinois Commerce Commission in
18developing the specific criteria for opening and abolishing
19grade crossings:
20        (a) timetable speed of passenger trains;
21        (b) distance to an alternate crossing;
22        (c) accident history for the last 5 years;
23        (d) number of vehicular traffic and posted speed
24    limits;
25        (e) number of freight trains and their timetable
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1        (f) the type of warning device present at the grade
2    crossing;
3        (g) alignments of the roadway and railroad, and the
4    angle of intersection of those alignments;
5        (h) use of the grade crossing by trucks carrying
6    hazardous materials, vehicles carrying passengers for
7    hire, and school buses; and
8        (i) use of the grade crossing by emergency vehicles.
9    The Illinois Commerce Commission, upon petition to open or
10abolish a grade crossing, shall enter an order opening or
11abolishing the crossing if it meets the specific criteria
12adopted by the Commission.
13    Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (3), in no
14instance shall a grade crossing be permanently closed without
15public hearing first being held and notice of such hearing
16being published in an area newspaper of local general
17circulation.
18    (4) Freight Trains; Radio Communications. The Commission
19shall after hearing and order require that every main line
20railroad freight train operating on main tracks outside of
21yard limits within this State shall be equipped with a radio
22communication system. The Commission after notice and hearing
23may grant exemptions from the requirements of this Section as
24to secondary and branch lines.
25    (5) Railroad Bridges and Trestles; Walkway and Handrail.
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1and necessary for safety of railroad employees, bridges and
2trestles, over and upon which railroad trains are operated,
3shall include as a part thereof, a safe and suitable walkway
4and handrail on one side only of such bridge or trestle, and
5such handrail shall be located at the outer edge of the walkway
6and shall provide a clearance of not less than 8 feet, 6
7inches, from the center line of the nearest track, measured at
8right angles thereto.
9    (6) Packages Containing Articles for First Aid to Injured
10on Trains.
11        (a) All rail carriers shall provide a first aid kit
12    that contains, at a minimum, those articles prescribed by
13    the Commission, on each train or engine, for first aid to
14    persons who may be injured in the course of the operation
15    of such trains.
16        (b) A vehicle, excluding a taxi cab used in an
17    emergency situation, operated by a contract carrier
18    transporting railroad employees in the course of their
19    employment shall be equipped with a readily available
20    first aid kit that contains, as a minimum, the same
21    articles that are required on each train or engine.
22    (7) Abandoned Bridges, Crossings, and Other Rail Plant.
23The Commission shall have authority, after notice and hearing,
24to order:
25        (a) the removal of any abandoned railroad tracks from
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1        (b) the removal of abandoned overhead railroad
2    structures crossing highways, waterways, or railroads.
3    The Commission may equitably apportion the cost of such
4actions between the rail carrier or carriers, public
5utilities, and the State, county, municipality, township, road
6district, or other public authority in interest.
7    (8) Railroad-Highway Bridge Clearance. A vertical
8clearance of not less than 23 feet above the top of rail shall
9be provided for all new or reconstructed highway bridges
10constructed over a railroad track. The Commission may permit a
11lesser clearance if it determines that the 23-foot clearance
12standard cannot be justified based on engineering,
13operational, and economic conditions.
14    (9) Right of Access To Railroad Property.
15        (a) A community antenna television company franchised
16    by a municipality or county pursuant to the Illinois
17    Municipal Code or the Counties Code, respectively, shall
18    not enter upon any real estate or rights-of-way in the
19    possession or control of a railroad subject to the
20    jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission unless
21    the community antenna television company first complies
22    with the applicable provisions of subparagraph (f) of
23    Section 11-42-11.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code or
24    subparagraph (f) of Section 5-1096 of the Counties Code.
25        (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
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1    railroad rights-of-way involving a railroad subject to the
2    jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission by a
3    community antenna television company and shall govern in
4    the event of any conflict with any other provision of law.
5        (c) This subsection (9) applies to any entry upon any
6    real estate or right-of-way in the possession or control
7    of a railroad subject to the jurisdiction of the Illinois
8    Commerce Commission for the purpose of or in connection
9    with the construction, or installation of a community
10    antenna television company's system or facilities
11    commenced or renewed on or after August 22, 2017 (the
12    effective date of Public Act 100-251).
13        (d) Nothing in Public Act 100-251 shall be construed
14    to prevent a railroad from negotiating other terms and
15    conditions or the resolution of any dispute in relation to
16    an entry upon or right of access as set forth in this
17    subsection (9).
18        (e) For purposes of this subsection (9):
19        "Broadband service", "cable operator", and "holder"
20    have the meanings given to those terms under Section
21    21-201 of the Public Utilities Act.
22        "Community antenna television company" includes, in
23    the case of real estate or rights-of-way in possession of
24    or in control of a railroad, a holder, cable operator, or
25    broadband service provider.
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1    of Public Act 100-251), the Transportation Division of the
2    Illinois Commerce Commission shall include in its annual
3    Crossing Safety Improvement Program report a brief
4    description of the number of cases decided by the Illinois
5    Commerce Commission and the number of cases that remain
6    pending before the Illinois Commerce Commission under this
7    subsection (9) for the period covered by the report.
8    (10) The Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois
9Transit Authority shall be treated as a rail carrier subject
10to the Illinois Commerce Commission's safety requirements for
11track, facilities, and equipment in accordance with Section
1218c-7401 and eligible to receive money from the Grade Crossing
13Protection Fund or any fund of the State or other source
14available for purposes of promoting safety and separation of
15at-grade railroad crossings or highway improvements.    
16(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21.)
 
17    (625 ILCS 5/18c-7402)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-7402)
18    Sec. 18c-7402. Safety requirements for railroad
19operations.
20    (1) Obstruction of crossings.
21        (a) Obstruction of emergency vehicles. Every railroad
22    shall be operated in such a manner as to minimize
23    obstruction of emergency vehicles at crossings. Where such
24    obstruction occurs and the train crew is aware of the
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1    action, consistent with safe operating procedure,
2    necessary to remove the obstruction. In the Chicago and
3    St. Louis switching districts, every railroad dispatcher
4    or other person responsible for the movement of railroad
5    equipment in a specific area who receives notification
6    that railroad equipment is obstructing the movement of an
7    emergency vehicle at any crossing within such area shall
8    immediately notify the train crew through use of existing
9    communication facilities. Upon notification, the train
10    crew shall take immediate action in accordance with this
11    paragraph.
12        (b) Obstruction of highway at grade crossing
13    prohibited. It is unlawful for a rail carrier to permit
14    any train, railroad car or engine to obstruct public
15    travel at a railroad-highway grade crossing for a period
16    in excess of 10 minutes, except where such train or
17    railroad car is continuously moving or cannot be moved by
18    reason of circumstances over which the rail carrier has no
19    reasonable control.
20        In a county with a population of greater than
21    1,000,000, as determined by the most recent federal
22    census, during the hours of 7:00 a.m. through 9:00 a.m.
23    and 4:00 p.m. through 6:00 p.m. it is unlawful for a rail
24    carrier to permit any single train or railroad car to
25    obstruct public travel at a railroad-highway grade
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1    minute period, except where the train or railroad car
2    cannot be moved by reason or circumstances over which the
3    rail carrier has no reasonable control. Under no
4    circumstances will a moving train be stopped for the
5    purposes of issuing a citation related to this Section.
6        However, no employee acting under the rules or orders
7    of the rail carrier or its supervisory personnel may be
8    prosecuted for a violation of this subsection (b).
9        (c) Punishment for obstruction of grade crossing. Any
10    rail carrier violating paragraph (b) of this subsection
11    shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined not less than
12    $200 nor more than $500 if the duration of the obstruction
13    is in excess of 10 minutes but no longer than 15 minutes.
14    If the duration of the obstruction exceeds 15 minutes the
15    violation shall be a business offense and the following
16    fines shall be imposed: if the duration of the obstruction
17    is in excess of 15 minutes but no longer than 20 minutes,
18    the fine shall be $500; if the duration of the obstruction
19    is in excess of 20 minutes but no longer than 25 minutes,
20    the fine shall be $700; if the duration of the obstruction
21    is in excess of 25 minutes, but no longer than 30 minutes,
22    the fine shall be $900; if the duration of the obstruction
23    is in excess of 30 minutes but no longer than 35 minutes,
24    the fine shall be $1,000; if the duration of the
25    obstruction is in excess of 35 minutes, the fine shall be
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1    obstruction in excess of 25 minutes of obstruction.
2    (2) Other operational requirements.
3        (a) Bell and whistle-crossings. Every rail carrier and
4    the Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois
5    Transit Authority shall cause a bell, and a whistle or
6    horn to be placed and kept on each locomotive, and shall
7    cause the same to be rung or sounded by the engineer or
8    fireman, at the distance of at least 1,320 feet, from the
9    place where the railroad crosses or intersects any public
10    highway, and shall be kept ringing or sounding until the
11    highway is reached; provided that at crossings where the
12    Commission shall by order direct, only after a hearing has
13    been held to determine the public is reasonably and
14    sufficiently protected, the rail carrier may be excused
15    from giving warning provided by this paragraph.
16        (a-5) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this
17    subsection (2) regarding ringing a bell and sounding a
18    whistle or horn do not apply at a railroad crossing that
19    has a permanently installed automated audible warning
20    device authorized by the Commission under Section
21    18c-7402.1 that sounds automatically when an approaching
22    train is at least 1,320 feet from the crossing and that
23    keeps sounding until the lead locomotive has crossed the
24    highway. The engineer or fireman may ring the bell or
25    sound the whistle or horn at a railroad crossing that has a
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1        (b) Speed limits. Each rail carrier shall operate its
2    trains in compliance with speed limits set by the
3    Commission. The Commission may set train speed limits only
4    where such limits are necessitated by extraordinary
5    circumstances affecting the public safety, and shall
6    maintain such train speed limits in effect only for such
7    time as the extraordinary circumstances prevail.
8        The Commission and the Department of Transportation
9    shall conduct a study of the relation between train speeds
10    and railroad-highway grade crossing safety. The Commission
11    shall report the findings of the study to the General
12    Assembly no later than January 5, 1997.
13        (c) Special speed limit; pilot project. The Commission
14    and the Board of the Commuter Rail Division of the
15    Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
16    Authority shall conduct a pilot project in the Village of
17    Fox River Grove, the site of the fatal school bus crash at
18    a railroad crossing on October 25, 1995, in order to
19    improve railroad crossing safety. For this project, the
20    Commission is directed to set the maximum train speed
21    limit for Northern Illinois Transit Regional
22    Transportation Authority trains at 50 miles per hour at
23    intersections on that portion of the intrastate rail line
24    located in the Village of Fox River Grove. If the Northern
25    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
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1    limit, then any entity, governmental or otherwise, that
2    provides capital or operational funds to the Northern
3    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority shall
4    appropriately reduce or eliminate that funding. The
5    Commission shall report to the Governor and the General
6    Assembly on the results of this pilot project in January
7    1999, January 2000, and January 2001. The Commission shall
8    also submit a final report on the pilot project to the
9    Governor and the General Assembly in January 2001. The
10    provisions of this subsection (c), other than this
11    sentence, are inoperative after February 1, 2001.
12        (d) Freight train crew size. No rail carrier shall
13    operate or cause to operate a train or light engine used in
14    connection with the movement of freight unless it has an
15    operating crew consisting of at least 2 individuals. The
16    minimum freight train crew size indicated in this
17    subsection (d) shall remain in effect until a federal law
18    or rule encompassing the subject matter has been adopted.
19    The Commission, with respect to freight train crew member
20    size under this subsection (d), has the power to conduct
21    evidentiary hearings, make findings, and issue and enforce
22    orders, including sanctions under Section 18c-1704 of this
23    Chapter. As used in this subsection (d), "train or light
24    engine" does not include trains operated by a hostler
25    service or utility employees.
26    (3) Report and investigation of rail accidents.

 

 

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1        (a) Reports. Every rail carrier and the Commuter Rail
2    Division of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall
3    report to the Commission, by the speediest means possible,
4    whether telephone, telegraph, or otherwise, every accident
5    involving its equipment, track, or other property which
6    resulted in loss of life to any person. In addition, such
7    carriers shall file a written report with the Commission.
8    Reports submitted under this paragraph shall be strictly
9    confidential, shall be specifically prohibited from
10    disclosure, and shall not be admissible in any
11    administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the
12    accidents reported.
13        (b) Investigations. The Commission may investigate all
14    railroad accidents reported to it or of which it acquires
15    knowledge independent of reports made by rail carriers or
16    the Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois
17    Transit Authority, and shall have the power, consistent
18    with standards and procedures established under the
19    Federal Railroad Safety Act, as amended, to enter such
20    temporary orders as will minimize the risk of future
21    accidents pending notice, hearing, and final action by the
22    Commission.
23(Source: P.A. 101-294, eff. 1-1-20; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)
 
24    Section 5-925. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by
25changing Section 15-5-15 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (735 ILCS 30/15-5-15)
2    Sec. 15-5-15. Eminent domain powers in ILCS Chapters 70
3through 75. The following provisions of law may include
4express grants of the power to acquire property by
5condemnation or eminent domain:
 
6(70 ILCS 5/8.02 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
7    authorities; for public airport facilities.
8(70 ILCS 5/8.05 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
9    authorities; for removal of airport hazards.
10(70 ILCS 5/8.06 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
11    authorities; for reduction of the height of objects or
12    structures.
13(70 ILCS 10/4); Interstate Airport Authorities Act; interstate
14    airport authorities; for general purposes.
15(70 ILCS 15/3); Kankakee River Valley Area Airport Authority
16    Act; Kankakee River Valley Area Airport Authority; for
17    acquisition of land for airports.
18(70 ILCS 200/2-20); Civic Center Code; civic center
19    authorities; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
20(70 ILCS 200/5-35); Civic Center Code; Aledo Civic Center
21    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
22(70 ILCS 200/10-15); Civic Center Code; Aurora Metropolitan
23    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
24    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/15-40); Civic Center Code; Benton Civic Center
2    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
3(70 ILCS 200/20-15); Civic Center Code; Bloomington Civic
4    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
5    parking.
6(70 ILCS 200/35-35); Civic Center Code; Brownstown Park
7    District Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers,
8    buildings, and parking.
9(70 ILCS 200/40-35); Civic Center Code; Carbondale Civic
10    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
11    parking.
12(70 ILCS 200/55-60); Civic Center Code; Chicago South Civic
13    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
14    parking.
15(70 ILCS 200/60-30); Civic Center Code; Collinsville
16    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
17    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/70-35); Civic Center Code; Crystal Lake Civic
19    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
20    parking.
21(70 ILCS 200/75-20); Civic Center Code; Decatur Metropolitan
22    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
23    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/80-15); Civic Center Code; DuPage County
25    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
26    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/85-35); Civic Center Code; Elgin Metropolitan
2    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
3    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
4(70 ILCS 200/95-25); Civic Center Code; Herrin Metropolitan
5    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
6    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
7(70 ILCS 200/110-35); Civic Center Code; Illinois Valley Civic
8    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
9    parking.
10(70 ILCS 200/115-35); Civic Center Code; Jasper County Civic
11    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
12    parking.
13(70 ILCS 200/120-25); Civic Center Code; Jefferson County
14    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
15    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
16(70 ILCS 200/125-15); Civic Center Code; Jo Daviess County
17    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
18    and parking.
19(70 ILCS 200/130-30); Civic Center Code; Katherine Dunham
20    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
21    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
22(70 ILCS 200/145-35); Civic Center Code; Marengo Civic Center
23    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/150-35); Civic Center Code; Mason County Civic
25    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
26    parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/155-15); Civic Center Code; Matteson Metropolitan
2    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
3    and parking.
4(70 ILCS 200/160-35); Civic Center Code; Maywood Civic Center
5    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
6(70 ILCS 200/165-35); Civic Center Code; Melrose Park
7    Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building
8    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
9(70 ILCS 200/170-20); Civic Center Code; certain Metropolitan
10    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authorities;
11    for general purposes.
12(70 ILCS 200/180-35); Civic Center Code; Normal Civic Center
13    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
14(70 ILCS 200/185-15); Civic Center Code; Oak Park Civic Center
15    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
16(70 ILCS 200/195-35); Civic Center Code; Ottawa Civic Center
17    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/200-15); Civic Center Code; Pekin Civic Center
19    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
20(70 ILCS 200/205-15); Civic Center Code; Peoria Civic Center
21    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
22(70 ILCS 200/210-35); Civic Center Code; Pontiac Civic Center
23    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/215-15); Civic Center Code; Illinois Quad City
25    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
26    and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/220-30); Civic Center Code; Quincy Metropolitan
2    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
3    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
4(70 ILCS 200/225-35); Civic Center Code; Randolph County Civic
5    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
6    parking.
7(70 ILCS 200/230-35); Civic Center Code; River Forest
8    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
9    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
10(70 ILCS 200/235-40); Civic Center Code; Riverside Civic
11    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
12    parking.
13(70 ILCS 200/245-35); Civic Center Code; Salem Civic Center
14    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
15(70 ILCS 200/255-20); Civic Center Code; Springfield
16    Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; for
17    grounds, centers, and parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/260-35); Civic Center Code; Sterling Metropolitan
19    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
20    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
21(70 ILCS 200/265-20); Civic Center Code; Vermilion County
22    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
23    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/270-35); Civic Center Code; Waukegan Civic Center
25    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
26(70 ILCS 200/275-35); Civic Center Code; West Frankfort Civic

 

 

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1    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
2    parking.
3(70 ILCS 200/280-20); Civic Center Code; Will County
4    Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; for
5    grounds, centers, and parking.
6(70 ILCS 210/5); Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
7    Act; Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority; for
8    general purposes, including quick-take power.
9(70 ILCS 405/22.04); Soil and Water Conservation Districts
10    Act; soil and water conservation districts; for general
11    purposes.
12(70 ILCS 410/10 and 410/12); Conservation District Act;
13    conservation districts; for open space, wildland, scenic
14    roadway, pathway, outdoor recreation, or other
15    conservation benefits.
16(70 ILCS 503/25); Chanute-Rantoul National Aviation Center
17    Redevelopment Commission Act; Chanute-Rantoul National
18    Aviation Center Redevelopment Commission; for general
19    purposes.
20(70 ILCS 507/15); Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission Act;
21    Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission; for general
22    purposes or to carry out comprehensive or redevelopment
23    plans.
24(70 ILCS 520/8); Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
25    Act; Southwestern Illinois Development Authority; for
26    general purposes, including quick-take power.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 605/4-17 and 605/5-7); Illinois Drainage Code;
2    drainage districts; for general purposes.
3(70 ILCS 615/5 and 615/6); Chicago Drainage District Act;
4    corporate authorities; for construction and maintenance of
5    works.
6(70 ILCS 705/10); Fire Protection District Act; fire
7    protection districts; for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 750/20); Flood Prevention District Act; flood
9    prevention districts; for general purposes.
10(70 ILCS 805/6); Downstate Forest Preserve District Act;
11    certain forest preserve districts; for general purposes.
12(70 ILCS 805/18.8); Downstate Forest Preserve District Act;
13    certain forest preserve districts; for recreational and
14    cultural facilities.
15(70 ILCS 810/8); Cook County Forest Preserve District Act;
16    Forest Preserve District of Cook County; for general
17    purposes.
18(70 ILCS 810/38); Cook County Forest Preserve District Act;
19    Forest Preserve District of Cook County; for recreational
20    facilities.
21(70 ILCS 910/15 and 910/16); Hospital District Law; hospital
22    districts; for hospitals or hospital facilities.
23(70 ILCS 915/3); Illinois Medical District Act; Illinois
24    Medical District Commission; for general purposes.
25(70 ILCS 915/4.5); Illinois Medical District Act; Illinois
26    Medical District Commission; quick-take power for the

 

 

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1    Illinois State Police Forensic Science Laboratory
2    (obsolete).
3(70 ILCS 920/5); Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act;
4    tuberculosis sanitarium districts; for tuberculosis
5    sanitariums.
6(70 ILCS 925/20); Mid-Illinois Medical District Act;
7    Mid-Illinois Medical District; for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 930/20); Mid-America Medical District Act;
9    Mid-America Medical District Commission; for general
10    purposes.
11(70 ILCS 935/20); Roseland Community Medical District Act;
12    medical district; for general purposes.
13(70 ILCS 1005/7); Mosquito Abatement District Act; mosquito
14    abatement districts; for general purposes.
15(70 ILCS 1105/8); Museum District Act; museum districts; for
16    general purposes.
17(70 ILCS 1205/7-1); Park District Code; park districts; for
18    streets and other purposes.
19(70 ILCS 1205/8-1); Park District Code; park districts; for
20    parks.
21(70 ILCS 1205/9-2 and 1205/9-4); Park District Code; park
22    districts; for airports and landing fields.
23(70 ILCS 1205/11-2 and 1205/11-3); Park District Code; park
24    districts; for State land abutting public water and
25    certain access rights.
26(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-3); Park District Code; park districts; for

 

 

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1    harbors.
2(70 ILCS 1225/2); Park Commissioners Land Condemnation Act;
3    park districts; for street widening.
4(70 ILCS 1230/1 and 1230/1-a); Park Commissioners Water
5    Control Act; park districts; for parks, boulevards,
6    driveways, parkways, viaducts, bridges, or tunnels.
7(70 ILCS 1250/2); Park Commissioners Street Control (1889)
8    Act; park districts; for boulevards or driveways.
9(70 ILCS 1290/1); Park District Aquarium and Museum Act;
10    municipalities or park districts; for aquariums or
11    museums.
12(70 ILCS 1305/2); Park District Airport Zoning Act; park
13    districts; for restriction of the height of structures.
14(70 ILCS 1310/5); Park District Elevated Highway Act; park
15    districts; for elevated highways.
16(70 ILCS 1505/15); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
17    District; for parks and other purposes.
18(70 ILCS 1505/25.1); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
19    District; for parking lots or garages.
20(70 ILCS 1505/26.3); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
21    District; for harbors.
22(70 ILCS 1570/5); Lincoln Park Commissioners Land Condemnation
23    Act; Lincoln Park Commissioners; for land and interests in
24    land, including riparian rights.
25(70 ILCS 1801/30); Alexander-Cairo Port District Act;
26    Alexander-Cairo Port District; for general purposes.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 1805/8); Havana Regional Port District Act; Havana
2    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
3(70 ILCS 1810/7); Illinois International Port District Act;
4    Illinois International Port District; for general
5    purposes.
6(70 ILCS 1815/13); Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act;
7    Illinois Valley Regional Port District; for general
8    purposes.
9(70 ILCS 1820/4); Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
10    District Act; Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
11    District; for removal of airport hazards or reduction of
12    the height of objects or structures.
13(70 ILCS 1820/5); Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
14    District Act; Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
15    District; for general purposes.
16(70 ILCS 1825/4.9); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
17    Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.
18(70 ILCS 1825/4.10); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
19    Regional Port District; for reduction of the height of
20    objects or structures.
21(70 ILCS 1825/4.18); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
22    Regional Port District; for removal of hazards from ports
23    and terminals.
24(70 ILCS 1825/5); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
25    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
26(70 ILCS 1830/7.1); Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act;

 

 

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1    Kaskaskia Regional Port District; for removal of hazards
2    from ports and terminals.
3(70 ILCS 1830/14); Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act;
4    Kaskaskia Regional Port District; for general purposes.
5(70 ILCS 1831/30); Massac-Metropolis Port District Act;
6    Massac-Metropolis Port District; for general purposes.
7(70 ILCS 1835/5.10); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act;
8    Mt. Carmel Regional Port District; for removal of airport
9    hazards.
10(70 ILCS 1835/5.11); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act;
11    Mt. Carmel Regional Port District; for reduction of the
12    height of objects or structures.
13(70 ILCS 1835/6); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act; Mt.
14    Carmel Regional Port District; for general purposes.
15(70 ILCS 1837/30); Ottawa Port District Act; Ottawa Port
16    District; for general purposes.
17    (70 ILCS 1842/30 and 1842/35); Rock Island Regional Port
18    District Act; Rock Island Regional Port District and
19    participating municipalities; for general Port District
20    purposes.    
21(70 ILCS 1845/4.9); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca
22    Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.
23(70 ILCS 1845/4.10); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca
24    Regional Port District; for reduction of the height of
25    objects or structures.
26(70 ILCS 1845/5); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca

 

 

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1    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
2(70 ILCS 1850/4); Shawneetown Regional Port District Act;
3    Shawneetown Regional Port District; for removal of airport
4    hazards or reduction of the height of objects or
5    structures.
6(70 ILCS 1850/5); Shawneetown Regional Port District Act;
7    Shawneetown Regional Port District; for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 1855/4); Southwest Regional Port District Act;
9    Southwest Regional Port District; for removal of airport
10    hazards or reduction of the height of objects or
11    structures.
12(70 ILCS 1855/5); Southwest Regional Port District Act;
13    Southwest Regional Port District; for general purposes.
14(70 ILCS 1860/4); Tri-City Regional Port District Act;
15    Tri-City Regional Port District; for removal of airport
16    hazards.
17(70 ILCS 1860/5); Tri-City Regional Port District Act;
18    Tri-City Regional Port District; for the development of
19    facilities.
20(70 ILCS 1863/11); Upper Mississippi River International Port
21    District Act; Upper Mississippi River International Port
22    District; for general purposes.
23(70 ILCS 1865/4.9); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
24    District; for removal of airport hazards.
25(70 ILCS 1865/4.10); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
26    District; for restricting the height of objects or

 

 

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1    structures.
2(70 ILCS 1865/5); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
3    District; for the development of facilities.
4(70 ILCS 1870/8); White County Port District Act; White County
5    Port District; for the development of facilities.
6(70 ILCS 1905/16); Railroad Terminal Authority Act; Railroad
7    Terminal Authority (Chicago); for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 1915/25); Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority
9    Act; Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority; for
10    general purposes, including quick-take power (now
11    obsolete).
12(70 ILCS 1935/25); Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority
13    Act; Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority; for general
14    purposes.
15(70 ILCS 2105/9b); River Conservancy Districts Act; river
16    conservancy districts; for general purposes.
17(70 ILCS 2105/10a); River Conservancy Districts Act; river
18    conservancy districts; for corporate purposes.
19(70 ILCS 2205/15); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
20    districts; for corporate purposes.
21(70 ILCS 2205/18); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
22    districts; for improvements and works.
23(70 ILCS 2205/19); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
24    districts; for access to property.
25(70 ILCS 2305/8); North Shore Water Reclamation District Act;
26    North Shore Water Reclamation District; for corporate

 

 

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1    purposes.
2(70 ILCS 2305/15); North Shore Water Reclamation District Act;
3    North Shore Water Reclamation District; for improvements.
4(70 ILCS 2405/7.9); Sanitary District Act of 1917; Sanitary
5    District of Decatur; for carrying out agreements to sell,
6    convey, or disburse treated wastewater to a private
7    entity.
8(70 ILCS 2405/8); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
9    districts; for corporate purposes.
10(70 ILCS 2405/15); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
11    districts; for improvements.
12(70 ILCS 2405/16.9 and 2405/16.10); Sanitary District Act of
13    1917; sanitary districts; for waterworks.
14(70 ILCS 2405/17.2); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
15    districts; for public sewer and water utility treatment
16    works.
17(70 ILCS 2405/18); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
18    districts; for dams or other structures to regulate water
19    flow.
20(70 ILCS 2605/8); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act;
21    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for corporate
22    purposes.
23(70 ILCS 2605/16); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
24    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; quick-take
25    power for improvements.
26(70 ILCS 2605/17); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

 

 

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1    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for bridges.
2(70 ILCS 2605/35); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
3    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for widening
4    and deepening a navigable stream.
5(70 ILCS 2805/10); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
6    districts; for corporate purposes.
7(70 ILCS 2805/24); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
8    districts; for improvements.
9(70 ILCS 2805/26i and 2805/26j); Sanitary District Act of
10    1936; sanitary districts; for drainage systems.
11(70 ILCS 2805/27); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
12    districts; for dams or other structures to regulate water
13    flow.
14(70 ILCS 2805/32k); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
15    districts; for water supply.
16(70 ILCS 2805/32l); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
17    districts; for waterworks.
18(70 ILCS 2905/2-7); Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974;
19    Metro-East Sanitary District; for corporate purposes.
20(70 ILCS 2905/2-8); Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974;
21    Metro-East Sanitary District; for access to property.
22(70 ILCS 3010/10); Sanitary District Revenue Bond Act;
23    sanitary districts; for sewerage systems.
24(70 ILCS 3205/12); Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act;
25    Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; quick-take power for
26    its corporate purposes (obsolete).

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 3405/16); Surface Water Protection District Act;
2    surface water protection districts; for corporate
3    purposes.
4(70 ILCS 3605/7); Chicago Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
5    Chicago Transit Authority; for transportation systems.
6(70 ILCS 3605/8); Chicago Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
7    Chicago Transit Authority; for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 3605/10); Chicago Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
9    Chicago Transit Authority; for general purposes, including
10    railroad property.
11(70 ILCS 3610/3 and 3610/5); Local Mass Transit District Act;
12    local mass transit districts; for general purposes.
13(70 ILCS 3615/2.13); Northern Illinois Transit Regional
14    Transportation Authority Act; Northern Illinois Transit    
15    Regional Transportation Authority; for general purposes.
16(70 ILCS 3705/8 and 3705/12); Public Water District Act;
17    public water districts; for waterworks.
18(70 ILCS 3705/23a); Public Water District Act; public water
19    districts; for sewerage properties.
20(70 ILCS 3705/23e); Public Water District Act; public water
21    districts; for combined waterworks and sewerage systems.
22(70 ILCS 3715/6); Water Authorities Act; water authorities;
23    for facilities to ensure adequate water supply.
24(70 ILCS 3715/27); Water Authorities Act; water authorities;
25    for access to property.
26(75 ILCS 5/4-7); Illinois Local Library Act; boards of library

 

 

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1    trustees; for library buildings.
2(75 ILCS 16/30-55.80); Public Library District Act of 1991;
3    public library districts; for general purposes.
4(75 ILCS 65/1 and 65/3); Libraries in Parks Act; corporate
5    authorities of city or park district, or board of park
6    commissioners; for free public library buildings.
7(Source: Incorporates 98-564, eff. 8-27-13; P.A. 98-756, eff.
87-16-14; 99-669, eff. 7-29-16; revised 6-23-25.)
 
9
Article 10.

 
10    Section 10-5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
11Section 2 as follows:
 
12    (5 ILCS 120/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
13    Sec. 2. Open meetings.
14    (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall
15be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and
16closed in accordance with Section 2a.
17    (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained
18in subsection (c) are in derogation of the requirement that
19public bodies meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions
20are to be strictly construed, extending only to subjects
21clearly within their scope. The exceptions authorize but do
22not require the holding of a closed meeting to discuss a
23subject included within an enumerated exception.

 

 

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1    (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to
2consider the following subjects:
3        (1) The appointment, employment, compensation,
4    discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific
5    employees, specific individuals who serve as independent
6    contractors in a park, recreational, or educational
7    setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or
8    legal counsel for the public body, including hearing
9    testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a
10    specific individual who serves as an independent
11    contractor in a park, recreational, or educational
12    setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against
13    legal counsel for the public body to determine its
14    validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in
15    compensation to a specific employee of a public body that
16    is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase
17    Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the
18    public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.
19        (2) Collective negotiating matters between the public
20    body and its employees or their representatives, or
21    deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more
22    classes of employees.
23        (3) The selection of a person to fill a public office,
24    as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public
25    office, when the public body is given power to appoint
26    under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or

 

 

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1    removal of the occupant of a public office, when the
2    public body is given power to remove the occupant under
3    law or ordinance.
4        (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing,
5    or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law,
6    to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act,
7    provided that the body prepares and makes available for
8    public inspection a written decision setting forth its
9    determinative reasoning.
10        (4.5) Evidence or testimony presented to a school
11    board regarding denial of admission to school events or
12    property pursuant to Section 24-24 of the School Code,
13    provided that the school board prepares and makes
14    available for public inspection a written decision setting
15    forth its determinative reasoning.
16        (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use
17    of the public body, including meetings held for the
18    purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should
19    be acquired.
20        (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of
21    property owned by the public body.
22        (7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments,
23    or investment contracts. This exception shall not apply to
24    the investment of assets or income of funds deposited into
25    the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.
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1    security, and the use of personnel and equipment to
2    respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably
3    potential danger to the safety of employees, students,
4    staff, the public, or public property.
5        (9) Student disciplinary cases.
6        (10) The placement of individual students in special
7    education programs and other matters relating to
8    individual students.
9        (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or
10    on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and
11    is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or
12    when the public body finds that an action is probable or
13    imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be
14    recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed
15    meeting.
16        (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of
17    claims as provided in the Local Governmental and
18    Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the
19    disposition of a claim or potential claim might be
20    prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or
21    risk management information, records, data, advice or
22    communications from or with respect to any insurer of the
23    public body or any intergovernmental risk management
24    association or self-insurance self insurance pool of which
25    the public body is a member.
26        (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in

 

 

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1    the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are
2    authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair
3    housing practices and creating a commission or
4    administrative agency for their enforcement.
5        (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of
6    undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or
7    future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public
8    body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
9        (15) Professional ethics or performance when
10    considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a
11    licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the
12    advisory body's field of competence.
13        (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or
14    professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of
15    a statewide association of which the public body is a
16    member.
17        (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or
18    formal peer review of physicians or other health care
19    professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected
20    under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
21    Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
22    including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal
23    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
24    1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
25    including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a
26    hospital, or other institution providing medical care,

 

 

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1    that is operated by the public body.
2        (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner
3    Review Board.
4        (19) Review or discussion of applications received
5    under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
6    Act.
7        (20) The classification and discussion of matters
8    classified as confidential or continued confidential by
9    the State Government Suggestion Award Board.
10        (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed
11    under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the
12    body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes
13    as mandated by Section 2.06.
14        (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
15    Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
16        (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal
17    utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or
18    municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves
19    (i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery
20    of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or
21    conclusions of load forecast studies.
22        (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility
23    resident sexual assault and death review team or the
24    Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team
25    Act.
26        (25) Meetings of an independent team of experts under

 

 

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1    Brian's Law.
2        (26) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed
3    under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review
4    Team Act.
5        (27) (Blank).
6        (28) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
7    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
8    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
9    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
10        (29) Meetings between internal or external auditors
11    and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and
12    their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal
13    control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk
14    areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews
15    conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
16    standards of the United States of America.
17        (30) (Blank).
18        (31) Meetings and deliberations for decisions of the
19    Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm
20    Concealed Carry Act.
21        (32) Meetings between the Northern Illinois Transit
22    Authority Board Regional Transportation Authority Board    
23    and its Service Boards when the discussion involves review
24    by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Board Regional
25    Transportation Authority Board of employment contracts
26    under Section 28d of the Chicago Transit Authority Act    

 

 

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1    Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and Sections 3A.18 and
2    3B.26 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act    
3    Regional Transportation Authority Act.
4        (33) Those meetings or portions of meetings of the
5    advisory committee and peer review subcommittee created
6    under Section 320 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
7    Act during which specific controlled substance prescriber,
8    dispenser, or patient information is discussed.
9        (34) Meetings of the Tax Increment Financing Reform
10    Task Force under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
11    Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
12        (35) Meetings of the group established to discuss
13    Medicaid capitation rates under Section 5-30.8 of the
14    Illinois Public Aid Code.
15        (36) Those deliberations or portions of deliberations
16    for decisions of the Illinois Gaming Board in which there
17    is discussed any of the following: (i) personal,
18    commercial, financial, or other information obtained from
19    any source that is privileged, proprietary, confidential,
20    or a trade secret; or (ii) information specifically
21    exempted from the disclosure by federal or State law.
22        (37) Deliberations for decisions of the Illinois Law
23    Enforcement Training Standards Board, the Certification
24    Review Panel, and the Illinois State Police Merit Board
25    regarding certification and decertification.
26        (38) Meetings of the Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic

 

 

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1    Violence Fatality Review Committee of the Illinois
2    Criminal Justice Information Authority Board that occur in
3    closed executive session under subsection (d) of Section
4    35 of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act.
5        (39) Meetings of the regional review teams under
6    subsection (a) of Section 75 of the Domestic Violence
7    Fatality Review Act.
8        (40) Meetings of the Firearm Owner's Identification
9    Card Review Board under Section 10 of the Firearm Owners
10    Identification Card Act.
11    (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
12    "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose
13relationship with the public body constitutes an
14employer-employee relationship under the usual common law
15rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
16    "Public office" means a position created by or under the
17Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is
18charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign
19power of this State. The term "public office" shall include
20members of the public body, but it shall not include
21organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether
22established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to
23assist the body in the conduct of its business.
24    "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body
25charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct
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1determinations based thereon, but does not include local
2electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition
3challenges.
4    (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed
5meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of
6the nature of the matter being considered and other
7information that will inform the public of the business being
8conducted.
9(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21;
10102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-311, eff.
117-28-23; 103-626, eff. 1-1-25.)
 
12    Section 10-10. The Transportation Cooperation Act of 1971
13is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
14    (5 ILCS 225/2)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 602)
15    Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act:
16    (a) "Railroad passenger service" means any railroad
17passenger service within the State of Illinois, including the
18equipment and facilities used in connection therewith, with
19the exception of the basic system operated by the National
20Railroad Passenger Corporation pursuant to Title II and
21Section 403(a) of the Federal Rail Passenger Service Act of
221970.
23    (b) "Federal Railroad Corporation" means the National
24Railroad Passenger Corporation established pursuant to an Act

 

 

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1of Congress known as the "Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970."
2    (c) "Transportation system" means any and all modes of
3public transportation within the State, including, but not
4limited to, transportation of persons or property by rapid
5transit, rail, bus, and aircraft, and all equipment,
6facilities and property, real and personal, used in connection
7therewith.
8    (d) "Carrier" means any corporation, authority,
9partnership, association, person or district authorized to
10maintain a transportation system within the State with the
11exception of the Federal Railroad Corporation.
12    (e) "Units of local government" means cities, villages,
13incorporated towns, counties, municipalities, townships, and
14special districts, including any district created pursuant to
15the "Local Mass Transit District Act", approved July 21, 1959,
16as amended; any Authority created pursuant to the Chicago
17Transit Authority Act "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act",
18approved April 12, 1945, as amended; and, any authority,
19commission or other entity which by virtue of an interstate
20compact approved by Congress is authorized to provide mass
21transportation.
22    (f) "Universities" means all public institutions of higher
23education as defined in an "Act creating a Board of Higher
24Education, defining its powers and duties, making an
25appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named",
26approved August 22, 1961, as amended, and all private

 

 

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1institutions of higher education as defined in the Illinois
2Finance Authority Act.
3    (g) "Department" means the Illinois Department of
4Transportation, or such other department designated by law to
5perform the duties and functions of the Illinois Department of
6Transportation prior to January 1, 1972.
7    (h) "Association" means any Transportation Service
8Association created pursuant to Section 4 of this Act.
9    (i) "Contracting Parties" means any units of local
10government or universities which have associated and joined
11together pursuant to Section 3 of this Act.
12    (j) "Governing authorities" means (1) the city council or
13similar legislative body of a city; (2) the board of trustees
14or similar body of a village or incorporated town; (3) the
15council of a municipality under the commission form of
16municipal government; (4) the board of trustees in a township;
17(5) the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the
18Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board
19of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees
20of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of
21Governors State University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois
22State University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern
23Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Northern
24Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
25University, and the Illinois Community College Board; (6) the
26county board of a county; and (7) the trustees, commissioners,

 

 

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1board members, or directors of a university, special district,
2authority or similar agency.
3(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
4    Section 10-15. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 315/15)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1615)
7    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
8which has been held unconstitutional)
9    Sec. 15. Act takes precedence Takes Precedence.
10    (a) In case of any conflict between the provisions of this
11Act and any other law (other than Section 5 of the State
12Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and other than the
13changes made to the Illinois Pension Code by Public Act 96-889    
14this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly), executive
15order or administrative regulation relating to wages, hours
16and conditions of employment and employment relations, the
17provisions of this Act or any collective bargaining agreement
18negotiated thereunder shall prevail and control. Nothing in
19this Act shall be construed to replace or diminish the rights
20of employees established by Sections 28 and 28a of the Chicago
21Transit Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act,
22Sections 2.15 through 2.19 of the Northern Illinois Transit
23Authority Act Regional Transportation Authority Act. The
24provisions of this Act are subject to Section 5 of the State

 

 

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1Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Nothing in this Act
2shall be construed to replace the necessity of complaints
3against a sworn peace officer, as defined in Section 2(a) of
4the Uniform Peace Officers' Officer Disciplinary Act, from
5having a complaint supported by a sworn affidavit.
6    (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) above, any
7collective bargaining contract between a public employer and a
8labor organization executed pursuant to this Act shall
9supersede any contrary statutes, charters, ordinances, rules
10or regulations relating to wages, hours and conditions of
11employment and employment relations adopted by the public
12employer or its agents. Any collective bargaining agreement
13entered into prior to the effective date of this Act shall
14remain in full force during its duration.
15    (c) It is the public policy of this State, pursuant to
16paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
17Illinois Constitution, that the provisions of this Act are the
18exclusive exercise by the State of powers and functions which
19might otherwise be exercised by home rule units. Such powers
20and functions may not be exercised concurrently, either
21directly or indirectly, by any unit of local government,
22including any home rule unit, except as otherwise authorized
23by this Act.
24(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-889, eff. 1-1-11;
25revised 7-23-24.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10-20. The State Officials and Employees Ethics
2Act is amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
 
3    (5 ILCS 430/1-5)
4    Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
5    "Appointee" means a person appointed to a position in or
6with a State agency, regardless of whether the position is
7compensated.
8    "Board members of Regional Development Authorities" means
9any person appointed to serve on the governing board of a
10Regional Development Authority.
11    "Board members of Regional Transit Boards" means any
12person appointed to serve on the governing board of a Regional
13Transit Board.
14    "Campaign for elective office" means any activity in
15furtherance of an effort to influence the selection,
16nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any
17federal, State, or local public office or office in a
18political organization, or the selection, nomination, or
19election of Presidential or Vice-Presidential electors, but
20does not include activities (i) relating to the support or
21opposition of any executive, legislative, or administrative
22action (as those terms are defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist
23Registration Act), (ii) relating to collective bargaining, or
24(iii) that are otherwise in furtherance of the person's
25official State duties.

 

 

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1    "Candidate" means a person who has filed nominating papers
2or petitions for nomination or election to an elected State
3office, or who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in
4nomination, and who remains eligible for placement on the
5ballot at either a general primary election or general
6election.
7    "Collective bargaining" has the same meaning as that term
8is defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations
9Act.
10    "Commission" means an ethics commission created by this
11Act.
12    "Compensated time" means any time worked by or credited to
13a State employee that counts toward any minimum work time
14requirement imposed as a condition of employment with a State
15agency, but does not include any designated State holidays or
16any period when the employee is on a leave of absence.
17    "Compensatory time off" means authorized time off earned
18by or awarded to a State employee to compensate in whole or in
19part for time worked in excess of the minimum work time
20required of that employee as a condition of employment with a
21State agency.
22    "Contribution" has the same meaning as that term is
23defined in Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
24    "Employee" means (i) any person employed full-time,
25part-time, or pursuant to a contract and whose employment
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1with regard to the material details of how the work is to be
2performed or (ii) any appointed or elected commissioner,
3trustee, director, or board member of a board of a State
4agency, including any retirement system or investment board
5subject to the Illinois Pension Code or (iii) any other
6appointee.
7    "Employment benefits" include but are not limited to the
8following: modified compensation or benefit terms; compensated
9time off; or change of title, job duties, or location of office
10or employment. An employment benefit may also include
11favorable treatment in determining whether to bring any
12disciplinary or similar action or favorable treatment during
13the course of any disciplinary or similar action or other
14performance review.
15    "Executive branch constitutional officer" means the
16Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
17State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
18    "Gift" means any gratuity, discount, entertainment,
19hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other tangible or
20intangible item having monetary value including, but not
21limited to, cash, food and drink, and honoraria for speaking
22engagements related to or attributable to government
23employment or the official position of an employee, member, or
24officer. The value of a gift may be further defined by rules
25adopted by the appropriate ethics commission or by the Auditor
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1office of the Auditor General.
2    "Governmental entity" means a unit of local government
3(including a community college district) or a school district
4but not a State agency, a Regional Transit Board, or a Regional
5Development Authority.
6    "Leave of absence" means any period during which a State
7employee does not receive (i) compensation for State
8employment, (ii) service credit towards State pension
9benefits, and (iii) health insurance benefits paid for by the
10State.
11    "Legislative branch constitutional officer" means a member
12of the General Assembly and the Auditor General.
13    "Legislative leader" means the President and Minority
14Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
15House of Representatives.
16    "Member" means a member of the General Assembly.
17    "Officer" means an executive branch constitutional officer
18or a legislative branch constitutional officer.
19    "Political" means any activity in support of or in
20connection with any campaign for elective office or any
21political organization, but does not include activities (i)
22relating to the support or opposition of any executive,
23legislative, or administrative action (as those terms are
24defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act), (ii)
25relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are otherwise
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1governmental and public service functions.
2    "Political organization" means a party, committee,
3association, fund, or other organization (whether or not
4incorporated) that is required to file a statement of
5organization with the State Board of Elections or a county
6clerk under Section 9-3 of the Election Code, but only with
7regard to those activities that require filing with the State
8Board of Elections or a county clerk.
9    "Prohibited political activity" means:
10        (1) Preparing for, organizing, or participating in any
11    political meeting, political rally, political
12    demonstration, or other political event.
13        (2) Soliciting contributions, including but not
14    limited to the purchase of, selling, distributing, or
15    receiving payment for tickets for any political
16    fundraiser, political meeting, or other political event.
17        (3) Soliciting, planning the solicitation of, or
18    preparing any document or report regarding any thing of
19    value intended as a campaign contribution.
20        (4) Planning, conducting, or participating in a public
21    opinion poll in connection with a campaign for elective
22    office or on behalf of a political organization for
23    political purposes or for or against any referendum
24    question.
25        (5) Surveying or gathering information from potential
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1    outcome in connection with a campaign for elective office
2    or on behalf of a political organization for political
3    purposes or for or against any referendum question.
4        (6) Assisting at the polls on election day on behalf
5    of any political organization or candidate for elective
6    office or for or against any referendum question.
7        (7) Soliciting votes on behalf of a candidate for
8    elective office or a political organization or for or
9    against any referendum question or helping in an effort to
10    get voters to the polls.
11        (8) Initiating for circulation, preparing,
12    circulating, reviewing, or filing any petition on behalf
13    of a candidate for elective office or for or against any
14    referendum question.
15        (9) Making contributions on behalf of any candidate
16    for elective office in that capacity or in connection with
17    a campaign for elective office.
18        (10) Preparing or reviewing responses to candidate
19    questionnaires in connection with a campaign for elective
20    office or on behalf of a political organization for
21    political purposes.
22        (11) Distributing, preparing for distribution, or
23    mailing campaign literature, campaign signs, or other
24    campaign material on behalf of any candidate for elective
25    office or for or against any referendum question.
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1    against any referendum question.
2        (13) Managing or working on a campaign for elective
3    office or for or against any referendum question.
4        (14) Serving as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a
5    political party convention.
6        (15) Participating in any recount or challenge to the
7    outcome of any election, except to the extent that under
8    subsection (d) of Section 6 of Article IV of the Illinois
9    Constitution each house of the General Assembly shall
10    judge the elections, returns, and qualifications of its
11    members.
12    "Prohibited source" means any person or entity who:
13        (1) is seeking official action (i) by the member or
14    officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
15    or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
16    directing the employee;
17        (2) does business or seeks to do business (i) with the
18    member or officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, with
19    the employee or with the member, officer, State agency, or
20    other employee directing the employee;
21        (3) conducts activities regulated (i) by the member or
22    officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
23    or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
24    directing the employee;
25        (4) has interests that may be substantially affected
26    by the performance or non-performance of the official

 

 

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1    duties of the member, officer, or employee;
2        (5) is registered or required to be registered with
3    the Secretary of State under the Lobbyist Registration
4    Act, except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited
5    source does not become a prohibited source merely because
6    a registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on
7    its board of directors; or
8        (6) is an agent of, a spouse of, or an immediate family
9    member who is living with a "prohibited source".
10    "Regional Development Authority" means the following
11regional development authorities:
12        (1) the Central Illinois Economic Development
13    Authority created by the Central Illinois Economic
14    Development Authority Act;
15        (2) the Eastern Illinois Economic Development
16    Authority created by the Eastern Illinois Economic
17    Development Authority Act;
18        (3) the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority created
19    by the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act;
20        (4) the Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
21    Authority created by Quad Cities Regional Economic
22    Development Authority Act, approved September 22, 1987;
23        (5) the Riverdale Development Authority created by the
24    Riverdale Development Authority Act;
25        (6) the Southeastern Illinois Economic Development
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1    Development Authority Act;
2        (7) the Southern Illinois Economic Development
3    Authority created by the Southern Illinois Economic
4    Development Authority Act;
5        (8) the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
6    created by the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
7    Act;
8        (9) the Tri-County River Valley Development Authority
9    created by the Tri-County River Valley Development
10    Authority Law;
11        (10) the Upper Illinois River Valley Development
12    Authority created by the Upper Illinois River Valley
13    Development Authority Act;
14        (11) the Illinois Urban Development Authority created
15    by the Illinois Urban Development Authority Act;
16        (12) the Western Illinois Economic Development
17    Authority created by the Western Illinois Economic
18    Development Authority Act; and
19        (13) the Will-Kankakee Regional Development Authority
20    created by the Will-Kankakee Regional Development
21    Authority Law.
22    "Regional Transit Boards" means (i) the Northern Illinois
23Transit Authority Regional Transportation Authority created by
24the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act Regional
25Transportation Authority Act, (ii) the Suburban Bus Division
26created by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act    

 

 

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1Regional Transportation Authority Act, (iii) the Commuter Rail
2Division created by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
3Act Regional Transportation Authority Act, and (iv) the
4Chicago Transit Authority created by the Chicago Transit
5Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.
6    "State agency" includes all officers, boards, commissions
7and agencies created by the Constitution, whether in the
8executive or legislative branch; all officers, departments,
9boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities,
10public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 2
11of the Higher Education Cooperation Act (except community
12colleges), and bodies politic and corporate of the State; and
13administrative units or corporate outgrowths of the State
14government which are created by or pursuant to statute, other
15than units of local government (including community college
16districts) and their officers, school districts, and boards of
17election commissioners; and all administrative units and
18corporate outgrowths of the above and as may be created by
19executive order of the Governor. "State agency" includes the
20General Assembly, the Senate, the House of Representatives,
21the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker
22and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the
23Senate Operations Commission, and the legislative support
24services agencies. "State agency" includes the Office of the
25Auditor General. "State agency" does not include the judicial
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1    "State employee" means any employee of a State agency.
2    "Ultimate jurisdictional authority" means the following:
3        (1) For members, legislative partisan staff, and
4    legislative secretaries, the appropriate legislative
5    leader: President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the
6    Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
7    Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
8        (2) For State employees who are professional staff or
9    employees of the Senate and not covered under item (1),
10    the Senate Operations Commission.
11        (3) For State employees who are professional staff or
12    employees of the House of Representatives and not covered
13    under item (1), the Speaker of the House of
14    Representatives.
15        (4) For State employees who are employees of the
16    legislative support services agencies, the Joint Committee
17    on Legislative Support Services.
18        (5) For State employees of the Auditor General, the
19    Auditor General.
20        (6) For State employees of public institutions of
21    higher learning as defined in Section 2 of the Higher
22    Education Cooperation Act (except community colleges), the
23    board of trustees of the appropriate public institution of
24    higher learning.
25        (7) For State employees of an executive branch
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1    paragraph (6), the appropriate executive branch
2    constitutional officer.
3        (8) For State employees not under the jurisdiction of
4    paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7), the
5    Governor.
6        (9) For employees of Regional Transit Boards, the
7    appropriate Regional Transit Board.
8        (10) For board members of Regional Transit Boards, the
9    Governor.
10        (11) For employees of Regional Development
11    Authorities, the appropriate Regional Development
12    Authority.
13        (12) For board members of Regional Development
14    Authorities, the Governor.
15(Source: P.A. 103-517, eff. 8-11-23.)
 
16    Section 10-25. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
17changing Section 4.15 as follows:
 
18    (20 ILCS 105/4.15)
19    Sec. 4.15. Eligibility determinations.
20    (a) The Department is authorized to make eligibility
21determinations for benefits administered by other governmental
22bodies based on the Senior Citizens and Persons with
23Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act as follows:
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1    fees paid by qualified vehicle owners under the Illinois
2    Vehicle Code;
3        (ii) for special districts that offer free fixed route
4    public transportation services for qualified older adults
5    under the Local Mass Transit District Act, the Chicago
6    Transit Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act,
7    and the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act Regional
8    Transportation Authority Act; and
9        (iii) for special districts that offer transit
10    services for qualified individuals with disabilities under
11    the Local Mass Transit District Act, the Chicago Transit
12    Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, and the
13    Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act Regional
14    Transportation Authority Act.
15    (b) The Department shall establish the manner by which
16claimants shall apply for these benefits. The Department is
17authorized to promulgate rules regarding the following
18matters: the application cycle; the application process; the
19content for an electronic application; required personal
20identification information; acceptable proof of eligibility as
21to age, disability status, marital status, residency, and
22household income limits; household composition; calculating
23income; use of social security numbers; duration of
24eligibility determinations; and any other matters necessary
25for such administrative operations.
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1application or from any investigation to determine eligibility
2for benefits shall be confidential, except for official
3purposes.
4    (d) A person may not under any circumstances charge a fee
5to a claimant for assistance in completing an application form
6for these benefits.
7(Source: P.A. 98-887, eff. 8-15-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
8    Section 10-30. The Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
9Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
102605-340 as follows:
 
11    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-340)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
12    Sec. 2605-340. Conviction information for private carrier
13company under the Chicago Transit Authority Act Metropolitan
14Transit Authority Act. Upon the request of a private carrier
15company that provides transportation under Section 28b of the
16Chicago Transit Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority
17Act, to ascertain whether an applicant for a driver position
18has been convicted of any criminal or drug offense enumerated
19in that Section. The Illinois State Police shall furnish the
20conviction information to the private carrier company that
21requested the information.
22(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
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1Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
2Sections 2705-305 and 2705-315 as follows:
 
3    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305)
4    Sec. 2705-305. Grants for mass transportation.
5    (a) For the purpose of mass transportation grants and
6contracts, the following definitions apply:
7     "Carrier" means any corporation, authority, partnership,
8association, person, or district authorized to provide mass
9transportation within the State.
10     "District" means all of the following:    
11        (i) Any district created pursuant to the Local Mass
12    Transit District Act.    
13        (ii) The Authority created pursuant to the Chicago
14    Transit Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.    
15        (iii) Any authority, commission, or other entity that
16    by virtue of an interstate compact approved by Congress is
17    authorized to provide mass transportation.    
18        (iv) The Authority created pursuant to the Northern
19    Illinois Transit Authority Act Regional Transportation
20    Authority Act.
21    "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used
22in or appurtenant to a mass transportation system, including
23parking lots.
24    "Mass transportation" means transportation provided within
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1available to the general public on a regular and continuing
2basis, including the transportation of persons with
3disabilities or elderly persons as provided more specifically
4in Section 2705-310.
5    "Unit of local government" means any city, village,
6incorporated town, or county.
7    (b) Grants may be made to units of local government,
8districts, and carriers for the acquisition, construction,
9extension, reconstruction, and improvement of mass
10transportation facilities. Grants shall be made upon the terms
11and conditions that in the judgment of the Secretary are
12necessary to ensure their proper and effective utilization.
13    (c) The Department shall make grants under this Law in a
14manner designed, so far as is consistent with the maintenance
15and development of a sound mass transportation system within
16the State, to: (i) maximize federal funds for the assistance
17of mass transportation in Illinois under the Federal Transit
18Act and other federal Acts; (ii) facilitate the movement of
19persons who because of age, economic circumstance, or physical
20infirmity are unable to drive; (iii) contribute to an improved
21environment through the reduction of air, water, and noise
22pollution; and (iv) reduce traffic congestion.
23    (d) The Secretary shall establish procedures for making
24application for mass transportation grants. The procedures
25shall provide for public notice of all applications and give
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1objections by interested parties. The procedures shall be
2designed with a view to facilitating simultaneous application
3for a grant to the Department and to the federal government.
4    (e) Grants may be made for mass transportation projects as
5follows:    
6        (1) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the nonfederal
7    share of projects for which a federal grant is made.    
8        (2) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the net project
9    cost for projects for which a federal grant is not made.    
10        (3) In an amount not to exceed five-sixths of the net
11    project cost for projects essential for the maintenance of
12    a sound transportation system and eligible for federal
13    assistance for which a federal grant application has been
14    made but a federal grant has been delayed. If and when a
15    federal grant is made, the amount in excess of the
16    nonfederal share shall be promptly returned to the
17    Department.
18    In no event shall the Department make a grant that,
19together with any federal funds or funds from any other
20source, is in excess of 100% of the net project cost.
21    (f) Regardless of whether any funds are available under a
22federal grant, the Department shall not make a mass
23transportation grant unless the Secretary finds that the
24recipient has entered into an agreement with the Department in
25which the recipient agrees not to engage in school bus
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1school personnel in competition with private school bus
2operators where those private school bus operators are able to
3provide adequate transportation, at reasonable rates, in
4conformance with applicable safety standards, provided that
5this requirement shall not apply to a recipient that operates
6a school system in the area to be served and operates a
7separate and exclusive school bus program for the school
8system.
9    (g) Grants may be made for mass transportation purposes
10with funds appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund
11consistent with the specific purposes for which those funds
12are appropriated by the General Assembly. Grants under this
13subsection (g) are not subject to any limitations or
14conditions imposed upon grants by any other provision of this
15Section, except that the Secretary may impose the terms and
16conditions that in his or her judgment are necessary to ensure
17the proper and effective utilization of the grants under this
18subsection.
19    (h) The Department may let contracts for mass
20transportation purposes and facilities for the purpose of
21reducing urban congestion funded in whole or in part with
22bonds described in subdivision (b)(1) of Section 4 of the
23General Obligation Bond Act, not to exceed $75,000,000 in
24bonds.
25    (i) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts,
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1them for providing reduced fares for mass transportation
2services for students, persons with disabilities, and the
3elderly. Grants shall be made upon the terms and conditions
4that in the judgment of the Secretary are necessary to ensure
5their proper and effective utilization.
6    (j) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts,
7and units of local government for costs of providing ADA
8paratransit service.
9(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
10    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-315)  (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.19b)
11    Sec. 2705-315. Grants for passenger security. The
12Department may make grants from the Transportation Fund and
13the General Revenue Fund to the Northern Illinois Transit
14Authority Regional Transportation Authority created under the
15Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act Regional
16Transportation Authority Act to be used to provide protection
17against crime for the consumers of public transportation, and
18for the employees and facilities of public transportation
19providers, in the metropolitan region. The grants may be used
20(1) to provide that protection directly, or (2) to contract
21with any municipality or county in the metropolitan region to
22provide that protection, or (3) except for the Chicago Transit
23Authority created under the Chicago Transit Authority Act    
24Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, to contract with a private
25security agency to provide that protection.

 

 

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1    The grants shall be made upon the terms and conditions
2that in the judgment of the Secretary are necessary to ensure
3their proper and effective utilization. The procedures
4provided in Section 2705-305 to govern grants for mass
5transportation shall apply to grants made under this Section.
6(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
7    Section 10-40. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended
8by changing Section 3-2.3 as follows:
 
9    (30 ILCS 5/3-2.3)
10    Sec. 3-2.3. Report on Chicago Transit Authority.
11    (a) No less than 60 days prior to the issuance of bonds or
12notes by the Chicago Transit Authority (referred to as the
13"Authority" in this Section) pursuant to Section 12c of the
14Chicago Transit Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority
15Act, the following documentation shall be submitted to the
16Auditor General and the Northern Illinois Transit Authority    
17Regional Transportation Authority:
18        (1) Retirement Plan Documentation. The Authority shall
19    submit a certification that:
20            (A) it is legally authorized to issue the bonds or
21        notes;
22            (B) scheduled annual payments of principal and
23        interest on the bonds and notes to be issued meet the
24        requirements of paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of    

 

 

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1        Section 12c(b)(5) of the Chicago Transit Authority Act    
2        Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
3            (C) no bond or note shall mature later than
4        December 31, 2040;
5            (D) after payment of costs of issuance and
6        necessary deposits to funds and accounts established
7        with respect to debt service on the bonds or notes, the
8        net bond and note proceeds (exclusive of any proceeds
9        to be used to refund outstanding bonds or notes) will
10        be deposited in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
11        Transit Authority Employees and used only for the
12        purposes required by Section 22-101 of the Illinois
13        Pension Code; and
14            (E) it has entered into an intergovernmental
15        agreement with the City of Chicago under which the
16        City of Chicago will provide financial assistance to
17        the Authority in an amount equal to the net receipts,
18        after fees for costs of collection, from a tax on the
19        privilege of transferring title to real estate in the
20        City of Chicago in an amount up to $1.50 per $500 of
21        value or fraction thereof under the provisions of
22        Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code, which
23        agreement shall be for a term expiring no earlier than
24        the final maturity of bonds or notes that it proposes
25        to issue under Section 12c of the Chicago Transit
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1        (2) The Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan for
2    Chicago Transit Authority Employees shall submit a
3    certification that the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit
4    Authority Employees is operating in accordance with all
5    applicable legal and contractual requirements, including
6    the following:
7            (A) the members of a new Board of Trustees have
8        been appointed according to the requirements of
9        Section 22-101(b) of the Illinois Pension Code; and
10            (B) contribution levels for employees and the
11        Authority have been established according to the
12        requirements of Section 22-101(d) of the Illinois
13        Pension Code.
14        (3) Actuarial Report. The Board of Trustees of the
15    Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees
16    shall submit an actuarial report prepared by an enrolled
17    actuary setting forth:
18            (A) the method of valuation and the underlying
19        assumptions;
20            (B) a comparison of the debt service schedules of
21        the bonds or notes proposed to be issued to the
22        Retirement Plan's current unfunded actuarial accrued
23        liability amortization schedule, as required by
24        Section 22-101(e) of the Illinois Pension Code, using
25        the projected interest cost of the bond or note issue
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1        present value savings;
2            (C) the amount of the estimated net present value
3        savings comparing the true interest cost of the bonds
4        or notes with the actuarial investment return
5        assumption of the Retirement Plan; and
6            (D) a certification that the net proceeds of the
7        bonds or notes, together with anticipated earnings on
8        contributions and deposits, will be sufficient to
9        reasonably conclude on an actuarial basis that the
10        total retirement assets of the Retirement Plan will
11        not be less than 90% of its liabilities by the end of
12        fiscal year 2059.
13        (4) The Authority shall submit a financial analysis
14    prepared by an independent advisor. The financial analysis
15    must include a determination that the issuance of bonds is
16    in the best interest of the Retirement Plan for Chicago
17    Transit Authority Employees and the Chicago Transit
18    Authority. The independent advisor shall not act as
19    underwriter or receive a legal, consulting, or other fee
20    related to the issuance of any bond or notes issued by the
21    Authority pursuant to Section 12c of the Chicago Transit
22    Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act except
23    compensation due for the preparation of the financial
24    analysis.
25        (5) Retiree Health Care Trust Documentation. The
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1            (A) it is legally authorized to issue the bonds or
2        notes;
3            (B) scheduled annual payments of principal and
4        interest on the bonds and notes to be issued meets the
5        requirements of paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of    
6        Section 12c(b)(5) of the Chicago Transit Authority Act    
7        Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
8            (C) no bond or note shall mature later than
9        December 31, 2040;
10            (D) after payment of costs of issuance and
11        necessary deposits to funds and accounts established
12        with respect to debt service on the bonds or notes, the
13        net bond and note proceeds (exclusive of any proceeds
14        to be used to refund outstanding bonds or notes) will
15        be deposited in the Retiree Health Care Trust and used
16        only for the purposes required by Section 22-101B of
17        the Illinois Pension Code; and
18            (E) it has entered into an intergovernmental
19        agreement with the City of Chicago under which the
20        City of Chicago will provide financial assistance to
21        the Authority in an amount equal to the net receipts,
22        after fees for costs of collection, from a tax on the
23        privilege of transferring title to real estate in the
24        City of Chicago in an amount up to $1.50 per $500 of
25        value or fraction thereof under the provisions of
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1        agreement shall be for a term expiring no earlier than
2        the final maturity of bonds or notes that it proposes
3        to issue under Section 12c of the Chicago Transit
4        Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.
5        (6) The Board of Trustees of the Retiree Health Care
6    Trust shall submit a certification that the Retiree Health
7    Care Trust has been established in accordance with all
8    applicable legal requirements, including the following:
9            (A) the Retiree Health Care Trust has been
10        established and a Trust document is in effect to
11        govern the Retiree Health Care Trust;
12            (B) the members of the Board of Trustees of the
13        Retiree Health Care Trust have been appointed
14        according to the requirements of Section 22-101B(b)(1)
15        of the Illinois Pension Code;
16            (C) a health care benefit program for eligible
17        retirees and their dependents and survivors has been
18        established by the Board of Trustees according to the
19        requirements of Section 22-101B(b)(2) of the Illinois
20        Pension Code;
21            (D) contribution levels have been established for
22        retirees, dependents and survivors according to the
23        requirements of Section 22-101B(b)(5) of the Illinois
24        Pension Code; and
25            (E) contribution levels have been established for
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1        requirements of Section 22-101B(b)(6) of the Illinois
2        Pension Code.
3        (7) Actuarial Report. The Board of Trustees of the
4    Retiree Health Care Trust shall submit an actuarial report
5    prepared by an enrolled actuary setting forth:
6            (A) the method of valuation and the underlying
7        assumptions;
8            (B) a comparison of the projected interest cost of
9        the bonds or notes proposed to be issued with the
10        actuarial investment return assumption of the Retiree
11        Health Care Trust; and
12            (C) a certification that the net proceeds of the
13        bonds or notes, together with anticipated earnings on
14        contributions and deposits, will be sufficient to
15        adequately fund the actuarial present value of
16        projected benefits expected to be paid under the
17        Retiree Health Care Trust, or a certification of the
18        increases in contribution levels and decreases in
19        benefit levels that would be required in order to cure
20        any funding shortfall over a period of not more than 10
21        years.
22        (8) The Authority shall submit a financial analysis
23    prepared by an independent advisor. The financial analysis
24    must include a determination that the issuance of bonds is
25    in the best interest of the Retiree Health Care Trust and
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1    shall not act as underwriter or receive a legal,
2    consulting, or other fee related to the issuance of any
3    bond or notes issued by the Authority pursuant to Section
4    12c of the Chicago Transit Authority Act Metropolitan
5    Transit Authority Act except compensation due for the
6    preparation of the financial analysis.
7    (b) The Auditor General shall examine the information
8submitted pursuant to Section 3-2.3(a)(1) through (4) and
9submit a report to the General Assembly, the Legislative Audit
10Commission, the Governor, the Northern Illinois Transit
11Authority Regional Transportation Authority and the Authority
12indicating whether (i) the required certifications by the
13Authority and the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan
14have been made, and (ii) the actuarial reports have been
15provided, the reports include all required information, the
16assumptions underlying those reports are not unreasonable in
17the aggregate, and the reports appear to comply with all
18pertinent professional standards, including those issued by
19the Actuarial Standards Board. The Auditor General shall
20submit such report no later than 60 days after receiving the
21information required to be submitted by the Authority and the
22Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan. Any bonds or notes
23issued by the Authority under item (1) of subsection (b) of
24Section 12c of the Chicago Transit Authority Act Metropolitan
25Transit Authority Act shall be issued within 120 days after
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1may not issue bonds or notes until it receives the report from
2the Auditor General indicating the above requirements have
3been met.
4    (c) The Auditor General shall examine the information
5submitted pursuant to Section 3-2.3(a)(5) through (8) and
6submit a report to the General Assembly, the Legislative Audit
7Commission, the Governor, the Northern Illinois Transit
8Authority Regional Transportation Authority and the Authority
9indicating whether (i) the required certifications by the
10Authority and the Board of Trustees of the Retiree Health Care
11Trust have been made, and (ii) the actuarial reports have been
12provided, the reports include all required information, the
13assumptions underlying those reports are not unreasonable in
14the aggregate, and the reports appear to comply with all
15pertinent professional standards, including those issued by
16the Actuarial Standards Board. The Auditor General shall
17submit such report no later than 60 days after receiving the
18information required to be submitted by the Authority and the
19Board of Trustees of the Retiree Health Care Trust. Any bonds
20or notes issued by the Authority under item (2) of subsection
21(b) of Section 12c of the Chicago Transit Authority Act    
22Metropolitan Transit Authority Act shall be issued within 120
23days after receiving such report from the Auditor General. The
24Authority may not issue bonds or notes until it receives a
25report from the Auditor General indicating the above
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1    (d) In fulfilling this duty, after receiving the
2information submitted pursuant to Section 3-2.3(a), the
3Auditor General may request additional information and support
4pertaining to the data and conclusions contained in the
5submitted documents and the Authority, the Board of Trustees
6of the Retirement Plan and the Board of Trustees of the Retiree
7Health Care Trust shall cooperate with the Auditor General and
8provide additional information as requested in a timely
9manner. The Auditor General may also request from the Northern
10Illinois Transit Authority Regional Transportation Authority    
11an analysis of the information submitted by the Authority
12relating to the sources of funds to be utilized for payment of
13the proposed bonds or notes of the Authority. The Auditor
14General's report shall not be in the nature of a post-audit or
15examination and shall not lead to the issuance of an opinion as
16that term is defined in generally accepted government auditing
17standards.
18    (e) Annual Retirement Plan Submission to Auditor General.
19The Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan for Chicago
20Transit Authority Employees established by Section 22-101 of
21the Illinois Pension Code shall provide the following
22documents to the Auditor General annually no later than
23September 30:
24        (1) the most recent audit or examination of the
25    Retirement Plan;
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1    specified in Section 1A-109 of the Illinois Pension Code;
2    and
3        (3) a complete actuarial statement applicable to the
4    prior plan year, which may be the annual report of an
5    enrolled actuary retained by the Retirement Plan specified
6    in Section 22-101(e) of the Illinois Pension Code.
7    The Auditor General shall annually examine the information
8provided pursuant to this subsection and shall submit a report
9of the analysis thereof to the General Assembly, including the
10report specified in Section 22-101(e) of the Illinois Pension
11Code.
12    (f) The Auditor General shall annually examine the
13information submitted pursuant to Section 22-101B(b)(3)(iii)
14of the Illinois Pension Code and shall prepare the
15determination specified in Section 22-101B(b)(3)(iv) of the
16Illinois Pension Code.
17    (g) In fulfilling the duties under Sections 3-2.3(e) and
18(f), the Auditor General may request additional information
19and support pertaining to the data and conclusions contained
20in the submitted documents, and the Authority, the Board of
21Trustees of the Retirement Plan, and the Board of Trustees of
22the Retiree Health Care Trust shall cooperate with the Auditor
23General and provide additional information as requested in a
24timely manner. The Auditor General's review shall not be in
25the nature of a post-audit or examination and shall not lead to
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1accepted government auditing standards. Upon request of the
2Auditor General, the Commission on Government Forecasting and
3Accountability and the Public Pension Division of the
4Department of Insurance shall cooperate with and assist the
5Auditor General in the conduct of his review.
6    (h) The Auditor General shall submit a bill to the
7Authority for costs associated with the examinations and
8reports specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section
93-2.3, which the Authority shall reimburse in a timely manner.
10The costs associated with the examinations and reports which
11are reimbursed by the Authority shall constitute a cost of
12issuance of the bonds or notes under Section 12c(b)(1) and (2)
13of the Chicago Transit Authority Act Metropolitan Transit
14Authority Act. The amount received shall be deposited into the
15fund or funds from which such costs were paid by the Auditor
16General. The Auditor General shall submit a bill to the
17Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees for
18costs associated with the examinations and reports specified
19in subsection (e) of this Section, which the Retirement Plan
20for Chicago Transit Authority Employees shall reimburse in a
21timely manner. The amount received shall be deposited into the
22fund or funds from which such costs were paid by the Auditor
23General. The Auditor General shall submit a bill to the
24Retiree Health Care Trust for costs associated with the
25determination specified in subsection (f) of this Section,
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1timely manner. The amount received shall be deposited into the
2fund or funds from which such costs were paid by the Auditor
3General.
4(Source: P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
 
5    Section 10-45. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
6changing Sections 8-230.1, 11-221.1, 18-112, and 22-101 as
7follows:
 
8    (40 ILCS 5/8-230.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-230.1)
9    Sec. 8-230.1. Right of employees to contribute for certain
10other service. Any employee in the service, after having made
11contributions covering a period of 10 or more years to the
12annuity and benefit fund herein provided for, may elect to pay
13for and receive credit for all annuity purposes for service
14theretofore rendered by the employee to the Chicago Transit
15Authority created by the Chicago Transit Authority Act    
16Metropolitan Transit Authority Act or its predecessor public
17utilities; provided that the last 5 years of service prior to
18retirement on annuity shall have been as an employee of the
19City and a contributor to this Fund. Such service credit may be
20paid for and granted on the same basis and conditions as are
21applicable in the case of employees who make payment for past
22service under the provisions of Section 8-230, but on the
23assumption that the employee's salary throughout all of his or
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1utilities was at the rate of the employee's salary at the later
2of the date of his or her entrance or reentrance into the
3service as a municipal employee, as applicable. In no event,
4however, shall such service be credited if the employee has
5not forfeited and relinquished pension credit for service
6covering such period under any pension or retirement plan
7applicable to the Authority or its predecessor public
8utilities and instituted and maintained by the Authority or
9its predecessor public utilities for the benefit of its
10employees.
11(Source: P.A. 103-455, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/11-221.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-221.1)
13    Sec. 11-221.1. Right of employees to contribute for
14certain other service. Any employee in the service, after
15having made contributions covering a period of 10 or more
16years to the annuity and benefit fund herein provided for, may
17elect to pay for and receive credit for all annuity purposes
18for service theretofore rendered by the employee to the
19Chicago Transit Authority created by the Chicago Transit
20Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; provided
21that if the employee has more than 10 years of such service,
22only the last 10 years of such service shall be credited. Such
23service credit may be paid for and granted on the same basis
24and conditions as are applicable in the case of employees who
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111-221, but on the assumption that the employee's salary
2throughout all of his or her service with the Authority was at
3the rate of the employee's salary at the date of his or her
4entrance into the service as an employee. In no event,
5however, shall such service be credited if the employee has
6not forfeited and relinquished pension credit for service
7covering such period under any pension or retirement plan
8applicable to the Authority and instituted and maintained by
9the Authority for the benefit of its employees.
10(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
11    (40 ILCS 5/18-112)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-112)
12    Sec. 18-112. Service. "Service": The period beginning on
13the day a person first became a judge, whether prior or
14subsequent to the effective date, and ending on the date under
15consideration, excluding all intervening periods during which
16he or she was not a judge following resignation or expiration
17of any term of election or appointment.
18    Service also includes the following: (a) Any period prior
19to January 1, 1964 during which a judge served as a justice of
20the peace, police magistrate or master in chancery, or as a
21civil referee, commissioner or trial assistant to the chief
22judge in the Municipal Court of Chicago, or performed judicial
23duties as an assistant to the judge of the Probate Court of
24Cook County. A judge shall be entitled to credit for all or as
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1years, upon payment of the participant's contribution covering
2such service at the contribution rates in effect on July 1,
31969, together with interest at 4% per annum compounded
4annually, from the dates the service was rendered to the date
5of payment, provided credit for such service had not been
6granted in any public pension fund or retirement system in the
7State. The required contributions shall be based upon the rate
8of salary in effect for the judge on the date he or she entered
9the system or on January 1, 1964, whichever is later.
10    (b) Service rendered after January 1, 1964, as a holdover
11magistrate or master in chancery of the Circuit Court. A judge
12shall be entitled to credit for any period of such service, not
13exceeding a total of 8 years, together with the period of
14service taken into account in paragraph (a). Service credit
15under this paragraph is subject to the same contribution
16requirements and other limitations that are prescribed for
17service credit under paragraph (a).
18    (c) Any period that a participant served as a member of the
19General Assembly, subject to the following conditions:
20    (1) He or she has been a participant in this system for at
21least 4 years and has contributed to the system for service
22rendered as a member of the General Assembly subsequent to
23November 1, 1941, at the contribution rates in effect for a
24judge on the date of becoming a participant, including
25interest at 3% per annum compounded annually from the date
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1salary in effect during such period of service; and
2    (2) The participant is not entitled to credit for such
3service in any other public retirement system in the State.
4    (d) Any period a participant served as a judge or
5commissioner of the Court of Claims of this State after
6November 1, 1941, provided he or she contributes to the system
7at the contribution rates in effect on the date of becoming a
8participant, based on salary received during such service,
9including interest at 3% per annum compounded annually from
10the date such service was rendered to the date of payment.
11    (e) Any period that a participant served as State's
12Attorney or Public Defender of any county of this State,
13subject to the following conditions: (1) such service was not
14credited under any public pension fund or retirement system;
15(2) the maximum service to be credited in this system shall be
168 years; (3) the participant must have at least 6 years of
17service as a judge and as a participant of this system; and (4)
18the participant has made contributions to the system for such
19service at the contribution rates in effect on the date of
20becoming a participant in this system based upon the salary of
21the judge on such date, including interest at 4% per annum
22compounded annually from such date to the date of payment.
23    A judge who terminated service before January 26, 1988 and
24whose retirement annuity began after January 1, 1988 may
25establish credit for service as a Public Defender in
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1making application and paying the required contributions to
2the Board not later than 30 days after August 23, 1989. In such
3cases, the Board shall recalculate the retirement annuity,
4effective on the first day of the next calendar month
5beginning at least 30 days after the application is received.
6    (f) Any period as a participating policeman, employee or
7teacher under Article 5, 14 or 16 of this Code, subject to the
8following conditions: (1) the credits accrued under Article 5,
914 or 16 have been transferred to this system; and (2) the
10participant has contributed to the system an amount equal to
11(A) contributions at the rate in effect for participants at
12the date of membership in this system based upon the salary of
13the judge on such date, (B) the employer's share of the normal
14cost under this system for each year that credit is being
15established, based on the salary in effect at the date of
16membership in this system, and (C) interest at 6% per annum,
17compounded annually, from the date of membership to the date
18of payment; less (D) the amount transferred on behalf of the
19participant from Article 5, 14 or 16.
20    (g) Any period that a participant served as the
21Administrative Director of the Circuit Court of Cook County,
22as Executive Director of the Home Rule Commission, as
23assistant corporation counsel in the Chicago Law Department,
24or as an employee of the Cook County Treasurer, subject to the
25following conditions: (1) the maximum amount of such service
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1such credit in this system, a judge must have at least 6 years
2of service as a judge and participant of this system; (3) the
3last 6 years of service credited in this system shall be as a
4judge and a participant in this system; (4) credits accrued to
5the participant under any other public pension fund or public
6retirement system in the State, if any, by reason of the
7service to be established under this paragraph (g) has been
8transferred to this system; and (5) the participant has
9contributed to this system the amount, if any, by which the
10amount transferred pursuant to subdivision (4) of this
11paragraph, if any, is less than the amount which the
12participant would have contributed to the system during the
13period of time being counted as service under this paragraph
14had the participant been a judge participating in this system
15during that time, based on the rate of contribution in effect
16and the salary earned by the participant on the date he or she
17became a participant, with interest accruing on such
18deficiency at a rate of 5% per annum from the date he or she
19became a participant through the date on which such deficiency
20is paid.
21    (h) Any period that a participant served as a full-time
22attorney employed by the Chicago Transit Authority created by
23the Chicago Transit Authority Act Metropolitan Transit
24Authority Act, subject to the following conditions: (1) any
25credit received for such service in the pension fund
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1maximum amount of such service to be credited in this system
2shall be 10 years; (3) the participant must have at least 6
3years of service as a judge and as a participant of this
4system; and (4) the participant has made contributions to the
5system for such service at the contribution rates in effect on
6the date of becoming a participant in this system based upon
7the salary of the judge on such date, including interest at 5%
8per annum compounded annually from such date to the date of
9payment.
10    (i) Any period during which a participant received
11temporary total disability benefit payments, as provided in
12Section 18-126.1.
13    Service during a fraction of a month shall be considered a
14month of service, but no more than one month of service shall
15be credited for all service during any calendar month.
16(Source: P.A. 86-272; 86-273; 86-1028; 87-1265.)
 
17    (40 ILCS 5/22-101)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-101)
18    Sec. 22-101. Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
19Employees.
20    (a) There shall be established and maintained by the
21Authority created by the Chicago Transit Authority Act    
22"Metropolitan Transit Authority Act ", approved April 12,
231945, as amended, (referred to in this Section as the
24"Authority, ") a financially sound pension and retirement
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1such established system or as modified from time to time by
2ordinance of the Chicago Transit Board or collective
3bargaining agreement. For this purpose, the Board must make
4contributions to the established system as required under this
5Section and may make any additional contributions provided for
6by Board ordinance or collective bargaining agreement. The
7participating employees shall make such periodic payments to
8the established system as required under this Section and may
9make any additional contributions provided for by Board
10ordinance or collective bargaining agreement.
11    Provisions shall be made by the Board for all officers,
12except those who first become members on or after January 1,
132012, and employees of the Authority appointed pursuant to the
14Chicago Transit Authority Act "Metropolitan Transit Authority
15Act" to become, subject to reasonable rules and regulations,
16participants of the pension or retirement system with uniform
17rights, privileges, obligations and status as to the class in
18which such officers and employees belong. The terms,
19conditions and provisions of any pension or retirement system
20or of any amendment or modification thereof affecting
21employees who are members of any labor organization may be
22established, amended or modified by agreement with such labor
23organization, provided the terms, conditions and provisions
24must be consistent with this Act, the annual funding levels
25for the retirement system established by law must be met and
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1exceed the benefit ceilings set for future participants under
2this Act and the contribution levels required by the Authority
3and its employees may not be less than the contribution levels
4established under this Act.
5    (b) The Board of Trustees shall consist of 11 members
6appointed as follows: (i) 5 trustees shall be appointed by the
7Chicago Transit Board; (ii) 3 trustees shall be appointed by
8an organization representing the highest number of Chicago
9Transit Authority participants; (iii) one trustee shall be
10appointed by an organization representing the second-highest
11number of Chicago Transit Authority participants; (iv) one
12trustee shall be appointed by the recognized coalition
13representatives of participants who are not represented by an
14organization with the highest or second-highest number of
15Chicago Transit Authority participants; and (v) one trustee
16shall be selected by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
17Board Regional Transportation Authority Board of Directors,
18and the trustee shall be a professional fiduciary who has
19experience in the area of collectively bargained pension
20plans. Trustees shall serve until a successor has been
21appointed and qualified, or until resignation, death,
22incapacity, or disqualification.
23    Any person appointed as a trustee of the board shall
24qualify by taking an oath of office that he or she will
25diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the system
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1violation of any of the provisions of law applicable to the
2Plan, including Sections 1-109, 1-109.1, 1-109.2, 1-110,
31-111, 1-114, and 1-115 of the Illinois Pension Code.
4    Each trustee shall cast individual votes, and a majority
5vote shall be final and binding upon all interested parties,
6provided that the Board of Trustees may require a
7supermajority vote with respect to the investment of the
8assets of the Retirement Plan, and may set forth that
9requirement in the Retirement Plan documents, by-laws, or
10rules of the Board of Trustees. Each trustee shall have the
11rights, privileges, authority, and obligations as are usual
12and customary for such fiduciaries.
13    The Board of Trustees may cause amounts on deposit in the
14Retirement Plan to be invested in those investments that are
15permitted investments for the investment of moneys held under
16any one or more of the pension or retirement systems of the
17State, any unit of local government or school district, or any
18agency or instrumentality thereof. The Board, by a vote of at
19least two-thirds of the trustees, may transfer investment
20management to the Illinois State Board of Investment, which is
21hereby authorized to manage these investments when so
22requested by the Board of Trustees.
23    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article or any
24law to the contrary, any person who first becomes a member of
25the Chicago Transit Board on or after January 1, 2012 shall not
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1    (c) All individuals who were previously participants in
2the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees
3shall remain participants, and shall receive the same benefits
4established by the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit
5Authority Employees, except as provided in this amendatory Act
6or by subsequent legislative enactment or amendment to the
7Retirement Plan. For Authority employees hired on or after the
8effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
9Assembly, the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
10Employees shall be the exclusive retirement plan and such
11employees shall not be eligible for any supplemental plan,
12except for a deferred compensation plan funded only by
13employee contributions.
14    For all Authority employees who are first hired on or
15after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
16General Assembly and are participants in the Retirement Plan
17for Chicago Transit Authority Employees, the following terms,
18conditions and provisions with respect to retirement shall be
19applicable:
20        (1) Such participant shall be eligible for an
21    unreduced retirement allowance for life upon the
22    attainment of age 64 with 25 years of continuous service.
23        (2) Such participant shall be eligible for a reduced
24    retirement allowance for life upon the attainment of age
25    55 with 10 years of continuous service.
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1    allowance to be paid to a retiring employee, the term
2    "Continuous Service" as used in the Retirement Plan for
3    Chicago Transit Authority Employees shall also be deemed
4    to include all pension credit for service with any
5    retirement system established under Article 8 or Article
6    11 of this Code, provided that the employee forfeits and
7    relinquishes all pension credit under Article 8 or Article
8    11 of this Code, and the contribution required under this
9    subsection is made by the employee. The Retirement Plan's
10    actuary shall determine the contribution paid by the
11    employee as an amount equal to the normal cost of the
12    benefit accrued, had the service been rendered as an
13    employee, plus interest per annum from the time such
14    service was rendered until the date the payment is made.
15    (d) From the effective date of this amendatory Act through
16December 31, 2008, all participating employees shall
17contribute to the Retirement Plan in an amount not less than 6%
18of compensation, and the Authority shall contribute to the
19Retirement Plan in an amount not less than 12% of
20compensation.
21    (e)(1) Beginning January 1, 2009 the Authority shall make
22contributions to the Retirement Plan in an amount equal to
23twelve percent (12%) of compensation and participating
24employees shall make contributions to the Retirement Plan in
25an amount equal to six percent (6%) of compensation. These
26contributions may be paid by the Authority and participating

 

 

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1employees on a payroll or other periodic basis, but shall in
2any case be paid to the Retirement Plan at least monthly.
3    (2) For the period ending December 31, 2040, the amount
4paid by the Authority in any year with respect to debt service
5on bonds issued for the purposes of funding a contribution to
6the Retirement Plan under Section 12c of the Chicago Transit
7Authority Act Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, other than
8debt service paid with the proceeds of bonds or notes issued by
9the Authority for any year after calendar year 2008, shall be
10treated as a credit against the amount of required
11contribution to the Retirement Plan by the Authority under
12subsection (e)(1) for the following year up to an amount not to
13exceed 6% of compensation paid by the Authority in that
14following year.
15    (3) By September 15 of each year beginning in 2009 and
16ending on December 31, 2039, on the basis of a report prepared
17by an enrolled actuary retained by the Plan, the Board of
18Trustees of the Retirement Plan shall determine the estimated
19funded ratio of the total assets of the Retirement Plan to its
20total actuarially determined liabilities. A report containing
21that determination and the actuarial assumptions on which it
22is based shall be filed with the Authority, the
23representatives of its participating employees, the Auditor
24General of the State of Illinois, and the Northern Illinois
25Transit Authority Regional Transportation Authority. If the
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1before 2040, the Board of Trustees shall also determine the
2increased contribution required each year as a level
3percentage of payroll over the years remaining until 2040
4using the projected unit credit actuarial cost method so the
5funded ratio does not decline below 60% and include that
6determination in its report. If the actual funded ratio
7declines below 60% in any year prior to 2040, the Board of
8Trustees shall also determine the increased contribution
9required each year as a level percentage of payroll during the
10years after the then current year using the projected unit
11credit actuarial cost method so the funded ratio is projected
12to reach at least 60% no later than 10 years after the then
13current year and include that determination in its report.
14Within 60 days after receiving the report, the Auditor General
15shall review the determination and the assumptions on which it
16is based, and if he finds that the determination and the
17assumptions on which it is based are unreasonable in the
18aggregate, he shall issue a new determination of the funded
19ratio, the assumptions on which it is based and the increased
20contribution required each year as a level percentage of
21payroll over the years remaining until 2040 using the
22projected unit credit actuarial cost method so the funded
23ratio does not decline below 60%, or, in the event of an actual
24decline below 60%, so the funded ratio is projected to reach
2560% by no later than 10 years after the then current year. If
26the Board of Trustees or the Auditor General determine that an

 

 

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1increased contribution is required to meet the funded ratio
2required by the subsection, effective January 1 following the
3determination or 30 days after such determination, whichever
4is later, one-third of the increased contribution shall be
5paid by participating employees and two-thirds by the
6Authority, in addition to the contributions required by this
7subsection (1).
8    (4) For the period beginning 2040, the minimum
9contribution to the Retirement Plan for each fiscal year shall
10be an amount determined by the Board of Trustees of the
11Retirement Plan to be sufficient to bring the total assets of
12the Retirement Plan up to 90% of its total actuarial
13liabilities by the end of 2059. Participating employees shall
14be responsible for one-third of the required contribution and
15the Authority shall be responsible for two-thirds of the
16required contribution. In making these determinations, the
17Board of Trustees shall calculate the required contribution
18each year as a level percentage of payroll over the years
19remaining to and including fiscal year 2059 using the
20projected unit credit actuarial cost method. A report
21containing that determination and the actuarial assumptions on
22which it is based shall be filed by September 15 of each year
23with the Authority, the representatives of its participating
24employees, the Auditor General of the State of Illinois and
25the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Regional
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1fail to reach 90% by December 31, 2059, the Board of Trustees
2shall also determine the increased contribution required each
3year as a level percentage of payroll over the years remaining
4until December 31, 2059 using the projected unit credit
5actuarial cost method so the funded ratio will meet 90% by
6December 31, 2059 and include that determination in its
7report. Within 60 days after receiving the report, the Auditor
8General shall review the determination and the assumptions on
9which it is based and if he finds that the determination and
10the assumptions on which it is based are unreasonable in the
11aggregate, he shall issue a new determination of the funded
12ratio, the assumptions on which it is based and the increased
13contribution required each year as a level percentage of
14payroll over the years remaining until December 31, 2059 using
15the projected unit credit actuarial cost method so the funded
16ratio reaches no less than 90% by December 31, 2059. If the
17Board of Trustees or the Auditor General determine that an
18increased contribution is required to meet the funded ratio
19required by this subsection, effective January 1 following the
20determination or 30 days after such determination, whichever
21is later, one-third of the increased contribution shall be
22paid by participating employees and two-thirds by the
23Authority, in addition to the contributions required by
24subsection (e)(1).
25    (5) Beginning in 2060, the minimum contribution for each
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1the Retirement Plan at 90% of the total actuarial liabilities
2of the Plan, and the contribution shall be funded two-thirds
3by the Authority and one-third by the participating employees
4in accordance with this subsection.
5    (f) The Authority shall take the steps necessary to comply
6with Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
7as amended, to permit the pick-up of employee contributions
8under subsections (d) and (e) on a tax-deferred basis.
9    (g) The Board of Trustees shall certify to the Governor,
10the General Assembly, the Auditor General, the Board of the
11Northern Illinois Transit Authority Regional Transportation
12Authority, and the Authority at least 90 days prior to the end
13of each fiscal year the amount of the required contributions
14to the retirement system for the next retirement system fiscal
15year under this Section. The certification shall include a
16copy of the actuarial recommendations upon which it is based.
17In addition, copies of the certification shall be sent to the
18Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability and
19the Mayor of Chicago.
20    (h)(1) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
21retirement allowance commencing on or after November 30, 1989,
22the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
23accordance with the following formula:
24        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
25    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
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1    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
2    plus
3        (B) One and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%) of
4    his "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
5    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
6    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
7    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
8    Transit Authority Employees.
9Provided, however that:
10    (2) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
11retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 1993,
12the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
13accordance with the following formula:
14        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
15    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
16    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
17    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
18    plus
19        (B) One and eighty hundredths percent (1.80%) of his
20    "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
21    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
22    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
23    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
24    Transit Authority Employees.
25Provided, however that:
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1retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 1994,
2the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
3accordance with the following formula:
4        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
5    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
6    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
7    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
8    plus
9        (B) One and eighty-five hundredths percent (1.85%) of
10    his "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
11    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
12    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
13    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
14    Transit Authority Employees.
15Provided, however that:
16    (4) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
17retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 2000,
18the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
19accordance with the following formula:
20        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
21    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
22    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
23    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
24    plus
25        (B) Two percent (2%) of his "Average Annual
26    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"

 

 

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1    for each year (including fractions thereof to completed
2    calendar months) of continuous service as provided for in
3    the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
4    Employees.
5Provided, however that:
6    (5) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
7retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 2001,
8the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
9accordance with the following formula:
10        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
11    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
12    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
13    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
14    plus
15        (B) Two and fifteen hundredths percent (2.15%) of his
16    "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
17    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
18    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
19    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
20    Transit Authority Employees.
21    The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 95th
22General Assembly, to the extent that they affect the rights or
23privileges of Authority employees that are currently the
24subject of collective bargaining, have been agreed to between
25the authorized representatives of these employees and of the
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1evidenced by a Memorandum of Understanding between these
2representatives that will be filed with the Secretary of State
3Index Department and designated as "95-GA-C05". The General
4Assembly finds and declares that those changes are consistent
5with 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) (also known as Section 13(c) of the
6Federal Transit Act) because of this agreement between
7authorized representatives of these employees and of the
8Authority, and that any future amendments to the provisions of
9this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, to the
10extent those amendments would affect the rights and privileges
11of Authority employees that are currently the subject of
12collective bargaining, would be consistent with 49 U.S.C.
135333(b) if and only if those amendments were agreed to between
14these authorized representatives prior to enactment.
15    (i) Early retirement incentive plan; funded ratio.
16        (1) Beginning on the effective date of this Section,
17    no early retirement incentive shall be offered to
18    participants of the Plan unless the Funded Ratio of the
19    Plan is at least 80% or more.
20        (2) For the purposes of this Section, the Funded Ratio
21    shall be the Adjusted Assets divided by the Actuarial
22    Accrued Liability developed in accordance with Statement
23    #25 promulgated by the Government Accounting Standards
24    Board and the actuarial assumptions described in the Plan.
25    The Adjusted Assets shall be calculated based on the
26    methodology described in the Plan.

 

 

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1    (j) Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 95th General
2Assembly shall impair the rights or privileges of Authority
3employees under any other law.
4    (k) Any individual who, on or after August 19, 2011 (the
5effective date of Public Act 97-442), first becomes a
6participant of the Retirement Plan shall not be paid any of the
7benefits provided under this Code if he or she is convicted of
8a felony relating to, arising out of, or in connection with his
9or her service as a participant.
10    This subsection (k) shall not operate to impair any
11contract or vested right acquired before August 19, 2011 (the
12effective date of Public Act 97-442) under any law or laws
13continued in this Code, and it shall not preclude the right to
14refund.
15(Source: P.A. 97-442, eff. 8-19-11; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12;
1697-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
17    Section 10-60. The Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
18Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
19    (410 ILCS 55/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4202)
20    Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
21requires:
22    (a) "Telecommunication device for the deaf" means a
23teletypewriter or other instrument for telecommunication in
24which speaking or hearing is not required for communication.

 

 

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1    (b) "Public Safety Agency" means any unit of local
2government or special purpose district within the State which
3has authority to provide firefighting, police, or other
4emergency services.
5    (c) "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
6    (d) "Major public transportation site" means any airport
7or railroad station in the State providing commercial rail or
8airline service to the general public, that serves and is
9located within 20 miles of a municipality with a population of
1025,000 or more, except for any facility under the jurisdiction
11of the Commuter Rail Division created by the Northern Illinois
12Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act or the Chicago
13Transit Authority created by the Chicago Transit Authority Act    
14Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.
15    (e) "General traveling public" are individuals making use
16of the commercial rail and airline services which are provided
17at major public transportation sites.
18(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
19    Section 10-65. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
20changing Sections 5-701.8 and 7-202.14 as follows:
 
21    (605 ILCS 5/5-701.8)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.8)
22    Sec. 5-701.8. Any county board may also turn over a
23portion of the motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to: (a) a
24local Mass Transit District if the county created such

 

 

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1District pursuant to the "Local Mass Transit District Act",
2approved July 21, 1959, as now or hereafter amended;
3    (b) a local Transit Commission if such commission is
4created pursuant to Section 14-101 of The Public Utilities
5Act; or
6    (c) the Chicago Transit Authority established pursuant to
7the Chicago Transit Authority Act "Metropolitan Transit
8Authority Act ", approved April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter
9amended.
10(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 
11    (605 ILCS 5/7-202.14)  (from Ch. 121, par. 7-202.14)
12    Sec. 7-202.14. Any municipality may by ordinance of the
13corporate authorities turn over a portion of its allotment to:
14    (a) a local Mass Transit District if the municipality
15created such a District pursuant to the "Local Mass Transit
16District Act", approved July 21, 1959, as now or hereafter
17amended;
18    (b) a local Transit Commission if the municipality
19established such commission pursuant to Section 14-101 of The
20Public Utilities Act; or
21    (c) the Chicago Transit Authority established pursuant to
22the Chicago Transit Authority Act "Metropolitan Transit
23Authority Act ", approved April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter
24amended.
25(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10-70. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
2changing Section 21-5 as follows:
 
3    (720 ILCS 5/21-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-5)
4    Sec. 21-5. Criminal trespass to State supported land.    
5    (a) A person commits criminal trespass to State supported
6land when he or she enters upon land supported in whole or in
7part with State funds, or federal funds administered or
8granted through State agencies or any building on the land,
9after receiving, prior to the entry, notice from the State or
10its representative that the entry is forbidden, or remains
11upon the land or in the building after receiving notice from
12the State or its representative to depart, and who thereby
13interferes with another person's lawful use or enjoyment of
14the building or land.
15    A person has received notice from the State within the
16meaning of this subsection if he or she has been notified
17personally, either orally or in writing, or if a printed or
18written notice forbidding entry to him or her or a group of
19which he or she is a part, has been conspicuously posted or
20exhibited at the main entrance to the land or the forbidden
21part thereof.
22    (a-5) A person commits criminal trespass to State
23supported land when he or she enters upon a right-of-way right
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1leased, or otherwise used by a public body or district
2organized under the Chicago Transit Authority Act Metropolitan
3Transit Authority Act, the Local Mass Transit District Act, or
4the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
5Authority Act, after receiving, prior to the entry, notice
6from the public body or district, or its representative, that
7the entry is forbidden, or the person remains upon the
8right-of-way right of way after receiving notice from the
9public body or district, or its representative, to depart, and
10in either of these instances intends to compromise public
11safety by causing a delay in transit service lasting more than
1215 minutes or destroying property.
13    A person has received notice from the public body or
14district within the meaning of this subsection if he or she has
15been notified personally, either orally or in writing, or if a
16printed or written notice forbidding entry to him or her has
17been conspicuously posted or exhibited at any point of
18entrance to the right-of-way right of way or the forbidden
19part of the right-of-way right of way.
20    As used in this subsection (a-5), "right-of-way right of
21way" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 18c-7502 of the
22Illinois Vehicle Code.
23    (b) A person commits criminal trespass to State supported
24land when he or she enters upon land supported in whole or in
25part with State funds, or federal funds administered or
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1presenting false documents or falsely representing his or her
2identity orally to the State or its representative in order to
3obtain permission from the State or its representative to
4enter the building or land; or remains upon the land or in the
5building by presenting false documents or falsely representing
6his or her identity orally to the State or its representative
7in order to remain upon the land or in the building, and who
8thereby interferes with another person's lawful use or
9enjoyment of the building or land.
10    This subsection does not apply to a peace officer or other
11official of a unit of government who enters upon land
12supported in whole or in part with State funds, or federal
13funds administered or granted through State agencies or any
14building on the land in the performance of his or her official
15duties.
16    (c) Sentence. Criminal trespass to State supported land is
17a Class A misdemeanor, except a violation of subsection (a-5)
18of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation
19and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.
20(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-748, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
21    Section 10-75. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by
22changing Section 15-5-15 as follows:
 
23    (735 ILCS 30/15-5-15)
24    Sec. 15-5-15. Eminent domain powers in ILCS Chapters 70

 

 

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1through 75. The following provisions of law may include
2express grants of the power to acquire property by
3condemnation or eminent domain:
 
4(70 ILCS 5/8.02 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
5    authorities; for public airport facilities.
6(70 ILCS 5/8.05 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
7    authorities; for removal of airport hazards.
8(70 ILCS 5/8.06 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
9    authorities; for reduction of the height of objects or
10    structures.
11(70 ILCS 10/4); Interstate Airport Authorities Act; interstate
12    airport authorities; for general purposes.
13(70 ILCS 15/3); Kankakee River Valley Area Airport Authority
14    Act; Kankakee River Valley Area Airport Authority; for
15    acquisition of land for airports.
16(70 ILCS 200/2-20); Civic Center Code; civic center
17    authorities; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/5-35); Civic Center Code; Aledo Civic Center
19    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
20(70 ILCS 200/10-15); Civic Center Code; Aurora Metropolitan
21    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
22    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
23(70 ILCS 200/15-40); Civic Center Code; Benton Civic Center
24    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
25(70 ILCS 200/20-15); Civic Center Code; Bloomington Civic

 

 

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1    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
2    parking.
3(70 ILCS 200/35-35); Civic Center Code; Brownstown Park
4    District Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers,
5    buildings, and parking.
6(70 ILCS 200/40-35); Civic Center Code; Carbondale Civic
7    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
8    parking.
9(70 ILCS 200/55-60); Civic Center Code; Chicago South Civic
10    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
11    parking.
12(70 ILCS 200/60-30); Civic Center Code; Collinsville
13    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
14    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
15(70 ILCS 200/70-35); Civic Center Code; Crystal Lake Civic
16    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
17    parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/75-20); Civic Center Code; Decatur Metropolitan
19    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
20    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
21(70 ILCS 200/80-15); Civic Center Code; DuPage County
22    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
23    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/85-35); Civic Center Code; Elgin Metropolitan
25    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
26    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/95-25); Civic Center Code; Herrin Metropolitan
2    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
3    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
4(70 ILCS 200/110-35); Civic Center Code; Illinois Valley Civic
5    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
6    parking.
7(70 ILCS 200/115-35); Civic Center Code; Jasper County Civic
8    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
9    parking.
10(70 ILCS 200/120-25); Civic Center Code; Jefferson County
11    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
12    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
13(70 ILCS 200/125-15); Civic Center Code; Jo Daviess County
14    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
15    and parking.
16(70 ILCS 200/130-30); Civic Center Code; Katherine Dunham
17    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
18    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
19(70 ILCS 200/145-35); Civic Center Code; Marengo Civic Center
20    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
21(70 ILCS 200/150-35); Civic Center Code; Mason County Civic
22    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
23    parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/155-15); Civic Center Code; Matteson Metropolitan
25    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
26    and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/160-35); Civic Center Code; Maywood Civic Center
2    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
3(70 ILCS 200/165-35); Civic Center Code; Melrose Park
4    Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building
5    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
6(70 ILCS 200/170-20); Civic Center Code; certain Metropolitan
7    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authorities;
8    for general purposes.
9(70 ILCS 200/180-35); Civic Center Code; Normal Civic Center
10    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
11(70 ILCS 200/185-15); Civic Center Code; Oak Park Civic Center
12    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
13(70 ILCS 200/195-35); Civic Center Code; Ottawa Civic Center
14    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
15(70 ILCS 200/200-15); Civic Center Code; Pekin Civic Center
16    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
17(70 ILCS 200/205-15); Civic Center Code; Peoria Civic Center
18    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
19(70 ILCS 200/210-35); Civic Center Code; Pontiac Civic Center
20    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
21(70 ILCS 200/215-15); Civic Center Code; Illinois Quad City
22    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
23    and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/220-30); Civic Center Code; Quincy Metropolitan
25    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
26    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/225-35); Civic Center Code; Randolph County Civic
2    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
3    parking.
4(70 ILCS 200/230-35); Civic Center Code; River Forest
5    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
6    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
7(70 ILCS 200/235-40); Civic Center Code; Riverside Civic
8    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
9    parking.
10(70 ILCS 200/245-35); Civic Center Code; Salem Civic Center
11    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
12(70 ILCS 200/255-20); Civic Center Code; Springfield
13    Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; for
14    grounds, centers, and parking.
15(70 ILCS 200/260-35); Civic Center Code; Sterling Metropolitan
16    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
17    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/265-20); Civic Center Code; Vermilion County
19    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
20    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
21(70 ILCS 200/270-35); Civic Center Code; Waukegan Civic Center
22    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
23(70 ILCS 200/275-35); Civic Center Code; West Frankfort Civic
24    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
25    parking.
26(70 ILCS 200/280-20); Civic Center Code; Will County

 

 

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1    Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; for
2    grounds, centers, and parking.
3(70 ILCS 210/5); Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
4    Act; Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority; for
5    general purposes, including quick-take power.
6(70 ILCS 405/22.04); Soil and Water Conservation Districts
7    Act; soil and water conservation districts; for general
8    purposes.
9(70 ILCS 410/10 and 410/12); Conservation District Act;
10    conservation districts; for open space, wildland, scenic
11    roadway, pathway, outdoor recreation, or other
12    conservation benefits.
13(70 ILCS 503/25); Chanute-Rantoul National Aviation Center
14    Redevelopment Commission Act; Chanute-Rantoul National
15    Aviation Center Redevelopment Commission; for general
16    purposes.
17(70 ILCS 507/15); Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission Act;
18    Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission; for general
19    purposes or to carry out comprehensive or redevelopment
20    plans.
21(70 ILCS 520/8); Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
22    Act; Southwestern Illinois Development Authority; for
23    general purposes, including quick-take power.
24(70 ILCS 605/4-17 and 605/5-7); Illinois Drainage Code;
25    drainage districts; for general purposes.
26(70 ILCS 615/5 and 615/6); Chicago Drainage District Act;

 

 

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1    corporate authorities; for construction and maintenance of
2    works.
3(70 ILCS 705/10); Fire Protection District Act; fire
4    protection districts; for general purposes.
5(70 ILCS 750/20); Flood Prevention District Act; flood
6    prevention districts; for general purposes.
7(70 ILCS 805/6); Downstate Forest Preserve District Act;
8    certain forest preserve districts; for general purposes.
9(70 ILCS 805/18.8); Downstate Forest Preserve District Act;
10    certain forest preserve districts; for recreational and
11    cultural facilities.
12(70 ILCS 810/8); Cook County Forest Preserve District Act;
13    Forest Preserve District of Cook County; for general
14    purposes.
15(70 ILCS 810/38); Cook County Forest Preserve District Act;
16    Forest Preserve District of Cook County; for recreational
17    facilities.
18(70 ILCS 910/15 and 910/16); Hospital District Law; hospital
19    districts; for hospitals or hospital facilities.
20(70 ILCS 915/3); Illinois Medical District Act; Illinois
21    Medical District Commission; for general purposes.
22(70 ILCS 915/4.5); Illinois Medical District Act; Illinois
23    Medical District Commission; quick-take power for the
24    Illinois State Police Forensic Science Laboratory
25    (obsolete).
26(70 ILCS 920/5); Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act;

 

 

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1    tuberculosis sanitarium districts; for tuberculosis
2    sanitariums.
3(70 ILCS 925/20); Mid-Illinois Medical District Act;
4    Mid-Illinois Medical District; for general purposes.
5(70 ILCS 930/20); Mid-America Medical District Act;
6    Mid-America Medical District Commission; for general
7    purposes.
8(70 ILCS 935/20); Roseland Community Medical District Act;
9    medical district; for general purposes.
10(70 ILCS 1005/7); Mosquito Abatement District Act; mosquito
11    abatement districts; for general purposes.
12(70 ILCS 1105/8); Museum District Act; museum districts; for
13    general purposes.
14(70 ILCS 1205/7-1); Park District Code; park districts; for
15    streets and other purposes.
16(70 ILCS 1205/8-1); Park District Code; park districts; for
17    parks.
18(70 ILCS 1205/9-2 and 1205/9-4); Park District Code; park
19    districts; for airports and landing fields.
20(70 ILCS 1205/11-2 and 1205/11-3); Park District Code; park
21    districts; for State land abutting public water and
22    certain access rights.
23(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-3); Park District Code; park districts; for
24    harbors.
25(70 ILCS 1225/2); Park Commissioners Land Condemnation Act;
26    park districts; for street widening.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 1230/1 and 1230/1-a); Park Commissioners Water
2    Control Act; park districts; for parks, boulevards,
3    driveways, parkways, viaducts, bridges, or tunnels.
4(70 ILCS 1250/2); Park Commissioners Street Control (1889)
5    Act; park districts; for boulevards or driveways.
6(70 ILCS 1290/1); Park District Aquarium and Museum Act;
7    municipalities or park districts; for aquariums or
8    museums.
9(70 ILCS 1305/2); Park District Airport Zoning Act; park
10    districts; for restriction of the height of structures.
11(70 ILCS 1310/5); Park District Elevated Highway Act; park
12    districts; for elevated highways.
13(70 ILCS 1505/15); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
14    District; for parks and other purposes.
15(70 ILCS 1505/25.1); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
16    District; for parking lots or garages.
17(70 ILCS 1505/26.3); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
18    District; for harbors.
19(70 ILCS 1570/5); Lincoln Park Commissioners Land Condemnation
20    Act; Lincoln Park Commissioners; for land and interests in
21    land, including riparian rights.
22(70 ILCS 1801/30); Alexander-Cairo Port District Act;
23    Alexander-Cairo Port District; for general purposes.
24(70 ILCS 1805/8); Havana Regional Port District Act; Havana
25    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
26(70 ILCS 1810/7); Illinois International Port District Act;

 

 

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1    Illinois International Port District; for general
2    purposes.
3(70 ILCS 1815/13); Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act;
4    Illinois Valley Regional Port District; for general
5    purposes.
6(70 ILCS 1820/4); Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
7    District Act; Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
8    District; for removal of airport hazards or reduction of
9    the height of objects or structures.
10(70 ILCS 1820/5); Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
11    District Act; Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
12    District; for general purposes.
13(70 ILCS 1825/4.9); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
14    Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.
15(70 ILCS 1825/4.10); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
16    Regional Port District; for reduction of the height of
17    objects or structures.
18(70 ILCS 1825/4.18); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
19    Regional Port District; for removal of hazards from ports
20    and terminals.
21(70 ILCS 1825/5); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
22    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
23(70 ILCS 1830/7.1); Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act;
24    Kaskaskia Regional Port District; for removal of hazards
25    from ports and terminals.
26(70 ILCS 1830/14); Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act;

 

 

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1    Kaskaskia Regional Port District; for general purposes.
2(70 ILCS 1831/30); Massac-Metropolis Port District Act;
3    Massac-Metropolis Port District; for general purposes.
4(70 ILCS 1835/5.10); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act;
5    Mt. Carmel Regional Port District; for removal of airport
6    hazards.
7(70 ILCS 1835/5.11); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act;
8    Mt. Carmel Regional Port District; for reduction of the
9    height of objects or structures.
10(70 ILCS 1835/6); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act; Mt.
11    Carmel Regional Port District; for general purposes.
12(70 ILCS 1837/30); Ottawa Port District Act; Ottawa Port
13    District; for general purposes.
14    (70 ILCS 1842/30 and 1842/35); Rock Island Regional Port
15    District Act; Rock Island Regional Port District and
16    participating municipalities; for general Port District
17    purposes.    
18(70 ILCS 1845/4.9); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca
19    Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.
20(70 ILCS 1845/4.10); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca
21    Regional Port District; for reduction of the height of
22    objects or structures.
23(70 ILCS 1845/5); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca
24    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
25(70 ILCS 1850/4); Shawneetown Regional Port District Act;
26    Shawneetown Regional Port District; for removal of airport

 

 

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1    hazards or reduction of the height of objects or
2    structures.
3(70 ILCS 1850/5); Shawneetown Regional Port District Act;
4    Shawneetown Regional Port District; for general purposes.
5(70 ILCS 1855/4); Southwest Regional Port District Act;
6    Southwest Regional Port District; for removal of airport
7    hazards or reduction of the height of objects or
8    structures.
9(70 ILCS 1855/5); Southwest Regional Port District Act;
10    Southwest Regional Port District; for general purposes.
11(70 ILCS 1860/4); Tri-City Regional Port District Act;
12    Tri-City Regional Port District; for removal of airport
13    hazards.
14(70 ILCS 1860/5); Tri-City Regional Port District Act;
15    Tri-City Regional Port District; for the development of
16    facilities.
17(70 ILCS 1863/11); Upper Mississippi River International Port
18    District Act; Upper Mississippi River International Port
19    District; for general purposes.
20(70 ILCS 1865/4.9); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
21    District; for removal of airport hazards.
22(70 ILCS 1865/4.10); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
23    District; for restricting the height of objects or
24    structures.
25(70 ILCS 1865/5); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
26    District; for the development of facilities.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 1870/8); White County Port District Act; White County
2    Port District; for the development of facilities.
3(70 ILCS 1905/16); Railroad Terminal Authority Act; Railroad
4    Terminal Authority (Chicago); for general purposes.
5(70 ILCS 1915/25); Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority
6    Act; Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority; for
7    general purposes, including quick-take power (now
8    obsolete).
9(70 ILCS 1935/25); Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority
10    Act; Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority; for general
11    purposes.
12(70 ILCS 2105/9b); River Conservancy Districts Act; river
13    conservancy districts; for general purposes.
14(70 ILCS 2105/10a); River Conservancy Districts Act; river
15    conservancy districts; for corporate purposes.
16(70 ILCS 2205/15); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
17    districts; for corporate purposes.
18(70 ILCS 2205/18); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
19    districts; for improvements and works.
20(70 ILCS 2205/19); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
21    districts; for access to property.
22(70 ILCS 2305/8); North Shore Water Reclamation District Act;
23    North Shore Water Reclamation District; for corporate
24    purposes.
25(70 ILCS 2305/15); North Shore Water Reclamation District Act;
26    North Shore Water Reclamation District; for improvements.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 2405/7.9); Sanitary District Act of 1917; Sanitary
2    District of Decatur; for carrying out agreements to sell,
3    convey, or disburse treated wastewater to a private
4    entity.
5(70 ILCS 2405/8); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
6    districts; for corporate purposes.
7(70 ILCS 2405/15); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
8    districts; for improvements.
9(70 ILCS 2405/16.9 and 2405/16.10); Sanitary District Act of
10    1917; sanitary districts; for waterworks.
11(70 ILCS 2405/17.2); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
12    districts; for public sewer and water utility treatment
13    works.
14(70 ILCS 2405/18); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
15    districts; for dams or other structures to regulate water
16    flow.
17(70 ILCS 2605/8); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act;
18    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for corporate
19    purposes.
20(70 ILCS 2605/16); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
21    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; quick-take
22    power for improvements.
23(70 ILCS 2605/17); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
24    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for bridges.
25(70 ILCS 2605/35); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
26    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for widening

 

 

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1    and deepening a navigable stream.
2(70 ILCS 2805/10); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
3    districts; for corporate purposes.
4(70 ILCS 2805/24); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
5    districts; for improvements.
6(70 ILCS 2805/26i and 2805/26j); Sanitary District Act of
7    1936; sanitary districts; for drainage systems.
8(70 ILCS 2805/27); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
9    districts; for dams or other structures to regulate water
10    flow.
11(70 ILCS 2805/32k); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
12    districts; for water supply.
13(70 ILCS 2805/32l); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
14    districts; for waterworks.
15(70 ILCS 2905/2-7); Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974;
16    Metro-East Sanitary District; for corporate purposes.
17(70 ILCS 2905/2-8); Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974;
18    Metro-East Sanitary District; for access to property.
19(70 ILCS 3010/10); Sanitary District Revenue Bond Act;
20    sanitary districts; for sewerage systems.
21(70 ILCS 3205/12); Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act;
22    Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; quick-take power for
23    its corporate purposes (obsolete).
24(70 ILCS 3405/16); Surface Water Protection District Act;
25    surface water protection districts; for corporate
26    purposes.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 3605/7); Chicago Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
2    Chicago Transit Authority; for transportation systems.
3(70 ILCS 3605/8); Chicago Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
4    Chicago Transit Authority; for general purposes.
5(70 ILCS 3605/10); Chicago Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
6    Chicago Transit Authority; for general purposes, including
7    railroad property.
8(70 ILCS 3610/3 and 3610/5); Local Mass Transit District Act;
9    local mass transit districts; for general purposes.
10(70 ILCS 3615/2.13); Northern Illinois Transit Regional
11    Transportation Authority Act; Northern Illinois Transit    
12    Regional Transportation Authority; for general purposes.
13(70 ILCS 3705/8 and 3705/12); Public Water District Act;
14    public water districts; for waterworks.
15(70 ILCS 3705/23a); Public Water District Act; public water
16    districts; for sewerage properties.
17(70 ILCS 3705/23e); Public Water District Act; public water
18    districts; for combined waterworks and sewerage systems.
19(70 ILCS 3715/6); Water Authorities Act; water authorities;
20    for facilities to ensure adequate water supply.
21(70 ILCS 3715/27); Water Authorities Act; water authorities;
22    for access to property.
23(75 ILCS 5/4-7); Illinois Local Library Act; boards of library
24    trustees; for library buildings.
25(75 ILCS 16/30-55.80); Public Library District Act of 1991;
26    public library districts; for general purposes.

 

 

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1(75 ILCS 65/1 and 65/3); Libraries in Parks Act; corporate
2    authorities of city or park district, or board of park
3    commissioners; for free public library buildings.
4(Source: Incorporates 98-564, eff. 8-27-13; P.A. 98-756, eff.
57-16-14; 99-669, eff. 7-29-16; revised 6-23-25.)
 
6    Section 10-80. The Local Governmental and Governmental
7Employees Tort Immunity Act is amended by changing Section
82-101 as follows:
 
9    (745 ILCS 10/2-101)  (from Ch. 85, par. 2-101)
10    Sec. 2-101. Nothing in this Act affects the right to
11obtain relief other than damages against a local public entity
12or public employee. Nothing in this Act affects the liability,
13if any, of a local public entity or public employee, based on:
14    a contract;
15    b operation as a common carrier; and this Act does not
16apply to any entity organized under or subject to the Chicago
17Transit Authority Act "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act ",
18approved April 12, 1945, as amended;
19    c The "Workers' Compensation Act", approved July 9, 1951,
20as heretofore or hereafter amended;
21    d The "Workers' Occupational Diseases Act", approved July
229, 1951, as heretofore or hereafter amended;
23    e Section 1-4-7 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", approved
24May 29, 1961, as heretofore or hereafter amended.

 

 

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1    f The "Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act",
2enacted by the 85th General Assembly, as heretofore or
3hereafter amended.
4(Source: P.A. 85-922.)
 
5    Section 10-85. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection
6Act is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
 
7    (820 ILCS 115/9)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39m-9)
8    Sec. 9. Except as hereinafter provided, deductions by
9employers from wages or final compensation are prohibited
10unless such deductions are (1) required by law; (2) to the
11benefit of the employee; (3) in response to a valid wage
12assignment or wage deduction order; (4) made with the express
13written consent of the employee, given freely at the time the
14deduction is made; (5) made by a municipality with a
15population of 500,000 or more, a county with a population of
163,000,000 or more, a community college district in a city with
17a population of 500,000 or more, a housing authority in a
18municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, the Chicago
19Park District, the Chicago Transit Authority Metropolitan
20Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, the Cook
21County Forest Preserve District, or the Metropolitan Water
22Reclamation District to pay a debt owed by the employee to a
23municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a county
24with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest

 

 

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1Preserve, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
2Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the
3Chicago Board of Education, or a housing authority of a
4municipality with a population of 500,000 or more; provided,
5however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or wage
6payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment;
7or (6) made by a housing authority in a municipality with a
8population of 500,000 or more or a municipality with a
9population of 500,000 or more to pay a debt owed by the
10employee to a housing authority in a municipality with a
11population of 500,000 or more; provided, however, that the
12amount deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall not
13exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment. Before the
14municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, the
15community college district in a city with a population of
16500,000 or more, the Chicago Park District, the Chicago
17Transit Authority Metropolitan Transit Authority, a housing
18authority in a municipality with a population of 500,000 or
19more, the Chicago Board of Education, the county with a
20population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest
21Preserve District, or the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
22District deducts any amount from any salary or wage of an
23employee to pay a debt owed to a municipality with a population
24of 500,000 or more, a county with a population of 3,000,000 or
25more, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
26Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District,

 

 

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1the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education,
2or a housing authority of a municipality with a population of
3500,000 or more under this Section, the municipality, the
4county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
5Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District,
6the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education,
7or a housing authority of a municipality with a population of
8500,000 or more shall certify that (i) the employee has been
9afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that
10is due and owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
11Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
12Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit
13Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or a housing
14authority of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or
15more and (ii) the employee has received notice of a wage
16deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity for a
17hearing to object to the order. Before a housing authority in a
18municipality with a population of 500,000 or more or a
19municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a county
20with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest
21Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan
22Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the
23Chicago Board of Education, or a housing authority of a
24municipality with a population of 500,000 or more deducts any
25amount from any salary or wage of an employee to pay a debt
26owed to a housing authority in a municipality with a

 

 

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1population of 500,000 or more under this Section, the housing
2authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been
3afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that
4is due and owing the housing authority and (ii) the employee
5has received notice of a wage deduction order and has been
6afforded an opportunity for a hearing to object to the order.
7For purposes of this Section, "net amount" means that part of
8the salary or wage payment remaining after the deduction of
9any amounts required by law to be deducted and "debt due and
10owing" means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
11municipality, county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
12District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
13Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the
14Chicago Board of Education, or housing authority for services,
15work, or goods, after the period granted for payment has
16expired, or (ii) a specified sum of money owed to the
17municipality, county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
18District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
19Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the
20Chicago Board of Education or housing authority pursuant to a
21court order or order of an administrative hearing officer
22after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial
23review; (7) the result of an excess payment made due to, but
24not limited to, a typographical or mathematical error made by
25a municipality with a population of less than 500,000 or to
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1than 500,000 after notice to the employee and an opportunity
2to be heard; provided, however, that the amount deducted from
3any one salary or wage payment shall not exceed 15% of the net
4amount of the payment. Before the municipality deducts any
5amount from any salary or wage of an employee to pay a debt
6owed to the municipality, the municipality shall certify that
7(i) the employee has been afforded an opportunity for a
8hearing, conducted by the municipality, to dispute the debt
9that is due and owing the municipality, and (ii) the employee
10has received notice of a wage deduction order and has been
11afforded an opportunity for a hearing, conducted by the
12municipality, to object to the order. For purposes of this
13Section, "net amount" means that part of the salary or wage
14payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts required
15by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a
16specified sum of money owed to the municipality for services,
17work, or goods, after the period granted for payment has
18expired, or (ii) a specified sum of money owed to the
19municipality pursuant to a court order or order of an
20administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or the
21failure to exhaust, judicial review. Where the legitimacy of
22any deduction from wages is in dispute, the amount in question
23may be withheld if the employer notifies the Department of
24Labor on the date the payment is due in writing of the amount
25that is being withheld and stating the reasons for which the
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1Labor shall conduct an investigation and render a judgment as
2promptly as possible, and shall complete such investigation
3within 30 days of receipt of the notification by the employer
4that wages have been withheld. The employer shall pay the
5wages due upon order of the Department of Labor within 15
6calendar days of issuance of a judgment on the dispute.
7    The Department shall establish rules to protect the
8interests of both parties in cases of disputed deductions from
9wages. Such rules shall include reasonable limitations on the
10amount of deductions beyond those required by law which may be
11made during any pay period by any employer.
12    In case of a dispute over wages, the employer shall pay,
13without condition and within the time set by this Act, all
14wages or parts thereof, conceded by him to be due, leaving to
15the employee all remedies to which he may otherwise be
16entitled as to any balance claimed. The acceptance by an
17employee of a disputed paycheck shall not constitute a release
18as to the balance of his claim and any release or restrictive
19endorsement required by an employer as a condition to payment
20shall be a violation of this Act and shall be void.
21(Source: P.A. 97-120, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
22
Article 15.

 
23    Section 15-5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
24Section 2 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 120/2)  (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
2    Sec. 2. Open meetings.
3    (a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall
4be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and
5closed in accordance with Section 2a.
6    (b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained
7in subsection (c) are in derogation of the requirement that
8public bodies meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions
9are to be strictly construed, extending only to subjects
10clearly within their scope. The exceptions authorize but do
11not require the holding of a closed meeting to discuss a
12subject included within an enumerated exception.
13    (c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to
14consider the following subjects:
15        (1) The appointment, employment, compensation,
16    discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific
17    employees, specific individuals who serve as independent
18    contractors in a park, recreational, or educational
19    setting, or specific volunteers of the public body or
20    legal counsel for the public body, including hearing
21    testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee, a
22    specific individual who serves as an independent
23    contractor in a park, recreational, or educational
24    setting, or a volunteer of the public body or against
25    legal counsel for the public body to determine its

 

 

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1    validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in
2    compensation to a specific employee of a public body that
3    is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase
4    Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the
5    public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.
6        (2) Collective negotiating matters between the public
7    body and its employees or their representatives, or
8    deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more
9    classes of employees.
10        (3) The selection of a person to fill a public office,
11    as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public
12    office, when the public body is given power to appoint
13    under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or
14    removal of the occupant of a public office, when the
15    public body is given power to remove the occupant under
16    law or ordinance.
17        (4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing,
18    or in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law,
19    to a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act,
20    provided that the body prepares and makes available for
21    public inspection a written decision setting forth its
22    determinative reasoning.
23        (4.5) Evidence or testimony presented to a school
24    board regarding denial of admission to school events or
25    property pursuant to Section 24-24 of the School Code,
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1    available for public inspection a written decision setting
2    forth its determinative reasoning.
3        (5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use
4    of the public body, including meetings held for the
5    purpose of discussing whether a particular parcel should
6    be acquired.
7        (6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of
8    property owned by the public body.
9        (7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments,
10    or investment contracts. This exception shall not apply to
11    the investment of assets or income of funds deposited into
12    the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.
13        (8) Security procedures, school building safety and
14    security, and the use of personnel and equipment to
15    respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably
16    potential danger to the safety of employees, students,
17    staff, the public, or public property.
18        (9) Student disciplinary cases.
19        (10) The placement of individual students in special
20    education programs and other matters relating to
21    individual students.
22        (11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or
23    on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and
24    is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or
25    when the public body finds that an action is probable or
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1    recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed
2    meeting.
3        (12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of
4    claims as provided in the Local Governmental and
5    Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the
6    disposition of a claim or potential claim might be
7    prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or
8    risk management information, records, data, advice or
9    communications from or with respect to any insurer of the
10    public body or any intergovernmental risk management
11    association or self-insurance self insurance pool of which
12    the public body is a member.
13        (13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in
14    the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are
15    authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair
16    housing practices and creating a commission or
17    administrative agency for their enforcement.
18        (14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of
19    undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or
20    future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public
21    body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
22        (15) Professional ethics or performance when
23    considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a
24    licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the
25    advisory body's field of competence.
26        (16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or

 

 

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1    professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of
2    a statewide association of which the public body is a
3    member.
4        (17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or
5    formal peer review of physicians or other health care
6    professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected
7    under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
8    Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
9    including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal
10    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
11    1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
12    including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a
13    hospital, or other institution providing medical care,
14    that is operated by the public body.
15        (18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner
16    Review Board.
17        (19) Review or discussion of applications received
18    under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
19    Act.
20        (20) The classification and discussion of matters
21    classified as confidential or continued confidential by
22    the State Government Suggestion Award Board.
23        (21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed
24    under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the
25    body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes
26    as mandated by Section 2.06.

 

 

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1        (22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
2    Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
3        (23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal
4    utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or
5    municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves
6    (i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery
7    of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or
8    conclusions of load forecast studies.
9        (24) Meetings of a residential health care facility
10    resident sexual assault and death review team or the
11    Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team
12    Act.
13        (25) Meetings of an independent team of experts under
14    Brian's Law.
15        (26) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed
16    under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review
17    Team Act.
18        (27) (Blank).
19        (28) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
20    disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
21    Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
22    the Illinois Public Aid Code.
23        (29) Meetings between internal or external auditors
24    and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and
25    their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal
26    control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk

 

 

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1    areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews
2    conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
3    standards of the United States of America.
4        (30) (Blank).
5        (31) Meetings and deliberations for decisions of the
6    Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm
7    Concealed Carry Act.
8        (32) Meetings between the Northern Illinois Transit    
9    Regional Transportation Authority Board and its Service
10    Boards when the discussion involves review by the Northern
11    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Board
12    of employment contracts under Section 28d of the
13    Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and Sections 3A.18 and
14    3B.26 of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
15    Transportation Authority Act.
16        (33) Those meetings or portions of meetings of the
17    advisory committee and peer review subcommittee created
18    under Section 320 of the Illinois Controlled Substances
19    Act during which specific controlled substance prescriber,
20    dispenser, or patient information is discussed.
21        (34) Meetings of the Tax Increment Financing Reform
22    Task Force under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
23    Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
24        (35) Meetings of the group established to discuss
25    Medicaid capitation rates under Section 5-30.8 of the
26    Illinois Public Aid Code.

 

 

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1        (36) Those deliberations or portions of deliberations
2    for decisions of the Illinois Gaming Board in which there
3    is discussed any of the following: (i) personal,
4    commercial, financial, or other information obtained from
5    any source that is privileged, proprietary, confidential,
6    or a trade secret; or (ii) information specifically
7    exempted from the disclosure by federal or State law.
8        (37) Deliberations for decisions of the Illinois Law
9    Enforcement Training Standards Board, the Certification
10    Review Panel, and the Illinois State Police Merit Board
11    regarding certification and decertification.
12        (38) Meetings of the Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic
13    Violence Fatality Review Committee of the Illinois
14    Criminal Justice Information Authority Board that occur in
15    closed executive session under subsection (d) of Section
16    35 of the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act.
17        (39) Meetings of the regional review teams under
18    subsection (a) of Section 75 of the Domestic Violence
19    Fatality Review Act.
20        (40) Meetings of the Firearm Owner's Identification
21    Card Review Board under Section 10 of the Firearm Owners
22    Identification Card Act.
23    (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:
24    "Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose
25relationship with the public body constitutes an
26employer-employee relationship under the usual common law

 

 

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1rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
2    "Public office" means a position created by or under the
3Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is
4charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign
5power of this State. The term "public office" shall include
6members of the public body, but it shall not include
7organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether
8established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to
9assist the body in the conduct of its business.
10    "Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body
11charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct
12hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make
13determinations based thereon, but does not include local
14electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition
15challenges.
16    (e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed
17meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of
18the nature of the matter being considered and other
19information that will inform the public of the business being
20conducted.
21(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21;
22102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-311, eff.
237-28-23; 103-626, eff. 1-1-25.)
 
24    Section 15-10. The Freedom of Information Act is amended
25by changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
2    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
3by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
4exempt from inspection and copying:
5        (a) All information determined to be confidential
6    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
7    Development Act.
8        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
9    library users with specific materials under the Library
10    Records Confidentiality Act.
11        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
12    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
13    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
14    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
15    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
16    has received.
17        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
18    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
19    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmitted
20    infection or any information the disclosure of which is
21    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmitted
22    Infection Control Act.
23        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
24    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
25        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of

 

 

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1    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
2    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
3        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
4    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
5    Tuition Act.
6        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
7    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
8    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
9    general's office that would be exempt if created or
10    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
11    that Act.
12        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
13    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
14    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
15    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
16        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
17    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
18    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
19        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
20    or driver identification information compiled by a law
21    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
22    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
23        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
24    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
25    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
26    Prevention Review Team Act.

 

 

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1        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
2    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
3    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
4    authorized under that Article.
5        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
6    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
7    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
8    Capital Crimes Litigation Act (repealed). This subsection
9    (n) shall apply until the conclusion of the trial of the
10    case, even if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the
11    death penalty prior to trial or sentencing.
12        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
13    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
14    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
15        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
16    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
17    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
18    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
19    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
20    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Northern
21    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority under
22    Section 2.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
23    Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair County
24    Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety Act
25    (repealed).
26        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the

 

 

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1    Personnel Record Review Act.
2        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
3    Illinois School Student Records Act.
4        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
5    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
6        (t) (Blank).
7        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
8    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
9    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
10        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
11    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
12    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
13    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
14    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
15    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
16    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
17    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
18    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
19    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
20        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
21    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
22    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
23        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
24    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
25    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
26        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure

 

 

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1    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
2    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
3        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
4    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
5    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
6    information about the identity and administrative finding
7    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
8    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
9    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
10    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
11        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
12    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
13    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
14    Act.
15        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
16    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
17        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
18    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
19        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
20    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
21    authorized under that Act.
22        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
23    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
24    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
25        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
26    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.

 

 

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1        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
2    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
3        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
4    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
5    Code.
6        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
7    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
8        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
9    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
10    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
11        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
12    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
13    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
14    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
15    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
16        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
17    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
18        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
19    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
20    Aid Code.
21        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
22    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
23        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
24    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
25        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
26    arising out of a peer support counseling session

 

 

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1    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
2    Suicide Prevention Act.
3        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
4    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
5    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
6    Prevention Act.
7        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
8    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
9    under the Reproductive Health Act.
10        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
11    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
12        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
13    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
14    Human Rights Act.
15        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
16    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
17    Act.
18        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
19    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
20        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
21    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
22    Public Aid Code.
23        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
24    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
25        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
26    information that shall not be made public under the

 

 

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1    Illinois Insurance Code.
2        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
3    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
4        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
5    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
6        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
7    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
8        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
9    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
10    Police Act.
11        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
12    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
13    Administrative Code of Illinois.
14        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
15    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
16    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
17    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
18        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
19    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
20    Violence Fatality Review Act.
21        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
22    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
23    July 1, 2025.
24        (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
25    paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
26    Agency Licensing Act.

 

 

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1        (hhh) Information submitted to the Illinois State
2    Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
3    weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
4    .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
5    endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
6    Act.
7        (iii) Data exempt from disclosure under Section 50 of
8    the School Safety Drill Act.
9        (jjj) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
10    30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
11        (kkk) Confidential business information prohibited
12    from disclosure under Section 45 of the Paint Stewardship
13    Act.
14        (lll) Data exempt from disclosure under Section
15    2-3.196 of the School Code.
16        (mmm) Information prohibited from being disclosed
17    under subsection (e) of Section 1-129 of the Illinois
18    Power Agency Act.
19        (nnn) Materials received by the Department of Commerce
20    and Economic Opportunity that are confidential under the
21    Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act.
22        (ooo) Data or information provided pursuant to Section
23    20 of the Statewide Recycling Needs and Assessment Act.
24        (ppp) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
25    Section 28-11 of the Lawful Health Care Activity Act.
26        (qqq) Information that is exempt from disclosure under

 

 

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1    Section 7-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
2        (rrr) Information prohibited from being disclosed
3    under Section 4-2 of the Uniform Money Transmission
4    Modernization Act.
5        (sss) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
6    40 of the Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act.
7        (ttt) Audio recordings made under Section 30 of the
8    Illinois State Police Act, except to the extent authorized
9    under that Section.
10(Source: P.A. 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, eff. 1-1-22;
11102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; 102-559, eff.
128-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. 7-1-22;
13102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23; 103-8, eff.
146-7-23; 103-34, eff. 6-9-23; 103-142, eff. 1-1-24; 103-372,
15eff. 1-1-24; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-508, eff. 8-4-23;
16103-580, eff. 12-8-23; 103-592, eff. 6-7-24; 103-605, eff.
177-1-24; 103-636, eff. 7-1-24; 103-724, eff. 1-1-25; 103-786,
18eff. 8-7-24; 103-859, eff. 8-9-24; 103-991, eff. 8-9-24;
19103-1049, eff. 8-9-24; 103-1081, eff. 3-21-25.)
 
20    Section 15-15. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
21amended by changing Sections 5 and 15 as follows:
 
22    (5 ILCS 315/5)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1605)
23    Sec. 5. Illinois Labor Relations Board; State Panel; Local
24Panel.

 

 

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1    (a) There is created the Illinois Labor Relations Board.
2The Board shall be comprised of 2 panels, to be known as the
3State Panel and the Local Panel.
4    (a-5) The State Panel shall have jurisdiction over
5collective bargaining matters between employee organizations
6and the State of Illinois, excluding the General Assembly of
7the State of Illinois, between employee organizations and
8units of local government and school districts with a
9population not in excess of 2 million persons, and between
10employee organizations and the Northern Illinois Transit    
11Regional Transportation Authority.
12    The State Panel shall consist of 5 members appointed by
13the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
14Governor shall appoint to the State Panel only persons who
15have had a minimum of 5 years of experience directly related to
16labor and employment relations in representing public
17employers, private employers, or labor organizations; or
18teaching labor or employment relations; or administering
19executive orders or regulations applicable to labor or
20employment relations. At the time of his or her appointment,
21each member of the State Panel shall be an Illinois resident.
22The Governor shall designate one member to serve as the
23Chairman of the State Panel and the Board.
24    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
25term of each member of the State Panel who was appointed by the
26Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at

 

 

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1the close of business on that date or when all of the successor
2members to be appointed pursuant to Public Act 93-509 this
3amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly have been
4appointed by the Governor, whichever occurs later. As soon as
5possible, the Governor shall appoint persons to fill the
6vacancies created by this amendatory Act.
7    The initial appointments under Public Act 93-509 this
8amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall be for terms
9as follows: The Chairman shall initially be appointed for a
10term ending on the 4th Monday in January, 2007; 2 members shall
11be initially appointed for terms ending on the 4th Monday in
12January, 2006; one member shall be initially appointed for a
13term ending on the 4th Monday in January, 2005; and one member
14shall be initially appointed for a term ending on the 4th
15Monday in January, 2004. Each subsequent member shall be
16appointed for a term of 4 years, commencing on the 4th Monday
17in January. Upon expiration of the term of office of any
18appointive member, that member shall continue to serve until a
19successor shall be appointed and qualified. In case of a
20vacancy, a successor shall be appointed to serve for the
21unexpired portion of the term. If the Senate is not in session
22at the time the initial appointments are made, the Governor
23shall make temporary appointments in the same manner
24successors are appointed to fill vacancies. A temporary
25appointment shall remain in effect no longer than 20 calendar
26days after the commencement of the next Senate session.

 

 

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1    (b) The Local Panel shall have jurisdiction over
2collective bargaining agreement matters between employee
3organizations and units of local government with a population
4in excess of 2 million persons, but excluding the Northern
5Illinois Transit Authority Regional Transportation Authority.
6    The Local Panel shall consist of one person appointed by
7the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate (or, if
8no such person is appointed, the Chairman of the State Panel)
9and two additional members, one appointed by the Mayor of the
10City of Chicago and one appointed by the President of the Cook
11County Board of Commissioners. Appointees to the Local Panel
12must have had a minimum of 5 years of experience directly
13related to labor and employment relations in representing
14public employers, private employers, or labor organizations;
15or teaching labor or employment relations; or administering
16executive orders or regulations applicable to labor or
17employment relations. Each member of the Local Panel shall be
18an Illinois resident at the time of his or her appointment. The
19member appointed by the Governor (or, if no such person is
20appointed, the Chairman of the State Panel) shall serve as the
21Chairman of the Local Panel.
22    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
23term of the member of the Local Panel who was appointed by the
24Governor and is in office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at
25the close of business on that date or when his or her successor
26has been appointed by the Governor, whichever occurs later. As

 

 

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1soon as possible, the Governor shall appoint a person to fill
2the vacancy created by this amendatory Act. The initial
3appointment under Public Act 93-509 this amendatory Act of the
493rd General Assembly shall be for a term ending on the 4th
5Monday in January, 2007.
6    The initial appointments under Public Act 91-798 this
7amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall be for terms
8as follows: The member appointed by the Governor shall
9initially be appointed for a term ending on the 4th Monday in
10January, 2001; the member appointed by the President of the
11Cook County Board shall be initially appointed for a term
12ending on the 4th Monday in January, 2003; and the member
13appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall be
14initially appointed for a term ending on the 4th Monday in
15January, 2004. Each subsequent member shall be appointed for a
16term of 4 years, commencing on the 4th Monday in January. Upon
17expiration of the term of office of any appointive member, the
18member shall continue to serve until a successor shall be
19appointed and qualified. In the case of a vacancy, a successor
20shall be appointed by the applicable appointive authority to
21serve for the unexpired portion of the term.
22    (c) Three members of the State Panel shall at all times
23constitute a quorum. Two members of the Local Panel shall at
24all times constitute a quorum. A vacancy on a panel does not
25impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all of
26the powers of that panel. Each panel shall adopt an official

 

 

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1seal which shall be judicially noticed. The salary of the
2Chairman of the State Panel shall be $82,429 per year, or as
3set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater,
4and that of the other members of the State and Local Panels
5shall be $74,188 per year, or as set by the Compensation Review
6Board, whichever is greater.
7    (d) Each member shall devote his or her entire time to the
8duties of the office, and shall hold no other office or
9position of profit, nor engage in any other business,
10employment, or vocation. No member shall hold any other public
11office or be employed as a labor or management representative
12by the State or any political subdivision of the State or of
13any department or agency thereof, or actively represent or act
14on behalf of an employer or an employee organization or an
15employer in labor relations matters. Any member of the State
16Panel may be removed from office by the Governor for
17inefficiency, neglect of duty, misconduct or malfeasance in
18office, and for no other cause, and only upon notice and
19hearing. Any member of the Local Panel may be removed from
20office by the applicable appointive authority for
21inefficiency, neglect of duty, misconduct or malfeasance in
22office, and for no other cause, and only upon notice and
23hearing.
24    (e) Each panel at the end of every State fiscal year shall
25make a report in writing to the Governor and the General
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1the policy of the Act in hearing and deciding cases and
2otherwise. Each panel's report shall include:
3        (1) the number of unfair labor practice charges filed
4    during the fiscal year;
5        (2) the number of unfair labor practice charges
6    resolved during the fiscal year;
7        (3) the total number of unfair labor charges pending
8    before the Board at the end of the fiscal year;
9        (4) the number of unfair labor charge cases at the end
10    of the fiscal year that have been pending before the Board
11    between 1 and 100 days, 101 and 150 days, 151 and 200 days,
12    201 and 250 days, 251 and 300 days, 301 and 350 days, 351
13    and 400 days, 401 and 450 days, 451 and 500 days, 501 and
14    550 days, 551 and 600 days, 601 and 650 days, 651 and 700
15    days, and over 701 days;
16        (5) the number of representation cases and unit
17    clarification cases filed during the fiscal year;
18        (6) the number of representation cases and unit
19    clarification cases resolved during the fiscal year;
20        (7) the total number of representation cases and unit
21    clarification cases pending before the Board at the end of
22    the fiscal year;
23        (8) the number of representation cases and unit
24    clarification cases at the end of the fiscal year that
25    have been pending before the Board between 1 and 120 days,
26    121 and 180 days, and over 180 days; and

 

 

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1        (9) the Board's progress in meeting the timeliness
2    goals established pursuant to the criteria in subsection
3    (j) of Section 11 of this Act; the report shall include,
4    but is not limited to:
5            (A) the average number of days taken to complete
6        investigations and issue complaints, dismissals, or
7        deferrals;
8            (B) the average number of days taken for the Board
9        to issue decisions on appeals of dismissals or
10        deferrals;
11            (C) the average number of days taken to schedule a
12        hearing on complaints once issued;
13            (D) the average number of days taken to issue a
14        recommended decision and order once the record is
15        closed;
16            (E) the average number of days taken for the Board
17        to issue final decisions on recommended decisions when    
18        where exceptions have been filed;
19            (F) the average number of days taken for the Board
20        to issue final decisions decision on recommended
21        decisions when no exceptions have been filed; and
22            (G) in cases where the Board was unable to meet the
23        timeliness goals established in subsection (j) of
24        Section 11, an explanation as to why the goal was not
25        met.
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1the duties prescribed by this Act, a panel or its authorized
2designees may hold elections to determine whether a labor
3organization has majority status; investigate and attempt to
4resolve or settle charges of unfair labor practices; hold
5hearings in order to carry out its functions; develop and
6effectuate appropriate impasse resolution procedures for
7purposes of resolving labor disputes; require the appearance
8of witnesses and the production of evidence on any matter
9under inquiry; and administer oaths and affirmations. The
10panels shall sign and report in full an opinion in every case
11which they decide.
12    (g) Each panel may appoint or employ an executive
13director, attorneys, hearing officers, mediators,
14fact-finders, arbitrators, and such other employees as it may
15deem necessary to perform its functions. The governing boards
16shall prescribe the duties and qualifications of such persons
17appointed and, subject to the annual appropriation, fix their
18compensation and provide for reimbursement of actual and
19necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
20duties. The Board shall employ a minimum of 16 attorneys and 6
21investigators.
22    (h) Each panel shall exercise general supervision over all
23attorneys which it employs and over the other persons employed
24to provide necessary support services for such attorneys. The
25panels shall have final authority in respect to complaints
26brought pursuant to this Act.

 

 

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1    (i) The following rules and regulations shall be adopted
2by the panels meeting in joint session: (1) procedural rules
3and regulations which shall govern all Board proceedings; (2)
4procedures for election of exclusive bargaining
5representatives pursuant to Section 9, except for the
6determination of appropriate bargaining units; and (3)
7appointment of counsel pursuant to subsection (k) of this
8Section.
9    (j) Rules and regulations may be adopted, amended or
10rescinded only upon a vote of 5 of the members of the State and
11Local Panels meeting in joint session. The adoption,
12amendment, or rescission of rules and regulations shall be in
13conformity with the requirements of the Illinois
14Administrative Procedure Act.
15    (k) The panels in joint session shall promulgate rules and
16regulations providing for the appointment of attorneys or
17other Board representatives to represent persons in unfair
18labor practice proceedings before a panel. The regulations
19governing appointment shall require the applicant to
20demonstrate an inability to pay for or inability to otherwise
21provide for adequate representation before a panel. Such rules
22must also provide: (1) that an attorney may not be appointed in
23cases which, in the opinion of a panel, are clearly without
24merit; (2) the stage of the unfair labor proceeding at which
25counsel will be appointed; and (3) the circumstances under
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1    (1) The panels in joint session may promulgate rules and
2regulations which allow parties in proceedings before a panel
3to be represented by counsel or any other representative of
4the party's choice.
5    (m) The Chairman of the State Panel shall serve as
6Chairman of a joint session of the panels. Attendance of at
7least 2 members of the State Panel and at least one member of
8the Local Panel, in addition to the Chairman, shall constitute
9a quorum at a joint session. The panels shall meet in joint
10session at least annually.
11(Source: P.A. 103-856, eff. 1-1-25; revised 11-21-24.)
 
12    (5 ILCS 315/15)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1615)
13    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
14which has been held unconstitutional)
15    Sec. 15. Act takes precedence Takes Precedence.
16    (a) In case of any conflict between the provisions of this
17Act and any other law (other than Section 5 of the State
18Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and other than the
19changes made to the Illinois Pension Code by Public Act 96-889    
20this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly), executive
21order or administrative regulation relating to wages, hours
22and conditions of employment and employment relations, the
23provisions of this Act or any collective bargaining agreement
24negotiated thereunder shall prevail and control. Nothing in
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1of employees established by Sections 28 and 28a of the
2Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, Sections 2.15 through 2.19
3of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
4Authority Act. The provisions of this Act are subject to
5Section 5 of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971.
6Nothing in this Act shall be construed to replace the
7necessity of complaints against a sworn peace officer, as
8defined in Section 2(a) of the Uniform Peace Officers' Officer    
9Disciplinary Act, from having a complaint supported by a sworn
10affidavit.
11    (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) above, any
12collective bargaining contract between a public employer and a
13labor organization executed pursuant to this Act shall
14supersede any contrary statutes, charters, ordinances, rules
15or regulations relating to wages, hours and conditions of
16employment and employment relations adopted by the public
17employer or its agents. Any collective bargaining agreement
18entered into prior to the effective date of this Act shall
19remain in full force during its duration.
20    (c) It is the public policy of this State, pursuant to
21paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
22Illinois Constitution, that the provisions of this Act are the
23exclusive exercise by the State of powers and functions which
24might otherwise be exercised by home rule units. Such powers
25and functions may not be exercised concurrently, either
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1including any home rule unit, except as otherwise authorized
2by this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-889, eff. 1-1-11;
4revised 7-23-24.)
 
5    Section 15-20. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of
61971 is amended by changing Section 2.5 as follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 375/2.5)
8    Sec. 2.5. Application to Northern Illinois Transit    
9Regional Transportation Authority Board members.     
10Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
11contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the Northern
12Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Board who
13first becomes a member of that Board on or after July 23, 2013
14(the effective date of Public Act 98-108) with respect to
15service of that Board.
16(Source: P.A. 98-108, eff. 7-23-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
17    Section 15-25. The State Officials and Employees Ethics
18Act is amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
 
19    (5 ILCS 430/1-5)
20    Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
21    "Appointee" means a person appointed to a position in or
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1compensated.
2    "Board members of Regional Development Authorities" means
3any person appointed to serve on the governing board of a
4Regional Development Authority.
5    "Board members of Regional Transit Boards" means any
6person appointed to serve on the governing board of a Regional
7Transit Board.
8    "Campaign for elective office" means any activity in
9furtherance of an effort to influence the selection,
10nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any
11federal, State, or local public office or office in a
12political organization, or the selection, nomination, or
13election of Presidential or Vice-Presidential electors, but
14does not include activities (i) relating to the support or
15opposition of any executive, legislative, or administrative
16action (as those terms are defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist
17Registration Act), (ii) relating to collective bargaining, or
18(iii) that are otherwise in furtherance of the person's
19official State duties.
20    "Candidate" means a person who has filed nominating papers
21or petitions for nomination or election to an elected State
22office, or who has been appointed to fill a vacancy in
23nomination, and who remains eligible for placement on the
24ballot at either a general primary election or general
25election.
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1is defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations
2Act.
3    "Commission" means an ethics commission created by this
4Act.
5    "Compensated time" means any time worked by or credited to
6a State employee that counts toward any minimum work time
7requirement imposed as a condition of employment with a State
8agency, but does not include any designated State holidays or
9any period when the employee is on a leave of absence.
10    "Compensatory time off" means authorized time off earned
11by or awarded to a State employee to compensate in whole or in
12part for time worked in excess of the minimum work time
13required of that employee as a condition of employment with a
14State agency.
15    "Contribution" has the same meaning as that term is
16defined in Section 9-1.4 of the Election Code.
17    "Employee" means (i) any person employed full-time,
18part-time, or pursuant to a contract and whose employment
19duties are subject to the direction and control of an employer
20with regard to the material details of how the work is to be
21performed or (ii) any appointed or elected commissioner,
22trustee, director, or board member of a board of a State
23agency, including any retirement system or investment board
24subject to the Illinois Pension Code or (iii) any other
25appointee.
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1following: modified compensation or benefit terms; compensated
2time off; or change of title, job duties, or location of office
3or employment. An employment benefit may also include
4favorable treatment in determining whether to bring any
5disciplinary or similar action or favorable treatment during
6the course of any disciplinary or similar action or other
7performance review.
8    "Executive branch constitutional officer" means the
9Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of
10State, Comptroller, and Treasurer.
11    "Gift" means any gratuity, discount, entertainment,
12hospitality, loan, forbearance, or other tangible or
13intangible item having monetary value including, but not
14limited to, cash, food and drink, and honoraria for speaking
15engagements related to or attributable to government
16employment or the official position of an employee, member, or
17officer. The value of a gift may be further defined by rules
18adopted by the appropriate ethics commission or by the Auditor
19General for the Auditor General and for employees of the
20office of the Auditor General.
21    "Governmental entity" means a unit of local government
22(including a community college district) or a school district
23but not a State agency, a Regional Transit Board, or a Regional
24Development Authority.
25    "Leave of absence" means any period during which a State
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1employment, (ii) service credit towards State pension
2benefits, and (iii) health insurance benefits paid for by the
3State.
4    "Legislative branch constitutional officer" means a member
5of the General Assembly and the Auditor General.
6    "Legislative leader" means the President and Minority
7Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the
8House of Representatives.
9    "Member" means a member of the General Assembly.
10    "Officer" means an executive branch constitutional officer
11or a legislative branch constitutional officer.
12    "Political" means any activity in support of or in
13connection with any campaign for elective office or any
14political organization, but does not include activities (i)
15relating to the support or opposition of any executive,
16legislative, or administrative action (as those terms are
17defined in Section 2 of the Lobbyist Registration Act), (ii)
18relating to collective bargaining, or (iii) that are otherwise
19in furtherance of the person's official State duties or
20governmental and public service functions.
21    "Political organization" means a party, committee,
22association, fund, or other organization (whether or not
23incorporated) that is required to file a statement of
24organization with the State Board of Elections or a county
25clerk under Section 9-3 of the Election Code, but only with
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1Board of Elections or a county clerk.
2    "Prohibited political activity" means:
3        (1) Preparing for, organizing, or participating in any
4    political meeting, political rally, political
5    demonstration, or other political event.
6        (2) Soliciting contributions, including but not
7    limited to the purchase of, selling, distributing, or
8    receiving payment for tickets for any political
9    fundraiser, political meeting, or other political event.
10        (3) Soliciting, planning the solicitation of, or
11    preparing any document or report regarding any thing of
12    value intended as a campaign contribution.
13        (4) Planning, conducting, or participating in a public
14    opinion poll in connection with a campaign for elective
15    office or on behalf of a political organization for
16    political purposes or for or against any referendum
17    question.
18        (5) Surveying or gathering information from potential
19    or actual voters in an election to determine probable vote
20    outcome in connection with a campaign for elective office
21    or on behalf of a political organization for political
22    purposes or for or against any referendum question.
23        (6) Assisting at the polls on election day on behalf
24    of any political organization or candidate for elective
25    office or for or against any referendum question.
26        (7) Soliciting votes on behalf of a candidate for

 

 

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1    elective office or a political organization or for or
2    against any referendum question or helping in an effort to
3    get voters to the polls.
4        (8) Initiating for circulation, preparing,
5    circulating, reviewing, or filing any petition on behalf
6    of a candidate for elective office or for or against any
7    referendum question.
8        (9) Making contributions on behalf of any candidate
9    for elective office in that capacity or in connection with
10    a campaign for elective office.
11        (10) Preparing or reviewing responses to candidate
12    questionnaires in connection with a campaign for elective
13    office or on behalf of a political organization for
14    political purposes.
15        (11) Distributing, preparing for distribution, or
16    mailing campaign literature, campaign signs, or other
17    campaign material on behalf of any candidate for elective
18    office or for or against any referendum question.
19        (12) Campaigning for any elective office or for or
20    against any referendum question.
21        (13) Managing or working on a campaign for elective
22    office or for or against any referendum question.
23        (14) Serving as a delegate, alternate, or proxy to a
24    political party convention.
25        (15) Participating in any recount or challenge to the
26    outcome of any election, except to the extent that under

 

 

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1    subsection (d) of Section 6 of Article IV of the Illinois
2    Constitution each house of the General Assembly shall
3    judge the elections, returns, and qualifications of its
4    members.
5    "Prohibited source" means any person or entity who:
6        (1) is seeking official action (i) by the member or
7    officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
8    or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
9    directing the employee;
10        (2) does business or seeks to do business (i) with the
11    member or officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, with
12    the employee or with the member, officer, State agency, or
13    other employee directing the employee;
14        (3) conducts activities regulated (i) by the member or
15    officer or (ii) in the case of an employee, by the employee
16    or by the member, officer, State agency, or other employee
17    directing the employee;
18        (4) has interests that may be substantially affected
19    by the performance or non-performance of the official
20    duties of the member, officer, or employee;
21        (5) is registered or required to be registered with
22    the Secretary of State under the Lobbyist Registration
23    Act, except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited
24    source does not become a prohibited source merely because
25    a registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on
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1        (6) is an agent of, a spouse of, or an immediate family
2    member who is living with a "prohibited source".
3    "Regional Development Authority" means the following
4regional development authorities:
5        (1) the Central Illinois Economic Development
6    Authority created by the Central Illinois Economic
7    Development Authority Act;
8        (2) the Eastern Illinois Economic Development
9    Authority created by the Eastern Illinois Economic
10    Development Authority Act;
11        (3) the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority created
12    by the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act;
13        (4) the Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
14    Authority created by Quad Cities Regional Economic
15    Development Authority Act, approved September 22, 1987;
16        (5) the Riverdale Development Authority created by the
17    Riverdale Development Authority Act;
18        (6) the Southeastern Illinois Economic Development
19    Authority created by the Southeastern Illinois Economic
20    Development Authority Act;
21        (7) the Southern Illinois Economic Development
22    Authority created by the Southern Illinois Economic
23    Development Authority Act;
24        (8) the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
25    created by the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
26    Act;

 

 

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1        (9) the Tri-County River Valley Development Authority
2    created by the Tri-County River Valley Development
3    Authority Law;
4        (10) the Upper Illinois River Valley Development
5    Authority created by the Upper Illinois River Valley
6    Development Authority Act;
7        (11) the Illinois Urban Development Authority created
8    by the Illinois Urban Development Authority Act;
9        (12) the Western Illinois Economic Development
10    Authority created by the Western Illinois Economic
11    Development Authority Act; and
12        (13) the Will-Kankakee Regional Development Authority
13    created by the Will-Kankakee Regional Development
14    Authority Law.
15    "Regional Transit Boards" means (i) the Northern Illinois
16Transit Regional Transportation Authority created by the
17Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
18Act, (ii) the Suburban Bus Division created by the Northern
19Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act, (iii)
20the Commuter Rail Division created by the Northern Illinois
21Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act, and (iv) the
22Chicago Transit Authority created by the Metropolitan Transit
23Authority Act.
24    "State agency" includes all officers, boards, commissions
25and agencies created by the Constitution, whether in the
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1boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities,
2public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 2
3of the Higher Education Cooperation Act (except community
4colleges), and bodies politic and corporate of the State; and
5administrative units or corporate outgrowths of the State
6government which are created by or pursuant to statute, other
7than units of local government (including community college
8districts) and their officers, school districts, and boards of
9election commissioners; and all administrative units and
10corporate outgrowths of the above and as may be created by
11executive order of the Governor. "State agency" includes the
12General Assembly, the Senate, the House of Representatives,
13the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker
14and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the
15Senate Operations Commission, and the legislative support
16services agencies. "State agency" includes the Office of the
17Auditor General. "State agency" does not include the judicial
18branch.
19    "State employee" means any employee of a State agency.
20    "Ultimate jurisdictional authority" means the following:
21        (1) For members, legislative partisan staff, and
22    legislative secretaries, the appropriate legislative
23    leader: President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the
24    Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
25    Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
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1    employees of the Senate and not covered under item (1),
2    the Senate Operations Commission.
3        (3) For State employees who are professional staff or
4    employees of the House of Representatives and not covered
5    under item (1), the Speaker of the House of
6    Representatives.
7        (4) For State employees who are employees of the
8    legislative support services agencies, the Joint Committee
9    on Legislative Support Services.
10        (5) For State employees of the Auditor General, the
11    Auditor General.
12        (6) For State employees of public institutions of
13    higher learning as defined in Section 2 of the Higher
14    Education Cooperation Act (except community colleges), the
15    board of trustees of the appropriate public institution of
16    higher learning.
17        (7) For State employees of an executive branch
18    constitutional officer other than those described in
19    paragraph (6), the appropriate executive branch
20    constitutional officer.
21        (8) For State employees not under the jurisdiction of
22    paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7), the
23    Governor.
24        (9) For employees of Regional Transit Boards, the
25    appropriate Regional Transit Board.
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1    Governor.
2        (11) For employees of Regional Development
3    Authorities, the appropriate Regional Development
4    Authority.
5        (12) For board members of Regional Development
6    Authorities, the Governor.
7(Source: P.A. 103-517, eff. 8-11-23.)
 
8    Section 15-30. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
9changing Section 4.15 as follows:
 
10    (20 ILCS 105/4.15)
11    Sec. 4.15. Eligibility determinations.
12    (a) The Department is authorized to make eligibility
13determinations for benefits administered by other governmental
14bodies based on the Senior Citizens and Persons with
15Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act as follows:
16        (i) for the Secretary of State with respect to reduced
17    fees paid by qualified vehicle owners under the Illinois
18    Vehicle Code;
19        (ii) for special districts that offer free fixed route
20    public transportation services for qualified older adults
21    under the Local Mass Transit District Act, the
22    Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, and the Northern
23    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act;
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1        (iii) for special districts that offer transit
2    services for qualified individuals with disabilities under
3    the Local Mass Transit District Act, the Metropolitan
4    Transit Authority Act, and the Northern Illinois Transit    
5    Regional Transportation Authority Act.
6    (b) The Department shall establish the manner by which
7claimants shall apply for these benefits. The Department is
8authorized to promulgate rules regarding the following
9matters: the application cycle; the application process; the
10content for an electronic application; required personal
11identification information; acceptable proof of eligibility as
12to age, disability status, marital status, residency, and
13household income limits; household composition; calculating
14income; use of social security numbers; duration of
15eligibility determinations; and any other matters necessary
16for such administrative operations.
17    (c) All information received by the Department from an
18application or from any investigation to determine eligibility
19for benefits shall be confidential, except for official
20purposes.
21    (d) A person may not under any circumstances charge a fee
22to a claimant for assistance in completing an application form
23for these benefits.
24(Source: P.A. 98-887, eff. 8-15-14; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
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1Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
2amended by changing Section 2310-55.5 as follows:
 
3    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-55.5)
4    Sec. 2310-55.5. Free and reduced fare services. The
5Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
6shall monthly provide the Department with a list of riders
7that receive free or reduced fares under the Northern Illinois
8Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act. The list shall
9include an individual's name, address, and date of birth. The
10Department shall, within 2 weeks after receipt of the list,
11report back to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
12Transportation Authority any discrepancies that indicate that
13a rider receiving free or reduced fare services is deceased.
14(Source: P.A. 97-781, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
15    Section 15-40. The Department of Transportation Law of the
16Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
17Sections 2705-300, 2705-305, 2705-310, and 2705-315 as
18follows:
 
19    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-300)  (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.18)
20    Sec. 2705-300. Powers concerning mass transportation. The
21Department has the power to do the following:
22        (1) Advise and assist the Governor and the General
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1    for the State, (ii) proposals designed to help meet and
2    resolve special problems of mass transportation within the
3    State, and (iii) programs of assistance for the
4    comprehensive planning, development, and administration of
5    mass transportation facilities and services.
6        (2) Appear and participate in proceedings before any
7    federal, State, or local regulatory agency involving or
8    affecting mass transportation in the State.
9        (3) Study mass transportation problems and provide
10    technical assistance to units of local government.
11        (4) Encourage experimentation in developing new mass
12    transportation facilities and services.
13        (5) Recommend policies, programs, and actions designed
14    to improve utilization of mass transportation services.
15        (6) Cooperate with mass transit districts and systems,
16    local governments, and other State agencies in meeting
17    those problems of air, noise, and water pollution
18    associated with transportation.
19        (7) Participate fully in a statewide effort to improve
20    transport safety, including, as the designated State
21    agency responsible for overseeing the safety and security
22    of rail fixed guideway public transportation systems in
23    compliance with 49 U.S.C. 5329 and 49 U.S.C. 5330:
24            (A) developing, adopting, and implementing a
25        system safety program standard and procedures meeting
26        the compliance requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and 49

 

 

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1        U.S.C. 5330, as now or hereafter amended, for the
2        safety and security of rail fixed guideway public
3        transportation systems within the State; and
4            (B) establishing procedures in accordance with 49
5        U.S.C. 5329 and 49 U.S.C. 5330 to review, approve,
6        oversee, investigate, audit, and enforce all other
7        necessary and incidental functions related to the
8        effectuation of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and 49 U.S.C. 5330, or
9        other federal law, pertaining to public transportation
10        oversight. The Department may contract for the
11        services of a qualified consultant to comply with this
12        subsection.
13        The security portion of the system safety program,
14    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data
15    compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the Department
16    under this subsection shall not be subject to discovery or
17    admitted into evidence in federal or State court or
18    considered for other purposes in any civil action for
19    damages arising from any matter mentioned or addressed in
20    such reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
21    information. Except for willful or wanton conduct, neither
22    the Department nor its employees, nor the Northern
23    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority, nor
24    the St. Clair County Transit District, nor any mass
25    transit district nor service board subject to this
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1    employees, shall be held liable in any civil action for
2    any injury to or death of any person or loss of or damage
3    to property for any act, omission, or failure to act under
4    this Section or 49 U.S.C. 5329 or 49 U.S.C. 5330 as now or
5    hereafter amended.
6        (8) Conduct by contract or otherwise technical
7    studies, and demonstration and development projects which
8    shall be designed to test and develop methods for
9    increasing public use of mass transportation and for
10    providing mass transportation in an efficient,
11    coordinated, and convenient manner.
12        (9) Make applications for, receive, and make use of
13    grants for mass transportation.
14        (10) Make grants for mass transportation from the
15    Transportation Fund pursuant to the standards and
16    procedures of Sections 2705-305 and 2705-310.
17    Nothing in this Section alleviates an individual's duty to
18comply with the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
19(Source: P.A. 102-559, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
20    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305)
21    Sec. 2705-305. Grants for mass transportation.
22    (a) For the purpose of mass transportation grants and
23contracts, the following definitions apply:
24     "Carrier" means any corporation, authority, partnership,
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1transportation within the State.
2     "District" means all of the following:    
3        (i) Any district created pursuant to the Local Mass
4    Transit District Act.    
5        (ii) The Authority created pursuant to the
6    Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.    
7        (iii) Any authority, commission, or other entity that
8    by virtue of an interstate compact approved by Congress is
9    authorized to provide mass transportation.    
10        (iv) The Authority created pursuant to the Northern
11    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act.
12    "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used
13in or appurtenant to a mass transportation system, including
14parking lots.
15    "Mass transportation" means transportation provided within
16the State of Illinois by rail, bus, or other conveyance and
17available to the general public on a regular and continuing
18basis, including the transportation of persons with
19disabilities or elderly persons as provided more specifically
20in Section 2705-310.
21    "Unit of local government" means any city, village,
22incorporated town, or county.
23    (b) Grants may be made to units of local government,
24districts, and carriers for the acquisition, construction,
25extension, reconstruction, and improvement of mass
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1and conditions that in the judgment of the Secretary are
2necessary to ensure their proper and effective utilization.
3    (c) The Department shall make grants under this Law in a
4manner designed, so far as is consistent with the maintenance
5and development of a sound mass transportation system within
6the State, to: (i) maximize federal funds for the assistance
7of mass transportation in Illinois under the Federal Transit
8Act and other federal Acts; (ii) facilitate the movement of
9persons who because of age, economic circumstance, or physical
10infirmity are unable to drive; (iii) contribute to an improved
11environment through the reduction of air, water, and noise
12pollution; and (iv) reduce traffic congestion.
13    (d) The Secretary shall establish procedures for making
14application for mass transportation grants. The procedures
15shall provide for public notice of all applications and give
16reasonable opportunity for the submission of comments and
17objections by interested parties. The procedures shall be
18designed with a view to facilitating simultaneous application
19for a grant to the Department and to the federal government.
20    (e) Grants may be made for mass transportation projects as
21follows:    
22        (1) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the nonfederal
23    share of projects for which a federal grant is made.    
24        (2) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the net project
25    cost for projects for which a federal grant is not made.    
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1    project cost for projects essential for the maintenance of
2    a sound transportation system and eligible for federal
3    assistance for which a federal grant application has been
4    made but a federal grant has been delayed. If and when a
5    federal grant is made, the amount in excess of the
6    nonfederal share shall be promptly returned to the
7    Department.
8    In no event shall the Department make a grant that,
9together with any federal funds or funds from any other
10source, is in excess of 100% of the net project cost.
11    (f) Regardless of whether any funds are available under a
12federal grant, the Department shall not make a mass
13transportation grant unless the Secretary finds that the
14recipient has entered into an agreement with the Department in
15which the recipient agrees not to engage in school bus
16operations exclusively for the transportation of students and
17school personnel in competition with private school bus
18operators where those private school bus operators are able to
19provide adequate transportation, at reasonable rates, in
20conformance with applicable safety standards, provided that
21this requirement shall not apply to a recipient that operates
22a school system in the area to be served and operates a
23separate and exclusive school bus program for the school
24system.
25    (g) Grants may be made for mass transportation purposes
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1consistent with the specific purposes for which those funds
2are appropriated by the General Assembly. Grants under this
3subsection (g) are not subject to any limitations or
4conditions imposed upon grants by any other provision of this
5Section, except that the Secretary may impose the terms and
6conditions that in his or her judgment are necessary to ensure
7the proper and effective utilization of the grants under this
8subsection.
9    (h) The Department may let contracts for mass
10transportation purposes and facilities for the purpose of
11reducing urban congestion funded in whole or in part with
12bonds described in subdivision (b)(1) of Section 4 of the
13General Obligation Bond Act, not to exceed $75,000,000 in
14bonds.
15    (i) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts,
16and units of local government for the purpose of reimbursing
17them for providing reduced fares for mass transportation
18services for students, persons with disabilities, and the
19elderly. Grants shall be made upon the terms and conditions
20that in the judgment of the Secretary are necessary to ensure
21their proper and effective utilization.
22    (j) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts,
23and units of local government for costs of providing ADA
24paratransit service.
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1    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-310)
2    Sec. 2705-310. Grants for transportation for persons with
3disabilities.
4    (a) For the purposes of this Section, the following
5definitions apply:
6     "Carrier" means a district or a not for profit
7corporation providing mass transportation for persons with
8disabilities on a regular and continuing basis.
9     "Person with a disability" means any individual who, by
10reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or
11other permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, is
12unable without special mass transportation facilities or
13special planning or design to utilize ordinary mass
14transportation facilities and services as effectively as
15persons who are not so affected.
16    "Unit of local government", "district", and "facilities"
17have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 2705-305.
18    (b) The Department may make grants from the Transportation
19Fund and the General Revenue Fund (i) to units of local
20government, districts, and carriers for vehicles, equipment,
21and the acquisition, construction, extension, reconstruction,
22and improvement of mass transportation facilities for persons
23with disabilities and (ii) during State fiscal years 1986 and
241987, to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
25Authority for operating assistance for mass transportation for
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1the mobility limited. The grants shall be made upon the terms
2and conditions that in the judgment of the Secretary are
3necessary to ensure their proper and effective utilization.
4The procedures, limitations, and safeguards provided in
5Section 2705-305 to govern grants for mass transportation
6shall apply to grants made under this Section.
7    For the efficient administration of grants, the
8Department, on behalf of grant recipients under this Section
9and on behalf of recipients receiving funds under Sections
105309 and 5311 of the Federal Transit Act and State funds, may
11administer and consolidate procurements and may enter into
12contracts with manufacturers of vehicles and equipment.
13    (c) The Department may make operating assistance grants
14from the Transportation Fund to those carriers that, during
15federal fiscal year 1986, directly received operating
16assistance pursuant to Section 5307 or Section 5311 of the
17Federal Transit Act, or under contracts with a unit of local
18government or mass transit district that received operating
19expenses under Section 5307 or Section 5311 of the Federal
20Transit Act, to provide public paratransit services to the
21general mobility limited population. The Secretary shall take
22into consideration the reduction in federal operating expense
23grants to carriers when considering the grant applications.
24The procedures, limitations, and safeguards provided in
25Section 2705-305 to govern grants for mass transportation
26shall apply to grants made under this Section.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
2    (20 ILCS 2705/2705-315)  (was 20 ILCS 2705/49.19b)
3    Sec. 2705-315. Grants for passenger security. The
4Department may make grants from the Transportation Fund and
5the General Revenue Fund to the Northern Illinois Transit    
6Regional Transportation Authority created under the Northern
7Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act to be
8used to provide protection against crime for the consumers of
9public transportation, and for the employees and facilities of
10public transportation providers, in the metropolitan region.
11The grants may be used (1) to provide that protection
12directly, or (2) to contract with any municipality or county
13in the metropolitan region to provide that protection, or (3)
14except for the Chicago Transit Authority created under the
15Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, to contract with a private
16security agency to provide that protection.
17    The grants shall be made upon the terms and conditions
18that in the judgment of the Secretary are necessary to ensure
19their proper and effective utilization. The procedures
20provided in Section 2705-305 to govern grants for mass
21transportation shall apply to grants made under this Section.
22(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
23    Section 15-45. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is
24amended by changing Section 820-50 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 3501/820-50)
2    Sec. 820-50. Pledge of Funds by Units of Local Government.
3    (a) Pledge of Funds. Any unit of local government which
4receives funds from the Department of Revenue, including
5without limitation funds received pursuant to Sections 8-11-1,
68-11-1.4, 8-11-5 or 8-11-6 of the Illinois Municipal Code, the
7Home Rule County Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Home Rule
8County Service Occupation Tax Act, Sections 25.05-2, 25.05-3
9or 25.05-10 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to
10counties", Section 5.01 of the Local Mass Transit District
11Act, Section 4.03 of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
12Transportation Authority Act, Sections 2 or 12 of the State
13Revenue Sharing Act, or from the Department of Transportation
14pursuant to Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, or from the
15State Superintendent of Education (directly or indirectly
16through regional superintendents of schools) pursuant to
17Article 18 of the School Code, or any unit of government which
18receives other funds which are at any time in the custody of
19the State Treasurer, the State Comptroller, the Department of
20Revenue, the Department of Transportation or the State
21Superintendent of Education may by appropriate proceedings,
22pledge to the Authority or any entity acting on behalf of the
23Authority (including, without limitation, any trustee), any or
24all of such receipts to the extent that such receipts are
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1premium, if any, and interest on, and other fees related to, or
2to secure, any of the local government securities of such unit
3of local government which have been sold or delivered to the
4Authority or its designee or to pay lease rental payments to be
5made by such unit of local government to the extent that such
6lease rental payments secure the payment of the principal of,
7premium, if any, and interest on, and other fees related to,
8any local government securities which have been sold or
9delivered to the Authority or its designee. Any pledge of such
10receipts (or any portion thereof) shall constitute a first and
11prior lien thereon and shall be binding from the time the
12pledge is made.
13    (b) Direct Payment of Pledged Receipts. Any such unit of
14local government may, by such proceedings, direct that all or
15any of such pledged receipts payable to such unit of local
16government be paid directly to the Authority or such other
17entity (including, without limitation, any trustee) for the
18purpose of paying the principal of, premium, if any, and
19interest on, and fees relating to, such local government
20securities or for the purpose of paying such lease rental
21payments to the extent necessary to pay the principal of,
22premium, if any, and interest on, and other fees related to,
23such local government securities secured by such lease rental
24payments. Upon receipt of a certified copy of such proceedings
25by the State Treasurer, the State Comptroller, the Department
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1Superintendent of Education, as the case may be, such
2Department or State Superintendent shall direct the State
3Comptroller and State Treasurer to pay to, or on behalf of, the
4Authority or such other entity (including, without limitation,
5any trustee) all or such portion of the pledged receipts from
6the Department of Revenue, or the Department of Transportation
7or the State Superintendent of Education (directly or
8indirectly through regional superintendents of schools), as
9the case may be, sufficient to pay the principal of and
10premium, if any, and interest on, and other fees related to,
11the local governmental securities for which the pledge was
12made or to pay such lease rental payments securing such local
13government securities for which the pledge was made. The
14proceedings shall constitute authorization for such a
15directive to the State Comptroller to cause orders to be drawn
16and to the State Treasurer to pay in accordance with such
17directive. To the extent that the Authority or its designee
18notifies the Department of Revenue, the Department of
19Transportation or the State Superintendent of Education, as
20the case may be, that the unit of local government has
21previously paid to the Authority or its designee the amount of
22any principal, premium, interest and fees payable from such
23pledged receipts, the State Comptroller shall cause orders to
24be drawn and the State Treasurer shall pay such pledged
25receipts to the unit of local government as if they were not
26pledged receipts. To the extent that such receipts are pledged

 

 

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1and paid to the Authority or such other entity, any taxes which
2have been levied or fees or charges assessed pursuant to law on
3account of the issuance of such local government securities
4shall be paid to the unit of local government and may be used
5for the purposes for which the pledged receipts would have
6been used.
7    (c) Payment of Pledged Receipts upon Default. Any such
8unit of local government may, by such proceedings, direct that
9such pledged receipts payable to such unit of local government
10be paid to the Authority or such other entity (including,
11without limitation, any trustee) upon a default in the payment
12of any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or fees
13relating to, any of the local government securities of such
14unit of local government which have been sold or delivered to
15the Authority or its designee or any of the local government
16securities which have been sold or delivered to the Authority
17or its designee and which are secured by such lease rental
18payments. If such local governmental security is in default as
19to the payment of principal thereof, premium, if any, or
20interest thereon, or fees relating thereto, to the extent that
21the State Treasurer, the State Comptroller, the Department of
22Revenue, the Department of Transportation or the State
23Superintendent of Education (directly or indirectly through
24regional superintendents of schools) shall be the custodian at
25any time of any other available funds or moneys pledged to the
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1rental payments securing such local government securities
2pursuant to this Section and due or payable to such a unit of
3local government at any time subsequent to written notice to
4the State Comptroller and State Treasurer from the Authority
5or any entity acting on behalf of the Authority (including,
6without limitation, any trustee) to the effect that such unit
7of local government has not paid or is in default as to payment
8of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or fees
9relating to, any local government security sold or delivered
10to the Authority or any such entity (including, without
11limitation, any trustee) or has not paid or is in default as to
12the payment of such lease rental payments securing the payment
13of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or other
14fees relating to, any local government security sold or
15delivered to the Authority or such other entity (including,
16without limitation, any trustee):    
17        (i) The State Comptroller and the State Treasurer
18    shall withhold the payment of such funds or moneys from
19    such unit of local government until the amount of such
20    principal, premium, if any, interest or fees then due and
21    unpaid has been paid to the Authority or any such entity
22    (including, without limitation, any trustee), or the State
23    Comptroller and the State Treasurer have been advised that
24    arrangements, satisfactory to the Authority or such
25    entity, have been made for the payment of such principal,
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1        (ii) Within 10 days after a demand for payment by the
2    Authority or such entity given to such unit of local
3    government, the State Treasurer and the State Comptroller,
4    the State Treasurer shall pay such funds or moneys as are
5    legally available therefor to the Authority or such entity
6    for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
7    interest on, or fees relating to, such local government
8    securities. The Authority or any such entity may carry out
9    this Section and exercise all the rights, remedies and
10    provisions provided or referred to in this Section.
11    (d) Remedies. Upon the sale or delivery of any local
12government securities of the Authority or its designee, the
13local government which issued such local government securities
14shall be deemed to have agreed that upon its failure to pay
15interest or premium, if any, on, or principal of, or fees
16relating to, the local government securities sold or delivered
17to the Authority or any entity acting on behalf of the
18Authority (including, without limitation, any trustee) when
19payable, all statutory defenses to nonpayment are thereby
20waived. Upon a default in payment of principal of or interest
21on any local government securities issued by a unit of local
22government and sold or delivered to the Authority or its
23designee, and upon demand on the unit of local government for
24payment, if the local government securities are payable from
25property taxes and funds are not legally available in the
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1action in mandamus for the levy of a tax by the unit of local
2government to pay the principal of or interest on the local
3government securities shall lie, and the Authority or such
4entity shall be constituted a holder or owner of the local
5government securities as being in default. Upon the occurrence
6of any failure or default with respect to any local government
7securities issued by a unit of local government, the Authority
8or such entity may thereupon avail itself of all remedies,
9rights and provisions of law applicable in the circumstances,
10and the failure to exercise or exert any rights or remedies
11within a time or period provided by law may not be raised as a
12defense by the unit of local government.
13(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
14    Section 15-50. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended
15by changing Sections 3-1 and 3-2.3 as follows:
 
16    (30 ILCS 5/3-1)  (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
17    Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor General. The Auditor
18General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
19audits and investigations authorized by or under this Act or
20the Constitution.
21    The Auditor General has jurisdiction over local government
22agencies and private agencies only:    
23        (a) to make such post audits authorized by or under
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1    a State agency or of a program administered by a State
2    agency involving public funds of the State, but this
3    jurisdiction does not include any authority to review
4    local governmental agencies in the obligation, receipt,
5    expenditure or use of public funds of the State that are
6    granted without limitation or condition imposed by law,
7    other than the general limitation that such funds be used
8    for public purposes;    
9        (b) to make investigations authorized by or under this
10    Act or the Constitution; and    
11        (c) to make audits of the records of local government
12    agencies to verify actual costs of state-mandated programs
13    when directed to do so by the Legislative Audit Commission
14    at the request of the State Board of Appeals under the
15    State Mandates Act.
16    In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General may
17conduct an audit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
18Authority, the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
19Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus Division, the
20Commuter Rail Division and the Chicago Transit Authority and
21any other subsidized carrier when authorized by the
22Legislative Audit Commission. Such audit may be a financial,
23management or program audit, or any combination thereof.
24    The audit shall determine whether they are operating in
25accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
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1Commission may by resolution specify additional determinations
2to be included in the scope of the audit.
3    In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General must
4also conduct a financial audit of the Illinois Sports
5Facilities Authority's expenditures of public funds in
6connection with the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling,
7extension, or improvement of all or substantially all of any
8existing "facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois
9Sports Facilities Authority Act.
10    The Auditor General may also conduct an audit, when
11authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission, of any
12hospital which receives 10% or more of its gross revenues from
13payments from the State of Illinois, Department of Healthcare
14and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid),
15Medical Assistance Program.
16    The Auditor General is authorized to conduct financial and
17compliance audits of the Illinois Distance Learning Foundation
18and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
19    As soon as practical after August 18, 1995 (the effective
20date of Public Act 89-386), the Auditor General shall conduct
21a compliance and management audit of the City of Chicago and
22any other entity with regard to the operation of Chicago
23O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport and
24Merrill C. Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but not be
25limited to, an examination of revenues, expenses, and
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1practices; staffing levels; and hiring practices and
2procedures. When completed, the audit required by this
3paragraph shall be distributed in accordance with Section
43-14.
5    The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Health
6Facilities and Services Review Board pursuant to Section 19.5
7of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
8    The Auditor General of the State of Illinois shall
9annually conduct or cause to be conducted a financial and
10compliance audit of the books and records of any county water
11commission organized pursuant to the Water Commission Act of
121985 and shall file a copy of the report of that audit with the
13Governor and the Legislative Audit Commission. The filed audit
14shall be open to the public for inspection. The cost of the
15audit shall be charged to the county water commission in
16accordance with Section 6z-27 of the State Finance Act. The
17county water commission shall make available to the Auditor
18General its books and records and any other documentation,
19whether in the possession of its trustees or other parties,
20necessary to conduct the audit required. These audit
21requirements apply only through July 1, 2007.
22    The Auditor General must conduct audits of the Rend Lake
23Conservancy District as provided in Section 25.5 of the River
24Conservancy Districts Act.
25    The Auditor General must conduct financial audits of the
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1provided in Section 70 of the Southeastern Illinois Economic
2Development Authority Act.
3    The Auditor General shall conduct a compliance audit in
4accordance with subsections (d) and (f) of Section 30 of the
5Innovation Development and Economy Act.
6(Source: P.A. 104-2, eff. 6-16-25.)
 
7    (30 ILCS 5/3-2.3)
8    Sec. 3-2.3. Report on Chicago Transit Authority.
9    (a) No less than 60 days prior to the issuance of bonds or
10notes by the Chicago Transit Authority (referred to as the
11"Authority" in this Section) pursuant to Section 12c of the
12Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, the following
13documentation shall be submitted to the Auditor General and
14the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
15Authority:
16        (1) Retirement Plan Documentation. The Authority shall
17    submit a certification that:
18            (A) it is legally authorized to issue the bonds or
19        notes;
20            (B) scheduled annual payments of principal and
21        interest on the bonds and notes to be issued meet the
22        requirements of Section 12c(b)(5) of the Metropolitan
23        Transit Authority Act;
24            (C) no bond or note shall mature later than
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1            (D) after payment of costs of issuance and
2        necessary deposits to funds and accounts established
3        with respect to debt service on the bonds or notes, the
4        net bond and note proceeds (exclusive of any proceeds
5        to be used to refund outstanding bonds or notes) will
6        be deposited in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
7        Transit Authority Employees and used only for the
8        purposes required by Section 22-101 of the Illinois
9        Pension Code; and
10            (E) it has entered into an intergovernmental
11        agreement with the City of Chicago under which the
12        City of Chicago will provide financial assistance to
13        the Authority in an amount equal to the net receipts,
14        after fees for costs of collection, from a tax on the
15        privilege of transferring title to real estate in the
16        City of Chicago in an amount up to $1.50 per $500 of
17        value or fraction thereof under the provisions of
18        Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code, which
19        agreement shall be for a term expiring no earlier than
20        the final maturity of bonds or notes that it proposes
21        to issue under Section 12c of the Metropolitan Transit
22        Authority Act.
23        (2) The Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan for
24    Chicago Transit Authority Employees shall submit a
25    certification that the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit
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1    applicable legal and contractual requirements, including
2    the following:
3            (A) the members of a new Board of Trustees have
4        been appointed according to the requirements of
5        Section 22-101(b) of the Illinois Pension Code; and
6            (B) contribution levels for employees and the
7        Authority have been established according to the
8        requirements of Section 22-101(d) of the Illinois
9        Pension Code.
10        (3) Actuarial Report. The Board of Trustees of the
11    Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees
12    shall submit an actuarial report prepared by an enrolled
13    actuary setting forth:
14            (A) the method of valuation and the underlying
15        assumptions;
16            (B) a comparison of the debt service schedules of
17        the bonds or notes proposed to be issued to the
18        Retirement Plan's current unfunded actuarial accrued
19        liability amortization schedule, as required by
20        Section 22-101(e) of the Illinois Pension Code, using
21        the projected interest cost of the bond or note issue
22        as the discount rate to calculate the estimated net
23        present value savings;
24            (C) the amount of the estimated net present value
25        savings comparing the true interest cost of the bonds
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1        assumption of the Retirement Plan; and
2            (D) a certification that the net proceeds of the
3        bonds or notes, together with anticipated earnings on
4        contributions and deposits, will be sufficient to
5        reasonably conclude on an actuarial basis that the
6        total retirement assets of the Retirement Plan will
7        not be less than 90% of its liabilities by the end of
8        fiscal year 2059.
9        (4) The Authority shall submit a financial analysis
10    prepared by an independent advisor. The financial analysis
11    must include a determination that the issuance of bonds is
12    in the best interest of the Retirement Plan for Chicago
13    Transit Authority Employees and the Chicago Transit
14    Authority. The independent advisor shall not act as
15    underwriter or receive a legal, consulting, or other fee
16    related to the issuance of any bond or notes issued by the
17    Authority pursuant to Section 12c of the Metropolitan
18    Transit Authority Act except compensation due for the
19    preparation of the financial analysis.
20        (5) Retiree Health Care Trust Documentation. The
21    Authority shall submit a certification that:
22            (A) it is legally authorized to issue the bonds or
23        notes;
24            (B) scheduled annual payments of principal and
25        interest on the bonds and notes to be issued meets the
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1        Transit Authority Act;
2            (C) no bond or note shall mature later than
3        December 31, 2040;
4            (D) after payment of costs of issuance and
5        necessary deposits to funds and accounts established
6        with respect to debt service on the bonds or notes, the
7        net bond and note proceeds (exclusive of any proceeds
8        to be used to refund outstanding bonds or notes) will
9        be deposited in the Retiree Health Care Trust and used
10        only for the purposes required by Section 22-101B of
11        the Illinois Pension Code; and
12            (E) it has entered into an intergovernmental
13        agreement with the City of Chicago under which the
14        City of Chicago will provide financial assistance to
15        the Authority in an amount equal to the net receipts,
16        after fees for costs of collection, from a tax on the
17        privilege of transferring title to real estate in the
18        City of Chicago in an amount up to $1.50 per $500 of
19        value or fraction thereof under the provisions of
20        Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code, which
21        agreement shall be for a term expiring no earlier than
22        the final maturity of bonds or notes that it proposes
23        to issue under Section 12c of the Metropolitan Transit
24        Authority Act.
25        (6) The Board of Trustees of the Retiree Health Care
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1    Care Trust has been established in accordance with all
2    applicable legal requirements, including the following:
3            (A) the Retiree Health Care Trust has been
4        established and a Trust document is in effect to
5        govern the Retiree Health Care Trust;
6            (B) the members of the Board of Trustees of the
7        Retiree Health Care Trust have been appointed
8        according to the requirements of Section 22-101B(b)(1)
9        of the Illinois Pension Code;
10            (C) a health care benefit program for eligible
11        retirees and their dependents and survivors has been
12        established by the Board of Trustees according to the
13        requirements of Section 22-101B(b)(2) of the Illinois
14        Pension Code;
15            (D) contribution levels have been established for
16        retirees, dependents and survivors according to the
17        requirements of Section 22-101B(b)(5) of the Illinois
18        Pension Code; and
19            (E) contribution levels have been established for
20        employees of the Authority according to the
21        requirements of Section 22-101B(b)(6) of the Illinois
22        Pension Code.
23        (7) Actuarial Report. The Board of Trustees of the
24    Retiree Health Care Trust shall submit an actuarial report
25    prepared by an enrolled actuary setting forth:
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1        assumptions;
2            (B) a comparison of the projected interest cost of
3        the bonds or notes proposed to be issued with the
4        actuarial investment return assumption of the Retiree
5        Health Care Trust; and
6            (C) a certification that the net proceeds of the
7        bonds or notes, together with anticipated earnings on
8        contributions and deposits, will be sufficient to
9        adequately fund the actuarial present value of
10        projected benefits expected to be paid under the
11        Retiree Health Care Trust, or a certification of the
12        increases in contribution levels and decreases in
13        benefit levels that would be required in order to cure
14        any funding shortfall over a period of not more than 10
15        years.
16        (8) The Authority shall submit a financial analysis
17    prepared by an independent advisor. The financial analysis
18    must include a determination that the issuance of bonds is
19    in the best interest of the Retiree Health Care Trust and
20    the Chicago Transit Authority. The independent advisor
21    shall not act as underwriter or receive a legal,
22    consulting, or other fee related to the issuance of any
23    bond or notes issued by the Authority pursuant to Section
24    12c of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act except
25    compensation due for the preparation of the financial
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1    (b) The Auditor General shall examine the information
2submitted pursuant to Section 3-2.3(a)(1) through (4) and
3submit a report to the General Assembly, the Legislative Audit
4Commission, the Governor, the Northern Illinois Transit    
5Regional Transportation Authority and the Authority indicating
6whether (i) the required certifications by the Authority and
7the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan have been made,
8and (ii) the actuarial reports have been provided, the reports
9include all required information, the assumptions underlying
10those reports are not unreasonable in the aggregate, and the
11reports appear to comply with all pertinent professional
12standards, including those issued by the Actuarial Standards
13Board. The Auditor General shall submit such report no later
14than 60 days after receiving the information required to be
15submitted by the Authority and the Board of Trustees of the
16Retirement Plan. Any bonds or notes issued by the Authority
17under item (1) of subsection (b) of Section 12c of the
18Metropolitan Transit Authority Act shall be issued within 120
19days after receiving such report from the Auditor General. The
20Authority may not issue bonds or notes until it receives the
21report from the Auditor General indicating the above
22requirements have been met.
23    (c) The Auditor General shall examine the information
24submitted pursuant to Section 3-2.3(a)(5) through (8) and
25submit a report to the General Assembly, the Legislative Audit
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1Regional Transportation Authority and the Authority indicating
2whether (i) the required certifications by the Authority and
3the Board of Trustees of the Retiree Health Care Trust have
4been made, and (ii) the actuarial reports have been provided,
5the reports include all required information, the assumptions
6underlying those reports are not unreasonable in the
7aggregate, and the reports appear to comply with all pertinent
8professional standards, including those issued by the
9Actuarial Standards Board. The Auditor General shall submit
10such report no later than 60 days after receiving the
11information required to be submitted by the Authority and the
12Board of Trustees of the Retiree Health Care Trust. Any bonds
13or notes issued by the Authority under item (2) of subsection
14(b) of Section 12c of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act
15shall be issued within 120 days after receiving such report
16from the Auditor General. The Authority may not issue bonds or
17notes until it receives a report from the Auditor General
18indicating the above requirements have been met.
19    (d) In fulfilling this duty, after receiving the
20information submitted pursuant to Section 3-2.3(a), the
21Auditor General may request additional information and support
22pertaining to the data and conclusions contained in the
23submitted documents and the Authority, the Board of Trustees
24of the Retirement Plan and the Board of Trustees of the Retiree
25Health Care Trust shall cooperate with the Auditor General and
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1manner. The Auditor General may also request from the Northern
2Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority an analysis
3of the information submitted by the Authority relating to the
4sources of funds to be utilized for payment of the proposed
5bonds or notes of the Authority. The Auditor General's report
6shall not be in the nature of a post-audit or examination and
7shall not lead to the issuance of an opinion as that term is
8defined in generally accepted government auditing standards.
9    (e) Annual Retirement Plan Submission to Auditor General.
10The Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan for Chicago
11Transit Authority Employees established by Section 22-101 of
12the Illinois Pension Code shall provide the following
13documents to the Auditor General annually no later than
14September 30:
15        (1) the most recent audit or examination of the
16    Retirement Plan;
17        (2) an annual statement containing the information
18    specified in Section 1A-109 of the Illinois Pension Code;
19    and
20        (3) a complete actuarial statement applicable to the
21    prior plan year, which may be the annual report of an
22    enrolled actuary retained by the Retirement Plan specified
23    in Section 22-101(e) of the Illinois Pension Code.
24    The Auditor General shall annually examine the information
25provided pursuant to this subsection and shall submit a report
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1report specified in Section 22-101(e) of the Illinois Pension
2Code.
3    (f) The Auditor General shall annually examine the
4information submitted pursuant to Section 22-101B(b)(3)(iii)
5of the Illinois Pension Code and shall prepare the
6determination specified in Section 22-101B(b)(3)(iv) of the
7Illinois Pension Code.
8    (g) In fulfilling the duties under Sections 3-2.3(e) and
9(f), the Auditor General may request additional information
10and support pertaining to the data and conclusions contained
11in the submitted documents, and the Authority, the Board of
12Trustees of the Retirement Plan, and the Board of Trustees of
13the Retiree Health Care Trust shall cooperate with the Auditor
14General and provide additional information as requested in a
15timely manner. The Auditor General's review shall not be in
16the nature of a post-audit or examination and shall not lead to
17the issuance of an opinion as that term is defined in generally
18accepted government auditing standards. Upon request of the
19Auditor General, the Commission on Government Forecasting and
20Accountability and the Public Pension Division of the
21Department of Insurance shall cooperate with and assist the
22Auditor General in the conduct of his review.
23    (h) The Auditor General shall submit a bill to the
24Authority for costs associated with the examinations and
25reports specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section
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1The costs associated with the examinations and reports which
2are reimbursed by the Authority shall constitute a cost of
3issuance of the bonds or notes under Section 12c(b)(1) and (2)
4of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. The amount received
5shall be deposited into the fund or funds from which such costs
6were paid by the Auditor General. The Auditor General shall
7submit a bill to the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit
8Authority Employees for costs associated with the examinations
9and reports specified in subsection (e) of this Section, which
10the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees
11shall reimburse in a timely manner. The amount received shall
12be deposited into the fund or funds from which such costs were
13paid by the Auditor General. The Auditor General shall submit
14a bill to the Retiree Health Care Trust for costs associated
15with the determination specified in subsection (f) of this
16Section, which the Retiree Health Care Trust shall reimburse
17in a timely manner. The amount received shall be deposited
18into the fund or funds from which such costs were paid by the
19Auditor General.
20(Source: P.A. 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
 
21    Section 15-55. The State Finance Act is amended by
22changing Sections 5.277, 5.918, 6z-17, 6z-20, 6z-109, 8.3, and
238.25g as follows:
 
24    (30 ILCS 105/5.277)  (from Ch. 127, par. 141.277)

 

 

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1    Sec. 5.277. The Northern Illinois Transit Regional
2Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
3Fund.
4(Source: P.A. 86-928; 86-1028.)
 
5    (30 ILCS 105/5.918)
6    Sec. 5.918. The Northern Illinois Transit Regional
7Transportation Authority Capital Improvement Fund.
8(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-32, eff. 6-28-19;
9102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
10    (30 ILCS 105/6z-17)  (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-17)
11    Sec. 6z-17. State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund.     
12    (a) After deducting the amount transferred to the Tax
13Compliance and Administration Fund under subsection (b), of
14the money paid into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund:
15(i) municipalities having 1,000,000 or more inhabitants shall
16receive 20% and may expend such amount to fund and establish a
17program for developing and coordinating public and private
18resources targeted to meet the affordable housing needs of
19low-income and very low-income households within such
20municipality, (ii) 10% shall be transferred into the Northern
21Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Occupation
22and Use Tax Replacement Fund, a special fund in the State
23treasury which is hereby created, (iii) until July 1, 2013,
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1the Madison County Mass Transit District shall receive .6%,
2and beginning on July 1, 2013, 0.6% shall be distributed by the
3Department of Revenue each month out of the Fund to the Madison
4County Mass Transit District, (iv) the following amounts, plus
5any cumulative deficiency in such transfers for prior months,
6shall be transferred monthly into the Build Illinois Fund and
7credited to the Build Illinois Bond Account therein:
8Fiscal YearAmount
91990$2,700,000
1019911,850,000
1119922,750,000
1219932,950,000
13    From Fiscal Year 1994 through Fiscal Year 2025 the
14transfer shall total $3,150,000 monthly, plus any cumulative
15deficiency in such transfers for prior months, and (v) the
16remainder of the money paid into the State and Local Sales Tax
17Reform Fund shall be transferred into the Local Government
18Distributive Fund and, except for municipalities with
191,000,000 or more inhabitants which shall receive no portion
20of such remainder, shall be distributed in the manner provided
21by Section 2 of the State Revenue Sharing Act. Municipalities
22with more than 50,000 inhabitants according to the 1980 U.S.
23Census and located within the Metro East Mass Transit District
24receiving funds pursuant to provision (v) of this paragraph
25may expend such amounts to fund and establish a program for
26developing and coordinating public and private resources

 

 

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1targeted to meet the affordable housing needs of low-income
2and very low-income households within such municipality.
3    Moneys transferred from the Grocery Tax Replacement Fund
4to the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund under Section
56z-130 shall be treated under this Section in the same manner
6as if they had been remitted with the return on which they were
7reported.
8    (b) Beginning on the first day of the first calendar month
9to occur on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
10of the 98th General Assembly, each month the Department of
11Revenue shall certify to the State Comptroller and the State
12Treasurer, and the State Comptroller shall order transferred
13and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the State and
14Local Sales Tax Reform Fund to the Tax Compliance and
15Administration Fund, an amount equal to 1/12 of 5% of 20% of
16the cash receipts collected during the preceding fiscal year
17by the Audit Bureau of the Department of Revenue under the Use
18Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax
19Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and associated local
20occupation and use taxes administered by the Department. The
21amount distributed under subsection (a) each month shall first
22be reduced by the amount transferred to the Tax Compliance and
23Administration Fund under this subsection (b). Moneys
24transferred to the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
25under this subsection (b) shall be used, subject to
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1personnel at the Department of Revenue.
2    (c) The provisions of this Section directing the
3distributions from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund,
4including, but not limited to, amounts that are distributed in
5the manner provided by Section 2 of the State Revenue Sharing
6Act, shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing
7appropriation of all amounts as provided in this Section. The
8State Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized to
9make distributions as provided in this Section.
10(Source: P.A. 104-6, eff. 6-16-25.)
 
11    (30 ILCS 105/6z-20)  (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-20)
12    Sec. 6z-20. County and Mass Transit District Fund. Of the
13money received from the 6.25% general rate (and, beginning
14July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000, the 1.25% rate on
15motor fuel and gasohol, and beginning on August 6, 2010
16through August 15, 2010, and beginning again on August 5, 2022
17through August 14, 2022, the 1.25% rate on sales tax holiday
18items) on sales subject to taxation under the Retailers'
19Occupation Tax Act and Service Occupation Tax Act and paid
20into the County and Mass Transit District Fund, distribution
21to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
22Authority tax fund, created pursuant to Section 4.03 of the
23Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
24Act, for deposit therein shall be made based upon the retail
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1inhabitants. The remainder shall be distributed to each county
2having 3,000,000 or fewer inhabitants based upon the retail
3sales occurring in each such county.
4    For the purpose of determining allocation to the local
5government unit, a retail sale by a producer of coal or other
6mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at the place
7where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is extracted
8from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to coal or other
9mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the seller to the
10purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the sale is
11exempt under the United States Constitution as a sale in
12interstate or foreign commerce.
13    Of the money received from the 6.25% general use tax rate
14on tangible personal property which is purchased outside
15Illinois at retail from a retailer and which is titled or
16registered by any agency of this State's government and paid
17into the County and Mass Transit District Fund, the amount for
18which Illinois addresses for titling or registration purposes
19are given as being in each county having more than 3,000,000
20inhabitants shall be distributed into the Northern Illinois
21Transit Regional Transportation Authority tax fund, created
22pursuant to Section 4.03 of the Northern Illinois Transit    
23Regional Transportation Authority Act. The remainder of the
24money paid from such sales shall be distributed to each county
25based on sales for which Illinois addresses for titling or
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1county. Any money paid into the Northern Illinois Transit    
2Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
3Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District
4Fund prior to January 14, 1991, which has not been paid to the
5Authority prior to that date, shall be transferred to the
6Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
7tax fund.
8    Whenever the Department determines that a refund of money
9paid into the County and Mass Transit District Fund should be
10made to a claimant instead of issuing a credit memorandum, the
11Department shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall cause
12the order to be drawn for the amount specified, and to the
13person named, in such notification from the Department. Such
14refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the County
15and Mass Transit District Fund.
16    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
17beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the
18Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order
19transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR
20Bonds Revenue Fund the local sales tax increment, as defined
21in the Innovation Development and Economy Act, collected
22during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
23STAR bond district and deposited into the County and Mass
24Transit District Fund, less 3% of that amount, which shall be
25transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
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1to cover the costs of the Department in administering the
2Innovation Development and Economy Act.
3    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
4on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
5Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
6disbursement of stated sums of money to the Northern Illinois
7Transit Regional Transportation Authority and to named
8counties, the counties to be those entitled to distribution,
9as hereinabove provided, of taxes or penalties paid to the
10Department during the second preceding calendar month. The
11amount to be paid to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
12Transportation Authority and each county having 3,000,000 or
13fewer inhabitants shall be the amount (not including credit
14memoranda) collected during the second preceding calendar
15month by the Department and paid into the County and Mass
16Transit District Fund, plus an amount the Department
17determines is necessary to offset any amounts which were
18erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and not including
19an amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second
20preceding calendar month by the Department, and not including
21any amount which the Department determines is necessary to
22offset any amounts which were payable to a different taxing
23body but were erroneously paid to the Northern Illinois
24Transit Regional Transportation Authority or county, and not
25including any amounts that are transferred to the STAR Bonds
26Revenue Fund, less 1.5% of the amount to be paid to the

 

 

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1Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority,
2which shall be transferred into the Tax Compliance and
3Administration Fund. The Department, at the time of each
4monthly disbursement to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
5Transportation Authority, shall prepare and certify to the
6State Comptroller the amount to be transferred into the Tax
7Compliance and Administration Fund under this Section. Within
810 days after receipt, by the Comptroller, of the disbursement
9certification to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
10Transportation Authority, counties, and the Tax Compliance and
11Administration Fund provided for in this Section to be given
12to the Comptroller by the Department, the Comptroller shall
13cause the orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in
14accordance with the directions contained in such
15certification.
16    When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to
17the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
18Authority or to a county under this Section, the Department
19shall increase or decrease that amount by an amount necessary
20to offset any misallocation of previous disbursements. The
21offset amount shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within
22the 6 months preceding the time a misallocation is discovered.
23    The provisions directing the distributions from the
24special fund in the State treasury Treasury provided for in
25this Section and from the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
26Transportation Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of

 

 

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1the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
2Authority Act shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing
3appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State
4Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized to make
5distributions as provided in this Section.
6    In construing any development, redevelopment, annexation,
7preannexation or other lawful agreement in effect prior to
8September 1, 1990, which describes or refers to receipts from
9a county or municipal retailers' occupation tax, use tax or
10service occupation tax which now cannot be imposed, such
11description or reference shall be deemed to include the
12replacement revenue for such abolished taxes, distributed from
13the County and Mass Transit District Fund or Local Government
14Distributive Fund, as the case may be.
15(Source: P.A. 102-700, eff. 4-19-22.)
 
16    (30 ILCS 105/6z-109)
17    Sec. 6z-109. Northern Illinois Transit Regional
18Transportation Authority Capital Improvement Fund.
19    (a) The Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
20Authority Capital Improvement Fund is created as a special
21fund in the State treasury and shall receive a portion of the
22moneys deposited into the Transportation Renewal Fund from
23Motor Fuel Tax revenues pursuant to Section 8b of the Motor
24Fuel Tax Law.
25    (b) Money in the Northern Illinois Transit Regional

 

 

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1Transportation Authority Capital Improvement Fund shall be
2used exclusively for transportation-related purposes as
3described in Section 11 of Article IX of the Illinois
4Constitution of 1970.
5(Source: P.A. 101-30, eff. 6-28-19.)
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/8.3)
7    Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the
8State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the
9construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
10the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal
11and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable,
12and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
13after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
14indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
15        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
16    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost
17    of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that
18    Code, and to pay the costs of the Executive Ethics
19    Commission for oversight and administration of the Chief
20    Procurement Officer appointed under paragraph (2) of
21    subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the Illinois
22    Procurement Code for transportation; and
23        secondly -- for expenses of the Department of
24    Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
25    improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and

 

 

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1    administration of highways in accordance with the
2    provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
3    related or incident to and connected therewith, including
4    the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
5    and with highways and including the payment of awards made
6    by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the
7    terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers'
8    Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an
9    employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of
10    Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
11    erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the
12    acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations
13    to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway
14    needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and
15    estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of
16    flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access
17    to military and naval reservations, to defense industries
18    and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw
19    materials and for replacing existing highways and highway
20    connections shut off from general public use at military
21    and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for
22    the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall
23    be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building
24    the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of
25    highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public
26    highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating

 

 

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1    expenses of the Department relating to the administration
2    of public transportation programs; or, during fiscal year
3    2024, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $9,108,400
4    to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
5    Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of
6    ADA/Para-transit expenses; or, during fiscal year 2025,
7    for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $10,020,000 to
8    the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
9    Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of
10    ADA/Para-transit expenses; or for any of those purposes or
11    any other purpose that may be provided by law.
12    Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
13the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road
14Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
15are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
16vehicles.
17    Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road
18Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
19or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
20operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
21appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
22eligible for federal reimbursement:
23        1. Department of Public Health;
24        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
25    subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
26    Reduced Fare for Elderly, except fiscal year 2024 when no

 

 

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1    more than $19,063,500 may be expended and except fiscal
2    year 2025 when no more than $20,969,900 may be expended;
3        3. Department of Central Management Services, except
4    for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of
5    appropriate personnel;
6        4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
7    Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road
8Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
9or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
10operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
11appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
12eligible for federal reimbursement:
13        1. Illinois State Police, except for expenditures with
14    respect to the Division of Patrol and Division of Criminal
15    Investigation;
16        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
17    Intercity Rail Subsidies, except fiscal year 2024 when no
18    more than $60,000,000 may be expended and except fiscal
19    year 2025 when no more than $67,000,000 may be expended,
20    and Rail Freight Services.
21    Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road
22Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
23or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
24operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
25appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
26eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central

 

 

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1Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois
2Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the
3Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
4Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of
5Highways in the Department of Transportation.
6    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
7Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
8or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
9operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
10appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
11eligible for federal reimbursement:
12        1. Illinois State Police, except not more than 40% of
13    the funds appropriated for the Division of Patrol and
14    Division of Criminal Investigation;
15        2. State Officers.
16    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
17Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
18of State government for administration, grants, or operations
19except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a
20restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road
21Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It
22shall not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation
23limitations by governmental reorganization or other methods.
24Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
25accordance with the provisions of this Section.
26    Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of

 

 

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1Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction
2of permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of
3paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal
4and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and
5payable as provided in the General Obligation Bond Act, and
6for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
7after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
8indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
9        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
10    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
11        secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees,
12    excises, or license taxes relating to registration,
13    operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to
14    fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
15    appropriated or expended other than for costs of
16    administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
17    license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed
18    thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of
19    Transportation, including, but not limited to, the
20    operating expenses of the Department relating to the
21    administration of public transportation programs, payment
22    of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and
23    reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition
24    of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
25    reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of
26    public highways and bridges under the direction and

 

 

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1    supervision of the State, political subdivision, or
2    municipality collecting those monies, or during fiscal
3    year 2024 for the purposes of a grant not to exceed
4    $9,108,400 to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
5    Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose
6    of ADA/Para-transit expenses, or during fiscal year 2025
7    for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $10,020,000 to
8    the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
9    Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of
10    ADA/Para-transit expenses, and the costs for patrolling
11    and policing the public highways (by the State, political
12    subdivision, or municipality collecting that money) for
13    enforcement of traffic laws. The separation of grades of
14    such highways with railroads and costs associated with
15    protection of at-grade highway and railroad crossing shall
16    also be permissible.
17    Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from
18the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as
19provided in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
20    Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with
21fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be
22appropriated to the Illinois State Police for the purposes of
23this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road Fund
24appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise provided in
25Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005,
262006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated

 

 

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1to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this
2Section in excess of $97,310,000. For fiscal year 2008 only,
3no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of
4State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of
5$106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund monies
6shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for
7the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000.
8Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no Road Fund moneys shall be
9appropriated to the Illinois State Police. It shall not be
10lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by
11governmental reorganization or other methods unless otherwise
12provided in Section 5g of this Act.
13    In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be
14appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
15this Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund
16appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes,
17plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
18limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
19other method.
20    Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road
21Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State
22for the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal
23year 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State
24for those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
25limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
26other methods.

 

 

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1    Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund
2appropriations to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
3this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the
4following fiscal years:
5    Fiscal Year 2000$80,500,000;
6    Fiscal Year 2001$80,500,000;
7    Fiscal Year 2002$80,500,000;
8    Fiscal Year 2003$130,500,000;
9    Fiscal Year 2004$130,500,000;
10    Fiscal Year 2005$130,500,000;
11    Fiscal Year 2006 $130,500,000;
12    Fiscal Year 2007 $130,500,000;
13    Fiscal Year 2008$130,500,000;
14    Fiscal Year 2009 $130,500,000.
15    For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
16appropriated to the Secretary of State.
17    Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund
18shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the
19exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees
20related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless
21otherwise provided for by law.
22    Beginning in fiscal year 2025, moneys in the Road Fund may
23be appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for the
24exclusive purpose of making deposits into the Electric Vehicle
25Rebate Fund, subject to appropriation, to be used for purposes
26consistent with Section 11 of Article IX of the Illinois

 

 

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1Constitution.
2    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
3beginning in fiscal year 2027, any interest earned on monies
4in the Road Fund and the State Construction Account Fund shall
5be dedicated to public transportation construction
6improvements or debt service. Of the interest earned on moneys
7in the Road Fund and the State Construction Account Fund on or
8after July 1, 2026, 90% shall be deposited into the Northern
9Illinois Transit Capital Improvement Fund to be used by the
10Northern Illinois Transit Authority for construction
11improvements and 10% shall be deposited into the Downstate
12Mass Transportation Capital Improvement Fund to be used by
13local mass transit districts, other than the Northern Illinois
14Transit Authority, for construction improvements. There shall
15be a transfer of $5,000,000 from the Downstate Transit
16Improvement Fund to an airport operated under the University
17of Illinois Airport Act. Beginning in fiscal year 2027, the
18Department shall issue a semi-annual call for projects for
19this program.    
20    It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
21appropriations by governmental reorganization or other
22methods.
23    No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
24thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed
25by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar
26as appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.

 

 

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1    Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
2Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e
3of this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by
4Public Act 93-25.
5    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this
6Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
7shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
8in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
9Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
10generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
11government.
12    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the
13Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this
14Section by Public Act 94-91 shall be repaid to the Road Fund
15from the General Revenue Fund in the next succeeding fiscal
16year that the General Revenue Fund has a positive budgetary
17balance, as determined by generally accepted accounting
18principles applicable to government.
19(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
20102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-8, eff.
216-7-23; 103-34, eff. 1-1-24; 103-588, eff. 6-5-24; 103-605,
22eff. 7-1-24; 103-616, eff. 7-1-24; revised 8-5-24.)
 
23    (30 ILCS 105/8.25g)
24    Sec. 8.25g. The Civic and Transit Infrastructure Fund. The
25Civic and Transit Infrastructure Fund is created as a special

 

 

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1fund in the State treasury Treasury. Money in the Civic and
2Transit Infrastructure Fund shall, when the State of Illinois
3incurs infrastructure indebtedness pursuant to the
4public-private partnership entered into by the public agency
5on behalf of the State of Illinois with private entity
6pursuant to the Public-Private Partnership for Civic and
7Transit Infrastructure Project Act, be used for the purpose of
8paying and discharging monthly the principal and interest on
9that infrastructure indebtedness then due and payable
10consistent with the term established in the public-private
11agreement entered into by the public agency on behalf of the
12State of Illinois. The public agency shall, pursuant to its
13authority under the Public-Private Partnership for Civic and
14Transit Infrastructure Project Act, annually certify to the
15State Comptroller and the State Treasurer the amount necessary
16and required, during the fiscal year with respect to which the
17certification is made, to pay the amounts due under the
18Public-Private Partnership for Civic and Transit
19Infrastructure Project Act. On or before the last day of each
20month, the State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall
21transfer the moneys required to be deposited into the Fund
22under Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the
23Public-Private Partnership for Civic and Transit
24Infrastructure Project Act and shall pay from that Fund the
25required amount certified by the public agency, plus any
26cumulative deficiency in such transfers and payments for prior

 

 

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1months, to the public agency for distribution pursuant to the
2Public-Private Partnership for Civic and Transit
3Infrastructure Project Act. Such transferred amount shall be
4sufficient to pay all amounts due under the Public-Private
5Partnership for Civic and Transit Infrastructure Project Act.
6Provided that all amounts deposited in the Fund have been paid
7accordingly under the Public-Private Partnership for Civic and
8Transit Infrastructure Project Act, all amounts remaining in
9the Civic and Transit Infrastructure Fund shall be held in
10that Fund for other subsequent payments required under the
11Public-Private Partnership for Civic and Transit
12Infrastructure Project Act. In the event the State fails to
13pay the amount necessary and required under the Public-Private
14Partnership for Civic and Transit Infrastructure Project Act
15for any reason during the fiscal year with respect to which the
16certification is made or if the State takes any steps that
17result in an impact to the irrevocable, first priority pledge
18of and lien on moneys on deposit in the Civic and Transit
19Infrastructure Fund, the public agency shall certify such
20delinquent amounts to the State Comptroller and the State
21Treasurer and the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer
22shall take all steps required to intercept the tax revenues
23collected from within the boundary of the civic transit
24infrastructure project pursuant to Section 3 of the Retailers'
25Occupation Tax Act, Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of
26the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Occupation

 

 

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1Tax Act, Section 4.03 of the Northern Illinois Transit    
2Regional Transportation Authority Act, and Section 6 of the
3Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act, and shall pay such
4amounts to the Fund for distribution by the public agency for
5the time period required to ensure that the State's
6distribution requirements under the Public-Private Partnership
7for Civic and Transit Infrastructure Project Act are fully
8met.
9As used in the Section, "private entity", "public-private
10agreement", and "public agency" have meanings provided in
11Section 25-10 of the Public-Private Partnership for Civic and
12Transit Infrastructure Project Act.
13(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
14    Section 15-60. The State Officers and Employees Money
15Disposition Act is amended by changing Section 2a as follows:
 
16    (30 ILCS 230/2a)  (from Ch. 127, par. 172)
17    Sec. 2a. Every officer, board, commission, commissioner,
18department, institute, arm, or agency to whom or to which this
19Act applies is to notify the State Treasurer as to money paid
20to him, her, or it under protest as provided in Section 2a.1,
21and the Treasurer is to place the money in a special fund to be
22known as the protest fund. At the expiration of 30 days from
23the date of payment, the money is to be transferred from the
24protest fund to the appropriate fund in which it would have

 

 

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1been placed had there been payment without protest unless the
2party making that payment under protest has filed a complaint
3and secured within that 30 days a temporary restraining order
4or a preliminary injunction, restraining the making of that
5transfer and unless, in addition, within that 30 days, a copy
6of the temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction
7has been served upon the State Treasurer and also upon the
8officer, board, commission, commissioner, department,
9institute, arm, or agency to whom or to which the payment under
10protest was made, in which case the payment and such other
11payments as are subsequently made under notice of protest, as
12provided in Section 2a.1, by the same person, the transfer of
13which payments is restrained by such temporary restraining
14order or preliminary injunction, are to be held in the protest
15fund until the final order or judgment of the court. The
16judicial remedy herein provided, however, relates only to
17questions which must be decided by the court in determining
18the proper disposition of the moneys paid under protest. Any
19authorized payment from the protest fund shall bear simple
20interest at a rate equal to the average of the weekly rates at
21issuance on 13-week U.S. Treasury Bills from the date of
22deposit into the protest fund to the date of disbursement from
23the protest fund. In cases involving temporary restraining
24orders or preliminary injunctions entered March 10, 1982, or
25thereafter, pursuant to this Section, when the party paying
26under protest fails in the protest action the State Treasurer

 

 

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1shall determine if any moneys paid under protest were paid as a
2result of assessments under the following provisions: the
3Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Municipal Service
4Occupation Tax Act, the Municipal Use Tax Act, the Municipal
5Automobile Renting Occupation Tax Act, the Municipal
6Automobile Renting Use Tax Act, Section 8-11-9 of the Illinois
7Municipal Code, the Tourism, Conventions and Other Special
8Events Promotion Act of 1967, the County Automobile Renting
9Occupation Tax Act, the County Automobile Renting Use Tax Act,
10Section 5-1034 of the Counties Code, Section 5.01 of the Local
11Mass Transit District Act, the Downstate Public Transportation
12Act, Section 4.03 of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
13Transportation Authority Act, subsections (c) and (d) of
14Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of the
15Messages Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act,
16Section 2a.1 of the Public Utilities Revenue Act, and the
17Water Company Invested Capital Tax Act. Any such moneys paid
18under protest shall bear simple interest at a rate equal to the
19average of the weekly rates at issuance on 13-week U.S.
20Treasury Bills from the date of deposit into the protest fund
21to the date of disbursement from the protest fund.
22    It is unlawful for the Clerk of a court, a bank or any
23person other than the State Treasurer to be appointed as
24trustee with respect to any purported payment under protest,
25or otherwise to be authorized by a court to hold any purported
26payment under protest, during the pendency of the litigation

 

 

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1involving such purported payment under protest, it being the
2expressed intention of the General Assembly that no one is to
3act as custodian of any such purported payment under protest
4except the State Treasurer.
5    No payment under protest within the meaning of this Act
6has been made unless paid to an officer, board, commission,
7commissioner, department, institute, arm or agency brought
8within this Act by Section 1 and unless made in the form
9specified by Section 2a.1. No payment into court or to a
10circuit clerk or other court-appointed trustee is a payment
11under protest within the meaning of this Act.
12(Source: P.A. 87-950.)
 
13    Section 15-65. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is
14amended by changing Sections 2-2.02, 2-7, 2-15, 3-1.02, and
154-1.7 as follows:
 
16    (30 ILCS 740/2-2.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 662.02)
17    Sec. 2-2.02. "Participant" means:
18    (1) a city, village, or incorporated town, a county, or a
19local mass transit district organized under the Local Mass
20Transit District Act (a) serving an urbanized area of over
2150,000 population or (b) serving a nonurbanized area; or
22    (2) any Metro-East Transit District established pursuant
23to Section 3 of the Local Mass Transit District Act and serving
24one or more of the Counties of Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair

 

 

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1during Fiscal Year 1989, all located outside the boundaries of
2the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
3Authority as established pursuant to the Northern Illinois
4Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act.
5(Source: P.A. 94-70, eff. 6-22-05.)
 
6    (30 ILCS 740/2-7)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 667)
7    Sec. 2-7. Quarterly reports; annual audit.
8    (a) Any Metro-East Transit District participant shall, no
9later than 60 days following the end of each quarter of any
10fiscal year, file with the Department on forms provided by the
11Department for that purpose, a report of the actual operating
12deficit experienced during that quarter. The Department shall,
13upon receipt of the quarterly report, determine whether the
14operating deficits were incurred in conformity with the
15program of proposed expenditures and services approved by the
16Department pursuant to Section 2-11. Any Metro-East District
17may either monthly or quarterly for any fiscal year file a
18request for the participant's eligible share, as allocated in
19accordance with Section 2-6, of the amounts transferred into
20the Metro-East Public Transportation Fund.
21    (b) Each participant other than any Metro-East Transit
22District participant shall, 30 days before the end of each
23quarter, file with the Department on forms provided by the
24Department for such purposes a report of the projected
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1and 30 days before the third and fourth quarters of any fiscal
2year a statement of actual eligible operating expenses
3incurred in the preceding quarters. Except as otherwise
4provided in subsection (b-5), within 45 days of receipt by the
5Department of such quarterly report, the Comptroller shall
6order paid and the Treasurer shall pay from the Downstate
7Public Transportation Fund to each participant an amount equal
8to one-third of such participant's eligible operating
9expenses; provided, however, that in Fiscal Year 1997, the
10amount paid to each participant from the Downstate Public
11Transportation Fund shall be an amount equal to 47% of such
12participant's eligible operating expenses and shall be
13increased to 49% in Fiscal Year 1998, 51% in Fiscal Year 1999,
1453% in Fiscal Year 2000, 55% in Fiscal Years 2001 through 2007,
15and 65% in Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter, and 75% for
16participants serving urbanized areas and 80% for participants
17serving nonurbanized areas in fiscal year 2027 and thereafter;
18however, in any year that a participant receives funding under
19subsection (i) of Section 2705-305 of the Department of
20Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), that participant
21shall be eligible only for assistance equal to the following
22percentage of its eligible operating expenses: 42% in Fiscal
23Year 1997, 44% in Fiscal Year 1998, 46% in Fiscal Year 1999,
2448% in Fiscal Year 2000, and 50% in Fiscal Year 2001 and
25thereafter. Any such payment for the third and fourth quarters
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1eligible operating expenses for preceding quarters of such
2fiscal year. However, no participant shall receive an amount
3less than that which was received in the immediate prior year,
4provided in the event of a shortfall in the fund those
5participants receiving less than their full allocation
6pursuant to Section 2-6 of this Article shall be the first
7participants to receive an amount not less than that received
8in the immediate prior year.
9    (b-5) (Blank).
10    (b-10) On July 1, 2008, each participant shall receive an
11appropriation in an amount equal to 65% of its fiscal year 2008
12eligible operating expenses adjusted by the annual 10%
13increase required by Section 2-2.04 of this Act. In no case
14shall any participant receive an appropriation that is less
15than its fiscal year 2008 appropriation. Every fiscal year
16thereafter, each participant's appropriation shall increase by
1710% over the appropriation established for the preceding
18fiscal year as required by Section 2-2.04 of this Act.
19    (b-11) Beginning July 1, 2026, and every fiscal year
20thereafter, if the participant's expenditures in the
21immediately preceding fiscal year are equal to or greater than
2285% of the amounts appropriated to the participant in the
23immediately preceding fiscal year, then the participant's
24appropriation shall increase by an amount equal to the
25year-over-year percentage increase in revenue deposited into
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1year-over-year reduction in the revenue deposited into the
2Fund, then each participant's appropriation shall be no more
3than the previous fiscal year's appropriation.
4    (b-15) Beginning on July 1, 2007, and for each fiscal year
5thereafter, each participant shall maintain a minimum local
6share contribution (from farebox and all other local revenues)
7equal to the actual amount provided in Fiscal Year 2006 or, for
8new recipients, an amount equivalent to the local share
9provided in the first year of participation. The local share
10contribution shall be reduced by an amount equal to the total
11amount of lost revenue for services provided under Section
122-15.2 and Section 2-15.3 of this Act.
13    (b-20) Any participant in the Downstate Public
14Transportation Fund may use State operating assistance funding
15pursuant to this Section to provide transportation services
16within any county that is contiguous to its territorial
17boundaries as defined by the Department and subject to
18Departmental approval. Any such contiguous-area service
19provided by a participant after July 1, 2007 must meet the
20requirements of subsection (a) of Section 2-5.1.
21    (c) No later than 180 days following the last day of the
22participant's Fiscal Year each participant shall provide the
23Department with an audit prepared by a Certified Public
24Accountant covering that Fiscal Year. For those participants
25other than a Metro-East Transit District, any discrepancy
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1operating expenses provided for by paragraph (b) of this
2Section shall be reconciled by appropriate payment or credit.
3In the case of any Metro-East Transit District, any amount of
4payments from the Metro-East Public Transportation Fund which
5exceed the eligible deficit of the participant shall be
6reconciled by appropriate payment or credit.
7    (d) Upon the Department's final reconciliation
8determination that identifies a discrepancy between the
9Downstate Operating Assistance Program funds paid and the
10percentage of the eligible operating expenses which results in
11a reimbursement payment due to the Department, the participant
12shall remit the reimbursement payment to the Department no
13later than 90 days after written notification.
14    (e) Funds received by the Department from participants for
15reimbursement as a result of an overpayment from a prior State
16fiscal year shall be deposited into the Downstate Public
17Transportation Fund in the fiscal year in which they are
18received and all unspent funds shall roll to following fiscal
19years.
20    (f) Upon the Department's final reconciliation
21determination that identifies a discrepancy between the
22Downstate Operating Assistance Program funds paid and the
23percentage of the eligible operating expenses which results in
24a reimbursement payment due to the participant, the Department
25shall remit the reimbursement payment to the participant no
26later than 90 days after written notifications.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 102-626, eff. 8-27-21; 102-790, eff. 1-1-23;
2103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
 
3    (30 ILCS 740/2-15)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 675.1)
4    Sec. 2-15. Residual fund balance.
5    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all
6funds which remain in the Downstate Public Transportation Fund
7or the Metro-East Public Transportation Fund after the payment
8of the fourth quarterly payment to participants other than
9Metro-East Transit District participants and the last monthly
10payment to Metro-East Transit participants in each fiscal year
11shall be transferred (i) to the General Revenue Fund through
12fiscal year 2008 and (ii) to the Downstate Transit Improvement
13Fund for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter.
14Transfers shall be made no later than 90 days following the end
15of such fiscal year. Beginning fiscal year 2010, all moneys
16each year in the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund, held
17solely for the benefit of the participants in the Downstate
18Public Transportation Fund and shall be appropriated to the
19Department to make competitive capital grants to the
20participants of the respective funds, except that the total
21residual fund balance transferred to the Downstate Transit
22Improvement Fund after the completion of Fiscal Year 2026
23shall be used for Intercity Rail Capital Startup projects for
24connectivity between downstate communities and Chicago.
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1semi-annual call for projects for this program. However, such
2amount as the Department determines to be necessary for (1)
3allocation to participants for the purposes of Section 2-7 for
4the first quarter of the succeeding fiscal year and (2) an
5amount equal to 2% of the total allocations to participants in
6the fiscal year just ended to be used for the purpose of audit
7adjustments shall be retained in such Funds to be used by the
8Department for such purposes. Notwithstanding any other
9provision of law, for Fiscal Year 2027, the sum of $3,750,000,
10or so much of that amount as may be necessary, may be
11appropriated from the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund to
12the Department of Transportation to make a grant to the
13Springfield Airport Authority for the purpose of supporting
14daily commercial air service between Springfield and Chicago
15O'Hare International Airport in order to facilitate State
16operations in the Capital City.    
17    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
18addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on
19July 1, 2011, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
20Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
21transfer the remaining balance from the Metro East Public
22Transportation Fund into the General Revenue Fund. Upon
23completion of the transfers, the Metro East Public
24Transportation Fund is dissolved, and any future deposits due
25to that Fund and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of
26that Fund pass to the General Revenue Fund.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11.)
 
2    (30 ILCS 740/3-1.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 683)
3    Sec. 3-1.02. "Participant" means any county located
4outside the boundaries of the Northern Illinois Transit    
5Regional Transportation Authority as established under the
6Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
7Act and outside the Bi-State Metropolitan Development District
8established under an Act approved July 26, 1949, except that
9beginning, July 1, 1987 the counties within the boundaries of
10the Bi-State Metropolitan Development District may be eligible
11for capital assistance only, or within such county any
12municipality with 20,000 or more population that is not
13included in an urbanized area or the boundaries of a local mass
14transit district; or within such county any municipality with
1520,000 or less population receiving State mass transportation
16operating assistance under the Downstate Public Transportation
17Act during Fiscal Year 1979; or within such county or counties
18a local mass transit district organized under the local Mass
19Transit District Act which is not included in an urbanized
20area or the boundaries of a local mass transit district which
21includes an urbanized area; provided, however, that no such
22entity shall be eligible to participate unless it agrees to
23adhere to the regulations and requirements of the Secretary of
24Transportation of the federal Department of Transportation
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1deemed reasonable and necessary by the Illinois Department of
2Transportation.
3(Source: P.A. 87-1235.)
 
4    (30 ILCS 740/4-1.7)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 699.7)
5    Sec. 4-1.7. "Participant" means (1) a city, village or
6incorporated town, or a local mass transit district organized
7under the Local Mass Transit District Act, that is named as a
8designated recipient by the Governor, or is eligible to
9receive federal UMTA Section 9 funds, or (2) the recipient
10designated by the Governor within the Bi-State Metropolitan
11Development District; provided that such entity is all located
12outside the boundaries of the Northern Illinois Transit    
13Regional Transportation Authority as established pursuant to
14the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
15Authority Act, as amended, and has formally requested to
16participate in the program defined in this Article. However,
17no such entity shall be eligible to participate unless it
18agrees to adhere to the regulations and requirements of the
19Secretary of Transportation of the federal Department of
20Transportation affecting UMTA Section 9 assistance or any
21other conditions that are deemed reasonable and necessary by
22the Illinois Department of Transportation.
23(Source: P.A. 86-16.)
 
24    Section 15-70. The State Mandates Act is amended by

 

 

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1changing Section 8.47 as follows:
 
2    (30 ILCS 805/8.47)
3    Sec. 8.47. Exempt mandate.
4    (a) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no
5reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation
6of any mandate created by Public Act 103-2, 103-110, 103-409,
7103-455, 103-529, 103-552, 103-553, 103-579, or 103-582.
8    (b) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no
9reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation
10of any mandate created by the Decennial Committees on Local
11Government Efficiency Act.
12    (c) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no
13reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation
14of the mandate created by Section 2.10a of the Northern
15Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act in
16Public Act 103-281.
17(Source: P.A. 102-1136, eff. 2-10-23; 103-2, eff. 5-10-23;
18103-110, eff. 6-29-23; 103-281, eff. 1-1-24; 103-409, eff.
191-1-24; 103-455, eff. 1-1-24; 103-529, eff. 8-11-23; 103-552,
20eff. 8-11-23; 103-553, eff. 8-11-23; 103-579, eff. 12-8-23;
21103-582, eff. 12-8-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)
 
22    Section 15-90. The Use and Occupation Tax Refund Act is
23amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (35 ILCS 150/1)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1501)
2    Sec. 1. Every real estate developer-builder who has paid a
3use tax or reimbursed a retailer for any Illinois, municipal,
4county, or Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
5Authority retailers' occupation tax, or who, under a contract
6with a contractor or subcontractor, has directly or indirectly
7borne the burden of a use tax or any reimbursement for any
8Illinois, municipal, county or Northern Illinois Transit    
9Regional Transportation Authority retailers' occupation tax
10paid by that contractor or subcontractor to a retailer, on
11tangible personal property purchased on or after July 1, 1977,
12and prior to July 1, 1980, that is to be physically
13incorporated into public improvements (such as public roads
14and streets, public sewers or other public utility service),
15the title to which was required by ordinance of a unit of local
16government to be conveyed to that unit of local government or
17was so conveyed by operation of law, may, prior to July 1,
181982, file a claim for credit or refund directly with the
19Department of Revenue to recover the amount of such use tax
20payment or reimbursement for any Illinois, municipal, county
21or Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
22retailers' occupation tax. Such claim shall be accompanied by
23a notarized affidavit from the retailer and subcontractor, if
24applicable, from whom such tangible personal property was
25purchased stating that the retailer collected the use tax or
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1Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority retailers'
2occupation tax, that an amount equal to all such taxes was
3properly remitted to the Department and that the retailer has
4not filed a claim for credit or refund based upon the
5transaction which is the subject of the claim and will not
6thereafter file any claim based upon that same transaction.
7    This refund or credit shall be made only to the real estate
8developer-builder or assignee that has been required to
9physically incorporate the public improvements by a unit of
10local government. Proof of such requirement shall be a
11certified letter from the unit of local government stating
12that the improvements were required by that unit of local
13government.
14    The Department shall prescribe the forms for the claim and
15certification and shall establish the necessary procedures for
16processing such claims.
17(Source: P.A. 82-248.)
 
18    Section 15-95. The Property Tax Code is amended by
19changing Section 15-100 as follows:
 
20    (35 ILCS 200/15-100)
21    Sec. 15-100. Public transportation systems.
22    (a) All property belonging to any municipal corporation
23created for the sole purpose of owning and operating a
24transportation system for public service is exempt.

 

 

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1    (b) Property owned by (i) a municipal corporation of
2500,000 or more inhabitants, used for public transportation
3purposes, and operated by the Chicago Transit Authority; (ii)
4the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
5Authority; (iii) any service board or division of the Northern
6Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority; (iv) the
7Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation; or
8(v) the Chicago Transit Authority shall be exempt. For
9purposes of this Section alone, the Northern Illinois Transit    
10Regional Transportation Authority, any service board or
11division of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
12Transportation Authority, the Northeast Illinois Regional
13Commuter Railroad Corporation, the Chicago Transit Authority,
14or a municipal corporation, as defined in item (i), shall be
15deemed an "eligible transportation authority". The exemption
16provided in this subsection shall not be affected by any
17transaction in which, for the purpose of obtaining financing,
18the eligible transportation authority, directly or indirectly,
19leases or otherwise transfers such property to another whose
20property is not exempt and immediately thereafter enters into
21a leaseback or other agreement that directly or indirectly
22gives the eligible transportation authority a right to use,
23control, and possess the property. In the case of a conveyance
24of such property, the eligible transportation authority must
25retain an option to purchase the property at a future date or,
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1revert back to the eligible transportation authority.
2    (c) If such property has been conveyed as described in
3subsection (b), the property will no longer be exempt pursuant
4to this Section as of the date when:    
5        (1) the right of the eligible transportation authority
6    to use, control, and possess the property has been
7    terminated;    
8        (2) the eligible transportation authority no longer
9    has an option to purchase or otherwise acquire the
10    property; and    
11        (3) there is no provision for a reverter of the
12    property to the eligible transportation authority within
13    the limitations period for reverters.
14    (d) Pursuant to Sections 15-15 and 15-20 of this Code, the
15eligible transportation authority shall notify the chief
16county assessment officer of any transaction under subsection
17(b) of this Section. The chief county assessment officer shall
18determine initial and continuing compliance with the
19requirements of this Section for tax exemption. Failure to
20notify the chief county assessment officer of a transaction
21under this Section or to otherwise comply with the
22requirements of Sections 15-15 and 15-20 of this Code shall,
23in the discretion of the chief county assessment officer,
24constitute cause to terminate the exemption, notwithstanding
25any other provision of this Code.
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1affect the obligation of the eligible transportation authority
2to which an exemption certificate has been issued under this
3Section from its obligation under Section 15-10 of this Code
4to file an annual certificate of status or to notify the chief
5county assessment officer of transfers of interest or other
6changes in the status of the property as required by this Code.
7    (f) The changes made by this amendatory Act of 1997 are
8declarative of existing law and shall not be construed as a new
9enactment.
10(Source: P.A. 90-562, eff. 12-16-97.)
 
11    Section 15-100. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by
12changing Section 8b as follows:
 
13    (35 ILCS 505/8b)
14    Sec. 8b. Transportation Renewal Fund; creation;
15distribution of proceeds.
16    (a) The Transportation Renewal Fund is hereby created as a
17special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be
18used as provided in this Section:
19        (1) 80% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used for
20    highway maintenance, highway construction, bridge repair,
21    congestion relief, and construction of aviation
22    facilities; of that 80%:
23            (A) the State Comptroller shall order transferred
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1        State Construction Account Fund; those moneys shall be
2        used solely for construction, reconstruction,
3        improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and
4        administration of highways and are limited to payments
5        made pursuant to design and construction contracts
6        awarded by the Department of Transportation;
7            (B) 40% shall be distributed by the Department of
8        Transportation to municipalities, counties, and road
9        districts of the State using the percentages set forth
10        in subdivisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph
11        (2) of subsection (e) of Section 8; distributions to
12        particular municipalities, counties, and road
13        districts under this subdivision (B) shall be made
14        according to the allocation procedures described for
15        municipalities, counties, and road districts in
16        subsection (e) of Section 8 and shall be subject to the
17        same requirements and limitations described in that
18        subsection; and
19        (2) 20% of the moneys in the Fund shall be used for
20    projects related to rail facilities and mass transit
21    facilities, as defined in Section 2705-305 of the
22    Department of Transportation Law of the Civil
23    Administrative Code of Illinois, including rapid transit,
24    rail, high-speed rail, bus and other equipment in
25    connection with the State or a unit of local government,
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1    agency authorized to provide and promote public
2    transportation within the State; of that 20%:
3            (A) 90% shall be deposited into the Northern
4        Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
5        Capital Improvement Fund, a special fund created in
6        the State Treasury; moneys in the Northern Illinois
7        Transit Regional Transportation Authority Capital
8        Improvement Fund shall be used by the Northern
9        Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority for
10        construction, improvements, and deferred maintenance
11        on mass transit facilities and acquisition of buses
12        and other equipment; and
13            (B) 10% shall be deposited into the Downstate Mass
14        Transportation Capital Improvement Fund, a special
15        fund created in the State Treasury; moneys in the
16        Downstate Mass Transportation Capital Improvement Fund
17        shall be used by local mass transit districts other
18        than the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
19        Transportation Authority for construction,
20        improvements, and deferred maintenance on mass transit
21        facilities and acquisition of buses and other
22        equipment. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2026, moneys in
23        the Downstate Mass Transportation Capital Improvement
24        Fund may be used for intercity rail capital startup
25        projects for connectivity between downstate
26        communities and Chicago. The amount to be spent on

 

 

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1        intercity rail capital startup projects from the
2        Downstate Mass Transportation Capital Improvement Fund
3        shall be no more than $134,729,538.    
4    (b) (Blank).
5(Source: P.A. 103-866, eff. 8-9-24.)
 
6    Section 15-105. The Postage Stamp Vending Machine Act is
7amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
8    (35 ILCS 815/1)  (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 911)
9    Sec. 1. Vending machines which vend only United States
10postage stamps are exempt from license fees or any excise or
11license tax levied by the State of Illinois or any county or
12municipality or other taxing district thereof, but are not
13exempt from State, county, municipal, or Northern Illinois
14Transit Regional Transportation Authority occupation and use
15taxes.
16(Source: P.A. 82-985.)
 
17    Section 15-110. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing
18Section 2b as follows:
 
19    (35 ILCS 105/2b)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.2b)
20    Sec. 2b. "Selling price" shall not include any amounts
21added to prices by sellers on account of the seller's duty to
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1Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act", enacted by the
278th General Assembly.
3(Source: P.A. 78-3rd S.S.-12.)
 
4    Section 15-120. The Governmental Tax Reform Validation Act
5is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 165/10)
7    Sec. 10. Re-enactment; findings; purpose; validation.
8    (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:    
9        (1) The amendatory provisions of this Act were first
10    enacted by Public Act 85-1135 and all related to taxation.    
11            (A) Article I of Public Act 85-1135, effective
12        July 28, 1988, contained provisions stating
13        legislative intent.    
14            (B) Article II of Public Act 85-1135, effective
15        January 1, 1990, contained provisions amending or
16        creating Sections 8-11-1, 8-11-1.1, 8-11-1.2,
17        8-11-1.3, 8-11-1.4, 8-11-5, 8-11-6, 8-11-6a, 8-11-16,
18        and 11-74.4-8a of the Illinois Municipal Code;
19        Sections 24a-1, 24a-2, 24a-3, 24a-4, and 25.05 of "An
20        Act to revise the law in relation to counties";
21        Section 4 of the Water Commission Act of 1985; Section
22        5.01 of the Local Mass Transit District Act; Sections
23        4.01, 4.03, 4.04, and 4.09 of the Northern Illinois
24        Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act;

 

 

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1        Sections 3, 9, and 10b of the Use Tax Act; Sections 2,
2        3, 3d, 7a, 9, 10, 10b, and 15 of the Service Use Tax
3        Act; Sections 2, 3, 9, 13, 15, and 20.1 of the Service
4        Occupation Tax Act; Sections 2, 3, 5k, and 6d of the
5        Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; and Sections 5.240,
6        5.241, 6z-16, and 6z-17 of the State Finance Act.
7        Article II of Public Act 85-1135, effective January 1,
8        1990, also contained provisions repealing Sections
9        25.05a, 25.05-2, 25.05-2a, 25.05-3, 25.05-3a,
10        25.05-10, 25.05-10a, and 25.05-10.1 of "An Act to
11        revise the law in relation to counties" and Sections
12        10 and 14 of the Service Occupation Tax Act.    
13            (C) Article III of Public Act 85-1135, effective
14        September 1, 1988, contained provisions further
15        amending Sections 3 and 9 of the Use Tax Act; Sections
16        2, 3, and 9 of the Service Use Tax Act; Sections 2, 3,
17        and 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act; and Sections 2
18        and 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act; and
19        amending Section 2 of the State Revenue Sharing Act.    
20            (D) Article IV of Public Act 85-1135, effective
21        July 28, 1988, contained provisions amending Section
22        6z-9 of the State Finance Act and creating Section .01
23        of the State Revenue Sharing Act.    
24            (E) Article V of Public Act 85-1135, effective
25        July 28, 1988, contained provisions precluding any
26        effect on a pre-existing right, remedy, or liability

 

 

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1        and authorizing enactment of home rule municipality
2        ordinances.    
3        (2) Public Act 85-1135 also contained provisions
4    relating to State bonds and creating the Water Pollution
5    Control Revolving Fund loan program.    
6        (3) On August 26, 1998, the Cook County Circuit Court
7    entered an order in the case of Oak Park Arms Associates v.
8    Whitley (No. 92 L 51045), in which it found that Public Act
9    85-1135 violates the single subject clause of the Illinois
10    Constitution (Article IV, Section 8(d)). As of the time
11    this Act was prepared, the order declaring P.A. 85-1135
12    invalid has been vacated but the case is subject to
13    appeal.    
14        (4) The tax provisions of Public Act 85-1135 affect
15    many areas of vital concern to the people of this State.
16    The disruption of the tax reform contained in those
17    provisions could constitute a grave threat to the
18    continued health, safety, and welfare of the people of
19    this State.
20    (b) It is the purpose of this Act to prevent or minimize
21any problems relating to taxation that may result from
22challenges to the constitutional validity of Public Act
2385-1135, by (1) re-enacting provisions from Public Act 85-1135
24and (2) validating all actions taken in reliance on those
25provisions from Public Act 85-1135.
26    (c) Because Public Act 86-962, effective January 1, 1990,

 

 

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1renumbered Sections 24a-1, 24a-2, 24a-3, 24a-4, and 25.05 of
2the Counties Code, this Act contains those provisions as
3renumbered under Sections 5-1006, 5-1007, 5-1008, 5-1009, and
45-1024 of the Counties Code. Because Public Act 86-1475,
5effective January 10, 1991, resectioned Section 3 of the Use
6Tax Act, Section 3 of the Service Use Tax Act, Section 3 of the
7Service Occupation Tax Act, and Section 2 of the Retailers'
8Occupation Tax Act, this Act contains those provisions as
9resectioned under Sections 3, 3-5, 3-10, 3-15, 3-20, 3-25,
103-30, 3-35, 3-40, 3-45, 3-50, 3-55, 3-60, 3-65, 3-70, 3-75,
11and 3-80 of the Use Tax Act; Sections 3, 3-5, 3-10, 3-15, 3-20,
123-25, 3-30, 3-35, 3-40, 3-45, 3-50, 3-55, 3-60, and 3-65 of the
13Service Use Tax Act; Sections 3, 3-5, 3-10, 3-15, 3-20, 3-25,
143-30, 3-35, 3-40, 3-45, and 3-50 of the Service Occupation Tax
15Act; and Sections 2, 2-5, 2-10, 2-15, 2-20, 2-25, 2-30, 2-35,
162-40, 2-45, 2-50, 2-55, 2-60, 2-65 of the Retailers'
17Occupation Tax Act. Because Public Act 85-1440, effective
18February 1, 1989, renumbered Section 6z-16 of the State
19Finance Act and Section .01 of the State Revenue Sharing Act,
20this Act contains those provisions as renumbered under Section
216z-18 of the State Finance Act and Section 0.1 of the State
22Revenue Sharing Act. Sections 10b of the Use Tax Act, 10b of
23the Service Use Tax Act, 20.1 of the Service Occupation Tax
24Act, and 6d of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act have been
25omitted from this Act because they were repealed by Public Act
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1    (d) This Act re-enacts Section 1 of Article I of Public Act
285-1135; Sections 8-11-1, 8-11-1.1, 8-11-1.2, 8-11-1.3,
38-11-1.4, 8-11-5, 8-11-6, 8-11-6a, 8-11-16, and 11-74.4-8a of
4the Illinois Municipal Code; Sections 5-1006, 5-1007, 5-1008,
55-1009, and 5-1024 of the Counties Code; Section 4 of the Water
6Commission Act of 1985; Section 5.01 of the Local Mass Transit
7District Act; Sections 4.01, 4.03, 4.04, and 4.09 of the
8Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
9Act; Sections 3, 3-5, 3-10, 3-15, 3-20, 3-25, 3-30, 3-35,
103-40, 3-45, 3-50, 3-55, 3-60, 3-65, 3-70, 3-75, 3-80, 9, and
1110b of the Use Tax Act; Sections 2, 3, 3-5, 3-10, 3-15, 3-20,
123-25, 3-30, 3-35, 3-40, 3-45, 3-50, 3-55, 3-60, 3-65, 3d, 7a,
139, 10, 10b, and 15 of the Service Use Tax Act; Sections 2, 3,
143-5, 3-10, 3-15, 3-20, 3-25, 3-30, 3-35, 3-40, 3-45, 3-50, 9,
1513, 15, and 20.1 of the Service Occupation Tax Act; Sections 2,
162-5, 2-10, 2-15, 2-20, 2-25, 2-30, 2-35, 2-40, 2-45, 2-50,
172-55, 2-60, 2-65, 3, 5k, and 6d of the Retailers' Occupation
18Tax Act; Sections 5.240, 5.241, 6z-9, 6z-17, and 6z-18 of the
19State Finance Act; Sections 0.1 and 2 of the State Revenue
20Sharing Act; and Sections 1 and 2 of Article V of Public Act
2185-1135 as they have been amended. It also re-repeals Sections
2225.05a, 25.05-2, 25.05-2a, 25.05-3, 25.05-3a, 25.05-10,
2325.05-10a, and 25.05-10.1 of "An Act to revise the law in
24relation to counties" and Sections 10 and 14 of the Service
25Occupation Tax Act. This re-enactment and re-repeal is
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1of those Sections; it is not intended to supersede any other
2Public Act that amends the text of a Section as set forth in
3this Act. The re-enacted material in this Act is shown as
4existing text (i.e., without underscoring) because, as of the
5time this Act was prepared, the order declaring P.A. 85-1135
6invalid has been vacated.
7    (e) In Sections 100 and 900 of this Act, references to
8"this amendatory Act of 1988" mean Public Act 85-1135, as
9re-enacted by this Act.
10    (f) The re-enactment or re-repeal of Sections of Public
11Act 85-1135 by this Act is not intended, and shall not be
12construed, to imply that Public Act 85-1135 is invalid or to
13limit or impair any legal argument (1) upholding the validity
14of Public Act 85-1135 or (2) concerning whether the provisions
15of Public Act 85-1135 were substantially re-enacted by other
16Public Acts.
17    (g) All otherwise lawful actions taken in reasonable
18reliance on or pursuant to the Sections re-enacted by this
19Act, as set forth in Public Act 85-1135 or subsequently
20amended, by any officer, employee, agency, or unit of State or
21local government or by any other person or entity, are hereby
22validated.
23    With respect to actions taken in relation to matters
24arising under the Sections re-enacted by this Act, as set
25forth in Public Act 85-1135 or subsequently amended, a person
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1and pursuant to the provisions of Public Act 85-1135, as those
2provisions had been amended at the time the action was taken.
3    (h) With respect to its administration of matters arising
4under the Sections re-enacted by this Act, the Department of
5Revenue shall continue to apply the provisions of Public Act
685-1135, as those provisions had been amended at the relevant
7time.
8    (i) This Act applies, without limitation, to proceedings
9pending on or after the effective date of this Act.
10(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
11    Section 15-125. The Simplified Sales and Use Tax
12Administration Act is amended by changing Section 2 as
13follows:
 
14    (35 ILCS 171/2)
15    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
16    (a) "Agreement" means the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax
17Agreement as amended and adopted on January 27, 2001.
18    (b) "Certified Automated System" means software certified
19jointly by the states that are signatories to the Agreement to
20calculate the tax imposed by each jurisdiction on a
21transaction, determine the amount of tax to remit to the
22appropriate state, and maintain a record of the transaction.
23    (c) "Certified Service Provider" means an agent certified
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1perform all of the seller's sales tax functions.
2    (d) "Person" means an individual, trust, estate,
3fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, limited
4liability partnership, corporation, or any other legal entity.
5    (e) "Sales Tax" means the tax levied under the Service
6Occupation Tax Act (35 ILCS 115/) and the Retailers'
7Occupation Tax Act (35 ILCS 120/). "Sales tax" also means any
8local sales tax levied under the Home Rule Municipal
9Retailers' Occupation Tax Act (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1), the Non-Home
10Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act (65 ILCS
115/8-11-1.3), the Non-Home Rule Municipal Service Occupation
12Tax Act (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.4), the Home Rule Municipal Service
13Occupation Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-11-5), the Home Rule County
14Retailers' Occupation Tax Law (55 ILCS 5/5-1006), the Special
15County Retailers' Occupation Tax for Public Safety, Public
16Facilities, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation
17Law (55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5), the Home Rule County Service
18Occupation Tax Law (55 ILCS 5/5-1007), subsection (b) of the
19Rock Island County Use and Occupation Tax Law (55 ILCS
205/5-1008.5(b)), the Metro East Mass Transit District
21Retailers' Occupation Tax (70 ILCS 3610/5.01(b)), the Metro
22East Mass Transit District Service Occupation Tax (70 ILCS
233610/5.01(c)), the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
24Transportation Authority Retailers' Occupation Tax (70 ILCS
253615/4.03(e)), the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
26Transportation Authority Service Occupation Tax (70 ILCS

 

 

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13615/4.03(f)), the County Water Commission Retailers'
2Occupation Tax (70 ILCS 3720/4(b)), or the County Water
3Commission Service Occupation Tax (70 ILCS 3720/4(c)).
4    (f) "Seller" means any person making sales of personal
5property or services.
6    (g) "State" means any state of the United States and the
7District of Columbia.
8    (h) "Use tax" means the tax levied under the Use Tax Act
9(35 ILCS 105/) and the Service Use Tax Act (35 ILCS 110/). "Use
10tax" also means any local use tax levied under the Home Rule
11Municipal Use Tax Act (65 ILCS 5/8-11-6(b)), provided that the
12State and the municipality have entered into an agreement that
13provides for administration of the tax by the State.
14(Source: P.A. 100-1167, eff. 1-4-19; revised 7-16-25.)
 
15    Section 15-130. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
16changing Sections 22-101, 22-101B, 22-103, and 22-105 as
17follows:
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/22-101)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-101)
19    Sec. 22-101. Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
20Employees.
21    (a) There shall be established and maintained by the
22Authority created by the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act",
23approved April 12, 1945, as amended, (referred to in this
24Section as the "Authority") a financially sound pension and

 

 

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1retirement system adequate to provide for all payments when
2due under such established system or as modified from time to
3time by ordinance of the Chicago Transit Board or collective
4bargaining agreement. For this purpose, the Board must make
5contributions to the established system as required under this
6Section and may make any additional contributions provided for
7by Board ordinance or collective bargaining agreement. The
8participating employees shall make such periodic payments to
9the established system as required under this Section and may
10make any additional contributions provided for by Board
11ordinance or collective bargaining agreement.
12    Provisions shall be made by the Board for all officers,
13except those who first become members on or after January 1,
142012, and employees of the Authority appointed pursuant to the
15"Metropolitan Transit Authority Act" to become, subject to
16reasonable rules and regulations, participants of the pension
17or retirement system with uniform rights, privileges,
18obligations and status as to the class in which such officers
19and employees belong. The terms, conditions and provisions of
20any pension or retirement system or of any amendment or
21modification thereof affecting employees who are members of
22any labor organization may be established, amended or modified
23by agreement with such labor organization, provided the terms,
24conditions and provisions must be consistent with this Act,
25the annual funding levels for the retirement system
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1participants in the system may not exceed the benefit ceilings
2set for future participants under this Act and the
3contribution levels required by the Authority and its
4employees may not be less than the contribution levels
5established under this Act.
6    (b) The Board of Trustees shall consist of 11 members
7appointed as follows: (i) 5 trustees shall be appointed by the
8Chicago Transit Board; (ii) 3 trustees shall be appointed by
9an organization representing the highest number of Chicago
10Transit Authority participants; (iii) one trustee shall be
11appointed by an organization representing the second-highest
12number of Chicago Transit Authority participants; (iv) one
13trustee shall be appointed by the recognized coalition
14representatives of participants who are not represented by an
15organization with the highest or second-highest number of
16Chicago Transit Authority participants; and (v) one trustee
17shall be selected by the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
18Transportation Authority Board of Directors, and the trustee
19shall be a professional fiduciary who has experience in the
20area of collectively bargained pension plans. Trustees shall
21serve until a successor has been appointed and qualified, or
22until resignation, death, incapacity, or disqualification.
23    Any person appointed as a trustee of the board shall
24qualify by taking an oath of office that he or she will
25diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the system
26and will not knowingly violate or willfully permit the

 

 

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1violation of any of the provisions of law applicable to the
2Plan, including Sections 1-109, 1-109.1, 1-109.2, 1-110,
31-111, 1-114, and 1-115 of the Illinois Pension Code.
4    Each trustee shall cast individual votes, and a majority
5vote shall be final and binding upon all interested parties,
6provided that the Board of Trustees may require a
7supermajority vote with respect to the investment of the
8assets of the Retirement Plan, and may set forth that
9requirement in the Retirement Plan documents, by-laws, or
10rules of the Board of Trustees. Each trustee shall have the
11rights, privileges, authority, and obligations as are usual
12and customary for such fiduciaries.
13    The Board of Trustees may cause amounts on deposit in the
14Retirement Plan to be invested in those investments that are
15permitted investments for the investment of moneys held under
16any one or more of the pension or retirement systems of the
17State, any unit of local government or school district, or any
18agency or instrumentality thereof. The Board, by a vote of at
19least two-thirds of the trustees, may transfer investment
20management to the Illinois State Board of Investment, which is
21hereby authorized to manage these investments when so
22requested by the Board of Trustees.
23    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article or any
24law to the contrary, any person who first becomes a member of
25the Chicago Transit Board on or after January 1, 2012 shall not
26be eligible to participate in this Retirement Plan.

 

 

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1    (c) All individuals who were previously participants in
2the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees
3shall remain participants, and shall receive the same benefits
4established by the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit
5Authority Employees, except as provided in this amendatory Act
6or by subsequent legislative enactment or amendment to the
7Retirement Plan. For Authority employees hired on or after the
8effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
9Assembly, the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
10Employees shall be the exclusive retirement plan and such
11employees shall not be eligible for any supplemental plan,
12except for a deferred compensation plan funded only by
13employee contributions.
14    For all Authority employees who are first hired on or
15after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
16General Assembly and are participants in the Retirement Plan
17for Chicago Transit Authority Employees, the following terms,
18conditions and provisions with respect to retirement shall be
19applicable:
20        (1) Such participant shall be eligible for an
21    unreduced retirement allowance for life upon the
22    attainment of age 64 with 25 years of continuous service.
23        (2) Such participant shall be eligible for a reduced
24    retirement allowance for life upon the attainment of age
25    55 with 10 years of continuous service.
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1    allowance to be paid to a retiring employee, the term
2    "Continuous Service" as used in the Retirement Plan for
3    Chicago Transit Authority Employees shall also be deemed
4    to include all pension credit for service with any
5    retirement system established under Article 8 or Article
6    11 of this Code, provided that the employee forfeits and
7    relinquishes all pension credit under Article 8 or Article
8    11 of this Code, and the contribution required under this
9    subsection is made by the employee. The Retirement Plan's
10    actuary shall determine the contribution paid by the
11    employee as an amount equal to the normal cost of the
12    benefit accrued, had the service been rendered as an
13    employee, plus interest per annum from the time such
14    service was rendered until the date the payment is made.
15    (d) From the effective date of this amendatory Act through
16December 31, 2008, all participating employees shall
17contribute to the Retirement Plan in an amount not less than 6%
18of compensation, and the Authority shall contribute to the
19Retirement Plan in an amount not less than 12% of
20compensation.
21    (e)(1) Beginning January 1, 2009 the Authority shall make
22contributions to the Retirement Plan in an amount equal to
23twelve percent (12%) of compensation and participating
24employees shall make contributions to the Retirement Plan in
25an amount equal to six percent (6%) of compensation. These
26contributions may be paid by the Authority and participating

 

 

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1employees on a payroll or other periodic basis, but shall in
2any case be paid to the Retirement Plan at least monthly.
3    (2) For the period ending December 31, 2040, the amount
4paid by the Authority in any year with respect to debt service
5on bonds issued for the purposes of funding a contribution to
6the Retirement Plan under Section 12c of the Metropolitan
7Transit Authority Act, other than debt service paid with the
8proceeds of bonds or notes issued by the Authority for any year
9after calendar year 2008, shall be treated as a credit against
10the amount of required contribution to the Retirement Plan by
11the Authority under subsection (e)(1) for the following year
12up to an amount not to exceed 6% of compensation paid by the
13Authority in that following year.
14    (3) By September 15 of each year beginning in 2009 and
15ending on December 31, 2039, on the basis of a report prepared
16by an enrolled actuary retained by the Plan, the Board of
17Trustees of the Retirement Plan shall determine the estimated
18funded ratio of the total assets of the Retirement Plan to its
19total actuarially determined liabilities. A report containing
20that determination and the actuarial assumptions on which it
21is based shall be filed with the Authority, the
22representatives of its participating employees, the Auditor
23General of the State of Illinois, and the Northern Illinois
24Transit Regional Transportation Authority. If the funded ratio
25is projected to decline below 60% in any year before 2040, the
26Board of Trustees shall also determine the increased

 

 

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1contribution required each year as a level percentage of
2payroll over the years remaining until 2040 using the
3projected unit credit actuarial cost method so the funded
4ratio does not decline below 60% and include that
5determination in its report. If the actual funded ratio
6declines below 60% in any year prior to 2040, the Board of
7Trustees shall also determine the increased contribution
8required each year as a level percentage of payroll during the
9years after the then current year using the projected unit
10credit actuarial cost method so the funded ratio is projected
11to reach at least 60% no later than 10 years after the then
12current year and include that determination in its report.
13Within 60 days after receiving the report, the Auditor General
14shall review the determination and the assumptions on which it
15is based, and if he finds that the determination and the
16assumptions on which it is based are unreasonable in the
17aggregate, he shall issue a new determination of the funded
18ratio, the assumptions on which it is based and the increased
19contribution required each year as a level percentage of
20payroll over the years remaining until 2040 using the
21projected unit credit actuarial cost method so the funded
22ratio does not decline below 60%, or, in the event of an actual
23decline below 60%, so the funded ratio is projected to reach
2460% by no later than 10 years after the then current year. If
25the Board of Trustees or the Auditor General determine that an
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1required by the subsection, effective January 1 following the
2determination or 30 days after such determination, whichever
3is later, one-third of the increased contribution shall be
4paid by participating employees and two-thirds by the
5Authority, in addition to the contributions required by this
6subsection (1).
7    (4) For the period beginning 2040, the minimum
8contribution to the Retirement Plan for each fiscal year shall
9be an amount determined by the Board of Trustees of the
10Retirement Plan to be sufficient to bring the total assets of
11the Retirement Plan up to 90% of its total actuarial
12liabilities by the end of 2059. Participating employees shall
13be responsible for one-third of the required contribution and
14the Authority shall be responsible for two-thirds of the
15required contribution. In making these determinations, the
16Board of Trustees shall calculate the required contribution
17each year as a level percentage of payroll over the years
18remaining to and including fiscal year 2059 using the
19projected unit credit actuarial cost method. A report
20containing that determination and the actuarial assumptions on
21which it is based shall be filed by September 15 of each year
22with the Authority, the representatives of its participating
23employees, the Auditor General of the State of Illinois and
24the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
25Authority. If the funded ratio is projected to fail to reach
2690% by December 31, 2059, the Board of Trustees shall also

 

 

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1determine the increased contribution required each year as a
2level percentage of payroll over the years remaining until
3December 31, 2059 using the projected unit credit actuarial
4cost method so the funded ratio will meet 90% by December 31,
52059 and include that determination in its report. Within 60
6days after receiving the report, the Auditor General shall
7review the determination and the assumptions on which it is
8based and if he finds that the determination and the
9assumptions on which it is based are unreasonable in the
10aggregate, he shall issue a new determination of the funded
11ratio, the assumptions on which it is based and the increased
12contribution required each year as a level percentage of
13payroll over the years remaining until December 31, 2059 using
14the projected unit credit actuarial cost method so the funded
15ratio reaches no less than 90% by December 31, 2059. If the
16Board of Trustees or the Auditor General determine that an
17increased contribution is required to meet the funded ratio
18required by this subsection, effective January 1 following the
19determination or 30 days after such determination, whichever
20is later, one-third of the increased contribution shall be
21paid by participating employees and two-thirds by the
22Authority, in addition to the contributions required by
23subsection (e)(1).
24    (5) Beginning in 2060, the minimum contribution for each
25year shall be the amount needed to maintain the total assets of
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1of the Plan, and the contribution shall be funded two-thirds
2by the Authority and one-third by the participating employees
3in accordance with this subsection.
4    (f) The Authority shall take the steps necessary to comply
5with Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
6as amended, to permit the pick-up of employee contributions
7under subsections (d) and (e) on a tax-deferred basis.
8    (g) The Board of Trustees shall certify to the Governor,
9the General Assembly, the Auditor General, the Board of the
10Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority,
11and the Authority at least 90 days prior to the end of each
12fiscal year the amount of the required contributions to the
13retirement system for the next retirement system fiscal year
14under this Section. The certification shall include a copy of
15the actuarial recommendations upon which it is based. In
16addition, copies of the certification shall be sent to the
17Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability and
18the Mayor of Chicago.
19    (h)(1) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
20retirement allowance commencing on or after November 30, 1989,
21the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
22accordance with the following formula:
23        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
24    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
25    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
26    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;

 

 

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1    plus
2        (B) One and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%) of
3    his "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
4    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
5    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
6    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
7    Transit Authority Employees.
8Provided, however that:
9    (2) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
10retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 1993,
11the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
12accordance with the following formula:
13        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
14    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
15    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
16    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
17    plus
18        (B) One and eighty hundredths percent (1.80%) of his
19    "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
20    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
21    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
22    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
23    Transit Authority Employees.
24Provided, however that:
25    (3) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
26retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 1994,

 

 

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1the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
2accordance with the following formula:
3        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
4    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
5    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
6    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
7    plus
8        (B) One and eighty-five hundredths percent (1.85%) of
9    his "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
10    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
11    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
12    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
13    Transit Authority Employees.
14Provided, however that:
15    (4) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
16retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 2000,
17the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
18accordance with the following formula:
19        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
20    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
21    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
22    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
23    plus
24        (B) Two percent (2%) of his "Average Annual
25    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
26    for each year (including fractions thereof to completed

 

 

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1    calendar months) of continuous service as provided for in
2    the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
3    Employees.
4Provided, however that:
5    (5) As to an employee who first becomes entitled to a
6retirement allowance commencing on or after January 1, 2001,
7the retirement allowance shall be the amount determined in
8accordance with the following formula:
9        (A) One percent (1%) of his "Average Annual
10    Compensation in the highest four (4) completed Plan Years"
11    for each full year of continuous service from the date of
12    original employment to the effective date of the Plan;
13    plus
14        (B) Two and fifteen hundredths percent (2.15%) of his
15    "Average Annual Compensation in the highest four (4)
16    completed Plan Years" for each year (including fractions
17    thereof to completed calendar months) of continuous
18    service as provided for in the Retirement Plan for Chicago
19    Transit Authority Employees.
20    The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 95th
21General Assembly, to the extent that they affect the rights or
22privileges of Authority employees that are currently the
23subject of collective bargaining, have been agreed to between
24the authorized representatives of these employees and of the
25Authority prior to enactment of this amendatory Act, as
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1representatives that will be filed with the Secretary of State
2Index Department and designated as "95-GA-C05". The General
3Assembly finds and declares that those changes are consistent
4with 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) (also known as Section 13(c) of the
5Federal Transit Act) because of this agreement between
6authorized representatives of these employees and of the
7Authority, and that any future amendments to the provisions of
8this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, to the
9extent those amendments would affect the rights and privileges
10of Authority employees that are currently the subject of
11collective bargaining, would be consistent with 49 U.S.C.
125333(b) if and only if those amendments were agreed to between
13these authorized representatives prior to enactment.
14    (i) Early retirement incentive plan; funded ratio.
15        (1) Beginning on the effective date of this Section,
16    no early retirement incentive shall be offered to
17    participants of the Plan unless the Funded Ratio of the
18    Plan is at least 80% or more.
19        (2) For the purposes of this Section, the Funded Ratio
20    shall be the Adjusted Assets divided by the Actuarial
21    Accrued Liability developed in accordance with Statement
22    #25 promulgated by the Government Accounting Standards
23    Board and the actuarial assumptions described in the Plan.
24    The Adjusted Assets shall be calculated based on the
25    methodology described in the Plan.
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1Assembly shall impair the rights or privileges of Authority
2employees under any other law.
3    (k) Any individual who, on or after August 19, 2011 (the
4effective date of Public Act 97-442), first becomes a
5participant of the Retirement Plan shall not be paid any of the
6benefits provided under this Code if he or she is convicted of
7a felony relating to, arising out of, or in connection with his
8or her service as a participant.
9    This subsection (k) shall not operate to impair any
10contract or vested right acquired before August 19, 2011 (the
11effective date of Public Act 97-442) under any law or laws
12continued in this Code, and it shall not preclude the right to
13refund.
14(Source: P.A. 97-442, eff. 8-19-11; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12;
1597-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
16    (40 ILCS 5/22-101B)
17    Sec. 22-101B. Health Care Benefits.
18    (a) The Chicago Transit Authority (hereinafter referred to
19in this Section as the "Authority") shall take all actions
20lawfully available to it to separate the funding of health
21care benefits for retirees and their dependents and survivors
22from the funding for its retirement system. The Authority
23shall endeavor to achieve this separation as soon as possible,
24and in any event no later than July 1, 2009.
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1amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, a Retiree Health
2Care Trust is established for the purpose of providing health
3care benefits to eligible retirees and their dependents and
4survivors in accordance with the terms and conditions set
5forth in this Section 22-101B. The Retiree Health Care Trust
6shall be solely responsible for providing health care benefits
7to eligible retirees and their dependents and survivors upon
8the exhaustion of the account established by the Retirement
9Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees pursuant to
10Section 401(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, but no
11earlier than January 1, 2009 and no later than July 1, 2009.
12        (1) The Board of Trustees shall consist of 7 members
13    appointed as follows: (i) 3 trustees shall be appointed by
14    the Chicago Transit Board; (ii) one trustee shall be
15    appointed by an organization representing the highest
16    number of Chicago Transit Authority participants; (iii)
17    one trustee shall be appointed by an organization
18    representing the second-highest number of Chicago Transit
19    Authority participants; (iv) one trustee shall be
20    appointed by the recognized coalition representatives of
21    participants who are not represented by an organization
22    with the highest or second-highest number of Chicago
23    Transit Authority participants; and (v) one trustee shall
24    be selected by the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
25    Transportation Authority Board of Directors, and the
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1    experience in the area of collectively bargained retiree
2    health plans. Trustees shall serve until a successor has
3    been appointed and qualified, or until resignation, death,
4    incapacity, or disqualification.
5        Any person appointed as a trustee of the board shall
6    qualify by taking an oath of office that he or she will
7    diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the
8    system, and will not knowingly violate or willfully permit
9    the violation of any of the provisions of law applicable
10    to the Plan, including Sections 1-109, 1-109.1, 1-109.2,
11    1-110, 1-111, 1-114, and 1-115 of Article 1 of the
12    Illinois Pension Code.
13        Each trustee shall cast individual votes, and a
14    majority vote shall be final and binding upon all
15    interested parties, provided that the Board of Trustees
16    may require a supermajority vote with respect to the
17    investment of the assets of the Retiree Health Care Trust,
18    and may set forth that requirement in the trust agreement
19    or by-laws of the Board of Trustees. Each trustee shall
20    have the rights, privileges, authority and obligations as
21    are usual and customary for such fiduciaries.
22        (2) The Board of Trustees shall establish and
23    administer a health care benefit program for eligible
24    retirees and their dependents and survivors. Any health
25    care benefit program established by the Board of Trustees
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1    effective on or after July 1, 2009 shall not contain any
2    plan which provides for more than 90% coverage for
3    in-network services or 70% coverage for out-of-network
4    services after any deductible has been paid, except that
5    coverage through a health maintenance organization ("HMO")
6    may be provided at 100%.
7        (2.5) The Board of Trustees may also establish and
8    administer a health reimbursement arrangement for retirees
9    and for former employees of the Authority or the
10    Retirement Plan, and their survivors, who have contributed
11    to the Retiree Health Care Trust but do not satisfy the
12    years of service requirement of subdivision (b)(4) and the
13    terms of the retiree health care plan; or for those who do
14    satisfy the requirements of subdivision (b)(4) and the
15    terms of the retiree health care plan but who decline
16    coverage under the plan prior to retirement. Any such
17    health reimbursement arrangement may provide that: the
18    retirees or former employees of the Authority or the
19    Retirement Plan, and their survivors, must have reached
20    age 65 to be eligible to participate in the health
21    reimbursement arrangement; contributions by the retirees
22    or former employees of the Authority or the Retirement
23    Plan to the Retiree Health Care Trust shall be considered
24    assets of the Retiree Health Care Trust only;
25    contributions shall not accrue interest for the benefit of
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1    Retirement Plan or survivor; benefits shall be payable in
2    accordance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; the
3    amounts paid to or on account of the retiree or former
4    employee of the Authority or the Retirement Plan or
5    survivor shall not exceed the total amount which the
6    retiree or former employee of the Authority or the
7    Retirement Plan contributed to the Retiree Health Care
8    Trust; the Retiree Health Care Trust may charge a
9    reasonable administrative fee for processing the benefits.
10    The Board of Trustees of the Retiree Health Care Trust may
11    establish such rules, limitations and requirements as the
12    Board of Trustees deems appropriate.
13        (3) The Retiree Health Care Trust shall be
14    administered by the Board of Trustees according to the
15    following requirements:
16            (i) The Board of Trustees may cause amounts on
17        deposit in the Retiree Health Care Trust to be
18        invested in those investments that are permitted
19        investments for the investment of moneys held under
20        any one or more of the pension or retirement systems of
21        the State, any unit of local government or school
22        district, or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
23        The Board, by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
24        trustees, may transfer investment management to the
25        Illinois State Board of Investment, which is hereby
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1        requested by the Board of Trustees.
2            (ii) The Board of Trustees shall establish and
3        maintain an appropriate funding reserve level which
4        shall not be less than the amount of incurred and
5        unreported claims plus 12 months of expected claims
6        and administrative expenses.
7            (iii) The Board of Trustees shall make an annual
8        assessment of the funding levels of the Retiree Health
9        Care Trust and shall submit a report to the Auditor
10        General at least 90 days prior to the end of the fiscal
11        year. The report shall provide the following:
12                (A) the actuarial present value of projected
13            benefits expected to be paid to current and future
14            retirees and their dependents and survivors;
15                (B) the actuarial present value of projected
16            contributions and trust income plus assets;
17                (C) the reserve required by subsection
18            (b)(3)(ii); and
19                (D) an assessment of whether the actuarial
20            present value of projected benefits expected to be
21            paid to current and future retirees and their
22            dependents and survivors exceeds or is less than
23            the actuarial present value of projected
24            contributions and trust income plus assets in
25            excess of the reserve required by subsection
26            (b)(3)(ii).

 

 

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1            If the actuarial present value of projected
2        benefits expected to be paid to current and future
3        retirees and their dependents and survivors exceeds
4        the actuarial present value of projected contributions
5        and trust income plus assets in excess of the reserve
6        required by subsection (b)(3)(ii), then the report
7        shall provide a plan, to be implemented over a period
8        of not more than 10 years from each valuation date,
9        which would make the actuarial present value of
10        projected contributions and trust income plus assets
11        equal to or exceed the actuarial present value of
12        projected benefits expected to be paid to current and
13        future retirees and their dependents and survivors.
14        The plan may consist of increases in employee,
15        retiree, dependent, or survivor contribution levels,
16        decreases in benefit levels, or other plan changes or
17        any combination thereof. If the actuarial present
18        value of projected benefits expected to be paid to
19        current and future retirees and their dependents and
20        survivors is less than the actuarial present value of
21        projected contributions and trust income plus assets
22        in excess of the reserve required by subsection
23        (b)(3)(ii), then the report may provide a plan of
24        decreases in employee, retiree, dependent, or survivor
25        contribution levels, increases in benefit levels, or
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1        extent of the surplus.
2            (iv) The Auditor General shall review the report
3        and plan provided in subsection (b)(3)(iii) and issue
4        a determination within 90 days after receiving the
5        report and plan, with a copy of such determination
6        provided to the General Assembly and the Northern
7        Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority, as
8        follows:
9                (A) In the event of a projected shortfall, if
10            the Auditor General determines that the
11            assumptions stated in the report are not
12            unreasonable in the aggregate and that the plan of
13            increases in employee, retiree, dependent, or
14            survivor contribution levels, decreases in benefit
15            levels, or other plan changes, or any combination
16            thereof, to be implemented over a period of not
17            more than 10 years from each valuation date, is
18            reasonably projected to make the actuarial present
19            value of projected contributions and trust income
20            plus assets equal to or in excess of the actuarial
21            present value of projected benefits expected to be
22            paid to current and future retirees and their
23            dependents and survivors, then the Board of
24            Trustees shall implement the plan. If the Auditor
25            General determines that the assumptions stated in
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1            that the plan of increases in employee, retiree,
2            dependent, or survivor contribution levels,
3            decreases in benefit levels, or other plan changes
4            to be implemented over a period of not more than 10
5            years from each valuation date, is not reasonably
6            projected to make the actuarial present value of
7            projected contributions and trust income plus
8            assets equal to or in excess of the actuarial
9            present value of projected benefits expected to be
10            paid to current and future retirees and their
11            dependents and survivors, then the Board of
12            Trustees shall not implement the plan, the Auditor
13            General shall explain the basis for such
14            determination to the Board of Trustees, and the
15            Auditor General may make recommendations as to an
16            alternative report and plan.
17                (B) In the event of a projected surplus, if
18            the Auditor General determines that the
19            assumptions stated in the report are not
20            unreasonable in the aggregate and that the plan of
21            decreases in employee, retiree, dependent, or
22            survivor contribution levels, increases in benefit
23            levels, or both, is not unreasonable in the
24            aggregate, then the Board of Trustees shall
25            implement the plan. If the Auditor General
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1            report are unreasonable in the aggregate, or that
2            the plan of decreases in employee, retiree,
3            dependent, or survivor contribution levels,
4            increases in benefit levels, or both, is
5            unreasonable in the aggregate, then the Board of
6            Trustees shall not implement the plan, the Auditor
7            General shall explain the basis for such
8            determination to the Board of Trustees, and the
9            Auditor General may make recommendations as to an
10            alternative report and plan.
11                (C) The Board of Trustees shall submit an
12            alternative report and plan within 45 days after
13            receiving a rejection determination by the Auditor
14            General. A determination by the Auditor General on
15            any alternative report and plan submitted by the
16            Board of Trustees shall be made within 90 days
17            after receiving the alternative report and plan,
18            and shall be accepted or rejected according to the
19            requirements of this subsection (b)(3)(iv). The
20            Board of Trustees shall continue to submit
21            alternative reports and plans to the Auditor
22            General, as necessary, until a favorable
23            determination is made by the Auditor General.
24        (4) For any retiree who first retires effective on or
25    after January 18, 2008, to be eligible for retiree health
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1    least 55 years of age, retire with 10 or more years of
2    continuous service and satisfy the preconditions
3    established by Public Act 95-708 in addition to any rules
4    or regulations promulgated by the Board of Trustees.
5    Notwithstanding the foregoing, any retiree hired on or
6    before September 5, 2001 who retires with 25 years or more
7    of continuous service shall be eligible for retiree health
8    care benefits upon retirement in accordance with any rules
9    or regulations adopted by the Board of Trustees; provided
10    he or she retires prior to the full execution of the
11    successor collective bargaining agreement to the
12    collective bargaining agreement that became effective
13    January 1, 2007 between the Authority and the
14    organizations representing the highest and second-highest
15    number of Chicago Transit Authority participants. This
16    paragraph (4) shall not apply to a disability allowance.
17        (5) Effective January 1, 2009, the aggregate amount of
18    retiree, dependent and survivor contributions to the cost
19    of their health care benefits shall not exceed more than
20    45% of the total cost of such benefits. The Board of
21    Trustees shall have the discretion to provide different
22    contribution levels for retirees, dependents and survivors
23    based on their years of service, level of coverage or
24    Medicare eligibility, provided that the total contribution
25    from all retirees, dependents, and survivors shall be not
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1    "total cost of such benefits" for purposes of this
2    subsection shall be the total amount expended by the
3    retiree health benefit program in the prior plan year, as
4    calculated and certified in writing by the Retiree Health
5    Care Trust's enrolled actuary to be appointed and paid for
6    by the Board of Trustees.
7        (6) Effective January 1, 2022, all employees of the
8    Authority shall contribute to the Retiree Health Care
9    Trust in an amount not less than 1% of compensation.
10        (7) No earlier than January 1, 2009 and no later than
11    July 1, 2009 as the Retiree Health Care Trust becomes
12    solely responsible for providing health care benefits to
13    eligible retirees and their dependents and survivors in
14    accordance with subsection (b) of this Section 22-101B,
15    the Authority shall not have any obligation to provide
16    health care to current or future retirees and their
17    dependents or survivors. Employees, retirees, dependents,
18    and survivors who are required to make contributions to
19    the Retiree Health Care Trust shall make contributions at
20    the level set by the Board of Trustees pursuant to the
21    requirements of this Section 22-101B.
22(Source: P.A. 102-415, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
23    (40 ILCS 5/22-103)
24    Sec. 22-103. Northern Illinois Transit Regional
25Transportation Authority and related pension plans.

 

 

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1    (a) As used in this Section:
2    "Affected pension plan" means a defined-benefit pension
3plan supported in whole or in part by employer contributions
4and maintained by the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
5Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus Division, or the
6Commuter Rail Division, or any combination thereof, under the
7general authority of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
8Transportation Authority Act, including, but not limited to,    
9any such plan that has been established under or is subject to
10a collective bargaining agreement or is limited to employees
11covered by a collective bargaining agreement. "Affected
12pension plan" does not include any pension fund or retirement
13system subject to Section 22-101 of this Section.
14    "Authority" means the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
15Transportation Authority created under the Northern Illinois
16Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act.
17    "Contributing employer" means an employer that is required
18to make contributions to an affected pension plan under the
19terms of that plan.
20    "Funding ratio" means the ratio of an affected pension
21plan's assets to the present value of its actuarial
22liabilities, as determined at its latest actuarial valuation
23in accordance with applicable actuarial assumptions and
24recommendations.
25    "Under-funded pension plan" or "under-funded" means an
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1valuation, has a funding ratio of less than 90%.
2    (b) The contributing employers of each affected pension
3plan have a general duty to make the required employer
4contributions to the affected pension plan in a timely manner
5in accordance with the terms of the plan. A contributing
6employer must make contributions to the affected pension plan
7as required under this subsection and, if applicable,
8subsection (c); a contributing employer may make any
9additional contributions provided for by the board of the
10employer or collective bargaining agreement.
11    (c) In the case of an affected pension plan that is
12under-funded on January 1, 2009 or becomes under-funded at any
13time after that date, the contributing employers shall
14contribute to the affected pension plan, in addition to all
15amounts otherwise required, amounts sufficient to bring the
16funding ratio of the affected pension plan up to 90% in
17accordance with an amortization schedule adopted jointly by
18the contributing employers and the trustee of the affected
19pension plan. The amortization schedule may extend for any
20period up to a maximum of 50 years and shall provide for
21additional employer contributions in substantially equal
22annual amounts over the selected period. If the contributing
23employers and the trustee of the affected pension plan do not
24agree on an appropriate period for the amortization schedule
25within 6 months of the date of determination that the plan is
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1a period of 50 years.
2    In the case of an affected pension plan that has more than
3one contributing employer, each contributing employer's share
4of the total additional employer contributions required under
5this subsection shall be determined: (i) in proportion to the
6amounts, if any, by which the respective contributing
7employers have failed to meet their contribution obligations
8under the terms of the affected pension plan; or (ii) if all of
9the contributing employers have met their contribution
10obligations under the terms of the affected pension plan, then
11in the same proportion as they are required to contribute
12under the terms of that plan. In the case of an affected
13pension plan that has only one contributing employer, that
14contributing employer is responsible for all of the additional
15employer contributions required under this subsection.
16    If an under-funded pension plan is determined to have
17achieved a funding ratio of at least 90% during the period when
18an amortization schedule is in force under this Section, the
19contributing employers and the trustee of the affected pension
20plan, acting jointly, may cancel the amortization schedule and
21the contributing employers may cease making additional
22contributions under this subsection for as long as the
23affected pension plan retains a funding ratio of at least 90%.
24    (d) Beginning January 1, 2009, if the Authority fails to
25pay to an affected pension fund within 30 days after it is due
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1contributing employer, (ii) any additional employer
2contribution that it is required to pay under subsection (c),
3or (iii) any payment that it is required to make under Section
44.02a or 4.02b of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
5Transportation Authority Act, the trustee of the affected
6pension fund shall promptly so notify the Commission on
7Government Forecasting and Accountability, the Mayor of
8Chicago, the Governor, and the General Assembly.
9    (e) For purposes of determining employer contributions,
10assets, and actuarial liabilities under this subsection,
11contributions, assets, and liabilities relating to health care
12benefits shall not be included.
13    (f) This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly does
14not affect or impair the right of any contributing employer or
15its employees to collectively bargain the amount or level of
16employee contributions to an affected pension plan, to the
17extent that the plan includes employees subject to collective
18bargaining.
19    (g) Any individual who, on or after August 19, 2011 (the
20effective date of Public Act 97-442), first becomes a
21participant of an affected pension plan shall not be paid any
22of the benefits provided under this Code if he or she is
23convicted of a felony relating to, arising out of, or in
24connection with his or her service as a participant.
25    This subsection shall not operate to impair any contract
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1date of Public Act 97-442) under any law or laws continued in
2this Code, and it shall not preclude the right to refund.
3    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article or
4any law to the contrary, a person who, on or after January 1,
52012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609), first becomes
6a director on the Suburban Bus Board, the Commuter Rail Board,
7or the Board of Directors of the Northern Illinois Transit    
8Regional Transportation Authority shall not be eligible to
9participate in an affected pension plan.
10(Source: P.A. 97-442, eff. 8-19-11; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12;
1197-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/22-105)
13    Sec. 22-105. Application to Northern Illinois Transit    
14Regional Transportation Authority Board members. This Code
15does not apply to any individual who first becomes a member of
16the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
17Authority Board on or after the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly with respect to
19service on that Board.
20(Source: P.A. 98-108, eff. 7-23-13.)
 
21    Section 15-135. The Illinois Municipal Budget Law is
22amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
23    (50 ILCS 330/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 802)

 

 

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1    Sec. 2. The following terms, unless the context otherwise
2indicates, have the following meaning:
3    (1) "Municipality" means and includes all municipal
4corporations and political subdivisions of this State, or any
5such unit or body hereafter created by authority of law,
6except the following: (a) The State of Illinois; (b) counties;
7(c) cities, villages and incorporated towns; (d) sanitary
8districts created under "An Act to create sanitary districts
9and to remove obstructions in the Des Plaines and Illinois
10Rivers", approved May 29, 1889, as amended; (e) forest
11preserve districts having a population of 500,000 or more,
12created under "An Act to provide for the creation and
13management of forest preserve districts and repealing certain
14Acts therein named", approved June 27, 1913, as amended; (f)
15school districts; (g) the Chicago Park District created under
16"An Act in relation to the creation, maintenance, operation
17and improvement of the Chicago Park District", approved, June
1810, 1933, as amended; (h) park districts created under "The
19Park District Code", approved July 8, 1947, as amended; (i)
20the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
21Authority created under the " Northern Illinois Transit    
22Regional Transportation Authority Act", enacted by the 78th
23General Assembly; and (j) the Illinois Sports Facilities
24Authority.
25    (2) "Governing body" means the corporate authorities,
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1to raise revenue, appropriate funds, or levy taxes for the
2operation and maintenance thereof.
3    (3) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and
4Economic Opportunity.
5(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
6    Section 15-140. The Counties Code is amended by changing
7Section 6-34000 as follows:
 
8    (55 ILCS 5/6-34000)
9    Sec. 6-34000. Report on funds received under the Northern
10Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act. If the
11Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
12Authority adopts an ordinance under Section 4.03 of the
13Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
14Act imposing a retailers' occupation tax and a service
15occupation tax at the rate of 0.75% in the counties of DuPage,
16Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, then the County Boards of
17DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties shall each
18report to the General Assembly and the Commission on
19Government Forecasting and Accountability by March 1 of the
20year following the adoption of the ordinance and March 1 of
21each year thereafter. That report shall include the total
22amounts received by the County under subsection (n) of Section
234.03 of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
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1County using those funds during the previous calendar year.
2(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
3    Section 15-145. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
4changing Section 11-74.4-3, the heading of Division 122.2 of
5Article 11, and Section 11-122.2-1 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-3)
7    Sec. 11-74.4-3. Definitions. The following terms, wherever
8used or referred to in this Division 74.4 shall have the
9following respective meanings, unless in any case a different
10meaning clearly appears from the context.
11    (a) For any redevelopment project area that has been
12designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted
13prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
1491-478), "blighted area" shall have the meaning set forth in
15this Section prior to that date.
16    On and after November 1, 1999, "blighted area" means any
17improved or vacant area within the boundaries of a
18redevelopment project area located within the territorial
19limits of the municipality where:
20        (1) If improved, industrial, commercial, and
21    residential buildings or improvements are detrimental to
22    the public safety, health, or welfare because of a
23    combination of 5 or more of the following factors, each of
24    which is (i) present, with that presence documented, to a

 

 

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1    meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably
2    find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
3    of the Act and (ii) reasonably distributed throughout the
4    improved part of the redevelopment project area:
5            (A) Dilapidation. An advanced state of disrepair
6        or neglect of necessary repairs to the primary
7        structural components of buildings or improvements in
8        such a combination that a documented building
9        condition analysis determines that major repair is
10        required or the defects are so serious and so
11        extensive that the buildings must be removed.
12            (B) Obsolescence. The condition or process of
13        falling into disuse. Structures have become ill-suited
14        for the original use.
15            (C) Deterioration. With respect to buildings,
16        defects including, but not limited to, major defects
17        in the secondary building components such as doors,
18        windows, porches, gutters and downspouts, and fascia.
19        With respect to surface improvements, that the
20        condition of roadways, alleys, curbs, gutters,
21        sidewalks, off-street parking, and surface storage
22        areas evidence deterioration, including, but not
23        limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes,
24        depressions, loose paving material, and weeds
25        protruding through paved surfaces.
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1        standards. All structures that do not meet the
2        standards of zoning, subdivision, building, fire, and
3        other governmental codes applicable to property, but
4        not including housing and property maintenance codes.
5            (E) Illegal use of individual structures. The use
6        of structures in violation of applicable federal,
7        State, or local laws, exclusive of those applicable to
8        the presence of structures below minimum code
9        standards.
10            (F) Excessive vacancies. The presence of buildings
11        that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that
12        represent an adverse influence on the area because of
13        the frequency, extent, or duration of the vacancies.
14            (G) Lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary
15        facilities. The absence of adequate ventilation for
16        light or air circulation in spaces or rooms without
17        windows, or that require the removal of dust, odor,
18        gas, smoke, or other noxious airborne materials.
19        Inadequate natural light and ventilation means the
20        absence of skylights or windows for interior spaces or
21        rooms and improper window sizes and amounts by room
22        area to window area ratios. Inadequate sanitary
23        facilities refers to the absence or inadequacy of
24        garbage storage and enclosure, bathroom facilities,
25        hot water and kitchens, and structural inadequacies
26        preventing ingress and egress to and from all rooms

 

 

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1        and units within a building.
2            (H) Inadequate utilities. Underground and overhead
3        utilities such as storm sewers and storm drainage,
4        sanitary sewers, water lines, and gas, telephone, and
5        electrical services that are shown to be inadequate.
6        Inadequate utilities are those that are: (i) of
7        insufficient capacity to serve the uses in the
8        redevelopment project area, (ii) deteriorated,
9        antiquated, obsolete, or in disrepair, or (iii)
10        lacking within the redevelopment project area.
11            (I) Excessive land coverage and overcrowding of
12        structures and community facilities. The
13        over-intensive use of property and the crowding of
14        buildings and accessory facilities onto a site.
15        Examples of problem conditions warranting the
16        designation of an area as one exhibiting excessive
17        land coverage are: (i) the presence of buildings
18        either improperly situated on parcels or located on
19        parcels of inadequate size and shape in relation to
20        present-day standards of development for health and
21        safety and (ii) the presence of multiple buildings on
22        a single parcel. For there to be a finding of excessive
23        land coverage, these parcels must exhibit one or more
24        of the following conditions: insufficient provision
25        for light and air within or around buildings,
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1        proximity of buildings, lack of adequate or proper
2        access to a public right-of-way, lack of reasonably
3        required off-street parking, or inadequate provision
4        for loading and service.
5            (J) Deleterious land use or layout. The existence
6        of incompatible land-use relationships, buildings
7        occupied by inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses
8        considered to be noxious, offensive, or unsuitable for
9        the surrounding area.
10            (K) Environmental clean-up. The proposed
11        redevelopment project area has incurred Illinois
12        Environmental Protection Agency or United States
13        Environmental Protection Agency remediation costs for,
14        or a study conducted by an independent consultant
15        recognized as having expertise in environmental
16        remediation has determined a need for, the clean-up of
17        hazardous waste, hazardous substances, or underground
18        storage tanks required by State or federal law,
19        provided that the remediation costs constitute a
20        material impediment to the development or
21        redevelopment of the redevelopment project area.
22            (L) Lack of community planning. The proposed
23        redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
24        without the benefit or guidance of a community plan.
25        This means that the development occurred prior to the
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1        other community plan or that the plan was not followed
2        at the time of the area's development. This factor
3        must be documented by evidence of adverse or
4        incompatible land-use relationships, inadequate street
5        layout, improper subdivision, parcels of inadequate
6        shape and size to meet contemporary development
7        standards, or other evidence demonstrating an absence
8        of effective community planning.
9            (M) The total equalized assessed value of the
10        proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3
11        of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which
12        the redevelopment project area is designated or is
13        increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
14        balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
15        calendar years for which information is available or
16        is increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
17        Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published
18        by the United States Department of Labor or successor
19        agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the
20        year in which the redevelopment project area is
21        designated.
22        (2) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment
23    project area is impaired by a combination of 2 or more of
24    the following factors, each of which is (i) present, with
25    that presence documented, to a meaningful extent so that a
26    municipality may reasonably find that the factor is

 

 

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1    clearly present within the intent of the Act and (ii)
2    reasonably distributed throughout the vacant part of the
3    redevelopment project area to which it pertains:
4            (A) Obsolete platting of vacant land that results
5        in parcels of limited or narrow size or configurations
6        of parcels of irregular size or shape that would be
7        difficult to develop on a planned basis and in a manner
8        compatible with contemporary standards and
9        requirements, or platting that failed to create
10        rights-of-way rights-of-ways for streets or alleys or
11        that created inadequate right-of-way widths for
12        streets, alleys, or other public rights-of-way or that
13        omitted easements for public utilities.
14            (B) Diversity of ownership of parcels of vacant
15        land sufficient in number to retard or impede the
16        ability to assemble the land for development.
17            (C) Tax and special assessment delinquencies exist
18        or the property has been the subject of tax sales under
19        the Property Tax Code within the last 5 years.
20            (D) Deterioration of structures or site
21        improvements in neighboring areas adjacent to the
22        vacant land.
23            (E) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental
24        Protection Agency or United States Environmental
25        Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study
26        conducted by an independent consultant recognized as

 

 

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1        having expertise in environmental remediation has
2        determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous
3        waste, hazardous substances, or underground storage
4        tanks required by State or federal law, provided that
5        the remediation costs constitute a material impediment
6        to the development or redevelopment of the
7        redevelopment project area.
8            (F) The total equalized assessed value of the
9        proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3
10        of the last 5 calendar years prior to the year in which
11        the redevelopment project area is designated or is
12        increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
13        balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
14        calendar years for which information is available or
15        is increasing at an annual rate that is less than the
16        Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published
17        by the United States Department of Labor or successor
18        agency for 3 of the last 5 calendar years prior to the
19        year in which the redevelopment project area is
20        designated.
21        (3) If vacant, the sound growth of the redevelopment
22    project area is impaired by one of the following factors
23    that (i) is present, with that presence documented, to a
24    meaningful extent so that a municipality may reasonably
25    find that the factor is clearly present within the intent
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1    the vacant part of the redevelopment project area to which
2    it pertains:
3            (A) The area consists of one or more unused
4        quarries, mines, or strip mine ponds.
5            (B) The area consists of unused rail yards, rail
6        tracks, or railroad rights-of-way.
7            (C) The area, prior to its designation, is subject
8        to (i) chronic flooding that adversely impacts on real
9        property in the area as certified by a registered
10        professional engineer or appropriate regulatory agency
11        or (ii) surface water that discharges from all or a
12        part of the area and contributes to flooding within
13        the same watershed, but only if the redevelopment
14        project provides for facilities or improvements to
15        contribute to the alleviation of all or part of the
16        flooding.
17            (D) The area consists of an unused or illegal
18        disposal site containing earth, stone, building
19        debris, or similar materials that were removed from
20        construction, demolition, excavation, or dredge sites.
21            (E) Prior to November 1, 1999, the area is not less
22        than 50 nor more than 100 acres and 75% of which is
23        vacant (notwithstanding that the area has been used
24        for commercial agricultural purposes within 5 years
25        prior to the designation of the redevelopment project
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1        itemized in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the area
2        has been designated as a town or village center by
3        ordinance or comprehensive plan adopted prior to
4        January 1, 1982, and the area has not been developed
5        for that designated purpose.
6            (F) The area qualified as a blighted improved area
7        immediately prior to becoming vacant, unless there has
8        been substantial private investment in the immediately
9        surrounding area.
10    (b) For any redevelopment project area that has been
11designated pursuant to this Section by an ordinance adopted
12prior to November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
1391-478), "conservation area" shall have the meaning set forth
14in this Section prior to that date.
15    On and after November 1, 1999, "conservation area" means
16any improved area within the boundaries of a redevelopment
17project area located within the territorial limits of the
18municipality in which 50% or more of the structures in the area
19have an age of 35 years or more. Such an area is not yet a
20blighted area but because of a combination of 3 or more of the
21following factors is detrimental to the public safety, health,
22morals or welfare and such an area may become a blighted area:
23        (1) Dilapidation. An advanced state of disrepair or
24    neglect of necessary repairs to the primary structural
25    components of buildings or improvements in such a
26    combination that a documented building condition analysis

 

 

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1    determines that major repair is required or the defects
2    are so serious and so extensive that the buildings must be
3    removed.
4        (2) Obsolescence. The condition or process of falling
5    into disuse. Structures have become ill-suited for the
6    original use.
7        (3) Deterioration. With respect to buildings, defects
8    including, but not limited to, major defects in the
9    secondary building components such as doors, windows,
10    porches, gutters and downspouts, and fascia. With respect
11    to surface improvements, that the condition of roadways,
12    alleys, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, off-street parking, and
13    surface storage areas evidence deterioration, including,
14    but not limited to, surface cracking, crumbling, potholes,
15    depressions, loose paving material, and weeds protruding
16    through paved surfaces.
17        (4) Presence of structures below minimum code
18    standards. All structures that do not meet the standards
19    of zoning, subdivision, building, fire, and other
20    governmental codes applicable to property, but not
21    including housing and property maintenance codes.
22        (5) Illegal use of individual structures. The use of
23    structures in violation of applicable federal, State, or
24    local laws, exclusive of those applicable to the presence
25    of structures below minimum code standards.
26        (6) Excessive vacancies. The presence of buildings

 

 

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1    that are unoccupied or under-utilized and that represent
2    an adverse influence on the area because of the frequency,
3    extent, or duration of the vacancies.
4        (7) Lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary
5    facilities. The absence of adequate ventilation for light
6    or air circulation in spaces or rooms without windows, or
7    that require the removal of dust, odor, gas, smoke, or
8    other noxious airborne materials. Inadequate natural light
9    and ventilation means the absence or inadequacy of
10    skylights or windows for interior spaces or rooms and
11    improper window sizes and amounts by room area to window
12    area ratios. Inadequate sanitary facilities refers to the
13    absence or inadequacy of garbage storage and enclosure,
14    bathroom facilities, hot water and kitchens, and
15    structural inadequacies preventing ingress and egress to
16    and from all rooms and units within a building.
17        (8) Inadequate utilities. Underground and overhead
18    utilities such as storm sewers and storm drainage,
19    sanitary sewers, water lines, and gas, telephone, and
20    electrical services that are shown to be inadequate.
21    Inadequate utilities are those that are: (i) of
22    insufficient capacity to serve the uses in the
23    redevelopment project area, (ii) deteriorated, antiquated,
24    obsolete, or in disrepair, or (iii) lacking within the
25    redevelopment project area.
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1    structures and community facilities. The over-intensive
2    use of property and the crowding of buildings and
3    accessory facilities onto a site. Examples of problem
4    conditions warranting the designation of an area as one
5    exhibiting excessive land coverage are: the presence of
6    buildings either improperly situated on parcels or located
7    on parcels of inadequate size and shape in relation to
8    present-day standards of development for health and safety
9    and the presence of multiple buildings on a single parcel.
10    For there to be a finding of excessive land coverage,
11    these parcels must exhibit one or more of the following
12    conditions: insufficient provision for light and air
13    within or around buildings, increased threat of spread of
14    fire due to the close proximity of buildings, lack of
15    adequate or proper access to a public right-of-way, lack
16    of reasonably required off-street parking, or inadequate
17    provision for loading and service.
18        (10) Deleterious land use or layout. The existence of
19    incompatible land-use relationships, buildings occupied by
20    inappropriate mixed-uses, or uses considered to be
21    noxious, offensive, or unsuitable for the surrounding
22    area.
23        (11) Lack of community planning. The proposed
24    redevelopment project area was developed prior to or
25    without the benefit or guidance of a community plan. This
26    means that the development occurred prior to the adoption

 

 

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1    by the municipality of a comprehensive or other community
2    plan or that the plan was not followed at the time of the
3    area's development. This factor must be documented by
4    evidence of adverse or incompatible land-use
5    relationships, inadequate street layout, improper
6    subdivision, parcels of inadequate shape and size to meet
7    contemporary development standards, or other evidence
8    demonstrating an absence of effective community planning.
9        (12) The area has incurred Illinois Environmental
10    Protection Agency or United States Environmental
11    Protection Agency remediation costs for, or a study
12    conducted by an independent consultant recognized as
13    having expertise in environmental remediation has
14    determined a need for, the clean-up of hazardous waste,
15    hazardous substances, or underground storage tanks
16    required by State or federal law, provided that the
17    remediation costs constitute a material impediment to the
18    development or redevelopment of the redevelopment project
19    area.
20        (13) The total equalized assessed value of the
21    proposed redevelopment project area has declined for 3 of
22    the last 5 calendar years for which information is
23    available or is increasing at an annual rate that is less
24    than the balance of the municipality for 3 of the last 5
25    calendar years for which information is available or is
26    increasing at an annual rate that is less than the

 

 

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1    Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by
2    the United States Department of Labor or successor agency
3    for 3 of the last 5 calendar years for which information is
4    available.
5    (c) "Industrial park" means an area in a blighted or
6conservation area suitable for use by any manufacturing,
7industrial, research or transportation enterprise, of
8facilities to include but not be limited to factories, mills,
9processing plants, assembly plants, packing plants,
10fabricating plants, industrial distribution centers,
11warehouses, repair overhaul or service facilities, freight
12terminals, research facilities, test facilities or railroad
13facilities.
14    (d) "Industrial park conservation area" means an area
15within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located
16within the territorial limits of a municipality that is a
17labor surplus municipality or within 1 1/2 miles of the
18territorial limits of a municipality that is a labor surplus
19municipality if the area is annexed to the municipality; which
20area is zoned as industrial no later than at the time the
21municipality by ordinance designates the redevelopment project
22area, and which area includes both vacant land suitable for
23use as an industrial park and a blighted area or conservation
24area contiguous to such vacant land.
25    (e) "Labor surplus municipality" means a municipality in
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1by ordinance designates an industrial park conservation area,
2the unemployment rate was over 6% and was also 100% or more of
3the national average unemployment rate for that same time as
4published in the United States Department of Labor Bureau of
5Labor Statistics publication entitled "The Employment
6Situation" or its successor publication. For the purpose of
7this subsection, if unemployment rate statistics for the
8municipality are not available, the unemployment rate in the
9municipality shall be deemed to be the same as the
10unemployment rate in the principal county in which the
11municipality is located.
12    (f) "Municipality" shall mean a city, village,
13incorporated town, or a township that is located in the
14unincorporated portion of a county with 3 million or more
15inhabitants, if the county adopted an ordinance that approved
16the township's redevelopment plan.
17    (g) "Initial Sales Tax Amounts" means the amount of taxes
18paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act,
19Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
20Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Municipal
21Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers and servicemen on
22transactions at places located in a State Sales Tax Boundary
23during the calendar year 1985.
24    (g-1) "Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts" means the amount
25of taxes paid under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax
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1Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Municipal
2Service Occupation Tax Act by retailers and servicemen on
3transactions at places located within the State Sales Tax
4Boundary revised pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8a(9) of this
5Act.
6    (h) "Municipal Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal
7to the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid to a
8municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising from
9sales by retailers and servicemen within the redevelopment
10project area or State Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be,
11for as long as the redevelopment project area or State Sales
12Tax Boundary, as the case may be, exist over and above the
13aggregate amount of taxes as certified by the Illinois
14Department of Revenue and paid under the Municipal Retailers'
15Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax
16Act by retailers and servicemen, on transactions at places of
17business located in the redevelopment project area or State
18Sales Tax Boundary, as the case may be, during the base year
19which shall be the calendar year immediately prior to the year
20in which the municipality adopted tax increment allocation
21financing. For purposes of computing the aggregate amount of
22such taxes for base years occurring prior to 1985, the
23Department of Revenue shall determine the Initial Sales Tax
24Amounts for such taxes and deduct therefrom an amount equal to
254% of the aggregate amount of taxes per year for each year the
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1of 12%. The amount so determined shall be known as the
2"Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts". For purposes of
3determining the Municipal Sales Tax Increment, the Department
4of Revenue shall for each period subtract from the amount paid
5to the municipality from the Local Government Tax Fund arising
6from sales by retailers and servicemen on transactions located
7in the redevelopment project area or the State Sales Tax
8Boundary, as the case may be, the certified Initial Sales Tax
9Amounts, the Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
10Initial Sales Tax Amounts for the Municipal Retailers'
11Occupation Tax Act and the Municipal Service Occupation Tax
12Act. For the State Fiscal Year 1989, this calculation shall be
13made by utilizing the calendar year 1987 to determine the tax
14amounts received. For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this
15calculation shall be made by utilizing the period from January
161, 1988, until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax
17amounts received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the
18Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax and the Municipal Service
19Occupation Tax Act, which shall have deducted therefrom
20nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the
21Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial
22Sales Tax Amounts as appropriate. For the State Fiscal Year
231991, this calculation shall be made by utilizing the period
24from October 1, 1988, to June 30, 1989, to determine the tax
25amounts received from retailers and servicemen pursuant to the
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1Occupation Tax Act which shall have deducted therefrom
2nine-twelfths of the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts,
3Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial
4Sales Tax Amounts as appropriate. For every State Fiscal Year
5thereafter, the applicable period shall be the 12 months
6beginning July 1 and ending June 30 to determine the tax
7amounts received which shall have deducted therefrom the
8certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, the Adjusted Initial
9Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts, as
10the case may be.
11    (i) "Net State Sales Tax Increment" means the sum of the
12following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Sales Tax
13Increment annually generated within a State Sales Tax
14Boundary; (b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not
15exceeding $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment annually
16generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary; and (c) 40% of all
17amounts in excess of $500,000 of State Sales Tax Increment
18annually generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary. If,
19however, a municipality established a tax increment financing
20district in a county with a population in excess of 3,000,000
21before January 1, 1986, and the municipality entered into a
22contract or issued bonds after January 1, 1986, but before
23December 31, 1986, to finance redevelopment project costs
24within a State Sales Tax Boundary, then the Net State Sales Tax
25Increment means, for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1990,
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1annually generated within a State Sales Tax Boundary; and
2notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, for those
3fiscal years the Department of Revenue shall distribute to
4those municipalities 100% of their Net State Sales Tax
5Increment before any distribution to any other municipality
6and regardless of whether or not those other municipalities
7will receive 100% of their Net State Sales Tax Increment. For
8Fiscal Year 1999, and every year thereafter until the year
92007, for any municipality that has not entered into a
10contract or has not issued bonds prior to June 1, 1988 to
11finance redevelopment project costs within a State Sales Tax
12Boundary, the Net State Sales Tax Increment shall be
13calculated as follows: By multiplying the Net State Sales Tax
14Increment by 90% in the State Fiscal Year 1999; 80% in the
15State Fiscal Year 2000; 70% in the State Fiscal Year 2001; 60%
16in the State Fiscal Year 2002; 50% in the State Fiscal Year
172003; 40% in the State Fiscal Year 2004; 30% in the State
18Fiscal Year 2005; 20% in the State Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in
19the State Fiscal Year 2007. No payment shall be made for State
20Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter.
21    Municipalities that issued bonds in connection with a
22redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area within
23the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991, or that
24entered into contracts in connection with a redevelopment
25project in a redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988,
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1Illinois Tax Increment Fund distribution until the date on
2which the redevelopment project is completed or terminated.
3If, however, a municipality that issued bonds in connection
4with a redevelopment project in a redevelopment project area
5within the State Sales Tax Boundary prior to July 29, 1991
6retires the bonds prior to June 30, 2007 or a municipality that
7entered into contracts in connection with a redevelopment
8project in a redevelopment project area before June 1, 1988
9completes the contracts prior to June 30, 2007, then so long as
10the redevelopment project is not completed or is not
11terminated, the Net State Sales Tax Increment shall be
12calculated, beginning on the date on which the bonds are
13retired or the contracts are completed, as follows: By
14multiplying the Net State Sales Tax Increment by 60% in the
15State Fiscal Year 2002; 50% in the State Fiscal Year 2003; 40%
16in the State Fiscal Year 2004; 30% in the State Fiscal Year
172005; 20% in the State Fiscal Year 2006; and 10% in the State
18Fiscal Year 2007. No payment shall be made for State Fiscal
19Year 2008 and thereafter. Refunding of any bonds issued prior
20to July 29, 1991, shall not alter the Net State Sales Tax
21Increment.
22    (j) "State Utility Tax Increment Amount" means an amount
23equal to the aggregate increase in State electric and gas tax
24charges imposed on owners and tenants, other than residential
25customers, of properties located within the redevelopment
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1over and above the aggregate of such charges as certified by
2the Department of Revenue and paid by owners and tenants,
3other than residential customers, of properties within the
4redevelopment project area during the base year, which shall
5be the calendar year immediately prior to the year of the
6adoption of the ordinance authorizing tax increment allocation
7financing.
8    (k) "Net State Utility Tax Increment" means the sum of the
9following: (a) 80% of the first $100,000 of State Utility Tax
10Increment annually generated by a redevelopment project area;
11(b) 60% of the amount in excess of $100,000 but not exceeding
12$500,000 of the State Utility Tax Increment annually generated
13by a redevelopment project area; and (c) 40% of all amounts in
14excess of $500,000 of State Utility Tax Increment annually
15generated by a redevelopment project area. For the State
16Fiscal Year 1999, and every year thereafter until the year
172007, for any municipality that has not entered into a
18contract or has not issued bonds prior to June 1, 1988 to
19finance redevelopment project costs within a redevelopment
20project area, the Net State Utility Tax Increment shall be
21calculated as follows: By multiplying the Net State Utility
22Tax Increment by 90% in the State Fiscal Year 1999; 80% in the
23State Fiscal Year 2000; 70% in the State Fiscal Year 2001; 60%
24in the State Fiscal Year 2002; 50% in the State Fiscal Year
252003; 40% in the State Fiscal Year 2004; 30% in the State
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1the State Fiscal Year 2007. No payment shall be made for the
2State Fiscal Year 2008 and thereafter.
3    Municipalities that issue bonds in connection with the
4redevelopment project during the period from June 1, 1988
5until 3 years after the effective date of this Amendatory Act
6of 1988 shall receive the Net State Utility Tax Increment,
7subject to appropriation, for 15 State Fiscal Years after the
8issuance of such bonds. For the 16th through the 20th State
9Fiscal Years after issuance of the bonds, the Net State
10Utility Tax Increment shall be calculated as follows: By
11multiplying the Net State Utility Tax Increment by 90% in year
1216; 80% in year 17; 70% in year 18; 60% in year 19; and 50% in
13year 20. Refunding of any bonds issued prior to June 1, 1988,
14shall not alter the revised Net State Utility Tax Increment
15payments set forth above.
16    (l) "Obligations" mean bonds, loans, debentures, notes,
17special certificates or other evidence of indebtedness issued
18by the municipality to carry out a redevelopment project or to
19refund outstanding obligations.
20    (m) "Payment in lieu of taxes" means those estimated tax
21revenues from real property in a redevelopment project area
22derived from real property that has been acquired by a
23municipality which according to the redevelopment project or
24plan is to be used for a private use which taxing districts
25would have received had a municipality not acquired the real
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1which would result from levies made after the time of the
2adoption of tax increment allocation financing to the time the
3current equalized value of real property in the redevelopment
4project area exceeds the total initial equalized value of real
5property in said area.
6    (n) "Redevelopment plan" means the comprehensive program
7of the municipality for development or redevelopment intended
8by the payment of redevelopment project costs to reduce or
9eliminate those conditions the existence of which qualified
10the redevelopment project area as a "blighted area" or
11"conservation area" or combination thereof or "industrial park
12conservation area," and thereby to enhance the tax bases of
13the taxing districts which extend into the redevelopment
14project area, provided that, with respect to redevelopment
15project areas described in subsections (p-1) and (p-2),
16"redevelopment plan" means the comprehensive program of the
17affected municipality for the development of qualifying
18transit facilities. On and after November 1, 1999 (the
19effective date of Public Act 91-478), no redevelopment plan
20may be approved or amended that includes the development of
21vacant land (i) with a golf course and related clubhouse and
22other facilities or (ii) designated by federal, State, county,
23or municipal government as public land for outdoor
24recreational activities or for nature preserves and used for
25that purpose within 5 years prior to the adoption of the
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1"recreational activities" is limited to mean camping and
2hunting. Each redevelopment plan shall set forth in writing
3the program to be undertaken to accomplish the objectives and
4shall include but not be limited to:
5        (A) an itemized list of estimated redevelopment
6    project costs;
7        (B) evidence indicating that the redevelopment project
8    area on the whole has not been subject to growth and
9    development through investment by private enterprise,
10    provided that such evidence shall not be required for any
11    redevelopment project area located within a transit
12    facility improvement area established pursuant to Section
13    11-74.4-3.3;
14        (C) an assessment of any financial impact of the
15    redevelopment project area on or any increased demand for
16    services from any taxing district affected by the plan and
17    any program to address such financial impact or increased
18    demand;
19        (D) the sources of funds to pay costs;
20        (E) the nature and term of the obligations to be
21    issued;
22        (F) the most recent equalized assessed valuation of
23    the redevelopment project area;
24        (G) an estimate as to the equalized assessed valuation
25    after redevelopment and the general land uses to apply in
26    the redevelopment project area;

 

 

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1        (H) a commitment to fair employment practices and an
2    affirmative action plan;
3        (I) if it concerns an industrial park conservation
4    area, the plan shall also include a general description of
5    any proposed developer, user and tenant of any property, a
6    description of the type, structure and general character
7    of the facilities to be developed, a description of the
8    type, class and number of new employees to be employed in
9    the operation of the facilities to be developed; and
10        (J) if property is to be annexed to the municipality,
11    the plan shall include the terms of the annexation
12    agreement.
13    The provisions of items (B) and (C) of this subsection (n)
14shall not apply to a municipality that before March 14, 1994
15(the effective date of Public Act 88-537) had fixed, either by
16its corporate authorities or by a commission designated under
17subsection (k) of Section 11-74.4-4, a time and place for a
18public hearing as required by subsection (a) of Section
1911-74.4-5. No redevelopment plan shall be adopted unless a
20municipality complies with all of the following requirements:
21        (1) The municipality finds that the redevelopment
22    project area on the whole has not been subject to growth
23    and development through investment by private enterprise
24    and would not reasonably be anticipated to be developed
25    without the adoption of the redevelopment plan, provided,
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1    respect to any redevelopment project area located within a
2    transit facility improvement area established pursuant to
3    Section 11-74.4-3.3.
4        (2) The municipality finds that the redevelopment plan
5    and project conform to the comprehensive plan for the
6    development of the municipality as a whole, or, for
7    municipalities with a population of 100,000 or more,
8    regardless of when the redevelopment plan and project was
9    adopted, the redevelopment plan and project either: (i)
10    conforms to the strategic economic development or
11    redevelopment plan issued by the designated planning
12    authority of the municipality, or (ii) includes land uses
13    that have been approved by the planning commission of the
14    municipality.
15        (3) The redevelopment plan establishes the estimated
16    dates of completion of the redevelopment project and
17    retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment
18    project costs. Those dates may not be later than the dates
19    set forth under Section 11-74.4-3.5.
20        A municipality may by municipal ordinance amend an
21    existing redevelopment plan to conform to this paragraph
22    (3) as amended by Public Act 91-478, which municipal
23    ordinance may be adopted without further hearing or notice
24    and without complying with the procedures provided in this
25    Act pertaining to an amendment to or the initial approval
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1    redevelopment project area.
2        (3.5) The municipality finds, in the case of an
3    industrial park conservation area, also that the
4    municipality is a labor surplus municipality and that the
5    implementation of the redevelopment plan will reduce
6    unemployment, create new jobs and by the provision of new
7    facilities enhance the tax base of the taxing districts
8    that extend into the redevelopment project area.
9        (4) If any incremental revenues are being utilized
10    under Section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(2) of this Act in
11    redevelopment project areas approved by ordinance after
12    January 1, 1986, the municipality finds: (a) that the
13    redevelopment project area would not reasonably be
14    developed without the use of such incremental revenues,
15    and (b) that such incremental revenues will be exclusively
16    utilized for the development of the redevelopment project
17    area.
18        (5) If: (a) the redevelopment plan will not result in
19    displacement of residents from 10 or more inhabited
20    residential units, and the municipality certifies in the
21    plan that such displacement will not result from the plan;
22    or (b) the redevelopment plan is for a redevelopment
23    project area or a qualifying transit facility located
24    within a transit facility improvement area established
25    pursuant to Section 11-74.4-3.3, and the applicable
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1    environmental effects under the National Environmental
2    Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., then a housing
3    impact study need not be performed. If, however, the
4    redevelopment plan would result in the displacement of
5    residents from 10 or more inhabited residential units, or
6    if the redevelopment project area contains 75 or more
7    inhabited residential units and no certification is made,
8    then the municipality shall prepare, as part of the
9    separate feasibility report required by subsection (a) of
10    Section 11-74.4-5, a housing impact study.
11        Part I of the housing impact study shall include (i)
12    data as to whether the residential units are single family
13    or multi-family units, (ii) the number and type of rooms
14    within the units, if that information is available, (iii)
15    whether the units are inhabited or uninhabited, as
16    determined not less than 45 days before the date that the
17    ordinance or resolution required by subsection (a) of
18    Section 11-74.4-5 is passed, and (iv) data as to the
19    racial and ethnic composition of the residents in the
20    inhabited residential units. The data requirement as to
21    the racial and ethnic composition of the residents in the
22    inhabited residential units shall be deemed to be fully
23    satisfied by data from the most recent federal census.
24        Part II of the housing impact study shall identify the
25    inhabited residential units in the proposed redevelopment
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1    residential units are to be removed, then the housing
2    impact study shall identify (i) the number and location of
3    those units that will or may be removed, (ii) the
4    municipality's plans for relocation assistance for those
5    residents in the proposed redevelopment project area whose
6    residences are to be removed, (iii) the availability of
7    replacement housing for those residents whose residences
8    are to be removed, and shall identify the type, location,
9    and cost of the housing, and (iv) the type and extent of
10    relocation assistance to be provided.
11        (6) On and after November 1, 1999, the housing impact
12    study required by paragraph (5) shall be incorporated in
13    the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment project area.
14        (7) On and after November 1, 1999, no redevelopment
15    plan shall be adopted, nor an existing plan amended, nor
16    shall residential housing that is occupied by households
17    of low-income and very low-income persons in currently
18    existing redevelopment project areas be removed after
19    November 1, 1999 unless the redevelopment plan provides,
20    with respect to inhabited housing units that are to be
21    removed for households of low-income and very low-income
22    persons, affordable housing and relocation assistance not
23    less than that which would be provided under the federal
24    Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
25    Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and the regulations under
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1    housing may be either existing or newly constructed
2    housing. For purposes of this paragraph (7), "low-income
3    households", "very low-income households", and "affordable
4    housing" have the meanings set forth in the Illinois
5    Affordable Housing Act. The municipality shall make a good
6    faith effort to ensure that this affordable housing is
7    located in or near the redevelopment project area within
8    the municipality.
9        (8) On and after November 1, 1999, if, after the
10    adoption of the redevelopment plan for the redevelopment
11    project area, any municipality desires to amend its
12    redevelopment plan to remove more inhabited residential
13    units than specified in its original redevelopment plan,
14    that change shall be made in accordance with the
15    procedures in subsection (c) of Section 11-74.4-5.
16        (9) For redevelopment project areas designated prior
17    to November 1, 1999, the redevelopment plan may be amended
18    without further joint review board meeting or hearing,
19    provided that the municipality shall give notice of any
20    such changes by mail to each affected taxing district and
21    registrant on the interested party registry, to authorize
22    the municipality to expend tax increment revenues for
23    redevelopment project costs defined by paragraphs (5) and
24    (7.5), subparagraphs (E) and (F) of paragraph (11), and
25    paragraph (11.5) of subsection (q) of Section 11-74.4-3,
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1    redevelopment project costs set out in the redevelopment
2    plan by more than 5% after adjustment for inflation from
3    the date the plan was adopted.
4    (o) "Redevelopment project" means any public and private
5development project in furtherance of the objectives of a
6redevelopment plan. On and after November 1, 1999 (the
7effective date of Public Act 91-478), no redevelopment plan
8may be approved or amended that includes the development of
9vacant land (i) with a golf course and related clubhouse and
10other facilities or (ii) designated by federal, State, county,
11or municipal government as public land for outdoor
12recreational activities or for nature preserves and used for
13that purpose within 5 years prior to the adoption of the
14redevelopment plan. For the purpose of this subsection,
15"recreational activities" is limited to mean camping and
16hunting.
17    (p) "Redevelopment project area" means an area designated
18by the municipality, which is not less in the aggregate than 1
191/2 acres and in respect to which the municipality has made a
20finding that there exist conditions which cause the area to be
21classified as an industrial park conservation area or a
22blighted area or a conservation area, or a combination of both
23blighted areas and conservation areas.
24    (p-1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
25contrary, on and after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of
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1areas within a one-half mile radius of an existing or proposed
2Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
3Suburban Transit Access Route (STAR Line) station without a
4finding that the area is classified as an industrial park
5conservation area, a blighted area, a conservation area, or a
6combination thereof, but only if the municipality receives
7unanimous consent from the joint review board created to
8review the proposed redevelopment project area.
9    (p-2) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the
10contrary, on and after the effective date of this amendatory
11Act of the 99th General Assembly, a redevelopment project area
12may include areas within a transit facility improvement area
13that has been established pursuant to Section 11-74.4-3.3
14without a finding that the area is classified as an industrial
15park conservation area, a blighted area, a conservation area,
16or any combination thereof.
17    (q) "Redevelopment project costs", except for
18redevelopment project areas created pursuant to subsection
19(p-1) or (p-2), means and includes the sum total of all
20reasonable or necessary costs incurred or estimated to be
21incurred, and any such costs incidental to a redevelopment
22plan and a redevelopment project. Such costs include, without
23limitation, the following:
24        (1) Costs of studies, surveys, development of plans,
25    and specifications, implementation and administration of
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1    and professional service costs for architectural,
2    engineering, legal, financial, planning or other services,
3    provided however that no charges for professional services
4    may be based on a percentage of the tax increment
5    collected; except that on and after November 1, 1999 (the
6    effective date of Public Act 91-478), no contracts for
7    professional services, excluding architectural and
8    engineering services, may be entered into if the terms of
9    the contract extend beyond a period of 3 years. In
10    addition, "redevelopment project costs" shall not include
11    lobbying expenses. After consultation with the
12    municipality, each tax increment consultant or advisor to
13    a municipality that plans to designate or has designated a
14    redevelopment project area shall inform the municipality
15    in writing of any contracts that the consultant or advisor
16    has entered into with entities or individuals that have
17    received, or are receiving, payments financed by tax
18    increment revenues produced by the redevelopment project
19    area with respect to which the consultant or advisor has
20    performed, or will be performing, service for the
21    municipality. This requirement shall be satisfied by the
22    consultant or advisor before the commencement of services
23    for the municipality and thereafter whenever any other
24    contracts with those individuals or entities are executed
25    by the consultant or advisor;
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1    shall not include general overhead or administrative costs
2    of the municipality that would still have been incurred by
3    the municipality if the municipality had not designated a
4    redevelopment project area or approved a redevelopment
5    plan;
6        (1.6) The cost of marketing sites within the
7    redevelopment project area to prospective businesses,
8    developers, and investors;
9        (2) Property assembly costs, including but not limited
10    to acquisition of land and other property, real or
11    personal, or rights or interests therein, demolition of
12    buildings, site preparation, site improvements that serve
13    as an engineered barrier addressing ground level or below
14    ground environmental contamination, including, but not
15    limited to parking lots and other concrete or asphalt
16    barriers, and the clearing and grading of land;
17        (3) Costs of rehabilitation, reconstruction or repair
18    or remodeling of existing public or private buildings,
19    fixtures, and leasehold improvements; and the cost of
20    replacing an existing public building if pursuant to the
21    implementation of a redevelopment project the existing
22    public building is to be demolished to use the site for
23    private investment or devoted to a different use requiring
24    private investment; including any direct or indirect costs
25    relating to Green Globes or LEED certified construction
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1    certification;
2        (4) Costs of the construction of public works or
3    improvements, including any direct or indirect costs
4    relating to Green Globes or LEED certified construction
5    elements or construction elements with an equivalent
6    certification, except that on and after November 1, 1999,
7    redevelopment project costs shall not include the cost of
8    constructing a new municipal public building principally
9    used to provide offices, storage space, or conference
10    facilities or vehicle storage, maintenance, or repair for
11    administrative, public safety, or public works personnel
12    and that is not intended to replace an existing public
13    building as provided under paragraph (3) of subsection (q)
14    of Section 11-74.4-3 unless either (i) the construction of
15    the new municipal building implements a redevelopment
16    project that was included in a redevelopment plan that was
17    adopted by the municipality prior to November 1, 1999,
18    (ii) the municipality makes a reasonable determination in
19    the redevelopment plan, supported by information that
20    provides the basis for that determination, that the new
21    municipal building is required to meet an increase in the
22    need for public safety purposes anticipated to result from
23    the implementation of the redevelopment plan, or (iii) the
24    new municipal public building is for the storage,
25    maintenance, or repair of transit vehicles and is located
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1    established pursuant to Section 11-74.4-3.3;
2        (5) Costs of job training and retraining projects,
3    including the cost of "welfare to work" programs
4    implemented by businesses located within the redevelopment
5    project area;
6        (6) Financing costs, including but not limited to all
7    necessary and incidental expenses related to the issuance
8    of obligations and which may include payment of interest
9    on any obligations issued hereunder including interest
10    accruing during the estimated period of construction of
11    any redevelopment project for which such obligations are
12    issued and for not exceeding 36 months thereafter and
13    including reasonable reserves related thereto;
14        (7) To the extent the municipality by written
15    agreement accepts and approves the same, all or a portion
16    of a taxing district's capital costs resulting from the
17    redevelopment project necessarily incurred or to be
18    incurred within a taxing district in furtherance of the
19    objectives of the redevelopment plan and project;
20        (7.5) For redevelopment project areas designated (or
21    redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the
22    number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units)
23    on or after November 1, 1999, an elementary, secondary, or
24    unit school district's increased costs attributable to
25    assisted housing units located within the redevelopment
26    project area for which the developer or redeveloper

 

 

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1    receives financial assistance through an agreement with
2    the municipality or because the municipality incurs the
3    cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within the
4    boundaries of the assisted housing sites necessary for the
5    completion of that housing as authorized by this Act, and
6    which costs shall be paid by the municipality from the
7    Special Tax Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue
8    is received as a result of the assisted housing units and
9    shall be calculated annually as follows:
10            (A) for foundation districts, excluding any school
11        district in a municipality with a population in excess
12        of 1,000,000, by multiplying the district's increase
13        in attendance resulting from the net increase in new
14        students enrolled in that school district who reside
15        in housing units within the redevelopment project area
16        that have received financial assistance through an
17        agreement with the municipality or because the
18        municipality incurs the cost of necessary
19        infrastructure improvements within the boundaries of
20        the housing sites necessary for the completion of that
21        housing as authorized by this Act since the
22        designation of the redevelopment project area by the
23        most recently available per capita tuition cost as
24        defined in Section 10-20.12a of the School Code less
25        any increase in general State aid as defined in
26        Section 18-8.05 of the School Code or evidence-based

 

 

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1        funding as defined in Section 18-8.15 of the School
2        Code attributable to these added new students subject
3        to the following annual limitations:
4                (i) for unit school districts with a district
5            average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge of less
6            than $5,900, no more than 25% of the total amount
7            of property tax increment revenue produced by
8            those housing units that have received tax
9            increment finance assistance under this Act;
10                (ii) for elementary school districts with a
11            district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge
12            of less than $5,900, no more than 17% of the total
13            amount of property tax increment revenue produced
14            by those housing units that have received tax
15            increment finance assistance under this Act; and
16                (iii) for secondary school districts with a
17            district average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge
18            of less than $5,900, no more than 8% of the total
19            amount of property tax increment revenue produced
20            by those housing units that have received tax
21            increment finance assistance under this Act.
22            (B) For alternate method districts, flat grant
23        districts, and foundation districts with a district
24        average 1995-96 Per Capita Tuition Charge equal to or
25        more than $5,900, excluding any school district with a
26        population in excess of 1,000,000, by multiplying the

 

 

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1        district's increase in attendance resulting from the
2        net increase in new students enrolled in that school
3        district who reside in housing units within the
4        redevelopment project area that have received
5        financial assistance through an agreement with the
6        municipality or because the municipality incurs the
7        cost of necessary infrastructure improvements within
8        the boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the
9        completion of that housing as authorized by this Act
10        since the designation of the redevelopment project
11        area by the most recently available per capita tuition
12        cost as defined in Section 10-20.12a of the School
13        Code less any increase in general state aid as defined
14        in Section 18-8.05 of the School Code or
15        evidence-based funding as defined in Section 18-8.15
16        of the School Code attributable to these added new
17        students subject to the following annual limitations:
18                (i) for unit school districts, no more than
19            40% of the total amount of property tax increment
20            revenue produced by those housing units that have
21            received tax increment finance assistance under
22            this Act;
23                (ii) for elementary school districts, no more
24            than 27% of the total amount of property tax
25            increment revenue produced by those housing units
26            that have received tax increment finance

 

 

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1            assistance under this Act; and
2                (iii) for secondary school districts, no more
3            than 13% of the total amount of property tax
4            increment revenue produced by those housing units
5            that have received tax increment finance
6            assistance under this Act.
7            (C) For any school district in a municipality with
8        a population in excess of 1,000,000, the following
9        restrictions shall apply to the reimbursement of
10        increased costs under this paragraph (7.5):
11                (i) no increased costs shall be reimbursed
12            unless the school district certifies that each of
13            the schools affected by the assisted housing
14            project is at or over its student capacity;
15                (ii) the amount reimbursable shall be reduced
16            by the value of any land donated to the school
17            district by the municipality or developer, and by
18            the value of any physical improvements made to the
19            schools by the municipality or developer; and
20                (iii) the amount reimbursed may not affect
21            amounts otherwise obligated by the terms of any
22            bonds, notes, or other funding instruments, or the
23            terms of any redevelopment agreement.
24        Any school district seeking payment under this
25        paragraph (7.5) shall, after July 1 and before
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1        with reasonable evidence to support its claim for
2        reimbursement before the municipality shall be
3        required to approve or make the payment to the school
4        district. If the school district fails to provide the
5        information during this period in any year, it shall
6        forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that year.
7        School districts may adopt a resolution waiving the
8        right to all or a portion of the reimbursement
9        otherwise required by this paragraph (7.5). By
10        acceptance of this reimbursement the school district
11        waives the right to directly or indirectly set aside,
12        modify, or contest in any manner the establishment of
13        the redevelopment project area or projects;
14        (7.7) For redevelopment project areas designated (or
15    redevelopment project areas amended to add or increase the
16    number of tax-increment-financing assisted housing units)
17    on or after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public
18    Act 93-961), a public library district's increased costs
19    attributable to assisted housing units located within the
20    redevelopment project area for which the developer or
21    redeveloper receives financial assistance through an
22    agreement with the municipality or because the
23    municipality incurs the cost of necessary infrastructure
24    improvements within the boundaries of the assisted housing
25    sites necessary for the completion of that housing as
26    authorized by this Act shall be paid to the library

 

 

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1    district by the municipality from the Special Tax
2    Allocation Fund when the tax increment revenue is received
3    as a result of the assisted housing units. This paragraph
4    (7.7) applies only if (i) the library district is located
5    in a county that is subject to the Property Tax Extension
6    Limitation Law or (ii) the library district is not located
7    in a county that is subject to the Property Tax Extension
8    Limitation Law but the district is prohibited by any other
9    law from increasing its tax levy rate without a prior
10    voter referendum.
11        The amount paid to a library district under this
12    paragraph (7.7) shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the
13    net increase in the number of persons eligible to obtain a
14    library card in that district who reside in housing units
15    within the redevelopment project area that have received
16    financial assistance through an agreement with the
17    municipality or because the municipality incurs the cost
18    of necessary infrastructure improvements within the
19    boundaries of the housing sites necessary for the
20    completion of that housing as authorized by this Act since
21    the designation of the redevelopment project area by (ii)
22    the per-patron cost of providing library services so long
23    as it does not exceed $120. The per-patron cost shall be
24    the Total Operating Expenditures Per Capita for the
25    library in the previous fiscal year. The municipality may
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1    district under this paragraph any amount that it has
2    voluntarily paid to the library district from the tax
3    increment revenue. The amount paid to a library district
4    under this paragraph (7.7) shall be no more than 2% of the
5    amount produced by the assisted housing units and
6    deposited into the Special Tax Allocation Fund.
7        A library district is not eligible for any payment
8    under this paragraph (7.7) unless the library district has
9    experienced an increase in the number of patrons from the
10    municipality that created the tax-increment-financing
11    district since the designation of the redevelopment
12    project area.
13        Any library district seeking payment under this
14    paragraph (7.7) shall, after July 1 and before September
15    30 of each year, provide the municipality with convincing
16    evidence to support its claim for reimbursement before the
17    municipality shall be required to approve or make the
18    payment to the library district. If the library district
19    fails to provide the information during this period in any
20    year, it shall forfeit any claim to reimbursement for that
21    year. Library districts may adopt a resolution waiving the
22    right to all or a portion of the reimbursement otherwise
23    required by this paragraph (7.7). By acceptance of such
24    reimbursement, the library district shall forfeit any
25    right to directly or indirectly set aside, modify, or
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1    redevelopment project area or projects;
2        (8) Relocation costs to the extent that a municipality
3    determines that relocation costs shall be paid or is
4    required to make payment of relocation costs by federal or
5    State law or in order to satisfy subparagraph (7) of
6    subsection (n);
7        (9) Payment in lieu of taxes;
8        (10) Costs of job training, retraining, advanced
9    vocational education or career education, including but
10    not limited to courses in occupational, semi-technical or
11    technical fields leading directly to employment, incurred
12    by one or more taxing districts, provided that such costs
13    (i) are related to the establishment and maintenance of
14    additional job training, advanced vocational education or
15    career education programs for persons employed or to be
16    employed by employers located in a redevelopment project
17    area; and (ii) when incurred by a taxing district or
18    taxing districts other than the municipality, are set
19    forth in a written agreement by or among the municipality
20    and the taxing district or taxing districts, which
21    agreement describes the program to be undertaken,
22    including but not limited to the number of employees to be
23    trained, a description of the training and services to be
24    provided, the number and type of positions available or to
25    be available, itemized costs of the program and sources of
26    funds to pay for the same, and the term of the agreement.

 

 

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1    Such costs include, specifically, the payment by community
2    college districts of costs pursuant to Sections 3-37,
3    3-38, 3-40 and 3-40.1 of the Public Community College Act
4    and by school districts of costs pursuant to Sections
5    10-22.20a and 10-23.3a of the School Code;
6        (11) Interest cost incurred by a redeveloper related
7    to the construction, renovation or rehabilitation of a
8    redevelopment project provided that:
9            (A) such costs are to be paid directly from the
10        special tax allocation fund established pursuant to
11        this Act;
12            (B) such payments in any one year may not exceed
13        30% of the annual interest costs incurred by the
14        redeveloper with regard to the redevelopment project
15        during that year;
16            (C) if there are not sufficient funds available in
17        the special tax allocation fund to make the payment
18        pursuant to this paragraph (11) then the amounts so
19        due shall accrue and be payable when sufficient funds
20        are available in the special tax allocation fund;
21            (D) the total of such interest payments paid
22        pursuant to this Act may not exceed 30% of the total
23        (i) cost paid or incurred by the redeveloper for the
24        redevelopment project plus (ii) redevelopment project
25        costs excluding any property assembly costs and any
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1        to this Act;
2            (E) the cost limits set forth in subparagraphs (B)
3        and (D) of paragraph (11) shall be modified for the
4        financing of rehabilitated or new housing units for
5        low-income households and very low-income households,
6        as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois Affordable
7        Housing Act. The percentage of 75% shall be
8        substituted for 30% in subparagraphs (B) and (D) of
9        paragraph (11); and
10            (F) instead of the eligible costs provided by
11        subparagraphs (B) and (D) of paragraph (11), as
12        modified by this subparagraph, and notwithstanding any
13        other provisions of this Act to the contrary, the
14        municipality may pay from tax increment revenues up to
15        50% of the cost of construction of new housing units to
16        be occupied by low-income households and very
17        low-income households as defined in Section 3 of the
18        Illinois Affordable Housing Act. The cost of
19        construction of those units may be derived from the
20        proceeds of bonds issued by the municipality under
21        this Act or other constitutional or statutory
22        authority or from other sources of municipal revenue
23        that may be reimbursed from tax increment revenues or
24        the proceeds of bonds issued to finance the
25        construction of that housing.
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1        subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11) shall be an
2        eligible cost for the construction, renovation, and
3        rehabilitation of all low and very low-income housing
4        units, as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois
5        Affordable Housing Act, within the redevelopment
6        project area. If the low and very low-income units are
7        part of a residential redevelopment project that
8        includes units not affordable to low and very
9        low-income households, only the low and very
10        low-income units shall be eligible for benefits under
11        this subparagraph (F) of paragraph (11). The standards
12        for maintaining the occupancy by low-income households
13        and very low-income households, as defined in Section
14        3 of the Illinois Affordable Housing Act, of those
15        units constructed with eligible costs made available
16        under the provisions of this subparagraph (F) of
17        paragraph (11) shall be established by guidelines
18        adopted by the municipality. The responsibility for
19        annually documenting the initial occupancy of the
20        units by low-income households and very low-income
21        households, as defined in Section 3 of the Illinois
22        Affordable Housing Act, shall be that of the then
23        current owner of the property. For ownership units,
24        the guidelines will provide, at a minimum, for a
25        reasonable recapture of funds, or other appropriate
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1        affordability of the ownership units. For rental
2        units, the guidelines will provide, at a minimum, for
3        the affordability of rent to low and very low-income
4        households. As units become available, they shall be
5        rented to income-eligible tenants. The municipality
6        may modify these guidelines from time to time; the
7        guidelines, however, shall be in effect for as long as
8        tax increment revenue is being used to pay for costs
9        associated with the units or for the retirement of
10        bonds issued to finance the units or for the life of
11        the redevelopment project area, whichever is later;
12        (11.5) If the redevelopment project area is located
13    within a municipality with a population of more than
14    100,000, the cost of day care services for children of
15    employees from low-income families working for businesses
16    located within the redevelopment project area and all or a
17    portion of the cost of operation of day care centers
18    established by redevelopment project area businesses to
19    serve employees from low-income families working in
20    businesses located in the redevelopment project area. For
21    the purposes of this paragraph, "low-income families"
22    means families whose annual income does not exceed 80% of
23    the municipal, county, or regional median income, adjusted
24    for family size, as the annual income and municipal,
25    county, or regional median income are determined from time
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1    Urban Development.
2        (12) Costs relating to the development of urban
3    agricultural areas under Division 15.2 of the Illinois
4    Municipal Code.
5    Unless explicitly stated herein the cost of construction
6of new privately owned privately-owned buildings shall not be
7an eligible redevelopment project cost.
8    After November 1, 1999 (the effective date of Public Act
991-478), none of the redevelopment project costs enumerated in
10this subsection shall be eligible redevelopment project costs
11if those costs would provide direct financial support to a
12retail entity initiating operations in the redevelopment
13project area while terminating operations at another Illinois
14location within 10 miles of the redevelopment project area but
15outside the boundaries of the redevelopment project area
16municipality. For purposes of this paragraph, termination
17means a closing of a retail operation that is directly related
18to the opening of the same operation or like retail entity
19owned or operated by more than 50% of the original ownership in
20a redevelopment project area, but it does not mean closing an
21operation for reasons beyond the control of the retail entity,
22as documented by the retail entity, subject to a reasonable
23finding by the municipality that the current location
24contained inadequate space, had become economically obsolete,
25or was no longer a viable location for the retailer or
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1    No cost shall be a redevelopment project cost in a
2redevelopment project area if used to demolish, remove, or
3substantially modify a historic resource, after August 26,
42008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-934), unless no
5prudent and feasible alternative exists. "Historic resource"
6for the purpose of this paragraph means (i) a place or
7structure that is included or eligible for inclusion on the
8National Register of Historic Places or (ii) a contributing
9structure in a district on the National Register of Historic
10Places. This paragraph does not apply to a place or structure
11for which demolition, removal, or modification is subject to
12review by the preservation agency of a Certified Local
13Government designated as such by the National Park Service of
14the United States Department of the Interior.
15    If a special service area has been established pursuant to
16the Special Service Area Tax Act or Special Service Area Tax
17Law, then any tax increment revenues derived from the tax
18imposed pursuant to the Special Service Area Tax Act or
19Special Service Area Tax Law may be used within the
20redevelopment project area for the purposes permitted by that
21Act or Law as well as the purposes permitted by this Act.
22    (q-1) For redevelopment project areas created pursuant to
23subsection (p-1), redevelopment project costs are limited to
24those costs in paragraph (q) that are related to the existing
25or proposed Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
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1    (q-2) For a transit facility improvement area established
2prior to, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory
3Act of the 102nd General Assembly: (i) "redevelopment project
4costs" means those costs described in subsection (q) that are
5related to the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
6remodeling, or repair of any existing or proposed transit
7facility, whether that facility is located within or outside
8the boundaries of a redevelopment project area established
9within that transit facility improvement area (and, to the
10extent a redevelopment project cost is described in subsection
11(q) as incurred or estimated to be incurred with respect to a
12redevelopment project area, then it shall apply with respect
13to such transit facility improvement area); and (ii) the
14provisions of Section 11-74.4-8 regarding tax increment
15allocation financing for a redevelopment project area located
16in a transit facility improvement area shall apply only to the
17lots, blocks, tracts and parcels of real property that are
18located within the boundaries of that redevelopment project
19area and not to the lots, blocks, tracts, and parcels of real
20property that are located outside the boundaries of that
21redevelopment project area.
22    (r) "State Sales Tax Boundary" means the redevelopment
23project area or the amended redevelopment project area
24boundaries which are determined pursuant to subsection (9) of
25Section 11-74.4-8a of this Act. The Department of Revenue
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1the appropriate boundaries eligible for the determination of
2State Sales Tax Increment.
3    (s) "State Sales Tax Increment" means an amount equal to
4the increase in the aggregate amount of taxes paid by
5retailers and servicemen, other than retailers and servicemen
6subject to the Public Utilities Act, on transactions at places
7of business located within a State Sales Tax Boundary pursuant
8to the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the
9Service Use Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act,
10except such portion of such increase that is paid into the
11State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, the Local Government
12Distributive Fund, the Local Government Tax Fund and the
13County and Mass Transit District Fund, for as long as State
14participation exists, over and above the Initial Sales Tax
15Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised
16Initial Sales Tax Amounts for such taxes as certified by the
17Department of Revenue and paid under those Acts by retailers
18and servicemen on transactions at places of business located
19within the State Sales Tax Boundary during the base year which
20shall be the calendar year immediately prior to the year in
21which the municipality adopted tax increment allocation
22financing, less 3.0% of such amounts generated under the
23Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act and Service Use Tax
24Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act, which sum shall be
25appropriated to the Department of Revenue to cover its costs
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1computing the aggregate amount of such taxes for base years
2occurring prior to 1985, the Department of Revenue shall
3compute the Initial Sales Tax Amount for such taxes and deduct
4therefrom an amount equal to 4% of the aggregate amount of
5taxes per year for each year the base year is prior to 1985,
6but not to exceed a total deduction of 12%. The amount so
7determined shall be known as the "Adjusted Initial Sales Tax
8Amount". For purposes of determining the State Sales Tax
9Increment the Department of Revenue shall for each period
10subtract from the tax amounts received from retailers and
11servicemen on transactions located in the State Sales Tax
12Boundary, the certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted
13Initial Sales Tax Amounts or Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts
14for the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the
15Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act. For the
16State Fiscal Year 1989 this calculation shall be made by
17utilizing the calendar year 1987 to determine the tax amounts
18received. For the State Fiscal Year 1990, this calculation
19shall be made by utilizing the period from January 1, 1988,
20until September 30, 1988, to determine the tax amounts
21received from retailers and servicemen, which shall have
22deducted therefrom nine-twelfths of the certified Initial
23Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the
24Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts as appropriate. For the
25State Fiscal Year 1991, this calculation shall be made by
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11989, to determine the tax amounts received from retailers and
2servicemen, which shall have deducted therefrom nine-twelfths
3of the certified Initial State Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted
4Initial Sales Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax
5Amounts as appropriate. For every State Fiscal Year
6thereafter, the applicable period shall be the 12 months
7beginning July 1 and ending on June 30, to determine the tax
8amounts received which shall have deducted therefrom the
9certified Initial Sales Tax Amounts, Adjusted Initial Sales
10Tax Amounts or the Revised Initial Sales Tax Amounts.
11Municipalities intending to receive a distribution of State
12Sales Tax Increment must report a list of retailers to the
13Department of Revenue by October 31, 1988 and by July 31, of
14each year thereafter.
15    (t) "Taxing districts" means counties, townships, cities
16and incorporated towns and villages, school, road, park,
17sanitary, mosquito abatement, forest preserve, public health,
18fire protection, river conservancy, tuberculosis sanitarium
19and any other municipal corporations or districts with the
20power to levy taxes.
21    (u) "Taxing districts' capital costs" means those costs of
22taxing districts for capital improvements that are found by
23the municipal corporate authorities to be necessary and
24directly result from the redevelopment project.
25    (v) As used in subsection (a) of Section 11-74.4-3 of this
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1of real property without industrial, commercial, and
2residential buildings which has not been used for commercial
3agricultural purposes within 5 years prior to the designation
4of the redevelopment project area, unless the parcel is
5included in an industrial park conservation area or the parcel
6has been subdivided; provided that if the parcel was part of a
7larger tract that has been divided into 3 or more smaller
8tracts that were accepted for recording during the period from
91950 to 1990, then the parcel shall be deemed to have been
10subdivided, and all proceedings and actions of the
11municipality taken in that connection with respect to any
12previously approved or designated redevelopment project area
13or amended redevelopment project area are hereby validated and
14hereby declared to be legally sufficient for all purposes of
15this Act. For purposes of this Section and only for land
16subject to the subdivision requirements of the Plat Act, land
17is subdivided when the original plat of the proposed
18Redevelopment Project Area or relevant portion thereof has
19been properly certified, acknowledged, approved, and recorded
20or filed in accordance with the Plat Act and a preliminary
21plat, if any, for any subsequent phases of the proposed
22Redevelopment Project Area or relevant portion thereof has
23been properly approved and filed in accordance with the
24applicable ordinance of the municipality.
25    (w) "Annual Total Increment" means the sum of each
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1municipality's annual Net Utility Tax Increment. The ratio of
2the Annual Total Increment of each municipality to the Annual
3Total Increment for all municipalities, as most recently
4calculated by the Department, shall determine the proportional
5shares of the Illinois Tax Increment Fund to be distributed to
6each municipality.
7    (x) "LEED certified" means any certification level of
8construction elements by a qualified Leadership in Energy and
9Environmental Design Accredited Professional as determined by
10the U.S. Green Building Council.
11    (y) "Green Globes certified" means any certification level
12of construction elements by a qualified Green Globes
13Professional as determined by the Green Building Initiative.
14(Source: P.A. 102-627, eff. 8-27-21.)
 
15    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 122.2 heading)
16
DIVISION 122.2. NORTHERN ILLINOIS TRANSIT      REGIONAL
17
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

 
18    (65 ILCS 5/11-122.2-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.2-1)
19    Sec. 11-122.2-1. In addition to all its other powers,
20every municipality shall, in all its dealings with the
21Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
22established by the Northern Illinois Transit "Regional
23Transportation Authority Act", enacted by the 78th General
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1    (a) to cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit    
2Regional Transportation Authority in the exercise by the
3Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority of
4all the powers granted it by the Act;
5    (b) to receive funds from the Northern Illinois Transit    
6Regional Transportation Authority upon such terms and
7conditions as shall be set forth in an agreement between the
8municipality and the Suburban Bus Board or the Commuter Rail
9Board, which contract or agreement may be for such number of
10years or duration as they may agree, all as provided in the
11Northern Illinois Transit "Regional Transportation Authority
12Act";
13    (c) to receive financial grants from a Service Board, as
14defined in the Northern Illinois Transit "Regional
15Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and conditions
16as shall be set forth in a Purchase of Service Agreement or
17other grant contract between the municipality and the Service
18Board, which contract or agreement may be for such number of
19years or duration as the Service Board and the municipality
20may agree, all as provided in the Northern Illinois Transit    
21"Regional Transportation Authority Act";
22    (d) to acquire from the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
23Transportation Authority or a Service Board any Public
24Transportation Facility, as defined in the Northern Illinois
25Transit "Regional Transportation Authority Act", by purchase
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1in property, lease (or sublease) or installment or conditional
2purchase contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for
3consideration to be paid in annual installments during a
4period not exceeding 40 years; such property may be acquired
5subject to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or
6other interests of other parties as the municipality may deem
7appropriate and in each case the municipality may acquire a
8joint, leasehold, easement, license or other partial interest
9in such property;
10    (e) to sell, sell by installment contract, lease (or
11sublease) as lessor, or transfer to, or grant to or provide for
12the use by the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
13Transportation Authority or a Service Board any Public
14Transportation Facility, as defined in the Northern Illinois
15Transit "Regional Transportation Authority Act" upon such
16terms and for such consideration, or for no consideration, as
17the municipality may deem proper;
18    (f) to cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit    
19Regional Transportation Authority or a Service Board for the
20protection of employees and users of public transportation
21facilities against crime and also to protect such facilities;
22such cooperation may include, without limitation, agreements
23for the coordination of police or security forces;
24    (g) to file such reports with and transfer such records,
25papers or documents to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
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1upon with, or required by, the Northern Illinois Transit    
2Regional Transportation Authority or a Service Board.
3    In exercising any of the powers granted in this Section
4the municipality shall not be subject to the provisions of
5this Code or any Act making public bidding or notice a
6requirement for any purchase or sale by a municipality.
7Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary,
8every municipality may enter into Purchase of Service
9Agreements, grant contracts, other contracts, agreements or
10leases, as provided in this Section, and may incur obligations
11and expenses thereunder without making a previous
12appropriation therefor.
13(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
 
14    Section 15-150. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
15Authority Act is amended by changing Section 14.5 as follows:
 
16    (70 ILCS 210/14.5)
17    Sec. 14.5. Trustee of the Authority.
18    (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
19of the 96th General Assembly, the Authority shall be governed
20by a Trustee for a term of 18 months or until the Board created
21in this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly appoints a
22chief executive officer, whichever is longer. The Trustee of
23the Authority shall immediately assume all duties and powers
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1shall take all actions necessary to carry into effect the
2provisions of this Act and this amendatory Act of the 96th
3General Assembly. The Trustee shall receive an annual salary
4equal to the current salary of the chief executive officer,
5minus 5%.
6    As provided in Senate Bill 28 of the 96th General
7Assembly, the Trustee of the Authority is James Reilly, who
8served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Authority from
91989 to 1999, served as the Chief Operating Officer of the
10Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau from 1999 to 2004, and
11served as Chairman of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
12Transportation Authority Board. James Reilly may be removed as
13Trustee only by a joint resolution of the General Assembly
14approved by a majority of members elected to each chamber; and
15the General Assembly shall thereupon notify the Governor,
16Trustee, and interim board upon the adoption of a joint
17resolution creating a vacancy in the position of Trustee of
18the Authority.
19    (a-5) In the case of a vacancy in the office of Trustee of
20the Authority, the Governor, with the advice and consent of
21the Senate, shall appoint a Trustee within 5 calendar days. If
22the vacancy occurs during a recess of the Senate, the Governor
23shall make a temporary appointment within 5 calendar days and
24the person shall serve until the next meeting of the Senate,
25when the Governor shall nominate some person to fill the
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1the Senate shall hold the office of Trustee during the
2remainder of the term as provided for in this Section.
3    Any Trustee of the Authority appointed by the Governor,
4with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be subject to
5the Governor's removal power provided for under Section 10 of
6Article V of the Illinois Constitution.
7    (a-10) If the Trustee of the Authority, or the guardian of
8his or her estate and person, notifies the Governor that he or
9she is unable to perform the duties vested by law in the
10Trustee, then the Governor may designate some person as acting
11Trustee to execute and discharge those duties. When the
12Trustee of the Authority is prepared to resume his or her
13duties, he or she, or the guardian of his or her estate and
14person, shall do so by notifying the Governor.
15    (b) It shall be the duty of the Trustee:
16        (1) to ensure the proper administration of the
17    Authority;
18        (2) to submit to the interim board monthly reports
19    detailing actions taken and the general status of the
20    Authority;
21        (3) to report to the General Assembly and Governor no
22    later than January 1, 2011, whether Navy Pier should
23    remain within the control of the Authority or serve as an
24    entity independent from the Authority;
25        (4) to enter into an agreement with a contractor or
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1    the Authority, provided that the agreement is procured
2    using a request for proposal process in accordance with
3    the Illinois Procurement Code;
4        (5) to enter into any agreements to license naming
5    rights of any building or facility of the Authority,
6    provided the Trustee determines such an agreement is in
7    the best interest of the Authority;
8        (6) to ensure the proper implementation,
9    administration, and enforcement of Section 5.4 of this
10    Act; and
11        (7) to ensure that any contract of the Authority to
12    provide food or beverage in the buildings and facilities
13    of the Authority, except Navy Pier, shall be provided at a
14    rate not to exceed the cost established in the contract.
15    (c) The Trustee shall notify the interim board prior to
16entering into an agreement for a term of more than 24 months or
17with a total value in excess of $100,000. Notification shall
18include the purpose of the agreement, a description of the
19agreement, disclosure of parties to the agreement, and the
20total value of the agreement. Within 10 days after receiving
21notice, the interim board may prohibit the Trustee from
22entering into the agreement by a resolution approved by at
23least 5 members of the interim board. The interim board may
24veto any other action of the Trustee by a resolution approved
25by at least 5 members of the interim board, provided that the
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1    (d) Any provision of this Act that requires approval by
2the Chair of the Board or at least the approval of a majority
3of the Board shall be deemed approved if the Trustee approves
4the action, subject to the restrictions in subsection (c).
5(Source: P.A. 96-898, eff. 5-27-10; 96-899, eff. 5-28-10.)
 
6    Section 15-155. The Regional Planning Act is amended by
7changing Section 10 as follows:
 
8    (70 ILCS 1707/10)
9    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:    
10    "Board" means the Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency
11for Planning.
12    "CMAP" means the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
13    "Chief elected county official" means the Board Chair in
14DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry Counties and the
15County Executive in Will County.
16    "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the State.
17    "IDOT" means the Illinois Department of Transportation.
18    "MPO" means the metropolitan planning organization
19designated under 23 U.S.C. 134.
20    "Members" means the members of the Board.
21    "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, public or
22private corporation, State agency, transportation agency, or
23unit of local government.
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1MPO.
2    "Region" or "northeastern Illinois region" means Cook,
3DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties.
4    "State agency" means "agency" as defined in Section 1-20
5of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
6    "Transportation agency" means the Northern Illinois
7Transit Regional Transportation Authority and its Service
8Boards; the Illinois Toll Highway Authority; the Illinois
9Department of Transportation; and the transportation functions
10of units of local government.
11    "Unit of local government" means a unit of local
12government, as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the
13Illinois Constitution, that is located within the jurisdiction
14and area of operation of the Board.
15    "USDOT" means the United States Department of
16Transportation.
17(Source: P.A. 103-986, eff. 1-1-25; revised 7-10-25.)
 
18    Section 15-160. The Local Mass Transit District Act is
19amended by changing Sections 3.1, 5.05, and 8.5 as follows:
 
20    (70 ILCS 3610/3.1)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 353.1)
21    Sec. 3.1. Also in the manner provided in this Act as
22amended, a "Local Mass Transit District" may be created with a    
23boundary to enclose a unit area of contiguous land, to be known
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1be organized as a district under this Act without regard to
2boundaries of counties or other political subdivisions or
3municipal corporations.
4    (a) Any 500 or more legal voters who are residents within
5such "participating area" may file a petition in the circuit
6court of the county where the proposed district or a major part
7thereof is located, asking that the question of creating such
8district be submitted under this Act by referendum to the
9voters residing within the proposed district. By their power
10of attorney signed by them and filed in the cause the
11petitioners may authorize a committee of their number named by
12the petitioners, to conduct and pursue the cause for them to a
13conclusion. Such petition shall define the boundaries of the
14proposed district, shall indicate distances to nearest mass
15transportation lines in each direction, naming them, shall
16have attached a fair map of the proposed district, and shall
17suggest a name for the proposed district.
18    (b) The circuit clerk shall present to the circuit judge
19any petition so filed in the court. The judge shall enter an
20order of record to set a date, hour and place for judicial
21hearing on the petition. That order shall include instructions
22to the circuit clerk to give notice by newspaper publication
23to be made and completed at least 20 days before the hearing is
24to be held, in 2 or more newspapers published or circulating
25generally among the people residing within the proposed
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1cause such publication notice to be given as directed.
2    (c) After proof of such newspaper publication of notice
3has been made and filed in the cause and shown to the court in
4full accord with the prior order, the circuit judge shall hear
5all persons who attend and so request, as to location and
6boundary and name for the proposed district. After the hearing
7on such petition is completed, the circuit court by an order of
8record, shall determine and establish the location, name and
9boundary for such proposed district, and shall order the
10proposition submitted at an election in accordance with the
11general election law to the voters resident within such
12proposed district. The circuit clerk shall certify the
13proposition to the proper election officials who shall submit
14the proposition in accordance with the general election law.
15    (d) The county clerk shall canvass the ballots and other
16returns from such referendum, and prepare a full certification
17of the result and shall file the same in the cause pending in
18the circuit court. When the vote is in favor of the creation of
19such district as determined by the court order, a true map of
20such district shall be filed with such report in the circuit
21court.
22    (e) When the vote is in favor of creation of such district,
23the circuit court by an order of record shall confirm the
24result of the election. If the district is wholly contained
25within a single county the presiding officer of the county
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1appoint 5 trustees, not more than 3 of whom shall be affiliated
2with the same political party, to govern the district and
3serve one each for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years respectively; upon
4the expiration of the term of a trustee who is in office on the
5effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the successor
6shall, at the time of the appointment, and thereafter at all
7times while serving as trustee, be a resident of the Mass
8Transit District for which such person is appointed as
9trustee. If a trustee removes his residence to a place outside
10of the District, a trustee shall be appointed in the same
11manner as herein provided to take the place of the trustee who
12so removed his residence. If however the district is located
13in more than one county, the number of trustees who are
14residents of a county shall be in proportion, as nearly as
15practicable, to the number of residents of the district who
16reside in that county in relation to the total population of
17the district.
18    Upon the expiration of the term of a trustee who is in
19office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975,
20the successor shall be a resident of whichever county is
21entitled to such representation in order to bring about the
22proportional representation required herein, and he shall be
23appointed by the county board of that county, or in the case of
24a home rule county as defined by Article VII, Section 6 of the
25Constitution of 1970, the chief executive officer of that
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1accordance with the provisions previously enumerated.
2Successors shall serve 5 year overlapping terms.
3    Thereafter, each trustee shall be succeeded by a resident
4of the same county who shall be appointed by the same
5appointing authority; however, the provisions of the preceding
6paragraph shall apply to the appointment of the successor to
7each trustee who is in office at the time of the publication of
8each decennial Federal census of population.
9    (f) Upon the creation of such district, the circuit clerk
10shall prepare and certify a copy of the final court order
11confirming the referendum creating the district, and a
12duplicate of the map of such district, from the record of the
13circuit court, and shall file the same with the county clerk
14for recording in his office as "Certificate of Incorporation"
15for the district. The county clerk shall cause a duplicate of
16such "Certificate of Incorporation" to be filed in the office
17of the Secretary of State of Illinois.
18    (g) The Board of Trustees of such "Local Mass Transit
19District" shall have and exercise all the powers and shall
20perform all the duties of any Board of Trustees of any district
21created under this Act, as now or hereafter amended.
22    (h) The circuit court shall require the petitioners to
23post a surety bond for the payment of all costs and expenses of
24such proceeding and such referendum. When a district is
25created, the circuit court shall order the district to pay or
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1bond shall not be released until complete receipts for all
2such costs and expenses have been filed in the cause and fully
3audited by the circuit and county clerks.
4    (i) If the District is wholly contained within a single
5county, the County Board of such county may, by resolution,
6provide that, effective upon the next appointment of a
7Trustee, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
81989, that the Board of Trustees of such Mass Transit District
9shall be comprised of 7 Trustees, with no more than 4 members
10of the same political party. This Subsection shall not apply
11to any Mass Transit District in the State which receives
12funding in whole or in part from the Northern Illinois Transit    
13Regional Transportation Authority or any of its service
14boards.
15(Source: P.A. 86-472.)
 
16    (70 ILCS 3610/5.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 355.05)
17    Sec. 5.05. In addition to all its other powers, each
18District shall, in all its dealings with the Northern Illinois
19Transit Regional Transportation Authority established by the
20" Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
21Act", enacted by the 78th General Assembly, have the following
22powers:
23    (a) to cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit    
24Regional Transportation Authority in the exercise by the
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1all the powers granted it by such Act;
2    (b) to receive funds from the Northern Illinois Transit    
3Regional Transportation Authority upon such terms and
4conditions as shall be set forth in an agreement between the
5District and the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
6Transportation Authority, which contract or agreement may be
7for such number of years or duration as the Authority and the
8District may agree, all as provided in the "Northern Illinois
9Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act";
10    (c) to receive financial grants from a Service Board, as
11defined in the "Northern Illinois Transit Regional
12Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and conditions
13as shall be set forth in a Purchase of Service Agreement or
14other grant contact between the District and the Service
15Board, which contract or agreement may be for such number of
16years or duration as the Service Board and the District may
17agree, all as provided in the "Northern Illinois Transit    
18Regional Transportation Authority Act";
19    (d) to acquire from the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
20Transportation Authority or Service Board any Public
21Transportation Facility, as defined in the Northern Illinois
22Transit "Regional Transportation Authority Act", by purchase
23contract, gift, grant, exchange for other property or rights
24in property, lease (or sublease) or installment or conditional
25purchase contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for
26consideration to be paid in annual installments during a

 

 

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1period not exceeding 40 years; such property may be acquired
2subject to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or
3other interests of other parties as the District may deem
4appropriate and in each case the District may acquire a joint,
5leasehold, easement, license or other partial interest in such
6property;
7    (e) to sell, sell by installment contract, lease (or
8sublease) as lessor, or transfer to, or grant to or provide for
9the use by the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
10Transportation Authority or a Service Board any Public
11Transportation Facility, as defined in the "Northern Illinois
12Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act" upon such terms
13and for such consideration, as the District may deem proper;
14    (f) to cooperate with the Northern Illinois Transit    
15Regional Transportation Authority or a Service Board for the
16protection of employees of the District and users of public
17transportation facilities against crime and also to protect
18such facilities, but neither the District, the member of its
19Board nor its officers or employees shall be held liable for
20failure to provide a security or police force, or, if a
21security or police force is provided, for failure to provide
22adequate police protection or security, failure to prevent the
23commission of crimes by fellow passengers or other third
24persons or for the failure to apprehend criminals; and
25    (g) to file such reports with and transfer such records,
26papers or documents to the Northern Illinois Transit Regional

 

 

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1Transportation Authority or a Service Board as may be agreed
2upon with, or required by, the Northern Illinois Transit    
3Regional Transportation Authority or a Service Board.
4    In exercising any of the powers granted in this Section,
5the District shall not be subject to the provisions of any Act
6making public bidding or notice a requirement of any purchase
7or sale by a District.
8(Source: P.A. 84-939.)
 
9    (70 ILCS 3610/8.5)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 358.5)
10    Sec. 8.5. In addition to any other method provided for
11annexation under this Act, any territory, except property
12classified as farmland, which (1) lies within the corporate
13limits of a municipality as defined in this Act, (2) is
14contiguous to a local mass transit district organized under
15this Act, and (3) is not a part of another local mass transit
16district, may be annexed by the contiguous local mass transit
17district, by ordinance, after a public hearing has been held
18thereon by the board of trustees of the district at a location
19within the territory sought to be annexed, or within 1 mile of
20any part of the territory sought to be annexed. The annexing
21district shall cause to be published three times in a
22newspaper having general circulation within the area
23considered for annexation, at least 30 days prior to the
24public hearing thereon, a notice that the local mass transit
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1specified. The notice shall also state the date, time and
2place of the public hearing. The annexing district shall cause
3to be delivered to each owner of a parcel of land which is 5 or
4more acres, which land is proposed to be annexed in whole or in
5part, a written notice containing the information required to
6be included in the published notice. The notice shall be
7delivered by first-class first class mail so that said notice
8arrives 30 days in advance of the public hearing. The board of
9trustees of the district shall give due consideration to all
10testimony. For the purposes of this Section "property
11classified as farmland" shall mean property classified as
12farmland for assessment purposes pursuant to the Property Tax
13Code. This Section shall not apply to any mass transit
14district in the State which receives funding in whole or in
15part from the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
16Transportation Authority or any of its service boards.
17(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 
18    Section 15-165. The Water Commission Act of 1985 is
19amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
20    (70 ILCS 3720/4)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 254)
21    Sec. 4. Taxes.
22    (a) The board of commissioners of any county water
23commission may, by ordinance, impose throughout the territory
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1Section for its corporate purposes. However, no county water
2commission may impose any such tax unless the commission
3certifies the proposition of imposing the tax to the proper
4election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the
5voters residing in the territory at an election in accordance
6with the general election law, and the proposition has been
7approved by a majority of those voting on the proposition.
8    The proposition shall be in the form provided in Section 5
9or shall be substantially in the following form:
10-------------
11    Shall the (insert corporate
12name of county water commission)           YES
13impose (state type of tax or         ------------------------
14taxes to be imposed) at the                NO
15rate of 1/4%?
16-------------------------------------------------------------
17    Taxes imposed under this Section and civil penalties
18imposed incident thereto shall be collected and enforced by
19the State Department of Revenue. The Department shall have the
20power to administer and enforce the taxes and to determine all
21rights for refunds for erroneous payments of the taxes.
22    (b) The board of commissioners may impose a County Water
23Commission Retailers' Occupation Tax upon all persons engaged
24in the business of selling tangible personal property at
25retail in the territory of the commission at a rate of 1/4% of
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1business within the territory. Beginning January 1, 2021, this
2tax is not imposed on sales of aviation fuel for so long as the
3revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C.
447133 are binding on the District.
5    The tax imposed under this paragraph and all civil
6penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
7collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
8Department shall have full power to administer and enforce
9this paragraph; to collect all taxes and penalties due
10hereunder; to dispose of taxes and penalties so collected in
11the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights
12to credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous
13payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the administration of,
14and compliance with, this paragraph, the Department and
15persons who are subject to this paragraph shall have the same
16rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers and duties,
17and be subject to the same conditions, restrictions,
18limitations, penalties, exclusions, exemptions and definitions
19of terms, and employ the same modes of procedure, as are
20prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 2
21through 2-65 (in respect to all provisions therein other than
22the State rate of tax except that tangible personal property
23taxed at the 1% rate under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act
24shall not be subject to tax hereunder), 2c, 3 (except as to the
25disposition of taxes and penalties collected, and except that
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1aviation fuel sold on or after December 1, 2019 and through
2December 31, 2020), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i,
35j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of
4the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the
5Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those
6provisions were set forth herein.
7    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
8granted in this paragraph may reimburse themselves for their
9seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the tax
10as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
11combination, in a single amount, with State taxes that sellers
12are required to collect under the Use Tax Act and under
13subsection (e) of Section 4.03 of the Northern Illinois
14Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act, in accordance
15with such bracket schedules as the Department may prescribe.
16    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
17made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
18credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
19Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
20amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
21from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
22Treasurer out of a county water commission tax fund
23established under subsection (g) of this Section.
24    For the purpose of determining whether a tax authorized
25under this paragraph is applicable, a retail sale by a
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1at retail at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in
2Illinois is extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not
3apply to coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped
4by the seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so
5that the sale is exempt under the Federal Constitution as a
6sale in interstate or foreign commerce.
7    If a tax is imposed under this subsection (b), a tax shall
8also be imposed under subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
9    No tax shall be imposed or collected under this subsection
10on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of
11another state if that motor vehicle will not be titled in this
12State.
13    Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize
14a county water commission to impose a tax upon the privilege of
15engaging in any business which under the Constitution of the
16United States may not be made the subject of taxation by this
17State.
18    (c) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (b), a
19County Water Commission Service Occupation Tax shall also be
20imposed upon all persons engaged, in the territory of the
21commission, in the business of making sales of service, who,
22as an incident to making the sales of service, transfer
23tangible personal property within the territory. The tax rate
24shall be 1/4% of the selling price of tangible personal
25property so transferred within the territory. Beginning
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1fuel for so long as the revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C.
247107(b) and 49 U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the District.
3    The tax imposed under this paragraph and all civil
4penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
5collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
6Department shall have full power to administer and enforce
7this paragraph; to collect all taxes and penalties due
8hereunder; to dispose of taxes and penalties so collected in
9the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights
10to credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous
11payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the administration of,
12and compliance with, this paragraph, the Department and
13persons who are subject to this paragraph shall have the same
14rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers and duties,
15and be subject to the same conditions, restrictions,
16limitations, penalties, exclusions, exemptions and definitions
17of terms, and employ the same modes of procedure, as are
18prescribed in Sections 1a-1, 2 (except that the reference to
19State in the definition of supplier maintaining a place of
20business in this State shall mean the territory of the
21commission), 2a, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions
22therein other than the State rate of tax except that tangible
23personal property taxed at the 1% rate under the Service
24Occupation Tax Act shall not be subject to tax hereunder), 4
25(except that the reference to the State shall be to the
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1jurisdiction to which the tax shall be a debt to the extent
2indicated in that Section 8 shall be the commission), 9
3(except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected
4and except that the returned merchandise credit for this tax
5may not be taken against any State tax, and except that the
6retailer's discount is not allowed for taxes paid on aviation
7fuel sold on or after December 1, 2019 and through December 31,
82020), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section 2b
9of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any
10reference to the State shall mean the territory of the
11commission), the first paragraph of Section 15, 15.5, 16, 17,
1218, 19, and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act as fully as if
13those provisions were set forth herein.
14    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
15granted in this paragraph may reimburse themselves for their
16serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
17tax as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
18combination, in a single amount, with State tax that
19servicemen are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax
20Act, and any tax for which servicemen may be liable under
21subsection (f) of Section 4.03 of the Northern Illinois
22Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act, in accordance
23with such bracket schedules as the Department may prescribe.
24    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
25made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
26credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State

 

 

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1Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
2amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
3from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
4Treasurer out of a county water commission tax fund
5established under subsection (g) of this Section.
6    Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize
7a county water commission to impose a tax upon the privilege of
8engaging in any business which under the Constitution of the
9United States may not be made the subject of taxation by the
10State.
11    (d) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (b), a tax
12shall also be imposed upon the privilege of using, in the
13territory of the commission, any item of tangible personal
14property that is purchased outside the territory at retail
15from a retailer, and that is titled or registered with an
16agency of this State's government, at a rate of 1/4% of the
17selling price of the tangible personal property within the
18territory, as "selling price" is defined in the Use Tax Act.
19The tax shall be collected from persons whose Illinois address
20for titling or registration purposes is given as being in the
21territory. The tax shall be collected by the Department of
22Revenue for a county water commission. The tax must be paid to
23the State, or an exemption determination must be obtained from
24the Department of Revenue, before the title or certificate of
25registration for the property may be issued. The tax or proof
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1State agency with which, or the State officer with whom, the
2tangible personal property must be titled or registered if the
3Department and the State agency or State officer determine
4that this procedure will expedite the processing of
5applications for title or registration.
6    The Department shall have full power to administer and
7enforce this paragraph; to collect all taxes, penalties, and
8interest due hereunder; to dispose of taxes, penalties, and
9interest so collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and
10to determine all rights to credit memoranda or refunds arising
11on account of the erroneous payment of tax, penalty, or
12interest hereunder. In the administration of and compliance
13with this paragraph, the Department and persons who are
14subject to this paragraph shall have the same rights,
15remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, and be
16subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations,
17penalties, exclusions, exemptions, and definitions of terms
18and employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in
19Sections 2 (except the definition of "retailer maintaining a
20place of business in this State"), 3 through 3-80 (except
21provisions pertaining to the State rate of tax, and except
22provisions concerning collection or refunding of the tax by
23retailers), 4, 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15, 19 (except the portions
24pertaining to claims by retailers and except the last
25paragraph concerning refunds), 20, 21, and 22 of the Use Tax
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1that are not inconsistent with this paragraph, as fully as if
2those provisions were set forth herein.
3    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
4made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
5credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
6Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
7amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
8from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
9Treasurer out of a county water commission tax fund
10established under subsection (g) of this Section.
11    (e) A certificate of registration issued by the State
12Department of Revenue to a retailer under the Retailers'
13Occupation Tax Act or under the Service Occupation Tax Act
14shall permit the registrant to engage in a business that is
15taxed under the tax imposed under subsection (b), (c), or (d)
16of this Section and no additional registration shall be
17required under the tax. A certificate issued under the Use Tax
18Act or the Service Use Tax Act shall be applicable with regard
19to any tax imposed under subsection (c) of this Section.
20    (f) Any ordinance imposing or discontinuing any tax under
21this Section shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
22filed with the Department on or before June 1, whereupon the
23Department of Revenue shall proceed to administer and enforce
24this Section on behalf of the county water commission as of
25September 1 next following the adoption and filing. Beginning
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1discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a
2certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before
3the first day of July, whereupon the Department shall proceed
4to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of
5October next following such adoption and filing. Beginning
6January 1, 1993, an ordinance or resolution imposing or
7discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a
8certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before
9the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall
10proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the first
11day of January next following such adoption and filing.
12    (g) The State Department of Revenue shall, upon collecting
13any taxes as provided in this Section, pay the taxes over to
14the State Treasurer as trustee for the commission. The taxes
15shall be held in a trust fund outside the State treasury    
16Treasury.
17    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
18beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the
19Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order
20transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR
21Bonds Revenue Fund the local sales tax increment, as defined
22in the Innovation Development and Economy Act, collected under
23this Section during the second preceding calendar month for
24sales within a STAR bond district.
25    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
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1Department of Revenue shall prepare and certify to the
2Comptroller of the State of Illinois the amount to be paid to
3the commission, which shall be the amount (not including
4credit memoranda) collected under this Section during the
5second preceding calendar month by the Department plus an
6amount the Department determines is necessary to offset any
7amounts that were erroneously paid to a different taxing body,
8and not including any amount equal to the amount of refunds
9made during the second preceding calendar month by the
10Department on behalf of the commission, and not including any
11amount that the Department determines is necessary to offset
12any amounts that were payable to a different taxing body but
13were erroneously paid to the commission, and less any amounts
14that are transferred to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund, less 1.5%
15of the remainder, which shall be transferred into the Tax
16Compliance and Administration Fund. The Department, at the
17time of each monthly disbursement to the commission, shall
18prepare and certify to the State Comptroller the amount to be
19transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
20under this subsection. Within 10 days after receipt by the
21Comptroller of the certification of the amount to be paid to
22the commission and the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund,
23the Comptroller shall cause an order to be drawn for the
24payment for the amount in accordance with the direction in the
25certification.
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1this Section may no longer be imposed or collected, unless a
2continuation of the tax is approved by the voters at a
3referendum as set forth in this Section.
4(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
5100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; 101-10, eff.
66-5-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-604, eff. 12-13-19.)
 
7    Section 15-170. The School Code is amended by changing
8Sections 29-5 and 34-4 as follows:
 
9    (105 ILCS 5/29-5)  (from Ch. 122, par. 29-5)
10    Sec. 29-5. Reimbursement by State for transportation. Any
11school district or State-authorized charter school,
12maintaining a school, transporting resident pupils to another
13school district's vocational program, offered through a joint
14agreement approved by the State Board of Education, as
15provided in Section 10-22.22 or transporting its resident
16pupils to a school which meets the standards for recognition
17as established by the State Board of Education which provides
18transportation meeting the standards of safety, comfort,
19convenience, efficiency and operation prescribed by the State
20Board of Education for resident pupils in kindergarten or any
21of grades 1 through 12 who: (a) reside at least 1 1/2 miles as
22measured by the customary route of travel, from the school
23attended; or (b) reside in areas where conditions are such
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1when determined under Section 29-3; and (c) are transported to
2the school attended from pick-up points at the beginning of
3the school day and back again at the close of the school day or
4transported to and from their assigned attendance centers
5during the school day shall be reimbursed by the State as
6hereinafter provided in this Section.
7    The State will pay the prorated allowable cost of
8transporting eligible pupils less the real equalized assessed
9valuation as computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of
10Section 18-8.15 in a dual school district maintaining
11secondary grades 9 to 12 inclusive times a qualifying rate of
12.05%; in elementary school districts maintaining grades K to 8
13times a qualifying rate of .06%; and in unit districts
14maintaining grades K to 12, including partial elementary unit
15districts formed pursuant to Article 11E, times a qualifying
16rate of .07%. For a State-authorized charter school, the State
17shall pay the prorated allowable cost of transporting eligible
18pupils less a real equalized assessed valuation calculated
19pursuant to this Section times a qualifying rate. For purposes
20of calculating the real equalized assessed valuation for a
21State-authorized charter school whose resident district is not
22a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, the
23State Board of Education shall calculate the average of the
24number of students in grades kindergarten through 12 reported
25as enrolled in the charter school in the State Board's Student
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1preceding school year. That value shall be divided by the
2average of the number of students in grades kindergarten
3through 12 reported as enrolled in the charter school's
4resident district on October 1 and March 1 of the immediately
5preceding school year. That proportion shall be multiplied by
6the real equalized assessed valuation as computed under
7paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Section 18-8.15 for each
8State-authorized charter school's applicable resident
9district. A State-authorized charter school whose resident
10district is organized under Article 34 of this Code shall have
11a real equalized assessed valuation equal to the real
12equalized assessed valuation of its resident district as
13computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Section
1418-8.15. A State-authorized charter school's qualifying rate
15shall be the same as the rate that applies to the charter
16school's resident district.
17    To be eligible to receive reimbursement in excess of 4/5
18of the cost to transport eligible pupils, a school district or
19partial elementary unit district formed pursuant to Article
2011E shall have a Transportation Fund tax rate of at least .12%.
21The Transportation Fund tax rate for a partial elementary unit
22district formed pursuant Article 11E shall be the combined
23elementary and high school rates pursuant to paragraph (4) of
24subsection (a) of Section 18-8.15.
25    If a school district or partial elementary unit district
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1Transportation Fund tax rate, the amount of its claim in
2excess of 4/5 of the cost of transporting pupils shall be
3reduced by the sum arrived at by subtracting the
4Transportation Fund tax rate from .12% and multiplying that
5amount by the district's real equalized assessed valuation as
6computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of Section
718-8.15, provided that in no case shall said reduction result
8in reimbursement of less than 4/5 of the cost to transport
9eligible pupils. No such adjustment may be applied to a claim
10filed by a State-authorized charter school.
11    Subject to the calculation of equalized assessed
12valuation, an adjustment for an insufficient tax rate, and the
13use of a qualifying rate as provided in this Section, a
14State-authorized charter school may make a claim for
15reimbursement by the State that is calculated in the same
16manner as a school district.
17    The minimum amount to be received by a district is $16
18times the number of eligible pupils transported.
19    When calculating the reimbursement for transportation
20costs, the State Board of Education may not deduct the number
21of pupils enrolled in early education programs from the number
22of pupils eligible for reimbursement if the pupils enrolled in
23the early education programs are transported at the same time
24as other eligible pupils.
25    Any such district transporting resident pupils during the
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1district's vocational program more than 1 1/2 miles from the
2school attended, as provided in Sections 10-22.20a and
310-22.22, shall be reimbursed by the State for 4/5 of the cost
4of transporting eligible pupils.
5    School day means that period of time during which the
6pupil is required to be in attendance for instructional
7purposes.
8    If a pupil is at a location within the school district
9other than his residence for child care purposes at the time
10for transportation to school, that location may be considered
11for purposes of determining the 1 1/2 miles from the school
12attended.
13    Claims for reimbursement that include children who attend
14any school other than a public school shall show the number of
15such children transported.
16    Claims for reimbursement under this Section shall not be
17paid for the transportation of pupils for whom transportation
18costs are claimed for payment under other Sections of this
19Act.
20    The allowable direct cost of transporting pupils for
21regular, vocational, and special education pupil
22transportation shall be limited to the sum of the cost of
23physical examinations required for employment as a school bus
24driver; the salaries of full-time or part-time drivers and
25school bus maintenance personnel; employee benefits excluding
26Illinois municipal retirement payments, social security

 

 

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1payments, unemployment insurance payments and workers'
2compensation insurance premiums; expenditures to independent
3carriers who operate school buses; payments to other school
4districts for pupil transportation services; pre-approved
5contractual expenditures for computerized bus scheduling;
6expenditures for housing assistance and homeless prevention
7under Sections 1-17 and 1-18 of the Education for Homeless
8Children Act that are not in excess of the school district's
9actual costs for providing transportation services and are not
10otherwise claimed in another State or federal grant that
11permits those costs to a parent, a legal guardian, any other
12person who enrolled a pupil, or a homeless assistance agency
13that is part of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
14Act's continuum of care for the area in which the district is
15located; the cost of gasoline, oil, tires, and other supplies
16necessary for the operation of school buses; the cost of
17converting buses' gasoline engines to more fuel efficient
18engines or to engines which use alternative energy sources;
19the cost of travel to meetings and workshops conducted by the
20regional superintendent or the State Superintendent of
21Education pursuant to the standards established by the
22Secretary of State under Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle
23Code to improve the driving skills of school bus drivers; the
24cost of maintenance of school buses including parts and
25materials used; expenditures for leasing transportation
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1insurance and licenses for transportation vehicles;
2expenditures for the rental of transportation equipment; plus
3a depreciation allowance of 20% for 5 years for school buses
4and vehicles approved for transporting pupils to and from
5school and a depreciation allowance of 10% for 10 years for
6other transportation equipment so used. Each school year, if a
7school district has made expenditures to the Northern Illinois
8Transit Regional Transportation Authority or any of its
9service boards, a mass transit district, or an urban
10transportation district under an intergovernmental agreement
11with the district to provide for the transportation of pupils
12and if the public transit carrier received direct payment for
13services or passes from a school district within its service
14area during the 2000-2001 school year, then the allowable
15direct cost of transporting pupils for regular, vocational,
16and special education pupil transportation shall also include
17the expenditures that the district has made to the public
18transit carrier. In addition to the above allowable costs,
19school districts shall also claim all transportation
20supervisory salary costs, including Illinois municipal
21retirement payments, and all transportation-related    
22transportation related building and building maintenance costs
23without limitation.
24    Special education allowable costs shall also include
25expenditures for the salaries of attendants or aides for that
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1in transit and expenditures for parents and public carriers
2for transporting special education pupils when pre-approved by
3the State Superintendent of Education.
4    Indirect costs shall be included in the reimbursement
5claim for districts which own and operate their own school
6buses. Such indirect costs shall include administrative costs,
7or any costs attributable to transporting pupils from their
8attendance centers to another school building for
9instructional purposes. No school district which owns and
10operates its own school buses may claim reimbursement for
11indirect costs which exceed 5% of the total allowable direct
12costs for pupil transportation.
13    The State Board of Education shall prescribe uniform
14regulations for determining the above standards and shall
15prescribe forms of cost accounting and standards of
16determining reasonable depreciation. Such depreciation shall
17include the cost of equipping school buses with the safety
18features required by law or by the rules, regulations and
19standards promulgated by the State Board of Education, and the
20Department of Transportation for the safety and construction
21of school buses provided, however, any equipment cost
22reimbursed by the Department of Transportation for equipping
23school buses with such safety equipment shall be deducted from
24the allowable cost in the computation of reimbursement under
25this Section in the same percentage as the cost of the
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1    On or before August 15, annually, the chief school
2administrator for the district shall certify to the State
3Superintendent of Education the district's claim for
4reimbursement for the school year ending on June 30 next
5preceding. The State Superintendent of Education shall check
6and approve the claims and prepare the vouchers showing the
7amounts due for district reimbursement claims. Each fiscal
8year, the State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and
9transmit the first 3 vouchers to the Comptroller on the 30th
10day of September, December and March, respectively, and the
11final voucher, no later than June 20.
12    If the amount appropriated for transportation
13reimbursement is insufficient to fund total claims for any
14fiscal year, the State Board of Education shall reduce each
15school district's allowable costs and flat grant amount
16proportionately to make total adjusted claims equal the total
17amount appropriated.
18    For purposes of calculating claims for reimbursement under
19this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 2016, the
20equalized assessed valuation for a school district or partial
21elementary unit district formed pursuant to Article 11E used
22to compute reimbursement shall be the real equalized assessed
23valuation as computed under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of
24Section 18-8.15.
25    All reimbursements received from the State shall be
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1fund from which the allowable expenditures were made.
2    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
3district receiving a payment under this Section or under
4Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or 14-13.01 of this Code may
5classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
6particular fiscal year or from State aid pursuant to Section
718-8.15 of this Code as funds received in connection with any
8funding program for which it is entitled to receive funds from
9the State in that fiscal year (including, without limitation,
10any funding program referenced in this Section), regardless of
11the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
12classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
13funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
14that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
15district must be made by a resolution of its board of
16education. The resolution must identify the amount of any
17payments or general State aid to be classified under this
18paragraph and must specify the funding program to which the
19funds are to be treated as received in connection therewith.
20This resolution is controlling as to the classification of
21funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the resolution
22must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education. The
23resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the
24resolution has not been sent to the State Superintendent of
25Education in a timely manner. No classification under this
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1timing of money the district is entitled to receive under this
2Code. No classification under this paragraph by a district
3shall in any way relieve the district from or affect any
4requirements that otherwise would apply with respect to that
5funding program, including any accounting of funds by source,
6reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
7reporting requirements, or requirements of providing services.
8    Any school district with a population of not more than
9500,000 must deposit all funds received under this Article
10into the transportation fund and use those funds for the
11provision of transportation services.
12(Source: P.A. 102-539, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
13103-588, eff. 1-1-25.)
 
14    (105 ILCS 5/34-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4)
15    Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for election or
16appointment to the Board, a person shall be a citizen of the
17United States, shall be a registered voter as provided in the
18Election Code, shall have been, for a period of one year
19immediately before election or appointment, a resident of the
20city, district, and subdistrict that the member represents,
21and shall not be a child sex offender as defined in Section
2211-9.3 of the Criminal Code of 2012. A person is ineligible for
23election or appointment to the Board if that person is not in
24compliance with the provisions of Section 10-9 as referenced
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1eligible for election to the Board shall be nominated by a
2petition signed by at least 1,000 but not more than 3,000 of
3the voters residing within the electoral district on a
4petition in order to be placed on the ballot. For the 2026
5general election and general elections thereafter, persons
6eligible for election to the Board shall be nominated by a
7petition signed by at least 500 but no more than 1,500 voters
8residing within the subdistrict on a petition in order to be
9placed on the ballot, except that persons eligible for
10election to the Board at large shall be nominated by a petition
11signed by no less than 2,500 voters residing within the city.
12Any registered voter may sign a nominating petition,
13irrespective of any partisan petition the voter signs or may
14sign. For the 2024 general election only, the petition
15circulation period shall begin on March 26, 2024, and the
16filing period shall be from June 17, 2024 to June 24, 2024.
17Permanent removal from the city by any member of the Board
18during the member's term of office constitutes a resignation
19therefrom and creates a vacancy in the Board. Board members
20shall serve without any compensation; however, members of the
21Board shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred while in the
22performance of their duties upon submission of proper receipts
23or upon submission of a signed voucher in the case of an
24expense allowance evidencing the amount of such reimbursement
25or allowance to the President of the Board for verification
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1under the Federal, State or any local government other than
2that of Director of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
3Transportation Authority, member of the economic development
4commission of a city having a population exceeding 500,000,
5notary public or member of the National Guard, and by
6accepting any such office while members of the Board, or by not
7resigning any such office held at the time of being elected or
8appointed to the Board within 30 days after such election or
9appointment, shall be deemed to have vacated their membership
10in the Board.
11(Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 6-1-22; 102-691, eff. 12-17-21;
12103-584, eff. 3-18-24.)
 
13    Section 15-175. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
14changing Section 4-302 as follows:
 
15    (220 ILCS 5/4-302)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 4-302)
16    Sec. 4-302. The Commission shall cooperate with the
17Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
18created pursuant to the " Northern Illinois Transit Regional
19Transportation Authority Act", enacted by the 78th General
20Assembly, in the exercise of the powers of the Authority as
21provided in that Act.
22    Transportation Agencies which have any purchase of service
23agreement with a Service Board as provided in the "Northern
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1not be subject to this Act as to any public transportation
2which is the subject of such agreement. Any service and
3business exempted from this Act pursuant to this Section shall
4not be considered "intrastate public utility business" as
5defined in Section 3-120 of this Act.
6    No contract between any Transportation Agency and the
7Authority or a Service Board or acquisition by the Authority
8or a Service Board of any property, including property of a
9Transportation Agency pursuant to and as defined in the
10Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
11Act, shall, except as provided in such Act, be subject to the
12supervision, regulation or approval of the Commission.
13    In the event a Service Board shall determine that any
14Public Transportation service provided by any Transportation
15Agency with which that Service Board has a Purchase of Service
16Agreement is not necessary for the public interest and shall
17for that reason decline to enter into any Purchase of Service
18Agreement for such particular service, all pursuant to and as
19defined in such Northern Illinois Transit Regional
20Transportation Authority Act, then the discontinuation of such
21service by such Transportation Agency shall not be subject to
22the supervision, regulation or approval of the Commission.
23(Source: P.A. 84-617; 84-1025.)
 
24    Section 15-180. The Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
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1    (410 ILCS 55/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4202)
2    Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
3requires:
4    (a) "Telecommunication device for the deaf" means a
5teletypewriter or other instrument for telecommunication in
6which speaking or hearing is not required for communication.
7    (b) "Public Safety Agency" means any unit of local
8government or special purpose district within the State which
9has authority to provide firefighting, police, or other
10emergency services.
11    (c) "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
12    (d) "Major public transportation site" means any airport
13or railroad station in the State providing commercial rail or
14airline service to the general public, that serves and is
15located within 20 miles of a municipality with a population of
1625,000 or more, except for any facility under the jurisdiction
17of the Commuter Rail Division created by the Northern Illinois
18Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act or the Chicago
19Transit Authority created by the Metropolitan Transit
20Authority Act.
21    (e) "General traveling public" are individuals making use
22of the commercial rail and airline services which are provided
23at major public transportation sites.
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1    Section 15-185. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
2changing Section 6-411.5 as follows:
 
3    (605 ILCS 5/6-411.5)
4    Sec. 6-411.5. Contracts for public transportation. The
5highway commissioner of each road district within the
6territory of the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
7Transportation Authority shall have authority, with the
8approval of the township board of trustees, to contract with
9the Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
10Authority or a Service Board, as defined in the Northern
11Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act, for
12the purchase of public transportation services within the
13district, upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually
14agreed upon. The expenditure of road funds, collected under a
15road district tax, to purchase public transportation services
16constitutes a road purpose under this Code.
17(Source: P.A. 89-347, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
18    Section 15-190. The Toll Highway Act is amended by
19changing Section 19 as follows:
 
20    (605 ILCS 10/19)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-19)
21    Sec. 19. Toll rates. The Authority shall fix and revise
22from time to time, tolls or charges or rates for the privilege
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1this Act. Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted at rates
2calculated to provide the lowest reasonable toll rates that
3will provide funds sufficient with other revenues of the
4Authority to pay, (a) the cost of the construction of a toll
5highway authorized by joint resolution of the General Assembly
6pursuant to Section 14.1 and the reconstruction, major repairs
7or improvements of toll highways, (b) the cost of maintaining,
8repairing, regulating and operating the toll highways
9including only the necessary expenses of the Authority, and
10(c) the principal of all bonds, interest thereon and all
11sinking fund requirements and other requirements provided by
12resolutions authorizing the issuance of the bonds as they
13shall become due. In fixing the toll rates pursuant to this
14Section 19 and Section 10(c) of this Act, the Authority shall
15take into account the effect of the provisions of this Section
1619 permitting the use of the toll highway system without
17payment of the covenants of the Authority contained in the
18resolutions and trust indentures authorizing the issuance of
19bonds of the Authority. No such provision permitting the use
20of the toll highway system without payment of tolls after the
21date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall
22be applied in a manner that impairs the rights of bondholders
23pursuant to any resolution or trust indentures authorizing the
24issuance of bonds of the Authority. The use and disposition of
25any sinking or reserve fund shall be subject to such
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1indenture authorizing the issuance of the bonds. Subject to
2the provisions of any resolution or trust indenture
3authorizing the issuance of bonds any moneys in any such
4sinking fund in excess of an amount equal to one year's
5interest on the bonds then outstanding secured by such sinking
6fund may be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds. All
7such bonds so redeemed or purchased shall forthwith be
8cancelled and shall not again be issued. No person shall be
9permitted to use any toll highway without paying the toll
10established under this Section except when on official Toll
11Highway Authority business which includes police and other
12emergency vehicles. However, any law enforcement agency
13vehicle, fire department vehicle, public or private ambulance
14service vehicle engaged in the performance of an emergency
15service or duty that necessitates the use of the toll highway
16system, or other emergency vehicle that is plainly marked
17shall not be required to pay a toll to use a toll highway. A
18law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency services
19officer driving a law enforcement, fire protection, emergency
20services agency vehicle, or public or private ambulance
21service vehicle engaging in the performance of emergency
22services or duties that is not plainly marked must present an
23Official Permit Card which the law enforcement, fire
24protection, or emergency services officer receives from his or
25her law enforcement, fire protection, emergency services
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1a toll highway without paying the toll. A law enforcement,
2fire protection, emergency services agency, or public or
3private ambulance service engaging in the performance of
4emergency services or duties must apply to the Authority to
5receive a permit, and the Authority shall adopt rules for the
6issuance of a permit, that allows public or private ambulance
7service vehicles engaged in the performance of emergency
8services or duties that necessitate the use of the toll
9highway system and all law enforcement, fire protection, or
10emergency services agency vehicles of the law enforcement,
11fire protection, or emergency services agency to use any toll
12highway without paying the toll established under this
13Section. The Authority shall maintain in its office a list of
14all persons that are authorized to use any toll highway
15without charge when on official business of the Authority and
16such list shall be open to the public for inspection. In
17recognition of the unique role of public transportation in
18providing effective transportation in the Authority's service
19region, and to give effect to the exemption set forth in
20subsection (b) of Section 2.06 of the Northern Illinois
21Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act, the following
22vehicles may use any toll highway without paying the toll: (1)
23a vehicle owned or operated by the Suburban Bus Division of the
24Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
25that is being used to transport passengers for hire; and (2)
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1District created under Section 3 of the Local Mass Transit
2District Act and running regular scheduled service.
3    Among other matters, this amendatory Act of 1990 is
4intended to clarify and confirm the prior intent of the
5General Assembly to allow toll revenues from the toll highway
6system to be used to pay a portion of the cost of the
7construction of the North-South Toll Highway authorized by
8Senate Joint Resolution 122 of the 83rd General Assembly in
91984.
10(Source: P.A. 100-739, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
11    Section 15-195. The Illinois Aeronautics Act is amended by
12changing Section 49.1 as follows:
 
13    (620 ILCS 5/49.1)  (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.49a)
14    Sec. 49.1. Creation of hazards. No person may create or
15construct any airport hazard which obstructs a restricted
16landing area or residential airport that (1) serves 20 or more
17based aircraft, and (2) is located within the "metropolitan
18region" as that term is defined in the Northern Illinois
19Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act. For the purpose
20of this Section, "based aircraft" are aircraft that are
21regularly hangared or tied-down at the restricted landing area
22or residential airport, or that use it as their primary base of
23operation. As used in this Section 49.1, "restricted landing
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1forth in regulations of the Department in effect on the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, but shall not
3include amendments of the regulations adopted by the
4Department thereafter.
5(Source: P.A. 86-963.)
 
6    Section 15-200. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
7changing Sections 1-209.3, 8-102, 11-709.2, and 18c-7402 as
8follows:
 
9    (625 ILCS 5/1-209.3)
10    Sec. 1-209.3. Transit bus. A bus engaged in public
11transportation as defined by the Regional Transportation
12Authority Act and authorized by the Department to be used on
13specifically designated roadway shoulders.
14(Source: P.A. 97-292, eff. 8-11-11.)
 
15    (625 ILCS 5/8-102)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 8-102)
16    Sec. 8-102. Alternate methods of giving proof.
17    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), proof of
18financial responsibility, when required under Section 8-101 or
198-101.1, may be given by filing with the Secretary of State one
20of the following:
21        1. A bond as provided in Section 8-103;
22        2. An insurance policy or other proof of insurance in
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1    Section 8-108;
2        3. A certificate of self-insurance issued by the
3    Director;
4        4. A certificate of self-insurance issued to the
5    Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
6    Authority by the Director naming municipal or
7    non-municipal public carriers included therein;
8        5. A certificate of coverage issued by an
9    intergovernmental risk management association evidencing
10    coverages which meet or exceed the amounts required under
11    this Code.
12    (b) Beginning January 1, 2020, in lieu of filing the
13documents required by subsection (a), each owner of a vehicle
14required to obtain minimum liability insurance under Section
158-101 or 8-101.1 shall attest that the vehicle is insured in at
16least the minimum required amount.
17        (1) The Secretary shall create a form on which the
18    vehicle owner shall attest that the vehicle is insured in
19    at least the minimum required amount. The attestation form
20    shall be submitted with each registration application.
21        (2) The attestation form shall be valid for the full
22    registration period; however, if at any time the Secretary
23    has reason to believe that the owner does not have the
24    minimum required amount of insurance for a vehicle, the
25    Secretary may require the owner to file with the Secretary
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1    Section.
2        (3) If the owner fails to provide the required
3    documentation within 7 calendar days after the request is
4    made, the Secretary may suspend the vehicle registration.
5    The registration shall remain suspended until such time as
6    the required documentation is provided to and reviewed by
7    the Secretary.
8        (4) The owner of a vehicle that is self-insured shall
9    attest that the funds available to pay liability claims
10    related to the operation of the vehicle are equivalent to
11    or greater than the minimum liability insurance
12    requirements under Section 8-101 or 8-101.1.
13    (c) The Secretary of State may adopt rules to implement
14this Section.
15(Source: P.A. 100-986, eff. 1-1-21.)
 
16    (625 ILCS 5/11-709.2)
17    Sec. 11-709.2. Bus on shoulder program.
18    (a) The use of specifically designated shoulders of
19roadways by transit buses may be authorized by the Department
20in cooperation with the Northern Illinois Transit Regional
21Transportation Authority or a local mass transit system and
22the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation
23Authority. The Department shall prescribe by rule which
24transit buses are authorized to operate on shoulders, as well
25as times and locations. The Department may erect signage to

 

 

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1indicate times and locations of designated shoulder usage.
2    (b) (Blank).
3    (c) (Blank).
4(Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 98-871, eff. 8-11-14;
599-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/18c-7402)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 18c-7402)
7    Sec. 18c-7402. Safety requirements for railroad
8operations.
9    (1) Obstruction of crossings.
10        (a) Obstruction of emergency vehicles. Every railroad
11    shall be operated in such a manner as to minimize
12    obstruction of emergency vehicles at crossings. Where such
13    obstruction occurs and the train crew is aware of the
14    obstruction, the train crew shall immediately take any
15    action, consistent with safe operating procedure,
16    necessary to remove the obstruction. In the Chicago and
17    St. Louis switching districts, every railroad dispatcher
18    or other person responsible for the movement of railroad
19    equipment in a specific area who receives notification
20    that railroad equipment is obstructing the movement of an
21    emergency vehicle at any crossing within such area shall
22    immediately notify the train crew through use of existing
23    communication facilities. Upon notification, the train
24    crew shall take immediate action in accordance with this
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1        (b) Obstruction of highway at grade crossing
2    prohibited. It is unlawful for a rail carrier to permit
3    any train, railroad car or engine to obstruct public
4    travel at a railroad-highway grade crossing for a period
5    in excess of 10 minutes, except where such train or
6    railroad car is continuously moving or cannot be moved by
7    reason of circumstances over which the rail carrier has no
8    reasonable control.
9        In a county with a population of greater than
10    1,000,000, as determined by the most recent federal
11    census, during the hours of 7:00 a.m. through 9:00 a.m.
12    and 4:00 p.m. through 6:00 p.m. it is unlawful for a rail
13    carrier to permit any single train or railroad car to
14    obstruct public travel at a railroad-highway grade
15    crossing in excess of a total of 10 minutes during a 30
16    minute period, except where the train or railroad car
17    cannot be moved by reason or circumstances over which the
18    rail carrier has no reasonable control. Under no
19    circumstances will a moving train be stopped for the
20    purposes of issuing a citation related to this Section.
21        However, no employee acting under the rules or orders
22    of the rail carrier or its supervisory personnel may be
23    prosecuted for a violation of this subsection (b).
24        (c) Punishment for obstruction of grade crossing. Any
25    rail carrier violating paragraph (b) of this subsection
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1    $200 nor more than $500 if the duration of the obstruction
2    is in excess of 10 minutes but no longer than 15 minutes.
3    If the duration of the obstruction exceeds 15 minutes the
4    violation shall be a business offense and the following
5    fines shall be imposed: if the duration of the obstruction
6    is in excess of 15 minutes but no longer than 20 minutes,
7    the fine shall be $500; if the duration of the obstruction
8    is in excess of 20 minutes but no longer than 25 minutes,
9    the fine shall be $700; if the duration of the obstruction
10    is in excess of 25 minutes, but no longer than 30 minutes,
11    the fine shall be $900; if the duration of the obstruction
12    is in excess of 30 minutes but no longer than 35 minutes,
13    the fine shall be $1,000; if the duration of the
14    obstruction is in excess of 35 minutes, the fine shall be
15    $1,000 plus an additional $500 for each 5 minutes of
16    obstruction in excess of 25 minutes of obstruction.
17    (2) Other operational requirements.
18        (a) Bell and whistle-crossings. Every rail carrier and
19    the Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois
20    Transit Authority shall cause a bell, and a whistle or
21    horn to be placed and kept on each locomotive, and shall
22    cause the same to be rung or sounded by the engineer or
23    fireman, at the distance of at least 1,320 feet, from the
24    place where the railroad crosses or intersects any public
25    highway, and shall be kept ringing or sounding until the
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1    Commission shall by order direct, only after a hearing has
2    been held to determine the public is reasonably and
3    sufficiently protected, the rail carrier may be excused
4    from giving warning provided by this paragraph.
5        (a-5) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this
6    subsection (2) regarding ringing a bell and sounding a
7    whistle or horn do not apply at a railroad crossing that
8    has a permanently installed automated audible warning
9    device authorized by the Commission under Section
10    18c-7402.1 that sounds automatically when an approaching
11    train is at least 1,320 feet from the crossing and that
12    keeps sounding until the lead locomotive has crossed the
13    highway. The engineer or fireman may ring the bell or
14    sound the whistle or horn at a railroad crossing that has a
15    permanently installed audible warning device.
16        (b) Speed limits. Each rail carrier shall operate its
17    trains in compliance with speed limits set by the
18    Commission. The Commission may set train speed limits only
19    where such limits are necessitated by extraordinary
20    circumstances affecting the public safety, and shall
21    maintain such train speed limits in effect only for such
22    time as the extraordinary circumstances prevail.
23        The Commission and the Department of Transportation
24    shall conduct a study of the relation between train speeds
25    and railroad-highway grade crossing safety. The Commission
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1    Assembly no later than January 5, 1997.
2        (c) Special speed limit; pilot project. The Commission
3    and the Board of the Commuter Rail Division of the
4    Northern Illinois Transit Regional Transportation    
5    Authority shall conduct a pilot project in the Village of
6    Fox River Grove, the site of the fatal school bus crash at
7    a railroad crossing on October 25, 1995, in order to
8    improve railroad crossing safety. For this project, the
9    Commission is directed to set the maximum train speed
10    limit for Northern Illinois Transit Regional
11    Transportation Authority trains at 50 miles per hour at
12    intersections on that portion of the intrastate rail line
13    located in the Village of Fox River Grove. If the Northern
14    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority
15    deliberately fails to comply with this maximum speed
16    limit, then any entity, governmental or otherwise, that
17    provides capital or operational funds to the Northern
18    Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority shall
19    appropriately reduce or eliminate that funding. The
20    Commission shall report to the Governor and the General
21    Assembly on the results of this pilot project in January
22    1999, January 2000, and January 2001. The Commission shall
23    also submit a final report on the pilot project to the
24    Governor and the General Assembly in January 2001. The
25    provisions of this subsection (c), other than this
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1        (d) Freight train crew size. No rail carrier shall
2    operate or cause to operate a train or light engine used in
3    connection with the movement of freight unless it has an
4    operating crew consisting of at least 2 individuals. The
5    minimum freight train crew size indicated in this
6    subsection (d) shall remain in effect until a federal law
7    or rule encompassing the subject matter has been adopted.
8    The Commission, with respect to freight train crew member
9    size under this subsection (d), has the power to conduct
10    evidentiary hearings, make findings, and issue and enforce
11    orders, including sanctions under Section 18c-1704 of this
12    Chapter. As used in this subsection (d), "train or light
13    engine" does not include trains operated by a hostler
14    service or utility employees.
15    (3) Report and investigation of rail accidents.
16        (a) Reports. Every rail carrier shall report to the
17    Commission, by the speediest means possible, whether
18    telephone, telegraph, or otherwise, every accident
19    involving its equipment, track, or other property which
20    resulted in loss of life to any person. In addition, such
21    carriers shall file a written report with the Commission.
22    Reports submitted under this paragraph shall be strictly
23    confidential, shall be specifically prohibited from
24    disclosure, and shall not be admissible in any
25    administrative or judicial proceeding relating to the
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1        (b) Investigations. The Commission may investigate all
2    railroad accidents reported to it or of which it acquires
3    knowledge independent of reports made by rail carriers or
4    the Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois
5    Transit Authority, and it shall have the power, consistent
6    with standards and procedures established under the
7    Federal Railroad Safety Act, as amended, to enter such
8    temporary orders as will minimize the risk of future
9    accidents pending notice, hearing, and final action by the
10    Commission.
11(Source: P.A. 101-294, eff. 1-1-20; 102-982, eff. 7-1-23.)
 
12    Section 15-202. The Public-Private Partnerships for
13Transportation Act is amended by changing Section 10 and by
14adding Section 36 as follows:
 
15    (630 ILCS 5/10)
16    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
17    "Approved proposal" means the proposal that is approved by
18the responsible public entity pursuant to subsection (j) of
19Section 20 of this Act.
20    "Approved proposer" means the private entity whose
21proposal is the approved proposal.
22    "Authority" means the Illinois State Toll Highway
23Authority.
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1a public-private agreement with the responsible public entity
2to provide services to or on behalf of the responsible public
3entity.
4    "Department" means the Illinois Department of
5Transportation.
6    "Design-build agreement" means the agreement between the
7selected private entity and the responsible public entity
8under which the selected private entity agrees to furnish
9design, construction, and related services for a
10transportation facility under this Act.
11    "Develop" or "development" means to do one or more of the
12following: plan, design, develop, lease, acquire, install,
13construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, extend, or expand.
14    "Dynamic wireless charging" means electric vehicle
15charging by inductive charging, which allows electric vehicles
16to charge while in motion.    
17    "Electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle of the first
18division that is propelled by an electric engine and does not
19use motor fuel.    
20    "Maintain" or "maintenance" includes ordinary maintenance,
21repair, rehabilitation, capital maintenance, maintenance
22replacement, and any other categories of maintenance that may
23be designated by the responsible public entity.
24    "Operate" or "operation" means to do one or more of the
25following: maintain, improve, equip, modify, or otherwise
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1    "Private entity" means any combination of one or more
2individuals, corporations, general partnerships, limited
3liability companies, limited partnerships, joint ventures,
4business trusts, nonprofit entities, or other business
5entities that are parties to a proposal for a transportation
6project or an agreement related to a transportation project. A
7public agency may provide services to a contractor as a
8subcontractor or subconsultant without affecting the private
9status of the private entity and the ability to enter into a
10public-private agreement. A transportation agency is not a
11private entity.
12    "Proposal" means all materials and documents prepared by
13or on behalf of a private entity relating to the proposed
14development, financing, or operation of a transportation
15facility as a transportation project.
16    "Proposer" means a private entity that has submitted an
17unsolicited proposal for a public-private agreement to a
18responsible public entity under this Act or a proposal or
19statement of qualifications for a public-private agreement in
20response to a request for proposals or a request for
21qualifications issued by a responsible public entity under
22this Act.
23    "Public-private agreement" means the public-private
24agreement between the contractor and the responsible public
25entity relating to one or more of the development, financing,
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1under this Act.
2    "Request for information" means all materials and
3documents prepared by or on behalf of the responsible public
4entity to solicit information from private entities with
5respect to transportation projects.
6    "Request for proposals" means all materials and documents
7prepared by or on behalf of the responsible public entity to
8solicit proposals from private entities to enter into a
9public-private agreement.
10    "Request for qualifications" means all materials and
11documents prepared by or on behalf of the responsible public
12entity to solicit statements of qualification from private
13entities to enter into a public-private agreement.
14    "Responsible public entity" means the Department of
15Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and
16the 5 most populous counties of Illinois, as of the most recent
17publicly available decennial census.
18    "Revenues" means all revenues, including any combination
19of: income; earnings and interest; user fees; lease payments;
20allocations; federal, State, and local appropriations, grants,
21loans, lines of credit, and credit guarantees; bond proceeds;
22equity investments; service payments; or other receipts;
23arising out of or in connection with a transportation project,
24including the development, financing, and operation of a
25transportation project. The term includes money received as
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1otherwise in aid of a transportation project from the federal
2government, the State, a unit of local government, or any
3agency or instrumentality of the federal government, the
4State, or a unit of local government.
5    "Shortlist" means the process by which a responsible
6public entity will review, evaluate, and rank statements of
7qualifications submitted in response to a request for
8qualifications and then identify the proposers who are
9eligible to submit a detailed proposal in response to a
10request for proposals. The identified proposers constitute the
11shortlist for the transportation project to which the request
12for proposals relates.
13    "Transportation agency" means (i) the Department or (ii)
14the Authority.
15    "Transportation facility" means any new or existing road,
16highway, toll highway, bridge, tunnel, intermodal facility,
17intercity or high-speed passenger rail, or other
18transportation facility or infrastructure, including the South
19Suburban Airport but excluding all other airports, under the
20jurisdiction of a responsible public entity, except those
21facilities for the Illiana Expressway. The term
22"transportation facility" may refer to one or more
23transportation facilities that are proposed to be developed or
24operated as part of a single transportation project.
25    "Transportation project" or "project" means any or the
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1financing, or operation with respect to all or a portion of any
2transportation facility under the jurisdiction of the
3responsible public entity, except those facilities for the
4Illiana Expressway, undertaken pursuant to this Act.
5    "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to
6that term in Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of the
7State of Illinois and also means any unit designated as a
8municipal corporation.
9    "Unsolicited proposal" means a written proposal that is
10submitted to a transportation agency on the initiative of the
11private sector entity or entities for the purpose of
12developing a partnership, and that is not in response to a
13formal or informal request issued by a transportation agency.
14    "User fees" or "tolls" means the rates, tolls, fees, or
15other charges imposed by the contractor for use of all or a
16portion of a transportation project under a public-private
17agreement.
18(Source: P.A. 103-570, eff. 1-1-24; 103-864, eff. 8-9-24;
19103-865, eff. 1-1-25; revised 10-9-24.)
 
20    (630 ILCS 5/36 new)
21    Sec. 36. Dynamic wireless electric vehicle charging pilot
22program.    
23    (a) Any transportation project undertaken under this Act
24that includes the design, development, construction, or
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1required to include the construction of one lane mile of
2dynamic wireless electric vehicle charging within the roadway.
3    The number of lane miles shall be calculated by
4multiplying the number of lanes of roadway by the length of the
5project.    
6    (b) The contractor shall design, fund, evaluate, iterate,
7test, and implement dynamic vehicle charging along a one-mile
8stretch of roadway. This will serve as a pilot program for
9Illinois. The program shall focus on nondisruptive designs
10that are compatible with existing infrastructure. Dynamic
11wireless charging lanes shall be compatible with the entire
12range of electric vehicles, including passenger, electric
13transit buses, fleet vehicles, and light-duty, medium-duty,
14and heavy-duty vehicles. The contractor shall consider the
15performance, safety, electromagnetic compatibility, and
16interoperability in the development of the dynamic wireless
17charging lane.    
18    (c) The contractor shall work closely with the responsible
19public agency and the Department throughout the design process
20and upon implementation to ensure smooth execution of the
21technology and appropriate communication to the traveling
22public.    
23    (d) After the dynamic wireless charging lane has been in
24operation for one year, the contractor shall work with the
25Department and responsible public agency to evaluate the
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1consideration shall be given to the operation of dynamic
2vehicle charging in a variety of weather conditions and road
3maintenance activities.    
 
4    Section 15-205. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
5changing Section 21-5 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 5/21-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 21-5)
7    Sec. 21-5. Criminal trespass to State supported land.    
8    (a) A person commits criminal trespass to State supported
9land when he or she enters upon land supported in whole or in
10part with State funds, or federal funds administered or
11granted through State agencies or any building on the land,
12after receiving, prior to the entry, notice from the State or
13its representative that the entry is forbidden, or remains
14upon the land or in the building after receiving notice from
15the State or its representative to depart, and who thereby
16interferes with another person's lawful use or enjoyment of
17the building or land.
18    A person has received notice from the State within the
19meaning of this subsection if he or she has been notified
20personally, either orally or in writing, or if a printed or
21written notice forbidding entry to him or her or a group of
22which he or she is a part, has been conspicuously posted or
23exhibited at the main entrance to the land or the forbidden
24part thereof.

 

 

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1    (a-5) A person commits criminal trespass to State
2supported land when he or she enters upon a right-of-way right
3of way, including facilities and improvements thereon, owned,
4leased, or otherwise used by a public body or district
5organized under the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, the
6Local Mass Transit District Act, or the Northern Illinois
7Transit Regional Transportation Authority Act, after
8receiving, prior to the entry, notice from the public body or
9district, or its representative, that the entry is forbidden,
10or the person remains upon the right-of-way right of way after
11receiving notice from the public body or district, or its
12representative, to depart, and in either of these instances
13intends to compromise public safety by causing a delay in
14transit service lasting more than 15 minutes or destroying
15property.
16    A person has received notice from the public body or
17district within the meaning of this subsection if he or she has
18been notified personally, either orally or in writing, or if a
19printed or written notice forbidding entry to him or her has
20been conspicuously posted or exhibited at any point of
21entrance to the right-of-way right of way or the forbidden
22part of the right-of-way right of way.
23    As used in this subsection (a-5), "right-of-way right of
24way" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 18c-7502 of the
25Illinois Vehicle Code.
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1land when he or she enters upon land supported in whole or in
2part with State funds, or federal funds administered or
3granted through State agencies or any building on the land by
4presenting false documents or falsely representing his or her
5identity orally to the State or its representative in order to
6obtain permission from the State or its representative to
7enter the building or land; or remains upon the land or in the
8building by presenting false documents or falsely representing
9his or her identity orally to the State or its representative
10in order to remain upon the land or in the building, and who
11thereby interferes with another person's lawful use or
12enjoyment of the building or land.
13    This subsection does not apply to a peace officer or other
14official of a unit of government who enters upon land
15supported in whole or in part with State funds, or federal
16funds administered or granted through State agencies or any
17building on the land in the performance of his or her official
18duties.
19    (c) Sentence. Criminal trespass to State supported land is
20a Class A misdemeanor, except a violation of subsection (a-5)
21of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor for a first violation
22and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.
23(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 98-748, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
24    Section 15-210. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by
25changing Section 15-5-15 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (735 ILCS 30/15-5-15)
2    Sec. 15-5-15. Eminent domain powers in ILCS Chapters 70
3through 75. The following provisions of law may include
4express grants of the power to acquire property by
5condemnation or eminent domain:
 
6(70 ILCS 5/8.02 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
7    authorities; for public airport facilities.
8(70 ILCS 5/8.05 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
9    authorities; for removal of airport hazards.
10(70 ILCS 5/8.06 and 5/9); Airport Authorities Act; airport
11    authorities; for reduction of the height of objects or
12    structures.
13(70 ILCS 10/4); Interstate Airport Authorities Act; interstate
14    airport authorities; for general purposes.
15(70 ILCS 15/3); Kankakee River Valley Area Airport Authority
16    Act; Kankakee River Valley Area Airport Authority; for
17    acquisition of land for airports.
18(70 ILCS 200/2-20); Civic Center Code; civic center
19    authorities; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
20(70 ILCS 200/5-35); Civic Center Code; Aledo Civic Center
21    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
22(70 ILCS 200/10-15); Civic Center Code; Aurora Metropolitan
23    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
24    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/15-40); Civic Center Code; Benton Civic Center
2    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
3(70 ILCS 200/20-15); Civic Center Code; Bloomington Civic
4    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
5    parking.
6(70 ILCS 200/35-35); Civic Center Code; Brownstown Park
7    District Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers,
8    buildings, and parking.
9(70 ILCS 200/40-35); Civic Center Code; Carbondale Civic
10    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
11    parking.
12(70 ILCS 200/55-60); Civic Center Code; Chicago South Civic
13    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
14    parking.
15(70 ILCS 200/60-30); Civic Center Code; Collinsville
16    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
17    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/70-35); Civic Center Code; Crystal Lake Civic
19    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
20    parking.
21(70 ILCS 200/75-20); Civic Center Code; Decatur Metropolitan
22    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
23    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/80-15); Civic Center Code; DuPage County
25    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
26    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/85-35); Civic Center Code; Elgin Metropolitan
2    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
3    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
4(70 ILCS 200/95-25); Civic Center Code; Herrin Metropolitan
5    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
6    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
7(70 ILCS 200/110-35); Civic Center Code; Illinois Valley Civic
8    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
9    parking.
10(70 ILCS 200/115-35); Civic Center Code; Jasper County Civic
11    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
12    parking.
13(70 ILCS 200/120-25); Civic Center Code; Jefferson County
14    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
15    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
16(70 ILCS 200/125-15); Civic Center Code; Jo Daviess County
17    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
18    and parking.
19(70 ILCS 200/130-30); Civic Center Code; Katherine Dunham
20    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
21    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
22(70 ILCS 200/145-35); Civic Center Code; Marengo Civic Center
23    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/150-35); Civic Center Code; Mason County Civic
25    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
26    parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/155-15); Civic Center Code; Matteson Metropolitan
2    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
3    and parking.
4(70 ILCS 200/160-35); Civic Center Code; Maywood Civic Center
5    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
6(70 ILCS 200/165-35); Civic Center Code; Melrose Park
7    Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building
8    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
9(70 ILCS 200/170-20); Civic Center Code; certain Metropolitan
10    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authorities;
11    for general purposes.
12(70 ILCS 200/180-35); Civic Center Code; Normal Civic Center
13    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
14(70 ILCS 200/185-15); Civic Center Code; Oak Park Civic Center
15    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
16(70 ILCS 200/195-35); Civic Center Code; Ottawa Civic Center
17    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/200-15); Civic Center Code; Pekin Civic Center
19    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
20(70 ILCS 200/205-15); Civic Center Code; Peoria Civic Center
21    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
22(70 ILCS 200/210-35); Civic Center Code; Pontiac Civic Center
23    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/215-15); Civic Center Code; Illinois Quad City
25    Civic Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings,
26    and parking.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 200/220-30); Civic Center Code; Quincy Metropolitan
2    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
3    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
4(70 ILCS 200/225-35); Civic Center Code; Randolph County Civic
5    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
6    parking.
7(70 ILCS 200/230-35); Civic Center Code; River Forest
8    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
9    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
10(70 ILCS 200/235-40); Civic Center Code; Riverside Civic
11    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
12    parking.
13(70 ILCS 200/245-35); Civic Center Code; Salem Civic Center
14    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
15(70 ILCS 200/255-20); Civic Center Code; Springfield
16    Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; for
17    grounds, centers, and parking.
18(70 ILCS 200/260-35); Civic Center Code; Sterling Metropolitan
19    Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority; for
20    grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
21(70 ILCS 200/265-20); Civic Center Code; Vermilion County
22    Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building
23    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
24(70 ILCS 200/270-35); Civic Center Code; Waukegan Civic Center
25    Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and parking.
26(70 ILCS 200/275-35); Civic Center Code; West Frankfort Civic

 

 

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1    Center Authority; for grounds, centers, buildings, and
2    parking.
3(70 ILCS 200/280-20); Civic Center Code; Will County
4    Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority; for
5    grounds, centers, and parking.
6(70 ILCS 210/5); Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
7    Act; Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority; for
8    general purposes, including quick-take power.
9(70 ILCS 405/22.04); Soil and Water Conservation Districts
10    Act; soil and water conservation districts; for general
11    purposes.
12(70 ILCS 410/10 and 410/12); Conservation District Act;
13    conservation districts; for open space, wildland, scenic
14    roadway, pathway, outdoor recreation, or other
15    conservation benefits.
16(70 ILCS 503/25); Chanute-Rantoul National Aviation Center
17    Redevelopment Commission Act; Chanute-Rantoul National
18    Aviation Center Redevelopment Commission; for general
19    purposes.
20(70 ILCS 507/15); Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission Act;
21    Fort Sheridan Redevelopment Commission; for general
22    purposes or to carry out comprehensive or redevelopment
23    plans.
24(70 ILCS 520/8); Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
25    Act; Southwestern Illinois Development Authority; for
26    general purposes, including quick-take power.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 605/4-17 and 605/5-7); Illinois Drainage Code;
2    drainage districts; for general purposes.
3(70 ILCS 615/5 and 615/6); Chicago Drainage District Act;
4    corporate authorities; for construction and maintenance of
5    works.
6(70 ILCS 705/10); Fire Protection District Act; fire
7    protection districts; for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 750/20); Flood Prevention District Act; flood
9    prevention districts; for general purposes.
10(70 ILCS 805/6); Downstate Forest Preserve District Act;
11    certain forest preserve districts; for general purposes.
12(70 ILCS 805/18.8); Downstate Forest Preserve District Act;
13    certain forest preserve districts; for recreational and
14    cultural facilities.
15(70 ILCS 810/8); Cook County Forest Preserve District Act;
16    Forest Preserve District of Cook County; for general
17    purposes.
18(70 ILCS 810/38); Cook County Forest Preserve District Act;
19    Forest Preserve District of Cook County; for recreational
20    facilities.
21(70 ILCS 910/15 and 910/16); Hospital District Law; hospital
22    districts; for hospitals or hospital facilities.
23(70 ILCS 915/3); Illinois Medical District Act; Illinois
24    Medical District Commission; for general purposes.
25(70 ILCS 915/4.5); Illinois Medical District Act; Illinois
26    Medical District Commission; quick-take power for the

 

 

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1    Illinois State Police Forensic Science Laboratory
2    (obsolete).
3(70 ILCS 920/5); Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act;
4    tuberculosis sanitarium districts; for tuberculosis
5    sanitariums.
6(70 ILCS 925/20); Mid-Illinois Medical District Act;
7    Mid-Illinois Medical District; for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 930/20); Mid-America Medical District Act;
9    Mid-America Medical District Commission; for general
10    purposes.
11(70 ILCS 935/20); Roseland Community Medical District Act;
12    medical district; for general purposes.
13(70 ILCS 1005/7); Mosquito Abatement District Act; mosquito
14    abatement districts; for general purposes.
15(70 ILCS 1105/8); Museum District Act; museum districts; for
16    general purposes.
17(70 ILCS 1205/7-1); Park District Code; park districts; for
18    streets and other purposes.
19(70 ILCS 1205/8-1); Park District Code; park districts; for
20    parks.
21(70 ILCS 1205/9-2 and 1205/9-4); Park District Code; park
22    districts; for airports and landing fields.
23(70 ILCS 1205/11-2 and 1205/11-3); Park District Code; park
24    districts; for State land abutting public water and
25    certain access rights.
26(70 ILCS 1205/11.1-3); Park District Code; park districts; for

 

 

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1    harbors.
2(70 ILCS 1225/2); Park Commissioners Land Condemnation Act;
3    park districts; for street widening.
4(70 ILCS 1230/1 and 1230/1-a); Park Commissioners Water
5    Control Act; park districts; for parks, boulevards,
6    driveways, parkways, viaducts, bridges, or tunnels.
7(70 ILCS 1250/2); Park Commissioners Street Control (1889)
8    Act; park districts; for boulevards or driveways.
9(70 ILCS 1290/1); Park District Aquarium and Museum Act;
10    municipalities or park districts; for aquariums or
11    museums.
12(70 ILCS 1305/2); Park District Airport Zoning Act; park
13    districts; for restriction of the height of structures.
14(70 ILCS 1310/5); Park District Elevated Highway Act; park
15    districts; for elevated highways.
16(70 ILCS 1505/15); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
17    District; for parks and other purposes.
18(70 ILCS 1505/25.1); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
19    District; for parking lots or garages.
20(70 ILCS 1505/26.3); Chicago Park District Act; Chicago Park
21    District; for harbors.
22(70 ILCS 1570/5); Lincoln Park Commissioners Land Condemnation
23    Act; Lincoln Park Commissioners; for land and interests in
24    land, including riparian rights.
25(70 ILCS 1801/30); Alexander-Cairo Port District Act;
26    Alexander-Cairo Port District; for general purposes.

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 1805/8); Havana Regional Port District Act; Havana
2    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
3(70 ILCS 1810/7); Illinois International Port District Act;
4    Illinois International Port District; for general
5    purposes.
6(70 ILCS 1815/13); Illinois Valley Regional Port District Act;
7    Illinois Valley Regional Port District; for general
8    purposes.
9(70 ILCS 1820/4); Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
10    District Act; Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
11    District; for removal of airport hazards or reduction of
12    the height of objects or structures.
13(70 ILCS 1820/5); Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
14    District Act; Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
15    District; for general purposes.
16(70 ILCS 1825/4.9); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
17    Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.
18(70 ILCS 1825/4.10); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
19    Regional Port District; for reduction of the height of
20    objects or structures.
21(70 ILCS 1825/4.18); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
22    Regional Port District; for removal of hazards from ports
23    and terminals.
24(70 ILCS 1825/5); Joliet Regional Port District Act; Joliet
25    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
26(70 ILCS 1830/7.1); Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act;

 

 

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1    Kaskaskia Regional Port District; for removal of hazards
2    from ports and terminals.
3(70 ILCS 1830/14); Kaskaskia Regional Port District Act;
4    Kaskaskia Regional Port District; for general purposes.
5(70 ILCS 1831/30); Massac-Metropolis Port District Act;
6    Massac-Metropolis Port District; for general purposes.
7(70 ILCS 1835/5.10); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act;
8    Mt. Carmel Regional Port District; for removal of airport
9    hazards.
10(70 ILCS 1835/5.11); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act;
11    Mt. Carmel Regional Port District; for reduction of the
12    height of objects or structures.
13(70 ILCS 1835/6); Mt. Carmel Regional Port District Act; Mt.
14    Carmel Regional Port District; for general purposes.
15(70 ILCS 1837/30); Ottawa Port District Act; Ottawa Port
16    District; for general purposes.
17    (70 ILCS 1842/30 and 1842/35); Rock Island Regional Port
18    District Act; Rock Island Regional Port District and
19    participating municipalities; for general Port District
20    purposes.    
21(70 ILCS 1845/4.9); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca
22    Regional Port District; for removal of airport hazards.
23(70 ILCS 1845/4.10); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca
24    Regional Port District; for reduction of the height of
25    objects or structures.
26(70 ILCS 1845/5); Seneca Regional Port District Act; Seneca

 

 

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1    Regional Port District; for general purposes.
2(70 ILCS 1850/4); Shawneetown Regional Port District Act;
3    Shawneetown Regional Port District; for removal of airport
4    hazards or reduction of the height of objects or
5    structures.
6(70 ILCS 1850/5); Shawneetown Regional Port District Act;
7    Shawneetown Regional Port District; for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 1855/4); Southwest Regional Port District Act;
9    Southwest Regional Port District; for removal of airport
10    hazards or reduction of the height of objects or
11    structures.
12(70 ILCS 1855/5); Southwest Regional Port District Act;
13    Southwest Regional Port District; for general purposes.
14(70 ILCS 1860/4); Tri-City Regional Port District Act;
15    Tri-City Regional Port District; for removal of airport
16    hazards.
17(70 ILCS 1860/5); Tri-City Regional Port District Act;
18    Tri-City Regional Port District; for the development of
19    facilities.
20(70 ILCS 1863/11); Upper Mississippi River International Port
21    District Act; Upper Mississippi River International Port
22    District; for general purposes.
23(70 ILCS 1865/4.9); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
24    District; for removal of airport hazards.
25(70 ILCS 1865/4.10); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
26    District; for restricting the height of objects or

 

 

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1    structures.
2(70 ILCS 1865/5); Waukegan Port District Act; Waukegan Port
3    District; for the development of facilities.
4(70 ILCS 1870/8); White County Port District Act; White County
5    Port District; for the development of facilities.
6(70 ILCS 1905/16); Railroad Terminal Authority Act; Railroad
7    Terminal Authority (Chicago); for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 1915/25); Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority
9    Act; Grand Avenue Railroad Relocation Authority; for
10    general purposes, including quick-take power (now
11    obsolete).
12(70 ILCS 1935/25); Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority
13    Act; Elmwood Park Grade Separation Authority; for general
14    purposes.
15(70 ILCS 2105/9b); River Conservancy Districts Act; river
16    conservancy districts; for general purposes.
17(70 ILCS 2105/10a); River Conservancy Districts Act; river
18    conservancy districts; for corporate purposes.
19(70 ILCS 2205/15); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
20    districts; for corporate purposes.
21(70 ILCS 2205/18); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
22    districts; for improvements and works.
23(70 ILCS 2205/19); Sanitary District Act of 1907; sanitary
24    districts; for access to property.
25(70 ILCS 2305/8); North Shore Water Reclamation District Act;
26    North Shore Water Reclamation District; for corporate

 

 

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1    purposes.
2(70 ILCS 2305/15); North Shore Water Reclamation District Act;
3    North Shore Water Reclamation District; for improvements.
4(70 ILCS 2405/7.9); Sanitary District Act of 1917; Sanitary
5    District of Decatur; for carrying out agreements to sell,
6    convey, or disburse treated wastewater to a private
7    entity.
8(70 ILCS 2405/8); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
9    districts; for corporate purposes.
10(70 ILCS 2405/15); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
11    districts; for improvements.
12(70 ILCS 2405/16.9 and 2405/16.10); Sanitary District Act of
13    1917; sanitary districts; for waterworks.
14(70 ILCS 2405/17.2); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
15    districts; for public sewer and water utility treatment
16    works.
17(70 ILCS 2405/18); Sanitary District Act of 1917; sanitary
18    districts; for dams or other structures to regulate water
19    flow.
20(70 ILCS 2605/8); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act;
21    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for corporate
22    purposes.
23(70 ILCS 2605/16); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
24    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; quick-take
25    power for improvements.
26(70 ILCS 2605/17); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

 

 

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1    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for bridges.
2(70 ILCS 2605/35); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
3    Act; Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; for widening
4    and deepening a navigable stream.
5(70 ILCS 2805/10); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
6    districts; for corporate purposes.
7(70 ILCS 2805/24); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
8    districts; for improvements.
9(70 ILCS 2805/26i and 2805/26j); Sanitary District Act of
10    1936; sanitary districts; for drainage systems.
11(70 ILCS 2805/27); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
12    districts; for dams or other structures to regulate water
13    flow.
14(70 ILCS 2805/32k); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
15    districts; for water supply.
16(70 ILCS 2805/32l); Sanitary District Act of 1936; sanitary
17    districts; for waterworks.
18(70 ILCS 2905/2-7); Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974;
19    Metro-East Sanitary District; for corporate purposes.
20(70 ILCS 2905/2-8); Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974;
21    Metro-East Sanitary District; for access to property.
22(70 ILCS 3010/10); Sanitary District Revenue Bond Act;
23    sanitary districts; for sewerage systems.
24(70 ILCS 3205/12); Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act;
25    Illinois Sports Facilities Authority; quick-take power for
26    its corporate purposes (obsolete).

 

 

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1(70 ILCS 3405/16); Surface Water Protection District Act;
2    surface water protection districts; for corporate
3    purposes.
4(70 ILCS 3605/7); Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; Chicago
5    Transit Authority; for transportation systems.
6(70 ILCS 3605/8); Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; Chicago
7    Transit Authority; for general purposes.
8(70 ILCS 3605/10); Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; Chicago
9    Transit Authority; for general purposes, including
10    railroad property.
11(70 ILCS 3610/3 and 3610/5); Local Mass Transit District Act;
12    local mass transit districts; for general purposes.
13(70 ILCS 3615/2.13); Northern Illinois Transit Regional
14    Transportation Authority Act; Northern Illinois Transit    
15    Regional Transportation Authority; for general purposes.
16(70 ILCS 3705/8 and 3705/12); Public Water District Act;
17    public water districts; for waterworks.
18(70 ILCS 3705/23a); Public Water District Act; public water
19    districts; for sewerage properties.
20(70 ILCS 3705/23e); Public Water District Act; public water
21    districts; for combined waterworks and sewerage systems.
22(70 ILCS 3715/6); Water Authorities Act; water authorities;
23    for facilities to ensure adequate water supply.
24(70 ILCS 3715/27); Water Authorities Act; water authorities;
25    for access to property.
26(75 ILCS 5/4-7); Illinois Local Library Act; boards of library

 

 

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1    trustees; for library buildings.
2(75 ILCS 16/30-55.80); Public Library District Act of 1991;
3    public library districts; for general purposes.
4(75 ILCS 65/1 and 65/3); Libraries in Parks Act; corporate
5    authorities of city or park district, or board of park
6    commissioners; for free public library buildings.
7(Source: Incorporates 98-564, eff. 8-27-13; P.A. 98-756, eff.
87-16-14; 99-669, eff. 7-29-16; revised 6-23-25.)
 
9    Section 15-215. The Transportation Benefits Program Act is
10amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:
 
11    (820 ILCS 63/5)
12    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-272)
13    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
14    "Covered employee" means any person who performs an
15average of at least 35 hours of work per week for compensation
16on a full-time basis.
17    "Covered employer" means any individual, partnership,
18association, corporation, limited liability company,
19government, non-profit organization, or business trust that
20directly or indirectly, or through an agent or any other
21person, employs or exercises control over wages, hours, or
22working conditions of an employee, and that:
23        (1) is located in: Cook County; Warren Township in
24    Lake County; Grant Township in Lake County; Frankfort

 

 

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1    Township in Will County; Wheatland Township in Will
2    County; Addison Township; Bloomingdale Township; York
3    Township; Milton Township; Winfield Township; Downers
4    Grove Township; Lisle Township; Naperville Township;
5    Dundee Township; Elgin Township; St. Charles Township;
6    Geneva Township; Batavia Township; Aurora Township; Zion
7    Township; Benton Township; Waukegan Township; Avon
8    Township; Libertyville Township; Shields Township; Vernon
9    Township; West Deerfield Township; Deerfield Township;
10    McHenry Township; Nunda Township; Algonquin Township;
11    DuPage Township; Homer Township; Lockport Township;
12    Plainfield Township; New Lenox Township; Joliet Township;
13    or Troy Township; and
14        (2) employs 50 or more covered employees in a
15    geographic area specified in paragraph (1) at an address
16    that is located within one mile of fixed-route transit
17    service.
18    "Public transit" means any transportation system within
19the authority and jurisdiction of the Northern Illinois
20Transit Regional Transportation Authority.
21    "Transit pass" means any pass, token, fare card, voucher,
22or similar item entitling a person to transportation on public
23transit.
24(Source: P.A. 103-291, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
25    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-272)

 

 

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1    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
2    "Construction industry" means any constructing, altering,
3reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing,
4refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom
5fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking,
6painting, decorating, demolishing, and adding to or
7subtracting from any building, structure, highway, roadway,
8street, bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant,
9water works, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other
10structure, project, development, or real property or
11improvement, or any part thereof, whether or not the
12performance of the work involves the addition to, or
13fabrication into, any structure, project, development, or real
14property or improvement of any material or article of
15merchandise. "Construction industry" also includes moving
16construction-related materials on the job site to or from the
17job site, snow plowing, snow removal, and refuse collection.
18    "Covered employee" means any person who is employed by a
19covered employer.
20    "Covered employer" means any individual, partnership,
21association, corporation, limited liability company,
22government, non-profit organization, or business trust that
23directly or indirectly, or through an agent or any other
24person, employs or exercises control over wages, hours, or
25working conditions of an employee, and that:
26        (1) is located in: Cook County; Warren Township in

 

 

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1    Lake County; Grant Township in Lake County; Frankfort
2    Township in Will County; Wheatland Township in Will
3    County; Addison Township; Bloomingdale Township; York
4    Township; Milton Township; Winfield Township; Downers
5    Grove Township; Lisle Township; Naperville Township;
6    Dundee Township; Elgin Township; St. Charles Township;
7    Geneva Township; Batavia Township; Aurora Township; Zion
8    Township; Benton Township; Waukegan Township; Avon
9    Township; Libertyville Township; Shields Township; Vernon
10    Township; West Deerfield Township; Deerfield Township;
11    McHenry Township; Nunda Township; Algonquin Township;
12    DuPage Township; Homer Township; Lockport Township;
13    Plainfield Township; New Lenox Township; Joliet Township;
14    or Troy Township; and
15        (2) employs 50 or more covered employees in a
16    geographic area specified in paragraph (1) at an address
17    that is located within one mile of fixed-route transit
18    service.
19    "Public transit" means any transportation system within
20the authority and jurisdiction of the Northern Illinois
21Transit Regional Transportation Authority.
22    "Transit pass" means any pass, token, fare card, voucher,
23or similar item entitling a person to transportation on public
24transit.
25(Source: P.A. 103-291, eff. 1-1-24; 104-272, eff. 1-1-26.)
 

 

 

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1    (820 ILCS 63/10)
2    Sec. 10. Transportation benefits program. All covered
3employers shall provide a pre-tax commuter benefit to covered
4employees. The pre-tax commuter benefit shall allow employees
5to use pre-tax dollars for the purchase of a transit pass, via
6payroll deduction, such that the costs for such purchases may
7be excluded from the employee's taxable wages and compensation
8up to the maximum amount permitted by federal tax law,
9consistent with 26 U.S.C. 132(f) and the rules and regulations
10promulgated thereunder. A covered employer may comply with
11this Section by participating in a program offered by the
12Chicago Transit Authority or the Northern Illinois Transit    
13Regional Transportation Authority.
14    This benefit must be offered to all employees starting on
15the employees' first full pay period after 120 days of
16employment. All transit agencies shall market the existence of
17this program and this Act to their riders in order to inform
18affected employees and their employers.
19(Source: P.A. 103-291, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
20    (820 ILCS 63/15)
21    Sec. 15. Regional Transit Authority map. The Northern
22Illinois Transit Regional Transportation Authority shall make
23publicly available a searchable map of addresses that are
24located within one mile of fixed-route transit service.
25(Source: P.A. 103-291, eff. 1-1-24.)
 

 

 

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1
Article 99.

 
2    Section 99-95No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
3makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
4text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
5Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
6text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
7changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
8other Public Act.
 
9    Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.".