093_HB1273

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to transportation.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 3A.13 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 3615/3A.13) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.13)
 7        Sec. 3A.13.  Regions.
 8        For  purposes  of  this  Article  Regions  are defined as
 9    follows:
10        (1)  The North Shore Region includes all  the  territory,
11    municipalities  and  unincorporated  areas  of  the County of
12    Cook, State of Illinois, bounded by: Lake Michigan  from  the
13    Cook-Lake  County line southerly to the north corporate limit
14    of the City of Chicago; the north  corporate  limits  of  the
15    City  of  Chicago  from  Lake  Michigan  westerly to the east
16    corporate limit of the Village of Niles; the  east  corporate
17    limits  of  the  Village of Niles from a point where the east
18    corporate limit of the Village of Niles meets both the  south
19    corporate  limit  of  the  Village  of  Skokie  and the north
20    corporate limit of the City of Chicago to the point where the
21    north corporate limit of the Village  of  Niles  crosses  the
22    center  of  the  right-of-way of Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee
23    Avenue); the center of the right-of-way of Illinois Route  21
24    (Milwaukee  Avenue)  to  the  point  where  the center of the
25    right-of-way of Illinois Route 21  (Milwaukee  Avenue)  meets
26    the  centerline  of Interstate Route 294 (Tri-State Tollway);
27    the center line of Interstate Route 294  (Tri-State  Tollway)
28    from  the  center  of  the  right-of-way of Illinois Route 21
29    (Milwaukee Avenue) to the  Cook-Lake  County  line;  and  the
30    Cook-Lake County line from the centerline of Interstate Route
31    294 (Tri-State Tollway) to Lake Michigan.
 
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 1        (2)  The  Northwest  Region  includes  all the territory,
 2    municipalities and unincorporated  areas  of  the  County  of
 3    Cook,  State  of  Illinois,  bounded  by:  the  centerline of
 4    Interstate Route 294 (Tri-State Tollway), from the  Cook-Lake
 5    County  line  southerly  to the point where the centerline of
 6    Interstate Route 294 (Tri-State Tollway) meets the center  of
 7    the right-of-way of Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue); the
 8    center  of  the  right-of-way of Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee
 9    Avenue)  from  the  centerline  of   Interstate   Route   294
10    (Tri-State  Tollway)  to  the  north  corporate  limit of the
11    Village of Niles; the north corporate limits of  the  Village
12    of  Niles,  from  the  center of the right-of-way of Illinois
13    Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) to the east  corporate  limit  of
14    the  Village  of  Niles;  the  east  corporate  limits of the
15    Village of Niles  from  the  north  corporate  limit  of  the
16    Village  of Niles to the point where the east corporate limit
17    of the Village of Niles meets both the south corporate  limit
18    of the Village of Skokie and the north corporate limit of the
19    City of Chicago; the south corporate limits of the Village of
20    Niles  from  a  point  where the south corporate limit of the
21    Village of Niles meets both the north corporate limit of  the
22    City  of Chicago and the south corporate limit of the Village
23    of Skokie westerly to the east corporate limit of the City of
24    Park Ridge, southerly along the east corporate limits of  the
25    City  of  Park  Ridge  to  the  centerline  of  Higgins Road,
26    westerly along the center of the right-of-way of Higgins Road
27    to the east corporate  limit  of  the  Village  of  Rosemont,
28    northerly  to  the  south  corporate limit of the City of Des
29    Plaines, westerly and northerly  along  the  north  and  east
30    corporate  limits  of  the  Village  of  Rosemont to the west
31    corporate limit of the Village of Rosemont,  southerly  along
32    the  west  corporate  limit  of the City of Chicago, westerly
33    along the north corporate limit of the City of Chicago to the
34    east corporate limit of the Village  of  Elk  Grove  Village,
 
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 1    southerly  along  the  east corporate limit of the Village of
 2    Elk  Grove  Village  to  the  Cook-DuPage  County  line,  and
 3    westerly along the Cook-DuPage County line to  the  Cook-Kane
 4    County  line;  the Cook-Kane County line from the Cook-DuPage
 5    County line to the Cook-McHenry County line; the Cook-McHenry
 6    County line, from the Cook-Kane County line to the Cook-Lake
 7    County  line;  and  the  Cook-Lake  County  line   from   the
 8    Cook-McHenry  County  line  to  the  centerline of Interstate
 9    Route 294 (Tri-State Tollway).
10        (3)  The North Central Region includes all the territory,
11    municipalities and unincorporated  areas  of  the  County  of
12    Cook,  State  of  Illinois,  bounded  by:  the west corporate
13    limits of the City of Chicago from the north corporate  limit
14    of  the  Village  of  Schiller  Park  southerly  to the south
15    corporate limit of the City of Oak Park; the north  and  west
16    corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Berwyn  from  the  west
17    corporate limit of the City of Chicago westerly and southerly
18    to  the  south  corporate  limit  of  the  Village  of  North
19    Riverside, the south corporate limits of the Village of North
20    Riverside from the west corporate limit of the City of Berwyn
21    westerly  to  the  center  of  Salt Creek, the center of Salt
22    Creek from the south corporate limit of the Village of  North
23    Riverside westerly to the east corporate limit of the Village
24    of  Westchester,  the  east and south corporate limits of the
25    Village of Westchester from the center of Salt Creek  to  the
26    west  corporate  limit  of  the Village of LaGrange Park, the
27    west  corporate  limits  of  LaGrange  Park  from  the  south
28    corporate limit of the Village of Westchester to  the  center
29    of  Salt  Creek,  the  center  of  Salt  Creek  from the west
30    corporate limit of  the  Village  of  LaGrange  Park  to  the
31    Cook-DuPage County line; the Cook-DuPage County line from the
32    center  of  Salt Creek northerly to the south corporate limit
33    of the City of Chicago; the south  corporate  limits  of  the
34    City   of   Chicago   from   the   Cook-DuPage   County  line
 
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 1    northeasterly to the north corporate limit of the Village  of
 2    Schiller  Park;  and the north corporate limit of the Village
 3    of Schiller Park from the south corporate limit of  the  City
 4    of  Chicago  to  the  east  corporate limit of the Village of
 5    Schiller Park.  Also included in the North Central Region are
 6    the territories within the corporate limits of the Village of
 7    Rosemont, the Village of Norridge,  the  Village  of  Harwood
 8    Heights   and   the  unincorporated  areas  of  Norwood  Park
 9    Township.
10        (4)  The  Central  Region  includes  all  the  territory,
11    municipalities and unincorporated  areas  of  the  County  of
12    Cook,  State  of  Illinois,  bounded  by:  the west corporate
13    limits of the City of Chicago from the corporate limit of the
14    City of Chicago at Roosevelt  Road  southerly  to  the  north
15    corporate limit of the Village of Bedford Park; the north and
16    west corporate limits of the Village of Bedford Park from the
17    west  corporate  limit  of  the  City of Chicago westerly and
18    southerly to the north corporate  limit  of  the  Village  of
19    Justice;  the west corporate limits of the Village of Justice
20    from the south corporate limit of the Village of Bedford Park
21    southerly to the north corporate  limit  of  the  Village  of
22    Willow  Springs;  the  west and north corporate limits of the
23    Village of Willow Springs southerly and westerly to the  west
24    corporate  limit  of  the Village of Willow Springs (near the
25    intersection of 79th Street and Howard Street); the center of
26    the right-of-way of 79th Street from the west corporate limit
27    of the Village of Willow Springs westerly to the  Cook-DuPage
28    County  line;  the Cook-DuPage County line from the center of
29    the right-of-way of 79th Street northerly to  the  center  of
30    Salt  Creek;  the  center  of Salt Creek from the Cook-DuPage
31    County line easterly to  the  west  corporate  limit  of  the
32    Village  of  LaGrange  Park; the west corporate limits of the
33    Village of LaGrange  Park  from  the  center  of  Salt  Creek
34    northerly  to  the  south  corporate  limit of the Village of
 
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 1    Westchester; the south  and  east  corporate  limits  of  the
 2    Village  of  Westchester from the west corporate limit of the
 3    Village of LaGrange Park easterly and northerly to the center
 4    of Salt Creek;  the  center  of  Salt  Creek  from  the  east
 5    corporate limit of the Village of Westchester easterly to the
 6    north corporate limit of the Village of Brookfield; the north
 7    and  east  corporate limits of the Village of Brookfield from
 8    the center of Salt Creek easterly and southerly to the  north
 9    corporate  limit  of  the Village of Riverside; the north and
10    west corporate limits of the Village of  Riverside  from  the
11    east  corporate  limit  of the Village of Brookfield easterly
12    and northerly to the west corporate  limit  of  the  City  of
13    Berwyn;  the  west  and north corporate limits of the City of
14    Berwyn from the south corporate limit of the Village of North
15    Riverside northerly and easterly to the west corporate  limit
16    of  the Town of Cicero; and the north corporate limits of the
17    Town of Cicero from the east corporate limit of the  City  of
18    Berwyn  easterly  to  the west corporate limit of the City of
19    Chicago. Notwithstanding any provision of  this  Act  to  the
20    contrary,  the  Village  of Willow Springs is included in the
21    Central Region as of the effective date  of  this  amendatory
22    Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
23        (5)  The  Southwest  Region  includes  all the territory,
24    municipalities and unincorporated  areas  of  the  County  of
25    Cook,  State  of  Illinois,  bounded  by:  the west corporate
26    limits of the City of Chicago from the north corporate  limit
27    of the Village of Bedford Park (at Illinois 50-Cicero Avenue)
28    southerly  to  the  north corporate limit of the City of Blue
29    Island (at Maplewood Street); the north  and  west  corporate
30    limits  of  the  City  of Blue Island from the west corporate
31    limit of the City of Chicago (at Maplewood  Street)  westerly
32    and  southerly  to the east corporate limit of the Village of
33    Robbins; the north and west corporate limits of  the  Village
34    of  Robbins from the west corporate limit of the City of Blue
 
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 1    Island westerly and southerly to the north corporate limit of
 2    the Village Midlothian; the north and west  corporate  limits
 3    of the Village of Midlothian from the west corporate limit of
 4    the  Village  of  Robbins westerly and southerly to the north
 5    corporate limits of the Village of Oak Forest; the north  and
 6    west  corporate  limits of the Village of Oak Forest from the
 7    west corporate limit of the Village  of  Midlothian  westerly
 8    and  southerly to the north corporate limit of the Village of
 9    Tinley Park; the north  and  west  corporate  limits  of  the
10    Village  of  Tinley Park from the west corporate limit of the
11    Village of Oak Forest westerly and southerly to the Cook-Will
12    County  line;  the  Cook-Will  County  line  from  the   west
13    corporate limit of the Village of Tinley Park westerly to the
14    Norfolk  and  Western  Railroad  tracks; the Cook-Will County
15    line from the Norfolk and Western Railroad  tracks  northerly
16    and  westerly to the Cook-DuPage County line; the Cook-DuPage
17    County line from the Cook-Will County line to the  center  of
18    the   right-of-way   of   79th  Street;  the  center  of  the
19    right-of-way of 79th Street from the Cook-DuPage County  line
20    easterly to the west corporate limit of the Village of Willow
21    Springs;  the  north and west corporate limits of the Village
22    of Willow Springs from the center of the right-of-way of 79th
23    Street easterly and northerly to the south corporate limit of
24    the Village of Hodgkins; the south and east corporate  limits
25    of  the Village of Hodgkins from the north corporate limit of
26    the Village of Willow  Springs  northeasterly  to  the  south
27    corporate  limit of the Village of Bedford Park; and the west
28    and north corporate limits of the  Village  of  Bedford  Park
29    from  the  north  corporate  limit  of the Village of Justice
30    northerly and easterly to the west  corporate  limit  of  the
31    City   of  Chicago  (at  Illinois  Route  50-Cicero  Avenue).
32    Notwithstanding any provision of this Act  to  the  contrary,
33    the  Village of Willow Springs is excluded from the Southwest
34    Region as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
 
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 1    93rd General Assembly.
 2        (6)  The  South  Region  includes  all   the   territory,
 3    municipalities  and  unincorporated  areas  of  the County of
 4    Cook, State of Illinois,  bounded  by:  the  Illinois-Indiana
 5    State  line  from  the  south  corporate limit of the City of
 6    Chicago southerly to the Cook-Will County line; the Cook-Will
 7    County line from the Illinois-Indiana State line westerly and
 8    northerly to the west  corporate  limit  of  the  Village  of
 9    Tinley  Park;  the  west  and  north  corporate limits of the
10    Village  of  Tinley  Park  from  the  Cook-Will  County  line
11    northerly and easterly to the west  corporate  limit  of  the
12    Village of Oak Forest; the west and north corporate limits of
13    the  Village  of Oak Forest from the north corporate limit of
14    the Village of Tinley Park northerly and easterly to the west
15    corporate limit of the Village of Midlothian;  the  west  and
16    north  corporate limits of the Village of Midlothian from the
17    north corporate limit of the Village of Oak Forest  northerly
18    and  easterly  to  the west corporate limit of the Village of
19    Robbins; the west and north corporate limits of  the  Village
20    of  Robbins  from the north corporate limit of the Village of
21    Midlothian northerly and easterly to the west corporate limit
22    of the City of Blue Island;  the  west  and  north  corporate
23    limits  of  the  City of Blue Island from the north corporate
24    limit of the Village of Robbins northerly and easterly to the
25    west corporate limit of the City  of  Chicago  (at  Maplewood
26    Street);  and  the  south  corporate  limits  of  the City of
27    Chicago from the west corporate limit of the City of  Chicago
28    (at Maplewood Street) to the Illinois-Indiana State line.
29    (Source: P.A. 83-886.)

30        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
31    becoming law.