093_HB1273enr HB1273 Enrolled LRB093 04410 MKM 04460 b 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. HB1273 Enrolled -2- LRB093 04410 MKM 04460 b 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, HB1273 Enrolled -3- LRB093 04410 MKM 04460 b 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 HB1273 Enrolled -4- LRB093 04410 MKM 04460 b 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 HB1273 Enrolled -5- LRB093 04410 MKM 04460 b 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 HB1273 Enrolled -6- LRB093 04410 MKM 04460 b 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 HB1273 Enrolled -7- LRB093 04410 MKM 04460 b 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.