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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2456
Introduced 02/17/05, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In provisions concerning grants to local governments for mass transportation purposes, provides that townships are included within the definition of "units of local government". Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
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| Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing |
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| Section 2705-305 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305)
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| Sec. 2705-305. Grants for mass transportation.
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| (a) For the purpose of mass
transportation grants and |
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| contracts, the following definitions apply:
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| "Carrier" means any corporation, authority, partnership,
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| association, person, or district authorized to provide mass
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| transportation within the State.
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| "District" means all of the following:
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| (i) Any district created pursuant to the Local Mass |
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| Transit
District Act.
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| (ii) The Authority created pursuant to the |
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| Metropolitan Transit
Authority Act.
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| (iii) Any authority, commission, or other entity that |
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| by
virtue of an
interstate compact approved by Congress is |
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| authorized to provide mass
transportation.
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| (iv) The Authority created pursuant to the Regional
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| Transportation Authority Act.
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| "Facilities" comprise all real and personal property used |
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| in or appurtenant
to a mass transportation system, including |
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| parking lots.
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| "Mass transportation" means transportation provided within |
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| the State of
Illinois by rail, bus, or other conveyance and |
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| available to the general public
on a regular and continuing |
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| basis, including the transportation of handicapped
or elderly |
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| persons as provided more specifically in Section 2705-310.
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| "Unit of local government" means any city, village, |
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| incorporated town, township, or
county.
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| (b) Grants may be made to units of local government,
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| districts, and carriers for
the acquisition, construction, |
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| extension, reconstruction, and improvement
of mass |
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| transportation facilities. Grants shall be made upon the
terms
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| and conditions that in the judgment of the Secretary are |
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| necessary
to
ensure their proper and effective utilization.
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| (c) The Department shall make grants under this Law
in a |
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| manner
designed, so far as is consistent with the maintenance |
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| and development
of a sound mass transportation system within |
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| the State, to: (i)
maximize
federal funds for the assistance of |
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| mass transportation in Illinois
under the Federal Transit Act |
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| and other
federal Acts; (ii) facilitate the movement of persons |
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| who because
of age,
economic circumstance, or physical |
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| infirmity are unable to drive; (iii)
contribute to an improved |
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| environment through the reduction of air,
water, and noise |
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| pollution; and (iv) reduce traffic congestion.
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| (d) The Secretary shall establish procedures for making
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| application
for mass transportation grants. The procedures |
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| shall provide for
public
notice of all applications and give |
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| reasonable opportunity for the
submission of comments and |
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| objections by interested parties. The
procedures shall be |
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| designed with a view to facilitating simultaneous
application |
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| for a grant to the Department and to the federal government.
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| (e) Grants may be made for mass transportation projects as
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| follows:
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| (1) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the nonfederal |
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| share of
projects
for which a federal grant is made.
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| (2) In an amount not to exceed 100% of the net project |
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| cost
for projects
for which a federal grant is not made.
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| (3) In an amount not to exceed five-sixths of the net |
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| project
cost for
projects essential for the maintenance of |
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| a sound transportation system and
eligible for federal |
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| assistance for which a federal grant application has
been |
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| made but a federal grant has been delayed. If and when a |
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| federal
grant is made, the amount in excess of the |
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| nonfederal share shall be
promptly returned to the |
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| Department.
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| In no event shall the Department make a grant that, |
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| together
with any
federal funds or funds from any other source, |
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| is in excess of 100% of the
net project cost.
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| (f) Regardless of whether any funds are available under a
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| federal grant,
the Department shall not make a mass |
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| transportation grant unless the Secretary
finds that the |
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| recipient has entered into an agreement with the Department
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| which the recipient agrees not to engage in school bus |
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| operations
exclusively for the transportation of students and |
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| school personnel in
competition with private school bus |
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| operators where those private
school bus
operators are able to |
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| provide adequate transportation, at reasonable rates,
in |
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| conformance with applicable safety standards, provided that |
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| this
requirement shall not apply to a recipient that operates a |
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| school
system
in the area to be served and operates a separate |
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| and exclusive school bus
program for the school system.
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| (g) Grants may be made for mass transportation purposes |
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| with
funds
appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund or |
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| the Build Illinois
Purposes Fund consistent with the
specific |
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| purposes for which those funds are appropriated by the
General
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| Assembly. Grants under this subsection (g) are not subject to |
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| any
limitations or conditions imposed upon grants by any other |
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| provision of
this Section, except that the Secretary may impose |
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| the terms and
conditions that in his or her judgment are |
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| necessary to ensure
the proper and
effective utilization of the |
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| grants under this subsection.
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| (h) The Department may let contracts for mass |
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| transportation
purposes
and facilities for the purpose of |
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| reducing urban congestion funded in whole
or in part with bonds |
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| described in subdivision (b)(1) of
Section 4 of the
General |
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| Obligation Bond Act, not to exceed $75,000,000 in bonds.
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| (i) The Department may make grants to carriers, districts, |
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| and
units of local government for the purpose of reimbursing
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| them for providing reduced
fares for mass transportation |