Rep. LaToya Greenwood

Filed: 3/24/2022

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4385

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4385 on page 1,
3immediately below line 5, by inserting the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
5amended by changing Section 31 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 3605/31)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 331)
7    Sec. 31. The Board shall have power to pass all ordinances
8and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to
9regulate the use, operation and maintenance of its property
10and facilities, and to carry into effect the powers granted to
11the Authority, with such fines or penalties, including, but
12not limited to, ordinances, rules, and regulations concerning
13the suspension of riding privileges or confiscation of fare
14media, as may be deemed proper. No fine or penalty shall exceed
15$300.00, and no imprisonment shall exceed six (6) months for
16one offense. All fines and penalties shall be imposed by

 

 

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1ordinances, which shall be published in a newspaper of general
2circulation published in the metropolitan area. No such
3ordinance shall take effect until ten days after its
4publication.
5(Source: P.A. 80-937.)
 
6    Section 10. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended
7by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
8    (70 ILCS 3610/5)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 355)
9    Sec. 5. (a) The Board of Trustees of every District may
10establish or acquire any or all manner of mass transit
11facility. The Board may engage in the business of
12transportation of passengers on scheduled routes and by
13contract on nonscheduled routes within the territorial limits
14of the counties or municipalities creating the District, by
15whatever means it may decide. Its routes may be extended
16beyond such territorial limits with the consent of the
17governing bodies of the municipalities or counties into which
18such operation is extended.
19    (b) The Board of Trustees of every District may for the
20purposes of the District, acquire by gift, purchase, lease,
21legacy, condemnation, or otherwise and hold, use, improve,
22maintain, operate, own, manage or lease, as lessor or lessee,
23such cars, buses, equipment, buildings, structures, real and
24personal property, and interests therein, and services, lands

 

 

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1for terminal and other related facilities, improvements and
2services, or any interest therein, including all or any part
3of the plant, land, buildings, equipment, vehicles, licenses,
4franchises, patents, property, service contracts and
5agreements of every kind and nature. Real property may be so
6acquired if it is situated within or partially within the area
7served by the District or if it is outside the area if it is
8desirable or necessary for the purposes of the District.
9    (c) The Board of Trustees of every District which
10establishes, provides, or acquires mass transit facilities or
11services may contract with any person or corporation or public
12or private entity for the operation or provision thereof upon
13such terms and conditions as the District shall determine.
14    (d) The Board of Trustees of every District shall have the
15authority to contract for any and all purposes of the
16District, including with an interstate transportation
17authority, or with another local Mass Transit District or any
18other municipal, public, or private corporation entity in the
19transportation business including the authority to contract to
20lease its or otherwise provide land, buildings, and equipment,
21and other related facilities, improvements, and services, for
22the carriage of passengers beyond the territorial limits of
23the District or to subsidize transit operations by a public or
24private or municipal corporation operating entity providing
25mass transit facilities.
26    (e) The Board of Trustees of every District shall have the

 

 

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1authority to establish, alter and discontinue transportation
2routes and services and any or all ancillary or supporting
3facilities and services, and to establish and amend rate
4schedules for the transportation of persons thereon or for the
5public or private use thereof which rate schedules shall,
6together with any grants, receipts or income from other
7sources, be sufficient to pay the expenses of the District,
8the repair, maintenance and the safe and adequate operation of
9its mass transit facilities and public mass transportation
10system and to fulfill the terms of its debts, undertakings,
11and obligations.
12    (f) The Board of Trustees of every District shall have
13perpetual succession and shall have the following powers in
14addition to any others in this Act granted:
15        (1) to sue and be sued;
16        (2) to adopt and use a seal;
17        (3) to make and execute contracts loans, leases,
18    subleases, installment purchase agreements, contracts,
19    notes and other instruments evidencing financial
20    obligations, and other instruments necessary or convenient
21    in the exercise of its powers;
22        (4) to make, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and
23    regulations not inconsistent with this Act, including, but
24    not limited to, rules and regulations proper or necessary
25    to regulate the use, operation, and maintenance of its
26    properties and facilities and to carry into effect the

 

 

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1    powers granted to the Board of Trustees, with any
2    necessary fines or penalties, including, but not limited
3    to, rules and regulations concerning the suspension of
4    riding privileges or confiscation of fare media, as the
5    Board deems proper;
6        (5) to sell, lease, sublease, license, transfer,
7    convey or otherwise dispose of any of its real or personal
8    property, or interests therein, in whole or in part, at
9    any time upon such terms and conditions as it may
10    determine, with public bidding if the value exceeds $1,000
11    at negotiated, competitive, public, or private sale;
12        (6) to invest funds, not required for immediate
13    disbursement, in property, agreements, or securities legal
14    for investment of public funds controlled by savings banks
15    under applicable law;
16        (7) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise
17    encumber all or any part of its real or personal property
18    or other assets, or interests therein;
19        (8) to apply for, accept and use grants, loans or
20    other financial assistance from any private entity or
21    municipal, county, State or Federal governmental agency or
22    other public entity;
23        (9) to borrow money from the United States Government
24    or any agency thereof, or from any other public or private
25    source, for the purposes of the District and, as evidence
26    thereof, to issue its revenue bonds, payable solely from

 

 

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1    the revenue derived from the operation of the District.
2    These bonds may be issued with maturities not exceeding 40
3    years from the date of the bonds, and in such amounts as
4    may be necessary to provide sufficient funds, together
5    with interest, for the purposes of the District. These
6    bonds shall bear interest at a rate of not more than the
7    maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as
8    amended at the time of the making of the contract of sale,
9    payable semi-annually, may be made registerable as to
10    principal, and may be made payable and callable as
11    provided on any interest payment date at a price of par and
12    accrued interest under such terms and conditions as may be
13    fixed by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the
14    bonds. Bonds issued under this Section are negotiable
15    instruments. They shall be executed by the chairman and
16    members of the Board of Trustees, attested by the
17    secretary, and shall be sealed with the corporate seal of
18    the District. In case any Trustee or officer whose
19    signature appears on the bonds or coupons ceases to hold
20    that office before the bonds are delivered, such officer's
21    signature, shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for
22    all purposes, the same as though such officer had remained
23    in office until the bonds were delivered. The bonds shall
24    be sold in such manner and upon such terms as the Board of
25    Trustees shall determine, except that the selling price
26    shall be such that the interest cost to the District of the

 

 

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1    proceeds of the bonds shall not exceed the maximum rate
2    authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at
3    the time of the making of the contract of sale, payable
4    semi-annually, computed to maturity according to the
5    standard table of bond values.
6        The ordinance shall fix the amount of revenue bonds
7    proposed to be issued, the maturity or maturities, the
8    interest rate, which shall not exceed the maximum rate
9    authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at
10    the time of the making of the contract of sale, and all the
11    details in connection with the bonds. The ordinance may
12    contain such covenants and restrictions upon the issuance
13    of additional revenue bonds thereafter, which will share
14    equally in the revenue of the District, as may be deemed
15    necessary or advisable for the assurance of the payment of
16    the bonds first issued. Any District may also provide in
17    the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this
18    Section that the bonds, or such ones thereof as may be
19    specified, shall, to the extent and in the manner
20    prescribed, be subordinated and be junior in standing,
21    with respect to the payment of principal and interest and
22    the security thereof, to such other bonds as are
23    designated in the ordinance.
24        The ordinance shall pledge the revenue derived from
25    the operations of the District for the purpose of paying
26    the cost of operation and maintenance of the District,

 

 

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1    and, as applicable, providing adequate depreciation funds,
2    and paying the principal of and interest on the bonds of
3    the District issued under this Section;
4        (10) subject to Section 5.1, to levy a tax on property
5    within the District at the rate of not to exceed .25% on
6    the assessed value of such property in the manner provided
7    in the Illinois Municipal Budget Law;
8        (11) to issue tax anticipation warrants;
9        (12) to contract with any school district in this
10    State to provide for the transportation of pupils to and
11    from school within such district pursuant to the
12    provisions of Section 29-15 of the School Code;
13        (13) to provide for the insurance of any property,
14    directors, officers, employees or operations of the
15    District against any risk or hazard, and to self-insure or
16    participate in joint self-insurance pools or entities to
17    insure against such risk or hazard;
18        (14) to use its established funds, personnel, and
19    other resources to acquire, construct, operate, and
20    maintain bikeways and trails. Districts may cooperate with
21    other governmental and private agencies in bikeway and
22    trail programs; and
23        (15) to acquire, own, maintain, construct,
24    reconstruct, improve, repair, operate or lease any
25    light-rail public transportation system, terminal,
26    terminal facility, public airport, or bridge or toll

 

 

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1    bridge across waters with any city, state, or both.
2    With respect to instruments for the payment of money
3issued under this Section either before, on, or after June 6,
41989 (the effective date of Public Act 86-4), it is and always
5has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the
6Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary
7grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the
8Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act
9that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than
10those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a
11limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the
12Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under
13this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the
14Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of
15this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive
16than those Acts.
17    This Section shall be liberally construed to give effect
18to its purposes.
19(Source: P.A. 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)
 
20    Section 15. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
21amended by changing Section 3A.09 and by adding Section 3B.09c
22as follows:
 
23    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.09)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.09)
24    Sec. 3A.09. General powers. In addition to any powers

 

 

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1elsewhere provided to the Suburban Bus Board, it shall have
2all of the powers specified in Section 2.20 of this Act except
3for the powers specified in Section 2.20(a)(v). The Board
4shall also have the power:
5        (a) to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
6    Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
7    Authority of all the powers granted it by such Act;
8        (b) to receive funds from the Regional Transportation
9    Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.09 and
10    4.10 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act, all as
11    provided in the Regional Transportation Authority Act;
12        (c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
13    Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in
14    the Regional Transportation Authority Act, upon such terms
15    and conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract
16    between either the Division and the Regional
17    Transportation Authority or the Division and another
18    Service Board, which contract or agreement may be for such
19    number of years or duration as the parties agree, all as
20    provided in the Regional Transportation Authority Act;
21        (d) to perform all functions necessary for the
22    provision of paratransit services under Section 2.30 of
23    this Act; and
24        (e) to borrow money for the purposes of: (i)
25    constructing a new garage in the northwestern Cook County
26    suburbs, (ii) converting the South Cook garage in Markham

 

 

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1    to a Compressed Natural Gas facility, (iii) constructing a
2    new paratransit garage in DuPage County, (iv) expanding
3    the North Shore garage in Evanston to accommodate
4    additional indoor bus parking, and (v) purchasing new
5    transit buses. For the purpose of evidencing the
6    obligation of the Suburban Bus Board to repay any money
7    borrowed as provided in this subsection, the Suburban Bus
8    Board may issue revenue bonds from time to time pursuant
9    to ordinance adopted by the Suburban Bus Board, subject to
10    the approval of the Regional Transportation Authority of
11    each such issuance by the affirmative vote of 12 of its
12    then Directors; provided that the Suburban Bus Board may
13    not issue bonds for the purpose of financing the
14    acquisition, construction, or improvement of any facility
15    other than those listed in this subsection (e). All such
16    bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income
17    or any other funds that the Suburban Bus Board may
18    receive, provided that the Suburban Bus Board may not
19    pledge as security for such bonds the moneys, if any, that
20    the Suburban Bus Board receives from the Regional
21    Transportation Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.3(f) of
22    the Regional Transportation Authority Act. The bonds shall
23    bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate
24    authorized by the Bond Authorization Act and shall mature
25    at such time or times not exceeding 25 years from their
26    respective dates. Bonds issued pursuant to this paragraph

 

 

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1    must be issued with scheduled principal or mandatory
2    redemption payments in equal amounts in each fiscal year
3    over the term of the bonds, with the first principal or
4    mandatory redemption payment scheduled within the fiscal
5    year in which bonds are issued or within the next
6    succeeding fiscal year. At least 25%, based on total
7    principal amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this
8    Section shall be sold pursuant to notice of sale and
9    public bid. No more than 75%, based on total principal
10    amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this Section
11    shall be sold by negotiated sale. The maximum principal
12    amount of the bonds that may be issued may not exceed
13    $100,000,000. The bonds shall have all the qualities of
14    negotiable instruments under the laws of this State. To
15    secure the payment of any or all of such bonds and for the
16    purpose of setting forth the covenants and undertakings of
17    the Suburban Bus Board in connection with the issuance
18    thereof and the issuance of any additional bonds payable
19    from such revenue or income as well as the use and
20    application of the revenue or income received by the
21    Suburban Bus Board, the Suburban Bus Board may execute and
22    deliver a trust agreement or agreements; provided that no
23    lien upon any physical property of the Suburban Bus Board
24    shall be created thereby. A remedy for any breach or
25    default of the terms of any such trust agreement by the
26    Suburban Bus Board may be by mandamus proceedings in any

 

 

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1    court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance and
2    compliance therewith, but the trust agreement may
3    prescribe by whom or on whose behalf such action may be
4    instituted. Under no circumstances shall any bonds issued
5    by the Suburban Bus Board or any other obligation of the
6    Suburban Bus Board in connection with the issuance of such
7    bonds be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the
8    State of Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority,
9    or any other political subdivision of or municipality
10    within the State, nor shall any such bonds or obligations
11    be or become an indebtedness of the Suburban Bus Board
12    within the purview of any constitutional limitation or
13    provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of
14    each bond that it does not constitute such an indebtedness
15    or obligation but is payable solely from the revenues or
16    income as aforesaid; and .
17        (f) to adopt ordinances and make all rules and
18    regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use,
19    operation, and maintenance of its property and facilities
20    and to carry into effect the powers granted to the
21    Suburban Bus Board, with any necessary fines or penalties,
22    including, but not limited to, ordinances, rules, and
23    regulations concerning the suspension of riding privileges
24    or confiscation of fare media, as the Board deems proper.
25(Source: P.A. 99-665, eff. 7-29-16.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.09c new)
2    Sec. 3B.09c. Regulation of the use, operation, and
3maintenance of property. The Chief of Police of the Metra
4Police Department may make rules and regulations proper or
5necessary to regulate the use, operation, and maintenance of
6the property and facilities of the Commuter Rail Board and to
7carry into effect the powers granted to the Chief by the
8Commuter Rail Board, with any necessary fines or penalties,
9including, but not limited to, rules and regulations
10concerning the suspension of riding privileges or confiscation
11of fare media, that the Chief deems proper."; and
 
12on page 1, by replacing lines 6 and 7 with the following:
 
13    "Section 20. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by
14changing Sections 12-2 and 12-3.05 as follows:
 
15    (720 ILCS 5/12-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
16    Sec. 12-2. Aggravated assault.
17    (a) Offense based on location of conduct. A person commits
18aggravated assault when he or she commits an assault against
19an individual who is on or about a public way, public property,
20a public place of accommodation or amusement, or a sports
21venue, or in a church, synagogue, mosque, or other building,
22structure, or place used for religious worship.
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1aggravated assault when, in committing an assault, he or she
2knows the individual assaulted to be any of the following:
3        (1) A person with a physical disability or a person 60
4    years of age or older and the assault is without legal
5    justification.
6        (2) A teacher or school employee upon school grounds
7    or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a
8    building used for school purposes.
9        (3) A park district employee upon park grounds or
10    grounds adjacent to a park or in any part of a building
11    used for park purposes.
12        (4) A community policing volunteer, private security
13    officer, or utility worker:
14            (i) performing his or her official duties;
15            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
16        her official duties; or
17            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
18        or her official duties.
19        (4.1) A peace officer, fireman, emergency management
20    worker, or emergency medical services personnel:
21            (i) performing his or her official duties;
22            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
23        her official duties; or
24            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
25        or her official duties.
26        (5) A correctional officer or probation officer:

 

 

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1            (i) performing his or her official duties;
2            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
3        her official duties; or
4            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
5        or her official duties.
6        (6) A correctional institution employee, a county
7    juvenile detention center employee who provides direct and
8    continuous supervision of residents of a juvenile
9    detention center, including a county juvenile detention
10    center employee who supervises recreational activity for
11    residents of a juvenile detention center, or a Department
12    of Human Services employee, Department of Human Services
13    officer, or employee of a subcontractor of the Department
14    of Human Services supervising or controlling sexually
15    dangerous persons or sexually violent persons:
16            (i) performing his or her official duties;
17            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
18        her official duties; or
19            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
20        or her official duties.
21        (7) An employee of the State of Illinois, a municipal
22    corporation therein, or a political subdivision thereof,
23    performing his or her official duties.
24        (8) A transit employee performing his or her official
25    duties, or a transit passenger.
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1    in any level of athletic competition within a sports
2    venue, on an indoor playing field or outdoor playing
3    field, or within the immediate vicinity of such a facility
4    or field.
5        (10) A person authorized to serve process under
6    Section 2-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure or a special
7    process server appointed by the circuit court, while that
8    individual is in the performance of his or her duties as a
9    process server.
10    (c) Offense based on use of firearm, device, or motor
11vehicle. A person commits aggravated assault when, in
12committing an assault, he or she does any of the following:
13        (1) Uses a deadly weapon, an air rifle as defined in
14    Section 24.8-0.1 of this Act, or any device manufactured
15    and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
16    a firearm, other than by discharging a firearm.
17        (2) Discharges a firearm, other than from a motor
18    vehicle.
19        (3) Discharges a firearm from a motor vehicle.
20        (4) Wears a hood, robe, or mask to conceal his or her
21    identity.
22        (5) Knowingly and without lawful justification shines
23    or flashes a laser gun sight or other laser device
24    attached to a firearm, or used in concert with a firearm,
25    so that the laser beam strikes near or in the immediate
26    vicinity of any person.

 

 

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1        (6) Uses a firearm, other than by discharging the
2    firearm, against a peace officer, community policing
3    volunteer, fireman, private security officer, emergency
4    management worker, emergency medical services personnel,
5    employee of a police department, employee of a sheriff's
6    department, or traffic control municipal employee:
7            (i) performing his or her official duties;
8            (ii) assaulted to prevent performance of his or
9        her official duties; or
10            (iii) assaulted in retaliation for performing his
11        or her official duties.
12        (7) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in
13    a manner which places a person, other than a person listed
14    in subdivision (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being
15    struck by the moving motor vehicle.
16        (8) Without justification operates a motor vehicle in
17    a manner which places a person listed in subdivision
18    (b)(4), in reasonable apprehension of being struck by the
19    moving motor vehicle.
20        (9) Knowingly video or audio records the offense with
21    the intent to disseminate the recording.
22    (d) Sentence. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision
23(a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(7), (b)(8), (b)(9),
24(c)(1), (c)(4), or (c)(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except
25that aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4) and
26(b)(7) is a Class 4 felony if a Category I, Category II, or

 

 

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1Category III weapon is used in the commission of the assault.
2Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision (b)(4.1), (b)(5),
3(b)(6), (b)(8) (b)(10), (c)(2), (c)(5), (c)(6), or (c)(7) is a
4Class 4 felony. Aggravated assault as defined in subdivision
5(c)(3) or (c)(8) is a Class 3 felony.
6    (e) For the purposes of this Section, "Category I weapon",
7"Category II weapon", and "Category III weapon" have the
8meanings ascribed to those terms in Section 33A-1 of this
9Code.
10(Source: P.A. 101-223, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)";
11and
 
12on page 10, line 2, by replacing "or" with "(d)(7), or".