Full Text of HB2587 93rd General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning the Department of Transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| 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 adding | 6 |
| Section 2705-321 as
follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2705/2705-321 new)
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| Sec. 2705-321. Illinois Transit Ridership and Economic | 9 |
| Development (TRED)
Pilot Project Program; new facilities and | 10 |
| service.
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| (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department of | 12 |
| Transportation shall establish the Illinois Transit
Ridership | 13 |
| and Economic Development (TRED) Pilot Project Program to build
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| transit systems that more effectively address the needs of | 15 |
| Illinois workers,
families, and businesses. The Illinois TRED | 16 |
| Pilot Project Program shall provide
for new or expanded mass | 17 |
| transportation service and facilities, including rapid
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| transit,
rail, bus, and other equipment used in connection with | 19 |
| mass transit, by the
State, a public
entity, or 2 or more of | 20 |
| these entities authorized to provide and promote public
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| transportation in order to increase the level of service | 22 |
| available in local
communities, as well as improve the quality | 23 |
| of life and economic viability of
the State of Illinois.
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| The Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program expenditures for | 25 |
| mass transportation
service and facilities within the State | 26 |
| must:
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| (1) Improve the economic viability of Illinois by | 28 |
| facilitating the
transportation of Illinois residents to | 29 |
| places of employment, to educational
facilities, and to | 30 |
| commercial, medical, and shopping districts.
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| (2) Increase the frequency and reliability of public | 32 |
| transit service.
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| (3) Facilitate the movement of all persons, including | 2 |
| those persons who,
because of age, economic circumstance, | 3 |
| or physical infirmity, are unable to
drive.
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| (4) Contribute to an improved environment through the | 5 |
| reduction of air,
water, and noise pollution.
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| (b) Under the Illinois TRED Pilot Project Program, subject | 7 |
| to appropriation, the Department shall fund
each fiscal year, | 8 |
| in coordination and consultation with other government
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| agencies that provide or fund transportation
services, the | 10 |
| Illinois Public Transportation Association, and transit
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| advocates,
projects as specified in subsection (c). Total | 12 |
| funding for each project shall
not
exceed $500,000 and the | 13 |
| funding for all projects shall not exceed $4,500,000.
The
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| Department shall submit annual reports to the General Assembly | 15 |
| by March 1 of
each
fiscal year regarding the status of these | 16 |
| projects, including service to
constituents
including local | 17 |
| businesses, seniors, and people with disabilities, costs, and
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| other
appropriate measures of impact.
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| (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall make | 20 |
| grants to any of the following in order to create:
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| (1) Two demonstration projects for the Chicago Transit | 22 |
| Authority to increase services to currently underserved | 23 |
| communities and neighborhoods, such as, but not limited to, | 24 |
| Altgeld Gardens, Pilsen, and Lawndale.
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| (2) (Blank.)
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| (3) The Intertownship Transportation Program for | 27 |
| Northwest
Suburban Cook County, which shall complement | 28 |
| existing Pace service and involve
cooperation of several | 29 |
| townships to provide transportation services for senior
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| and disabled
residents across village and township | 31 |
| boundaries that is currently not provided
by Pace
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| individual townships and municipalities.
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| (4) RIDES transit services to Richland and
Lawrence | 34 |
| Counties to extend transit services into Richland and | 35 |
| Lawrence
Counties and enhance service in Wayne, Edwards, | 36 |
| and Wabash Counties that
share common travel patterns and |
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| needs with Lawrence and Richland
counties. Funding shall be | 2 |
| used to develop a route structure that
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| social service and general public requirements and
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| vehicles to support the additional service.
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| (5) Peoria Regional Transportation Initiative, which
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| shall fund the development of a plan to create a regional
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| transportation service in the Peoria-Pekin MSA that | 8 |
| integrates and
expands the existing services and that would | 9 |
| allow local leaders to
develop a funding plan and a | 10 |
| timetable to secure final political
approval. The plan is | 11 |
| intended to facilitate regional economic development and
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| provide greater mobility to workers, senior citizens, and | 13 |
| people with
disabilities.
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| (6) Rock Island MetroLINK/Black Hawk College | 15 |
| Coordination Project, which shall increase mobility for | 16 |
| lower income students to access educational services and | 17 |
| job training on the metropolitan bus system, which will | 18 |
| better link community college students with transportation | 19 |
| alternatives. | 20 |
| (7) The West Central Transit District to serve Scott | 21 |
| and Morgan Counties. Funding shall be used to develop a | 22 |
| route structure that shall coordinate social service and | 23 |
| general public requirements and obtain vehicles to support | 24 |
| the service.
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| (8) Additional community college coordination | 26 |
| projects, which shall increase mobility for lower income | 27 |
| students to access educational services and job training on | 28 |
| any Champaign-Urbana MTD and Danville Mass Transit bus | 29 |
| routes, which will better link community college students | 30 |
| with transportation alternatives.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 32 |
| becoming law. |
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