Full Text of HB4098 93rd General Assembly
HB4098eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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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 Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 5 |
| amended by adding Section 2.04A as follows: | 6 |
| (70 ILCS 3615/2.04A new) | 7 |
| Sec. 2.04A. Universal fare card.
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| (a) In order to promote greater access and convenience for | 9 |
| public transit riders through a seamless regional transit | 10 |
| network, the Authority shall adopt a universal fare card and | 11 |
| establish rules concerning its implementation and use, as | 12 |
| federal and State funds become available. For purposes of this | 13 |
| Section, "universal fare card" means a fare instrument that can | 14 |
| be used seamlessly on all bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, | 15 |
| and paratransit services for all fare structures in the | 16 |
| Authority's service region. | 17 |
| (b) Upon request, the Service Boards shall expeditiously | 18 |
| provide to the Authority any information related to the | 19 |
| Authority's responsibilities under this Section.
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| (c) The Authority shall, by January 1, 2005, in conjunction | 21 |
| with the Service Boards, issue a request for proposal inviting | 22 |
| potential bidders to develop a plan to implement a universal | 23 |
| fare card. The plan shall detail the specific components and | 24 |
| costs of a universal fare card and an integrated fare | 25 |
| management system, including the possibility of phased-in | 26 |
| implementation, as federal and State funds become available. | 27 |
| The plan shall assess the most cost-effective approach to | 28 |
| extend existing infrastructure currently in use throughout the | 29 |
| Authority's service area and the life cycle costs of operation, | 30 |
| labor, and maintenance for a minimum of 15 years. The plan | 31 |
| shall include, but is not limited to, the development and | 32 |
| implementation of the following: |
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| (1) the type, number, and design of universal fare | 2 |
| cards using contactless smart card or other technology; | 3 |
| (2) the type, number, and design of smart card readers | 4 |
| or validators that are able to process a wide variety of | 5 |
| transit trips and fare structures including, but not | 6 |
| limited to, inter-agency and intra-agency transfers, | 7 |
| time-based passes, and multi-trip passes; | 8 |
| (3) the type, number, and design of any equipment | 9 |
| needed to mount smart card readers or validators by: (i) | 10 |
| retrofitting existing buses, rapid transit, or rail cars, | 11 |
| (ii) modifying stations with barriers or gates, or (iii) | 12 |
| installing freestanding card readers or validators at | 13 |
| unattended stations; | 14 |
| (4) the type, number, and design of portable hand-held | 15 |
| readers for use by transit operators, paratransit | 16 |
| operators, or on-board ticket takers, as appropriate; | 17 |
| (5) the type, number, and design of secure self-service | 18 |
| machines and point-of-sale terminals for purchasing or | 19 |
| adding value to universal fare cards with cash, credit | 20 |
| cards, and debit cards, inside or outside of transit | 21 |
| stations, at retail outlets, and at other venues; | 22 |
| (6) the software and hardware technology needed to | 23 |
| automate and decentralize participation by employers and | 24 |
| their employees in the U.S. Transit Check program; | 25 |
| (7) the software and hardware technology needed to | 26 |
| enhance customer service capabilities for purchasing or | 27 |
| adding value or other transit fare products to universal | 28 |
| fare cards, providing information, and other conventional | 29 |
| and Internet-based services; and | 30 |
| (8) the software and hardware technology needed for a | 31 |
| central automated clearinghouse that processes all fare | 32 |
| transactions and settles payments on a daily basis among | 33 |
| the Service Boards and that also provides to each Service | 34 |
| Board data relative to passenger ridership and transfers in | 35 |
| order to help assess routes and schedules and to determine | 36 |
| fare revenues for preparation of annual proposed budgets |
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| and financial plans.
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| (d) By January 1, 2005, the Authority shall develop a cost | 3 |
| analysis of the fare management system in use by the Service | 4 |
| Boards on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 5 |
| General Assembly in order to enable the Authority, the | 6 |
| Governor, and the General Assembly to compare the costs of | 7 |
| conversion to a universal fare card and integrated fare | 8 |
| management system with existing costs for each Service Board, | 9 |
| including but not limited to, the following: | 10 |
| (1) handling the cash sale of tickets by personnel at | 11 |
| stations, on buses, or on board commuter rail cars; | 12 |
| (2) counting and reconciling all cash collected; | 13 |
| (3) deposits of all cash collected and time delays | 14 |
| resulting in loss of interest earned; | 15 |
| (4) accounting systems prepared and updated for all | 16 |
| cash collected; | 17 |
| (5) security for removal and transportation of cash | 18 |
| collected; and | 19 |
| (6) shrinkage due to human error or other reasons.
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| (e) By April 1, 2005, the Authority shall compile all | 21 |
| information derived from subsections (c) and (d) into a report | 22 |
| and submit the report to the General Assembly and the Governor.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 |
| becoming law.
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