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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2295
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2295 is amended by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is
6 amended by changing Section 2-2.04 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 740/2-2.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 662.04)
8 Sec. 2-2.04. "Eligible operating expenses" means all
9 expenses required for public transportation, including
10 employee wages and benefits, materials, fuels, supplies,
11 rental of facilities, taxes other than income taxes, payment
12 made for debt service (including principal and interest) on
13 publicly owned equipment or facilities, and any other
14 expenditure which is an operating expense according to
15 standard accounting practices for the providing of public
16 transportation. Eligible operating expenses shall not include
17 allowances: (a) for depreciation whether funded or unfunded;
18 (b) for amortization of any intangible costs; (c) for debt
19 service on capital acquired with the assistance of capital
20 grant funds provided by the State of Illinois; (d) for
21 profits or return on investment; (e) for excessive payment to
22 associated entities; (f) for Comprehensive Employment
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1 Training Act expenses; (g) for costs reimbursed under
2 Sections 6 and 8 of the "Urban Mass Transportation Act of
3 1964", as amended; (h) for entertainment expenses; (i) for
4 charter expenses; (j) for fines and penalties; (k) for
5 charitable donations; (l) for interest expense on long term
6 borrowing and debt retirement other than on publicly owned
7 equipment or facilities; (m) for income taxes or (n) for such
8 other expenses as the Department may determine consistent
9 with federal Department of Transportation regulations or
10 requirements.
11 With respect to participants other than any Metro-East
12 Transit District participant and those receiving federal
13 research development and demonstration funds pursuant to
14 Section 6 of the "Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964", as
15 amended, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979, the
16 maximum eligible operating expenses for any such participant
17 in any fiscal year after Fiscal Year 1980 shall be the amount
18 appropriated for such participant for the fiscal year ending
19 June 30, 1980, plus in each year a 10% increase over the
20 maximum established for the preceding fiscal year. For
21 Fiscal Year 1980 the maximum eligible operating expenses for
22 any such participant shall be the amount of projected
23 operating expenses upon which the appropriation for such
24 participant for Fiscal Year 1980 is based.
25 With respect to participants receiving federal research
26 development and demonstration operating assistance funds for
27 operating assistance pursuant to Section 6 of the "Urban Mass
28 Transportation Act of 1964", as amended, during the fiscal
29 year ending June 30, 1979, the maximum eligible operating
30 expenses for any such participant in any fiscal year after
31 Fiscal Year 1980 shall not exceed such participant's eligible
32 operating expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1980,
33 plus in each year a 10% increase over the maximum established
34 for the preceding fiscal year. For Fiscal Year 1980, the
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1 maximum eligible operating expenses for any such participant
2 shall be the eligible operating expenses incurred during such
3 fiscal year, or projected operating expenses upon which the
4 appropriation for such participant for the Fiscal Year 1980
5 is based; whichever is less.
6 With respect to all participants other than any
7 Metro-East Transit District participant, the maximum eligible
8 operating expenses for any such participant in any fiscal
9 year after Fiscal Year 1985 shall be the amount appropriated
10 for such participant for the fiscal year ending June 30,
11 1985, plus in each year a 10% increase over the maximum
12 established for the preceding year. For Fiscal Year 1985, the
13 maximum eligible operating expenses for any such participant
14 shall be the amount of projected operating expenses upon
15 which the appropriation for such participant for Fiscal Year
16 1985 is based.
17 The 10% maximum increase over the amount appropriated for
18 the preceding year, however, may be exceeded for a
19 participant that is a rural transit district that received an
20 initial appropriation in Fiscal Year 1994 or Fiscal Year
21 1998. For any such participant, a 10% maximum increase over
22 the amount appropriated in the preceding year is established
23 in each subsequent year following the Fiscal Year when the
24 amount appropriated is equal to or greater than the maximum
25 allowable under Section 2-7 of this Act.
26 (Source: P.A. 90-508, eff. 8-22-97.)
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.".