Bill Amendment: IL HB2335 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly

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Bill Title: VEH CD-VARIOUS

Status: 2026-06-26 - Sent to the Governor [HB2335 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2335-Senate_Amendment_003.html

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Sen. Ram Villivalam

Filed: 5/28/2026

 

 

 

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2335
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2335, AS AMENDED,
by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
following:
"Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act
is amended by changing Section 75-10 as follows:
(5 ILCS 430/75-10)
Sec. 75-10. Coordination between Executive Inspector
General and Inspectors General appointed by Regional Transit
Boards.
(a) Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly precludes a Regional Transit Board from appointing or
employing an Inspector General to serve under the jurisdiction
of a Regional Transit Board to receive complaints and conduct
investigations in accordance with an ordinance or resolution
adopted by that respective Board, provided he or she is

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approved by the Executive Ethics Commission. A Regional
Transit Board shall notify the Executive Ethics Commission
within 10 days after employing or appointing a person to serve
as Inspector General, and the Executive Ethics Commission
shall approve or reject the appointment or employment of the
Inspector General. Any notification not acted upon by the
Executive Ethics Commission within 60 days after its receipt
shall be deemed to have received the approval of the Executive
Ethics Commission. Within 30 days after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, a Regional
Transit Board shall notify the Executive Ethics Commission of
any person serving on the effective date of this amendatory
Act as an Inspector General for the Regional Transit Board,
and the Executive Ethics Commission shall approve or reject
the appointment or employment within 30 days after receipt of
the notification, provided that any notification not acted
upon by the Executive Ethics Commission within 30 days shall
be deemed to have received approval. No person rejected by the
Executive Ethics Commission shall serve as an Inspector
General for a Regional Transit Board for a term of 5 years
after being rejected by the Commission. For purposes of this
subsection (a), any person appointed or employed by a Transit
Board to receive complaints and investigate allegations of
fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, nonfeasance,
misfeasance, malfeasance, or violations of this Act shall be
considered an Inspector General and shall be subject to

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approval of the Executive Ethics Commission.
(b) The Executive Inspector General appointed by the
Governor shall have exclusive jurisdiction to investigate
complaints or allegations of violations of this Act and, in
his or her discretion, may investigate other complaints or
allegations. Unless created by statute, no Regional Transit
Board or Regional Development Authority shall create or retain
an investigative body that investigates matters under the
Executive Inspector General's jurisdiction. Complaints or
allegations of a violation of this Act received by a Regional
Transit Board or by an Inspector General appointed or employed
by a Regional Transit Board shall be immediately referred to
the Executive Inspector General. The Executive Inspector
General shall have authority to assume responsibility and
investigate any complaint or allegation received by a Regional
Transit Board or by an Inspector General appointed or employed
by a Regional Transit Board. In the event the Executive
Inspector General provides written notification of intent to
assume investigatory responsibility for a complaint,
allegation, or ongoing investigation, the Regional Transit
Board, or the Inspector General appointed or employed by a
Regional Transit Board shall cease review of the complaint,
allegation, or ongoing investigation and provide all
information to the Executive Inspector General. The Executive
Inspector General may delegate responsibility for an
investigation to a Regional Transit Board or the Inspector

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General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board. In
the event the Executive Inspector General provides a Regional
Transit Board or an Inspector General appointed or employed by
a Regional Transit Board with written notification of intent
to delegate investigatory responsibility for a complaint,
allegation, or ongoing investigation, the Executive Inspector
General shall provide all information, unless confidential
pursuant to this Act, to the Regional Transit Board or its
designee or to the Inspector General appointed or employed by
a Regional Transit Board.
(c) The Regional Transit Boards and an An Inspector
General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board
shall provide a monthly activity report to the Executive
Inspector General indicating:
(1) the total number of complaints or allegations
received since the date of the last report and a
description of each complaint;
(2) the number of investigations pending as of the
reporting date and the status of each investigation;
(3) the number of investigations concluded since the
date of the last report and the result of each
investigation; and
(4) the status of any investigation delegated by the
Executive Inspector General.
The Regional Transit Boards and an An Inspector General
appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board and the

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Executive Inspector General shall cooperate and share
resources or information as necessary to implement the
provisions of this Article.
(d) Reports filed under this Section are exempt from the
Freedom of Information Act and shall be deemed confidential.
Investigatory files and reports prepared by the Office of the
Executive Inspector General and the Office of an Inspector
General appointed or employed by a Regional Transit Board may
be disclosed between the Offices as necessary to implement the
provisions of this Article.
(e) This Section does not prohibit a Regional Transit
Board from reviewing its practices, policies, performance, or
personnel for the purposes of improving its operations or
ensuring compliance with applicable laws.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
Section 10. The Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
Sections 2705-203, 2705-594, and 2705-598 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2705/2705-203)
Sec. 2705-203. Transportation asset management plan and
performance-based programming.
(a) The General Assembly declares it to be in the public
interest that a project prioritization process be developed
and implemented to: improve the efficiency and effectiveness

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of the State's transportation system and transportation
safety; enhance movement and multi-modal connections of people
and goods; mitigate environmental impacts; and promote
inclusive economic growth throughout the State.
(b) In accordance with Section 2705-200, the Department of
Transportation shall develop and publish a statewide
multi-modal transportation improvement program for all
transportation facilities under its jurisdiction. The
development of the program shall use the following methods:
(1) use transportation system information to make
investment and policy decisions to achieve statewide and
regional performance goals established in the State's
long-range transportation plan;
(2) ensure transportation investment decisions emerge
from an objective and quantifiable technical analysis;
(3) evaluate the need and financial support necessary
for maintaining, expanding, and modernizing existing
transportation infrastructure;
(4) ensure that all State transportation funds
invested are directed to support progress toward the
achievement of performance targets established in the
State's long-range transportation plan;
(5) make investment decisions transparent and
accessible to the public;
(6) consider emissions and increase infrastructure
resilience to climate change; and

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(7) reduce disparities in transportation system
performance experienced by racially marginalized
communities, low-income to moderate-income consumers, and
other disadvantaged groups and populations identified
under the Environmental Justice Act; and .
(8) evaluate project potential for mode shift away
from single-occupancy vehicles and commercial motor
vehicles.
(c) The Department shall develop a risk-based, statewide
highway system asset management plan in accordance with 23
U.S.C. 119 and 23 CFR Part 515 to preserve and improve the
condition of highway and bridge assets and enhance the
performance of the system while minimizing the life-cycle
cost. The asset management plan shall be made publicly
available on the Department's website.
(d) The Department shall develop a needs-based transit
asset management plan for State-supported public
transportation assets, including vehicles, facilities,
equipment, and other infrastructure in accordance with 49 CFR
Part 625. The goal of the transit asset management plan is to
preserve and modernize capital transit assets that will
enhance the performance of the transit system. Federally
required transit asset management plans developed by the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority or Service Boards, as
defined in Section 1.03 of the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Act, shall become the transportation asset

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management plans for all public transportation assets owned
and operated by the Service Boards. The Department's transit
asset management plan shall be made publicly available on the
Department's website. The Northern Illinois Transit Authority
shall be responsible for making public transit asset
management plans for its service area publicly available.
(e) The Department shall develop a performance-based
project selection process to prioritize taxpayer investment in
State-owned transportation assets that add capacity. The goal
of the process is to select projects through an evaluation
process. This process shall provide the ability to prioritize
projects based on geographic regions. The Department shall
solicit input from localities, metropolitan planning
organizations, transit authorities, transportation
authorities, representatives of labor and private businesses,
the public, community-based organizations, and other
stakeholders in its development of the prioritization process
pursuant to this subsection.
The selection process shall include a defined public
process by which candidate projects are evaluated and
selected. The process shall include both a quantitative
analysis of the evaluation factors and qualitative review by
the Department. The Department may apply different weights to
the performance measures based on regional geography or
project type. Projects selected as part of the process will be
considered for inclusion in the State's multi-year

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transportation program and the annual element of the
multi-year program. Starting April 1, 2022, no new capacity
project shall be included in the multi-year transportation
plan or annual element without being evaluated under the
selection process described in this Section. Existing projects
in the multi-year highway improvement program may be included
regardless of the outcome of using the performance-based
project selection tool. The policies that guide the
performance-based project selection process shall be derived
from State and regional long-range transportation plans. The
Department shall certify that it is making progress toward the
goals included in the State's long-range transportation plan.
All plan and program development based on the project
selection process described in this subsection shall include
consideration of regional balance. The selection process shall
be based on an objective and quantifiable analysis that
considers, at a minimum, the goals identified in the
long-range transportation plan and shall:
(1) consider emissions and increase infrastructure
resilience due to climate change;
(2) reduce disparities in transportation system
performance experienced by racially marginalized
communities, low-income to moderate-income consumers, and
other disadvantaged groups and populations identified
under the Environmental Justice Act; and
(3) evaluate project potential for mode shift away

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from single-occupancy vehicles and commercial motor
vehicles.
(f) The prioritization process developed under subsection
(e) may apply only to State jurisdiction projects and not to:
(1) projects funded by the Congestion Mitigation and
Air Quality Improvement funds apportioned to the State
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(4) and State matching funds;
(2) projects funded by the Highway Safety Improvement
Program funds apportioned to the State pursuant to 23
U.S.C. 104(b)(3) and State matching funds;
(3) projects funded by the Transportation Alternatives
funds set-aside pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 133(h) and State
matching funds;
(4) projects funded by the National Highway Freight
Program pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 167 and State matching
funds;
(5) funds to be allocated to urban areas based on
population under federal law; and
(6) any new federal program that requires competitive
selection, distribution to local public agencies, or
specific eligibility.
(g) A summary of the project evaluation process, measures,
program, and scores for all candidate projects shall be
published on the Department website in a timely manner.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

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(20 ILCS 2705/2705-594)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
Sec. 2705-594. Transit Integration Policy Development
Committee.
(a) The Transit Integration Policy Development Committee
is created within the Department to better integrate transit
policy, planning, and design into Department decisions and
highway planning and design. The Committee shall consist of
the following members:
(1) the Secretary or the Secretary's designee;
(2) representatives of the Department that are
involved in highway or intermodal project implementation,
design, planning, or programming, as designated by the
Secretary; and
(3) transportation experts from outside the
Department, including, but not limited to, staff of a
metropolitan planning organization or local transportation
department, as designated by the Secretary.
(b) The Committee shall recommend new policies and
processes or shall review and recommend revisions to existing
policies and processes for:
(1) identifying existing, planned, and potential
future transit corridors;
(2) soliciting in a timely fashion and evaluating

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feedback from local transit agencies and local governments
as it pertains to Department projects on existing,
planned, and potential future transit corridors;
(3) coordinating with local transit authorities,
intercity bus operators, and local governments on the
delivery of bus rapid transit and bus priority projects;
(4) incorporating designing for transit vehicles and
intercity buses on highway projects in the Department's
Design and Environment Manual, including design to
facilitate bus-on-shoulder operations; and
(5) developing a cost and maintenance policy for
construction and maintenance of future facilities in
partnership with transit agencies.
(c) The Committee shall research global best practices on
optimizing roadways for public transportation services.
(d) The Committee shall consult with highway and transit
experts, transit users, and other individuals and groups with
knowledge and experience on how to optimize roadways for
public transportation service.
(e) The Department shall implement policies and processes
based on recommendations developed by the Transit Integration
Policy Development Committee under subsection (b) and shall
publish, by January 1, 2028 2027, a report on the
modifications to the Department's policies and procedures
based on input from the Transit Integration Policy Development
Committee. The report shall include the Department's

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identification of statutory provisions that the Department
believes make it difficult or impossible for the Department to
implement its recommended best practices for optimizing its
highways for public transit service and users.
(f) The Transit Integration Policy Development Committee
shall review and evaluate the Department's implementation of
policies and processes created or revised under subsection
(f). The Committee shall publish a report on the status of the
Department's implementation of these policies and procedures
by January 1, 2030.
(g) This Section is repealed January 1, 2030.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(20 ILCS 2705/2705-598)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 2705-598. Planning study on improvements needed at
the Joliet train station. By December 1, 2030, the The
Department shall conduct a planning study on improvements
needed at the Joliet train station for potential extensions of
passenger rail service to Peoria and other locations outside
of the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and
Will.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by changing

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Sections 5d, 6c, and 8.3 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5d) (from Ch. 127, par. 141d)
Sec. 5d. Except as provided by Section 5e of this Act, the
State Construction Account Fund shall be used exclusively for
the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the State
maintained highway system. Except as provided by Section 5e of
this Act, none of the money deposited in the State
Construction Account Fund shall be used to pay the cost of
administering the Motor Fuel Tax Law as now or hereafter
amended, nor be appropriated for use by the Department of
Transportation to pay the cost of its operations or
administration, nor be used in any manner for the payment of
regular or contractual employees of the State, nor be
transferred or allocated by the Comptroller and Treasurer or
be otherwise used, except for the sole purpose of
construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the State
maintained highway system as the Illinois General Assembly
shall provide by appropriation from this fund. Beginning with
the month immediately following the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1985, investment income which is
attributable to the investment of moneys of the State
Construction Account Fund shall be retained in that fund for
the uses specified in this Section. Beginning July 1, 2026, of
the investment income which is attributable to the investment
of moneys of the State Construction Account Fund, 90% 85%

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shall be deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Capital Improvement Fund and 10% 15% shall be
deposited into the Downstate Mass Transportation Capital
Improvement Fund.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(30 ILCS 105/6c) (from Ch. 127, par. 142c)
Sec. 6c. All fees and other money received by the Division
of Highways of the Department of Transportation shall, upon
being paid into the State treasury, be placed in the Road Fund.
After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980,
investment income which is attributable to the investment of
moneys of the Road Fund shall be retained in the Road Fund.
Beginning July 1, 2026, of the investment income which is
attributable to the investment of moneys of the Road Fund, 90%
shall be deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Capital Improvement Fund and 10% shall be deposited
into the Downstate Mass Transportation Capital Improvement
Fund.
(Source: P.A. 81-1550.)
(30 ILCS 105/8.3)
Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the
State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the
construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal

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and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable,
and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost
of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that
Code, and to pay the costs of the Executive Ethics
Commission for oversight and administration of the Chief
Procurement Officer appointed under paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the Illinois
Procurement Code for transportation; and
secondly -- for expenses of the Department of
Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and
administration of highways in accordance with the
provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
related or incident to and connected therewith, including
the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
and with highways and including the payment of awards made
by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the
terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers'
Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an
employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of
Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the

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acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations
to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway
needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and
estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of
flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access
to military and naval reservations, to defense industries
and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw
materials and for replacing existing highways and highway
connections shut off from general public use at military
and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for
the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall
be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building
the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of
highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public
highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating
expenses of the Department relating to the administration
of public transportation programs; Northern Illinois
Transit or, during fiscal year 2025, for the purposes of a
grant not to exceed $10,020,000 to the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of
ADA/Para-transit expenses; or, during fiscal year 2026,
for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $11,500,000 to
the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE
for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or for any
of those purposes or any other purpose that may be
provided by law.

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Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road
Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
vehicles.
Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
eligible for federal reimbursement:
1. Department of Public Health;
2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
Reduced Fare for Elderly, except fiscal year 2025 when no
more than $20,969,900 may be expended and except fiscal
year 2026 when no more than $23,067,000 may be expended;
3. Department of Central Management Services, except
for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of
appropriate personnel;
4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are

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eligible for federal reimbursement:
1. Illinois State Police, except for expenditures with
respect to the Division of Patrol and Division of Criminal
Investigation;
2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
Intercity Rail Subsidies, except fiscal year 2025 when no
more than $67,000,000 may be expended and except fiscal
year 2026 when no more than $76,000,000 may be expended,
and Rail Freight Services.
Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central
Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois
Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the
Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of
Highways in the Department of Transportation.
Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
eligible for federal reimbursement:

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1. Illinois State Police, except not more than 40% of
the funds appropriated for the Division of Patrol and
Division of Criminal Investigation;
2. State Officers.
Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
of State government for administration, grants, or operations
except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a
restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road
Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It
shall not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation
limitations by governmental reorganization or other methods.
Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
accordance with the provisions of this Section.
Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of
Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction
of permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of
paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal
and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and
payable as provided in the General Obligation Bond Act, and
for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees,

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excises, or license taxes relating to registration,
operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to
fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
appropriated or expended other than for costs of
administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed
thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of
Transportation, including, but not limited to, the
operating expenses of the Department relating to the
administration of public transportation programs, payment
of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and
reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition
of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of
public highways and bridges under the direction and
supervision of the State, political subdivision, or
municipality collecting those monies, Northern Illinois
Transit or during fiscal year 2025 for the purposes of a
grant not to exceed $10,020,000 to the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of
ADA/Para-transit expenses, or during fiscal year 2026 for
the purposes of a grant not to exceed $11,500,000 to the
Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for
the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses, and the costs
for patrolling and policing the public highways (by the
State, political subdivision, or municipality collecting

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that money) for enforcement of traffic laws. The
separation of grades of such highways with railroads and
costs associated with protection of at-grade highway and
railroad crossing shall also be permissible.
Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from
the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as
provided in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with
fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be
appropriated to the Illinois State Police for the purposes of
this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road Fund
appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise provided in
Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated
to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this
Section in excess of $97,310,000. For fiscal year 2008 only,
no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of
State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of
$106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for
the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000.
Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no Road Fund moneys shall be
appropriated to the Illinois State Police. It shall not be
lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by
governmental reorganization or other methods unless otherwise
provided in Section 5g of this Act.

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In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be
appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
this Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund
appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes,
plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
other method.
Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State
for the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal
year 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State
for those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
other methods.
Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund
appropriations to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the
following fiscal years:
Fiscal Year 2000 $80,500,000;
Fiscal Year 2001 $80,500,000;
Fiscal Year 2002 $80,500,000;
Fiscal Year 2003 $130,500,000;
Fiscal Year 2004 $130,500,000;
Fiscal Year 2005 $130,500,000;
Fiscal Year 2006 $130,500,000;
Fiscal Year 2007 $130,500,000;

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Fiscal Year 2008 $130,500,000;
Fiscal Year 2009 $130,500,000.
For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
appropriated to the Secretary of State.
Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund
shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the
exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees
related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless
otherwise provided for by law.
Beginning in fiscal year 2025, moneys in the Road Fund may
be appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for the
exclusive purpose of making deposits into the Electric Vehicle
Rebate and Charging Fund, subject to appropriation, to be used
for purposes consistent with Section 11 of Article IX of the
Illinois Constitution.
In fiscal year 2026, in addition to any other uses
permitted by law, moneys in the Road Fund may be used, subject
to appropriation, by the Department of Transportation for
grants to port districts for the purpose of making
infrastructure improvements consistent with Section 11 of
Article IX of the Illinois Constitution.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
beginning in Fiscal Year 2027, any interest earned on monies
in the Road Fund and the State Construction Account Fund shall
be dedicated to public transportation construction
improvements or debt service. Of the interest earned on moneys

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in the Road Fund and the State Construction Account Fund on or
after July 1, 2026, 90% shall be deposited into the Northern
Illinois Transit Capital Improvement Fund to be used by the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority for construction
improvements and 10% shall be deposited into the Downstate
Mass Transportation Capital Improvement Fund to be used by
participants in the Downstate Public Transportation Fund,
other than the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, for
construction improvements. There shall be a transfer of
$5,000,000 from the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund to an
airport operated under the University of Illinois Airport Act.
Beginning in Fiscal Year 2027, the Department shall issue a
biennial semi-annual call for projects for the this program
funded by the interest earned on moneys in the Road Fund and
State Construction Account Fund and deposited into the
Downstate Mass Transportation Capital Improvement Fund.
It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
appropriations by governmental reorganization or other
methods.
No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed
by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar
as appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.
Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e
of this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by

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Public Act 93-25.
The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this
Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
government.
The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the
Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this
Section by Public Act 94-91 shall be repaid to the Road Fund
from the General Revenue Fund in the next succeeding fiscal
year that the General Revenue Fund has a positive budgetary
balance, as determined by generally accepted accounting
principles applicable to government.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 1-1-24;
103-588, eff. 6-5-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-616, eff.
7-1-24; 104-2, eff. 6-16-25; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-457,
eff. 6-1-26; 104-458, eff. 6-1-26; revised 1-12-26.)
Section 20. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
changing Section 20-25.3 as follows:
(30 ILCS 500/20-25.3)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
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Sec. 20-25.3. Procurement of transition consultant by the
Department of Transportation.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or
any law to the contrary, the Department of Transportation
shall identify a method of source selection that will make it
possible to procure and contract with a consultant to assist
with the transition from the Regional Transportation Authority
to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority as set out in
Section 1.04 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act.
The source selection method identified by the Department of
Transportation is not limited to those otherwise set forth in
this Code. The transition consultant shall assist the
Department of Transportation and the interim Northern Illinois
Transit Authority Board to develop a transition plan,
including the transition of functions between the Service
Boards and the Authority, the evaluation of existing policy
processes, and the development of a process for efficient and
effective operations by both the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority and the Service Boards.
(b) The method of source selection shall be by an
expedited, competitive process approved by the Chief
Procurement Officer appointed under paragraph (4) of
subsection (a) of Section 10-20.
(c) All potential contractors shall be registered in the
Illinois Procurement Gateway vendor portal prior to contract
execution.

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(d) Except for Sections 5-5, 5-7, 10-10, 20-75, 20-80,
20-120, 20-155, 20-160, and 25-60, paragraph (5) of subsection
(b) of Section 15-25, and Article 50 and any rules adopted
under those Sections and Article, this Code does not apply to
procurements required by this Section, notwithstanding any
other provision of this Code or any law to the contrary.
(e) This Section is inoperative 2 years after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
Section 25. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is
amended by changing Sections 2-2.03, 2-7, 2-15, 3-1.03, and
4-1.11 as follows:
(30 ILCS 740/2-2.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 662.03)
Sec. 2-2.03. "Operating deficits" means the amount by
which eligible operating expenses exceed revenue from fares,
reduced fare reimbursements, rental of properties,
advertising, and any other amounts collected and received by a
provider of public transportation, which, under standard
accounting practices, are properly classified as operating
revenue or operating income attributable to providing public
transportation and revenue from any federal financial
assistance received by the participant to defray operating
expenses or deficits. For purposes of determining operating

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deficits, local effort from local taxes or its equivalent
shall not be included as operating revenue or operating
income. Provided, however, under the provisions of this Act
with respect to any operating deficit incurred by any
Metro-East Transit District participant, such operating
deficits shall be limited solely to those arising out of
operations within the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 86-590.)
(30 ILCS 740/2-7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 667)
Sec. 2-7. Quarterly reports; annual audit.
(a) Any Metro-East Transit District participant shall, no
later than 60 days following the end of each quarter of any
fiscal year, file with the Department on forms provided by the
Department for that purpose, a report of the actual operating
deficit experienced during that quarter. The Department shall,
upon receipt of the quarterly report, determine whether the
operating deficits were incurred in conformity with the
program of proposed expenditures and services approved by the
Department pursuant to Section 2-11. Any Metro-East District
may either monthly or quarterly for any fiscal year file a
request for the participant's eligible share, as allocated in
accordance with Section 2-6, of the amounts transferred into
the Metro-East Public Transportation Fund.
(b) Each participant other than any Metro-East Transit
District participant shall, 30 days before the end of each

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quarter, file with the Department on forms provided by the
Department for such purposes a report of the projected
eligible operating expenses to be incurred in the next quarter
and 30 days before the third and fourth quarters of any fiscal
year a statement of actual eligible operating expenses
incurred in the preceding quarters. Except as otherwise
provided in subsection (b-5), within 45 days of receipt by the
Department of such quarterly report, the Comptroller shall
order paid and the Treasurer shall pay from the Downstate
Public Transportation Fund to each participant an amount equal
to one-third of such participant's eligible operating
expenses; provided, however, that in Fiscal Year 1997, the
amount paid to each participant from the Downstate Public
Transportation Fund shall be an amount equal to 47% of such
participant's eligible operating expenses and shall be
increased to 49% in Fiscal Year 1998, 51% in Fiscal Year 1999,
53% in Fiscal Year 2000, 55% in Fiscal Years 2001 through 2007,
65% in Fiscal Years 2008 through 2026, and 80% in Fiscal Year
2027 and thereafter; however, in any year that a participant
receives funding under subsection (i) of Section 2705-305 of
the Department of Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305),
that participant shall be eligible only for assistance equal
to the following percentage of its eligible operating
expenses: 42% in Fiscal Year 1997, 44% in Fiscal Year 1998, 46%
in Fiscal Year 1999, 48% in Fiscal Year 2000, and 50% in Fiscal
Year 2001 and thereafter. Any such payment for the third and

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fourth quarters of any fiscal year shall be adjusted to
reflect actual eligible operating expenses for preceding
quarters of such fiscal year. However, no participant shall
receive an amount less than that which was received in the
immediate prior year, provided in the event of a shortfall in
the fund those participants receiving less than their full
allocation pursuant to Section 2-6 of this Article shall be
the first participants to receive an amount not less than that
received in the immediate prior year.
(b-5) (Blank).
(b-10) On July 1, 2008, each participant shall receive an
appropriation in an amount equal to 65% of its fiscal year 2008
eligible operating expenses adjusted by the annual 10%
increase required by Section 2-2.04 of this Act. In no case
shall any participant receive an appropriation that is less
than its fiscal year 2008 appropriation. Every fiscal year
thereafter, each participant's appropriation shall increase by
10% over the appropriation established for the preceding
fiscal year as required by Section 2-2.04 of this Act.
(b-11) Beginning July 1, 2026, and every fiscal year
thereafter, if the participant's expenditures in the
immediately preceding fiscal year are equal to or greater than
85% of the amounts appropriated to the participant in the
immediately preceding fiscal year, then the participant's
appropriation shall increase by an amount equal to the
year-over-year percentage increase in revenue deposited into

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the Downstate Public Transportation Fund. If there was a
year-over-year reduction in the revenue deposited into the
Fund, then each participant's appropriation shall be no more
than the previous fiscal year's appropriation.
(b-15) Beginning on July 1, 2007, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, each participant shall maintain a minimum local
share contribution (from farebox and all other local revenues)
equal to the actual amount provided in Fiscal Year 2006 or, for
new recipients, an amount equivalent to the local share
provided in the first year of participation. The local share
contribution shall be reduced by an amount equal to the total
amount of lost revenue for services provided under Section
2-15.2 and Section 2-15.3 of this Act.
(b-20) Any participant in the Downstate Public
Transportation Fund may use State operating assistance funding
pursuant to this Section to provide transportation services
within any county that is contiguous to its territorial
boundaries as defined by the Department and subject to
Departmental approval. Any such contiguous-area service
provided by a participant after July 1, 2007 must meet the
requirements of subsection (a) of Section 2-5.1.
(c) No later than 180 days following the last day of the
participant's Fiscal Year each participant shall provide the
Department with an audit prepared by a Certified Public
Accountant covering that Fiscal Year. For those participants
other than a Metro-East Transit District, any discrepancy

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between the funds paid and the percentage of the eligible
operating expenses provided for by paragraph (b) of this
Section shall be reconciled by appropriate payment or credit.
In the case of any Metro-East Transit District, any amount of
payments from the Metro-East Public Transportation Fund which
exceed the eligible deficit of the participant shall be
reconciled by appropriate payment or credit.
(d) Upon the Department's final reconciliation
determination that identifies a discrepancy between the
Downstate Operating Assistance Program funds paid and the
percentage of the eligible operating expenses which results in
a reimbursement payment due to the Department, the participant
shall remit the reimbursement payment to the Department no
later than 90 days after written notification.
(e) Funds received by the Department from participants for
reimbursement as a result of an overpayment from a prior State
fiscal year shall be deposited into the Downstate Public
Transportation Fund in the fiscal year in which they are
received and all unspent funds shall roll to following fiscal
years.
(f) Upon the Department's final reconciliation
determination that identifies a discrepancy between the
Downstate Operating Assistance Program funds paid and the
percentage of the eligible operating expenses which results in
a reimbursement payment due to the participant, the Department
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later than 90 days after written notifications.
(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(30 ILCS 740/2-15) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 675.1)
Sec. 2-15. Residual fund balance.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all
funds that remain in the Downstate Public Transportation Fund
or the Metro-East Public Transportation Fund after the payment
of the fourth quarterly payment to participants other than
Metro-East Transit District participants and the last monthly
payment to Metro-East Transit participants in each fiscal year
shall be transferred to the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund
for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.
Transfers shall be made no later than 90 days after the end of
the fiscal year. However, an amount the Department determines
to be necessary for allocation to participants for the
purposes of Section 2-7 for the first quarter of the
succeeding fiscal year and an amount equal to 2% of the total
allocations to participants in the immediately preceding
fiscal year to be used for the purpose of audit adjustments
shall be retained in the Funds to be used by the Department for
those purposes. Beginning fiscal year 2010, all moneys each
year in the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund, held solely
for the benefit of the participants in the Downstate Public
Transportation Fund and shall be appropriated to the
Department to make competitive capital grants to the

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participants of the respective funds, except that a portion of
the total residual fund balance remaining in the Downstate
Transit Improvement Fund after the completion of Fiscal Year
2026 and every year thereafter may be used by the Department
for intercity rail capital projects for connectivity between
downstate communities and Chicago, including routes to new
destinations. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2026, the Department of
Transportation may issue an annual notice of funding
opportunity for intercity rail capital projects that may
include, but are not limited to, station upgrades, grade
separations, and planning studies for new destinations. The
amount used from this fund for intercity rail capital projects
may not exceed $342,000,000. However, such amount as the
Department determines to be necessary for (1) allocation to
participants for the purposes of Section 2-7 for the first
quarter of the succeeding fiscal year and (2) an amount equal
to 2% of the total allocations to participants in the fiscal
year just ended to be used for the purpose of audit adjustments
shall be retained in such Funds to be used by the Department
for such purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for Fiscal Year 2027, the sum of $3,750,000, or so much of that
amount as may be necessary, may be appropriated from the
Downstate Transit Improvement Fund to the Department of
Transportation to make a grant to the Springfield Airport
Authority for the purpose of supporting daily commercial air
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Airport in order to facilitate State operations in the Capital
City.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on
July 1, 2011, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
transfer the remaining balance from the Metro East Public
Transportation Fund into the General Revenue Fund. Upon
completion of the transfers, the Metro East Public
Transportation Fund is dissolved, and any future deposits due
to that Fund and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of
that Fund pass to the General Revenue Fund.
(c) If necessary, the Department of Transportation may
notify the Comptroller of a projected deficit in the Downstate
Public Transportation Fund of the amount needed to cover the
required statutory reimbursement of eligible operating
expenses to participants in the Downstate Public
Transportation Fund. If the Comptroller is notified of a
projected deficit, then the Comptroller shall order
transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the
Downstate Transit Improvement Fund the amount necessary to
remedy the projected deficit in the Downstate Public
Transportation Fund.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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Sec. 3-1.03. "Operating deficits" means the amount by
which eligible operating expenses exceed revenues from
nonreimbursable fares, rental of properties, advertising, and
any other amounts collected or received in the process of
providing public transportation under this Article which,
under standard accounting practices for the providing of
public transportation are properly classified as operating
revenue or operating income attributable to providing public
transportation under this Article. For purposes of determining
operating deficits, operating revenue or operating income
shall not include such funds as the Department may determine
consistent with federal Department of Transportation
regulations and requirements affecting Section 18.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
(30 ILCS 740/4-1.11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 699.11)
Sec. 4-1.11. "Operating revenues" means income from
nonreimbursable fares, rental of properties, advertising,
local and state funds contributed to meet eligible operating
expenses, and any other amounts collected or received in the
process of providing public transportation under this Article,
and any revenue which is an operating revenue according to
standard accounting practices for the providing of public
transportation and which the Secretary may determine,
consistent with the federal Department of Transportation
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(Source: P.A. 86-16.)
Section 28. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
9 as follows:
(35 ILCS 105/9)
Sec. 9. Except as to motor vehicles, watercraft, aircraft,
and trailers that are required to be registered with an agency
of this State, each retailer required or authorized to collect
the tax imposed by this Act shall pay to the Department the
amount of such tax (except as otherwise provided) at the time
when he is required to file his return for the period during
which such tax was collected, less a discount of 2.1% prior to
January 1, 1990, and 1.75% on and after January 1, 1990, or $5
per calendar year, whichever is greater, which is allowed to
reimburse the retailer for expenses incurred in collecting the
tax, keeping records, preparing and filing returns, remitting
the tax and supplying data to the Department on request.
Beginning with returns due on or after January 1, 2025, the
discount allowed in this Section, the Retailers' Occupation
Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Service Use
Tax Act, including any local tax administered by the
Department and reported on the same return, shall not exceed
$1,000 per month in the aggregate for returns other than
transaction returns filed during the month. When determining
the discount allowed under this Section, retailers shall

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include the amount of tax that would have been due at the 6.25%
rate but for the 1.25% rate imposed on sales tax holiday items
under Public Act 102-700. The discount under this Section is
not allowed for the 1.25% portion of taxes paid on aviation
fuel that is subject to the revenue use requirements of 49
U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C. 47133. When determining the
discount allowed under this Section, retailers shall include
the amount of tax that would have been due at the 1% rate but
for the 0% rate imposed under Public Act 102-700. In the case
of retailers who report and pay the tax on a transaction by
transaction basis, as provided in this Section, such discount
shall be taken with each such tax remittance instead of when
such retailer files his periodic return, but, beginning with
returns due on or after January 1, 2025, the discount allowed
under this Section and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
including any local tax administered by the Department and
reported on the same transaction return, shall not exceed
$1,000 per month for all transaction returns filed during the
month. The discount allowed under this Section is allowed only
for returns that are filed in the manner required by this Act.
The Department may disallow the discount for retailers whose
certificate of registration is revoked at the time the return
is filed, but only if the Department's decision to revoke the
certificate of registration has become final. A retailer need
not remit that part of any tax collected by him to the extent
that he is required to remit and does remit the tax imposed by

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the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, with respect to the sale of
the same property.
Where such tangible personal property is sold under a
conditional sales contract, or under any other form of sale
wherein the payment of the principal sum, or a part thereof, is
extended beyond the close of the period for which the return is
filed, the retailer, in collecting the tax (except as to motor
vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, and trailers that are required
to be registered with an agency of this State), may collect for
each tax return period only the tax applicable to that part of
the selling price actually received during such tax return
period.
In the case of leases, except as otherwise provided in
this Act, the lessor, in collecting the tax, may collect for
each tax return period only the tax applicable to that part of
the selling price actually received during such tax return
period.
Except as provided in this Section, on or before the
twentieth day of each calendar month, such retailer shall file
a return for the preceding calendar month. Such return shall
be filed on forms prescribed by the Department and shall
furnish such information as the Department may reasonably
require. The return shall include the gross receipts on food
for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food
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and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption)
which were received during the preceding calendar month,
quarter, or year, as appropriate, and upon which tax would
have been due but for the 0% rate imposed under Public Act
102-700. The return shall also include the amount of tax that
would have been due on food for human consumption that is to be
consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than
alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or infused with adult
use cannabis, soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for
immediate consumption) but for the 0% rate imposed under
Public Act 102-700.
On and after January 1, 2018, except for returns required
to be filed prior to January 1, 2023 for motor vehicles,
watercraft, aircraft, and trailers that are required to be
registered with an agency of this State, with respect to
retailers whose annual gross receipts average $20,000 or more,
all returns required to be filed pursuant to this Act shall be
filed electronically. On and after January 1, 2023, with
respect to retailers whose annual gross receipts average
$20,000 or more, all returns required to be filed pursuant to
this Act, including, but not limited to, returns for motor
vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, and trailers that are required
to be registered with an agency of this State, shall be filed
electronically. Retailers who demonstrate that they do not
have access to the Internet or demonstrate hardship in filing
electronically may petition the Department to waive the

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electronic filing requirement.
The Department may require returns to be filed on a
quarterly basis. If so required, a return for each calendar
quarter shall be filed on or before the twentieth day of the
calendar month following the end of such calendar quarter. The
taxpayer shall also file a return with the Department for each
of the first 2 months of each calendar quarter, on or before
the twentieth day of the following calendar month, stating:
1. The name of the seller;
2. The address of the principal place of business from
which he engages in the business of selling tangible
personal property at retail in this State;
3. The total amount of taxable receipts received by
him during the preceding calendar month from sales of
tangible personal property by him during such preceding
calendar month, including receipts from charge and time
sales, but less all deductions allowed by law;
4. The amount of credit provided in Section 2d of this
Act;
5. The amount of tax due;
5-5. The signature of the taxpayer; and
6. Such other reasonable information as the Department
may require.
Each retailer required or authorized to collect the tax
imposed by this Act on aviation fuel sold at retail in this
State during the preceding calendar month shall, instead of

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reporting and paying tax on aviation fuel as otherwise
required by this Section, report and pay such tax on a separate
aviation fuel tax return. The requirements related to the
return shall be as otherwise provided in this Section.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act to the
contrary, retailers collecting tax on aviation fuel shall file
all aviation fuel tax returns and shall make all aviation fuel
tax payments by electronic means in the manner and form
required by the Department. For purposes of this Section,
"aviation fuel" means jet fuel and aviation gasoline.
If a taxpayer fails to sign a return within 30 days after
the proper notice and demand for signature by the Department,
the return shall be considered valid and any amount shown to be
due on the return shall be deemed assessed.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
contrary, retailers subject to tax on cannabis shall file all
cannabis tax returns and shall make all cannabis tax payments
by electronic means in the manner and form required by the
Department.
Beginning October 1, 1993, a taxpayer who has an average
monthly tax liability of $150,000 or more shall make all
payments required by rules of the Department by electronic
funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1994, a taxpayer who has
an average monthly tax liability of $100,000 or more shall
make all payments required by rules of the Department by
electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1, 1995, a

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taxpayer who has an average monthly tax liability of $50,000
or more shall make all payments required by rules of the
Department by electronic funds transfer. Beginning October 1,
2000, a taxpayer who has an annual tax liability of $200,000 or
more shall make all payments required by rules of the
Department by electronic funds transfer. The term "annual tax
liability" shall be the sum of the taxpayer's liabilities
under this Act, and under all other State and local occupation
and use tax laws administered by the Department, for the
immediately preceding calendar year. The term "average monthly
tax liability" means the sum of the taxpayer's liabilities
under this Act, and under all other State and local occupation
and use tax laws administered by the Department, for the
immediately preceding calendar year divided by 12. Beginning
on October 1, 2002, a taxpayer who has a tax liability in the
amount set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2505-210 of the
Department of Revenue Law shall make all payments required by
rules of the Department by electronic funds transfer.
Before August 1 of each year beginning in 1993, the
Department shall notify all taxpayers required to make
payments by electronic funds transfer. All taxpayers required
to make payments by electronic funds transfer shall make those
payments for a minimum of one year beginning on October 1.
Any taxpayer not required to make payments by electronic
funds transfer may make payments by electronic funds transfer
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All taxpayers required to make payment by electronic funds
transfer and any taxpayers authorized to voluntarily make
payments by electronic funds transfer shall make those
payments in the manner authorized by the Department.
The Department shall adopt such rules as are necessary to
effectuate a program of electronic funds transfer and the
requirements of this Section.
Before October 1, 2000, if the taxpayer's average monthly
tax liability to the Department under this Act, the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
Service Use Tax Act was $10,000 or more during the preceding 4
complete calendar quarters, he shall file a return with the
Department each month by the 20th day of the month next
following the month during which such tax liability is
incurred and shall make payments to the Department on or
before the 7th, 15th, 22nd and last day of the month during
which such liability is incurred. On and after October 1,
2000, if the taxpayer's average monthly tax liability to the
Department under this Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Service Use Tax Act was
$20,000 or more during the preceding 4 complete calendar
quarters, he shall file a return with the Department each
month by the 20th day of the month next following the month
during which such tax liability is incurred and shall make
payment to the Department on or before the 7th, 15th, 22nd and
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If the month during which such tax liability is incurred began
prior to January 1, 1985, each payment shall be in an amount
equal to 1/4 of the taxpayer's actual liability for the month
or an amount set by the Department not to exceed 1/4 of the
average monthly liability of the taxpayer to the Department
for the preceding 4 complete calendar quarters (excluding the
month of highest liability and the month of lowest liability
in such 4 quarter period). If the month during which such tax
liability is incurred begins on or after January 1, 1985, and
prior to January 1, 1987, each payment shall be in an amount
equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the
month or 27.5% of the taxpayer's liability for the same
calendar month of the preceding year. If the month during
which such tax liability is incurred begins on or after
January 1, 1987, and prior to January 1, 1988, each payment
shall be in an amount equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual
liability for the month or 26.25% of the taxpayer's liability
for the same calendar month of the preceding year. If the month
during which such tax liability is incurred begins on or after
January 1, 1988, and prior to January 1, 1989, or begins on or
after January 1, 1996, each payment shall be in an amount equal
to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the month or
25% of the taxpayer's liability for the same calendar month of
the preceding year. If the month during which such tax
liability is incurred begins on or after January 1, 1989, and
prior to January 1, 1996, each payment shall be in an amount

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equal to 22.5% of the taxpayer's actual liability for the
month or 25% of the taxpayer's liability for the same calendar
month of the preceding year or 100% of the taxpayer's actual
liability for the quarter monthly reporting period. The amount
of such quarter monthly payments shall be credited against the
final tax liability of the taxpayer's return for that month.
Before October 1, 2000, once applicable, the requirement of
the making of quarter monthly payments to the Department shall
continue until such taxpayer's average monthly liability to
the Department during the preceding 4 complete calendar
quarters (excluding the month of highest liability and the
month of lowest liability) is less than $9,000, or until such
taxpayer's average monthly liability to the Department as
computed for each calendar quarter of the 4 preceding complete
calendar quarter period is less than $10,000. However, if a
taxpayer can show the Department that a substantial change in
the taxpayer's business has occurred which causes the taxpayer
to anticipate that his average monthly tax liability for the
reasonably foreseeable future will fall below the $10,000
threshold stated above, then such taxpayer may petition the
Department for change in such taxpayer's reporting status. On
and after October 1, 2000, once applicable, the requirement of
the making of quarter monthly payments to the Department shall
continue until such taxpayer's average monthly liability to
the Department during the preceding 4 complete calendar
quarters (excluding the month of highest liability and the

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month of lowest liability) is less than $19,000 or until such
taxpayer's average monthly liability to the Department as
computed for each calendar quarter of the 4 preceding complete
calendar quarter period is less than $20,000. However, if a
taxpayer can show the Department that a substantial change in
the taxpayer's business has occurred which causes the taxpayer
to anticipate that his average monthly tax liability for the
reasonably foreseeable future will fall below the $20,000
threshold stated above, then such taxpayer may petition the
Department for a change in such taxpayer's reporting status.
The Department shall change such taxpayer's reporting status
unless it finds that such change is seasonal in nature and not
likely to be long term. Quarter monthly payment status shall
be determined under this paragraph as if the rate reduction to
1.25% in Public Act 102-700 on sales tax holiday items had not
occurred. For quarter monthly payments due on or after July 1,
2023 and through June 30, 2024, "25% of the taxpayer's
liability for the same calendar month of the preceding year"
shall be determined as if the rate reduction to 1.25% in Public
Act 102-700 on sales tax holiday items had not occurred.
Quarter monthly payment status shall be determined under this
paragraph as if the rate reduction to 0% in Public Act 102-700
on food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages,
food consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft
drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate

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consumption) had not occurred. For quarter monthly payments
due under this paragraph on or after July 1, 2023 and through
June 30, 2024, "25% of the taxpayer's liability for the same
calendar month of the preceding year" shall be determined as
if the rate reduction to 0% in Public Act 102-700 had not
occurred. If any such quarter monthly payment is not paid at
the time or in the amount required by this Section, then the
taxpayer shall be liable for penalties and interest on the
difference between the minimum amount due and the amount of
such quarter monthly payment actually and timely paid, except
insofar as the taxpayer has previously made payments for that
month to the Department in excess of the minimum payments
previously due as provided in this Section. The Department
shall make reasonable rules and regulations to govern the
quarter monthly payment amount and quarter monthly payment
dates for taxpayers who file on other than a calendar monthly
basis.
If any such payment provided for in this Section exceeds
the taxpayer's liabilities under this Act, the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act and the
Service Use Tax Act, as shown by an original monthly return,
the Department shall issue to the taxpayer a credit memorandum
no later than 30 days after the date of payment, which
memorandum may be submitted by the taxpayer to the Department
in payment of tax liability subsequently to be remitted by the
taxpayer to the Department or be assigned by the taxpayer to a

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similar taxpayer under this Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act or the Service Use Tax Act,
in accordance with reasonable rules and regulations to be
prescribed by the Department, except that if such excess
payment is shown on an original monthly return and is made
after December 31, 1986, no credit memorandum shall be issued,
unless requested by the taxpayer. If no such request is made,
the taxpayer may credit such excess payment against tax
liability subsequently to be remitted by the taxpayer to the
Department under this Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
the Service Occupation Tax Act or the Service Use Tax Act, in
accordance with reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by
the Department. If the Department subsequently determines that
all or any part of the credit taken was not actually due to the
taxpayer, the taxpayer's vendor's discount shall be reduced,
if necessary, to reflect the difference between the credit
taken and that actually due, and the taxpayer shall be liable
for penalties and interest on such difference.
If the retailer is otherwise required to file a monthly
return and if the retailer's average monthly tax liability to
the Department does not exceed $200, the Department may
authorize his returns to be filed on a quarter annual basis,
with the return for January, February, and March of a given
year being due by April 20 of such year; with the return for
April, May and June of a given year being due by July 20 of
such year; with the return for July, August and September of a

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given year being due by October 20 of such year, and with the
return for October, November and December of a given year
being due by January 20 of the following year.
If the retailer is otherwise required to file a monthly or
quarterly return and if the retailer's average monthly tax
liability to the Department does not exceed $50, the
Department may authorize his returns to be filed on an annual
basis, with the return for a given year being due by January 20
of the following year.
Such quarter annual and annual returns, as to form and
substance, shall be subject to the same requirements as
monthly returns.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act concerning
the time within which a retailer may file his return, in the
case of any retailer who ceases to engage in a kind of business
which makes him responsible for filing returns under this Act,
such retailer shall file a final return under this Act with the
Department not more than one month after discontinuing such
business.
In addition, with respect to motor vehicles, watercraft,
aircraft, and trailers that are required to be registered with
an agency of this State, except as otherwise provided in this
Section, every retailer selling this kind of tangible personal
property shall file, with the Department, upon a form to be
prescribed and supplied by the Department, a separate return
for each such item of tangible personal property which the

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retailer sells, except that if, in the same transaction, (i) a
retailer of aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicles or trailers
transfers more than one aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle or
trailer to another aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle or
trailer retailer for the purpose of resale or (ii) a retailer
of aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicles, or trailers transfers
more than one aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicle, or trailer
to a purchaser for use as a qualifying rolling stock as
provided in Section 3-55 of this Act, then that seller may
report the transfer of all the aircraft, watercraft, motor
vehicles or trailers involved in that transaction to the
Department on the same uniform invoice-transaction reporting
return form. For purposes of this Section, "watercraft" means
a Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4 watercraft as defined in Section
3-2 of the Boat Registration and Safety Act, a personal
watercraft, or any boat equipped with an inboard motor.
In addition, with respect to motor vehicles, watercraft,
aircraft, and trailers that are required to be registered with
an agency of this State, every person who is engaged in the
business of leasing or renting such items and who, in
connection with such business, sells any such item to a
retailer for the purpose of resale is, notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section to the contrary, authorized to
meet the return-filing requirement of this Act by reporting
the transfer of all the aircraft, watercraft, motor vehicles,
or trailers transferred for resale during a month to the

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Department on the same uniform invoice-transaction reporting
return form on or before the 20th of the month following the
month in which the transfer takes place. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act to the contrary, all returns filed
under this paragraph must be filed by electronic means in the
manner and form as required by the Department.
The transaction reporting return in the case of motor
vehicles or trailers that are required to be registered with
an agency of this State, shall be the same document as the
Uniform Invoice referred to in Section 5-402 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code and must show the name and address of the seller;
the name and address of the purchaser; the amount of the
selling price including the amount allowed by the retailer for
traded-in property, if any; the amount allowed by the retailer
for the traded-in tangible personal property, if any, to the
extent to which Section 2 of this Act allows an exemption for
the value of traded-in property; the balance payable after
deducting such trade-in allowance from the total selling
price; the amount of tax due from the retailer with respect to
such transaction; the amount of tax collected from the
purchaser by the retailer on such transaction (or satisfactory
evidence that such tax is not due in that particular instance,
if that is claimed to be the fact); the place and date of the
sale; a sufficient identification of the property sold; such
other information as is required in Section 5-402 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, and such other information as the

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Department may reasonably require.
The transaction reporting return in the case of watercraft
and aircraft must show the name and address of the seller; the
name and address of the purchaser; the amount of the selling
price including the amount allowed by the retailer for
traded-in property, if any; the amount allowed by the retailer
for the traded-in tangible personal property, if any, to the
extent to which Section 2 of this Act allows an exemption for
the value of traded-in property; the balance payable after
deducting such trade-in allowance from the total selling
price; the amount of tax due from the retailer with respect to
such transaction; the amount of tax collected from the
purchaser by the retailer on such transaction (or satisfactory
evidence that such tax is not due in that particular instance,
if that is claimed to be the fact); the place and date of the
sale, a sufficient identification of the property sold, and
such other information as the Department may reasonably
require.
Such transaction reporting return shall be filed not later
than 20 days after the date of delivery of the item that is
being sold, but may be filed by the retailer at any time sooner
than that if he chooses to do so. The transaction reporting
return and tax remittance or proof of exemption from the tax
that is imposed by this Act may be transmitted to the
Department by way of the State agency with which, or State
officer with whom, the tangible personal property must be

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titled or registered (if titling or registration is required)
if the Department and such agency or State officer determine
that this procedure will expedite the processing of
applications for title or registration.
With each such transaction reporting return, the retailer
shall remit the proper amount of tax due (or shall submit
satisfactory evidence that the sale is not taxable if that is
the case), to the Department or its agents, whereupon the
Department shall issue, in the purchaser's name, a tax receipt
(or a certificate of exemption if the Department is satisfied
that the particular sale is tax exempt) which such purchaser
may submit to the agency with which, or State officer with
whom, he must title or register the tangible personal property
that is involved (if titling or registration is required) in
support of such purchaser's application for an Illinois
certificate or other evidence of title or registration to such
tangible personal property.
No retailer's failure or refusal to remit tax under this
Act precludes a user, who has paid the proper tax to the
retailer, from obtaining his certificate of title or other
evidence of title or registration (if titling or registration
is required) upon satisfying the Department that such user has
paid the proper tax (if tax is due) to the retailer. The
Department shall adopt appropriate rules to carry out the
mandate of this paragraph.
If the user who would otherwise pay tax to the retailer

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wants the transaction reporting return filed and the payment
of tax or proof of exemption made to the Department before the
retailer is willing to take these actions and such user has not
paid the tax to the retailer, such user may certify to the fact
of such delay by the retailer, and may (upon the Department
being satisfied of the truth of such certification) transmit
the information required by the transaction reporting return
and the remittance for tax or proof of exemption directly to
the Department and obtain his tax receipt or exemption
determination, in which event the transaction reporting return
and tax remittance (if a tax payment was required) shall be
credited by the Department to the proper retailer's account
with the Department, but without the vendor's discount
provided for in this Section being allowed. When the user pays
the tax directly to the Department, he shall pay the tax in the
same amount and in the same form in which it would be remitted
if the tax had been remitted to the Department by the retailer.
On and after January 1, 2025, with respect to the lease of
trailers, other than semitrailers as defined in Section 1-187
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that are required to be
registered with an agency of this State and that are subject to
the tax on lease receipts under this Act, notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act to the contrary, for the purpose of
reporting and paying tax under this Act on those lease
receipts, lessors shall file returns in addition to and
separate from the transaction reporting return. Lessors shall

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file those lease returns and make payment to the Department by
electronic means on or before the 20th day of each month
following the month, quarter, or year, as applicable, in which
lease receipts were received. All lease receipts received by
the lessor from the lease of those trailers during the same
reporting period shall be reported and tax shall be paid on a
single return form to be prescribed by the Department.
Where a retailer collects the tax with respect to the
selling price of tangible personal property which he sells and
the purchaser thereafter returns such tangible personal
property and the retailer refunds the selling price thereof to
the purchaser, such retailer shall also refund, to the
purchaser, the tax so collected from the purchaser. When
filing his return for the period in which he refunds such tax
to the purchaser, the retailer may deduct the amount of the tax
so refunded by him to the purchaser from any other use tax
which such retailer may be required to pay or remit to the
Department, as shown by such return, if the amount of the tax
to be deducted was previously remitted to the Department by
such retailer. If the retailer has not previously remitted the
amount of such tax to the Department, he is entitled to no
deduction under this Act upon refunding such tax to the
purchaser.
Any retailer filing a return under this Section shall also
include (for the purpose of paying tax thereon) the total tax
covered by such return upon the selling price of tangible

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personal property purchased by him at retail from a retailer,
but as to which the tax imposed by this Act was not collected
from the retailer filing such return, and such retailer shall
remit the amount of such tax to the Department when filing such
return.
If experience indicates such action to be practicable, the
Department may prescribe and furnish a combination or joint
return which will enable retailers, who are required to file
returns hereunder and also under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act, to furnish all the return information required by both
Acts on the one form.
Where the retailer has more than one business registered
with the Department under separate registration under this
Act, such retailer may not file each return that is due as a
single return covering all such registered businesses, but
shall file separate returns for each such registered business.
Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department shall
pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, a special
fund in the State treasury which is hereby created, the net
revenue realized for the preceding month from the 1% tax
imposed under this Act.
Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department shall
pay into the County and Mass Transit District Fund 4% of the
net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 6.25%
general rate on the selling price of tangible personal
property which is purchased outside Illinois at retail from a

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retailer and which is titled or registered by an agency of this
State's government.
Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department shall
pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, a special
fund in the State treasury, 20% of the net revenue realized for
the preceding month from the 6.25% general rate on the selling
price of tangible personal property, other than (i) tangible
personal property which is purchased outside Illinois at
retail from a retailer and which is titled or registered by an
agency of this State's government and (ii) aviation fuel sold
on or after December 1, 2019. This exception for aviation fuel
only applies for so long as the revenue use requirements of 49
U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the State.
For aviation fuel sold on or after December 1, 2019, each
month the Department shall pay into the State Aviation Program
Fund 20% of the net revenue realized for the preceding month
from the 6.25% general rate on the selling price of aviation
fuel, less an amount estimated by the Department to be
required for refunds of the 20% portion of the tax on aviation
fuel under this Act, which amount shall be deposited into the
Aviation Fuel Sales Tax Refund Fund. The Department shall only
pay moneys into the State Aviation Program Fund and the
Aviation Fuels Sales Tax Refund Fund under this Act for so long
as the revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49
U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the State.
Beginning August 1, 2000, each month the Department shall

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pay into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund 100% of the
net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 1.25%
rate on the selling price of motor fuel and gasohol. If, in any
month, the tax on sales tax holiday items, as defined in
Section 3-6, is imposed at the rate of 1.25%, then the
Department shall pay 100% of the net revenue realized for that
month from the 1.25% rate on the selling price of sales tax
holiday items into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund.
Beginning January 1, 1990, each month the Department shall
pay into the Local Government Tax Fund 16% of the net revenue
realized for the preceding month from the 6.25% general rate
on the selling price of tangible personal property which is
purchased outside Illinois at retail from a retailer and which
is titled or registered by an agency of this State's
government.
Beginning October 1, 2009, each month the Department shall
pay into the Capital Projects Fund an amount that is equal to
an amount estimated by the Department to represent 80% of the
net revenue realized for the preceding month from the sale of
candy, grooming and hygiene products, and soft drinks that had
been taxed at a rate of 1% prior to September 1, 2009 but that
are now taxed at 6.25%.
Beginning July 1, 2011, each month the Department shall
pay into the Clean Air Act Permit Fund 80% of the net revenue
realized for the preceding month from the 6.25% general rate
on the selling price of sorbents used in Illinois in the

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process of sorbent injection as used to comply with the
Environmental Protection Act or the federal Clean Air Act, but
the total payment into the Clean Air Act Permit Fund under this
Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall not exceed
$2,000,000 in any fiscal year.
Beginning July 1, 2013, each month the Department shall
pay into the Underground Storage Tank Fund from the proceeds
collected under this Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service
Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act an
amount equal to the average monthly deficit in the Underground
Storage Tank Fund during the prior year, as certified annually
by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, but the total
payment into the Underground Storage Tank Fund under this Act,
the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and
the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall not exceed $18,000,000
in any State fiscal year. As used in this paragraph, the
"average monthly deficit" shall be equal to the difference
between the average monthly claims for payment by the fund and
the average monthly revenues deposited into the fund,
excluding payments made pursuant to this paragraph.
Beginning July 1, 2015, of the remainder of the moneys
received by the Department under this Act, the Service Use Tax
Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act, each month the Department shall deposit
$500,000 into the State Crime Laboratory Fund.
Of the remainder of the moneys received by the Department

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pursuant to this Act, (a) 1.75% thereof shall be paid into the
Build Illinois Fund and (b) prior to July 1, 1989, 2.2% and on
and after July 1, 1989, 3.8% thereof shall be paid into the
Build Illinois Fund; provided, however, that if in any fiscal
year the sum of (1) the aggregate of 2.2% or 3.8%, as the case
may be, of the moneys received by the Department and required
to be paid into the Build Illinois Fund pursuant to Section 3
of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, Section 9 of the Use Tax
Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, and Section 9 of the
Service Occupation Tax Act, such Acts being hereinafter called
the "Tax Acts" and such aggregate of 2.2% or 3.8%, as the case
may be, of moneys being hereinafter called the "Tax Act
Amount", and (2) the amount transferred to the Build Illinois
Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall be
less than the Annual Specified Amount (as defined in Section 3
of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), an amount equal to the
difference shall be immediately paid into the Build Illinois
Fund from other moneys received by the Department pursuant to
the Tax Acts; and further provided, that if on the last
business day of any month the sum of (1) the Tax Act Amount
required to be deposited into the Build Illinois Bond Account
in the Build Illinois Fund during such month and (2) the amount
transferred during such month to the Build Illinois Fund from
the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall have been less
than 1/12 of the Annual Specified Amount, an amount equal to
the difference shall be immediately paid into the Build

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Illinois Fund from other moneys received by the Department
pursuant to the Tax Acts; and, further provided, that in no
event shall the payments required under the preceding proviso
result in aggregate payments into the Build Illinois Fund
pursuant to this clause (b) for any fiscal year in excess of
the greater of (i) the Tax Act Amount or (ii) the Annual
Specified Amount for such fiscal year; and, further provided,
that the amounts payable into the Build Illinois Fund under
this clause (b) shall be payable only until such time as the
aggregate amount on deposit under each trust indenture
securing Bonds issued and outstanding pursuant to the Build
Illinois Bond Act is sufficient, taking into account any
future investment income, to fully provide, in accordance with
such indenture, for the defeasance of or the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds
secured by such indenture and on any Bonds expected to be
issued thereafter and all fees and costs payable with respect
thereto, all as certified by the Director of the Bureau of the
Budget (now Governor's Office of Management and Budget). If on
the last business day of any month in which Bonds are
outstanding pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act, the
aggregate of the moneys deposited into the Build Illinois Bond
Account in the Build Illinois Fund in such month shall be less
than the amount required to be transferred in such month from
the Build Illinois Bond Account to the Build Illinois Bond
Retirement and Interest Fund pursuant to Section 13 of the

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Build Illinois Bond Act, an amount equal to such deficiency
shall be immediately paid from other moneys received by the
Department pursuant to the Tax Acts to the Build Illinois
Fund; provided, however, that any amounts paid to the Build
Illinois Fund in any fiscal year pursuant to this sentence
shall be deemed to constitute payments pursuant to clause (b)
of the preceding sentence and shall reduce the amount
otherwise payable for such fiscal year pursuant to clause (b)
of the preceding sentence. The moneys received by the
Department pursuant to this Act and required to be deposited
into the Build Illinois Fund are subject to the pledge, claim
and charge set forth in Section 12 of the Build Illinois Bond
Act.
Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois Fund
as provided in the preceding paragraph or in any amendment
thereto hereafter enacted, the following specified monthly
installment of the amount requested in the certificate of the
Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
provided under Section 8.25f of the State Finance Act, but not
in excess of the sums designated as "Total Deposit", shall be
deposited in the aggregate from collections under Section 9 of
the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, Section
9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act, and Section 3 of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act into the McCormick Place
Expansion Project Fund in the specified fiscal years.
Fiscal Year Total Deposit

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1993 $0
1994 53,000,000
1995 58,000,000
1996 61,000,000
1997 64,000,000
1998 68,000,000
1999 71,000,000
2000 75,000,000
2001 80,000,000
2002 93,000,000
2003 99,000,000
2004 103,000,000
2005 108,000,000
2006 113,000,000
2007 119,000,000
2008 126,000,000
2009 132,000,000
2010 139,000,000
2011 146,000,000
2012 153,000,000
2013 161,000,000
2014 170,000,000
2015 179,000,000
2016 189,000,000
2017 199,000,000
2018 210,000,000

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2019 221,000,000
2020 233,000,000
2021 300,000,000
2022 300,000,000
2023 300,000,000
2024 300,000,000
2025 300,000,000
2026 300,000,000
2027 375,000,000
2028 375,000,000
2029 375,000,000
2030 375,000,000
2031 375,000,000
2032 375,000,000
2033 375,000,000
2034 375,000,000
2035 375,000,000
2036 450,000,000
and
each fiscal year
thereafter that bonds
are outstanding under
Section 13.2 of the
Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority Act,
but not after fiscal year 2060.

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Beginning July 20, 1993 and in each month of each fiscal
year thereafter, one-eighth of the amount requested in the
certificate of the Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority for that fiscal year, less the amount
deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund by
the State Treasurer in the respective month under subsection
(g) of Section 13 of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
Authority Act, plus cumulative deficiencies in the deposits
required under this Section for previous months and years,
shall be deposited into the McCormick Place Expansion Project
Fund, until the full amount requested for the fiscal year, but
not in excess of the amount specified above as "Total
Deposit", has been deposited.
Subject to payment of amounts into the Capital Projects
Fund, the Clean Air Act Permit Fund, the Build Illinois Fund,
and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant to the
preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto hereafter
enacted, for aviation fuel sold on or after December 1, 2019,
the Department shall each month deposit into the Aviation Fuel
Sales Tax Refund Fund an amount estimated by the Department to
be required for refunds of the 80% portion of the tax on
aviation fuel under this Act. The Department shall only
deposit moneys into the Aviation Fuel Sales Tax Refund Fund
under this paragraph for so long as the revenue use
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C. 47133 are
binding on the State.

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Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois Fund
and the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund pursuant to the
preceding paragraphs or in any amendments thereto hereafter
enacted, beginning July 1, 1993 and ending on September 30,
2013, the Department shall each month pay into the Illinois
Tax Increment Fund 0.27% of 80% of the net revenue realized for
the preceding month from the 6.25% general rate on the selling
price of tangible personal property.
Subject to payment of amounts into the Build Illinois
Fund, the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund, the Illinois
Tax Increment Fund, and the Energy Infrastructure Fund
pursuant to the preceding paragraphs or in any amendments to
this Section hereafter enacted, beginning on the first day of
the first calendar month to occur on or after August 26, 2014
(the effective date of Public Act 98-1098), each month, from
the collections made under Section 9 of the Use Tax Act,
Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service
Occupation Tax Act, and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation
Tax Act, the Department shall pay into the Tax Compliance and
Administration Fund, to be used, subject to appropriation, to
fund additional auditors and compliance personnel at the
Department of Revenue, an amount equal to 1/12 of 5% of 80% of
the cash receipts collected during the preceding fiscal year
by the Audit Bureau of the Department under the Use Tax Act,
the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and associated local occupation

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and use taxes administered by the Department.
Subject to payments of amounts into the Build Illinois
Fund, the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund, the Illinois
Tax Increment Fund, and the Tax Compliance and Administration
Fund as provided in this Section, beginning on July 1, 2018 the
Department shall pay each month into the Downstate Public
Transportation Fund the moneys required to be so paid under
Section 2-3 of the Downstate Public Transportation Act.
Subject to successful execution and delivery of a
public-private agreement between the public agency and private
entity and completion of the civic build, beginning on July 1,
2023, of the remainder of the moneys received by the
Department under the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the
Service Occupation Tax Act, and this Act, the Department shall
deposit the following specified deposits in the aggregate from
collections under the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the
Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act, as required under Section 8.25g of the State Finance Act
for distribution consistent with the Public-Private
Partnership for Civic and Transit Infrastructure Project Act.
The moneys received by the Department pursuant to this Act and
required to be deposited into the Civic and Transit
Infrastructure Fund are subject to the pledge, claim, and
charge set forth in Section 25-55 of the Public-Private
Partnership for Civic and Transit Infrastructure Project Act.
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"public-private agreement", and "public agency" have the
meanings provided in Section 25-10 of the Public-Private
Partnership for Civic and Transit Infrastructure Project Act.
Fiscal Year............................Total Deposit
2024....................................$200,000,000
2025....................................$206,000,000
2026....................................$212,200,000
2027....................................$218,500,000
2028....................................$225,100,000
2029....................................$288,700,000
2030....................................$298,900,000
2031....................................$309,300,000
2032....................................$320,100,000
2033....................................$331,200,000
2034....................................$341,200,000
2035....................................$351,400,000
2036....................................$361,900,000
2037....................................$372,800,000
2038....................................$384,000,000
2039....................................$395,500,000
2040....................................$407,400,000
2041....................................$419,600,000
2042....................................$432,200,000
2043....................................$445,100,000
Beginning July 1, 2021 and until July 1, 2022, subject to
the payment of amounts into the State and Local Sales Tax

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Reform Fund, the Build Illinois Fund, the McCormick Place
Expansion Project Fund, the Illinois Tax Increment Fund, and
the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund as provided in this
Section, the Department shall pay each month into the Road
Fund the amount estimated to represent 16% of the net revenue
realized from the taxes imposed on motor fuel and gasohol.
Beginning July 1, 2022 and until July 1, 2023, subject to the
payment of amounts into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform
Fund, the Build Illinois Fund, the McCormick Place Expansion
Project Fund, the Illinois Tax Increment Fund, and the Tax
Compliance and Administration Fund as provided in this
Section, the Department shall pay each month into the Road
Fund the amount estimated to represent 32% of the net revenue
realized from the taxes imposed on motor fuel and gasohol.
Beginning July 1, 2023 and until July 1, 2024, subject to the
payment of amounts into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform
Fund, the Build Illinois Fund, the McCormick Place Expansion
Project Fund, the Illinois Tax Increment Fund, and the Tax
Compliance and Administration Fund as provided in this
Section, the Department shall pay each month into the Road
Fund the amount estimated to represent 48% of the net revenue
realized from the taxes imposed on motor fuel and gasohol.
Beginning July 1, 2024 and until July 1, 2026, subject to the
payment of amounts into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform
Fund, the Build Illinois Fund, the McCormick Place Expansion
Project Fund, the Illinois Tax Increment Fund, and the Tax

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Compliance and Administration Fund as provided in this
Section, the Department shall pay each month into the Road
Fund the amount estimated to represent 64% of the net revenue
realized from the taxes imposed on motor fuel and gasohol.
Beginning on July 1, 2026, subject to the payment of amounts
into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, the Build
Illinois Fund, the McCormick Place Expansion Project Fund, the
Illinois Tax Increment Fund, and the Tax Compliance and
Administration Fund as provided in this Section, the
Department shall pay each month into the Public Transportation
Fund and the Downstate Public Transportation Fund the amount
estimated to represent 80% of the net revenue realized from
the taxes imposed on motor fuel and gasohol. Moneys shall be
apportioned as follows: 85% into the Public Transportation
Fund and 15% into the Downstate Public Transportation Fund.
The amounts to be paid each month into the Public
Transportation Fund and the Downstate Public Transportation
Fund as provided in this paragraph shall be paid and deposited
therein directly by the Department and shall not be held or
subject to transfer from any other fund. As used in this
paragraph, "motor fuel" has the meaning given to that term in
Section 1.1 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, and "gasohol" has the
meaning given to that term in Section 3-40 of this Act.
Until July 1, 2025, of the remainder of the moneys
received by the Department pursuant to this Act, 75% thereof
shall be paid into the State treasury and 25% shall be reserved

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in a special account and used only for the transfer to the
Common School Fund as part of the monthly transfer from the
General Revenue Fund in accordance with Section 8a of the
State Finance Act. Beginning July 1, 2025, of the remainder of
the moneys received by the Department pursuant to this Act,
75% shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund and 25%
shall be deposited into the Common School Fund.
As soon as possible after the first day of each month, upon
certification of the Department of Revenue, the Comptroller
shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from
the General Revenue Fund to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund an amount
equal to 1.7% of 80% of the net revenue realized under this Act
for the second preceding month. Beginning April 1, 2000, this
transfer is no longer required and shall not be made.
Net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue
collected by the State pursuant to this Act, less the amount
paid out during that month as refunds to taxpayers for
overpayment of liability.
For greater simplicity of administration, manufacturers,
importers and wholesalers whose products are sold at retail in
Illinois by numerous retailers, and who wish to do so, may
assume the responsibility for accounting and paying to the
Department all tax accruing under this Act with respect to
such sales, if the retailers who are affected do not make
written objection to the Department to this arrangement.
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103-592, Article 75, Section 75-5, eff. 1-1-25; 103-592,
Article 110, Section 110-5, eff. 6-7-24; 103-1055, eff.
12-20-24; 104-6, Article 5, Section 5-10, eff. 6-16-25; 104-6,
Article 35, Section 35-20, eff. 6-16-25; 104-457, eff.
6-1-26.)
Section 30. The People Over Parking Act is amended by
changing Section 5-5 as follows:
(50 ILCS 845/5-5)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Car-share vehicles" means motor vehicles that are
operated as part of a regional fleet by a public or private
car-sharing company or organization and provide hourly or
daily service.
"Commercial development project" means a development
project that is undertaken for the development of land for
commercial use, including residential housing, multi-family
housing, mixed-use housing, and nonresidential commercial
developments.
"Development project" means a project undertaken for the
purpose of development of land. "Development project" includes
(i) a project involving the issuance of a permit for
construction or reconstruction, (ii) a housing development

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project, or (iii) a commercial development project.
"Development project" does not include a project where any
portion is designated for use as a hotel, motel,
bed-and-breakfast inn, or other transient lodging, except
where a portion of a housing development project is designated
for use as a residential hotel.
"Efficiency living unit" has the meaning ascribed to that
term in the 2018 International Building Code, Sixth Version
(November 2021).
"Elderly housing", "low-income household",
"moderate-income household", "multi-family housing", and "very
low-income household" have the meanings ascribed to those
terms in the Illinois Affordable Housing Act.
"Ferry" means a dock, wharf, or similar apparatus that is
served by a regularly scheduled, or on demand, ferry or boat
for passengers and that crosses a river, unfordable stream,
lake, estuary, or bay.
"Housing development project" means a development project
consisting of (i) residential units only, (ii) mixed-use
developments consisting of residential and nonresidential uses
with at least two-thirds of the square footage designated for
residential use, or (iii) transitional housing or supportive
housing.
"Maximum automobile parking requirements" means any law,
code, or policy that limits a maximum number of off-street,
private parking spaces for new residential and commercial

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developments.
"Minimum automobile parking requirements" means any law,
code, or policy that requires a minimum number of off-street,
private parking spaces for new residential and commercial
developments.
"On-street parking" means parking of vehicles on public
streets or thoroughfares located within the physical
boundaries of a municipality.
"Public transportation corridor" means a street on which
one or more bus routes have a combined frequency of bus service
interval of 15 minutes or less during the morning and
afternoon peak commute periods.
"Public transportation hub" means: (i) a rail transit
station, (ii) a boat or ferry terminal served by either a bus
stop or rail transit station, and (iii) an intersection of 2 or
more public transportation corridors bus routes with a
combined frequency of bus service interval of 15 minutes or
less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods.
"Rail transit station" means a stop served by regularly
scheduled intercity rail, regional rail, commuter rail, light
rail, or rapid transit service for passengers.
"Residential hotel" means any building containing 6 or
more guest rooms or efficiency living units that is used or
intended or designed to be used, rented, hired out, or
occupied for sleeping purposes by guests and that is also the
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not include any building containing 6 or more guest rooms or
efficiency living units primarily used by transient guests who
do not occupy the building as their primary residence.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
Section 35. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
amended by changing Sections 15, 19.5, 27, 28, 28d, and 33.10
as follows:
(70 ILCS 3605/15) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 315)
Sec. 15. To the extent permitted by the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority Act, the Authority shall have power to apply
for and accept grants and loans from the Federal Government or
any agency or instrumentality thereof, from the State, or from
any county, municipal corporation or other political
subdivision of the State to be used for any of the purposes of
the Authority, including, but not by way of limitation, grants
and loans in aid of mass transportation and for studies in mass
transportation, and may provide matching funds when necessary
to qualify for such grants or loans. The Authority may enter
into any agreement with the Federal Government, the State, and
any county, municipal corporation or other political
subdivision of the State in relation to such grants or loans;
provided that such agreement does not conflict with any of the
provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of
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The Authority may also accept from the State, or from any
county or other political subdivision, or from any municipal
corporation, or school district, or school authorities, grants
or other funds authorized by law to be paid to the Authority
for any of the purposes of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3605/19.5)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 19.5. Chicago Transit Board.
(a) The governing body of the Chicago Transit Authority
shall be the Chicago Transit Board. Beginning September 1,
2026, the Board shall consist of 7 members appointed as
follows:
(1) Two members appointed by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, including:
(A) a member with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority; and
(B) a member with an initial term of 3 years.
(2) Three members appointed by the Mayor of Chicago,
with the advice and consent of the City Council of the City
of Chicago, including:
(A) a member with an initial term of 3 years who
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Transit Authority;
(B) a member with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority; and
(C) a member with an initial term of 3 years.
(3) Two members appointed by the President of the Cook
County Board of Commissioners, with the advice and consent
of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, including:
(A) a member with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority; and
(B) a member with an initial term of 5 years.
(b) The subsequent terms of each director appointed under
subsection (a) shall be 5 years.
(c) The Chair of the Board shall be elected by a majority
vote by the members of the Board from among the members of the
Board. Until September 1, 2030, the Chair of the Board must be
approved by the Senate. Until September 1, 2030, if the
members of the Board elect a Chair of the Board, then the
elected Chair of the Board may serve as a the acting Chair of
the Board until confirmation. Until September 1, 2030, if the
Senate votes against confirming the acting Chair of the Board,
then the acting Chair of the Board must resign and the members
of the Board must elect a new Chair of the Board.
(d) Initial appointments of members under subsection (a)
must be made in time for the members to begin their terms on

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September 1, 2026.
(e) On September 1, 2026, the terms of all members serving
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly, and of any members appointed to fill a
vacancy, shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board
occurs before September 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be
filled under Section 21. Members serving on the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may be
reappointed under subsection (a).
(f) The members of the Board shall receive an annual
salary of $15,000, except that members of the Board who are
also members of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority shall receive $10,000 $5,000 per year in addition to
the compensation the members receive for serving on the Board
of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
(g) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
experience and expertise for overseeing the planning,
operation, and funding of a transit agency regional
transportation system, including, but not limited to,
backgrounds in urban and regional planning, management of
large capital projects, labor and workforce development,
business management, public administration, transportation,
and community organizations. Except as otherwise provided by
this Act, a director, while serving as such, shall not be an
officer, member of the board of directors or board of
trustees, or employee of any Service Board or transportation

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agency, shall not be an employee of the State of Illinois or
any department or agency thereof or any municipality, county,
or any other unit of local government, and shall not receive
any compensation from any elected or appointed office under
the Constitution or laws of this State, except that a Director
may be a member of a school board or a member of the National
Guard.
(h) Those responsible for appointing Directors shall
strive to assemble a set of Directors that, to the greatest
extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3605/27) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327)
Sec. 27. The Board may appoint an Executive Director with
the advice and consent of the Board of the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority. The Executive Director shall have
demonstrated experience with one or more of the following
areas: (i) public transportation system operations; (ii)
infrastructure capital project management; or (iii) legal or
human resource management for a public agency. The Executive
Director shall also meet any qualifications that may be set,
by ordinance, by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The
Chair of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
and the Executive Director of the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority shall be included in the process for choosing the

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Executive Director of the Authority, including membership in
any search committee. The Executive Director shall be a person
of recognized ability and experience in the operation of
transportation systems and shall hold office during the
pleasure of the Board. The Executive Director shall have
management of the properties and business of the Authority and
the employees thereof, subject to the general control of the
Board, shall direct the enforcement of all ordinances,
resolutions, rules, and regulations of the Board, and shall
perform such other duties and powers as may be prescribed from
time to time by the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority in an ordinance describing the position's role,
powers, and responsibilities. The Board may appoint a General
Counsel and a Chief Engineer, and shall provide for the
appointment of other officers, attorneys, engineers,
consultants, agents and employees as may be necessary for the
construction, extension, operation, maintenance, and policing
of its properties. It shall define their duties and require
bonds of such of them as the Board may designate. The Executive
Director, General Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all other
officers provided for pursuant to this section shall be exempt
from taking and subscribing to any oath of office. The
compensation of the Executive Director, General Counsel, Chief
Engineer, and all other officers, attorneys, consultants,
agents and employees shall be fixed by the Board.
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(70 ILCS 3605/28) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328)
Sec. 28. The Board shall classify all the offices,
positions and grades of regular and exempt employment
required, excepting that of the Chairman of the Board, the
Executive Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel, and
Chief Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title, job
schedule number, and the compensation fixed therefor, and
adopt rules governing appointments to any of such offices or
positions on the basis of merit and efficiency. The job title
shall be generally descriptive of the duties performed in that
job, and the job schedule number shall be used to identify a
job title and to further classify positions within a job
title. No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited
in the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
aspect of employment. There shall not be discrimination based
upon political reasons or factors. No officer or employee in
regular employment shall be discharged or demoted except for
cause which is detrimental to the service. Any officer or
employee in regular employment who is discharged or demoted
may file a complaint in writing with the Board within ten days
after notice of his or her discharge or demotion. If an
employee is a member of a labor organization the complaint may
be filed by such organization for and on behalf of such
employee. The Board shall grant a hearing on such complaint
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of the hearing shall be fixed by the Board and due notice
thereof given to the complainant, the labor organization by or
through which the complaint was filed and the Executive
Director. The hearing shall be conducted by the Board, or any
member thereof or any officers' committee or employees'
committee appointed by the Board. The complainant may be
represented by counsel. If the Board finds, or approves a
finding of the member or committee appointed by the Board,
that the complainant has been unjustly discharged or demoted,
he or she shall be restored to his or her office or position
with back pay. The decision of the Board shall be final and not
subject to review. The Board may designate such offices,
positions, and grades of employment as exempt as it deems
necessary for the efficient operation of the business of the
Authority. The total number of employees occupying exempt
offices, positions, or grades of employment may not exceed 3%
of the total employment of the Authority. All exempt offices,
positions, and grades of employment shall be at will. No
unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in the
Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or aspect
of employment. There shall not be discrimination based upon
political reasons or factors. The Board may abolish any vacant
or occupied office or position. Additionally, the Board may
reduce the force of employees for lack of work or lack of funds
as determined by the Board. When the number of positions or
employees holding positions of regular employment within a

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particular job title and job schedule number are reduced,
those employees with the least company seniority in that job
title and job schedule number shall be first released from
regular employment service. For a period of one year, an
employee released from service shall be eligible for
reinstatement to the job title and job schedule number from
which he or she was released, in order of company seniority, if
additional force of employees is required. "Company seniority"
as used in this Section means the overall employment service
credited to an employee by the Authority since the employee's
most recent date of hire irrespective of job titles held. If 2
or more employees have the same company seniority date, time
in the affected job title and job schedule number shall be used
to break the company seniority tie. For purposes of this
Section, company seniority shall be considered a working
condition. When employees are represented by a labor
organization that has a labor agreement with the Authority,
the wages, hours, and working conditions (including, but not
limited to, seniority rights) shall be governed by the terms
of the agreement. Exempt employment shall not include any
employees who are represented by a labor organization that has
a labor agreement with the Authority.
No employee, officer, or agent of the Chicago Transit
Board may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
salary unless that bonus has been reviewed for a period of 14
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14 days, the bonus shall be considered reviewed. This Section
does not apply to usual and customary salary adjustments.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3605/28d)
Sec. 28d. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 28a, before the Chicago Transit Board may
enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of
$200,000 $100,000, the Chicago Transit Board must submit that
contract or amendment to the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Board for review for a period of 14 days. After 14
days, the contract shall be considered reviewed. This Section
applies only to contracts entered into or amended on or after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3605/33.10)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 33.10. Budget and program. The Authority, subject to
the powers of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority,
including the budget review powers contained in Section 4.11
of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, shall, by
ordinance, appropriate money to perform the Authority's
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Authority. Each year, as part of the process set forth in
Section 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act,
the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall prepare and
publish a comprehensive annual budget and proposed 5-Year
Capital Program document, and a financial plan for the 2 years
thereafter describing the state of the Authority and
presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year and the 2 following
years the Authority's plans for such operations and capital
expenditures as it intends to undertake and the means by which
it intends to finance them. The proposed budget, financial
plan, and 5-Year Capital Program shall be based on the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority's estimate of funds to be
made available to the Board by or through the Authority and
shall conform in all respects to the requirements established
by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The proposed
budget, financial plan, and 5-Year Capital Program shall
contain a statement of the funds estimated to be on hand at the
beginning of the fiscal year, the funds estimated to be
received from all sources for the year and the funds estimated
to be on hand at the end of the year. The fiscal year of the
Authority shall be the same as the fiscal year of the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority. The proposed budget, financial
plan, and 5-Year Capital Program shall be included in the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority's public hearings under
Section 4.01 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
Act. The budget, financial plan, and 5-Year Capital Program

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shall then be finalized by the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority as provided in Section 4.01 4.11. The ordinance
adopted by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority as provided
in Section 4.01 4.11 shall appropriate the sums of money as are
deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and
obligations of the Authority, specifying purposes and the
objects or programs for which appropriations are made and the
amount appropriated for each object or program. Additional
appropriations, transfers between items, and other changes in
the ordinance that do not alter the basis upon which the
balanced budget determination was made by the Board of the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority may be made from time to
time by the Authority. The Authority shall not (i) use any
funds in its budget, or in reserves, allocated for operational
expenses to fund capital projects or (ii) transfer moneys from
any funds in its budget, or in reserves, allocated for
operational expenses to an account primarily used to fund
capital projects.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3605/51.5 rep.)
Section 40. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
amended by repealing Section 51.5.
Section 45. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended
by changing Section 5.08 as follows:

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(70 ILCS 3610/5.08)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 5.08. Transit-supportive development and
trail-supportive development.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Transit-supportive development" means residential,
commercial, and governmental facilities and supporting
infrastructure improvements that are designed to facilitate
access to and use of public transit or public trails and that
are located within either (i) one-half mile of a public
transportation station or (ii) one-eighth mile of a bus stop
on a public transportation bus route.
"Trail-supportive development" means residential,
commercial, and governmental facilities, and supporting
infrastructure improvements that are (i) located within
one-quarter mile of a public trail and (ii) designed to
facilitate access to and use of public transit or public
trails.
(b) The Board of Trustees of any Transit District may
acquire, construct, own, operate, or maintain for public
service transit-supportive developments and trail-supportive
developments and may exercise all powers necessary or
convenient to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
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acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, gift, or otherwise
any property and rights useful for its transit-supportive
development purposes and trail-supportive development purposes
and may sell, lease, transfer, or convey any property or
rights when no longer useful or to exchange the same for other
property or rights that are useful for its purposes.
(d) In addition to other powers provided in this
amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Board of
Trustees of any Transit District may enter into contracts and
agreements with governmental, not-for-profit, and for-profit
entities for the development, construction, and operation of
transit-supportive developments and trail-supportive
developments.
(e) The Board of Trustees of any Transit District shall
have the continuing power to borrow money for (i) the purpose
of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending, or
improving transit-supportive developments and
trail-supportive developments or any part of those
developments and (ii) the purpose of acquiring property and
equipment useful for the construction, reconstruction,
extension, improvement, or operation of its transit-supportive
developments and trail-supportive developments or any part of
those developments.
(f) This Section does not exempt the Board of Trustees of
any Transit District from complying with land use regulations
applicable to the property involved in a transit-supportive

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development or trail-supportive development.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
Section 50. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
amended by changing Sections 1.02, 1.03, 2.01a, 2.01b, 2.01f,
2.04, 2.05, 2.06.2, 2.11.05, 2.11.15, 2.11.35, 2.14, 2.41,
2.49, 3.01, 3A.02, 3A.06, 3A.10.5, 3A.15.5, 3A.18, 3B.02.5,
3B.06, 3B.10.5, 3B.26, 4.01, 4.01b, 4.03, 4.04, 4.09, 5.05,
6.01, 7.02, 7.03, and 7.04 and by adding Section 2.50 as
follows:
(70 ILCS 3615/1.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.02)
Sec. 1.02. Findings and Purpose.
(a) The General Assembly finds;
(1) Public transportation is, as provided in Section 7
of Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution, an essential
public purpose for which public funds may be expended and
that Section authorizes the State to provide financial
assistance to units of local government for distribution
to providers of public transportation. There is an urgent
need to reform and continue a unit of local government to
assure the proper management of public transportation and
to receive and distribute State or federal operating
assistance and to raise and distribute revenues for local
operating assistance. System generated revenues are not
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provide for, aid and assist public transportation in the
northeastern area of the State, consisting of Cook,
DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties.
(2) Comprehensive and coordinated regional public
transportation is essential to the public health, safety,
and welfare. It is essential to economic well-being,
maintenance of full employment, conservation of sources of
energy and land for open space and reduction of traffic
congestion and for providing and maintaining a healthful
environment for the benefit of present and future
generations in the metropolitan region. Public
transportation improves access to jobs, commercial
facilities, schools, and cultural attractions. Public
transportation decreases air pollution and other
environmental hazards resulting from excessive use of
automobiles and allows for more efficient land use and
planning.
(3) Transportation in the metropolitan region is being
threatened by grave financial conditions. With existing
methods of financing, coordination, structure, and
management, the public transportation system is not
providing adequate public transportation to ensure the
public health, safety, and welfare.
(3.5) The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented
disruption in public transportation ridership and
operations from which the service providers have yet to

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fully recover and the pandemic-related federal funding
support for public transportation operations has expired.
Although ridership levels continue to improve from the
lowest levels observed during the pandemic, net ridership
levels have not recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Furthermore, the system experienced persistent losses in
ridership, service quality, and financial stability for
many years before the pandemic. These systemic issues,
combined with the changes in passenger behaviors,
experiences, and commuting patterns since the pandemic,
create conditions untenable to a sustainable and thriving
public transportation system.
(4) Additional commitments to the public
transportation needs of persons with disabilities, the
economically disadvantaged, and the elderly are necessary.
Further, additional commitments to the public transit
needs of persons who currently reside in areas with
limited, infrequent, or no public transit service are
needed to eliminate existing public transit deserts and
ensure that all residents of the metropolitan region have
access to frequent, reliable, safe, and interconnected
transit options.
(5) To solve these problems, it is necessary to
provide for the creation and empowerment of the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority with the powers necessary to
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(b) (Blank).
(c) (Blank).
(d) It is the purpose of this Act to provide for, aid and
assist public transportation in the northeastern area of the
State without impairing the overall quality of existing public
transportation by providing for the creation of a single
authority responsive to the people and elected officials of
the area and with the power and competence to develop,
implement, and enforce plans that promote adequate, efficient,
geographically equitable and coordinated public
transportation, provide financial review of the providers of
public transportation in the metropolitan region and
facilitate public transportation provided by Service Boards
which is attractive and economical to users, comprehensive,
coordinated among its various elements, economical, safe,
efficient and coordinated with area and State plans.
(e) It is the intent of this Act to continue and maintain
the existence of the Regional Transportation Authority,
notwithstanding a change in its name and appointment powers
and authorities, and is in no way intended to change, modify,
or restrict the rights of existing Regional Transportation
Transit Authority bondholders or to change or repeal the
non-impairment covenant in the current Regional Transportation
Authority legislation.
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(70 ILCS 3615/1.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.03)
Sec. 1.03. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Authority" means the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
(formerly the Regional Transportation Authority).
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority (formerly the Board of Directors of
the Regional Transportation Authority).
"Construct or acquire" means plan, design, construct,
reconstruct, improve, modify, extend, landscape, expand or
acquire.
"Limited English proficient individual" means an
individual who does not speak English as the individual's
primary language and who has a limited ability to read, speak,
write, or understand English.
"Metropolitan Region" means all territory included within
the territory of the Authority as provided in this Act, and
such territory as may be annexed to the Authority.
"Municipality", "County" and "Unit of Local Government"
have the meanings given to such terms in Section 1 of Article
VII of the Illinois Constitution.
"Operate" means operate, maintain, administer, repair,
promote and any other acts necessary or proper with regard to
such matters.
"Passenger miles traveled" means the cumulative sum of the
distances ridden by each passenger.
"Public Transportation" means the transportation or

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conveyance of persons within the metropolitan region by means
available to the general public, including groups of the
general public with special needs, except for transportation
by automobiles not used for conveyance of the general public
as passengers.
"Public Transportation Facilities" means all equipment or
property, real or personal, or rights therein, useful or
necessary for providing, maintaining or administering public
transportation within the metropolitan region or otherwise
useful for carrying out or meeting the purposes or powers of
the Authority, except it shall not include roads, streets,
highways or bridges or toll highways or toll bridges for
general public use.
"Qualified interpreter" or "qualified translator" means an
individual proficient in both English and the non-English
language used by the limited English proficient individual,
with demonstrated ability to interpret or translate accurately
and impartially.
"Service Boards" means the Board of the Commuter Rail
Division of the Authority, the Board of the Suburban Bus
Division of the Authority, and the Board of the Chicago
Transit Authority established pursuant to the Chicago Transit
Authority Act.
"Service standards" means quantitative and qualitative
attributes of public transit service as well as the
appropriate level of service to be provided across the

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metropolitan region.
"Supermajority vote" means the affirmative vote of:
(1) until September 1, 2026, 12 of the Authority's
then Directors; or
(2) beginning September 1, 2026, either at least 15 of
the Authority's then Directors or 12 of the Authority's
then Directors if there are:
(A) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors
appointed under subsection (a) of Section 3.01.05
3.01;
(B) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors
appointed under subsection (a-5) of Section 3.01.05
3.01;
(C) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors
appointed under subsection (b) of Section 3.01.05
3.01; and
(D) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors
appointed under subsection (b-5) of Section 3.01.05
3.01.
"Transportation Agency" means any individual, firm,
partnership, corporation, association, body politic, municipal
corporation, public authority, unit of local government or
other person, other than the Authority and the Service Boards,
which provides public transportation, any local mass transit
district created pursuant to the Local Mass Transit District
Act and any urban transportation district created pursuant to

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the Urban Transportation District Act, which districts are
located in whole or in part within the metropolitan region.
"Unlinked passenger trips" means the number of passengers
who board public transportation vehicles. Passengers are
counted each time they board vehicles no matter how many
vehicles they use to travel from their origin to destination.
"Vehicle revenue hours" means the hours that vehicles are
scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service.
"Vehicle revenue hours" includes layover or recovery time.
"Vehicle revenue hours" does not include deadhead, operator
training, vehicle maintenance testing, and other non-revenue
uses of vehicles.
"Vehicle revenue miles" means the miles that vehicles are
scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service.
"Vehicle revenue miles" includes distances traveled during
layover or recovery time. "Vehicle revenue miles" does not
include deadhead, operator training, vehicle maintenance
testing, and other non-revenue uses of vehicles.
"Vital documents" means materials critical for obtaining
services or understanding rider rights, including fare
schedules, safety information, service announcements, and
notices of rights or responsibilities.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.01a)
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(a) By a supermajority vote, the Authority shall adopt a
Strategic Plan, no less than every 5 years, after consultation
with the Service Boards and after holding a minimum of 3 public
hearings in Cook County, at least one of which shall be held in
the City of Chicago, and one public hearing in each of the
other counties in the region. The Executive Director of the
Authority shall review the Strategic Plan on an ongoing basis
and make recommendations to the Board of the Authority with
respect to any update or amendment of the Strategic Plan. The
Strategic Plan shall describe the specific actions to be taken
by the Authority and the Service Boards to provide adequate,
efficient, and coordinated public transportation.
(b) The Strategic Plan shall identify goals and objectives
with respect to:
(i) increasing ridership and passenger miles on public
transportation funded by the Authority;
(ii) increasing per capita transit ridership and the
share of trips taken by transit in the region;
(iii) using public transportation to reduce greenhouse
gas and other emissions from the transportation sector;
(iv) coordination of public transportation services
and the investment in public transportation facilities to
enhance the integration of public transportation
throughout the metropolitan region;
(v) coordination of fare and transfer policies to
promote transfers by riders among Service Boards,

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Transportation Agencies, and public transportation modes,
which may include goals and objectives for development of
a universal fare instrument that riders may use
interchangeably on all public transportation funded by the
Authority, and methods to be used to allocate revenues
from transfers;
(vi) improvements in public transportation facilities
to bring those facilities into a state of good repair,
enhancements that attract ridership and improve customer
service, and expansions needed to serve areas with
sufficient demand for public transportation;
(vii) increasing access for transit-dependent
populations, including low-income communities, seniors,
students, and people with disabilities;
(viii) increasing access by low-income communities to
places of employment, using analyses provided by the
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding
employment and transportation availability, and giving
consideration to the location of employment centers in
each county and the availability of public transportation
at off-peak hours and on weekends;
(ix) the financial viability of the public
transportation system, including both operating and
capital programs;
(x) improving roadway operations within the
metropolitan region to enhance transit options and to

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improve mobility;
(xi) land use policies, practices, and incentives that
make more effective use of public transportation services
and facilities as community assets and encourage locating
the siting of businesses, homes, and public facilities
near public transportation services and facilities to
provide convenient and affordable travel for residents,
customers, and employees in the metropolitan region;
(xii) policies, practices, and incentives that will
better integrate public transportation with other active
modes of transportation; and
(xiii) such other goals and objectives that advance
the policy of the State to provide adequate, efficient,
geographically equitable and coordinated public
transportation in the metropolitan region.
(c) The Strategic Plan shall establish the process and
criteria by which proposals for capital improvements by the
Authority, a Service Board, or a Transportation Agency will be
evaluated by the Authority for inclusion, as proposed or with
modifications, in the 5-Year Capital Program, which shall be
in accordance with the prioritization process set forth in
Section 2.39. The Strategic Plan Proposals for capital
improvements may include criteria for:
(i) allocating funds among maintenance, enhancement,
and expansion improvements;
(ii) projects to be funded from the Innovation,

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Coordination, and Enhancement Fund;
(iii) projects intended to improve or enhance
ridership or customer service;
(iv) design and location of station or transit
improvements intended to promote transfers, increase
ridership, and support transit-oriented land development;
(v) assessing the impact of projects on the ability to
operate and maintain the existing transit system; and
(vi) other criteria that advance the goals and
objectives of the Strategic Plan.
(d) The Strategic Plan shall establish performance
standards and measurements regarding the adequacy, efficiency,
geographic equity and coordination of public transportation
services in the region and the implementation of the goals and
objectives in the Strategic Plan. At a minimum, such standards
and measures shall include customer-related performance data
measured by line, route, or sub-region, as determined by the
Authority, on the following:
(i) travel times and on-time performance;
(ii) ridership data;
(iii) equipment failure rates;
(iv) employee and customer safety;
(v) crowding;
(vi) cleanliness of vehicles and stations;
(vii) service productivity; and
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(e) The Strategic Plan shall identify innovations to
improve the delivery of public transportation and the
construction of public transportation facilities.
(f) The Strategic Plan shall describe the expected
financial condition of public transportation in the
metropolitan region prospectively over a 10-year period, which
may include information about the cash position and all known
obligations of the Authority and the Service Boards including
operating expenditures, debt service, contributions for
payment of pension and other post-employment benefits, the
expected revenues from fares, tax receipts, grants from the
federal, State, and local governments for operating and
capital purposes and issuance of debt, the availability of
working capital, and the resources needed to achieve the goals
and objectives described in the Strategic Plan.
(g) In developing the Strategic Plan, the Authority shall
rely on such demographic and other data, forecasts, and
assumptions developed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
Planning with respect to the patterns of population density
and growth, projected commercial and residential development,
and environmental factors, within the metropolitan region and
in areas outside the metropolitan region that may impact
public transportation utilization in the metropolitan region.
The Authority shall also consult with the Illinois Department
of Transportation's Office of Planning and Programming when
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Strategic Plan, the Authority shall consult with the Chicago
Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding the consistency of
the Strategic Plan with the Regional Comprehensive Plan
adopted pursuant to the Regional Planning Act.
(h) The Authority may adopt, by a supermajority vote,
sub-regional or corridor plans for specific geographic areas
of the metropolitan region in order to improve the adequacy,
efficiency, geographic equity and coordination of existing, or
the delivery of new, public transportation. Such plans may
also address areas outside the metropolitan region that may
impact public transportation utilization in the metropolitan
region. In preparing a sub-regional or corridor plan, the
Authority may identify changes in operating practices or
capital investment in the sub-region or corridor that could
increase ridership, reduce costs, improve coordination, or
enhance transit-oriented development. The Authority shall
consult with any affected Service Boards in the preparation of
any sub-regional or corridor plans.
(i) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.01b)
Sec. 2.01b. The 5-Year Capital Program. By a supermajority
vote, the Authority, after consultation with the Service
Boards and after holding a minimum of 3 public hearings in Cook
County, at least one one of which shall be held in the City of

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Chicago, and one public hearing in each of the other counties
in the metropolitan region, shall each year adopt a 5-Year
Capital Program that shall include each capital improvement to
be undertaken by the Authority or, on behalf of the Authority,
by a Service Board or Transportation Agency, provided that the
Authority finds that the improvement meets any criteria for
capital improvements contained in the Strategic Plan, is not
inconsistent with any sub-regional or corridor plan adopted by
the Authority, and can be funded within amounts available with
respect to the capital and operating costs of such
improvement. Prior to submitting their proposed capital
projects to the Authority, each Service Board shall hold at
least one meeting for consideration of the capital projects
being submitted to the Authority with representatives of labor
organizations that have collective bargaining agreements with
the respective Service Board. The Program shall be based on
any criteria for capital improvements contained in the
Strategic Plan, the capital project prioritization process,
the service standards, the transit asset management plans
required by 49 CFR 625.25, and other criteria determined by
the Authority so long as the improvements are not inconsistent
with any subregional or corridor plan adopted by the Authority
and can be funded within amounts available with respect to the
capital and operating costs of the improvement.
In reviewing proposals for improvements to be included in
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improvements that are intended to bring public transportation
facilities into a state of good repair. Before adopting a
5-Year Capital Program, the Authority shall consult with the
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding the
consistency of the 5-Year Capital Program with the Regional
Comprehensive Plan adopted under the Regional Planning Act.
The 5-Year Capital Program shall also identify capital
improvements to be undertaken by a Service Board, a
Transportation Agency, or a unit of local government and
funded by the Authority from amounts in the Innovation,
Coordination, and Enhancement Fund, provided that no
improvement that is included in the 5-Year Capital Program as
of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly may receive funding from the Innovation,
Coordination, and Enhancement Fund.
Beginning on January 1, 2027, for each improvement
identified in the 5-year Capital Program, the Authority shall
identify the entity responsible for implementing the project.
The Service Boards shall remain responsible for managing
contracts they entered into before January 1, 2027 for
improvements identified in the 5-Year Capital Program, subject
to the Authority's review and approval. The Authority shall
retain responsibility for larger or comprehensive improvements
such as Regionally Significant Projects, as designated by the
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning; new service
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large-scale rebuild of existing service infrastructure; new
service vehicle or rolling stock purchases; or improvements
that will be used by multiple Service Boards. The Authority
shall assign to the appropriate Service Board responsibility
for projects such as general service infrastructure renewal;
improvements to non-service facilities; overhauls of railcars
and vehicles; routine maintenance; and projects that will be
completed entirely by Service Board employees.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.01f)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 2.01f. Service planning.
(a) Beginning December 2027, the Authority shall develop a
regionally coordinated Service Plan that describes all transit
service to be provided in the coming year or years. The
Authority may plan service for periods of not less than 1 year
and not more than 3 years.
(b) To assist in the development of Service Plans, the
Authority may issue a request for proposed service plans to
all Service Boards. Requests for proposed service plans must
indicate the first and last years for which service will be
planned and must not cover more than 3 years. Requests for
proposed service plans may not be issued to less than all
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(c) For years in which the Authority is engaged in Service
Planning, it shall commence the process by issuing a request
for proposed service plans to all the Service Boards by the
preceding December 15. The requests for proposed service plans
may include:
(1) a description of service improvements and changes
that the Authority desires to carry out its Strategic Plan
and to implement its service standards;
(2) a description of the estimates of revenue for the
next fiscal year that the Authority has received from the
Director of the Governor's Office of Management and
Budget;
(3) a directive to the Service Boards to prepare
service coverage and service-level scenarios assuming
various specified budget allocations for each Service
Board;
(4) a description of the degree to which Service
Boards may make changes to the programmed location,
frequency, days, and hours of service provided by the
Service Board as compared to the Service Board's current
approved service plan and the circumstances under which
the changes shall be permitted;
(5) the opportunity for the Service Boards to propose
service improvements along with estimated costs; and
(6) requests for information the Authority deems
necessary for the Authority to assess how to most

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effectively and equitably allocate funds among the Service
Boards, including estimates of the resources needed to
provide each service-level scenario.
(d) By March 31 following the request for proposed service
plans, each Service Board shall present preliminary service
proposals in several public hearings conducted by the
Authority. A minimum of 3 public hearings shall be held in Cook
County, including one in the City of Chicago, and one public
hearing shall be held in each of the other counties in the
region.
(e) By June 30 following the request for proposed service
plans, each Service Board shall submit a proposed service plan
in response to the Authority's request, prepared in the format
requested by the Authority. Proposed service plans shall
outline:
(1) the operating funding assumptions used by the
Service Board to determine that the proposed service is
feasible, including any estimates of resources that were
requested by the Authority;
(2) the location, frequency, days and hours of
service, and other details of the service that the Service
Board shall provide;
(3) the reasons for any changes made to the location,
frequency, days, and hours of service provided by the
Service Board from the previous service plan;
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provided by the Service Board covering issues such as
reliability, cleanliness, and safety; and
(5) requirements relating to the Service Board's
compliance with Authority fare technology and fare
integration efforts, information technology systems,
customer communication systems and protocols, branding and
advertising efforts, coordination of schedules, and other
requirements designed to improve the integration and
quality of public transportation in the metropolitan
region.
(f) Before voting on any final regionwide Service Plan,
the Authority shall hold at least one public hearing on the
regionwide Service Plan.
(g) Before voting on any proposed final regionwide Service
Plan, the Authority shall hold at least one meeting for
consideration of the regionwide Service Plan with the county
board of each of the several counties in the metropolitan
region in which the Service Board provides service.
(h) The Board shall review the proposed service plans and
compile the plans into a revised, regionwide Service Plan. The
Board shall only approve the revised, regionwide Service Plan
if it meets the service standards set forth in the Strategic
Plan as best as possible considering projected available
funds. If the Board fails to approve the proposed revised,
regionwide Service Plan, then the Board shall notify each
Service Board of any deficiencies identified in that Service

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Board's contributions to the proposed revised, regionwide
Service Plan. The Board shall also notify each Service Board
if its reasons for changes from the previous approved service
plan fail to comply with any guidance provided by the Board in
the previous request for service plans as described in
paragraph (4) of subsection (e). Service Boards shall not
continue to operate service changes that the Board deems to
have failed to comply with guidance provided by the Board,
unless the service is included in the forthcoming regionwide
service plan approved by the Board.
(i) If the Board finds has not found that the proposed
revised, regionwide Service Plan does not meet meets the
service standards, the Board shall adopt a regionwide Service
Plan that does. In all cases, the Board shall adopt a
regionwide Service Plan by no later than December August 31
following the request for plans.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.04)
Sec. 2.04. Fares and nature of service.
(a) The Authority shall have the sole authority to: (i)
set and coordinate fares and charges for public transit
services in the metropolitan region, including public
transportation provided by Transportation Agencies pursuant to
purchase of service or grant agreements with the Authority,
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to be provided in accordance with the Strategic Plan and
service standards. However, the Authority may not increase the
fares of any service provided by a Service Board until one year
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly. Beginning one year after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
Board may not increase the fares of any Service Board before
evaluating the effects of increase fares.
(b) Whenever a Service Board provides any public
transportation pursuant to purchase of service or grant
agreements to Transportation Agencies for operating expenses
(other than with regard to experimental programs) or pursuant
to any purchase of service agreement, the purchase of service
agreement or grant contract shall provide for the level and
nature of fares or charges to be made for such services, and
the nature and standards of public transportation to be so
provided. A Service Board shall require all Transportation
Agencies with which it contracts, or from which it purchases
transportation services or to which it makes grants to provide
half fare transportation for their student riders if any of
such agencies provide for half fare transportation to their
student riders.
(c) In so providing for the fares or charges and the nature
and standards of public transportation, any purchase of
service agreements or grant contracts shall provide, among
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interconnections between different modes of transportation and
different public Transportation Agencies, schedules or routes
of such service, changes which may be made in such service, the
nature and condition of the facilities used in providing
service, the manner of collection and disposition of fares or
charges, the records and reports to be kept and made
concerning such service, for interchangeable tickets or other
coordinated or uniform methods of collection of charges, and
shall further require that the Transportation Agency comply
with any determination made by the Board of the Authority
under and subject to the provisions of Section 2.12b of this
Act. In regard to any such service, the Authority and the
Service Boards shall give attention to and may undertake
programs to promote use of public transportation and to
provide coordinated ticket sales and passenger information. In
the case of a grant to a Transportation Agency which remains
subject to Illinois Commerce Commission supervision and
regulation, the Service Boards shall exercise the powers set
forth in this Section in a manner consistent with such
supervision and regulation by the Illinois Commerce
Commission.
(d) The Authority shall develop and implement a regionally
coordinated and consolidated fare collection system.
(e) The Authority may delegate the responsibility for all
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(f) Prior to adopting any fare structure ordinance, the
Authority shall allow a reasonable time for public input and
hold public hearings under subsection (e-5) of Section 5.01.
(g) The Authority shall submit the proposed fare structure
ordinance to each Service Board for feedback.
(h) By no later than January 1, 2028, the Authority, in
coordination with the Service Boards, shall undertake a joint
procurement for a next generation fare collection system,
which shall include, among other things, a unified mobile
ticket application, that shall be procured and implemented by
the Authority by February 1, 2030, as a unified regional fare
payment system. All agreements for, or related to, a regional
fare payment system must include provisions for data sharing
that allow the Authority and the Service Boards access to all
data generated by the fare collection system.
(i) Whenever the Authority adopts a fare policy
establishing or modifying interagency passes, tickets, or
transfers, the policy shall also set forth the fare-sharing
agreements between the Service Boards that apply to the
revenue raised from interagency fare passes, tickets, and
transfers. Except as specified in such an agreement, all fare
revenue generated and received by the Authority shall be
disbursed by the Authority to the Service Board responsible
for generating the revenue.
(j)(1) The Authority shall have sole authority over and be
responsible for administering all special fare programs,

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including free and reduced fares for seniors and people with
disabilities, and other special fare programs.
(2) The To the extent required by Section 3-33-160 of the
Chicago Municipal Code, the Authority and the Chicago Transit
Authority Agency shall provide for free rides for active duty
military personnel in uniform or with appropriate
identification, and disabled veterans of the United States
Armed Forces under the same terms as Section 3-33-260 of the
Chicago Municipal Code.
(3) Any fixed-route public transportation services
provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
of, a Service Board shall be provided without charge to senior
citizens aged 65 and older, and all persons with a disability,
who meet the income eligibility limitation set forth in
subsection (a-5) of Section 4 of the Senior Citizens and
Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, under such
conditions as shall be prescribed by Authority. The Department
on Aging shall furnish all information reasonably necessary to
determine eligibility, including updated lists of individuals
who are eligible for services without charge under this
Section. After an initial eligibility determination is made,
an individual's eligibility for free services shall
automatically renew every 5 years after receipt by the
Authority of a copy of the individual's government-issued
identification card validating Illinois residency. Nothing in
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reduced fares as may be required by federal law. The Authority
shall provide the Department of Public Health with a monthly
list of all riders that receive free or reduced fares under
this subsection. The list shall include an individual's name,
address, and date of birth. The Department of Public Health
shall, within 2 weeks after receipt of the list, report back to
the Authority any discrepancies that indicate that a rider
receiving free or reduced fare services is deceased. The
Authority, upon receipt of the report from the Department of
Public Health, shall take appropriate steps to remove any
deceased individual's name from the list of individuals
eligible under the free or reduced fare programs.
(4) By no later than 2 years after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
Authority shall develop the following programs:
(A) An income-based reduced fare program for:
(i) veterans;
(ii) any United States resident who is 17 years of
age or older and has been in and left the physical
custody of the Department of Corrections within the
last 36 months; and
(iii) individuals experiencing homelessness.
(B) A free and reduced fare program for domestic
violence and sexual assault survivors, which shall provide
free and reduced fares to survivors of domestic violence
and sexual assault. The Authority shall not require

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domestic violence or sexual assault programs to report or
share information related to individual program
participants or applicants.
(C) A program across public transportation service
providers for providing free services to a rider for any
additional fares for the duration of a daily, weekly,
monthly, or 30-day pass once the rider has purchased
enough regular one-way fares to reach an amount that is no
less than the cost of an applicable pass.
(k) The Authority shall provide regular annual reports to
the Governor and General Assembly on progress made in
implementing the changes made to this Act by this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly under subsections (f) and
(g) of this Section as outlined under Section 2.44.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.05)
Sec. 2.05. Centralized services; acquisition and
construction.
(a) The Authority may at the request of two or more Service
Boards, serve, or designate a Service Board to serve, as a
centralized purchasing agent for the Service Boards so
requesting.
(b) The Authority may at the request of two or more Service
Boards perform other centralized services such as ridership
information and transfers between services under the

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jurisdiction of the Service Boards where such centralized
services financially benefit the region as a whole. Provided,
however, that the Board may require transfers only upon a
supermajority vote.
(c) A Service Board or the Authority may for the benefit of
a Service Board, to meet its purposes, construct or acquire
any public transportation facility for use by a Service Board
or for use by any Transportation Agency and may acquire any
such facilities from any Transportation Agency, including also
without limitation any reserve funds, employees' pension or
retirement funds, special funds, franchises, licenses,
patents, permits and papers, documents and records of the
agency. In connection with any such acquisition from a
Transportation Agency the Authority may assume obligations of
the Transportation Agency with regard to such facilities or
property or public transportation operations of such agency.
In connection with any construction or acquisition, the
Authority shall make relocation payments as may be required by
federal law or by the requirements of any federal agency
authorized to administer any federal program of aid.
(d) The Authority shall, after consulting with the Service
Boards, develop regionally coordinated and consolidated sales,
marketing, advertising, and public information programs that
promote the use and coordination of, and transfers among,
public transportation services in the metropolitan region. The
Authority shall develop and adopt, with a supermajority vote,

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rules and regulations for the Authority and the Service Boards
regarding such programs to ensure that the Service Boards'
independent programs conform with the Authority's regional
programs.
(e) By July 1, 2028, the Authority shall manage digital
and web-based trip-planning and real-time vehicle arrival
information for use by riders for all public transportation
services in northeastern Illinois provided by or funded by the
Authority or a Service Board, including demand-response modes.
Relevant Service Board infrastructure, digital assets,
technology, administrative support, and contracts may be
transferred to the Authority for future centralized customer
information services.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.06.2)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 2.06.2. Pedestrian access to transit.
(a) As part of its Strategic Plan, the Authority shall
identify and prioritize sidewalk and other improvements needed
to provide safe pedestrian access to transit service stops.
(b) When any unit of local government in the metropolitan
region undertakes a new construction or reconstruction project
on a roadway under its jurisdiction that has bus stops, rail
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a person can board or alight public transportation vehicles or
that intersects with a roadway that provides access to the
transit service stop within one-quarter mile of the project,
then the project scope may include the addition of sidewalks
or shared-use paths to connect the transit stops to any
existing sidewalks or paths within 500 feet of the project.
The unit of local government in the metropolitan region may
also include the addition of concrete sidewalk boarding areas,
which may connect to the sidewalk, for any existing or new
transit stops within the project limits and may add a shelter,
if appropriate, based on rules the Authority develops for
transit service stops.
(c) If a unit of local government in the metropolitan
region includes a project listed subsection (b) in its
construction or reconstruction project, then the unit of local
government may seek reimbursement from the Authority for
capital costs associated with the requirements of this
Section, including signal improvements, ADA accommodations,
and other pay items appurtenant to the construction of
sidewalks, shelters, and concrete boarding areas. If
right-of-way acquisition is required to construct the
improvements, then the unit of local government may elect not
to include these improvements in its construction contract.
Units of local government in the metropolitan region shall
comply with all applicable requirements of the Department of
Transportation in carrying out improvements under this

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Section.
(d) The Authority shall, by ordinance, provide rules for
the program described in this Section, including rules
restricting reimbursement to pay items not already required by
the Department of Transportation, and it may elect to
establish an annual not-to-exceed amount for the program and
require cost-sharing by grantees. The Authority shall use only
capital funding for any program established under this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.11.05)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 2.11.05. NITA Law Enforcement Task Force.
(a) The Cook County Sheriff shall establish a
multijurisdictional NITA Law Enforcement Task Force led by the
Cook County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with the Chicago
Police Department, the Metra Police, the Illinois State
Police, the sheriff's offices of other counties in the
metropolitan region, and other municipal police departments in
the metropolitan region. Law enforcement agencies within the
metropolitan region not explicitly named in this subsection
may participate on the Task Force upon request of the Cook
County Sheriff.
(b) The Task Force shall be created under an

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intergovernmental agreement and be dedicated to combating
violent and other types of crime with the primary mission of
preservation of life and reducing the occurrence and the fear
of crime on the public transit system of the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority. The objectives of the Task Force shall
include, but shall not be limited to, reducing and preventing
violent crimes and other illegal activities. The Task Force
shall also assist and coordinate with the Chief Transit Safety
Officer in the Chief Transit Safety Officer's efforts to
enforce the Authority's and Service Boards' codes of conduct
and to solve quality of life issues for transit riders and
staff.
(c) The Task Force may develop and acquire information,
training, tools, and resources necessary to implement a
data-driven approach to policing, with an emphasis on:
(1) preventing violent crime in known hotspots,
property crime, and code of conduct violations that are
crimes; and
(2) identifying and arresting persons accused of
violent crime.
(d) The Task Force may use information sharing,
partnerships, crime analysis, and evidence-based practices to
assist in the reduction of violent crime, property crime, and
other code of conduct violations.
(e) The Task Force shall recognize and use best practices
of community-oriented policing and procedural justice. The

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Task Force may develop potential partnerships with faith-based
and community organizations to achieve its goals, including,
but not limited to, partnering with social service
organizations, to assist persons experiencing homelessness
obtain shelter and other services and to assist persons
experiencing a mental health or behavioral crisis in
connecting with appropriate services.
(f) The Task Force shall identify and use best practices
in deflection and diversion programs and other community-based
services to redirect low level offenders and persons charged
with nonviolent offenses.
(g) The Task Force shall engage in violence suppression
strategies, including, but not limited to, details in
identified locations that have shown to be the most prone to
gun violence and violent crime, focused deterrence against
violent gangs and groups considered responsible for the
violence in the transit system, and other intelligence driven
methods deemed necessary to implement the Task Force's
objectives.
(h) To implement this Section, the Cook County Sheriff may
establish intergovernmental agreements with law enforcement
agencies in accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act.
(i) Law enforcement agencies that are party to an
intergovernmental agreement established under subsection (b)
or (h) and that participate in activities described in

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subsections (c) through (g) may claim funds to defray
increased costs incurred by participation in the Task Force
from any available moneys provided in support of the Task
Force.
(j) The Chicago Police Department shall use any resources
provided for participation in the Task Force to supplement,
not supplant, existing force strength currently assigned to
the Mass Transit Unit within the Chicago Police Department.
(k) The Authority shall provide technical, operational,
and material assistance to the Task Force as necessary. The
Authority's Chief Transit Safety Officer or the Chief Transit
Safety Officer's designee shall participate in the Task Force
to facilitate information sharing.
(l) The Task Force shall coordinate with the Chief Transit
Safety Officer to identify which code of conduct violations
and quality of life issues shall fall under the Task Force's
purview, which shall fall under the transit ambassadors'
purview, and which shall require the Task Force and transit
ambassadors to respond.
(m) Within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Task Force
shall prepare a preliminary report of recommendations for
ongoing law enforcement strategies, tactics, and best
practices for the Northern Illinois Transit Authority transit
system. The Task Force shall prepare a final report of
recommendations no later than March 1, 2027, and the The

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report shall also make recommendations to be used by the
Authority in implementing a sworn law enforcement officer
crime prevention program on public transportation and a crime
prevention plan to protect public transportation employees and
riders in the metropolitan region. The Report shall be
submitted to the Coordinated Safety Response Council created
under Section 2.11.20.
(n) The Task Force shall disband 3 years after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly or upon the Authority's transition to a sworn law
enforcement officer crime prevention program on public
transportation and a crime prevention plan to protect public
transportation employees and riders in the metropolitan
region, whichever event occurs first.
(o) Prior to disbanding, the Task Force shall cooperate
with the Office of Transit Safety and Experience to develop a
plan to transition from the Task Force to a sworn law
enforcement officer crime prevention program on public
transportation and a crime prevention plan to protect public
transportation employees and riders in the metropolitan
region.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.11.15)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
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Sec. 2.11.15. Office of Transit Safety and Experience.
(a) The Authority shall establish an Office of Transit
Safety and Experience.
(b) The Office shall be responsible for:
(1) developing, implementing, and overseeing a
regionwide safety strategy, working with the Coordinated
Safety Response Council;
(2) promoting code of conduct compliance and the
safety of riders and workers;
(3) developing safety standards under subsection (a)
of Section 2.11.30;
(4) making recommendations relating to system safety
for inclusion in the Authority's Strategic Plan, Annual
Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan, 5-Year Capital Program,
and other projects and programs;
(5) making any reports and plans regarding rider and
worker safety required under this Act;
(6) overseeing the enforcement and facilitation of the
achievement and maintenance of safety standards, the
implementation of safety tools and technologies, and the
conducting of customer satisfaction polling under Section
2.11;
(7) coordinating and liaising with law enforcement
agencies, the Task Force, social service agencies, and
other government agencies or nongovernmental agencies
serving the metropolitan region on safety issues and

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initiatives;
(8) strategizing and partnering with law enforcement
agencies as appropriate to ensure as much as possible that
the response to safety incidents on public transit
facilities occurs pursuant to the sworn law enforcement
officer crime prevention program on public transportation,
the crime prevention plan to protect public transportation
employees and riders in the metropolitan region, and the
incident response deployment strategy developed by the
Safety Coordination Council;
(9) developing and overseeing policies and programs to
assist riders in their use of the transit system and to
connect them to other beneficial government and social
services, including through partnerships and contracts
with social service agencies and nongovernmental agencies
that conduct outreach and provide assistance to unhoused
riders;
(10) collecting and analyzing data on safety incidents
occurring on public transportation in the metropolitan
region; and
(11) developing and implementing policies and
procedures for riders to provide compliments and
complaints about their experiences on public
transportation in the metropolitan region.
(c) The Executive Director of the Authority shall, subject
to the Board's approval, designate a full-time Chief Transit

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Safety Officer to lead and manage the Office of Transit Safety
and Experience. The Chief Transit Safety Officer shall have
previously served in a supervisory capacity at a law
enforcement agency and report directly to the Executive
Director. The Chief Transit Safety Officer shall receive the
same training that all members of the Coordinated Safety
Response Council receive under subsection (h) of Section
2.11.20.
(d) Personnel within the Office for Transit Safety and
Experience may be organized or assigned into bureaus,
sections, or divisions as determined by the Executive Director
pursuant to the authority granted by this Act.
(e) To implement this Section, the Authority may establish
intergovernmental agreements with law enforcement agencies in
accordance with the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
(f) To implement this Section, the Authority shall enter
into contracts with nongovernmental agencies to provide, or
create using the staff of the Authority, programs that offer
outreach and assistance to riders that are unhoused, that
suffer from mental health issues, or that otherwise may
benefit from social services in order to implement the
recommendations of the study conducted by the Coordinated
Safety Response Council within 6 12 months of the delivery of
the report.
(g) Law enforcement agencies that are party to
intergovernmental agreements and nongovernmental agencies that

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enter into contracts with the Authority to implement the sworn
law enforcement officer crime prevention program on public
transportation, the crime prevention plan to protect public
transportation employees and riders in the metropolitan
region, the incident response deployment strategy, or a
combination thereof may claim funds to defray increased costs
incurred by participation in those programs from any available
moneys provided in support of the programs.
(h) The Chicago Police Department shall use any resources
provided to implement the sworn law enforcement officer crime
prevention program on public transportation, the crime
prevention plan to protect public transportation employees and
riders in the metropolitan region, the incident response
deployment strategy or combination thereof to supplement, not
supplant, existing force strength currently assigned to the
Mass Transit Unit within the Chicago Police Department.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.11.35)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 2.11.35. Bus shields.
(a) As used in this Section, "security barrier" means a
protective partition made of hard and durable materials
designed to shield a fixed-route bus operator from physical
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communication with passengers, that:
(1) extends from the bus floor to the bus ceiling;
(2) is capable of fully enclosing the bus operator's
workstation and preventing the unwanted entry of persons,
fluids, and objects into the bus operator's workstation;
and
(3) does not impede the bus operator's lines of sight
from the workstation to the exterior of the bus.
(b) The bus operator's workstation of any fixed-route bus
operated in revenue service for the Authority, the Chicago
Transportation Authority, and the Suburban Bus Division shall
be equipped with a security barrier as conducive to the
physical limitations of the vehicle.
(c) No later than January 1, 2027, the Authority shall
consult with the Chicago Transportation Authority, the
Suburban Bus Division, and representatives from each labor
organization representing Chicago Transportation Authority
fixed-route bus operators and Suburban Bus Division
fixed-route bus operators regarding security barriers,
including design, materials, specifications, selection, and
installation.
(d) The Authority, the Chicago Transit Transportation
Authority, and the Suburban Bus Division shall complete
installation of security barriers by January 1, 2028 for
vehicles without limitations provided in subsection (b).
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operated by the Authority, the Chicago Transit Transportation
Authority, and the Suburban Bus Division shall consider the
implementation of security barriers and the safety of bus
operators.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.14)
Sec. 2.14. Appointment of officers and employees. The
Authority may appoint, retain, and employ officers, attorneys,
agents, engineers and employees. The officers shall include an
Executive Director, who shall be the chief executive officer
of the Authority, appointed by the Chair with the concurrence
of 11 of the other then Directors of the Board. The initial
Executive Director appointed after this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly shall be confirmed by the Senate. Until
July 1, 2030, each Executive Director appointed under this
Section shall be confirmed by the Illinois State Senate until.
The Executive Director shall organize the staff of the
Authority, shall allocate their functions and duties, may
transfer such staff to the Service Boards or Transportation
Agencies when deemed necessary or advisable, shall fix
compensation and conditions of employment of the staff of the
Authority, and consistent with the policies of and direction
from the Board, take all actions necessary to achieve its
purposes, fulfill its responsibilities and carry out its
powers, and shall have such other powers and responsibilities

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as the Board shall determine. The Executive Director must be
an individual of proven transportation and management skills
and may not be a member of the Board. The Authority may employ
its own professional management personnel to provide
professional and technical expertise concerning its purposes
and powers and to assist it in assessing the performance of the
Service Boards in the metropolitan region.
No employee, officer, or agent of the Authority may
receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual salary
unless that bonus has been reviewed by the Board for a period
of 14 days. After 14 days, the bonus shall be considered
reviewed. This Section does not apply to usual and customary
salary adjustments.
No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
upon political reasons or factors. The Authority shall
establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall not
be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on merit.
The Authority shall be subject to the Illinois Human
Rights Act and the remedies and procedure established under
that Act. The Authority shall file an affirmative action
program for employment by it with the Department of Human
Rights to ensure that applicants are employed and that
employees are treated during employment, without regard to
unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative action program shall

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include provisions relating to hiring, upgrading, demotion,
transfer, recruitment, recruitment advertising, selection for
training and rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.41)
Sec. 2.41. Fast-track authority.
(a) The Board may designate select projects in the 5-Year
Capital Program to be authorized using a fast-track process to
be approved along with the 5-Year Capital Program.
(1) To be considered for fast-track authorization, a
project must meet each of the following criteria:
(A) It must have over $250,000,000 in 5-year
funding programmed in the 5-Year Capital Program.
(B) It must have demonstrated local support in the
affected area, as evidenced by comments at public
meetings, letters of support from local officials,
survey responses, or similar expressions of support.
(C) It must document benefits from techniques
recognized to lower costs, such as the use of itemized
costs, standardized designs, or increased in-house
staff to manage contracts.
(2) The Board shall hold the following hearings for
each fast-track project to demonstrate how the project
meets the eligibility criteria before final approval of
the 5-Year Capital Program. Before adopting a 5-Year

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Capital Program with one or more fast-track projects, the
Board must meet with and attempt to address concerns
raised by (i) the county board president or county
executive of each county within which any construction
activity for the proposed fast-track projects is to be
conducted; (ii) the mayor of Chicago if any fast-track
project construction activity may occur within Chicago;
and (iii) the Department of Transportation if any
fast-track project construction activity will affect
highway rights-of-way under State jurisdiction.
(b) Once the Board has presented the fast-track project,
the Board may approve its fast-track status as part of the
5-year Capital Program. Upon confirmation of fast-track
status, the Authority or the relevant Service Board shall
notify the State and any unit of local government or public
utility affected by any proposed construction, acquisition, or
other activity related to the fast-track project. Any
agreements, such as cost-sharing agreements for utility
relocation, project betterments, and site access, between the
Authority or a Service Board and the State, unit of local
government, private or public utilities, or private property
owners shall be negotiated and executed before fast-track
projects are finalized and construction contracts are
executed.
(1) If construction related to the fast-track project
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under the jurisdiction of the State or a unit of local
government, the Authority shall provide notice to the
governmental entity from which the Authority anticipates
seeking right-of-way access upon completion of the
preliminary plan and shall provide updates throughout the
planning stage. Upon completion of final plans, the
Authority shall request access to roadways or
right-of-ways, if necessary, from the government entity
with jurisdiction over the property. The Authority's
request must comply with any existing requirements of the
State or unit of local government for access to its
roadways or, at minimum, include detailed construction
plans, safety measures, and plans for mitigating traffic
and inconvenience caused by the work.
Once an access request is received and complete
information has been provided, as determined by the State
or unit of local government from which the Authority seeks
access, the government entity with jurisdiction over the
relevant roadway will have 60 days to process and respond
to the Authority's request. If the State or unit of local
government requires additional information or adjustments
to the Authority's plans, it will work with the Authority
for an additional 45 days to complete its review. If the
State or unit of local government fails or is unable to
approve the Authority's request within 120 days, the
Authority may report the delay to and seek immediate

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approval from the relevant representative of the State or
unit of local government, which is the Regional Engineer
of the Department of Transportation's District 1 Office if
the request involves a State roadway; the relevant highway
superintendent or county engineer if the request involves
a county roadway; the transportation commissioner if the
request involves a municipality; or the chief executive
officer of the relevant organization if the requests
involves any other local governmental entity.
Upon completion of construction, the Authority shall
comply with permit and State or unit of local governmental
requirements and restore the roadway to its previous
condition, unless otherwise agreed to by the State or unit
of local government. The Authority shall provide a survey
of the quality of the relevant infrastructure and shall
allow the State or unit of local government to inspect the
infrastructure. The Authority shall be responsible for any
defect in infrastructure or other damage resulting from
the Authority's actions. The Authority shall either repair
or compensate the State or unit of local government for
any damages resulting from the Authority's actions. Unless
previously agreed, at no point shall the Authority's use
of State or unit of local governmental property be
permanent, create a property interest, or affect the
jurisdiction of the roadway.
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relocation, or modification of any facility of a public
utility, the Authority or the relevant Service Board shall
provide reasonable notice to the affected public utility
when the need for removal or relocation becomes known and
shall provide updates throughout the planning stage. Upon
completion of final plans, the Authority shall provide
written notice to each affected public utility of the need
to remove, relocate, or modify its facilities. The notice
shall include detailed construction plans, safety
measures, and plans for mitigating traffic and
inconvenience caused by the work. If public utility
facilities that are subject to removal or relocation are
located within State or county highway rights-of-way, then
the Authority may, with the consent of the State or
appropriate county highway authority, coordinate with the
Department of Transportation or county highway authority,
and the removal or relocation shall be subject to the
terms of the Illinois Highway Code. Any other utility
relocation or removal shall be subject to the terms of
subsection (b) of Section 2.21.
Upon receipt of the written notice, the utility shall
prioritize the removal or relocation of the facilities and
shall coordinate with the Authority or the relevant
Service Board to ensure that the removal or relocation is
done safely, efficiently, expeditiously, and without
compromising the service to the Authority or the relevant

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Service Board or the public. The taking shall occur by
condemnation according to law to the extent that the
removal or relocation requires the taking of utility
property.
(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 7-28-23; 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.49)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 2.49. Renovations to terminals.
(a) The Authority shall remodel, renovate, or construct a
new station at or near the Central Station and the western
entrance at the Lavergne Avenue location on the Blue Line. The
renovated or newly constructed station shall be completed and
open for public operation no later than January 1, 2031.
The Authority shall remodel, renovate, or construct a new
station at or near the Central station and the western
entrance at Leclaire Avenue location on the Blue Line. The
renovated or newly constructed station shall be completed and
open for public operation no later than January 1, 2029.
(b) The Authority shall remodel, renovate, or construct a
new station along the Green Line within the Englewood
community area. The renovated or newly constructed station
shall be completed and open for public operation no later than
January 1, 2029.
(c) The Authority may enter into intergovernmental

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agreements with municipalities to share costs for repair and
related right-of-way improvements for bridges used by the
Green Line located outside of the City of Chicago.
(d) The Authority may enter into cost-sharing agreements
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Section using
funds appropriated to it and funds made available through
existing capital programs administered by the Department of
Transportation or the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.50 new)
Sec. 2.50. Construction contracts; responsible bidder
requirements. To be considered a responsible bidder on a
construction contract for purposes of this Act, a bidder must
comply with all of the following requirements and must present
satisfactory evidence of that compliance to the appropriate
construction agency:
(1) The bidder must comply with all applicable laws
concerning the bidder's entitlement to conduct business in
Illinois.
(2) The bidder must comply with all applicable
provisions of the Prevailing Wage Act.
(3) The bidder must comply with Subchapter VI ("Equal
Employment Opportunities") of Chapter 21 of Title 42 of
the United States Code (42 U.S.C. 2000e and following) and
with Federal Executive Order No. 11246 as amended by

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Executive Order No. 11375.
(4) The bidder must have a valid Federal Employer
Identification Number or, if an individual, a valid Social
Security Number.
(5) The bidder must have a valid certificate of
insurance showing the following coverages: general
liability, professional liability, product liability,
workers' compensation, completed operations, hazardous
occupation, and automobile.
(6) The bidder and all bidder's subcontractors must
participate in applicable apprenticeship and training
programs approved by and registered with the United States
Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training.
(7) The bidder must certify that the bidder will
maintain an Illinois office as the primary place of
employment for persons employed in the construction
authorized by the contract. The provisions of this Section
shall not apply to federally funded construction projects
if such application would jeopardize the receipt or use of
federal funds in support of such a project.
Construction contracts of the Authority and the Service
Boards that are subject to this Act shall be awarded only to a
bidder that is considered to be a responsible bidder under
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(70 ILCS 3615/3.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01)
Sec. 3.01. Board of Directors. The corporate authorities
and governing body of the Authority shall be a Board
consisting of 13 Directors until April 1, 2008, and 16
Directors thereafter, appointed as follows:
(a) Four Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the
City of Chicago, and, only until April 1, 2008, a fifth
director who shall be the Chairman of the Chicago Transit
Authority. After April 1, 2008, the Mayor of the City of
Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the
City of Chicago, shall appoint a fifth Director. The Directors
appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall not be the
Chairman or a Director of the Chicago Transit Authority. Each
such Director shall reside in the City of Chicago.
(b) Four Directors appointed by the votes of a majority of
the members of the Cook County Board elected from districts, a
majority of the electors of which reside outside Chicago.
After April 1, 2008, a fifth Director appointed by the
President of the Cook County Board with the advice and consent
of the members of the Cook County Board. Each Director
appointed under this subparagraph shall reside in that part of
Cook County outside Chicago.
(c) Until April 1, 2008, 3 Directors appointed by the
Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry,
and Will Counties, as follows:

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(i) Two Directors appointed by the Chairmen of the
county boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties,
with the concurrence of not less than a majority of the
Chairmen from such counties, from nominees by the
Chairmen. Each such Chairman may nominate not more than 2
persons for each position. Each such Director shall reside
in a county in the metropolitan region other than Cook or
DuPage Counties.
(ii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage
County.
(d) After April 1, 2008, 5 Directors appointed by the
Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake and
McHenry Counties and the County Executive of Will County, as
follows:
(i) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
County Board with the advice and consent of the Kane
County Board. Such Director shall reside in Kane County.
(ii) One Director appointed by the County Executive of
Will County with the advice and consent of the Will County
Board. Such Director shall reside in Will County.
(iii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage
County.

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(iv) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the Lake
County Board. Such Director shall reside in Lake County.
(v) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the
McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the
McHenry County Board. Such Director shall reside in
McHenry County.
(vi) To implement the changes in appointing authority
under this subparagraph (d) the three Directors appointed
under subparagraph (c) and residing in Lake County, DuPage
County, and Kane County respectively shall each continue
to serve as Director until the expiration of their
respective term of office and until his or her successor
is appointed and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the
office. Thereupon, the appointment shall be made by the
officials given appointing authority with respect to the
Director whose term has expired or office has become
vacant.
(e) The Chairman serving on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall continue to
serve as Chairman until the expiration of his or her term of
office and until his or her successor is appointed and
qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Upon the
expiration or vacancy of the term of the Chairman then serving
upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
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Directors, by the affirmative vote of at least 11 of the then
Directors with at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who
reside in the City of Chicago, at least 2 affirmative votes
from Directors who reside in Cook County outside the City of
Chicago, and at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who
reside in the Counties of DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, or
McHenry. The chairman shall not be appointed from among the
other Directors. The chairman shall be a resident of the
metropolitan region.
(f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act no Director
shall, while serving as such, be an officer, a member of the
Board of Directors or Trustees or an employee of any Service
Board or transportation agency, or be an employee of the State
of Illinois or any department or agency thereof, or of any
municipality, county, or any other unit of local government or
receive any compensation from any elected or appointed office
under the Constitution and laws of Illinois; except that a
Director may be a member of a school board.
(g) Each appointment made under this Section and under
Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority to
the Board, which shall maintain the certifications as part of
the official records of the Authority.
(h) (Blank).
(i) This Section is repealed on September 1, 2026.
The corporate authorities and governing and administrative
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Directors appointed as follows:
(a) Five Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the
City of Chicago. Each Director shall reside in the City of
Chicago. Directors appointed under this subsection shall
include:
(1) one Director with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority;
(2) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority;
(3) one Director with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(4) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
(5) one Director with an initial term of 5 years.
(a-5) Five Directors appointed by the Governor of the
State of Illinois with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Each Director appointed under this subsection shall reside in
the metropolitan region. Directors appointed under this
subsection shall include:
(1) one Director with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority;
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shall serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(3) one Director appointed by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, with an initial term of 5
years who shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail
Board;
(4) one Director with an initial term of 5 years; and
(5) one Director with an initial term of 3 years.
(b) Five Directors appointed by the President of the Cook
County Board of Commissioners, with the advice and consent of
the Cook County Board of Commissioners, including:
(1) one Director representing those communities in
Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and
north of Devon Avenue who shall reside in the area the
Director represents, serve an initial term of 3 years, and
serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(2) one Director representing those communities in
Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south
of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and in
addition the Village of Summit who shall reside in the
area the Director represents, serve an initial term of 5
years, and serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(3) one Director representing those communities in
Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south
of Interstate 55, and west of the Interstate 57, excluding
the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins,
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in the area the Director represents, serve an initial term
of 3 years, and serve as a director of the Commuter Rail
Board;
(4) one Director representing those communities in
Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and
east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the communities
of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and
Tinley Park who shall reside in the area the Director
represents, serve an initial term of 5 years, and serve as
a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
(5) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority.
(b-5) Five Directors appointed by the chair of the county
boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry, DuPage, and Will counties. Each
chair shall appoint one Director for the chair's county, with
the advice and consent of the chair's county board. Each
Director shall reside in the county from which the Director is
appointed. Directors appointed under this subsection shall
include:
(1) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the
DuPage County Board with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(2) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
County Board with an initial term of 3 years who shall
serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;

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(3) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake
County Board with an initial term of 3 years who shall
serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board;
(4) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the
McHenry County Board with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
(5) one Director appointed by the County Executive of
Will County Board who shall reside in Will County, serve
an initial term of 3 years, and serve as a director of the
Suburban Bus Board.
(b-10) On September 1, 2026, the terms of all directors
serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly and of any directors appointed to fill
a vacancy shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board
occurs before September 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be
filled under Section 3.03. Directors serving on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may
be reappointed.
(b-15) Within 120 days of the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the appointing
authorities shall appoint, with the advice and consent
required under this Section, a new Board of the Authority.
Directors have been appointed when appointments are filed with
and accepted by the Secretary of State in accordance with
subsection (g). The initial Directors appointed after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General

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Assembly shall serve terms of office beginning on September 1,
2026.
(b-20) On the first meeting of the Board the Directors
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly, the Board of Directors shall, by majority
vote, elect a Director to serve as Chair of the Board. All
subsequent Chairs of the Board shall be elected by a majority
vote by the Directors of the Board from among the Directors.
Until September 1, 2030, the Chair of the Board must be
confirmed by the Senate. Until September 1, 2030, if the
Directors elect a Chair of the Board, then the elected Chair of
the Board may serve as a the acting Chair of the Board until
confirmation. Until September 1, 2030, if the Senate votes
against confirming the acting Chair of the Board, then the
acting Chair of the Board must resign and the Directors must
elect a new Chair of the Board.
(b-25) The subsequent terms of each Director appointed
after September 1, 2026 shall be 5 years.
(c) (Blank).
(d) (Blank).
(e) (Blank).
(f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, no Director
shall, while serving as such, be an officer, member of the
Board of Directors or Trustees, an employee of any Service
Board or Transportation Agency, or an employee of the State,
any department or agency of the State, or any municipality,

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county, or other unit of local government or receive any
compensation from any elected or appointed office under the
Constitution and laws of Illinois; except that a Director may
be a member of a school board, a member of the National Guard,
or, if the Director is also a member of the Suburban Bus Board,
an elected officer of a municipality.
(g) Each appointment made under this Section and under
Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority
and filed with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the
Board. The Secretary of the Board shall maintain the
certifications as part of the official records of the
Authority.
(h) (Blank).
(i) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
experience and expertise for overseeing the planning,
operation, and funding of a regional transportation system,
including, but not limited to, backgrounds in urban and
regional planning, management of large capital projects, labor
and workforce development, business management, public
administration, transportation, and community organizations.
(j) Those responsible for appointing Directors shall
strive to assemble a set of Directors that, to the greatest
extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
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(70 ILCS 3615/3A.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02)
Sec. 3A.02. Suburban Bus Board.
(a) The governing body of the Suburban Bus Division shall
be the Suburban Bus Board. Until September 1, 2026, the
Suburban Bus Board shall consist of 13 directors appointed as
follows:
(1) (a) Six Directors appointed by the members of the
Cook County Board elected from that part of Cook County
outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board of
Commissioners becomes elected from single member
districts, by those Commissioners elected from districts,
a majority of the residents of which reside outside of
Chicago from the chief executive officers of the
municipalities, of that portion of Cook County outside of
Chicago. Provided however, that:
(A) One of the Directors shall be the chief
executive officer of a municipality within the area of
the Northwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
(B) One of the Directors shall be the chief
executive officer of a municipality within the area of
the North Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
(C) One of the Directors shall be the chief
executive officer of a municipality within the area of
the North Shore Region defined in Section 3A.13;
(D) One of the Directors shall be the chief
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the Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
(E) One of the Directors shall be the chief
executive officer of a municipality within the area of
the Southwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
(F) One of the Directors shall be the chief
executive officer of a municipality within the area of
the South Region defined in Section 3A.13;
(2) One Director by the Chairman of the Kane County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within Kane County;
(3) One Director by the Chairman of the Lake County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within Lake County;
(4) One Director by the Chairman of the DuPage County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within DuPage County;
(5) One Director by the Chairman of the McHenry County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within McHenry County;
(6) One Director by the Chairman of the Will County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within Will County;
(7) The Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People
with Disabilities, from the City of Chicago, who shall
serve as an ex officio member; and
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and thereafter by a majority of the Chairmen of the
DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will County Boards and the
members of the Cook County Board elected from that part of
Cook County outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board
of Commissioners is elected from single member districts,
by those Commissioners elected from districts, a majority
of the electors of which reside outside of Chicago; and
who after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
95th General Assembly may not be a resident of the City of
Chicago.
(b) Beginning September 1, 2026, the board shall consist
of 11 directors appointed as follows:
(1) One director appointed by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The director appointed
under this paragraph shall have an initial term of 3
years. The director appointed under this paragraph shall
also serve as a Director of the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority.
(2) Two directors appointed by the Mayor of Chicago
with the advice and consent of the City Council of the City
of Chicago, including:
(A) a director with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a Director on the Board of the
Authority; and
(B) a director with an initial term of 3 years.
(3) Three directors appointed by the President of the

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Cook County Board of Commissioners with the advice and
consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,
including:
(A) a director with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a Director on the Board of the
Authority;
(B) a director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a Director on the Board of the
Authority; and
(C) a director with an initial term of 5 years.
(4) One director appointed by the Chairman of the
DuPage County Board. The director appointed under this
paragraph shall have an initial term of 5 3 years. The
director appointed under this paragraph shall also serve
as a Director on the Board of the Authority.
(5) One director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
County Board. The director appointed under this paragraph
shall have an initial term of 3 5 years. The director
appointed under this paragraph shall also serve as a
Director on the Board of the Authority.
(6) One director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake
County Board. The director appointed under this paragraph
shall have an initial term of 5 years.
(7) One director appointed by the Chairman of the
McHenry County Board. The director appointed under this
paragraph shall have an initial term of 3 years.

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(8) One director appointed by the County Executive of
the Will County Board. The director appointed under this
paragraph shall reside in Will County. The director
appointed under this paragraph shall have an initial term
of 5 years. The director appointed under this paragraph
shall also serve as a Director on the Board of the
Authority.
(c) The subsequent terms of each director appointed under
subsection (b) shall be 5 years.
(d) The Chair of the Suburban Bus Board shall be elected by
a majority vote by the directors of the Suburban Bus Board from
among the directors of the Suburban Bus Board. Until September
1, 2030, the Chair of the Suburban Bus Board must be approved
by the Senate. Until September 1, 2030, if the directors of the
Suburban Bus Board elect a Chair of the Suburban Bus Board,
then the elected Chair of the Suburban Bus Board may serve as a
the acting Chair of the Suburban Bus Board until confirmation.
Until September 1, 2030, if the Senate votes against
confirming the acting Chair of the Suburban Bus Board, then
the acting Chair of the Suburban Bus Board must resign and the
directors of the Suburban Bus Board must elect a new Chair of
the Suburban Bus Board.
(e) Initial appointments of directors under subsection (b)
must be made in time for the directors to begin their terms on
September 1, 2026.
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Director appointed under subsection (b) shall, while serving
as such, be an officer, a member of the Board of Directors or
Trustees, or an employee of any other Service Board or
Transportation Agency, or an employee of the State, any
department or agency of the State, or any municipality,
county, or other unit of local government, or receive any
compensation from any elected or appointed office under the
Constitution and laws of Illinois; except that a Director may
be a mayor of a municipality, a member of a school board, or a
member of the National Guard.
(f) On September 1, 2026, the terms of all directors
appointed under subsection (a) and of any directors appointed
to fill a vacancy shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the
Suburban Bus Board occurs before September 1, 2026, then the
vacancy shall be filled under Section 3A.03. Directors
appointed under subsection (a) may be reappointed under
subsection (b).
(g) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
experience or expertise in overseeing the planning, operation,
or funding of a public transportation system, including, but
not limited to, backgrounds in urban and regional planning,
management of large capital projects, labor and workforce
development, business management, public administration,
transportation, and transit and ridership advocacy.
(h) Those responsible for appointing directors shall
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extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.06) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.06)
Sec. 3A.06. Compensation. The members of the Suburban Bus
Board shall receive an annual salary of $15,000, except that
members of the Suburban Bus Board who are also members of the
Board of the Authority shall receive $10,000 $5,000 per year
in addition to the compensation the members receive for
serving on the Board of the Authority. Each member shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of
his duties, not to exceed $5,000 $5000 per year.
Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply
with the requirements of the Public Funds Statement
Publication Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.10.5)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 3A.10.5. Budget and program. The Suburban Bus Board,
subject to the powers of the Authority, including the budget
review powers contained in Section 4.01 of the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority Act, shall by ordinance appropriate
money to perform the Division's purposes and provide for

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payment of debts and expenses of the Division. Each year, as
part of the process set forth in Section 4.01 4.11, the
Authority shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual
budget and proposed 5-year Capital Program document, and a
financial plan for the 2 years thereafter describing the state
of the Division and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year
and the 2 following years the Division's plans for such
operations and capital expenditures as it intends to undertake
and the means by which it intends to finance them. The proposed
budget, financial plan, and 5-year Capital Program shall be
based on the Authority's estimate of funds to be made
available to the Suburban Bus Board by or through the
Authority and shall conform in all respects to the
requirements established by the Authority. The proposed
budget, financial plan, and 5-year Capital Program shall
contain a statement of the funds estimated to be on hand at the
beginning of the fiscal year, the funds estimated to be
received from all sources for such year and the funds
estimated to be on hand at the end of such year. The fiscal
year of the Division shall be the same as the fiscal year of
the Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and 5-year
Capital Program shall be included in the Authority's public
hearings under Section 4.01 4.11. The budget, financial plan,
and 5-year Capital Program shall then be finalized by the
Authority as provided in Section 4.01 4.11. The ordinance
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shall appropriate such sums of money as are deemed necessary
to defray all necessary expenses and obligations of the
Division, specifying purposes and the objects or programs for
which appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for
each object or program. Additional appropriations, transfers
between items and other changes in such ordinance which do not
alter the basis upon which the balanced budget determination
was made by the Board of the Authority may be made from time to
time by the Suburban Bus Board. The Suburban Bus Board shall
not (i) use any funds in its budget, or in reserves, allocated
for operational expenses to fund capital projects or (ii)
transfer moneys from any funds in its budget, or in reserves,
allocated for operational expenses to an account primarily
used to fund capital projects.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.15.5)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 3A.15.5. Visitor paratransit service.
(a) Upon certifying that a person is eligible to receive
complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
Subpart F or within 10 business days after receiving a
certified person's request for documentation of eligibility
for those services, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
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provide the person with documentation of the person's
certification of eligibility for those services.
(b) If a person provides the Suburban Bus Board with
documentation of the person's certification of eligibility to
receive complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part
37, Subpart F, then the Suburban Bus Board shall provide those
services to the person within one business day after receiving
the documentation.
(c) The procedures used by the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority or, until December 31, 2029, the Suburban Bus Board
to document a person's certification of eligibility for
complementary paratransit services under 49 CFR Part 37,
Subpart F shall not require the disclosure or recording of any
specific information about an individual's disability.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.18)
Sec. 3A.18. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 3A.14, before the Suburban Bus Board may
enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of
$200,000 $100,000, the Suburban Bus Board must submit that
contract or amendment to the Board for review for a period of
14 days. After 14 days, the contract shall be considered
reviewed. This Section applies only to contracts entered into
or amended on or after the effective date of this amendatory
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(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.02.5)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 3B.02.5. Commuter Rail Board.
(a) The governing body of the Commuter Rail Division shall
be the Commuter Rail Board. Beginning September 1, 2026, the
Commuter Rail Board shall consist of 11 directors appointed as
follows:
(1) One director appointed by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate. The director appointed
under this paragraph shall have an initial term of 5
years. The director appointed under this paragraph shall
also serve as a Director of the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority.
(2) Two directors appointed by the Mayor of Chicago
with the advice and consent of the City Council of the City
of Chicago, including:
(A) a director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall also serve as a Director on the Board of the
Authority; and
(B) a director with an initial term of 5 years.
(3) Three directors appointed by the President of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners with the advice and
consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,

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including:
(A) a director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall also serve as a Director on the Board of the
Authority;
(B) a director with an initial term of 5 years who
shall also serve as a Director on the Board of the
Authority; and
(C) a director with an initial term of 3 years.
(4) One director appointed by the Chairman of the
DuPage County Board. The director appointed under this
paragraph shall have an initial term of 5 years.
(5) One director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
County Board. The director appointed under this paragraph
shall have an initial term of 3 years.
(6) One director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake
County Board. The director appointed under this paragraph
shall have an initial term of 3 years. The director
appointed under this paragraph shall also serve as a
Director on the Board of the Authority.
(7) One director appointed by the Chairman of the
McHenry County Board. The director appointed under this
paragraph shall have an initial term of 5 years. The
director appointed under this paragraph shall also serve
as a Director on the Board of the Authority.
(8) One director appointed by the County Executive of
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shall reside in Will County. The director appointed under
this paragraph shall have an initial term of 3 years.
(b) The subsequent terms of each director appointed under
subsection (a) shall be 5 years.
(c) The Chair of the Commuter Rail Board shall be elected
by a majority vote by the directors of the Commuter Rail Board
from among the directors of the Commuter Rail Board. Until
September 1, 2030, the Chair of the Commuter Rail Board must be
approved by the Senate. Until September 1, 2030, if the
directors of the Commuter Rail Board elect a Chair of the
Commuter Rail Board, then the elected Chair of the Commuter
Rail Board may serve as a the acting Chair of the Commuter Rail
Board until confirmation. Until September 1, 2030, if the
Senate votes against confirming the acting Chair of the
Commuter Rail Board, then the acting Chair of the Commuter
Rail Board must resign and the directors of the Commuter Rail
Board must elect a new Chair of the Commuter Rail Board.
(d) Initial appointments of directors under subsection (a)
must be made in time for the directors to begin their terms on
September 1, 2026.
(e) On September 1, 2026, the terms of all directors
serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly and of any directors appointed to fill
a vacancy shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board
occurs before September 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be
filled under Section 3B.03. Directors serving on the effective

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date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may
be reappointed under subsection (a).
(f) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
experience and expertise for overseeing the planning,
operation, and funding of a regional transportation system,
including, but not limited to, backgrounds in urban and
regional planning, management of large capital projects, labor
and workforce development, business management, public
administration, transportation, and community organizations.
Except as otherwise provided by this Act, no Director shall,
while serving as such, be an officer, a member of the Board of
Directors or Trustees, an employee of any other Service Board
or Transportation Agency, or an employee of the State, any
department or agency of the State thereof, or any
municipality, county, or other unit of local government or
receive any compensation from any elected or appointed office
under the Constitution and laws of Illinois; except that a
Director may be a member of a school board or a member of the
National Guard.
(g) Those responsible for appointing directors shall
strive to assemble a set of directors that, to the greatest
extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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Sec. 3B.06. Compensation. Directors of the Commuter Rail
Board shall receive an annual salary of $15,000, except that
members of the Commuter Rail Board that are also members of the
Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall receive
$10,000 $5,000 per year in addition to the compensation the
member receives for serving on the Board of the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority. Each member shall be reimbursed
for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.
Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply
with the requirements of "An Act requiring certain custodians
of public monies to file and publish statements of the
receipts and disbursements thereof", approved June 24, 1919,
as now or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.10.5)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 3B.10.5. Budget and program. The Commuter Rail Board,
subject to the powers of the Authority, including the budget
review powers contained in Section 4.01 of the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority Act, shall by ordinance appropriate
money to perform the Division's purposes and provide for
payment of debts and expenses of the Division. Each year, as
part of the process set forth in Section 4.11, the Authority
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proposed 5-year Capital Program document, and a financial plan
for the 2 years thereafter describing the state of the
Division and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year and
the 2 following years the Division's plans for such operations
and capital expenditures as it intends to undertake and the
means by which it intends to finance them. The proposed
budget, financial plan, and 5-year Capital Program shall be
based on the Authority's estimate of funds to be made
available to the Commuter Rail Board by or through the
Authority and shall conform in all respects to the
requirements established by the Authority. The proposed
budget, financial plan, and 5-year Capital Program shall
contain a statement of the funds estimated to be on hand at the
beginning of the fiscal year, the funds estimated to be
received from all sources for such year and the funds
estimated to be on hand at the end of such year. The fiscal
year of the Division shall be the same as the fiscal year of
the Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and 5-year
Capital Program shall be included in the Authority's public
hearings under Section 4.01 4.11. The budget, financial plan,
and 5-year Capital Program shall then be finalized by the
Authority as provided in Section 4.01 4.11. The ordinance
adopted by the Authority as provided in Section 4.01 4.11
shall appropriate such sums of money as are deemed necessary
to defray all necessary expenses and obligations of the
Division, specifying purposes and the objects or programs for

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which appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for
each object or program. Additional appropriations, transfers
between items and other changes in such ordinance which do not
alter the basis upon which the balanced budget determination
was made by the Board of the Authority may be made from time to
time by the Commuter Rail Board. The Commuter Rail Board shall
not (i) use any funds in its budget, or in reserves, allocated
for operational expenses to fund capital projects or (ii)
transfer moneys from any funds in its budget, or in reserves,
allocated for operational expenses to an account primarily
used to fund capital projects.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.26)
Sec. 3B.26. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 3B.13, before the Commuter Rail Board may
enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of
$200,000 $100,000, the Commuter Rail Board must submit that
contract or amendment to the Board for review for a period of
14 days. After 14 days, the contract shall be considered
reviewed. This Section applies only to contracts entered into
or amended on or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 98th General Assembly.
Before the Board of the Authority may enter into or amend
any employment contract in excess of $100,000, the Board must
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the Transportation Regulations Roads and Bridges Committee, or
its successor committee, of the House of Representatives, and
to the Chairman and Minority Spokesman of the Transportation
Committee, or its successor committee, of the Senate.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/4.01)
Sec. 4.01. Budget and program.
(a) The Board shall control the finances of the Authority.
It shall, by ordinance adopted by a supermajority vote:
(1) appropriate money to perform the Authority's
purposes and provide for payment of debts and expenses of
the Authority;
(2) until the new budget process under subsection
(a-20) is implemented on January 1, 2027, take action with
respect to the budget and 2-year financial plan of each
Service Board, as provided in Section 4.11; and
(3) until the new budget process under subsection
(a-20) is implemented on January 1, 2027, adopt an Annual
Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan for the Authority that
includes the Annual Budget and 2-Year financial plan of
each Service Board that has been approved by the
Authority.
(a-5) The Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan shall
contain a statement of the funds estimated to be on hand for
the Authority and each Service Board at the beginning of the

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fiscal year, the funds estimated to be received from all
sources for such year, the estimated expenses and obligations
of the Authority and each Service Board for all purposes,
including expenses for contributions to be made with respect
to pension and other employee benefits, and the funds
estimated to be on hand at the end of such year.
(a-10) The fiscal year of the Authority and each Service
Board shall begin on January 1st and end on the succeeding
December 31st.
(a-15) Until January 1, 2027, the Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan shall be prepared as follows:
(1) By July 1st of each year the Director of the
Illinois Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall
submit to the Authority an estimate of revenues for the
next fiscal year of the Authority to be collected from the
taxes imposed by the Authority and the amounts to be
available in the Public Transportation Fund and the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax
Replacement Fund and the amounts otherwise to be
appropriated by the State to the Authority for its
purposes. Before a proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan is adopted, the Authority shall hold at
least one public hearing in the metropolitan region and
meet with the county board, or its designee, of each of the
counties in the metropolitan region. After an Annual
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shall file a copy of the Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan with the General Assembly and the Governor.
(2) After conducting the hearings and holding the
meetings required under this subsection and after making
the changes in the proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan that the Authority deems appropriate, the
Board shall adopt its annual appropriation and Annual
Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan ordinance before December
31 November 30. The ordinance may be adopted by the Board
only upon a supermajority vote. The ordinance shall
appropriate the sums of money as are deemed necessary to
defray all necessary expenses and obligations of the
Authority and the Service Boards, specifying the purposes
and the objects or programs for which appropriations are
made and the amount appropriated for each object or
program. Additional appropriations, transfers between
items and other changes in the ordinance may be made from
time to time by the Board upon a supermajority vote.
(a-20) Beginning January 1, 2027, the Annual Budget and
2-Year Financial Plan shall be prepared as follows:
(1) By July 1 of each year the Director of the Illinois
Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall submit to
the Authority an estimate of revenues for the next fiscal
year of the Authority to be collected from the taxes
imposed by the Authority and the amounts to be available
in the Public Transportation Fund and the Northern

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Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax
Replacement Fund and the amounts otherwise to be
appropriated by the State to the Authority for its
purposes. Before the Board may adopt its annual
appropriation and Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan
ordinance, based on the information provided by the
Director of the Illinois Governor's Office of Management
and Budget and the estimates of amounts to be available
from the State and other sources to the Service Boards,
the Board shall advise each Service Board on the amounts
estimated to be available for the Service Board during the
upcoming fiscal year and the 2 following fiscal years and
the times at which the amounts shall be available.
(2) Before the Board may adopt its annual
appropriation and Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan
ordinance, the Board shall provide the Service Boards with
a proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan. At the
same time that it provides a copy of the proposed Annual
Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan to the Service Boards,
the Board shall make the proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan budget available to the public on its
website. The Authority shall hold at least 3 public
hearings on the proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan in Cook County and at least one public
hearing in each of the other counties in the metropolitan
region. In addition, the Authority shall meet with the

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county board, or its designee, of each of the counties in
the metropolitan region.
(3) Before the Board adopts the Authority's annual
appropriation and Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan
ordinance, the Service Boards shall review the proposed
Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan and shall adopt,
by the affirmative vote of a majority of each Service
Board's then Directors, a budget recommendation ordinance
describing any modifications to the Board's proposed
Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan that are deemed
necessary by the Service Boards to provide the service
described in the regionwide Service Plan adopted by the
Authority.
(4) After conducting the hearings and holding the
meetings required under this subsection and after making
the changes in the proposed Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan as the Authority deems appropriate, the
Authority shall adopt its annual appropriation and Annual
Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan ordinance. The ordinance
may be adopted only upon a supermajority vote. The
ordinance shall appropriate such sums of money as are
deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and
obligations of the Authority and the Service Boards,
specifying purposes and the objects or programs for which
appropriations are made and the amount appropriated for
each object or program. Additional appropriations,

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transfers between items and other changes in such
ordinance may be made from time to time by the Board upon a
supermajority vote.
(b) The Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan shall show
a balance between anticipated revenues from all sources and
anticipated expenses including funding of operating deficits
or the discharge of encumbrances incurred in prior periods and
payment of principal and interest when due, and shall show
cash balances sufficient to pay with reasonable promptness all
obligations and expenses as incurred.
(b-3) The Authority shall file a copy of its Annual Budget
and 2-Year Financial Plan with the General Assembly and the
Governor after its adoption. , and 2026, and 2026
The Authority shall file a statement certifying that the
Service Boards published the data described in subsection
(b-5) with the General Assembly and the Governor after
adoption of the Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan
required by subsection (a). If the Authority fails to file a
statement certifying publication of the data, then the
appropriations to the Department of Transportation for grants
to the Authority intended to reimburse the Service Boards for
providing free and reduced fares shall be withheld.
(b-5) Each fiscal year, the Service Boards must publish a
monthly comprehensive set of data regarding transit service
and safety. The data included shall include information to
track operations including:

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(1) staffing levels, including numbers of budgeted
positions, current positions employed, hired staff,
attrition, staff in training, and absenteeism rates;
(2) scheduled service and delivered service, including
percentage of scheduled service delivered by day, service
by mode of transportation, service by route and rail line,
total number of revenue miles driven, excess wait times by
day, by mode of transportation, by bus route, and by stop;
and
(3) safety on the system, including the number of
incidents of crime and code of conduct violations on
system, any performance measures used to evaluate the
effectiveness of investments in private security, safety
equipment, and other security investments in the system.
If no performance measures exist to evaluate the
effectiveness of these safety investments, the Service
Boards and Authority shall develop and publish these
performance measures.
The Authority and Service Boards shall solicit input and
ideas on publishing data on the service reliability,
operations, and safety of the system from the public and
groups representing transit riders, workers, and businesses.
(c) The actual administrative expenses of the Authority
for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1985 may not exceed
$5,000,000. The actual administrative expenses of the
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for each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed the maximum
administrative expenses for the previous fiscal year plus 5%,
except that this limitation shall not apply to fiscal years
beginning on January 1, 2026, and ending on or before December
31, 2027. "Administrative expenses" are defined for purposes
of this Section as all expenses except: (1) capital expenses
and purchases of the Authority on behalf of the Service
Boards; (2) payments to Service Boards; and (3) payment of
principal and interest on bonds, notes or other evidence of
obligation for borrowed money issued by the Authority; (4)
costs for passenger security including grants, contracts,
personnel, equipment and administrative expenses; (5) payments
with respect to public transportation facilities made pursuant
to subsection (b) of Section 2.20 of this Act; and (6) any
payments with respect to rate protection contracts, credit
enhancements or liquidity agreements made pursuant to Section
4.14.
(d) This subsection becomes inoperative on January 1,
2027. This subsection applies only until the Department begins
administering and enforcing an increased tax under Section
4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly. After withholding 15% of the proceeds of any
tax imposed by the Authority and 15% of money received by the
Authority from the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund, the Board shall
allocate the proceeds and money remaining to the Service

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Boards as follows: (1) an amount equal to 85% of the proceeds
of those taxes collected within the City of Chicago and 85% of
the money received by the Authority on account of transfers to
the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax
Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District
Fund attributable to retail sales within the City of Chicago
shall be allocated to the Chicago Transit Authority; (2) an
amount equal to 85% of the proceeds of those taxes collected
within Cook County outside the City of Chicago and 85% of the
money received by the Authority on account of transfers to the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax
Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District
Fund attributable to retail sales within Cook County outside
of the city of Chicago shall be allocated 30% to the Chicago
Transit Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Board and 15% to
the Suburban Bus Board; and (3) an amount equal to 85% of the
proceeds of the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will shall be allocated 70% to the
Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus Board.
(e) This subsection becomes inoperative on January 1,
2027. This subsection applies only until the Department begins
administering and enforcing an increased tax under Section
4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the 95th
General Assembly. Moneys received by the Authority on account
of transfers to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority
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Local Sales Tax Reform Fund shall be allocated among the
Authority and the Service Boards as follows: 15% of such
moneys shall be retained by the Authority and the remaining
85% shall be transferred to the Service Boards as soon as may
be practicable after the Authority receives payment. Moneys
which are distributable to the Service Boards pursuant to the
preceding sentence shall be allocated among the Service Boards
on the basis of each Service Board's distribution ratio. The
term "distribution ratio" means, for purposes of this
subsection (e) of this Section 4.01, the ratio of the total
amount distributed to a Service Board pursuant to subsection
(d) of Section 4.01 for the immediately preceding calendar
year to the total amount distributed to all of the Service
Boards pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 4.01 for the
immediately preceding calendar year.
(f) To carry out its duties and responsibilities under
this Act, the Board shall employ staff which shall:
(1) propose for adoption by the Board of the Authority
rules for the Service Boards that establish (i) forms and
schedules to be used and information required to be
provided with respect to a 5-Year Capital Program, an
Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan, and each Service
Board's annual budget and 2-year financial plan, and
regular reporting of actual results against adopted
budgets and financial plans, (ii) financial practices to
be followed in the budgeting and expenditure of public

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funds, (iii) assumptions and projections that must be
followed in preparing and submitting its Annual Budget and
2-Year Financial Plan or a 5-Year Capital Program;
(2) evaluate for the Board public transportation
programs operated or proposed by the Service Boards and
Transportation Agencies in terms of the goals and
objectives set out in the Strategic Plan;
(3) keep the Board and the public informed of the
extent to which the Service Boards and Transportation
Agencies are meeting the goals and objectives adopted by
the Authority in the Strategic Plan; and
(4) assess the efficiency or adequacy of public
transportation services provided by a Service Board and
make recommendations for change in that service to the end
that the moneys available to the Authority may be expended
in the most economical manner possible with the least
possible duplication.
(g) All Service Boards, Transportation Agencies,
comprehensive planning agencies, including the Chicago
Metropolitan Agency for Planning, or transportation planning
agencies in the metropolitan region shall furnish to the
Authority such information pertaining to public transportation
or relevant for plans therefor as it may from time to time
require. The Executive Director, or his or her designee,
shall, for the purpose of securing any such information
necessary or appropriate to carry out any of the powers and

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responsibilities of the Authority under this Act, have access
to, and the right to examine, all books, documents, papers or
records of a Service Board or any Transportation Agency
receiving funds from the Authority or Service Board, and such
Service Board or Transportation Agency shall comply with any
request by the Executive Director, or his or her designee,
within 30 days or an extended time provided by the Executive
Director.
(h) No Service Board shall undertake any capital
improvement which is not identified in the 5-Year Capital
Program.
(i) Each Service Board shall furnish to the Board access
to its financial information including, but not limited to,
audits and reports. The Board shall have real-time access to
the financial information of the Service Boards; however, the
Board shall be granted read-only access to the Service Board's
financial information.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
the Authority shall, through the implementation of service
efficiencies, realize $46,900,000 in the following net savings
in its annual budget for the fiscal year that begins on January
1, 2027 across the following categories of savings October 1,
2026: (i) $10 million in service-delivery savings; (ii) $20.1
million in savings from labor optimization, including changes
in employee headcounts and position types; and (iii) $16.8
million in real estate and other property-related savings.

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(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 1-1-24; 104-434, eff. 11-21-25;
104-457, eff. 6-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/4.01b)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 4.01b. System generated revenue recovery ratios.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Costs" includes all items properly included as operating
costs consistent with generally accepted accounting principles
incurred by the Authority and its Service Boards. "Costs" does
not include costs related to providing ADA paratransit
service.
"System generated revenue" includes passenger fares and
ancillary revenue from sources such as the lease of space,
advertising, and investment income.
(b) The Authority shall determine the ratio of system
generated revenues for public transportation in the
metropolitan region compared to the aggregate of all costs of
providing public transportation.
(c) Until January 1, 2029, the Authority shall report its
system generated revenue recovery ratio as part of the
Authority's Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan.
(1) The Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan must
show that the system generated revenue received in each
fiscal year shall equal at least 25% of the costs of

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providing public transportation in that fiscal year. The
Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial Plan must show that the
level of fares charged and received in each fiscal year
shall equal at least 5% of the aggregate of costs of
providing ADA paratransit services.
(2) The Authority shall file a statement certifying
that the Service Boards published the data described in
this Section with the General Assembly and the Governor
after adoption of the Annual Budget and 2-Year Financial
Plan. If the Authority fails to file a statement
certifying the system generated revenue recovery ratio as
required in this Section, then the appropriations to the
Department of Transportation for grants to the Authority
intended to reimburse the Service Boards for providing
free and reduced fares shall be withheld.
(3) If the system generated revenues are less than 25%
of said costs, then the Board shall remit an amount equal
to the amount of the deficit to the State. The Treasurer
shall deposit any payment made under this paragraph in the
Road Fund. However, due to the ongoing fiscal impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic this requirement shall not apply to
Fiscal Year 2026 or Fiscal Year 2027.
(d) Beginning January 1, 2029, the Authority shall report
its system generated revenue recovery ratio within 6 months of
the end of each fiscal year. If the Authority's system
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consecutive years, then the Board of Directors shall:
(1) report this fact to the General Assembly and the
Governor and provide a summary of fare adjustments made
under Section 2.04;
(2) consider whether additional fare adjustments or
other changes are necessary to increase system generated
revenue, reduce costs, or both.
(e) Nothing in this Section shall diminish or impair the
rights of any employee employed by the Authority or any
Service Board or any organization of employees representing
employees of the Authority or any Service Board.
(f) The Authority shall separately calculate a system
generated revenue recovery ratio for ADA paratransit service.
The Authority shall report this ratio in its annual
certification under subsection (d) Section 2.02 and shall take
the actions required under subsection (c) of this Section if
the ADA paratransit service system generated recovery ratio
falls below 5% for 2 consecutive years.
(g) The Authority shall document the system generated
recovery ratio in the Authority's Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan.
(h) Upon the request of the House of Representatives or
the Senate, the Chair of the Board of the Authority, the chair
of the board of a Service Board, or any other employee of the
Authority or Service Board requested by the House of
Representatives or Senate shall attend a hearing before the

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House of Representatives or Senate regarding the reported
system generated revenue recovery ratios.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/4.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.03)
Sec. 4.03. Taxes.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (m), in order to
carry out any of the powers or purposes of the Authority, the
Board may, by ordinance approved by a supermajority vote,
impose throughout the metropolitan region any or all of the
taxes provided in this Section. Except as otherwise provided
in this Act, taxes imposed under this Section and civil
penalties imposed incident thereto shall be collected and
enforced by the Department of Revenue. The Department shall
have the power to administer and enforce the taxes and to
determine all rights for refunds for erroneous payments of the
taxes. Nothing in Public Act 95-708 is intended to invalidate
any taxes currently imposed by the Authority. The increased
vote requirements to impose a tax shall only apply to actions
taken after January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act
95-708).
(b) The Board may impose a public transportation tax upon
all persons engaged in the metropolitan region in the business
of selling at retail motor fuel for operation of motor
vehicles upon public highways. The tax shall be at a rate not
to exceed 5% of the gross receipts from the sales of motor fuel

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in the course of the business. As used in this Act, the term
"motor fuel" shall have the same meaning as in the Motor Fuel
Tax Law. The Board may provide for details of the tax. The
provisions of any tax shall conform, as closely as may be
practicable, to the provisions of the Municipal Retailers
Occupation Tax Act, including, without limitation, conformity
to penalties with respect to the tax imposed and as to the
powers of the Department of Revenue to promulgate and enforce
rules and regulations relating to the administration and
enforcement of the provisions of the tax imposed, except that
reference in the Act to any municipality shall refer to the
Authority and the tax shall be imposed only with regard to
receipts from sales of motor fuel in the metropolitan region,
at rates as limited by this Section.
(c) In connection with the tax imposed under paragraph (b)
of this Section, the Board may impose a tax upon the privilege
of using in the metropolitan region motor fuel for the
operation of a motor vehicle upon public highways, the tax to
be at a rate not in excess of the rate of tax imposed under
paragraph (b) of this Section. The Board may provide for
details of the tax.
(d) The Board may impose a motor vehicle parking tax upon
the privilege of parking motor vehicles at off-street parking
facilities in the metropolitan region at which a fee is
charged, and may provide for reasonable classifications in and
exemptions to the tax, for administration and enforcement

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thereof and for civil penalties and refunds thereunder and may
provide criminal penalties thereunder, the maximum penalties
not to exceed the maximum criminal penalties provided in the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The Authority may collect and
enforce the tax itself or by contract with any unit of local
government. The Department of Revenue shall have no
responsibility for the collection and enforcement unless the
Department agrees with the Authority to undertake the
collection and enforcement. As used in this paragraph, the
term "parking facility" means a parking area or structure
having parking spaces for more than 2 vehicles at which motor
vehicles are permitted to park in return for an hourly, daily,
or other periodic fee, whether publicly or privately owned,
but does not include parking spaces on a public street, the use
of which is regulated by parking meters.
(e) The Board may impose a Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Retailers' Occupation Tax upon all persons engaged
in the business of selling tangible personal property at
retail in the metropolitan region. In Cook County, unless the
tax rate is increased by the Board by ordinance, as provided in
this Section, the tax rate shall be 1.25% of the gross receipts
from sales of food for human consumption that is to be consumed
off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic
beverages, food consisting of or infused with adult use
cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food that has been prepared
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taxed at the 1% rate under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
and 1% of the gross receipts from other taxable sales made in
the course of that business. In Cook County, on and after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly, the Board may, by ordinance, increase the tax rate
to not more than 1.5% of the gross receipts from sales of food
for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food
consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks,
candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate
consumption) and tangible personal property taxed at the 1%
rate under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and 1.25% of the
gross receipts from other taxable sales made in the course of
that business. The Board shall take such a vote on whether to
increase the tax rate no later than 60 days after the effective
date of this Act. In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
counties, unless the tax rate is increased by the Board by an
ordinance as approved by this Section, the tax rate shall be
0.75% of the gross receipts from all taxable sales made in the
course of that business, including sales of food for human
consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is
sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or
infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food
that has been prepared for immediate consumption). In DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, on and after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General

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Assembly, the Board may, by ordinance, increase the tax rate
to not more than 1% of the gross receipts from all taxable
sales made in the course of that business, including sales of
food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages,
food consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft
drinks, candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate
consumption). The rate of tax imposed in DuPage, Kane, Lake,
McHenry, and Will counties under this Section on sales of
aviation fuel on or after December 1, 2019 shall, however, be
0.25% unless the Authority in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and
Will counties has an "airport-related purpose" and the
additional 0.50% of the 0.75% tax (or 0.75% of 1% tax if the
tax rate is increased by the Board to 1%) on aviation fuel is
expended for airport-related purposes. If there is no
airport-related purpose to which aviation fuel tax revenue is
dedicated, then aviation fuel is excluded from the additional
tax. The tax imposed under this Section and all civil
penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
collected and enforced by the Department of Revenue. The
Department shall have full power to administer and enforce
this Section; to collect all taxes and penalties so collected
in the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine all
rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous
payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the administration of,
and compliance with this Section, the Department and persons

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who are subject to this Section shall have the same rights,
remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, and be
subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations,
penalties, exclusions, exemptions, and definitions of terms,
and employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in
Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 2 through 2-65
(in respect to all provisions therein other than the State
rate of tax and other than the exemption for food for human
consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is
sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or
infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food
that has been prepared for immediate consumption), which is
taxed at the rate as provided in this subsection), 2c, 3
(except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties
collected, and except that the retailer's discount is not
allowed for taxes paid on aviation fuel that are subject to the
revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C.
47133), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l,
6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform
Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were
set forth herein.
The Board and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
counties must comply with the certification requirements for
airport-related purposes under Section 2-22 of the Retailers'
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"airport-related purposes" has the meaning ascribed in Section
6z-20.2 of the State Finance Act. This exclusion for aviation
fuel only applies for so long as the revenue use requirements
of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the
Authority.
Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their
seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the tax
as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
combination in a single amount with State taxes that sellers
are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, under any
bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
Treasurer out of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority tax
fund established under paragraph (n) of this Section or the
Local Government Aviation Trust Fund, as appropriate.
If a tax is imposed under this subsection (e), a tax shall
also be imposed under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section.
For the purpose of determining whether a tax authorized
under this Section is applicable, a retail sale by a producer
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at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois
is extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to
coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the
sale is exempt under the Federal Constitution as a sale in
interstate or foreign commerce.
No tax shall be imposed or collected under this subsection
on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of
another state if that motor vehicle will not be titled in this
State.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize
the Authority to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
any business that under the Constitution of the United States
may not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
(f) If a tax has been imposed under paragraph (e), a
Northern Illinois Transit Authority Service Occupation Tax
shall also be imposed upon all persons engaged in the
metropolitan region in the business of making sales of service
who, as an incident to making the sales of service, transfer
tangible personal property within the metropolitan region,
either in the form of tangible personal property or in the form
of real estate as an incident to a sale of service. In Cook
County, unless the tax rate is increased by the Board by
ordinance, as provided in this Section, the tax rate shall be:
(1) 1.25% of the serviceman's cost price of food prepared for
immediate consumption and transferred incident to a sale of

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service subject to the service occupation tax by an entity
that is located in the metropolitan region and that is
licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home
Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the
Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the
ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Child Care Act
of 1969, or an entity that holds a permit issued pursuant to
the Life Care Facilities Act; (2) 1.25% of the selling price of
food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages,
food consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft
drinks, candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate
consumption) and tangible personal property taxed at the 1%
rate under the Service Occupation Tax Act; and (3) 1% of the
selling price from other taxable sales of tangible personal
property transferred. In Cook County, on and after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly, the Board may, by ordinance, increase the tax rate
to not more than: (1) 1.5% of the serviceman's cost price of
food prepared for immediate consumption and transferred
incident to a sale of service subject to the service
occupation tax by an entity that is located in the
metropolitan region and that is licensed under the Hospital
Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Assisted Living
and Shared Housing Act, the Specialized Mental Health
Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the

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MC/DD Act, or the Child Care Act of 1969, or an entity that
holds a permit issued pursuant to the Life Care Facilities
Act; (2) 1.5% of the selling price of food for human
consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is
sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or
infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food
that has been prepared for immediate consumption) and tangible
personal property taxed at the 1% rate under the Service
Occupation Tax Act; and (3) 1.25% of the selling price from
other taxable sales of tangible personal property transferred.
In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly, the rate shall be (1) 0.75% of the selling price of
all tangible personal property transferred, including food for
human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food
consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks,
candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate
consumption); and (2) 0.75% of the serviceman's cost price of
food prepared for immediate consumption and transferred
incident to a sale of service subject to the service
occupation tax by an entity that is located in the
metropolitan region and that is licensed under the Hospital
Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Assisted Living
and Shared Housing Act, the Specialized Mental Health
Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or

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the MC/DD Act, or the Child Care Act of 1969, or an entity that
holds a permit issued pursuant to the Life Care Facilities
Act. In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, on and
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly, the Board may, by ordinance, increase the
tax rate to not more than 1% of the selling price of all
tangible personal property transferred. The rate of tax
imposed in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties
under this Section on sales of aviation fuel on or after
December 1, 2019 shall, however, be 0.25% unless the Authority
in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties has an
"airport-related purpose" and the additional 0.50% of the
0.75% (or 0.75% of 1% tax if the tax rate is increased by the
Board to 1%) tax on aviation fuel is expended for
airport-related purposes. If there is no airport-related
purpose to which aviation fuel tax revenue is dedicated, then
aviation fuel is excluded from the additional tax.
The Board and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
counties must comply with the certification requirements for
airport-related purposes under Section 2-22 of the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act. For purposes of this Section,
"airport-related purposes" has the meaning ascribed in Section
6z-20.2 of the State Finance Act. This exclusion for aviation
fuel only applies for so long as the revenue use requirements
of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49 U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the
Authority.

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The tax imposed under this paragraph and all civil
penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
collected and enforced by the Department of Revenue. The
Department shall have full power to administer and enforce
this paragraph; to collect all taxes and penalties due
hereunder; to dispose of taxes and penalties collected in the
manner hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to
credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment
of tax or penalty hereunder. In the administration of and
compliance with this paragraph, the Department and persons who
are subject to this paragraph shall have the same rights,
remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, and be
subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations,
penalties, exclusions, exemptions, and definitions of terms,
and employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in
Sections 1a-1, 2, 2a, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all
provisions therein other than (i) the State rate of tax; (ii)
the exemption for food for human consumption that is to be
consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than
alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or infused with adult
use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food that has been
prepared for immediate consumption), which is taxed at the
rate as provided in this subsection; and (iii) the exemption
for food prepared for immediate consumption and transferred
incident to a sale of service subject to the service
occupation tax by an entity that is licensed under the

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Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the
Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the Specialized Mental
Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care
Act, or the MC/DD Act, or the Child Care Act of 1969, or an
entity that holds a permit issued pursuant to the Life Care
Facilities Act, which is taxed at the rate as provided in this
subsection), 4 (except that the reference to the State shall
be to the Authority), 5, 7, 8 (except that the jurisdiction to
which the tax shall be a debt to the extent indicated in that
Section 8 shall be the Authority), 9 (except as to the
disposition of taxes and penalties collected, and except that
the returned merchandise credit for this tax may not be taken
against any State tax, and except that the retailer's discount
is not allowed for taxes paid on aviation fuel that are subject
to the revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49
U.S.C. 47133), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to
Section 2b of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except
that any reference to the State shall mean the Authority), the
first paragraph of Section 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 of the
Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform
Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were
set forth herein.
Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
granted in this paragraph may reimburse themselves for their
serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
tax as an additional charge, that charge may be stated in

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combination in a single amount with State tax that servicemen
are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, under
any bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
Whenever the Department of Revenue determines that a
refund should be made under this paragraph to a claimant
instead of issuing a credit memorandum, the Department of
Revenue shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall cause
the warrant to be drawn for the amount specified, and to the
person named in the notification from the Department of
Revenue. The refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of
the Northern Illinois Transit Authority tax fund established
under paragraph (n) of this Section or the Local Government
Aviation Trust Fund, as appropriate.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize
the Authority to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
any business that under the Constitution of the United States
may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
(g) If a tax has been imposed under paragraph (e), a tax
shall also be imposed upon the privilege of using in the
metropolitan region, any item of tangible personal property
that is purchased outside the metropolitan region at retail
from a retailer, and that is titled or registered with an
agency of this State's government. In Cook County, unless the
tax rate is increased by the Board by ordinance, as provided in
this Section, the tax rate shall be 1% of the selling price of
the tangible personal property, as "selling price" is defined

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in the Use Tax Act. In Cook County, on and after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
Board may, by ordinance, increase the tax rate to not more than
1.25% of the selling price of the tangible personal property,
as "selling price" is defined in the Use Tax Act. In DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
tax rate shall be 0.75% of the selling price of the tangible
personal property, as "selling price" is defined in the Use
Tax Act. In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, on
and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly, the Board may, by ordinance, increase
the tax rate to not more than 1% of the selling price of the
tangible personal property, as "selling price" is defined in
the Use Tax Act. The tax shall be collected from persons whose
Illinois address for titling or registration purposes is given
as being in the metropolitan region. The tax shall be
collected by the Department of Revenue for the Authority. The
tax must be paid to the State, or an exemption determination
must be obtained from the Department of Revenue, before the
title or certificate of registration for the property may be
issued. The tax or proof of exemption may be transmitted to the
Department by way of the State agency with which, or the State
officer with whom, the tangible personal property must be
titled or registered if the Department and the State agency or
State officer determine that this procedure will expedite the

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processing of applications for title or registration.
The Department shall have full power to administer and
enforce this paragraph; to collect all taxes, penalties, and
interest due hereunder; to dispose of taxes, penalties, and
interest collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to
determine all rights to credit memoranda or refunds arising on
account of the erroneous payment of tax, penalty, or interest
hereunder. In the administration of and compliance with this
paragraph, the Department and persons who are subject to this
paragraph shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
immunities, powers, and duties, and be subject to the same
conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, exclusions,
exemptions, and definitions of terms and employ the same modes
of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except the
definition of "retailer maintaining a place of business in
this State"), 3 through 3-80 (except provisions pertaining to
the State rate of tax, and except provisions concerning
collection or refunding of the tax by retailers), 4, 11, 12,
12a, 14, 15, 19 (except the portions pertaining to claims by
retailers and except the last paragraph concerning refunds),
20, 21, and 22 of the Use Tax Act, and are not inconsistent
with this paragraph, as fully as if those provisions were set
forth herein.
Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State

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Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
amount specified, and to the person named in the notification
from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
Treasurer out of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority tax
fund established under paragraph (n) of this Section.
(g-5) If, on January 1, 2025, a unit of local government
has in effect a tax under subsections (e), (f), and (g), or if,
after January 1, 2025, a unit of local government imposes a tax
under subsections (e), (f), and (g), then that tax applies to
leases of tangible personal property in effect, entered into,
or renewed on or after that date in the same manner as the tax
under this Section and in accordance with the changes made by
Public Act 103-592.
(h) The Authority may impose a replacement vehicle tax of
$50 on any passenger car as defined in Section 1-157 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code purchased within the metropolitan region
by or on behalf of an insurance company to replace a passenger
car of an insured person in settlement of a total loss claim.
The tax imposed may not become effective before the first day
of the month following the passage of the ordinance imposing
the tax and receipt of a certified copy of the ordinance by the
Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall collect
the tax for the Authority in accordance with Sections 3-2002
and 3-2003 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
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hereunder.
As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the
Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order
transferred, and the Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR
Bonds Revenue Fund the local sales tax increment, as defined
in the Innovation Development and Economy Act, collected under
this Section during the second preceding calendar month for
sales within a STAR bond district.
After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
disbursement of stated sums of money to the Authority. The
amount to be paid to the Authority shall be the amount
collected hereunder during the second preceding calendar month
by the Department, less any amount determined by the
Department to be necessary for the payment of refunds, and
less any amounts that are transferred to the STAR Bonds
Revenue Fund. Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller
of the disbursement certification to the Authority provided
for in this Section to be given to the Comptroller by the
Department, the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn
for that amount in accordance with the directions contained in
the certification.
(i) The Board may not impose any other taxes except as it
may from time to time be authorized by law to impose.

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(j) A certificate of registration issued by the Department
of Revenue to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act or under the Service Occupation Tax Act shall permit the
registrant to engage in a business that is taxed under the tax
imposed under paragraphs (b), (e), (f) or (g) of this Section
and no additional registration shall be required under the
tax. A certificate issued under the Use Tax Act or the Service
Use Tax Act shall be applicable with regard to any tax imposed
under paragraph (c) of this Section.
(k) The provisions of any tax imposed under paragraph (c)
of this Section shall conform as closely as may be practicable
to the provisions of the Use Tax Act, including, without
limitation, conformity as to penalties with respect to the tax
imposed and as to the powers of the Department of Revenue to
promulgate and enforce rules and regulations relating to the
administration and enforcement of the provisions of the tax
imposed. The taxes shall be imposed only on use within the
metropolitan region and at rates as provided in the paragraph.
(l) The Board in imposing any tax as provided in
paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section, shall, after seeking
the advice of the Department of Revenue, provide means for
retailers, users or purchasers of motor fuel for purposes
other than those with regard to which the taxes may be imposed
as provided in those paragraphs to receive refunds of taxes
improperly paid, which provisions may be at variance with the
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Occupation Tax Act. The Department of Revenue may provide for
certificates of registration for users or purchasers of motor
fuel for purposes other than those with regard to which taxes
may be imposed as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section to facilitate the reporting and nontaxability of the
exempt sales or uses.
(m) Any ordinance imposing or discontinuing any tax under
this Section shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
filed with the Department on or before June 1, whereupon the
Department of Revenue shall proceed to administer and enforce
this Section on behalf of the Authority as of September 1 next
following such adoption and filing. Beginning January 1, 1992,
an ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing the tax
hereunder shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed
with the Department on or before the first day of July,
whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
enforce this Section as of the first day of October next
following such adoption and filing. Beginning January 1, 1993,
an ordinance or resolution imposing, increasing, decreasing,
or discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a
certified copy thereof filed with the Department, whereupon
the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this
Section as of the first day of the first month to occur not
less than 60 days following such adoption and filing. Any
ordinance or resolution of the Authority imposing a tax under
this Section and in effect on August 1, 2007 shall remain in

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full force and effect and shall be administered by the
Department of Revenue under the terms and conditions and rates
of tax established by such ordinance or resolution until the
Department begins administering and enforcing an increased tax
under this Section as authorized by Public Act 95-708. Any
ordinance or resolution of the Authority imposing a tax under
this Section and in effect on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly shall remain in
full force and effect and shall be administered by the
Department of Revenue under the terms and conditions and rates
of tax established by such ordinance or resolution until the
Department begins administering and enforcing an increased tax
under this Section as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly. The tax rates authorized by Public Act
95-708 are effective only if imposed by ordinance of the
Authority. The tax rates authorized by this amendatory Act of
the 104th General Assembly are effective only if an ordinance
is approved by the Authority with the affirmative votes of a
simple majority of its then Directors.
(n) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (n),
the Department of Revenue shall, upon collecting any taxes as
provided in this Section, pay the taxes over to the State
Treasurer as trustee for the Authority. The taxes shall be
held in a trust fund outside the State treasury. If an
airport-related purpose has been certified, taxes and
penalties collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will

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counties on aviation fuel sold on or after December 1, 2019
from the 0.50% of the 0.75% rate shall be immediately paid over
by the Department to the State Treasurer, ex officio, as
trustee, for deposit into the Local Government Aviation Trust
Fund. The Department shall only pay moneys into the Local
Government Aviation Trust Fund under this Act for so long as
the revenue use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(b) and 49
U.S.C. 47133 are binding on the Authority. On or before the
25th day of each calendar month, the Department of Revenue
shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller of the State of
Illinois and to the Authority (i) the amount of taxes
collected in each county other than Cook County in the
metropolitan region, (not including, if an airport-related
purpose has been certified, the taxes and penalties collected
from the 0.50% of the 0.75% rate on aviation fuel sold on or
after December 1, 2019 that are deposited into the Local
Government Aviation Trust Fund) (ii) the amount of taxes
collected within the City of Chicago, and (iii) the amount
collected in that portion of Cook County outside of Chicago,
each amount less the amount necessary for the payment of
refunds to taxpayers located in those areas described in items
(i), (ii), and (iii), and less 1.5% of the remainder, which
shall be transferred from the trust fund into the Tax
Compliance and Administration Fund. The Department, at the
time of each monthly disbursement to the Authority, shall
prepare and certify to the State Comptroller the amount to be

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transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
under this subsection. Within 10 days after receipt by the
Comptroller of the certification of the amounts, the
Comptroller shall cause an order to be drawn for the transfer
of the amount certified into the Tax Compliance and
Administration Fund and the payment of three-quarters
two-thirds of the amounts certified in item (i) of this
subsection to the Authority and one-quarter one-third of the
amounts certified in item (i) of this subsection to the
respective counties other than Cook County and the amount
certified in items (ii) and (iii) of this subsection to the
Authority.
In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding
paragraph, an allocation shall be made in July 1991 and each
year thereafter to the Authority. The allocation shall be made
in an amount equal to the average monthly distribution during
the preceding calendar year (excluding the 2 months of lowest
receipts) and the allocation shall include the amount of
average monthly distribution from the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund. The
distribution made in July 1992 and each year thereafter under
this paragraph and the preceding paragraph shall be reduced by
the amount allocated and disbursed under this paragraph in the
preceding calendar year. The Department of Revenue shall
prepare and certify to the Comptroller for disbursement the
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(o) Failure to adopt a budget ordinance or otherwise to
comply with Section 4.01 or to adopt a 5-Year Capital Program
or otherwise to comply with paragraph (b) of Section 2.01 of
this Act shall not affect the validity of any tax imposed by
the Authority otherwise in conformity with law.
(p) At no time shall a public transportation tax or motor
vehicle parking tax authorized under paragraphs (b), (c), and
(d) of this Section be in effect at the same time as any
retailers' occupation, use or service occupation tax
authorized under paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of this Section
is in effect.
Any taxes imposed under the authority provided in
paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) shall remain in effect only until
the time as any tax authorized by paragraph (e), (f), or (g) of
this Section is imposed and becomes effective. Once any tax
authorized by paragraph (e), (f), or (g) is imposed the Board
may not reimpose taxes as authorized in paragraphs (b), (c),
and (d) of the Section unless any tax authorized by paragraph
(e), (f), or (g) of this Section becomes ineffective by means
other than an ordinance of the Board.
(q) Any existing rights, remedies and obligations
(including enforcement by the Authority) arising under any tax
imposed under paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of this Section shall
not be affected by the imposition of a tax under paragraph (e),
(f), or (g) of this Section.
(r) The Board shall hold a vote on whether to adopt an

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ordinance to increase the tax rate to the rates authorized by
this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly within 60
days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th
General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 103-592, eff. 1-1-25; 103-781, eff. 8-5-24;
104-6, eff. 1-1-26; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-457, eff.
6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/4.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.04)
Sec. 4.04. Issuance and Pledge of Bonds and Notes.
(a) The Authority shall have the continuing power to
borrow money and to issue its negotiable bonds or notes as
provided in this Section. Unless otherwise indicated in this
Section, the term "notes" also includes bond anticipation
notes, which are notes which by their terms provide for their
payment from the proceeds of bonds thereafter to be issued.
Bonds or notes of the Authority may be issued for any or all of
the following purposes: to pay costs to the Authority or a
Service Board of constructing or acquiring any public
transportation facilities (including funds and rights relating
thereto, as provided in Section 2.05 of this Act); to repay
advances to the Authority or a Service Board made for such
purposes; to pay other expenses of the Authority or a Service
Board incident to or incurred in connection with such
construction or acquisition; to provide funds for any
Transportation Agency to pay principal of or interest or

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redemption premium on any bonds or notes, whether as such
amounts become due or by earlier redemption, issued prior to
the date of this amendatory Act by such Transportation Agency
to construct or acquire public transportation facilities or to
provide funds to purchase such bonds or notes; and to provide
funds for any Transportation Agency to construct or acquire
any public transportation facilities, to repay advances made
for such purposes, and to pay other expenses incident to or
incurred in connection with such construction or acquisition;
and to provide funds for payment of obligations, including the
funding of reserves, under any self-insurance plan or joint
self-insurance pool or entity.
In addition to any other borrowing as may be authorized by
this Section, the Authority may issue its notes, from time to
time, in anticipation of tax receipts of the Authority or of
other revenues or receipts of the Authority, in order to
provide money for the Authority or the Service Boards to cover
any cash flow deficit which the Authority or a Service Board
anticipates incurring. Any such notes are referred to in this
Section as "Working Cash Notes". No Working Cash Notes shall
be issued for a term of longer than 24 months. Proceeds of
Working Cash Notes may be used to pay day to day operating
expenses of the Authority or the Service Boards, consisting of
wages, salaries, and fringe benefits, professional and
technical services (including legal, audit, engineering, and
other consulting services), office rental, furniture, fixtures

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and equipment, insurance premiums, claims for self-insured
amounts under insurance policies, public utility obligations
for telephone, light, heat and similar items, travel expenses,
office supplies, postage, dues, subscriptions, public hearings
and information expenses, fuel purchases, and payments of
grants and payments under purchase of service agreements for
operations of Transportation Agencies, prior to the receipt by
the Authority or a Service Board from time to time of funds for
paying such expenses. In addition to any Working Cash Notes
that the Board of the Authority may determine to issue, the
Suburban Bus Board, the Commuter Rail Board or the Board of the
Chicago Transit Authority may demand and direct that the
Authority issue its Working Cash Notes in such amounts and
having such maturities as the Service Board may determine.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any
amounts necessary to pay principal of and interest on any
Working Cash Notes issued at the demand and direction of a
Service Board or any Working Cash Notes the proceeds of which
were used for the direct benefit of a Service Board or any
other Bonds or Notes of the Authority the proceeds of which
were used for the direct benefit of a Service Board shall
constitute a reduction of the amount of any other funds
provided by the Authority to that Service Board. The Authority
shall, after deducting any costs of issuance, tender the net
proceeds of any Working Cash Notes issued at the demand and
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may be practicable after the proceeds are received. The
Authority may also issue notes or bonds to pay, refund or
redeem any of its notes and bonds, including to pay redemption
premiums or accrued interest on such bonds or notes being
renewed, paid or refunded, and other costs in connection
therewith. The Authority may also utilize the proceeds of any
such bonds or notes to pay the legal, financial,
administrative and other expenses of such authorization,
issuance, sale or delivery of bonds or notes or to provide or
increase a debt service reserve fund with respect to any or all
of its bonds or notes. The Authority may also issue and deliver
its bonds or notes in exchange for any public transportation
facilities, (including funds and rights relating thereto, as
provided in Section 2.05 of this Act) or in exchange for
outstanding bonds or notes of the Authority, including any
accrued interest or redemption premium thereon, without
advertising or submitting such notes or bonds for public
bidding.
(b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of any such
bonds or notes shall fix the date or dates of maturity, the
dates on which interest is payable, any sinking fund account
or reserve fund account provisions and all other details of
such bonds or notes and may provide for such covenants or
agreements necessary or desirable with regard to the issue,
sale and security of such bonds or notes. The rate or rates of
interest on its bonds or notes may be fixed or variable and the

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Authority shall determine or provide for the determination of
the rate or rates of interest of its bonds or notes issued
under this Act in an ordinance adopted by the Authority prior
to the issuance thereof, none of which rates of interest shall
exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act. Interest
may be payable at such times as are provided for by the Board.
Bonds and notes issued under this Section may be issued as
serial or term obligations, shall be of such denomination or
denominations and form, including interest coupons to be
attached thereto, be executed in such manner, shall be payable
at such place or places and bear such date as the Authority
shall fix by the ordinance authorizing such bond or note and
shall mature at such time or times, within a period not to
exceed forty years from the date of issue, and may be
redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium, at the
option of the Authority, upon such terms and conditions as the
Authority shall fix by the ordinance authorizing the issuance
of such bonds or notes. No bond anticipation note or any
renewal thereof shall mature at any time or times exceeding 5
years from the date of the first issuance of such note. The
Authority may provide for the registration of bonds or notes
in the name of the owner as to the principal alone or as to
both principal and interest, upon such terms and conditions as
the Authority may determine. The ordinance authorizing bonds
or notes may provide for the exchange of such bonds or notes
which are fully registered, as to both principal and interest,

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with bonds or notes which are registerable as to principal
only. All bonds or notes issued under this Section by the
Authority other than those issued in exchange for property or
for bonds or notes of the Authority shall be sold at a price
which may be at a premium or discount but such that the
interest cost (excluding any redemption premium) to the
Authority of the proceeds of an issue of such bonds or notes,
computed to stated maturity according to standard tables of
bond values, shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond
Authorization Act. The Authority shall notify the Governor's
Office of Management and Budget and the State Comptroller at
least 30 days before any bond sale and shall file with the
Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the State
Comptroller a certified copy of any ordinance authorizing the
issuance of bonds at or before the issuance of the bonds. After
December 31, 1994, any such bonds or notes shall be sold to the
highest and best bidder on sealed bids as the Authority shall
deem. As such bonds or notes are to be sold the Authority shall
advertise for proposals to purchase the bonds or notes which
advertisement shall be published at least once in a daily
newspaper of general circulation published in the metropolitan
region at least 10 days before the time set for the submission
of bids. The Authority shall have the right to reject any or
all bids. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Section, Working Cash Notes or bonds or notes to provide funds
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may be sold either upon competitive bidding or by negotiated
sale (without any requirement of publication of intention to
negotiate the sale of such Notes), as the Board shall
determine by ordinance adopted by a simple majority vote of
the Directors with the affirmative votes of at least 9
Directors. In case any officer whose signature appears on any
bonds, notes or coupons authorized pursuant to this Section
shall cease to be such officer before delivery of such bonds or
notes, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and
sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had
remained in office until such delivery. Neither the Directors
of the Authority nor any person executing any bonds or notes
thereof shall be liable personally on any such bonds or notes
or coupons by reason of the issuance thereof.
(c) All bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to
this Section shall be general obligations of the Authority to
which shall be pledged the full faith and credit of the
Authority, as provided in this Section. Such bonds or notes
shall be secured as provided in the authorizing ordinance,
which may, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
include in addition to any other security, a specific pledge
or assignment of and lien on or security interest in any or all
tax receipts of the Authority and on any or all other revenues
or moneys of the Authority from whatever source, which may by
law be utilized for debt service purposes and a specific
pledge or assignment of and lien on or security interest in any

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funds or accounts established or provided for by the ordinance
of the Authority authorizing the issuance of such bonds or
notes. Any such pledge, assignment, lien, or security interest
for the benefit of holders of bonds or notes of the Authority
shall be valid and binding from the time the bonds or notes are
issued without any physical delivery or further act and shall
be valid and binding as against and prior to the claims of all
other parties having claims of any kind against the Authority
or any other person irrespective of whether such other parties
have notice of such pledge, assignment, lien, or security
interest. The obligations of the Authority incurred pursuant
to this Section shall be superior to and have priority over any
other obligations of the Authority.
The Authority may provide in the ordinance authorizing the
issuance of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section
for the creation of, deposits in, and regulation and
disposition of sinking fund or reserve accounts relating to
such bonds or notes. The ordinance authorizing the issuance of
any bonds or notes pursuant to this Section may contain
provisions as part of the contract with the holders of the
bonds or notes, for the creation of a separate fund to provide
for the payment of principal and interest on such bonds or
notes and for the deposit in such fund from any or all the tax
receipts of the Authority and from any or all such other moneys
or revenues of the Authority from whatever source which may by
law be utilized for debt service purposes, all as provided in

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such ordinance, of amounts to meet the debt service
requirements on such bonds or notes, including principal and
interest, and any sinking fund or reserve fund account
requirements as may be provided by such ordinance, and all
expenses incident to or in connection with such fund and
accounts or the payment of such bonds or notes. Such ordinance
may also provide limitations on the issuance of additional
bonds or notes of the Authority. No such bonds or notes of the
Authority shall constitute a debt of the State of Illinois.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enable the Authority
to impose any ad valorem tax on property.
(d) The ordinance of the Authority authorizing the
issuance of any bonds or notes may provide additional security
for such bonds or notes by providing for appointment of a
corporate trustee (which may be any trust company or bank
having the powers of a trust company within the state) with
respect to such bonds or notes. The ordinance shall prescribe
the rights, duties, and powers of the trustee to be exercised
for the benefit of the Authority and the protection of the
holders of such bonds or notes. The ordinance may provide for
the trustee to hold in trust, invest, and use amounts in funds
and accounts created as provided by the ordinance with respect
to the bonds or notes. The ordinance may provide for the
assignment and direct payment to the trustee of any or all
amounts produced from the sources provided in Section 4.03 and
Section 4.09 of this Act and provided in Section 6z-17 of the

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State Finance Act. Upon receipt of notice of any such
assignment, the Department of Revenue and the Comptroller of
the State of Illinois shall thereafter, notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 4.03 and Section 4.09 of this Act and
Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, provide for such
assigned amounts to be paid directly to the trustee instead of
the Authority, all in accordance with the terms of the
ordinance making the assignment. The ordinance shall provide
that amounts so paid to the trustee which are not required to
be deposited, held or invested in funds and accounts created
by the ordinance with respect to bonds or notes or used for
paying bonds or notes to be paid by the trustee to the
Authority.
(e) Any bonds or notes of the Authority issued pursuant to
this Section shall constitute a contract between the Authority
and the holders from time to time of such bonds or notes. In
issuing any bond or note, the Authority may include in the
ordinance authorizing such issue a covenant as part of the
contract with the holders of the bonds or notes, that as long
as such obligations are outstanding, it shall make such
deposits, as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section. It may
also so covenant that it shall impose and continue to impose
taxes, as provided in Section 4.03 of this Act and in addition
thereto as subsequently authorized by law, sufficient to make
such deposits and pay the principal and interest and to meet
other debt service requirements of such bonds or notes as they

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become due. A certified copy of the ordinance authorizing the
issuance of any such obligations shall be filed at or prior to
the issuance of such obligations with the Comptroller of the
State of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Revenue.
(f) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
holders of the bonds and notes of the Authority issued
pursuant to this Section that the State will not limit or alter
the rights and powers vested in the Authority by this Act so as
to impair the terms of any contract made by the Authority with
such holders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of
such holders until such bonds and notes, together with
interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of
interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any
action or proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are
fully met and discharged. In addition, the State pledges to
and agrees with the holders of the bonds and notes of the
Authority issued pursuant to this Section that the State will
not limit or alter the basis on which State funds are to be
paid to the Authority as provided in this Act, or the use of
such funds, so as to impair the terms of any such contract. The
Authority is authorized to include these pledges and
agreements of the State in any contract with the holders of
bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section.
(g)(1) (Blank).
(2) In addition to the authority provided by paragraphs
(1) and (3), the Authority is authorized to issue, sell, and

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deliver bonds or notes for Strategic Capital Improvement
Projects approved pursuant to Section 4.13 as follows:
$100,000,000 is authorized to be issued on or after
January 1, 1990;
an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
on or after January 1, 1991;
an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
on or after January 1, 1992;
an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
on or after January 1, 1993;
an additional $100,000,000 is authorized to be issued
on or after January 1, 1994; and
the aggregate total authorization of bonds and notes
for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects as of January
1, 1994, shall be $500,000,000.
The Authority is also authorized to issue, sell, and
deliver bonds or notes in such amounts as are necessary to
provide for the refunding or advance refunding of bonds or
notes issued for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects under
this subdivision (g)(2), provided that no such refunding bond
or note shall mature later than the final maturity date of the
series of bonds or notes being refunded, and provided further
that the debt service requirements for such refunding bonds or
notes in the current or any future fiscal year shall not exceed
the debt service requirements for that year on the refunded
bonds or notes.

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(3) In addition to the authority provided by paragraphs
(1) and (2), the Authority is authorized to issue, sell, and
deliver bonds or notes for Strategic Capital Improvement
Projects approved pursuant to Section 4.13 as follows:
$260,000,000 is authorized to be issued on or after
January 1, 2000;
an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
on or after January 1, 2001;
an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
on or after January 1, 2002;
an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
on or after January 1, 2003;
an additional $260,000,000 is authorized to be issued
on or after January 1, 2004; and
the aggregate total authorization of bonds and notes
for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects pursuant to
this paragraph (3) as of January 1, 2004 shall be
$1,300,000,000.
The Authority is also authorized to issue, sell, and
deliver bonds or notes in such amounts as are necessary to
provide for the refunding or advance refunding of bonds or
notes issued for Strategic Capital Improvement projects under
this subdivision (g)(3), provided that no such refunding bond
or note shall mature later than the final maturity date of the
series of bonds or notes being refunded, and provided further
that the debt service requirements for such refunding bonds or

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notes in the current or any future fiscal year shall not exceed
the debt service requirements for that year on the refunded
bonds or notes.
(4) The Authority may not issue, sell, and deliver bonds
or notes for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects pursuant
to paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (g) of Section 4.04 on or
after June 1, 2026. Any outstanding bonds or notes of the
Authority issued for Strategic Capital Improvement Projects
under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (g) of Section 4.04
shall remain in full force pursuant to the terms of the
agreements with noteholders or bond holders relating to such
bonds and notes.
(h) The Authority, subject to the terms of any agreements
with noteholders or bond holders as may then exist, shall have
power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase notes
or bonds of the Authority, which shall thereupon be cancelled.
(i) In addition to any other authority granted by law, the
State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, invest
or reinvest, at a price not to exceed par, any State money in
the State treasury which is not needed for current
expenditures due or about to become due in Working Cash Notes.
In the event of a default on a Working Cash Note issued by the
Authority in which State money in the State treasury was
invested, the Treasurer may, after giving notice to the
Authority, certify to the Comptroller the amounts of the
defaulted Working Cash Note, in accordance with any applicable

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rules of the Comptroller, and the Comptroller must deduct and
remit to the State treasury the certified amounts or a portion
of those amounts from the following proportions of payments of
State funds to the Authority:
(1) in the first year after default, one-third of the
total amount of any payments of State funds to the
Authority;
(2) in the second year after default, two-thirds of
the total amount of any payments of State funds to the
Authority; and
(3) in the third year after default and for each year
thereafter until the total invested amount is repaid, the
total amount of any payments of State funds to the
Authority.
(j) The Authority may establish a line of credit with a
bank or other financial institution as may be evidenced by the
issuance of notes or other obligations, secured by and payable
from all tax receipts of the Authority and any or all other
revenues or moneys of the Authority, in an amount not to exceed
the limitations set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection (g).
Money borrowed under this subsection (j) shall be used to
provide money for the Authority or the Service Boards to cover
any cash flow deficit that the Authority or a Service Board
anticipates incurring and shall be repaid within 24 months.
Before establishing a line of credit under this subsection
(j), the Authority shall authorize the line of credit by

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ordinance. The ordinance shall set forth facts demonstrating
the need for the line of credit, state the amount to be
borrowed, establish a maximum interest rate limit not to
exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization
Act, and provide a date by which the borrowed funds shall be
repaid. The ordinance shall authorize and direct the relevant
officials to make arrangements to set apart and hold, as
applicable, the moneys that will be used to repay the
borrowing. In addition, the ordinance may authorize the
relevant officials to make partial repayments on the line of
credit as the moneys become available and may contain any
other terms, restrictions, or limitations desirable or
necessary to give effect to this subsection (j).
The Authority shall notify the Governor's Office of
Management and Budget and the State Comptroller at least 30
days before establishing a line of credit and shall file with
the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the State
Comptroller a certified copy of any ordinance authorizing the
establishment of a line of credit upon or before establishing
the line of credit.
Moneys borrowed under a line of credit pursuant to this
subsection (j) are general obligations of the Authority that
are secured by the full faith and credit of the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
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Sec. 4.09. Public Transportation Fund and the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
Fund.
(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), as
soon as possible after the first day of each month, beginning
July 1, 1984, upon certification of the Department of Revenue,
the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer
shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to a special fund
in the State treasury to be known as the Public Transportation
Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue, before the
deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts pursuant to
Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of
the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from any tax
imposed by the Authority pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1
and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois
Transit Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of this
Act, from the County and Mass Transit District Fund as
provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act and 25% of
the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the
State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section
6z-17 of the State Finance Act.
On the first day of the month following the date that the
Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
Section 4.03(m) as authorized by Public Act 95-708 and until
the first day of the month following the date that the

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Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly, in lieu of the transfers authorized in
the preceding sentence, upon certification of the Department
of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net
revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
realized from (i) 80% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
Authority at a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 75% of the
proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1%
in Cook County, and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax
imposed by the Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties
of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to
Section 4.03, and 25% of the net revenue realized from any tax
imposed by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.1, and 25%
of the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit
Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created by Section
4.03 of this Act from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
as provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 25%
of the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit
Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform
Fund as provided in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act.

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On the first day of the month following the date that the
Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly, in lieu of the transfers authorized in
the preceding sentences, upon certification of the Department
of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net
revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
realized from (i) two-thirds of the proceeds of any tax
imposed by the Authority at a rate of 1.5% in Cook County, (ii)
60% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the
rate of 1.25% in Cook County, and (iii) 25% of the proceeds of
any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in the
Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all
pursuant to Section 4.03, and 25% of the net revenue realized
from any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to Section
4.03.1, and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of
this Act from the County and Mass Transit District Fund as
provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 25% of
the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the
State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section

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6z-17 of the State Finance Act.
As used in this Section, net revenue realized for a month
shall be the revenue collected by the State pursuant to
Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 during the previous month from within
the metropolitan region, less the amount paid out during that
same month as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of
liability in the metropolitan region under Sections 4.03 and
4.03.1.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the
Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall
be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as
the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), on
February 1, 2008 2009 (the first day of the month following the
effective date of Public Act 95-708) and each month thereafter
and until the first day of the month following the date that
the Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly, upon certification by the Department
of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 5% of the net
revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer

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discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
realized from any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to
Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 and certified by the Department of
Revenue under Section 4.03(n) of this Act to be paid to the
Authority and 5% of the amounts deposited into the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of
this Act from the County and Mass Transit District Fund as
provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 5% of
the amounts deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the
State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section
6z-17 of the State Finance Act, and 5% of the revenue realized
by the Chicago Transit Authority as financial assistance from
the City of Chicago from the proceeds of any tax imposed by the
City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal
Code.
On the first day of the month following the date that the
Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly, upon certification of the Department
of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 5% of the net
revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
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Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
realized from (i) five-sixths of the proceeds of any tax
imposed by the Authority at a rate of 1.5% in Cook County, (ii)
80% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the
rate of 1.25% in Cook County, and (iii) two-thirds of the
proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1%
in the Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all
pursuant to Section 4.03 and certified by the Department of
Revenue under Section 4.03(n) of this Act to be paid to the
Authority, and 5% of the net revenue realized from any tax
imposed by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.1 and
certified by the Department of Revenue under Section 4.03.1(d)
of this Act to be paid to the Authority, and 5% of the amounts
deposited into the Northern Illinois Transit Authority tax
fund created by Section 4.03 of this Act from the County and
Mass Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of the
State Finance Act, and 5% of the amounts deposited into the
Northern Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax
Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform
Fund as provided in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, and
5% of the revenue realized by the Chicago Transit Authority as
financial assistance from the City of Chicago from the
proceeds of any tax imposed by the City of Chicago under
Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
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100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the
Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall
be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as
the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), as soon
as possible after the first day of January, 2009 and each month
thereafter and until the first day of the month following the
date that the Department receives revenues from increased
taxes under Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory
Act of the 104th General Assembly, upon certification of the
Department of Revenue with respect to the taxes collected
under Section 4.03, the Comptroller shall order transferred
and the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund
to the Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the
net revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and
retailer discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service
Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation
Tax Act, realized from (i) 20% of the proceeds of any tax
imposed by the Authority at a rate of 1.25% in Cook County,
(ii) 25% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at
the rate of 1% in Cook County, and (iii) one-third of the
proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of
0.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and
Will, all pursuant to Section 4.03, and the Comptroller shall
order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the

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General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund (iv) an
amount equal to 25% of the revenue realized by the Chicago
Transit Authority as financial assistance from the City of
Chicago from the proceeds of any tax imposed by the City of
Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
On the first day of the month following the date that the
Department receives revenues from increased taxes under
Section 4.03(m) as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly, upon certification of the Department
of Revenue with respect to the taxes collected under Section
4.03, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net
revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer
discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax
Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act,
realized from (i) one-sixth of the proceeds of any tax imposed
by the Authority at a rate of 1.5% in Cook County, (ii) 20% of
the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of
1.25% in Cook County, and (iii) 25% of the proceeds of any tax
imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in the Counties of
DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to Section
4.03, and the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
Public Transportation Fund (iv) an amount equal to 25% of the
revenue realized by the Chicago Transit Authority as financial

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assistance from the City of Chicago from the proceeds of any
tax imposed by the City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the
Illinois Municipal Code.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act
100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (3) of
subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the
Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall
be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as
the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
for the State fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 and each State
fiscal year thereafter, the first $150,000,000 that would have
otherwise been transferred from the General Revenue Fund and
deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as provided in
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a) shall
instead be transferred from the Road Fund by the Treasurer
upon certification by the Department of Revenue and order of
the Comptroller. For the State fiscal year beginning July 1,
2024, only, the next $75,000,000 that would have otherwise
been transferred from the General Revenue Fund and deposited
into the Public Transportation Fund as provided in paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a) shall instead be
transferred from the Road Fund and deposited into the Public
Transportation Fund by the Treasurer upon certification by the
Department of Revenue and order of the Comptroller. The funds

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authorized and transferred pursuant to this amendatory Act of
the 103rd General Assembly are not intended or planned for
road construction projects. For the State fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2024, only, the next $50,000,000 that would
have otherwise been transferred from the General Revenue Fund
and deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as provided
in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a) shall
instead be transferred from the Underground Storage Tank Fund
and deposited into the Public Transportation Fund by the
Treasurer upon certification by the Department of Revenue and
order of the Comptroller. The remaining balance shall be
deposited each State fiscal year as otherwise provided in
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a).
(5) (Blank).
(6) (Blank).
(7) For State fiscal year 2020 only, notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue
and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues
realized during State fiscal year 2020 shall be reduced by 5%.
(8) For State fiscal year 2021 only, notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue
and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues
realized during State fiscal year 2021 shall be reduced by 5%.
(b)(1) All moneys deposited in the Public Transportation
Fund and the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Occupation
and Use Tax Replacement Fund, whether deposited pursuant to

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this Section or otherwise, are allocated to the Authority,
except for amounts appropriated to the Office of the Executive
Inspector General as authorized by subsection (h) of Section
4.03.3 and amounts transferred to the Audit Expense Fund
pursuant to Section 6z-27 of the State Finance Act. The
Comptroller, as soon as possible after each monthly transfer
provided in this Section and after each deposit into the
Public Transportation Fund, shall order the Treasurer to pay
to the Authority out of the Public Transportation Fund the
amount so transferred or deposited. Any Additional State
Assistance and Additional Financial Assistance paid to the
Authority under this Section shall be expended by the
Authority for its purposes as provided in this Act. The
balance of the amounts paid to the Authority from the Public
Transportation Fund shall be expended by the Authority as
provided in Section 4.03.3. The Comptroller, as soon as
possible after each deposit into the Northern Illinois Transit
Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund provided in
this Section, in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, shall
order the Treasurer to pay to the Authority out of the Northern
Illinois Transit Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement
Fund the amount so deposited. Such amounts paid to the
Authority may be expended by it for its purposes as provided in
this Act. The provisions directing the distributions from the
Public Transportation Fund and the Northern Illinois Transit
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in this Section shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing
appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State
Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized and
directed to make distributions as provided in this Section.
(2) Provided, however, no moneys deposited under
subsection (a) of this Section shall be paid from the Public
Transportation Fund to the Authority or its assignee for any
fiscal year until the Authority has certified to the Governor,
the Comptroller, and the Mayor of the City of Chicago that it
has adopted for that fiscal year an Annual Budget and 2-Year
Financial Plan meeting the requirements in Section 4.01(b).
(3) For the purposes of this Section, beginning in Fiscal
Year 2027, the General Assembly shall appropriate an amount
from the Public Transportation Fund equal to the sum total of
funds projected to be paid to the participants under Section 9
of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act,
Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act, and Section 3 of
the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the General Assembly
fails to make appropriations sufficient to cover the amounts
projected to be paid under Section 9 of the Use Tax Act,
Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service
Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation
Tax Act, then this Act shall constitute an irrevocable and
continuing appropriation from the Public Transportation Fund
of all amounts necessary for those purposes.
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enhance the mass transportation facilities under its control,
the State shall provide financial assistance ("Additional
State Assistance") in excess of the amounts transferred to the
Authority from the General Revenue Fund under subsection (a)
of this Section. Additional State Assistance shall be
calculated as provided in subsection (d), but shall in no
event exceed the following specified amounts with respect to
the following State fiscal years:
1990 $5,000,000;
1991 $5,000,000;
1992 $10,000,000;
1993 $10,000,000;
1994 $20,000,000;
1995 $30,000,000;
1996 $40,000,000;
1997 $50,000,000;
1998 $55,000,000; and
each year thereafter $55,000,000.
(c-5) The State shall provide financial assistance
("Additional Financial Assistance") in addition to the
Additional State Assistance provided by subsection (c) and the
amounts transferred to the Authority from the General Revenue
Fund under subsection (a) of this Section. Additional
Financial Assistance provided by this subsection shall be
calculated as provided in subsection (d), but shall in no
event exceed the following specified amounts with respect to

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the following State fiscal years:
2000 $0;
2001 $16,000,000;
2002 $35,000,000;
2003 $54,000,000;
2004 $73,000,000;
2005 $93,000,000; and
each year thereafter $100,000,000.
(d) Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and continuing
for each State fiscal year thereafter, the Authority shall
annually certify to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer,
separately with respect to each of subdivisions (g)(2) and
(g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act, the following amounts:
(1) The amount necessary and required, during the
State fiscal year with respect to which the certification
is made, to pay its obligations for debt service on all
outstanding bonds or notes issued by the Authority under
subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this
Act.
(2) An estimate of the amount necessary and required
to pay its obligations for debt service for any bonds or
notes which the Authority anticipates it will issue under
subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 during that
State fiscal year.
(3) Its debt service savings during the preceding
State fiscal year from refunding or advance refunding of

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bonds or notes issued under subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3)
of Section 4.04.
(4) The amount of interest, if any, earned by the
Authority during the previous State fiscal year on the
proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to subdivisions
(g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04, other than refunding or
advance refunding bonds or notes.
The certification shall include a specific schedule of
debt service payments, including the date and amount of each
payment for all outstanding bonds or notes and an estimated
schedule of anticipated debt service for all bonds and notes
it intends to issue, if any, during that State fiscal year,
including the estimated date and estimated amount of each
payment.
Immediately upon the issuance of bonds for which an
estimated schedule of debt service payments was prepared, the
Authority shall file an amended certification with respect to
item (2) above, to specify the actual schedule of debt service
payments, including the date and amount of each payment, for
the remainder of the State fiscal year.
On the first day of each month of the State fiscal year in
which there are bonds outstanding with respect to which the
certification is made, the State Comptroller shall order
transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the
Road Fund to the Public Transportation Fund the Additional
State Assistance and Additional Financial Assistance in an

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amount equal to the aggregate of (i) one-twelfth of the sum of
the amounts certified under items (1) and (3) above less the
amount certified under item (4) above, plus (ii) the amount
required to pay debt service on bonds and notes issued during
the fiscal year, if any, divided by the number of months
remaining in the fiscal year after the date of issuance, or
some smaller portion as may be necessary under subsection (c)
or (c-5) of this Section for the relevant State fiscal year,
plus (iii) any cumulative deficiencies in transfers for prior
months, until an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
certified under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt
service certified under item (2) above, less the amount
certified under item (4) above, has been transferred; except
that these transfers are subject to the following limits:
(A) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
by the Authority under subdivision (g)(2) of Section 4.04
exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified
in subsection (c) or the sum of the amounts certified
under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt
service certified under item (2) above, less the amount
certified under item (4) above, with respect to those
bonds and notes.
(B) In no event shall the total transfers in any State
fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued
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exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified
in subsection (c-5) or the sum of the amounts certified
under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt
service certified under item (2) above, less the amount
certified under item (4) above, with respect to those
bonds and notes.
The term "outstanding" does not include bonds or notes for
which refunding or advance refunding bonds or notes have been
issued.
(e) Neither Additional State Assistance nor Additional
Financial Assistance may be pledged, either directly or
indirectly as general revenues of the Authority, as security
for any bonds issued by the Authority. The Authority may not
assign its right to receive Additional State Assistance or
Additional Financial Assistance, or direct payment of
Additional State Assistance or Additional Financial
Assistance, to a trustee or any other entity for the payment of
debt service on its bonds.
(f) The certification required under subsection (d) with
respect to outstanding bonds and notes of the Authority shall
be filed as early as practicable before the beginning of the
State fiscal year to which it relates. The certification shall
be revised as may be necessary to accurately state the debt
service requirements of the Authority.
(g) (Blank). , and 2026
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(Source: P.A. 103-281, eff. 1-1-24; 103-588, eff. 6-5-24;
104-434, eff. 11-21-25; 104-457, eff. 6-1-26; revised 1-7-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/5.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.05)
Sec. 5.05. Opt out.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if
the County Board of the County of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry,
or Will by ordinance authorizes that such county shall elect
to terminate the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus
Division in that County, the Secretary of such County Board
shall certify that proposition to the proper election
officials, who shall submit such proposition at an election in
accordance with the general election law to decide whether or
not the County shall opt out; and if a majority of the voters
voting upon the proposition is in favor of terminating the
powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus Division those
powers shall be terminated.
The form of the ballot to be used at the referendum shall
be substantially as follows:
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Shall ..... County Terminate the
Powers of the Northern Illinois YES
Transit Authority and the Suburban Bus -------------
Division in .... County NO
on ..... (date)
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If a majority of the voters vote in favor of terminating
the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus Division then
all of the powers of the Authority and the Suburban Bus
Division shall terminate in such county except those powers
and functions which the Authority determines to be necessary
to exercise with regard to:
(i) public transportation by commuter rail, and
related public transportation facilities;
(ii) public transportation other than by commuter rail
which is required in order to comply with federal or State
laws and regulations, and related public transportation
facilities; and
(iii) public transportation other than by commuter
rail provided by the Suburban Bus Division pursuant to
contract with the County or other governmental entity
therein, and related public transportation facilities.
(b) The termination of the powers of the Authority and the
Suburban Bus Division referred to in paragraph (a) of this
Section with respect to any County shall occur on approval of
the referendum by the electors provided on or prior to the date
of such termination, such County shall have:
(i) assumed the obligations of the Authority under all
laws, federal or State, and all contracts with respect to
public transportation or public transportation facilities
in such County, which statutory or contractual obligations
extend beyond the termination date provided for in

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accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section provided
that such obligations shall not be deemed to include any
indebtedness of the Authority for borrowed money;
(ii) agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the
Authority against any and all claims, actions, and
liabilities arising out of or in connection with the
termination of the Authority's powers and functions
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section; and
(iii) taken or caused to be taken all necessary
actions and fulfilled or caused to be fulfilled all
requirements under federal and State laws, rules and
regulations with respect to such termination and any
related transfers of assets or liabilities of the
Authority. A County may, by mutual agreement with the
Authority, permit the Authority to fulfill one or more
contracts which by their terms extend beyond the
termination date provided for in accordance with paragraph
(c) of this Section, in which case the powers and
functions of the Authority in that County shall survive
only to the extent deemed necessary by the Authority to
fulfill said contract or contracts. The satisfaction of
the requirements provided for in this paragraph shall be
evidenced in such manner as the Authority may require.
(c) Following an election to terminate the powers of the
Authority and the Suburban Bus Division at a referendum held
under paragraph (a) of this Section the County Board shall

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notify the Authority of the results of the referendum which
notice shall specify a termination date, which is the last day
of the calendar month, but no earlier than December 31, 1984.
Unless the termination date is extended by mutual agreement
between the County and the Authority, the termination of the
powers and functions of the Authority in the County shall
occur at midnight on the termination date, provided that the
requirements of this Section have been met.
(d) The proceeds of taxes imposed by the Authority under
Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 collected after the termination date
within a County wherein the powers of the Authority and the
Suburban Bus Division have been terminated under this Section
shall be provided by the Authority to the Commuter Rail Board
to support services under the jurisdiction of the Commuter
Rail Board which are attributable to that County, as
determined by the Commuter Rail Board. Any proceeds which are
in excess of that necessary to support such services shall be
paid by the Authority to that County to be expended for general
transportation purposes in accordance with law. If no services
under the jurisdiction of the Commuter Rail Board are provided
in a County wherein the powers of the Authority have been
terminated under this Section, all proceeds of taxes imposed
by the Authority in the County shall be paid by the Authority
to the County to be expended for general transportation
purposes in accordance with law. The Authority or the Suburban
Bus Division has no obligation to see that the funds expended

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under this paragraph by the County are spent for general
transportation purposes in accordance with law.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/6.01)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 6.01. Service standards.
(a) The Authority shall adopt service standards to guide
the provision of public transportation throughout the
metropolitan region.
(b) The service standards shall identify quantitative and
qualitative attributes of quality public transit service using
metrics drawn from the performance of high-quality transit
systems in global metropolitan areas with populations and
metropolitan economies comparable to the metropolitan region.
(c) The service standards shall include a framework that
describes the appropriate characteristics for each type of
service or mode. These characteristics include, but are not
limited to, mode, frequency, time span, vehicle type, stop
spacing, vehicle and stop amenities, network connectivity,
route directness, route deviation, and coverage of service.
Consideration shall be given to vehicle revenue hours, vehicle
revenue miles, passenger miles traveled, and unlinked
passenger trips.
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metropolitan region and include the development of transit
propensity thresholds for each type of service or mode.
Transit propensity metrics shall include, but are not limited
to, population density, employment density, low-income
populations, disabled populations, zero-car households,
intersection density, and the presence of sidewalks. The
Authority shall develop weights for each metric and a scoring
system to determine transit propensity.
(e) The service standards shall be adjusted as appropriate
to accommodate the addition of modes of public transportation
not currently being provided by the Authority, which may
include, but are not limited to:
(1) streetcars;
(2) light rail;
(3) full-scale bus rapid transit;
(4) a transition from commuter rail to regional rail
or a combination of commuter and regional rail; and
(5) electrified versions of current combustion engine
vehicle systems.
(f) A unit of local government may petition the Authority
to increase the level of transit service provided above what
would otherwise be provided through the service standards. The
Authority may develop plans and policies to assist units of
local government in identifying corridors where additional
service could be provided.
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commuter rail in the metropolitan region to a regional rail
service pattern or the retention of commuter rail with
additional regional rail service.
(h) Service standards and transit propensity thresholds
shall be developed, adopted by the board of directors, and
implemented by December 31, 2027.
(1) The development of such standards shall be done
cooperatively by staff of the Authority and the Service
Boards, including input from the bus and train operators
and train operating crews employed by the Service Boards.
(2) In developing and evaluating the service
standards, consideration shall be given to limitations
experienced by the Commuter Rail Division due to shared
infrastructure with freight rail.
(3) After service standards are implemented, the
Authority shall meet with each of the Service Boards at
least quarterly each year to ensure operations are
continuing effectively and to discuss issues or concerns
related to the service standards.
(4) The Board shall review and make adjustments to the
service standards in conjunction with its adoption of the
Authority's Strategic Plan.
(i) Until December 31, 2030, this Section shall only apply
to revenue generated by taxes under Section 4.03 and any funds
distributed to the Service Boards based on Section 4.03.3.
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distributed to each Service Board under this Section shall be,
at a minimum, equal to the amount of funding distributed in
2025 under Section 4.03.3 to each Service Board. If the
revenue generated under Section 4.03.3 4.03.03 in a year is
below that of 2025, then the amount of funding distributed to
each Service Board under this Section shall be reduced
proportionally.
(k) Following the implementation of service standards, the
Authority and the Service Boards, their chief executive
officers, and other employees as required shall, upon request
of the General Assembly, attend a minimum of one hearing
annually before an appropriations committee and a substantive
committee of the House of Representatives and an
appropriations committee and a substantive committee of the
Senate regarding the implementation and efficacy of service
standards and other issues as requested. These hearings may be
conducted in Chicago or Springfield or any other location
selected by the General Assembly.
(l) The Authority shall compile and publish reports
comparing the actual public transportation system performance
measured against the service standards. The performance
measures shall include customer-related performance data
measured by line, route, or subregion, as determined by the
Authority, including, but not limited to:
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(3) equipment failure rates;
(4) employee and customer safety;
(5) crowding;
(6) cleanliness of vehicles and stations;
(7) service productivity; and
(8) customer satisfaction.
The Service Boards shall prepare and submit to the
Authority the reports with regard to these performance
measures in the frequency and form required by the Authority.
The Authority shall compile and publish the reports on its
website on a regular basis, no less than monthly. The
Authority shall implement consistent data reporting standards.
(m) The service standards and performance measures shall
not be used as a basis for disciplinary action against any
employee of the Authority or a Service Board, except to the
extent that the collective bargaining agreements and
employment and disciplinary practices of the Authority or the
relevant Service Board provide for the action.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/7.02)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 7.02. Transition.
(a) The Authority shall provide for an orderly transition
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the 104th General Assembly through the development of a
transition plan. As soon as is reasonably feasible after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General
Assembly and before September 1, 2026, the Department of
Transportation shall enter into a contract with a third party
to assist with the transition plan, including the transition
of certain functions between the Service Boards and the
Authority. This contract shall also include a study of the
functions outlined in subsection (f) (e) to inform the optimum
allocation of those functions to allow for the efficient
exercise by the Authority of the powers under this Act and the
Chicago Transit Authority Act, the Suburban Bus Division under
Article 3A, the Commuter Rail Division under Article 3B, and
the Chicago Transit Authority under the Chicago Transit
Authority Act.
(b) To assist the contracted third party and the
Authority, a Transition Working Group shall be established and
supported by the Authority that shall be consulted throughout
the transition process.
(1) The Transition Working Group shall be made up of
15 members, comprised of representatives from the
Authority, each of the Service Boards, and at least one
member from a statewide labor organization recognized
under the National Labor Relations Act or the Railway
Labor Act, who reside and resides within the 6-county
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(2) The Transition Working Group shall meet regularly
with the Authority and the hired third party throughout
the duration of the contract to provide insight into the
workings of the Authority and Service Boards.
(3) As needed, the Transition Working Group shall
convene and assemble other necessary staff of the Service
Boards and the Authority to aid in the transition.
(4) The Authority shall appoint the members of the
Transition Working Group by October 1, 2026.
(c) The Service Boards shall work closely with the
Authority and provide all relevant data and information
necessary to complete the transition plan. The Authority shall
have access to and the right to examine and copy all books,
documents, papers, records, or other source data of a Service
Board relevant to any information submitted under this
Section.
(d) The Authority shall evaluate and propose a transition
plan for each of the following:
(1) Establishing a new process and coordination
between the Authority and the Service Boards to create the
5-Year Capital Program. This process shall be established
by January 1, 2027.
(2) The creation of a universal fare instrument and
necessary coordination between the Authority and the
Service Boards. This process shall be established by July
1, 2027.

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(3) The transition from the NITA Law Enforcement Task
Force to a sworn law enforcement officer crime prevention
program on public transportation and a crime prevention
plan to protect public transportation employees and riders
in the metropolitan region, as required by Section
2.11.10.
(e) As part of the development of the transition plan, the
Authority and the hired third party shall evaluate the
existing policy processes performed by the Authority and each
of the Service Boards and develop a process for efficient and
effective operations by both the Authority and the Service
Boards.
(f) As part of the development of the transition plan, the
hired third party shall evaluate:
(1) procurement, with special consideration given to
the consolidation of bulk fuel purchases, information
technology services, consulting contracts, and
subscriptions;
(2) service planning;
(3) grant administration;
(4) marketing;
(5) lobbying;
(6) communications, media, and graphic design;
(7) governmental and legislative affairs; and
(8) information technology.
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third party shall evaluate procurement, with special
consideration given to the consolidation of bulk fuel
purchases, information technology services, consulting
contracts, and subscriptions of:
(1) service planning;
(2) grant administration;
(3) marketing;
(4) lobbying;
(5) communications, media, and graphics design;
(6) governmental and legislative affairs; and
(7) information technology.
(g) The hired third party shall evaluate existing
paratransit programs and produce recommendations for improved
coordination and service. The recommendations may include, but
are not limited to, improved coordination of paratransit and
accessible mainline transportation services, and other
measures to improve the customer and worker experience. These
recommendations shall be brought to the Board by January 1,
2027 for review and approval. The Authority shall take action
on these recommendations no later than April 1, 2027 and
report back to the Board with progress by January 1, 2028.
(h) The Authority shall regularly report to the Board on
the status of the transition effort and make recommendations
for Board policies and actions. The Authority and the hired
third party shall prepare and convey a summary of their its
activities and produce a final report of the transition

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activities already performed, future recommendations, and
relevant data for the General Assembly by July 1, 2027.
(i) The Authority shall implement the provisions of the
transition plan by ordinance no later than September 30, 2027
July 1, 2027, notwithstanding any deadlines provided in this
Section, and the Service Boards shall take any corresponding
actions required.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/7.03)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 7.03. ADA Advisory Council.
(a) There is established an ADA Advisory Council. The
Board shall appoint at least 5 and not more than 15 members to
the ADA Advisory Council.
(b) The purpose of the ADA Advisory Council is to advise
the Board of the Authority of the impact of Authority
policies, programs, and public transportation services on
disabled transit riders within the metropolitan region and to
make recommendations for how to improve public transportation
in the metropolitan region.
(c) The Board shall strive to assemble an ADA Advisory
Council that is reflective of the diversity of the
metropolitan region, the users of the various modes of public
transportation, and the interests of the residents of the

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region in a strong public transportation system.
(d) ADA Advisory Council members shall be appointed to
terms of 5 years, may be reappointed to serve multiple terms,
and may continue to serve after expiration of their terms
until their successors are appointed.
(e) The members of the ADA Advisory Council shall elect a
Chair, who shall preside over meetings, which shall occur
monthly or on such other schedule as is set by vote of the ADA
Advisory Council, and shall establish meeting agendas in
consultation with fellow ADA Advisory Council members and the
Authority.
(f) Meetings of the ADA Advisory Council shall be held in
compliance with the Open Meetings Act, and the public shall be
given an opportunity to attend and comment on matters
pertaining to the work of the ADA Advisory Council.
(g) The Authority shall designate one or more staff
liaisons to provide technical support for the ADA Advisory
Council and to facilitate direct communication between the ADA
Advisory Council and those in the Authority responsible for
delivering public transportation services.
(h) The ADA Advisory Council shall:
(1) review and comment on proposed Authority budgets,
financial plans, capital programs, fare policies, and
service standards;
(2) convey concerns pertaining to the quality,
efficiency, safety, accessibility, and equity of mainline

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and paratransit public transportation services as they
impact disabled riders;
(3) assess the efficacy of Authority initiatives to
protect the safety of disabled riders on the public
transportation system;
(4) prepare and convey recommendations to the
Authority for how the Authority can improve the quality,
efficiency, and equity of public transportation service
for disabled riders in the metropolitan region;
(5) serve as a resource for connecting disabled riders
and disability advocacy organizations with those in the
Authority responsible for delivering public transportation
services;
(6) advocate for funding, policies, and laws that
shall improve public transportation in the metropolitan
region; and
(7) serve as a resource for Authority staff to discuss
proposed changes to services, policies, and technologies
affecting disabled transit riders before those changes are
implemented.
(i) The Authority shall provide adequate technical support
so the ADA Advisory Council can function effectively, provide
regular briefings briefing on service delivery issues and
other topics of interest for transit riders, make staff
responsible for delivery of public transportation services
accessible to the ADA Advisory Council, give the ADA Advisory

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Council sufficient information and time to comment on proposed
plans and policies, and take into account the comments and
recommendations of the ADA Advisory Council before taking
action on initiatives that impact public transit riders.
(j) The Authority shall establish an Office of Disability
of Policy and Planning, whose initial responsibilities shall
include developing ADA-related training standards, complaint
and comment procedures, paratransit eligibility criteria, and
a regional Transit Accessibility Plan in collaboration with
the ADA Advisory Council Committee.
(k) Members of the ADA Advisory Council shall serve
without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of
reasonable and necessary costs incurred in the performance of
their duties.
(l) (Blank). ADA Advisory Council members are subject to
public transportation usage requirements applicable to
Directors.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
(70 ILCS 3615/7.04)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 7.04. Riders Advisory Council.
(a) There is established a Riders Advisory Council. The
Board shall appoint at least 5 and not more than 15 members to
the Riders Advisory Council.

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(b) The purpose of the Riders Advisory Council is to
advise the Board of the Authority on the impact of Authority
policies, programs, and public transportation services on
transit riders within the metropolitan region and to make
recommendations for how to improve public transportation in
the metropolitan region.
(c) The Board shall strive to assemble a Riders Advisory
Council that is reflective of the diversity of the
metropolitan region, the users of the various modes of public
transportation, and the interests of the residents of the
region in a strong public transportation system.
(d) Members of the Riders Advisory Council shall be
appointed to terms of 5 years, may be reappointed to serve
multiple terms, and may continue to serve after expiration of
their terms until their successors are appointed.
(e) The members of the Riders Advisory Council shall elect
a Chair, who shall preside over meetings, which shall occur
monthly or on such other schedule as is set by vote of the
Riders Advisory Council, and shall establish meeting agendas
in consultation with fellow Riders Advisory Council members
and the Authority.
(f) Meetings of the Riders Advisory Council shall be held
in compliance with the Open Meetings Act, and the public shall
be given an opportunity to attend and comment on matters
pertaining to the work of the Riders Advisory Council.
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liaisons to provide technical support for the Riders Advisory
Council and to facilitate direct communication between the
Riders Advisory Council and those in the Authority responsible
for delivering public transportation services.
(h) The Riders Advisory Council shall:
(1) review and comment on proposed Authority budgets,
financial plans, capital programs, fare policies, and
service standards;
(2) convey rider concerns pertaining to the quality,
efficiency, safety, accessibility, and equity of public
transportation services;
(3) assess the efficacy of Authority initiatives to
protect the safety of riders on the public transportation
system;
(4) prepare and convey recommendations to the
Authority for how the Authority can improve the quality,
efficiency, and equity of public transportation service in
the metropolitan region;
(5) serve as a resource for connecting riders and
rider advocacy organizations with those in the Authority
responsible for delivering public transportation services;
(6) advocate for funding, policies, and laws that
shall improve public transportation in the metropolitan
region; and
(7) serve as a resource for Authority staff to discuss
proposed changes to services, policies, and technologies

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affecting transit riders before those changes are
implemented Implemented.
(i) The Authority shall provide adequate technical support
so the Riders Advisory Council can function effectively,
provide regular briefings briefing on service delivery issues
and other topics of interest for transit riders, make staff
responsible for delivery of public transportation services
accessible to the Riders Advisory Council, give the Riders
Advisory Council sufficient information and time to comment on
proposed plans and policies, and take into account the
comments and recommendations of the Riders Advisory Council
before taking action on initiatives that impact public transit
riders.
(j) Members of the Riders Advisory Council shall serve
without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of
reasonable and necessary costs incurred in the performance of
their duties.
(k) (Blank). Riders Advisory Council members are subject
to public transportation system usage requirements applicable
to Directors.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
Section 55. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
amended by adding Section 3.01.05 as follows:
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Sec. 3.01.05. Board of Directors. Beginning September 1,
2026, the corporate authorities and governing and
administrative body of the Authority shall be a Board
consisting of 20 Directors appointed as follows:
(a) Five Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the
City of Chicago. Each Director shall reside in the City of
Chicago. Directors appointed under this subsection shall
include:
(1) one Director with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority;
(2) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority;
(3) one Director with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(4) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
(5) one Director with an initial term of 5 years.
(a-5) Five Directors appointed by the Governor of the
State of Illinois with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Each Director appointed under this subsection shall reside in
the metropolitan region. Directors appointed under this
subsection shall include:
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shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority;
(2) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(3) one Director appointed by the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, with an initial term of 5
years who shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail
Board;
(4) one Director with an initial term of 5 years; and
(5) one Director with an initial term of 3 years.
(b) Five Directors appointed by the President of the Cook
County Board of Commissioners, with the advice and consent of
the Cook County Board of Commissioners, including:
(1) one Director representing those communities in
Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and
north of Devon Avenue who shall reside in the area the
Director represents, serve an initial term of 3 years, and
serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(2) one Director representing those communities in
Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south
of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and in
addition the Village of Summit who shall reside in the
area the Director represents, serve an initial term of 5
years, and serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(3) one Director representing those communities in
Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, south

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of Interstate 55, and west of the Interstate 57, excluding
the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins,
Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park who shall reside
in the area the Director represents, serve an initial term
of 3 years, and serve as a director of the Commuter Rail
Board;
(4) one Director representing those communities in
Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago and
east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the communities
of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and
Tinley Park who shall reside in the area the Director
represents, serve an initial term of 5 years, and serve as
a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
(5) one Director with an initial term of 3 years who
shall serve as a member of the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority.
(b-5) Five Directors appointed by the chairs of the county
boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry, DuPage, and Will counties. Each
chair shall appoint one Director for the chair's county, with
the advice and consent of the chair's county board. Each
Director shall reside in the county from which the Director is
appointed. Directors appointed under this subsection shall
include:
(1) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the
DuPage County Board with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;

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(2) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane
County Board with an initial term of 3 years who shall
serve as a director of the Suburban Bus Board;
(3) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake
County Board with an initial term of 3 years who shall
serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board;
(4) one Director appointed by the Chairman of the
McHenry County Board with an initial term of 5 years who
shall serve as a director of the Commuter Rail Board; and
(5) one Director appointed by the County Executive of
Will County Board who shall reside in Will County, serve
an initial term of 3 years, and serve as a director of the
Suburban Bus Board.
(b-7) Initial appointments of members under subsection (a)
must be made in time for the members to begin their terms on
September 1, 2026.
(b-10) On September 1, 2026, the terms of all directors
serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
104th General Assembly and of any directors appointed to fill
a vacancy shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board
occurs before September 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be
filled under Section 3.03. Directors serving on the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may
be reappointed.
(b-15) Directors have been appointed when appointments are
filed with and accepted by the Secretary of State in

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accordance with subsection (g). The initial Directors
appointed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 104th General Assembly shall serve terms of office
beginning on September 1, 2026. All appointments requiring
advice and consent of the Senate shall comply with the
appointment provisions of Section 9 of Article V of the
Illinois Constitution, including the requirement that the
Senate be given 60 session days after receipt of a nomination
to confirm the appointment.
(b-20) On the first meeting of the Board of Directors
after September 1, 2026, the Board of Directors shall, by
majority vote, elect a Director to serve as Chair of the Board.
All subsequent Chairs of the Board shall be elected by a
majority vote by the Directors of the Board from among the
Directors.
(b-25) The subsequent terms of each Director appointed
after September 1, 2026 shall be 5 years.
(c) (Blank).
(d) (Blank).
(e) (Blank).
(f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, no Director
shall, while serving as such, be an officer, member of the
Board of Directors or Trustees, an employee of any Service
Board or Transportation Agency, or an employee of the State,
any department or agency of the State, or any municipality,
county, or other unit of local government or receive any

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compensation from any elected or appointed office under the
Constitution and laws of Illinois; except that a Director may
be a member of a school board, a member of the National Guard,
or, if the Director is also a member of the Suburban Bus Board,
an elected officer of a municipality.
(g) Each appointment made under this Section and under
Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority
and filed with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the
Board. The Secretary of the Board shall maintain the
certifications as part of the official records of the
Authority.
(h) (Blank).
(i) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant
experience and expertise for overseeing the planning,
operation, and funding of a regional transportation system,
including, but not limited to, backgrounds in urban and
regional planning, management of large capital projects, labor
and workforce development, business management, public
administration, transportation, and community organizations.
(j) Those responsible for appointing Directors shall
strive to assemble a set of Directors that, to the greatest
extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic,
racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.14.5 rep.)
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amended by repealing Section 3B.14.5.
Article 99.
Section 99-95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
other Public Act.
Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June
1, 2026.".