Bill Text: IL HB1644 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Civic Center Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a civic center authority's power to incur obligations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-11-23 - Referred to Assignments [HB1644 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1644-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 3610/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 352)
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7 | Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: | ||||||
8 | For the purposes of this Act:
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9 | (a) "Mass transit facility" means any local public | ||||||
10 | transportation
facility, whether buses, trolley-buses, or | ||||||
11 | railway systems, utilized by
a substantial number of persons | ||||||
12 | for their daily transportation, and
includes not only the local | ||||||
13 | public transportation facility itself but
ancillary and | ||||||
14 | supporting facilities such as, for example, motor vehicle
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15 | parking facilities, as well.
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16 | (b) "Participating municipality and county" means the | ||||||
17 | municipality
or municipalities, county or counties creating | ||||||
18 | the local Mass Transit
District pursuant to Section 3 of this | ||||||
19 | Act.
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20 | (c) "Municipality" means a city, village, township, or | ||||||
21 | incorporated
town.
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22 | (d) "Corporate authorities" means (1) the city council or | ||||||
23 | similar
body of a city, (2) the board of trustees or similar |
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1 | body of a village
or incorporated town, (3) the council of a | ||||||
2 | municipality under the
commission form of municipal | ||||||
3 | government, and (4) the board of trustees
in a township.
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4 | (e) "County board" means the governing board of a county.
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5 | (f) "District" means a local Mass Transit District created | ||||||
6 | pursuant
to Section 3 of this Act.
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7 | (g) "Board" means the Board of Trustees of a local Mass | ||||||
8 | Transit
District created pursuant to Section 3 of this Act.
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9 | (h) "Interstate transportation authority" shall mean any | ||||||
10 | political
subdivision created by compact between this State and | ||||||
11 | another state, which is
a body corporate and politic and a | ||||||
12 | political subdivision of both contracting
states, and which | ||||||
13 | operates a public mass transportation system.
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14 | (i) "Metro East Mass Transit District" means one or more | ||||||
15 | local mass transit
districts created pursuant to this Act, | ||||||
16 | composed only of Madison, St. Clair
or Monroe Counties, or any | ||||||
17 | combination thereof or any territory annexed to such
district.
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18 | (j) "Public mass transportation system" shall mean a | ||||||
19 | transportation system
or systems owned and operated by an | ||||||
20 | interstate transportation authority,
a municipality, District, | ||||||
21 | or other public or private authority, employing
motor busses, | ||||||
22 | rails or any other means of conveyance, by whatsoever type or
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23 | power, operated for public use in the conveyance of persons, | ||||||
24 | mainly providing
local transportation service within an | ||||||
25 | interstate transportation district,
municipality, or county.
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26 | (k) "Southeast Commuter Rail Transit District" means one or |
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1 | more local mass transit districts created pursuant to this Act, | ||||||
2 | composed only of municipalities located within Cook County or | ||||||
3 | Will County, or both, or any territory annexed to such | ||||||
4 | district. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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6 | (70 ILCS 3610/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 353)
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7 | Sec. 3. Creation of a district. For the purpose of | ||||||
8 | acquiring, constructing, owning, operating
and maintaining | ||||||
9 | mass transit facilities for public service or
subsidizing the | ||||||
10 | operation thereof a local Mass Transit District may be
created, | ||||||
11 | composed of one or more municipalities or one or more counties
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12 | or any combination thereof, by ordinance approved by a majority | ||||||
13 | vote of
the corporate authorities or by resolution approved by | ||||||
14 | a majority vote
of the county board of each participating | ||||||
15 | municipality and county.
A Metro East Mass Transit District | ||||||
16 | created by one or more counties shall
include: (1) those | ||||||
17 | townships which were served by regularly scheduled mass
transit | ||||||
18 | routes operated by an interstate transportation authority on | ||||||
19 | June
1, 1980; (2) in the case of a county without townships, | ||||||
20 | any municipality
or unincorporated portion of a road district | ||||||
21 | which was served by regularly
scheduled mass transit routes | ||||||
22 | operated by an interstate transportation
authority
on June 1, | ||||||
23 | 1980; (3) any other townships or municipalities whose | ||||||
24 | participation
is approved by ordinance adopted by a majority | ||||||
25 | vote of their Board of Trustees
or corporate authorities; plus |
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1 | (4) in the case of a county without townships,
the | ||||||
2 | unincorporated portion of any road district, the participation | ||||||
3 | of which
is approved by an ordinance adopted by a majority vote | ||||||
4 | of the Board of
Commissioners
of the county in which it is | ||||||
5 | located.
Such
District shall be known as the ".... Mass Transit | ||||||
6 | District", inserting
all or any significant part of the name or | ||||||
7 | names of the municipality or
the county, or both, creating the | ||||||
8 | District, or a name descriptive of the
area to be served if the | ||||||
9 | District is created by more than one
municipality, more than | ||||||
10 | one county, or any combination thereof. A Southeast Commuter | ||||||
11 | Rail Transit District shall include: the Village of Crete, the | ||||||
12 | Village of Steger, the Village of South Chicago Heights, the | ||||||
13 | City of Chicago Heights, the Village of Glenwood, the Village | ||||||
14 | of Thornton, the Village of South Holland, the Village of | ||||||
15 | Dolton, the City of Calumet City, the Village of Lansing, and | ||||||
16 | the Village of Lynwood.
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17 | The District created pursuant to this Act shall be a | ||||||
18 | municipal
corporation and shall have the right of eminent | ||||||
19 | domain to acquire
private property which is necessary for the | ||||||
20 | purposes of the District,
and shall have the power to contract | ||||||
21 | for public mass transportation with
an Interstate | ||||||
22 | Transportation Authority.
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23 | Upon the creation of any District, the clerk of the | ||||||
24 | municipality or
of the county, or the clerks of the several | ||||||
25 | municipalities or counties,
as the case may be, shall certify a | ||||||
26 | copy of the ordinance or resolution
creating the District, and |
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1 | the names of the persons first appointed
Trustees thereof, and | ||||||
2 | shall file the same with the county clerk for
recording as | ||||||
3 | certificates of incorporation and the county clerk shall
cause | ||||||
4 | duplicate certified copies thereof to be filed with the | ||||||
5 | Secretary
of State.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 93-590, eff. 1-1-04.)
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7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.
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