Bill Text: IL HB3806 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Local Mass Transit District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3806 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3806-Introduced.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 Section 2 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
the purposes of this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) "Mass transit facility" means any local public | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | transportation
facility, whether buses, trolley-buses, or | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | railway systems, utilized by
a substantial number of persons | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | for their daily transportation, and
includes not only the local | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | public transportation facility itself but
ancillary and | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | supporting facilities such as, for example, motor vehicle
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14 | parking facilities, as well.
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15 | (b) "Participating municipality and county" means the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | municipality
or municipalities, county or counties creating | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | the local Mass Transit
District pursuant to Section 3 of this | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Act.
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19 | (c) "Municipality" means a city, village, township, or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | incorporated
town.
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21 | (d) "Corporate authorities" means (1) the city council or | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | similar
body of a city, (2) the board of trustees or similar | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | body of a village
or incorporated town, (3) the council of a |
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1 | municipality under the
commission form of municipal | ||||||
2 | government, and (4) the board of trustees
in a township.
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3 | (e) "County board" means the governing board of a county.
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4 | (f) "District" means a local Mass Transit District created | ||||||
5 | pursuant
to Section 3 of this Act.
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6 | (g) "Board" means the Board of Trustees of a local Mass | ||||||
7 | Transit
District created pursuant to Section 3 of this Act.
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8 | (h) "Interstate transportation authority" shall mean any | ||||||
9 | political
subdivision created by compact between this State and | ||||||
10 | another state, which is
a body corporate and politic and a | ||||||
11 | political subdivision of both contracting
states, and which | ||||||
12 | operates a public mass transportation system.
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13 | (i) "Metro East Mass Transit District" means one or more | ||||||
14 | local mass transit
districts created pursuant to this Act, | ||||||
15 | composed only of Madison, St. Clair
or Monroe Counties, or any | ||||||
16 | combination thereof or any territory annexed to such
district.
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17 | (j) "Public mass transportation system" shall mean a | ||||||
18 | transportation system
or systems owned and operated by an | ||||||
19 | interstate transportation authority,
a municipality, District, | ||||||
20 | or other public or private authority, employing
motor busses, | ||||||
21 | rails or any other means of conveyance, by whatsoever type or
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22 | power, operated for public use in the conveyance of persons, | ||||||
23 | mainly providing
local transportation service within an | ||||||
24 | interstate transportation district,
municipality, or county.
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25 | (k) "Southeast Commuter Rail Transit District" means one or | ||||||
26 | more local mass transit districts created pursuant to this Act, |
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1 | composed only of municipalities located within Cook County or | ||||||
2 | Will County, or both, or any territory annexed to such | ||||||
3 | district. | ||||||
4 | (l) "Northwest Metra Commuter Rail District" means one or | ||||||
5 | more local mass transit districts created pursuant to this Act, | ||||||
6 | composed only of municipalities located within McHenry County, | ||||||
7 | or any territory annexed to such district. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 96-1542, eff. 3-8-11; 97-1116, eff. 1-1-13.)
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