Bill Text: IL HB3826 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that on January 1, 2021 the Chicago Transit Authority shall become a division Regional Transportation Authority. Abolishes the Chicago Transit Board and provides that the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority will serve as the Board of the Chicago Transit Authority. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that on January 1, 2021 the Suburban Bus Board and the Commuter Rail Board are abolished and that the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority will directly operate the Suburban Bus Division and the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transit Authority. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Open Meetings Act, State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, Broadband Access on Passenger Rail Law, and the Illinois Municipal Code making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-03 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3826 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3826-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3826 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that on January 1, 2021 the Chicago Transit Authority shall become a division Regional Transportation Authority. Abolishes the Chicago Transit Board and provides that the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority will serve as the Board of the Chicago Transit Authority. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that on January 1, 2021 the Suburban Bus Board and the Commuter Rail Board are abolished and that the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority will directly operate the Suburban Bus Division and the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transit Authority. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Open Meetings Act, State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, Broadband Access on Passenger Rail Law, and the Illinois Municipal Code making conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2021.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Open Meetings Act is amended by changing
Section 2 as follows:
(5 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 102, par. 42)
Sec. 2. Open meetings.
(a) Openness required. All meetings of public bodies shall
be open to the public unless excepted in subsection (c) and
closed in accordance with Section 2a.
(b) Construction of exceptions. The exceptions contained
in subsection (c) are in derogation of the requirement that
public bodies meet in the open, and therefore, the exceptions
are to be strictly construed, extending only to subjects
clearly within their scope. The exceptions authorize but do not
require the holding of a closed meeting to discuss a subject
included within an enumerated exception.
(c) Exceptions. A public body may hold closed meetings to
consider the following subjects:
(1) The appointment, employment, compensation,
discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific
employees of the public body or legal counsel for the
public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint

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lodged against an employee of the public body or against
legal counsel for the public body to determine its
validity. However, a meeting to consider an increase in
compensation to a specific employee of a public body that
is subject to the Local Government Wage Increase
Transparency Act may not be closed and shall be open to the
public and posted and held in accordance with this Act.
(2) Collective negotiating matters between the public
body and its employees or their representatives, or
deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more
classes of employees.
(3) The selection of a person to fill a public office,
as defined in this Act, including a vacancy in a public
office, when the public body is given power to appoint
under law or ordinance, or the discipline, performance or
removal of the occupant of a public office, when the public
body is given power to remove the occupant under law or
ordinance.
(4) Evidence or testimony presented in open hearing, or
in closed hearing where specifically authorized by law, to
a quasi-adjudicative body, as defined in this Act, provided
that the body prepares and makes available for public
inspection a written decision setting forth its
determinative reasoning.
(5) The purchase or lease of real property for the use
of the public body, including meetings held for the purpose

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of discussing whether a particular parcel should be
acquired.
(6) The setting of a price for sale or lease of
property owned by the public body.
(7) The sale or purchase of securities, investments, or
investment contracts. This exception shall not apply to the
investment of assets or income of funds deposited into the
Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund.
(8) Security procedures, school building safety and
security, and the use of personnel and equipment to respond
to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential
danger to the safety of employees, students, staff, the
public, or public property.
(9) Student disciplinary cases.
(10) The placement of individual students in special
education programs and other matters relating to
individual students.
(11) Litigation, when an action against, affecting or
on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and
is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or
when the public body finds that an action is probable or
imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be
recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed
meeting.
(12) The establishment of reserves or settlement of
claims as provided in the Local Governmental and

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Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, if otherwise the
disposition of a claim or potential claim might be
prejudiced, or the review or discussion of claims, loss or
risk management information, records, data, advice or
communications from or with respect to any insurer of the
public body or any intergovernmental risk management
association or self insurance pool of which the public body
is a member.
(13) Conciliation of complaints of discrimination in
the sale or rental of housing, when closed meetings are
authorized by the law or ordinance prescribing fair housing
practices and creating a commission or administrative
agency for their enforcement.
(14) Informant sources, the hiring or assignment of
undercover personnel or equipment, or ongoing, prior or
future criminal investigations, when discussed by a public
body with criminal investigatory responsibilities.
(15) Professional ethics or performance when
considered by an advisory body appointed to advise a
licensing or regulatory agency on matters germane to the
advisory body's field of competence.
(16) Self evaluation, practices and procedures or
professional ethics, when meeting with a representative of
a statewide association of which the public body is a
member.
(17) The recruitment, credentialing, discipline or

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formal peer review of physicians or other health care
professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected
under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a hospital,
or other institution providing medical care, that is
operated by the public body.
(18) Deliberations for decisions of the Prisoner
Review Board.
(19) Review or discussion of applications received
under the Experimental Organ Transplantation Procedures
Act.
(20) The classification and discussion of matters
classified as confidential or continued confidential by
the State Government Suggestion Award Board.
(21) Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed
under this Act, whether for purposes of approval by the
body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as
mandated by Section 2.06.
(22) Deliberations for decisions of the State
Emergency Medical Services Disciplinary Review Board.
(23) The operation by a municipality of a municipal
utility or the operation of a municipal power agency or

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municipal natural gas agency when the discussion involves
(i) contracts relating to the purchase, sale, or delivery
of electricity or natural gas or (ii) the results or
conclusions of load forecast studies.
(24) Meetings of a residential health care facility
resident sexual assault and death review team or the
Executive Council under the Abuse Prevention Review Team
Act.
(25) Meetings of an independent team of experts under
Brian's Law.
(26) Meetings of a mortality review team appointed
under the Department of Juvenile Justice Mortality Review
Team Act.
(27) (Blank).
(28) Correspondence and records (i) that may not be
disclosed under Section 11-9 of the Illinois Public Aid
Code or (ii) that pertain to appeals under Section 11-8 of
the Illinois Public Aid Code.
(29) Meetings between internal or external auditors
and governmental audit committees, finance committees, and
their equivalents, when the discussion involves internal
control weaknesses, identification of potential fraud risk
areas, known or suspected frauds, and fraud interviews
conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards of the United States of America.
(30) Those meetings or portions of meetings of a

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fatality review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team
Advisory Council during which a review of the death of an
eligible adult in which abuse or neglect is suspected,
alleged, or substantiated is conducted pursuant to Section
15 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(31) Meetings and deliberations for decisions of the
Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act.
(32) Meetings of between the Regional Transportation
Authority Board and its Service Boards when the discussion
involves review by the Regional Transportation Authority
Board of employment contracts under Section 28d of the
Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and Sections 3A.18 and
3B.26 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
(33) Those meetings or portions of meetings of the
advisory committee and peer review subcommittee created
under Section 320 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act
during which specific controlled substance prescriber,
dispenser, or patient information is discussed.
(34) Meetings of the Tax Increment Financing Reform
Task Force under Section 2505-800 of the Department of
Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(35) Meetings of the group established to discuss
Medicaid capitation rates under Section 5-30.8 of the
Illinois Public Aid Code.
(d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:

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"Employee" means a person employed by a public body whose
relationship with the public body constitutes an
employer-employee relationship under the usual common law
rules, and who is not an independent contractor.
"Public office" means a position created by or under the
Constitution or laws of this State, the occupant of which is
charged with the exercise of some portion of the sovereign
power of this State. The term "public office" shall include
members of the public body, but it shall not include
organizational positions filled by members thereof, whether
established by law or by a public body itself, that exist to
assist the body in the conduct of its business.
"Quasi-adjudicative body" means an administrative body
charged by law or ordinance with the responsibility to conduct
hearings, receive evidence or testimony and make
determinations based thereon, but does not include local
electoral boards when such bodies are considering petition
challenges.
(e) Final action. No final action may be taken at a closed
meeting. Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of
the nature of the matter being considered and other information
that will inform the public of the business being conducted.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-235, eff. 1-1-16; 99-480,
eff. 9-9-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-646, eff. 7-28-16;
99-687, eff. 1-1-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-465, eff.
8-31-17; 100-646, eff. 7-27-18.)

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(5 ILCS 375/2.6 rep.)
(5 ILCS 375/2.7 rep.)
Section 10. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
is amended by repealing Sections 2.6 and 2.7.
Section 15. The Broadband Access on Passenger Rail Law is
amended by changing Section 5-5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2712/5-5)
Sec. 5-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
"Department" means the Department of Transportation.
"Passenger rail systems" includes all passenger rail
systems maintained by the National Passenger Railroad
Corporation in Illinois and those passenger rail systems under
the jurisdiction of the Commuter Rail Division Board as
established in Section 3B.08 of the Regional Transportation
Authority Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-9, eff. 6-30-07.)
Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 11-122.2-1 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-122.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.2-1)
Sec. 11-122.2-1. In addition to all its other powers, every
municipality shall, in all its dealings with the Regional

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Transportation Authority established by the "Regional
Transportation Authority Act", enacted by the 78th General
Assembly, have the following powers:
(a) to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
Authority of all the powers granted it by the Act;
(b) to receive funds from the Regional Transportation
Authority upon such terms and conditions as shall be set forth
in an agreement between the municipality and the Suburban Bus
Division Board or the Commuter Rail Division Board, which
contract or agreement may be for such number of years or
duration as they may agree, all as provided in the "Regional
Transportation Authority Act";
(c) to receive financial grants from the Suburban Bus
Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago Transit Authority
a Service Board, as defined in the "Regional Transportation
Authority Act", upon such terms and conditions as shall be set
forth in a Purchase of Service Agreement or other grant
contract between the municipality and the Suburban Bus
Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago Transit Authority
Service Board, which contract or agreement may be for such
number of years or duration as the Suburban Bus Division,
Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago Transit Authority Service
Board and the municipality may agree, all as provided in the
"Regional Transportation Authority Act";
(d) to acquire from the Regional Transportation Authority

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or the Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division, or
Chicago Transit Authority a Service Board any Public
Transportation Facility, as defined in the "Regional
Transportation Authority Act", by purchase contract, gift,
grant, exchange for other property or rights in property, lease
(or sublease) or installment or conditional purchase
contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for
consideration to be paid in annual installments during a period
not exceeding 40 years; such property may be acquired subject
to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or other
interests of other parties as the municipality may deem
appropriate and in each case the municipality may acquire a
joint, leasehold, easement, license or other partial interest
in such property;
(e) to sell, sell by installment contract, lease (or
sublease) as lessor, or transfer to, or grant to or provide for
the use by the Regional Transportation Authority or the
Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago
Transit Authority a Service Board any Public Transportation
Facility, as defined in the "Regional Transportation Authority
Act" upon such terms and for such consideration, or for no
consideration, as the municipality may deem proper;
(f) to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
Authority or the Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division,
or Chicago Transit Authority a Service Board for the protection
of employees and users of public transportation facilities

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against crime and also to protect such facilities; such
cooperation may include, without limitation, agreements for
the coordination of police or security forces;
(g) to file such reports with and transfer such records,
papers or documents to the Regional Transportation Authority or
the Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago
Transit Authority a Service Board as may be agreed upon with,
or required by, the Regional Transportation Authority or the
Suburban Bus Division, Commuter Rail Division, or Chicago
Transit Authority a Service Board.
In exercising any of the powers granted in this Section the
municipality shall not be subject to the provisions of this
Code or any Act making public bidding or notice a requirement
for any purchase or sale by a municipality. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Code to the contrary, every municipality may
enter into Purchase of Service Agreements, grant contracts,
other contracts, agreements or leases, as provided in this
Section, and may incur obligations and expenses thereunder
without making a previous appropriation therefor.
(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
Section 25. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
amended by changing Sections 2, 3, 9a, 12a, 12b, 12c, 19, 24,
27, 27a, 28, 28a, 30, and 34 as follows:
(70 ILCS 3605/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 302)

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Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
"Transportation System" means all plants, equipment,
property and rights useful for transportation of passengers for
hire except taxicabs and includes, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, street railways, elevated
railroads, subways and underground railroads, motor vehicles,
trolley buses, motor buses and any combination thereof.
"Metropolitan area of Cook County" embraces all the
territory in the County of Cook, State of Illinois East of the
east line of Range Eleven (11), East of the Third Principal
Meridian of the United States Government survey.
"Metropolitan area" means the metropolitan area of Cook
County, as above defined.
"Authority" means Chicago Transit Authority, a division of
the Regional Transportation Authority created by this Act.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Regional
Transportation Authority Chicago Transit Board.
"Governor" means Governor of the State of Illinois.
"Mayor" means Mayor of the City of Chicago.
"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is
self-propelled or which is propelled by electric power obtained
from overhead trolley wires but not operated on rails.
"Municipal government" means a "municipality" as defined
in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
"Service Board" mean the Suburban Bus Division or Commuter
Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority.

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"Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to it
in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 98-709, eff. 7-16-14.)
(70 ILCS 3605/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 303)
Sec. 3. All the territory in the County of Cook, State of
Illinois, lying east of the east line of Range Eleven, East of
the Third Principal Meridian of the United States Government
Survey is hereby created a political subdivision, body politic
and municipal corporation under the name of Chicago Transit
Authority, which, on and after January 1, 2021, shall be a
division of the Regional Transportation Authority.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
(70 ILCS 3605/9a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309a)
Sec. 9a. In addition to all its other powers, the Authority
shall, in all its dealings with the Regional Transportation
Authority established by the "Regional Transportation
Authority Act", enacted by the 78th General Assembly, have the
following powers and duties:
(a) (blank); to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
Authority of all the powers granted it by such Act;
(b) to receive funds from the Regional Transportation
Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01, 4.02, 4.09 and 4.10
of the "Regional Transportation Authority Act", all as provided

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in the "Regional Transportation Authority Act";
(c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in the
"Regional Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and
conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract between
either the Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority
or the Authority and another Service Board, which contract or
agreement may be for such number of years or duration as the
parties may agree, all as provided in the "Regional
Transportation Authority Act";
(d) to acquire from the Regional Transportation Authority
any Public Transportation Facility, as defined in the "Regional
Transportation Authority Act", by purchase contract, gift,
grant, exchange for other property or rights in property, lease
(or sublease) or installment or conditional purchase
contracts, which contracts or leases may provide for
consideration to be paid in annual installments during a period
not exceeding 40 years; such property may be acquired subject
to such conditions, restrictions, liens or security or other
interests of other parties as the Authority may deem
appropriate and in each case the Authority may acquire or
dispose of a joint, leasehold, easement, license or other
partial interest in such property;
(e) to sell, sell by installment contract, lease (or
sublease) as lessor, or transfer to, or grant to or provide for
the use by the Regional Transportation Authority any Public

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Transportation Facility, as defined in the "Regional
Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and for such
consideration, or for no consideration, as the Authority may
deem proper;
(f) to protect cooperate with the Regional Transportation
Authority for the protection of employees of the Authority and
users of public transportation facilities against crime and
unsafe conditions and also to protect such facilities; such
protection cooperation may include, without limitation,
agreements for the coordination or merger of police or security
forces;
(g) to file such budgets, financial plans and reports with
and transfer such records, papers or documents to the Regional
Transportation Authority as may be agreed upon with, or
required by the Regional Transportation Authority, all as
provided in the "Regional Transportation Authority Act".
(Source: P.A. 90-273, eff. 7-30-97.)
(70 ILCS 3605/12a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312a)
Sec. 12a. (a) In addition to other powers provided in
Section 12b, the Authority may issue its notes from time to
time, in anticipation of tax receipts of the Regional
Transportation Authority allocated to the Authority or of other
revenues or receipts of the Authority, in order to provide
money for the Authority to cover any cash flow deficit which
the Authority anticipates incurring. Provided, however, that

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no such notes may be issued unless the annual cost thereof is
incorporated in a budget or revised budget of the Authority
which has been approved by the Regional Transportation
Authority. Any such notes are referred to as "Working Cash
Notes". Provided further that, the Board board shall not issue
and have outstanding or demand and direct that the Board of the
Regional Transportation Authority issue and have outstanding
more than an aggregate of $40,000,000 in Working Cash Notes. No
Working Cash Notes shall be issued for a term of longer than 18
months. Proceeds of Working Cash Notes may be used to pay day
to day operating expenses of the Authority, consisting of
wages, salaries and fringe benefits, professional and
technical services (including legal, audit, engineering and
other consulting services), office rental, furniture, fixtures
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 from time to time of funds for paying such
expenses. Proceeds of the Working Cash Notes shall not be used
(i) to increase or provide a debt service reserve fund for any
bonds or notes other than Working Cash Notes of the same
Series, or (ii) to pay principal of or interest or redemption

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premium on any capital bonds or notes, whether as such amounts
become due or by earlier redemption, issued by the Authority or
a transportation agency to construct or acquire public
transportation facilities, or to provide funds to purchase such
capital bonds or notes.
(b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of any such
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 notes and
may provide for such covenants or agreements necessary or
desirable with regard to the issue, sale and security of such
notes. The Authority shall determine and fix the rate or rates
of interest of its notes issued under this Act in an ordinance
adopted by the Board prior to the issuance thereof, none of
which rates of interest shall exceed that permitted in the Bond
Authorization Act. Interest may be payable annually or
semi-annually, or at such other times as determined by the
Board. 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 Board shall
fix by the ordinance authorizing such note and shall mature at
such time or times, within a period not to exceed 18 months
from the date of issue, and may be redeemable prior to maturity
with or without premium, at the option of the Board, upon such

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terms and conditions as the Board shall fix by the ordinance
authorizing the issuance of such notes. The Board may provide
for the registration of 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 Board may determine. The
ordinance authorizing notes may provide for the exchange of
such notes which are fully registered, as to both principal and
interest, with notes which are registerable as to principal
only. All notes issued under this Section by the Board 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 Board of the proceeds of an issue of such notes, computed
to stated maturity according to standard tables of bond values,
shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.
Such notes shall be sold at such time or times as the Board
shall determine. The notes 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 with the
affirmative votes of at least 9 4 Directors. In case any
officer whose signature appears on any notes or coupons
authorized pursuant to this Section shall cease to be such
officer before delivery of such 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 Regional Transportation

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Authority, 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 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 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 Regional Transportation Authority allocated to 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 funds or accounts
established or provided for by the ordinance of the Board
authorizing the issuance of such notes. Any such pledge,
assignment, lien or security interest for the benefit of
holders of notes of the Authority shall be valid and binding
from the time the 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

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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 except for obligations under Section 12. The Board
may provide in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of any
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 notes. The ordinance
authorizing the issuance of any notes pursuant to this Section
may contain provisions as part of the contract with the holders
of the notes, for the creation of a separate fund to provide
for the payment of principal and interest on such notes and for
the deposit in such fund from any or all the tax receipts of
the Regional Transportation Authority allocated to 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 such ordinance,
of amounts to meet the debt service requirements on such 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 notes. Such
ordinance may also provide limitations on the issuance of
additional notes of the Authority. No such notes of the
Authority shall constitute a debt of the State of Illinois.
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any notes may provide additional security for such 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 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 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 notes. 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 notes or used
for paying notes to be paid by the trustee to the Authority.
(e) Any 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 notes. In issuing any
note, the Board may include in the ordinance authorizing such
issue a covenant as part of the contract with the holders of
the notes, that as long as such obligations are outstanding, it
shall make such deposits, as provided in paragraph (c) of this
Section. 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 Regional
Transportation Authority, Comptroller of the State of Illinois
and the Illinois Department of Revenue.

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(f) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
holders of the 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 or in the Regional
Transportation Authority by the Regional Transportation
Authority 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 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 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 the Regional Transportation Authority Act, or
the use of such funds, so as to impair the terms of any such
contract. The Board 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) The Board shall not at any time issue, sell or deliver
any Interim Financing Notes pursuant to this Section which will
cause it to have issued and outstanding at any time in excess
of $40,000,000 of Working Cash Notes. Notes which are being
paid or retired by such issuance, sale or delivery of notes,
and notes for which sufficient funds have been deposited with

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the paying agency of such notes to provide for payment of
principal and interest thereon or to provide for the redemption
thereof, all pursuant to the ordinance authorizing the issuance
of such notes, shall not be considered to be outstanding for
the purposes of this paragraph.
(h) The Board, subject to the terms of any agreements with
noteholders as may then exist, shall have power, out of any
funds available therefor, to purchase notes 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 Interim Financing Notes.
(Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.)
(70 ILCS 3605/12b) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312b)
Sec. 12b. Working Cash Borrowing. In addition to the powers
provided in Section 12a, the Board with the affirmative vote of
11 5 of its Directors may demand and direct the Board of the
Regional Transportation Authority to issue Working Cash Notes
at such time and in such amounts and having such maturities as
the Authority deems proper, provided however any such borrowing
shall have been specifically identified in the budget of the
Authority as approved by the Board of the Regional
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not issue and have outstanding or demand and direct the Board
of the Regional Transportation Authority to issue and have
outstanding more than an aggregate of $40,000,000 in Working
Cash Notes for the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
(70 ILCS 3605/12c)
Sec. 12c. Retiree Benefits Bonds and Notes.
(a) In addition to all other bonds or notes that it is
authorized to issue, the Authority is authorized to issue its
bonds or notes for the purposes of providing funds for the
Authority to make the deposits described in Section 12c(b)(1)
and (2), for refunding any bonds authorized to be issued under
this Section, as well as for the purposes of paying costs of
issuance, obtaining bond insurance or other credit enhancement
or liquidity facilities, paying costs of obtaining related
swaps as authorized in the Bond Authorization Act ("Swaps"),
providing a debt service reserve fund, paying Debt Service (as
defined in paragraph (i) of this Section 12c), and paying all
other costs related to any such bonds or notes.
(b)(1) After its receipt of a certified copy of a report of
the Auditor General of the State of Illinois meeting the
requirements of Section 3-2.3 of the Illinois State Auditing
Act, the Authority may issue $1,348,550,000 aggregate original
principal amount of bonds and notes. After payment of the costs
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established with respect to debt service, the net proceeds of
such bonds or notes shall be deposited only in the Retirement
Plan for Chicago Transit Authority Employees and used only for
the purposes required by Section 22-101 of the Illinois Pension
Code. Provided that no less than $1,110,500,000 has been
deposited in the Retirement Plan, remaining proceeds of bonds
issued under this subparagraph (b)(1) may be used to pay costs
of issuance and make necessary deposits to funds and accounts
with respect to debt service for bonds and notes issued under
this subparagraph or subparagraph (b)(2).
(2) After its receipt of a certified copy of a report of
the Auditor General of the State of Illinois meeting the
requirements of Section 3-2.3 of the Illinois State Auditing
Act, the Authority may issue $639,680,000 aggregate original
principal amount of bonds and notes. After payment of the costs
of issuance and necessary deposits to funds and accounts
established with respect to debt service, the net proceeds of
such bonds or notes shall be deposited only in the Retiree
Health Care Trust and used only for the purposes required by
Section 22-101B of the Illinois Pension Code. Provided that no
less than $528,800,000 has been deposited in the Retiree Health
Care Trust, remaining proceeds of bonds issued under this
subparagraph (b)(2) may be used to pay costs of issuance and
make necessary deposits to funds and accounts with respect to
debt service for bonds and notes issued under this subparagraph
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(3) In addition, refunding bonds are authorized to be
issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds or notes
issued under this Section 12c.
(4) The bonds or notes issued under 12c(b)(1) shall be
issued as soon as practicable after the Auditor General issues
the report provided in Section 3-2.3(b) of the Illinois State
Auditing Act. The bonds or notes issued under 12c(b)(2) shall
be issued as soon as practicable after the Auditor General
issues the report provided in Section 3-2.3(c) of the Illinois
State Auditing Act.
(5) With respect to bonds and notes issued under
subparagraph (b), scheduled aggregate annual payments of
interest or deposits into funds and accounts established for
the purpose of such payment shall commence within one year
after the bonds and notes are issued. With respect to principal
and interest, scheduled aggregate annual payments of principal
and interest or deposits into funds and accounts established
for the purpose of such payment shall be not less than 70% in
2009, 80% in 2010, and 90% in 2011, respectively, of scheduled
payments or deposits of principal and interest in 2012 and
shall be substantially equal beginning in 2012 and each year
thereafter. For purposes of this subparagraph (b),
"substantially equal" means that debt service in any full year
after calendar year 2011 is not more than 115% of debt service
in any other full year after calendar year 2011 during the term
of the bonds or notes. For the purposes of this subsection (b),

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with respect to bonds and notes that bear interest at a
variable rate, interest shall be assumed at a rate equal to the
rate for United States Treasury Securities - State and Local
Government Series for the same maturity, plus 75 basis points.
If the Authority enters into a Swap with a counterparty
requiring the Authority to pay a fixed interest rate on a
notional amount, and the Authority has made a determination
that such Swap was entered into for the purpose of providing
substitute interest payments for variable interest rate bonds
or notes of a particular maturity or maturities in a principal
amount equal to the notional amount of the Swap, then during
the term of the Swap for purposes of any calculation of
interest payable on such bonds or notes, the interest rate on
the bonds or notes of such maturity or maturities shall be
determined as if such bonds or notes bore interest at the fixed
interest rate payable by the Authority under such Swap.
(6) No bond or note issued under this Section 12c shall
mature later than December 31, 2040.
(c) The Chicago Transit Board shall provide for the
issuance of bonds or notes as authorized in this Section 12c by
the adoption of an ordinance. The ordinance, together with the
bonds or notes, shall constitute a contract among the
Authority, the owners from time to time of the bonds or notes,
any bond trustee with respect to the bonds or notes, any
related credit enhancer and any provider of any related Swaps.
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the bonds or notes, and any interest or investment earnings on
the bonds or notes, and of any Swaps, to be invested until the
proceeds and any interest or investment earnings have been
deposited with the Retirement Plan or the Retiree Health Care
Trust.
(e) Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c may
be general obligations of the Authority, to which shall be
pledged the full faith and credit of the Authority, or may be
obligations payable solely from particular sources of funds all
as may be provided in the authorizing ordinance. The
authorizing ordinance for the bonds and notes, whether or not
general obligations of the Authority, may provide for the Debt
Service (as defined in paragraph (i) of this Section 12c) to
have a claim for payment from particular sources of funds,
including, without limitation, amounts to be paid to the
Authority or a bond trustee. The authorizing ordinance may
provide for the means by which the bonds or notes (and any
related Swaps) may be secured, which may include, a pledge of
any revenues or funds of the Authority from whatever source
which may by law be utilized for paying Debt Service. In
addition to any other security, upon ordinance of the written
approval of the Regional Transportation Authority by the
affirmative vote of 12 of its then Directors, the ordinance may
provide a specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or
security interest in amounts to be paid to the Authority by the
Regional Transportation Authority and direct payment thereof

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to the bond trustee for payment of Debt Service with respect to
the bonds or notes, subject to the provisions of existing lease
agreements of the Authority with any public building
commission. The authorizing ordinance may also provide a
specific pledge or assignment of and lien on or security
interest in and direct payment to the trustee of all or a
portion of the moneys otherwise payable to the Authority from
the City of Chicago pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement
with the Authority to provide financial assistance to the
Authority. Any such pledge, assignment, lien or security
interest for the benefit of owners of bonds or notes 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, all as provided in the Local Government Debt Reform
Act, as it may be amended from time to time. The bonds or notes
of the Authority issued pursuant to this Section 12c shall have
such priority of payment and as to their claim for payment from
particular sources of funds, including their priority with
respect to obligations of the Authority issued under other
Sections of this Act, all as shall be provided in the
ordinances authorizing the issuance of the bonds or notes. The
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this Section may provide for the creation of, deposits in, and
regulation and disposition of sinking fund or reserve accounts
relating to those bonds or notes and related agreements. The
ordinance authorizing the issuance of any such bonds or notes
authorized under this Section 12c may contain provisions for
the creation of a separate fund to provide for the payment of
principal of and interest on those bonds or notes and related
agreements. The ordinance may also provide limitations on the
issuance of additional bonds or notes of the Authority.
(f) Bonds or notes issued under this Section 12c shall not
constitute an indebtedness of the Regional Transportation
Authority, the State of Illinois, or of any other political
subdivision of or municipality within the State, except the
Authority.
(g) The ordinance of the Chicago Transit Board authorizing
the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to this Section 12c may
provide for the appointment of a corporate trustee (which may
be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust
company within Illinois) with respect to bonds or notes issued
pursuant to this Section 12c. 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 owners
of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this Section 12c. The
ordinance may provide for the trustee to hold in trust, invest
and use amounts in funds and accounts created as provided by
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with this Section 12c. The Authority may apply, as it shall
determine, any amounts received upon the sale of the bonds or
notes to pay any Debt Service on the bonds or notes. The
ordinance may provide for a trust indenture to set forth terms
of, sources of payment for and security for the bonds and
notes.
(h) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the
owners of the bonds or notes issued pursuant to Section 12c
that the State of Illinois will not limit the powers vested in
the Authority by this Act to pledge and assign its revenues and
funds as security for the payment of the bonds or notes, or
vested in the Regional Transportation Authority by the Regional
Transportation Authority Act or this Act, so as to materially
impair the payment obligations of the Authority under the terms
of any contract made by the Authority with those owners or to
materially impair the rights and remedies of those owners until
those bonds or notes, together with interest and any redemption
premium, and all costs and expenses in connection with any
action or proceedings by or on behalf of such owners are fully
met and discharged. The Authority is authorized to include
these pledges and agreements of the State of Illinois in any
contract with owners of bonds or notes issued pursuant to this
Section 12c.
(i) For purposes of this Section, "Debt Service" with
respect to bonds or notes includes, without limitation,
principal (at maturity or upon mandatory redemption),

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redemption premium, interest, periodic, upfront, and
termination payments on Swaps, fees for bond insurance or other
credit enhancement, liquidity facilities, the funding of bond
or note reserves, bond trustee fees, and all other costs of
providing for the security or payment of the bonds or notes.
(j) The Authority shall adopt a procurement program with
respect to contracts relating to the following service
providers in connection with the issuance of debt for the
benefit of the Retirement Plan for Chicago Transit Authority
Employees: underwriters, bond counsel, financial advisors, and
accountants. The program shall include goals for the payment of
not less than 30% of the total dollar value of the fees from
these contracts to minority-owned businesses and women-owned
businesses as defined in the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. The
Authority shall conduct outreach to minority-owned businesses
and women-owned businesses. Outreach shall include, but is not
limited to, advertisements in periodicals and newspapers,
mailings, and other appropriate media. The Authority shall
submit to the General Assembly a comprehensive report that
shall include, at a minimum, the details of the procurement
plan, outreach efforts, and the results of the efforts to
achieve goals for the payment of fees. The service providers
selected by the Authority pursuant to such program shall not be
subject to approval by the Regional Transportation Authority,
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to subsection (e) of this Section 12c related to the issuance
of debt shall not be based in any way on the service providers
selected by the Authority pursuant to this Section.
(k) No person holding an elective office in this State,
holding a seat in the General Assembly, serving as a director,
trustee, officer, or employee of the Regional Transportation
Authority or the Chicago Transit Authority, including the
spouse or minor child of that person, may receive a legal,
banking, consulting, or other fee related to the issuance of
any bond issued by the Chicago Transit Authority pursuant to
this Section.
(Source: P.A. 100-391, eff. 8-25-17.)
(70 ILCS 3605/19) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319)
Sec. 19. On January 1, 2021: (1) the terms of the members
of the Chicago Transit Board are terminated; (2) the powers and
duties of the Chicago Transit Board shall be exercised and
performed by the Regional Transportation Authority Board; and
(3) the powers and duties of the Chicago Transit Authority
shall be exercised and performed by the Regional Transportation
Authority. The governing and administrative body of the
Authority shall be a board consisting of seven members, to be
known as Chicago Transit Board. Members of the Board shall be
residents of the metropolitan area and persons of recognized
business ability. No member of the Board of the Authority shall
hold any other office or employment under the Federal, State or

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any County or any municipal government, or any other unit of
local government, except an honorary office without
compensation or an office in the National Guard. No employee of
the Authority shall hold any other office or employment under
the Federal, State or any County or any municipal government,
or any other unit of local government, except an office with
compensation not exceeding $15,000 annually or a position in
the National Guard or the United States military reserves.
Provided, however, that the Chairman may be a member of the
Board of the Regional Transportation Authority. No member of
the Board or employee of the Authority shall have any private
financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract, work or
business of the Authority nor in the sale or lease of any
property to or from the Authority. The salary of each member of
the initial Board shall be $15,000.00 per annum, and such
salary shall not be increased or diminished during his or her
term of office. The salaries of successor members of the Board
shall be fixed by the Board and shall not be increased or
diminished during their respective terms of office. No Board
member shall be allowed any fees, perquisites or emoluments,
reward or compensation for his or her services as a member or
officer of the Authority aside from his or her salary or
pension, but he or she shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her duties.
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(70 ILCS 3605/24) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 324)
Sec. 24. The Board shall appoint a secretary and a
treasurer of the Authority, who need not be members of the
Board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board, and fix
their duties and compensation. The Secretary shall not be
engaged in any other business or employment during his or her
tenure of office as Secretary of the Authority Board. Before
entering upon the duties of their respective offices they shall
take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office, and the
treasurer shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to be
approved by the Board. The bond shall be payable to the
Authority in whatever penal sum may be directed by the Board
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the
office and the payment of all money received by him or her
according to law and the orders of the Board. The Board may, at
any time, require a new bond from the treasurer in such penal
sum as may then be determined by the Board. The obligation of
the sureties shall not extend to any loss sustained by the
insolvency, failure or closing of any savings and loan
association or national or State bank wherein the treasurer has
deposited funds if the bank has been approved by the Board as a
depositary for these funds. The oaths of office and the
treasurer's bond shall be filed in the principal office of the
Authority. A person appointed under this Section whose term has
not expired on January 1, 2021 shall continue in his or her
position with the Authority until the expiration of his or her

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appointment, resignation, or removal by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 83-541.)
(70 ILCS 3605/27) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327)
Sec. 27. The Board may appoint an Executive Director of the
Authority who shall be a person of recognized ability and
experience in the operation of transportation systems to 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 as may be prescribed from
time to time by the Board. The Board may appoint a General
Counsel and a Chief Engineer of the Authority, 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 any oath of
office. The compensation of the Executive Director, General
Counsel, Chief Engineer, and all other officers, attorneys,
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A person appointed under this Section whose term has not
expired on January 1, 2021 shall continue in his or her
position with the Authority until the expiration of his or her
appointment, resignation, or removal by the Board.
In the policing of its properties the Board may provide for
the appointment and maintenance, from time to time, of such
police force as it may find necessary and practicable to aid
and supplement the police forces of any municipality in the
protection of its property and the protection of the persons
and property of its passengers and employees, or otherwise in
furtherance of the purposes for which such Authority was
organized. The members of such police force shall have and
exercise like police powers to those conferred upon the police
of cities. Neither the Authority, the Regional Transit
Authority, the members of its Board, nor its officers or
employees shall be held liable for failure to provide a
security or police force or, if a security or police force is
provided, for failure to provide adequate police protection or
security, failure to prevent the commission of crimes by fellow
passengers or other third persons or for the failure to
apprehend criminals.
(Source: P.A. 84-939; 87-597.)
(70 ILCS 3605/27a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327a)
Sec. 27a. In addition to annually expending moneys equal to
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December 31, 1988 for the protection against crime of its
properties, employees and consumers of its public
transportation services, the Authority also shall annually
expend for the protection against crime of its employees and
consumers, an amount that is equal to not less than 15 percent
of all direct grants it receives from the State of Illinois as
reimbursement for providing reduced fares for mass
transportation services to students, persons with
disabilities, and the elderly. The Authority shall provide to
the Regional Transportation Authority such information as is
required by the Regional Transportation Authority in
determining whether the Authority has expended moneys in
compliance with the provisions of this Section. The provisions
of this Section shall apply in any fiscal year of the Authority
only after all debt service requirements are met for that
fiscal year.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(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

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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
discrimination shall be made in any appointment or promotion to
any office, position, or grade of regular employment because of
race, creed, color, sex, national origin, physical or mental
disability unrelated to ability, or political or religious
affiliations. 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 in behalf of such employee. The Board
shall grant a hearing on such complaint within thirty (30) days
after it is filed. The time and place 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

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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 discrimination shall be made in any appointment or
promotion to any office, position, or grade of exempt
employment because of race, creed, color, sex, national origin,
physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, or
religious or political affiliation. 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
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

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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
Authority 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 days by the Regional Transportation Authority
Board. After 14 days, the bonus shall be considered reviewed.
This Section does not apply to usual and customary salary
adjustments.
(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(70 ILCS 3605/28a) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328a)
Sec. 28a. (a) The Board may deal with and enter into
written contracts with the employees of the Authority through

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accredited representatives of such employees or
representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for
such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
conditions and pension or retirement provisions; provided,
nothing herein shall be construed to permit hours of labor in
excess of those provided by law or to permit working conditions
prohibited by law. In case of dispute over wages, salaries,
hours, working conditions, or pension or retirement provisions
the Board may arbitrate any question or questions and may agree
with such accredited representatives or labor organization
that the decision of a majority of any arbitration board shall
be final, provided each party shall agree in advance to pay
half of the expense of such arbitration.
No contract or agreement shall be made with any labor
organization, association, group or individual for the
employment of members of such organization, association, group
or individual for the construction, improvement, maintenance,
operation or administration of any property, plant or
facilities under the jurisdiction of the Authority, where such
organization, association, group or individual denies on the
ground of race, creed, color, sex, religion, physical or mental
disability unrelated to ability, or national origin membership
and equal opportunities for employment to any citizen of
Illinois.
(b)(1) The provisions of this paragraph (b) apply to
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amendments of existing agreements) entered into on or after
January 1, 1984.
(2) The Board shall deal with and enter into written
contracts with their employees of the Authority, through
accredited representatives of such employees authorized to act
for such employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a
collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly 1983. Any such agreement of the Authority shall
provide that the agreement may be reopened if the amended
budget submitted pursuant to Section 2.18a of the Regional
Transportation Authority Act is not approved by the Board of
the Regional Transportation Authority. The agreement may not
include a provision requiring the payment of wage increases
based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Board shall
not have the authority to enter into collective bargaining
agreements with respect to inherent management rights, which
include such areas of discretion or policy as the functions of
the employer, standards of services, its overall budget, the
organizational structure and selection of new employees and
direction of personnel. Employers, however, shall be required
to bargain collectively with regard to policy matters directly
affecting wages, hours and terms and conditions of employment,
as well as the impact thereon upon request by employee
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exclusive representatives which have established collective
bargaining relationships or negotiated collective bargaining
agreements prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 101st General Assembly 1983, employers shall be required
to bargain collectively with regard to any matter concerning
wages, hours or conditions of employment about which they have
bargained prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 101st General Assembly 1983.
(3) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a
prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service
operated by or funded by the Board, except where prohibited by
federal law.
(4) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
bargaining agreement, the Board shall determine the costs of
each provision of the agreement and , prepare an amended budget
incorporating the costs of the agreement, and present the
amended budget to the Board of the Regional Transportation
Authority for its approval under Section 4.11 of the Regional
Transportation Act. The Board of the Regional Transportation
Authority may approve the amended budget by an affirmative vote
of 12 of its then Directors. If the budget is not approved by
the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority, the
agreement may be reopened and its terms may be renegotiated.
Any amended budget which may be prepared following
renegotiation shall be presented to the Board of the Regional
Transportation Authority for its approval in like manner.

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(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(70 ILCS 3605/30) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 330)
Sec. 30. The Board shall make all rules and regulations
governing the operation of the transportation system of the
Authority, shall determine all routings and change the same
whenever it is deemed advisable by the Board, subject to the
provisions of any ordinance granting rights to the Authority.
Except as provided in Sections 2.04 and 4.11(b)(5) of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, the Board shall fix
rates, fares and charges for transportation, provided that they
shall be at all times sufficient in the aggregate to provide
revenues (a) for the payment of the interest on and principal
of all bonds, certificates and other obligations payable from
said revenues and to meet all other charges upon such revenues
as provided by any trust agreement executed by the Authority in
connection with the issuance of bonds or certificates under
this Act, (b) for the payment of all operating costs including
all charges which may be incurred pursuant to Sections 29 and
39 of this Act and all other costs and charges incidental to
the operation of the transportation system, (c) for the payment
of all costs and charges incurred pursuant to Sections 37 and
38 of this Act and any other costs and charges for acquisition,
installation, construction or for replacement or
reconstruction of equipment, structures or rights of way not
financed through issuance of bonds or certificates under

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Section 12 of this Act, and (d) for any compensation required
to be paid to any municipality for the use of streets, subways
and other public ways. The Board may provide free
transportation within any municipality in and by which they are
employed for firemen and public health nurses, when in uniform,
and policemen when in uniform or, when not in uniform, upon
presentation of identification as policemen, and shall provide
free transportation to sworn law enforcement personnel of the
Cook County Sheriff's Department when in uniform or, when not
in uniform, upon presentation of identification as sworn law
enforcement personnel of the Cook County Sheriff's Department,
and may provide free transportation for employees of the
Authority when in uniform or upon presentation of
identification as such employees, and may enter into agreements
with the United States Post Office Department for the
transportation of mail, and the payment of compensation to the
Authority in lieu of fares for the transportation of letter
carriers, when in uniform at all times.
The Board may also provide free transportation, or
transportation at reduced fares, to all or designated classes
of pupils in attendance at public schools of school districts
within or partly within the territorial limits of the
Authority, or in attendance at private schools offering grades
of instruction comparable to those offered in public schools,
under such conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board, and,
if otherwise authorized by law, the Board may contract with

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public school boards and representatives of private schools,
for reimbursement of pupil transportation costs from public
funds.
(Source: P.A. 97-85, eff. 7-7-11.)
(70 ILCS 3605/34) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 334)
Sec. 34. Budget and Program. The Authority, subject to the
powers of the Regional Transportation Authority in Section 4.11
of the Regional Transportation Authority Act, shall control the
finances of the Authority. The Regional Transit Authority It
shall by ordinance appropriate money to perform the Authority's
purposes and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the
Authority. Each year the Authority shall prepare and publish a
comprehensive annual budget and five-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 two 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
five-year capital program shall be based on the Regional
Transportation Authority's estimate of funds to be made
available to the Authority by or through the Regional
Transportation Authority and shall conform in all respects to
the requirements established by the Regional Transportation
Authority. The proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year

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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 proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year
capital program shall be available at no cost for public
inspection at the Authority's main office and at the Regional
Transportation Authority's main office at least 3 weeks prior
to any public hearing. Before the proposed budget, financial
plan, and five-year capital program are approved by submitted
to the Regional Transportation Authority, the Authority shall
hold at least one public hearing thereon in each of the
counties in which the Authority provides service. All Board
members of the Regional Transit Authority shall attend a
majority of the public hearings unless reasonable cause is
given for their absence. After the public hearings, the Board
of the Authority shall hold at least one meeting for
consideration of the proposed program and budget with the Cook
County Board. After conducting such hearings and holding such
meetings and after making such changes in the proposed budget,
financial plan, and five-year capital program as the Board
deems appropriate, it shall adopt an annual budget ordinance at
least by November 15th preceding the beginning of each fiscal
year. The budget, financial plan, and five-year capital program
shall then be submitted to the Regional Transportation
Authority as provided in Section 4.11 of the Regional

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Transportation Authority Act. In the event that the Board of
the Regional Transportation Authority determines that the
budget, financial plan, and five-year capital program do not
meet the standards of said Section 4.11, the Board of the
Authority shall make such changes as are necessary to meet such
requirements and adopt an amended budget ordinance. The amended
budget ordinance shall be resubmitted to the Regional
Transportation Authority pursuant to said Section 4.11. The
budget ordinance shall appropriate such 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
such ordinance which do not alter the basis upon which the
balanced budget determination was made by the Regional
Transportation Authority may be made from time to time by the
Board.
The budget shall:
(i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues
from all sources including operating subsidies and (B) the
costs of providing the services specified and of funding
any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
periods, including provision for payment when due of
principal and interest on outstanding indebtedness;
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anticipated cash flow borrowing sufficient to pay with
reasonable promptness all costs and expenses as incurred;
(iii) provide for a level of fares or charges and
operating or administrative costs for the public
transportation provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
of the Board sufficient to allow the Authority Board to
meet its required system generated revenue recovery ratio
as determined by the Board in accordance with subsection
(a) of Section 4.11 of the Regional Transportation
Authority Act;
(iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and
projections which are reasonable and prudent;
(v) have been prepared in accordance with sound
financial practices as determined by the Board of the
Regional Transportation Authority;
(vi) meet such other financial, budgetary, or fiscal
requirements that the Board of the Regional Transportation
Authority may by rule or regulation establish; and
(vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives
adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the
Strategic Plan.
The Board shall establish a fiscal operating year. At least
thirty days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal
year after the creation of the Authority, and annually
thereafter, the Board shall cause to be prepared a tentative
budget which shall include all operation and maintenance

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expense for the ensuing fiscal year. The tentative budget shall
be considered by the Board and, subject to any revision and
amendments as may be determined, shall be adopted prior to the
first day of the ensuing fiscal year as the budget for that
year. No expenditures for operations and maintenance in excess
of the budget shall be made during any fiscal year except by
the affirmative vote of at least five members of the Board. It
shall not be necessary to include in the annual budget any
statement of necessary expenditures for pensions or retirement
annuities, or for interest or principal payments on bonds or
certificates, or for capital outlays, but it shall be the duty
of the Board to make provision for payment of same from
appropriate funds. The Board may not alter its fiscal year
without the prior approval of the Board of the Regional
Transportation Authority.
(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3605/4 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3605/6.1 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3605/9b rep.)
(70 ILCS 3605/20 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3605/21 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3605/22 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3605/23 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3605/28d rep.)
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Section 30. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
amended by repealing Sections 4, 6.1, 9b, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28d,
and 44.
Section 35. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
amended by changing Sections 1.03, 2.01, 2.01a, 2.01b, 2.01c,
2.01d, 2.01e, 2.20, 2.21, 2.30, 3.01, 3.04, 3.08, 3A.01, 3A.02,
3A.05, 3A.09, 3A.10, 3A.11, 3A.12, 3A.14, 3A.15, 3A.16, 3A.17,
3A.18, 3B.01, 3B.02, 3B.05, 3B.09, 3B.10, 3B.11, 3B.12, 3B.13,
3B.14, 3B.15, 3B.26, 4.01, 4.02b, 4.03.3, 4.04, 4.11, 4.15, and
5.05 and by adding the heading of Article III-C and Sections
1.06 and 3C.05 as follows:
(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 Regional Transportation Authority;
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Regional
Transportation Authority;
"Construct or acquire" means plan, design, construct,
reconstruct, improve, modify, extend, landscape, expand or
acquire;
"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

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VII of the Illinois Constitution;
"Operate" means operate, maintain, administer, repair,
promote and any other acts necessary or proper with regard to
such matters;
"Public Transportation" means the transportation or
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; and
"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 "Metropolitan Transit
Authority Act", approved April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter
amended.
"Transportation Agency" means any individual, firm,
partnership, corporation, association, body politic, municipal

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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", as now or hereafter amended, and any urban transportation
district created pursuant to the "Urban Transportation
District Act", as now or hereafter amended, which districts are
located in whole or in part within the metropolitan region.
(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
(70 ILCS 3615/1.06 new)
Sec. 1.06. Authority of the Regional Transportation
Authority and Service Boards. On and after January 1, 2021:
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Authority is primarily responsible for setting policy and
strategic direction, determining allocation of funds, and
prioritizing investments for the operation of public
transportation in the metropolitan region by the Commuter
Rail Division, Suburban Bus Division, and the Chicago
Transit Authority.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Commuter Rail Division, Suburban Bus Division, and the
Chicago Transit Authority are primarily responsible for
the day-to-day operation of public transportation in the
metropolitan region in each of their respective Divisions.

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(70 ILCS 3615/2.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.01)
Sec. 2.01. General Allocation of Responsibility for Public
Transportation.
(a) In order to accomplish the purposes as set forth in
this Act, the responsibility for planning, operating, and
funding public transportation in the metropolitan region shall
be allocated as described in this Act. The Authority shall:
(i) adopt plans that implement the public policy of the
State to provide adequate, efficient, geographically
equitable and coordinated public transportation throughout
the metropolitan region;
(ii) set goals, objectives, and standards for the
Authority, the Service Boards, and transportation
agencies;
(iii) develop performance measures to inform the
public about the extent to which the provision of public
transportation in the metropolitan region meets those
goals, objectives, and standards;
(iv) allocate operating and capital funds made
available to support public transportation in the
metropolitan region;
(v) provide financial oversight of the Service Boards;
and
(vi) coordinate the provision of public transportation
and the investment in public transportation facilities to
enhance the integration of public transportation

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throughout the metropolitan region, all as provided in this
Act.
The Service Boards shall, on a continuing basis determine
the level, nature and kind of public transportation which
should be provided for the metropolitan region in order to meet
the plans, goals, objectives, and standards adopted by the
Authority. The Service Boards may provide public
transportation by purchasing such service from transportation
agencies through purchase of service agreements, by grants to
such agencies or by operating such service, all pursuant to
this Act and the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act", as now
or hereafter amended. Certain of its actions to implement the
responsibilities allocated to the Authority in this subsection
(a) shall be taken in 3 public documents adopted by the
affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors: A
Strategic Plan; a Five-Year Capital Program; and an Annual
Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan.
(b) The Authority shall subject the operating and capital
plans and expenditures of the Service Boards in the
metropolitan region with regard to public transportation to
continuing review so that the Authority may budget and expend
its funds with maximum effectiveness and efficiency. The
Authority shall conduct audits of each of the Service Boards no
less than every 5 years. Such audits may include management,
performance, financial, and infrastructure condition audits.
The Authority may conduct management, performance, financial,

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and infrastructure condition audits of transportation agencies
that receive funds from the Authority. The Authority may direct
a Service Board to conduct any such audit of a transportation
agency that receives funds from a such Service Board, and the
Service Board shall comply with such request to the extent it
has the right to do so. These audits of the Service Boards or
transportation agencies may be project or service specific
audits to evaluate their achievement of the goals and
objectives of that project or service and their compliance with
any applicable requirements.
(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.01a)
Sec. 2.01a. Strategic Plan.
(a) By the affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then
Directors, 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
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.

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(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) coordination of public transportation services
and the investment in public transportation facilities to
enhance the integration of public transportation
throughout the metropolitan region;
(iii) coordination of fare and transfer policies to
promote transfers by riders among Service Boards,
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;
(iv) 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;
(v) access for transit-dependent populations,
including access by low-income communities to places of
employment, utilizing analyses provided by the Chicago
Metropolitan Agency for Planning regarding employment and
transportation availability, and giving consideration to

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the location of employment centers in each county and the
availability of public transportation at off-peak hours
and on weekends;
(vi) the financial viability of the public
transportation system, including both operating and
capital programs;
(vii) limiting road congestion within the metropolitan
region and enhancing transit options to improve mobility;
and
(viii) 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 a
Service Board or a transportation agency will be evaluated by
the Authority for inclusion in the Five-Year Capital Program,
which may include criteria for:
(i) allocating funds among maintenance, enhancement,
and expansion improvements;
(ii) projects to be funded from the Innovation,
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

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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; and
(v) customer satisfaction.
The Service Boards and transportation agencies that
receive funding from the Authority or Service Boards shall
prepare, publish, and submit to the Authority such reports with
regard to these standards and measurements in the frequency and
form required by the Authority; however, the frequency of such
reporting shall be no less than annual. The Service Boards
shall publish such reports on their respective websites. The
Authority shall compile and publish such reports on its

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website. Such performance standards and measures shall not be
used as the basis for disciplinary action against any employee
of the Authority or Service Boards, except to the extent the
employment and disciplinary practices of the Authority or
Service Board provide for such action.
(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
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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
developing the Strategic Plan. Before adopting or amending any
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 the affirmative vote of at
least 12 of its then Directors, 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) If the Authority determines, by the affirmative vote of
at least 12 of its then Directors, that, with respect to any

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proposed new public transportation service or facility, (i)
multiple Service Boards or transportation agencies are
potential service providers and (ii) the public transportation
facilities to be constructed or purchased to provide that
service have an expected construction cost of more than
$25,000,000, the Authority shall have sole responsibility for
conducting any alternatives analysis and preliminary
environmental assessment required by federal or State law.
Nothing in this subparagraph (i) shall prohibit a Service Board
from undertaking alternatives analysis and preliminary
environmental assessment for any public transportation service
or facility identified in items (i) and (ii) above that is
included in the Five-Year Capital Program as of the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly;
however, any expenditure related to any such public
transportation service or facility must be included in a
Five-Year Capital Program under the requirements of Sections
2.01b and 4.02 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.01b)
Sec. 2.01b. The Five-Year Capital Program. By the
affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors, the
Authority, after consultation with the Service Boards and after
holding a minimum of 3 public hearings in Cook County and one
public hearing in each of the other counties in the

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metropolitan region, shall each year adopt a Five-Year Capital
Program that shall include each capital improvement to be
undertaken by or on behalf of a Service Board 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.
In reviewing proposals for improvements to be included in a
Five-Year Capital Program, the Authority may give priority to
improvements that are intended to bring public transportation
facilities into a state of good repair. The Five-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 Five-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. Before
adopting a Five-Year Capital Program, the Authority shall
consult with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
regarding the consistency of the Five-Year Capital Program with
the Regional Comprehensive Plan adopted pursuant to the
Regional Planning Act.
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(70 ILCS 3615/2.01c)
Sec. 2.01c. Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement
Fund.
(a) The Authority shall establish an Innovation,
Coordination, and Enhancement Fund and deposit into the Fund an
amount equal to $10,000,000 in 2008, and, each year thereafter,
an amount equal to the amount deposited in the previous year
increased or decreased by the percentage growth or decline in
revenues received by the Authority from taxes imposed under
Section 4.03 in the previous year. Amounts on deposit in such
Fund and interest and other earnings on those amounts may be
used by the Authority, upon the affirmative vote of 12 of its
then Directors, and after a public participation process, for
operating or capital grants or loans to Service Boards,
transportation agencies, or units of local government that
advance the goals and objectives identified by the Authority in
its Strategic Plan, provided that no improvement that has been
included in a Five-Year Capital Program as of the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may
receive any funding from the Innovation, Coordination, and
Enhancement Fund. Unless the Board has determined by a vote of
12 of its then Directors that an emergency exists requiring the
use of some or all of the funds then in the Innovation,
Coordination, and Enhancement Fund, such funds may only be used
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transportation and develop and implement innovations to
improve the quality and delivery of public transportation.
(b) Any grantee that receives funds from the Innovation,
Coordination, and Enhancement Fund for the operation of
eligible programs must (i) implement such programs within one
year of receipt of such funds and (ii) within 2 years following
commencement of any program utilizing such funds, determine
whether it is desirable to continue the program, and upon such
a determination, either incorporate such program into its
annual operating budget and capital program or discontinue such
program. No additional funds from the Innovation,
Coordination, and Enhancement Fund may be distributed to a
grantee for any individual program beyond 2 years unless the
Authority by the affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then
Directors waives this limitation. Any such waiver will be with
regard to an individual program and with regard to a one
year-period, and any further waivers for such individual
program require a subsequent vote of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.01d)
Sec. 2.01d. ADA Paratransit Fund. The Authority shall
establish an ADA Paratransit Fund and, each year, deposit into
that Fund the following amounts: (i) a base amount equal to
$115,000,000 in 2012, and, each year thereafter, an amount
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services for the current year, (ii) any funds received from the
State pursuant to appropriations for the purpose of funding ADA
paratransit services, and (iii) any additional funds necessary
to fund the budget or amended budget for ADA paratransit
services adopted or approved by the Board for the current year.
The amounts on deposit in the Fund and interest and other
earnings on those amounts shall be used by the Authority to
make grants to the Suburban Bus Division Board for ADA
paratransit services provided pursuant to plans approved by the
Authority under Section 2.30 of this Act. Funds received by the
Suburban Bus Division Board from the Authority's ADA
Paratransit Fund shall be used only to provide ADA paratransit
services to individuals who are determined to be eligible for
such services by the Authority under the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
Revenues from and costs of services provided by the Suburban
Bus Division Board with grants made under this Section shall be
included in the Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Program of
the Suburban Bus Division Board and shall be subject to all
budgetary and financial requirements under this Act that apply
to ADA paratransit services. Beginning in 2008, the Executive
Director shall, no later than August 15 of each year, provide
to the Board a written determination of the projected annual
costs of ADA paratransit services that are required to be
provided pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of
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Authority shall conduct triennial financial, compliance, and
performance audits of ADA paratransit services to assist in
this determination.
(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.01e)
Sec. 2.01e. Suburban Community Mobility Fund. The
Authority shall establish a Suburban Community Mobility Fund
and deposit into that Fund an amount equal to $20,000,000 in
2008, and, each year thereafter, an amount equal to the amount
deposited in the previous year increased or decreased by the
percentage growth or decline in revenues received by the
Authority from taxes imposed under Section 4.03 in the previous
year. The amounts on deposit in the Fund and interest and other
earnings on those amounts shall be used by the Authority to
make grants to the Suburban Bus Division Board for the purpose
of operating transit services, other than traditional
fixed-route services, that enhance suburban mobility,
including, but not limited to, demand-responsive transit
services, ride sharing, van pooling, service coordination,
centralized dispatching and call taking, reverse commuting,
service restructuring, and bus rapid transit. Revenues from and
costs of services provided by the Suburban Bus Division Board
with moneys from the Suburban Community Mobility Fund shall be
included in the Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Program of
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budgetary and financial requirements under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.20) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.20)
Sec. 2.20. General Powers.
(a) Except as otherwise limited by this Act, the Authority
shall also have all powers necessary to meet its
responsibilities and to carry out its purposes, including, but
not limited to, the following powers:
(i) To sue and be sued;
(ii) To invest any funds or any monies not required for
immediate use or disbursement, as provided in "An Act
relating to certain investments of public funds by public
agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter
amended;
(iii) To make, amend and repeal by-laws, rules and
regulations, and ordinances not inconsistent with this
Act;
(iv) To hold, sell, sell by installment contract, lease
as lessor, transfer or dispose of such real or personal
property as it deems appropriate in the exercise of its
powers or to provide for the use thereof by any
transportation agency and to mortgage, pledge or otherwise
grant security interests in any such property;
(v) To enter at reasonable times upon such lands,
waters or premises as in the judgment of the Authority may

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be necessary, convenient or desirable for the purpose of
making surveys, soundings, borings and examinations to
accomplish any purpose authorized by this Act after having
given reasonable notice of such proposed entry to the
owners and occupants of such lands, waters or premises, the
Authority being liable only for actual damage caused by
such activity;
(vi) To make and execute all contracts and other
instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its
powers;
(vii) To enter into contracts of group insurance for
the benefit of its employees and to provide for retirement
or pensions or other employee benefit arrangements for such
employees, and to assume obligations for pensions or other
employee benefit arrangements for employees of
transportation agencies, all or part of the facilities of
which are acquired by the Authority;
(viii) To provide for the insurance of any property,
directors, officers, employees or operations of the
Authority against any risk or hazard, and to self-insure or
participate in joint self-insurance pools or entities to
insure against such risk or hazard;
(ix) To appear before the Illinois Commerce Commission
in all proceedings concerning the Authority, a Service
Board or any transportation agency; and
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regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use,
operation and maintenance of its property and facilities
and, by ordinance, to prescribe fines or penalties for
violations thereof. No fine or penalty shall exceed $1,000
per offense. Any ordinance providing for any fine or
penalty shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the metropolitan region. No such ordinance
shall take effect until 10 days after its publication.
The Authority may enter into arbitration arrangements,
which may be final and binding.
The Commuter Rail Board shall continue the separate public
corporation, known as the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter
Railroad Corporation, as a separate operating unit to operate
on behalf of the Commuter Rail Division Board commuter railroad
facilities, subject at all times to the supervision and
direction of the Commuter Rail Board and may, by ordinance,
dissolve such Corporation. Such Corporation shall be governed
by a Board of Directors which shall consist of the members of
the Transition Board until such time as all of the members of
the Commuter Rail Board are appointed and qualified and
thereafter the members of the Commuter Rail Regional
Transportation Authority Board. Such Corporation shall have
all the powers given the Authority and the Commuter Rail
Division Board under Article II of this Act (other than under
Section 2.13) as are delegated to it by ordinance of the
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and the same exemptions, restrictions and limitations as are
provided by law with regard to the Authority shall apply to
such Corporation. Such Corporation shall be a transportation
agency as provided in this Act except for purposes of paragraph
(e) of Section 3.01 of this Act.
The Authority shall cooperate with the Illinois Commerce
Commission and local law enforcement agencies in establishing a
two year pilot program in DuPage County to determine the
effectiveness of an automated railroad grade crossing
enforcement system.
(b) In each case in which this Act gives the Authority the
power to construct or acquire real or personal property, the
Authority shall have the power to acquire such property by
contract, purchase, gift, grant, exchange for other property or
rights in property, lease (or sublease) or installment or
conditional purchase contracts, which leases or contracts may
provide for consideration therefor to be paid in annual
installments during a period not exceeding 40 years. Property
may be acquired subject to such conditions, restrictions,
liens, or security or other interests of other parties as the
Authority may deem appropriate, and in each case the Authority
may acquire a joint, leasehold, easement, license or other
partial interest in such property. Any such acquisition may
provide for the assumption of, or agreement to pay, perform or
discharge outstanding or continuing duties, obligations or
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or of the trustee with regard to such property. In connection
with the acquisition of public transportation equipment,
including, but not limited to, rolling stock, vehicles,
locomotives, buses or rapid transit equipment, the Authority
may also execute agreements concerning such equipment leases,
equipment trust certificates, conditional purchase agreements
and such other security agreements and may make such agreements
and covenants as required, in the form customarily used in such
cases appropriate to effect such acquisition. Obligations of
the Authority incurred pursuant to this Section shall not be
considered bonds or notes within the meaning of Section 4.04 of
this Act.
(c) The Authority shall assume all costs of rights,
benefits and protective conditions to which any employee is
entitled under this Act from any transportation agency in the
event of the inability of the transportation agency to meet its
obligations in relation thereto due to bankruptcy or
insolvency, provided that the Authority shall retain the right
to proceed against the bankrupt or insolvent transportation
agency or its successors, trustees, assigns or debtors for the
costs assumed. The Authority may mitigate its liability under
this paragraph (c) and under Section 2.16 to the extent of
employment and employment benefits which it tenders.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
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Sec. 2.21. (a) The Authority or the Commuter Rail Division
Board may not in the exercise of its powers to provide
effective public transportation as provided by this Act:
(i) require or authorize the operation of, or operate
or acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, any public
transportation facility or service on terms or in a manner
which unreasonably interferes with the ability of a
railroad to provide efficient freight or inter-city
passenger service. This subparagraph shall not bar the
Authority from acquiring title to any property pursuant to
Section 2.13 in a manner consistent with this subparagraph.
(ii) obtain by eminent domain any interest in any right
of way or any other real property of a railroad which is
not a public body in excess of the interest to be used for
public transportation as provided in this Act.
(iii) prohibit the operation of public transportation
by a private carrier that does not receive a grant or
purchase of service contract from the Authority or a
Service Board.
(b) If in connection with any construction, acquisition, or
other activity undertaken by or for the Authority or a Service
Board, or pursuant to any purchase of service or grant
agreement with the Authority or a Service Board, any facility
of a public utility (as defined in the Public Utilities Act),
is removed or relocated from its then-existing site all costs
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of installing such facilities in a new location or locations,
and the cost of any land or lands, or interest in land, or any
rights required to accomplish such relocation or removal, shall
be paid by the Authority or a Service Board. If any such
facilities are so relocated onto the properties of the
Authority or the Service Board or onto properties made
available for that purpose by the Authority or the Service
Board, there shall be no rent, fee, or other charge of any kind
imposed upon the public utility owning or operating such
facilities in excess of that imposed prior to such relocation
and such public utility, and its successors and assigns, shall
be granted the right to operate such facilities in the new
location or locations for as long a period and upon the same
terms and conditions as it had the right to maintain and
operate such facilities in their former location. Nothing in
this paragraph (b) shall prevent the Authority or the Service
Board and a transportation agency from agreeing in a purchase
of service agreement or otherwise to make different
arrangements for such relocations or the costs thereof.
(Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
(70 ILCS 3615/2.30)
Sec. 2.30. Paratransit services.
(a) For purposes of this Act, "ADA paratransit services"
shall mean those comparable or specialized transportation
services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service

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contracts of, the Service Boards to individuals with
disabilities who are unable to use fixed route transportation
systems and who are determined to be eligible, for some or all
of their trips, for such services under the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2005, the Authority is responsible
for the funding, from amounts on deposit in the ADA Paratransit
Fund established under Section 2.01d of this Act, financial
review and oversight of all ADA paratransit services that are
provided by the Authority or by any of the Service Boards. The
Suburban Bus Division Board shall operate or provide for the
operation of all ADA paratransit services by no later than July
1, 2006, except that this date may be extended to the extent
necessary to obtain approval from the Federal Transit
Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to subsection (c).
(c) No later than January 1, 2006, the Authority, in
collaboration with the Suburban Bus Division Board and the
Chicago Transit Authority, shall develop a plan for the
provision of ADA paratransit services and submit such plan to
the Federal Transit Administration for approval. Approval of
such plan by the Authority shall require the affirmative votes
of 12 of the then Directors. The Suburban Bus Division Board,
the Chicago Transit Authority and the Authority shall comply
with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 and its implementing regulations in developing and
approving such plan including, without limitation, consulting

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with individuals with disabilities and groups representing
them in the community, and providing adequate opportunity for
public comment and public hearings. The plan shall include the
contents required for a paratransit plan pursuant to the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing
regulations. The plan shall also include, without limitation,
provisions to:
(1) maintain, at a minimum, the levels of ADA
paratransit service that are required to be provided by the
Service Boards pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations;
(2) transfer the appropriate ADA paratransit services,
management, personnel, service contracts and assets from
the Chicago Transit Authority to the Authority or the
Suburban Bus Division Board, as necessary, by no later than
July 1, 2006, except that this date may be extended to the
extent necessary to obtain approval from the Federal
Transit Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to
this subsection (c);
(3) provide for consistent policies throughout the
metropolitan region for scheduling of ADA paratransit
service trips to and from destinations, with consideration
of scheduling of return trips on a "will-call" open-ended
basis upon request of the rider, if practicable, and with
consideration of an increased number of trips available by
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date of this amendatory Act;
(4) provide that service contracts and rates, entered
into or set after the approval by the Federal Transit
Administration of the plan prepared pursuant to subsection
(c) of this Section, with private carriers and taxicabs for
ADA paratransit service are procured by means of an open
procurement process;
(5) provide for fares, fare collection and billing
procedures for ADA paratransit services throughout the
metropolitan region;
(6) provide for performance standards for all ADA
paratransit service transportation carriers, with
consideration of door-to-door service;
(7) provide, in cooperation with the Illinois
Department of Transportation, the Illinois Department of
Public Aid and other appropriate public agencies and
private entities, for the application and receipt of
grants, including, without limitation, reimbursement from
Medicaid or other programs for ADA paratransit services;
(8) provide for a system of dispatch of ADA paratransit
services transportation carriers throughout the
metropolitan region, with consideration of county-based
dispatch systems already in place as of the effective date
of this amendatory Act;
(9) provide for a process of determining eligibility
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its
implementing regulations;
(10) provide for consideration of innovative methods
to provide and fund ADA paratransit services; and
(11) provide for the creation of one or more ADA
advisory boards, or the reconstitution of the existing ADA
advisory boards for the Service Boards, to represent the
diversity of individuals with disabilities in the
metropolitan region and to provide appropriate ongoing
input from individuals with disabilities into the
operation of ADA paratransit services.
(d) All revisions and annual updates to the ADA paratransit
services plan developed pursuant to subsection (c) of this
Section, or certifications of continued compliance in lieu of
plan updates, that are required to be provided to the Federal
Transit Administration shall be developed by the Authority, in
collaboration with the Suburban Bus Division Board and the
Chicago Transit Authority, and the Authority shall submit such
revision, update or certification to the Federal Transit
Administration for approval. Approval of such revisions,
updates or certifications by the Authority shall require the
affirmative votes of 12 of the then Directors.
(e) The Illinois Department of Transportation, the
Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Authority, the Suburban
Bus Division Board and the Chicago Transit Authority shall
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provide funding and accountability for, and implementation of,
the requirements of this Section.
(f) By no later than April 1, 2007, the Authority shall
develop and submit to the General Assembly and the Governor a
funding plan for ADA paratransit services. Approval of such
plan by the Authority shall require the affirmative votes of 12
of the then Directors. The funding plan shall, at a minimum,
contain an analysis of the current costs of providing ADA
paratransit services, projections of the long-term costs of
providing ADA paratransit services, identification of and
recommendations for possible cost efficiencies in providing
ADA paratransit services, and identification of and
recommendations for possible funding sources for providing ADA
paratransit services. The Illinois Department of
Transportation, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the
Suburban Bus Division Board, the Chicago Transit Authority and
other State and local public agencies as appropriate shall
cooperate with the Authority in the preparation of such funding
plan.
(g) Any funds derived from the federal Medicaid program for
reimbursement of the costs of providing ADA paratransit
services within the metropolitan region shall be directed to
the Authority and shall be used to pay for or reimburse the
costs of providing such services.
(h) Nothing in this amendatory Act shall be construed to
conflict with the requirements of the Americans with

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Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing regulations.
(Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(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 and .
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
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(c) (Blank). Until April 1, 2008, 3 Directors appointed by
the Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake,
McHenry, and Will Counties, as follows:
(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

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DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage
County.
(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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General Assembly, the Chairman shall be appointed by the other
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).
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(70 ILCS 3615/3.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04)
Sec. 3.04. Compensation. Each Director, including the
Chairman, except for the Chairman of the Chicago Transit
Authority who shall not be compensated by the Authority, shall
be compensated at the rate of $25,000 per year.
Officers of the Authority shall not be required to comply
with the requirements of Public Funds Statement Publication Act
"An Act requiring certain custodians of public moneys to file
and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements
thereof", approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended.
(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3.08) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.08)
Sec. 3.08. There is established a Regional Citizens
Advisory Board. This board shall be comprised of the Chairmen
of the Citizens Advisory Boards of the Chicago Transit
Authority, the Commuter Rail Division, Board and the Suburban
Bus Division Board. This Board shall meet at least quarterly
and shall advise the Board of the impact of its policies and
programs on the communities within the metropolitan region.
Members shall serve without compensation.
(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.01)
Sec. 3A.01. Suburban Bus Division. There is established
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division responsible for providing public transportation by
bus and as may be provided in this Act. Purchase of service
agreements between a transportation agency and the Authority in
effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act shall
remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of
such agreement. Such agreements, on and after January 1, 2021,
shall first be the responsibility of the Transition Board and,
on the date of its creation, shall be the responsibility of the
Regional Transportation Authority the Suburban Bus Division
and its Board.
(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02)
Sec. 3A.02. Suburban Bus Board. On and after January 1,
2021: (1) the powers and duties of the Suburban Bus Board shall
be exercised and performed by the Regional Transportation
Authority Board, and any references to the Suburban Bus Board
in this Article shall be construed as references to the
Regional Transportation Authority Board; (2) the Suburban Bus
Board is dissolved; and (3) all terms of the directors of the
Suburban Bus Board are terminated. The governing body of the
Suburban Bus Division shall be a board consisting of 13
directors appointed as follows:
(a) Six Directors appointed by the members of the Cook
County Board elected from that part of Cook County outside
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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:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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;
(iv) One of the Directors shall be the chief
executive officer of a municipality within the area of
the Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
(v) 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;
(vi) 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;
(b) One Director by the Chairman of the Kane County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
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(c) One Director by the Chairman of the Lake County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within Lake County;
(d) One Director by the Chairman of the DuPage County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within DuPage County;
(e) One Director by the Chairman of the McHenry County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within McHenry County;
(f) One Director by the Chairman of the Will County
Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
municipality within Will County;
(g) 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
(h) The Chairman by the Governor for the initial term,
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
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Each appointment made under paragraphs (a) through (g) and
under Section 3A.03 shall be certified by the appointing
authority to the Suburban Bus Board which shall maintain the
certifications as part of the official records of the Suburban
Bus Board; provided that the initial appointments shall be
certified to the Secretary of State, who shall transmit the
certifications to the Suburban Bus Board following its
organization.
For the purposes of this Section, "chief executive officer
of a municipality" includes a former chief executive officer of
a municipality within the specified Region or County, provided
that the former officer continues to reside within such Region
or County.
(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05)
Sec. 3A.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
Suburban Bus Board shall appoint an Executive Director who
shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of 11 9
of the directors of the Suburban Bus Board. The Executive
Director shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys,
agents, engineers, employees and shall organize the staff,
shall allocate their functions and duties, fix compensation and
conditions of employment, and consistent with the policies of
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necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill its
responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
other powers and responsibilities as the Suburban Bus Board
shall determine. The Executive Director shall be an individual
of proven transportation and management skills and may not be a
member of the Suburban Bus Board. The Division 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 transportation
agencies in the metropolitan region. A person appointed or
employed under this Section whose term or employment has not
been terminated on January 1, 2021 shall continue in his or her
position with the Suburban Bus Division until the expiration of
his or her appointment or employment, resignation, or removal.
No employee, officer, or agent of the Suburban Bus Division
Board may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or her annual
salary unless that bonus has been reviewed by the Regional
Transportation Authority Board for a period of 14 days. After
14 days, the contract 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 Suburban Bus Division
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shall not be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based
on merit.
The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights
Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
procedure established thereunder. The Suburban Bus Division
Board 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 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. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.09) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.09)
Sec. 3A.09. General powers. In addition to any powers
elsewhere provided to the Suburban Bus Division or the former
Suburban Bus Board, the Regional Transportation Authority
Board it shall have all of the powers specified in Section 2.20
of this Act except for the powers specified in Section
2.20(a)(v). The Board shall also have the power:
(a) (blank); to cooperate with the Regional
Transportation Authority in the exercise by the Regional
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(b) to receive funds from for the Division the Regional
Transportation Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01,
4.02, 4.09 and 4.10 of the Regional Transportation
Authority Act, all as provided in the Regional
Transportation Authority Act;
(c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in
the Regional Transportation Authority Act, upon such terms
and conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract
between either the Division and the Regional
Transportation Authority or the Division and another
Service Board, which contract or agreement may be for such
number of years or duration as the parties agree, all as
provided in the Regional Transportation Authority Act;
(d) to perform all functions necessary for the
provision of paratransit services under Section 2.30 of
this Act; and
(e) to borrow money for the purposes of: (i)
constructing a new garage in the northwestern Cook County
suburbs, (ii) converting the South Cook garage in Markham
to a Compressed Natural Gas facility, (iii) constructing a
new paratransit garage in DuPage County, (iv) expanding the
North Shore garage in Evanston to accommodate additional
indoor bus parking, and (v) purchasing new transit buses.
For the purpose of evidencing the obligation of the
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provided in this subsection, the Suburban Bus Division
Board may issue revenue bonds from time to time pursuant to
ordinance adopted by the Suburban Bus Board, subject to the
approval of the Regional Transportation Authority of each
such issuance by the affirmative vote of 12 of its then
Directors; provided that the Suburban Bus Division Board
may not issue bonds for the purpose of financing the
acquisition, construction, or improvement of any facility
other than those listed in this subsection (e). All such
bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income
or any other funds that the Suburban Bus Division Board may
receive, provided that the Suburban Bus Board may not
pledge as security for such bonds the moneys, if any, that
the Suburban Bus Division Board receives from the Regional
Transportation Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.3(f) of
the Regional Transportation Authority Act. The bonds shall
bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate
authorized by the Bond Authorization Act and shall mature
at such time or times not exceeding 25 years from their
respective dates. Bonds issued pursuant to this paragraph
must be issued with scheduled principal or mandatory
redemption payments in equal amounts in each fiscal year
over the term of the bonds, with the first principal or
mandatory redemption payment scheduled within the fiscal
year in which bonds are issued or within the next
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principal amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this
Section shall be sold pursuant to notice of sale and public
bid. No more than 75%, based on total principal amount, of
all bonds authorized pursuant to this Section shall be sold
by negotiated sale. The maximum principal amount of the
bonds that may be issued may not exceed $100,000,000. The
bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable
instruments under the laws of this State. To secure the
payment of any or all of such bonds and for the purpose of
setting forth the covenants and undertakings of the
Suburban Bus Division Board in connection with the issuance
thereof and the issuance of any additional bonds payable
from such revenue or income as well as the use and
application of the revenue or income received by the
Suburban Bus Division Board, the Suburban Bus Board may
execute and deliver a trust agreement or agreements;
provided that no lien upon any physical property of the
Suburban Bus Division Board shall be created thereby. A
remedy for any breach or default of the terms of any such
trust agreement by the Suburban Bus Division Board may be
by mandamus proceedings in any court of competent
jurisdiction to compel performance and compliance
therewith, but the trust agreement may prescribe by whom or
on whose behalf such action may be instituted. Under no
circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Suburban Bus
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Division Board in connection with the issuance of such
bonds be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the
State of Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority,
or any other political subdivision of or municipality
within the State, nor shall any such bonds or obligations
be or become an indebtedness of the Suburban Bus Division
Board within the purview of any constitutional limitation
or provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of
each bond that it does not constitute such an indebtedness
or obligation but is payable solely from the revenues or
income as aforesaid.
(Source: P.A. 99-665, eff. 7-29-16.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.10)
Sec. 3A.10. Budget and Program. The Regional
Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board, subject to
the powers of the Authority in Section 4.11, shall control the
finances of the Division. It shall by ordinance appropriate
money to perform the Division's purposes and provide for
payment of debts and expenses of the Division. Each year the
Regional Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board
shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual budget and
proposed five-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
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Board's Suburban Bus Board'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 five-year capital program shall be based on
the Authority's estimate of funds to be made available to the
Suburban Bus Division 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
five-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. Before the proposed budget,
financial plan, and five-year capital program are approved by
submitted to the Authority, the Suburban Bus Division Board
shall hold at least one public hearing thereon in each of the
counties in the metropolitan region in which the Division
provides service. The Suburban Bus Division Board shall hold at
least one meeting for consideration of the proposed budget,
financial plan, and five-year capital program with the county
board of each of the several counties in the metropolitan
region in which the Division provides service. After conducting
such hearings and holding such meetings and after making such
changes in the proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year
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the it shall adopt an annual budget ordinance at least by
November 15 next preceding the beginning of each fiscal year.
The budget, financial plan, and five-year capital program shall
then be submitted to the Authority as provided in Section 4.11.
In the event that the Board of the Authority determines that
the budget and financial plan do not meet the standards of
Section 4.11, the Suburban Bus Board shall make such changes as
are necessary to meet such requirements and adopt an amended
budget ordinance. The amended budget ordinance shall be
resubmitted to the Authority pursuant to Section 4.11. The
ordinance 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 Division Board.
The budget shall:
(i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues
from all sources including operating subsidies and (B) the
costs of providing the services specified and of funding
any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
periods, including provision for payment when due of
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(ii) show cash balances including the proceeds of any
anticipated cash flow borrowing sufficient to pay with
reasonable promptness all costs and expenses as incurred;
(iii) provide for a level of fares or charges and
operating or administrative costs for the public
transportation provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
of the Suburban Bus Division Board sufficient to allow the
Suburban Bus Division Board to meet its required system
generated revenues recovery ratio and, beginning with the
2007 fiscal year, its system generated ADA paratransit
services revenue recovery ratio;
(iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and
projections which are reasonable and prudent;
(v) have been prepared in accordance with sound
financial practices as determined by the Board of the
Authority;
(vi) meet such other uniform financial, budgetary, or
fiscal requirements that the Board of the Authority may by
rule or regulation establish; and
(vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives
adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the
Strategic Plan.
(Source: P.A. 94-370, eff. 7-29-05; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.11)
Sec. 3A.11. Citizens Advisory Board. The Regional

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Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board shall
establish a citizens advisory board composed of 10 residents of
those portions of the metropolitan region in which the Suburban
Bus Division Board provides service who have an interest in
public transportation. The members of the advisory board shall
be named for 2 year terms, shall select one of their members to
serve as chairman and shall serve without compensation. The
citizens advisory board shall meet with the Regional
Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board at least
quarterly and advise the Regional Transportation Authority
Board Suburban Bus Board of the impact of its policies and
programs on the communities it serves. Appointments to the
citizens advisory board should, to the greatest extent
possible, reflect the ethnic, cultural, and geographic
diversity of all persons residing within the Suburban Bus
Division's Board's jurisdiction.
(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12)
Sec. 3A.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Regional
Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus Board with the
affirmative vote of 11 9 of its Directors may demand and direct
the Board of the Authority to issue Working Cash Notes at such
time and in such amounts and having such maturities as the
Suburban Bus Board deems proper, provided however any such
borrowing shall have been specifically identified in the budget

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of the Suburban Bus Board as approved by the Board of the
Authority. Provided further, that the Suburban Bus Board may
not demand and direct the Board of the Authority to have issued
and have outstanding at any time in excess of $5,000,000 in
Working Cash Notes.
(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.14)
Sec. 3A.14. Labor.
(a) The provisions of this Section apply to collective
bargaining agreements (including extensions and amendments of
existing agreements) entered into on or after January 1, 1984.
(b) The Suburban Bus Division Board shall deal with and
enter into written contracts with their employees, through
accredited representatives of such employees authorized to act
for such employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a
collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983. Any such
agreement of the Suburban Bus Division Board shall provide that
the agreement may be reopened if the amended budget submitted
pursuant to Section 2.18a of this Act is not approved by the
Board of the Authority. The agreement may not include a
provision requiring the payment of wage increases based on
changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Suburban Bus Division
Board shall not have the authority to enter collective

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bargaining agreements with respect to inherent management
rights, which include such areas of discretion or policy as the
functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
employees and direction of personnel. Employers, however,
shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to policy
matters directly affecting wages, hours and terms and
conditions of employment, as well as the impact thereon, upon
request by employee representatives. To preserve the rights of
employers and exclusive representatives which have established
collective bargaining relationships or negotiated collective
bargaining agreements prior to the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1983, employers shall be required to bargain
collectively with regard to any matter concerning wages, hours
or conditions of employment about which they have bargained
prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983.
(c) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a
prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service
operated by the Suburban Bus Division Board except where
prohibited by federal law.
(d) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
bargaining agreement, the Suburban Bus Division Board shall
determine the costs of each provision of the agreement, prepare
an amended budget incorporating the costs of the agreement, and
present the amended budget to the Board of the Authority for
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amended budget by an affirmative vote of 14 12 of its then
Directors. If the budget is not approved by the Board of the
Authority, the agreement may be reopened and its terms may be
renegotiated. Any amended budget which may be prepared
following renegotiation shall be presented to the Board of the
Authority for its approval in like manner.
(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.15)
Sec. 3A.15. Free services; eligibility.
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
of, the Suburban Bus Division Board shall be provided without
charge to all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged
65 and older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by
the Regional Transportation Authority Board Suburban Bus
Board.
(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
of service contracts of, the Suburban Bus Division Board shall
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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 the Suburban Bus Division
Board. 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. Nothing in this Section
shall relieve the Suburban Bus Division Board from providing
reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.16)
Sec. 3A.16. Transit services for individuals with
disabilities. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later
than 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 95th General Assembly, all fixed route public
transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
of service contract of, the Suburban Bus Division Board shall
be provided without charge to all persons with disabilities 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 procedures as
shall be prescribed by the Regional Transportation Authority
Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish all information
reasonably necessary to determine eligibility, including

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updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services
without charge under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.17)
Sec. 3A.17. Emergency protocols. Within 6 months after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly, the Suburban Bus Division Board must develop written
protocols to respond to medical and sanitation emergencies and
to other safety hazards.
(Source: P.A. 96-677, eff. 8-25-09.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.18)
Sec. 3A.18. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 3A.14, before the Suburban Bus Division
Board may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess
of $100,000, the Regional Transportation Authority Board
Suburban Bus Board must review 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.
(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
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Sec. 3B.01. Commuter Rail Division. There is established
within the Authority the Commuter Rail Division as the
operating division responsible for providing public
transportation by commuter rail. Purchase of service
agreements between a transportation agency and the Authority in
effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act shall
remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of
such agreement. Such agreements, on and after January 1, 2021,
shall first be the responsibility of the Transition Board and,
on the date of its creation, shall become the responsibility of
the Regional Transportation Authority Commuter Rail Division
and its Board.
(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
Sec. 3B.02. Commuter Rail Board. On and after January 1,
2021: (1) the powers and duties of the Commuter Rail Board
shall be exercised and performed by the Regional Transportation
Authority Board, and any references to the Commuter Rail Board
in this Article shall be construed as references to the
Regional Transportation Authority Board; (2) the Commuter Rail
Board is dissolved; and (3) all terms of the directors of the
Commuter Rail Board are terminated. (a) Until April 1, 2008,
the governing body of the Commuter Rail Division shall be a
board consisting of 7 directors appointed pursuant to Sections
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(1) One director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
the Board of DuPage County with the advice and consent of
the County Board of DuPage County and shall reside in
DuPage County.
(2) 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 two persons for
each position. Each such director shall reside in a county
in the metropolitan region other than Cook or DuPage
County.
(3) Three 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
Chicago. In either case, such appointment shall be with the
concurrence of four such Commissioners. Each such director
shall reside in that part of Cook County outside Chicago.
(4) One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of
the City of Chicago. Such director shall reside in the City
of Chicago.
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from the members of the board, with the concurrence of 5 of
such directors.
(b) After April 1, 2008 the governing body of the Commuter
Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 11 directors
appointed, pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as follows:
(1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. To
implement the changes in appointing authority under this
Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in
office of the Director appointed under item (1) of
subsection (a) of this Section who resides in DuPage
County, a Director shall be appointed under this
subparagraph.
(2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the
McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. To
implement the change in appointing authority under this
Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in
office of the Director appointed under item (2) of
subsection (a) of this Section who resides in McHenry
County, a Director shall be appointed under this
subparagraph.
(3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County
Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County
Board and shall reside in Will County. To implement the

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change in appointing authority under this Section, upon the
expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the
Director appointed under item (2) of subsection (a) of this
Section who resides in Will County, a Director shall be
appointed under this subparagraph.
(4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the
Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County.
(5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the
Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County.
(6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the
City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City
Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City
of Chicago. To implement the changes in appointing
authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the
term of or vacancy in office of the Director appointed
under item (4) of subsection (a) of this Section who
resides in the City of Chicago, a Director shall be
appointed under this subparagraph.
(7) Five Directors residing in Cook County outside of
the City of Chicago, as follows:
(i) One Director who resides in Cook County outside
of the City of Chicago, appointed by the President of
the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of
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(ii) One Director who resides in the township of
Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg,
or Elk Grove. To implement the changes in appointing
authority under this Section, upon the expiration of
the term of or vacancy in office of the Director
appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this
Section who resides in the geographic area described in
this subparagraph, a Director shall be appointed under
this subparagraph.
(iii) One Director who resides in the township of
Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden,
Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park.
(iv) One Director who resides in the township of
Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney,
Lemont, Palos, or Orland. To implement the changes in
appointing authority under this Section, upon the
expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the
Director appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection
(a) of this Section who resides in the geographic area
described in this subparagraph and whose term of office
had not expired as of August 1, 2007, a Director shall
be appointed under this subparagraph.
(v) One Director who resides in the township of
Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. To
implement the changes in appointing authority under
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vacancy in office of the Director appointed under
paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section who
resides in the geographic area described in this
subparagraph and whose term of office had expired as of
August 1, 2007, a Director shall be appointed under
this subparagraph.
(vi) The Directors identified under the provisions
of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7)
shall be appointed by the members of the Cook County
Board. Each individual Director shall be appointed by
those members of the Cook County Board whose Board
districts overlap in whole or in part with the
geographic territory described in the relevant
subparagraph. The vote of County Board members
eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of
subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7)
shall be weighted by the number of electors residing in
those portions of their Board districts within the
geographic territory described in the relevant
subparagraph (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7).
(8) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors,
from the members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of
such Directors. To implement the changes in appointing
authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the
term of or vacancy in office of the Chairman appointed
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Chairman shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
(c) No director, while serving as such, shall be an
officer, a member of the board of directors or trustee or an
employee of any transportation agency, or be an employee of the
State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof, or of
any county, municipality, or any other unit of local government
or receive any compensation from any elected or appointed
office under the Constitution and laws of Illinois.
(d) Each appointment made under subsections (a) and (b) of
this Section and under Section 3B.03 shall be certified by the
appointing authority to the Commuter Rail Board which shall
maintain the certifications as part of the official records of
the Commuter Rail Board.
(Source: P.A. 98-709, eff. 7-16-14.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.05)
Sec. 3B.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
Commuter Rail Board shall appoint an Executive Director who
shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of 11 8
of the directors of the Commuter Rail Board. The Executive
Director shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys,
agents, engineers, employees and shall organize the staff,
shall allocate their functions and duties, fix compensation and
conditions of employment, and consistent with the policies of
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necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill its
responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
other powers and responsibilities as the Commuter Rail Board
shall determine. The Executive Director shall be an individual
of proven transportation and management skills and may not be a
member of the Commuter Rail Board. The Division 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 transportation
agencies in the metropolitan region. A person appointed or
employed under this Section whose term or employment has not
been terminated on January 1, 2021 shall continue in his or her
position with the Commuter Rail Division until the expiration
of his or her appointment or employment, resignation, or
removal.
No employee, officer, or agent of the Commuter Rail
Division Board may receive a bonus that exceeds 10% of his or
her annual salary unless that bonus has been reviewed by the
Regional Transportation Authority Board for a period of 14
days. After 14 days, the contract 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
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Board shall establish regulations to insure that its discharges
shall not be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based
on merit.
The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights
Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
procedure established thereunder. The Commuter Rail Division
Board 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 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. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.09) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.09)
Sec. 3B.09. General Powers. In addition to any powers
elsewhere provided to the Commuter Rail Division or the former
Commuter Rail Board, the Regional Transportation Authority
Board it shall have all of the powers specified in Section 2.20
of this Act except for the powers specified in Section
2.20(a)(v). The Board shall also have the power:
(a) (blank); to cooperate with the Regional Transportation
Authority in the exercise by the Regional Transportation
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(b) to receive funds for the Division from the Regional
Transportation Authority pursuant to Sections 2.02, 4.01,
4.02, 4.09 and 4.10 of the "Regional Transportation Authority
Act", all as provided in the "Regional Transportation Authority
Act";
(c) to receive financial grants from the Regional
Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as defined in the
"Regional Transportation Authority Act", upon such terms and
conditions as shall be set forth in a grant contract between
either the Division and the Regional Transportation Authority
or the Division and another Service Board, which contract or
agreement may be for such number of years or duration as the
parties may agree, all as provided in the "Regional
Transportation Authority Act"; and
(d) to borrow money for the purpose of acquiring,
constructing, reconstructing, extending, or improving any
Public Transportation Facilities (as defined in Section 1.03 of
the Regional Transportation Authority Act) operated by or to be
operated by or on behalf of the Commuter Rail Division. For the
purpose of evidencing the obligation of the Commuter Rail
Division Board to repay any money borrowed as provided in this
subsection, the Commuter Rail Division Board may issue revenue
bonds from time to time pursuant to ordinance adopted by the
Commuter Rail Board, subject to the approval of the Regional
Transportation Authority of each such issuance by the
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Commuter Rail Division Board may not issue bonds for the
purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, or
improvement of a corporate headquarters building. All such
bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues or income or
any other funds that the Commuter Rail Division Board may
receive, provided that the Commuter Rail Division Board may not
pledge as security for such bonds the moneys, if any, that the
Commuter Rail Division Board receives from the Regional
Transportation Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.3(f) of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act. The bonds shall bear
interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by
the Bond Authorization Act and shall mature at such time or
times not exceeding 25 years from their respective dates. Bonds
issued pursuant to this paragraph must be issued with scheduled
principal or mandatory redemption payments in equal amounts in
each fiscal year over the term of the bonds, with the first
principal or mandatory redemption payment scheduled within the
fiscal year in which bonds are issued or within the next
succeeding fiscal year. At least 25%, based on total principal
amount, of all bonds authorized pursuant to this Section shall
be sold pursuant to notice of sale and public bid. No more than
75%, based on total principal amount, of all bonds authorized
pursuant to this Section shall be sold by negotiated sale. The
maximum principal amount of the bonds that may be issued and
outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,000,000,000. The
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under the laws of this State. To secure the payment of any or
all of such bonds and for the purpose of setting forth the
covenants and undertakings of the Commuter Rail Division Board
in connection with the issuance thereof and the issuance of any
additional bonds payable from such revenue or income as well as
the use and application of the revenue or income received by
the Commuter Rail Division Board, the Commuter Rail Board may
execute and deliver a trust agreement or agreements; provided
that no lien upon any physical property of the Commuter Rail
Division Board shall be created thereby. A remedy for any
breach or default of the terms of any such trust agreement by
the Commuter Rail Division Board may be by mandamus proceedings
in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance
and compliance therewith, but the trust agreement may prescribe
by whom or on whose behalf such action may be instituted. Under
no circumstances shall any bonds issued by the Commuter Rail
Division Board or any other obligation of the Commuter Rail
Division Board in connection with the issuance of such bonds be
or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of
Illinois, the Regional Transportation Authority, or any other
political subdivision of or municipality within the State, nor
shall any such bonds or obligations be or become an
indebtedness of the Commuter Rail Division Board within the
purview of any constitutional limitation or provision, and it
shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it does
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payable solely from the revenues or income as aforesaid.
(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.10)
Sec. 3B.10. Budget and Program. The Regional
Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board, subject to
the powers of the Authority in Section 4.11, shall control the
finances of the Division. It shall by ordinance appropriate
money to perform the Division's purposes and provide for
payment of debts and expenses of the Division. Each year the
Regional Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board
shall prepare and publish a comprehensive annual budget and
proposed five-year capital program document, and a financial
plan for the two years thereafter describing the state of the
Division and presenting for the forthcoming fiscal year and the
two following years the Regional Transportation Authority
Board's Commuter Rail Board's plans for such operations and
capital expenditures as the Regional Transportation Authority
Board Commuter Rail Board intends to undertake and the means by
which it intends to finance them. The proposed budget,
financial plan, and five-year capital program shall be based on
the Authority's estimate of funds to be made available to the
Commuter Rail Division 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
five-year capital program shall contain a statement of the

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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. Before the proposed budget,
financial plan, and five-year capital program are approved by
submitted to the Authority, the Commuter Rail Board shall hold
at least one public hearing thereon in each of the counties in
the metropolitan region in which the Division provides service.
The Commuter Rail Board shall hold at least one meeting for
consideration of the proposed budget, financial plan, and
five-year capital plan with the county board of each of the
several counties in the metropolitan region in which the
Division provides service. After conducting such hearings and
holding such meetings and after making such changes in the
proposed budget, financial plan, and five-year capital plan as
the Commuter Rail Board deems appropriate, the board shall
adopt its annual budget ordinance at least by November 15 next
preceding the beginning of each fiscal year. The budget,
financial plan, and five-year capital program shall then be
submitted to the Authority as provided in Section 4.11. In the
event that the Board of the Authority determines that the
budget and program, and financial plan do not meet the
standards of Section 4.11, the Commuter Rail Board shall make
such changes as are necessary to meet such requirements and
adopt an amended budget ordinance. The amended budget ordinance

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shall be resubmitted to the Authority pursuant to Section 4.11.
The ordinance 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 Commuter Rail
Division Board.
The budget shall:
(i) show a balance between (A) anticipated revenues
from all sources including operating subsidies and (B) the
costs of providing the services specified and of funding
any operating deficits or encumbrances incurred in prior
periods, including provision for payment when due of
principal and interest on outstanding indebtedness;
(ii) show cash balances including the proceeds of any
anticipated cash flow borrowing sufficient to pay with
reasonable promptness all costs and expenses as incurred;
(iii) provide for a level of fares or charges for the
public transportation provided by or subject to the
jurisdiction of such Commuter Rail Division Board
sufficient to allow the Commuter Rail Division Board to
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(iv) be based upon and employ assumptions and
projections which the Board of the Authority finds to be
reasonable and prudent;
(v) have been prepared in accordance with sound
financial practices as determined by the Board of the
Authority;
(vi) meet such other uniform financial, budgetary, or
fiscal requirements that the Board of the Authority may by
rule or regulation establish; and
(vii) be consistent with the goals and objectives
adopted by the Regional Transportation Authority in the
Strategic Plan.
(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.11)
Sec. 3B.11. Citizens Advisory Board. The Regional
Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board shall
establish a citizens advisory board composed of ten residents
of those portions of the metropolitan region in which the
Commuter Rail Division Board provides service who have an
interest in public transportation. The members of the advisory
board shall be named for two year terms, shall select one of
their members to serve as chairman and shall serve without
compensation. The citizens advisory board shall meet with the
Regional Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board at
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Authority Board Commuter Rail Board of the impact of its
policies and programs on the communities it serves.
Appointments to the citizens advisory board should, to the
greatest extent possible, reflect the ethnic, cultural, and
geographic diversity of all persons residing within the
Commuter Rail Division's jurisdiction.
(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.12)
Sec. 3B.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Regional
Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail Board with the
affirmative vote of 10 7 of its Directors may demand and direct
the Board of the Authority to issue Working Cash Notes at such
time and in such amounts and having such maturities as the
Commuter Rail Board deems proper, provided however any such
borrowing shall have been specifically identified in the budget
of the Commuter Rail Board as approved by the Board of the
Authority. Provided further, that the Commuter Rail Board may
not demand and direct the Board of the Authority to have issued
and have outstanding at any time in excess of $20,000,000 in
Working Cash Notes.
(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.13) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.13)
Sec. 3B.13. Labor.
(a) The provisions of this Section apply to collective

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bargaining agreements (including extensions and amendments of
existing agreements) entered into on or after January 1, 1984.
This Section does not apply to collective bargaining agreements
that are subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as
now or hereafter amended.
(b) The Commuter Rail Division Board shall deal with and
enter into written contracts with their employees, through
accredited representatives of such employees authorized to act
for such employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, working
conditions, and pension or retirement provisions about which a
collective bargaining agreement has been entered prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983. Any such
agreement of the Commuter Rail Division Board shall provide
that the agreement may be reopened if the amended budget
submitted pursuant to Section 2.18a of this Act is not approved
by the Board of the Authority. The agreement may not include a
provision requiring the payment of wage increases based on
changes in the Consumer Price Index. The Commuter Rail Division
Board shall not have the authority to enter collective
bargaining agreements with respect to inherent management
rights which include such areas of discretion or policy as the
functions of the employer, standards of services, its overall
budget, the organizational structure and selection of new
employees and direction of personnel. Employers, however,
shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to policy
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conditions of employment, as well as the impact thereon, upon
request by employee representatives. To preserve the rights of
the Commuter Rail Division Board and exclusive representatives
which have established collective bargaining relationships or
negotiated collective bargaining agreements prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983, the Commuter
Rail Division Board shall be required to bargain collectively
with regard to any matter concerning wages, hours or conditions
of employment about which they have bargained prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983.
(c) The collective bargaining agreement may not include a
prohibition on the use of part-time operators on any service
operated by the Commuter Rail Division Board except where
prohibited by federal law.
(d) Within 30 days of the signing of any such collective
bargaining agreement, the Commuter Rail Division Board shall
determine the costs of each provision of the agreement, prepare
an amended budget incorporating the costs of the agreement, and
present the amended budget to the Board of the Authority for
its approval under Section 4.11. The Board may approve the
amended budget by an affirmative vote of 12 of its then
Directors. If the budget is not approved by the Board of the
Authority, the agreement may be reopened and its terms may be
renegotiated. Any amended budget which may be prepared
following renegotiation shall be presented to the Board of the
Authority for its approval in like manner.

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(Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.14)
Sec. 3B.14. Free services; eligibility.
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
60 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 95th General Assembly and until subsection (b) is
implemented, any fixed route public transportation services
provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts
of, the Commuter Rail Division Board shall be provided without
charge to all senior citizens of the Metropolitan Region aged
65 and older, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by
the Regional Transportation Authority Board Commuter Rail
Board.
(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later than
180 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly, any fixed route public
transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
of service contracts of, the Commuter Rail Division Board shall
be provided without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older
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 the Commuter Rail Division
Board. The Department on Aging shall furnish all information
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updated lists of individuals who are eligible for services
without charge under this Section. Nothing in this Section
shall relieve the Commuter Rail Division Board from providing
reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.15)
Sec. 3B.15. Transit services for individuals with
disabilities. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no later
than 60 days following the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 95th General Assembly, all fixed route public
transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase
of service contract of, the Commuter Rail Division Board shall
be provided without charge to all persons with disabilities 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 procedures as
shall be prescribed by the Board. 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.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.26)
Sec. 3B.26. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 3B.13, before the Commuter Rail Division

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Board may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess
of $100,000, the Regional Transportation Authority Board
Commuter Rail Board must review 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 Regional Transportation Authority
may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of
$100,000, the Board must submit that contract to the Chairman
and Minority Spokesman of the Mass Transit 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. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/Art. III-C heading new)
ARTICLE III-C
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY
(70 ILCS 3615/3C.05 new)
Sec. 3C.05. Establishment; operation. The Chicago Transit
Authority of the Regional Transportation Authority is
established on January 1, 2021 as provided in the Metropolitan
Transit Authority Act. The Chicago Transit Authority shall be

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operated as provided in the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.
(70 ILCS 3615/4.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01)
Sec. 4.01. Budget and Program.
(a) The Board shall control the finances of the Authority.
It shall by ordinance adopted by the affirmative vote of at
least 12 of its then Directors (i) appropriate money to perform
the Authority's purposes and provide for payment of debts and
expenses of the Authority, (ii) take action with respect to the
budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board, as
provided in Section 4.11, and (iii) adopt an Annual Budget and
Two-Year Financial Plan for the Authority that includes the
annual budget and two-year financial plan of each Service Board
that has been approved by the Authority. The Annual Budget and
Two-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 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.
The fiscal year of the Authority and each Service Board shall
begin on January 1st and end on the succeeding December 31st.
By July 1st of each year the Director of the Illinois
Governor's Office of Management and Budget (formerly Bureau of

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the 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 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
Replacement Fund and the amounts otherwise to be appropriated
by the State to the Authority for its purposes. The Authority
shall file a copy of its Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
Plan with the General Assembly and the Governor after its
adoption. Before the proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year
Financial Plan is adopted, the Authority shall hold at least
one public hearing thereon in the metropolitan region, and
shall meet with the county board or its designee of each of the
several counties in the metropolitan region. After conducting
such hearings and holding such meetings and after making such
changes in the proposed Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
Plan as the Board deems appropriate, the Board shall adopt its
annual appropriation and Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial
Plan ordinance. The ordinance may be adopted only upon the
affirmative votes of 12 of its then Directors. The ordinance
shall appropriate such 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 such ordinance may be made

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from time to time by the Board upon the affirmative votes of 12
of its then Directors.
(b) The Annual Budget and Two-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.
The Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan must show:
(i) that the level of fares and charges for mass
transportation provided by, or under grant or purchase of
service contracts of, the Service Boards is sufficient to
cause the aggregate of all projected fare revenues from
such fares and charges received in each fiscal year to
equal at least 50% of the aggregate costs of providing such
public transportation in such fiscal year. "Fare revenues"
include the proceeds of all fares and charges for services
provided, contributions received in connection with public
transportation from units of local government other than
the Authority, except for contributions received by the
Chicago Transit Authority from a real estate transfer tax
imposed under subsection (i) of Section 8-3-19 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, and from the State pursuant to
subsection (i) of Section 2705-305 of the Department of
Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), and all other

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operating revenues properly included consistent with
generally accepted accounting principles but do not
include: the proceeds of any borrowings, and, beginning
with the 2007 fiscal year, all revenues and receipts,
including but not limited to fares and grants received from
the federal, State or any unit of local government or other
entity, derived from providing ADA paratransit service
pursuant to Section 2.30 of the Regional Transportation
Authority Act. "Costs" include all items properly included
as operating costs consistent with generally accepted
accounting principles, including administrative costs, but
do not include: depreciation; payment of principal and
interest on bonds, notes or other evidences of obligation
for borrowed money issued by the Authority; payments with
respect to public transportation facilities made pursuant
to subsection (b) of Section 2.20 of this Act; any payments
with respect to rate protection contracts, credit
enhancements or liquidity agreements made under Section
4.14; any other cost to which it is reasonably expected
that a cash expenditure will not be made; costs for
passenger security including grants, contracts, personnel,
equipment and administrative expenses, except in the case
of the Chicago Transit Authority, in which case the term
does not include costs spent annually by that entity for
protection against crime as required by Section 27a of the
Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; the payment by the

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Chicago Transit Authority of Debt Service, as defined in
Section 12c of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, on
bonds or notes issued pursuant to that Section; the payment
by the Commuter Rail Division of debt service on bonds
issued pursuant to Section 3B.09; expenses incurred by the
Suburban Bus Division for the cost of new public
transportation services funded from grants pursuant to
Section 2.01e of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
Assembly for a period of 2 years from the date of
initiation of each such service; costs as exempted by the
Board for projects pursuant to Section 2.09 of this Act;
or, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year, expenses related
to providing ADA paratransit service pursuant to Section
2.30 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; and in
fiscal years 2008 through 2012 inclusive, costs in the
amount of $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2008, reducing by
$40,000,000 in each fiscal year thereafter until this
exemption is eliminated; and
(ii) that the level of fares charged for ADA
paratransit services is sufficient to cause the aggregate
of all projected revenues from such fares charged and
received in each fiscal year to equal at least 10% of the
aggregate costs of providing such ADA paratransit
services. For purposes of this Act, the percentages in this
subsection (b)(ii) shall be referred to as the "system
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ratio". For purposes of the system generated ADA
paratransit services revenue recovery ratio, "costs" shall
include all items properly included as operating costs
consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
However, the Board may exclude from costs an amount that
does not exceed the allowable "capital costs of
contracting" for ADA paratransit services pursuant to the
Federal Transit Administration guidelines for the
Urbanized Area Formula Program.
(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
Authority for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1986, and
for each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed the maximum
administrative expenses for the previous fiscal year plus 5%.
"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

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agreements made pursuant to Section 4.14.
(d) 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 Regional Transportation Authority
Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund, the Board shall
allocate the proceeds and money remaining to the Service 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
Regional Transportation 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
Regional Transportation 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 Division Board and 15% to
the Suburban Bus Division Board; and (3) an amount equal to 85%
of the proceeds of the taxes collected within the Counties of

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DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will shall be allocated 70% to
the Commuter Rail Division Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus
Division Board.
(e) 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 Regional Transportation Authority
Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and
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 as the Board shall determine.
(f) To carry out its duties and responsibilities under this
Act, the Board shall employ staff which shall: (1) propose for

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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 five-year
capital program, annual budgets, and two-year financial plans
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 funds, (iii)
assumptions and projections that must be followed in preparing
and submitting its annual budget and two-year financial plan or
a five-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

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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 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 Five-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.
(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/4.02b)
Sec. 4.02b. Other contributions to pension funds.
(a) The Authority shall continually review the payment of
the required employer contributions to affected pension plans

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under Section 22-103 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(b) Beginning January 1, 2009, if at any time the Authority
determines that the Commuter Rail Division's Board's or
Suburban Bus Division's Board's payment of any portion of the
required contributions to an affected pension plan under
Section 22-103 of the Illinois Pension Code is more than one
month overdue, it shall as soon as possible pay the amount of
those overdue contributions to the trustee of the affected
pension plan on behalf of that Service Board out of moneys
otherwise payable to that Service Board under Section 4.03.3 of
this Act. The Authority shall thereafter have no liability to
the Service Board for amounts paid to the trustee of the
affected pension plan under this Section.
(c) Whenever the Authority acts or determines that it is
required to act under subsection (b), it shall so notify the
affected Service Board, the Mayor of Chicago, the Governor, the
Auditor General of the State of Illinois, and the General
Assembly.
(d) Beginning January 1, 2009, if the Authority fails to
pay to an affected pension fund within 30 days after it is due
any employer contribution that it is required to make as a
contributing employer under Section 22-103 of the Illinois
Pension Code, it shall promptly so notify the Commission on
Government Forecasting and Accountability, the Mayor of
Chicago, the Governor, and the General Assembly, and it shall
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available to the Authority for its administrative expenses, as
that term is defined in Section 4.01(c).
(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
(70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3)
Sec. 4.03.3. Distribution of Revenues. This Section
applies only after 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
providing for payment of its obligations with respect to bonds
and notes issued under the provisions of Section 4.04 and
obligations related to those bonds and notes, the Authority
shall disburse the remaining proceeds from taxes it has
received from the Department of Revenue under this Article IV
and the remaining proceeds it has received from the State under
Section 4.09(a) as follows:
(a) With respect to taxes imposed by the Authority under
Section 4.03, after withholding 15% of 80% of the receipts from
those taxes collected in Cook County at a rate of 1.25%, 15% of
75% of the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook County
at the rate of 1%, 15% of one-half of the receipts from those
taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
Counties, and 15% of money received by the Authority from the
Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
Replacement Fund or from the Regional Transportation Authority
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the proceeds and money remaining to the Service Boards as
follows:
(1) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
from those taxes collected within the City of Chicago at a
rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of the receipts from those
taxes collected in the City of Chicago at the rate of 1%,
and (iii) 85% of the money received by the Authority on
account of transfers to the Regional Transportation
Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to the
Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created in
Section 4.03(n) 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 (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
from those taxes collected within Cook County outside of
the City of Chicago at a rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of
the receipts from those taxes collected within Cook County
outside the City of Chicago at a rate of 1%, and (iii) 85%
of the money received by the Authority on account of
transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to the Regional
Transportation Authority tax fund created in Section
4.03(n) 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

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Transit Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Division Board,
and 15% to the Suburban Bus Division Board; and
(3) an amount equal to 85% of one-half of the receipts
from the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage,
Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be allocated 70% to the
Commuter Rail Division Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus
Division Board.
(b) Moneys received by the Authority on account of
transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation
and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and 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 (b), the ratio of the
total amount distributed to a Service Board pursuant to
subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for the immediately preceding
calendar year to the total amount distributed to all of the
Service Boards pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for
the immediately preceding calendar year.
(c)(i) 20% of the receipts from those taxes collected in
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of the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook County under
Section 4.03 at the rate of 1%, (iii) 50% of the receipts from
those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
Counties under Section 4.03, and (iv) amounts received from the
State under Section 4.09 (a)(2) and items (i), (ii), and (iii)
of Section 4.09 (a)(3) shall be allocated as follows: the
amount required to be deposited into the ADA Paratransit Fund
described in Section 2.01d, the amount required to be deposited
into the Suburban Community Mobility Fund described in Section
2.01e, and the amount required to be deposited into the
Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement Fund described in
Section 2.01c, and the balance shall be allocated 48% to the
Chicago Transit Authority, 39% to the Commuter Rail Division
Board, and 13% to the Suburban Bus Division Board.
(d) Amounts received from the State under Section 4.09
(a)(3)(iv) shall be distributed 100% to the Chicago Transit
Authority.
(e) With respect to those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane,
Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties and paid directly to the
counties under Section 4.03, the County Board of each county
shall use those amounts to fund operating and capital costs of
public safety and public transportation services or facilities
or to fund operating, capital, right-of-way, construction, and
maintenance costs of other transportation purposes, including
road, bridge, public safety, and transit purposes intended to
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receipt of funding by such counties pursuant to this paragraph
shall not be used as the basis for reducing any funds that such
counties would otherwise have received from the State of
Illinois, any agency or instrumentality thereof, the
Authority, or the Service Boards.
(f) The Authority by ordinance adopted by 12 of its then
Directors shall apportion to the Service Boards funds provided
by the State of Illinois under Section 4.09(a)(1) as it shall
determine and shall make payment of the amounts to each Service
Board as soon as may be practicable upon their receipt provided
the Authority has adopted a balanced budget as required by
Section 4.01 and further provided the Service Board is in
compliance with the requirements in Section 4.11.
(g) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any payments,
transfers, or expenditures under this Section to a Service
Board, the Authority must first comply with Section 4.02a or
4.02b of this Act, whichever may be applicable.
(h) Moneys may be appropriated from the Public
Transportation Fund to the Office of the Executive Inspector
General for the costs incurred by the Executive Inspector
General while serving as the inspector general for the
Authority and each of the Service Boards. Beginning December
31, 2012, and each year thereafter, the Office of the Executive
Inspector General shall annually report to the General Assembly
the expenses incurred while serving as the inspector general
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(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11; 97-641, eff. 12-19-11.)
(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 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
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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 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

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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
direction of a Service Board to such Service Board as soon as
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
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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
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.
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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, 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

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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 for
self-insurance or a joint self-insurance pool or entity 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 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
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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 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

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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
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

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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 "An Act in relation
to State finance", approved June 10, 1919, as amended. 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 "An Act in
relation to State finance", approved June 10, 1919, as amended,
provide for such assigned amounts to be paid directly to the
trustee instead of the Authority, all in accordance with the

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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
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

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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) Except as provided in subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3)
of Section 4.04 of this Act, the Authority shall not at any
time issue, sell or deliver any bonds or notes (other than
Working Cash Notes) pursuant to this Section 4.04 which will
cause it to have issued and outstanding at any time in excess
of $800,000,000 of such bonds and notes (other than Working
Cash Notes). The Authority shall not issue, sell, or deliver
any Working Cash Notes pursuant to this Section that will cause
it to have issued and outstanding at any time in excess of
$100,000,000. However, the Authority may issue, sell, and

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deliver additional Working Cash Notes before July 1, 2018 that
are over and above and in addition to the $100,000,000
authorization such that the outstanding amount of these
additional Working Cash Notes does not exceed at any time
$300,000,000. Bonds or notes which are being paid or retired by
such issuance, sale or delivery of bonds or notes, and bonds or
notes for which sufficient funds have been deposited with the
paying agency of such bonds or notes to provide for payment of
principal and interest thereon or to provide for the redemption
thereof, all pursuant to the ordinance authorizing the issuance
of such bonds or notes, shall not be considered to be
outstanding for the purposes of this subsection.
(2) In addition to the authority provided by paragraphs (1)
and (3), 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:
$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
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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.
(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
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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
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.
(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.

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(Source: P.A. 98-392, eff. 8-16-13; 99-238, eff. 8-3-15.)
(70 ILCS 3615/4.11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.11)
Sec. 4.11. Budget Review Powers.
(a) Based upon estimates which shall be given to the
Authority by the Director of the Governor's Office of
Management and Budget (formerly Bureau of the Budget) of the
receipts to be received by the Authority from the taxes imposed
by the Authority and the authorized estimates of amounts to be
available from State and other sources to the Service Boards,
and the times at which such receipts and amounts will be
available, the Board shall, not later than the next preceding
September 15th prior to the beginning of the Authority's next
fiscal year, advise each Service Board of the amounts estimated
by the Board to be available for such Service Board during such
fiscal year and the two following fiscal years and the times at
which such amounts will be available. The Board shall, at the
same time, also advise each Service Board of its required
system generated revenues recovery ratio for the next fiscal
year which shall be the percentage of the aggregate costs of
providing public transportation by or under jurisdiction of
that Service Board which must be recovered from system
generated revenues. The Board shall, at the same time, consider
the written determination of the Executive Director, made
pursuant to Section 2.01d, of the costs of ADA paratransit
services that are required to be provided under the federal

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and its implementing
regulations, and shall amend the current year budgets of the
Authority and the Service Boards to provide for additional
funding for the provision of ADA paratransit services, if
needed. The Board shall, at the same time, beginning with the
2007 fiscal year, also advise each Service Board that provides
ADA paratransit services of its required system generated ADA
paratransit services revenue recovery ratio for the next fiscal
year which shall be the percentage of the aggregate costs of
providing ADA paratransit services by or under jurisdiction of
that Service Board which must be recovered from fares charged
for such services, except that such required system generated
ADA paratransit services revenue recovery ratio shall not
exceed the minimum percentage established pursuant to Section
4.01(b)(ii) of this Act. In determining a Service Board's
system generated revenue recovery ratio, the Board shall
consider the historical system generated revenues recovery
ratio for the services subject to the jurisdiction of that
Service Board. The Board shall not increase a Service Board's
system generated revenues recovery ratio for the next fiscal
year over such ratio for the current fiscal year
disproportionately or prejudicially to increases in such
ratios for other Service Boards. The Board may, by ordinance,
provide that (i) the cost of research and development projects
in the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1986 and ending
December 31, 1986 conducted pursuant to Section 2.09 of this

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Act, (ii) the costs for passenger security, and (iii)
expenditures of amounts granted to a Service Board from the
Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement Fund for operating
purposes may be exempted from the farebox recovery ratio or the
system generated revenues recovery ratio of the Chicago Transit
Authority, the Suburban Bus Division Board, and the Commuter
Rail Division Board, or any of them. During fiscal years 2008
through 2012, the Board may also allocate the exemption of
$200,000,000 and the reducing amounts of costs provided by this
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly from the farebox
recovery ratio or system generated revenues recovery ratio of
each Service Board.
(b)(1) Not later than the next preceding November 15 prior
to the commencement of such fiscal year, each Service Board
shall submit to the Authority its proposed budget for such
fiscal year and its proposed financial plan for the two
following fiscal years. Such budget and financial plan shall
(i) be prepared in the format, follow the financial and
budgetary practices, and be based on any assumptions and
projections required by the Authority and (ii) not project or
assume a receipt of revenues from the Authority in amounts
greater than those set forth in the estimates provided by the
Authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section.
(2) The Board shall review the proposed budget and two-year
financial plan submitted by each Service Board. The Board shall
approve the budget and two-year financial plan of a Service

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Board if:
(i) such budget and plan show a balance between (A)
anticipated revenues from all sources including operating
subsidies and (B) the costs of providing the services
specified and of funding any operating deficits or
encumbrances incurred in prior periods, including
provision for payment when due of principal and interest on
outstanding indebtedness;
(ii) such budget and plan show cash balances including
the proceeds of any anticipated cash flow borrowing
sufficient to pay with reasonable promptness all costs and
expenses as incurred;
(iii) such budget and plan provide for a level of fares
or charges and operating or administrative costs for the
public transportation provided by or subject to the
jurisdiction of such Service Board sufficient to allow the
Service Board to meet its required system generated revenue
recovery ratio and, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year,
system generated ADA paratransit services revenue recovery
ratio;
(iv) such budget and plan are based upon and employ
assumptions and projections which are reasonable and
prudent;
(v) such budget and plan have been prepared in
accordance with sound financial practices as determined by
the Board;

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(vi) such budget and plan meet such other financial,
budgetary, or fiscal requirements that the Board may by
rule or regulation establish; and
(vii) such budget and plan are consistent with the
goals and objectives adopted by the Authority in the
Strategic Plan.
(3) (Blank).
(4) Unless the Board by an affirmative vote of 12 of the
then Directors determines that the budget and financial plan of
a Service Board meets the criteria specified in clauses (i)
through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (b), the
Board shall withhold from that Service Board 25% of the cash
proceeds of taxes imposed by the Authority under Section 4.03
and Section 4.03.1 and received after February 1 and 25% of the
amounts transferred to the Authority from the Public
Transportation Fund under Section 4.09(a) (but not including
Section 4.09(a)(3)(iv)) after February 1 that the Board has
estimated to be available to that Service Board under Section
4.11(a). Such funding shall be released to the Service Board
only upon approval of a budget and financial plan under this
Section or adoption of a budget and financial plan on behalf of
the Service Board by the Authority.
(5) If the Board has not found that the budget and
financial plan of a Service Board meets the criteria specified
in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of this
paragraph (b), the Board, by the affirmative vote of at least

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12 of its then Directors, shall adopt a budget and financial
plan meeting such criteria for that Service Board.
(c)(1) If the Board shall at any time have received a
revised estimate, or revises any estimate the Board has made,
pursuant to this Section of the receipts to be collected by the
Authority which, in the judgment of the Board, requires a
change in the estimates on which the budget of any Service
Board is based, the Board shall advise the affected Service
Board of such revised estimates, and such Service Board shall
within 30 days after receipt of such advice submit a revised
budget incorporating such revised estimates. If the revised
estimates require, in the judgment of the Board, that the
system generated revenues recovery ratio of one or more Service
Boards be revised in order to allow the Authority to meet its
required ratio, the Board shall advise any such Service Board
of its revised ratio and such Service Board shall within 30
days after receipt of such advice submit a revised budget
incorporating such revised estimates or ratio.
(2) Each Service Board shall, within such period after the
end of each fiscal quarter as shall be specified by the Board,
report to the Authority its financial condition and results of
operations and the financial condition and results of
operations of the public transportation services subject to its
jurisdiction, as at the end of and for such quarter. If in the
judgment of the Board such condition and results are not
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for such period, the Board shall so advise such Service Board
and such Service Board shall within the period specified by the
Board submit a revised budget incorporating such results.
(3) If the Board shall determine that a revised budget
submitted by a Service Board pursuant to subparagraph (1) or
(2) of this paragraph (c) does not meet the criteria specified
in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph
(b) of this Section, the Board shall withhold from that Service
Board 25% of the cash proceeds of taxes imposed by the
Authority under Section 4.03 or 4.03.1 and received by the
Authority after February 1 and 25% of the amounts transferred
to the Authority from the Public Transportation Fund under
Section 4.09(a) (but not including Section 4.09(a)(3)(iv))
after February 1 that the Board has estimated to be available
to that Service Board under Section 4.11(a). If the Service
Board submits a revised financial plan and budget which plan
and budget shows that the criteria will be met within a four
quarter period, the Board shall release any such withheld funds
to the Service Board. The Board by the affirmative vote of at
least 12 of its then Directors may require a Service Board to
submit a revised financial plan and budget which shows that the
criteria will be met in a time period less than four quarters.
(d) All budgets and financial plans, financial statements,
audits and other information presented to the Authority
pursuant to this Section or which may be required by the Board
to permit it to monitor compliance with the provisions of this

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Section shall be prepared and presented in such manner and
frequency and in such detail as shall have been prescribed by
the Board, shall be prepared on both an accrual and cash flow
basis as specified by the Board, shall present such information
as the Authority shall prescribe that fairly presents the
condition of any pension plan or trust for health care benefits
with respect to retirees established by the Service Board and
describes the plans of the Service Board to meet the
requirements of Sections 4.02a and 4.02b, and shall identify
and describe the assumptions and projections employed in the
preparation thereof to the extent required by the Board. If the
Executive Director certifies that a Service Board has not
presented its budget and two-year financial plan in conformity
with the rules adopted by the Authority under the provisions of
Section 4.01(f) and this subsection (d), and such certification
is accepted by the affirmative vote of at least 12 of the then
Directors of the Authority, the Authority shall not distribute
to that Service Board any funds for operating purposes in
excess of the amounts distributed for such purposes to the
Service Board in the previous fiscal year. Except when the
Board adopts a budget and a financial plan for a Service Board
under paragraph (b)(5), a Service Board shall provide for such
levels of transportation services and fares or charges therefor
as it deems appropriate and necessary in the preparation of a
budget and financial plan meeting the criteria set forth in
clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b)

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of this Section. 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 pursuant to this Section.
(e) Whenever this Section requires the Board to make
determinations with respect to estimates, budgets or financial
plans, or rules or regulations with respect thereto such
determinations shall be made upon the affirmative vote of at
least 12 of the then Directors and shall be incorporated in a
written report of the Board and such report shall be submitted
within 10 days after such determinations are made to the
Governor, the Mayor of Chicago (if such determinations relate
to the Chicago Transit Authority), and the Auditor General of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
(70 ILCS 3615/4.15)
Sec. 4.15. Revolving door prohibition. No Director,
Service Board director or member, former Director, or former
Service Board director or member shall, during his or her term
and for a period of one year immediately after the end of his
or her term, engage in business dealings with, knowingly accept
employment from, or receive compensation or fees for services
from the Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus
Division Board, the Commuter Rail Division, Board or the
Chicago Transit Authority Board. This prohibition shall not

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apply to any business dealings engaged in by the Director or
Service Board director or member in the course of his or her
official duties or responsibilities as a Director or Service
Board director or member.
(Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
(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 Regional Transportation YES
Authority and the Suburban Bus ---------------------

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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

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public transportation or public transportation facilities
in such County, which statutory or contractual obligations
extend beyond the termination date provided for in
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.

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(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
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
Division Board to support services under the jurisdiction of
the Commuter Rail Division Board which are attributable to that
County, as determined by the Regional Transportation Authority
Board 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 Division Board are
provided in a County wherein the powers of the Authority have
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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 under this paragraph by the County are spent for
general transportation purposes in accordance with law.
(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.03 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.04 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.06 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3A.07 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.03 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.04 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.06 rep.)
(70 ILCS 3615/3B.07 rep.)
Section 40. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
amended by repealing Sections 3A.03, 3A.04, 3A.06, 3A.07,
3B.03, 3B.04, 3B.06, and 3B.07.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2021.
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INDEX
Statutes amended in order of appearance
5 ILCS 120/2 from Ch. 102, par. 42
5 ILCS 375/2.6 rep.
5 ILCS 375/2.7 rep.
20 ILCS 2712/5-5
65 ILCS 5/11-122.2-1 from Ch. 24, par. 11-122.2-1
70 ILCS 3605/2 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 302
70 ILCS 3605/3 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 303
70 ILCS 3605/9a from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 309a
70 ILCS 3605/12a from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312a
70 ILCS 3605/12b from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312b
70 ILCS 3605/12c
70 ILCS 3605/19 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319
70 ILCS 3605/24 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 324
70 ILCS 3605/27 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327
70 ILCS 3605/27a from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 327a
70 ILCS 3605/28 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328
70 ILCS 3605/28a from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328a
70 ILCS 3605/30 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 330
70 ILCS 3605/34 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 334
70 ILCS 3605/4 rep.
70 ILCS 3605/6.1 rep.
70 ILCS 3605/9b rep.
70 ILCS 3605/20 rep.
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70 ILCS 3605/21 rep.
70 ILCS 3605/22 rep.
70 ILCS 3605/23 rep.
70 ILCS 3605/28d rep.
70 ILCS 3605/44 rep.
70 ILCS 3615/1.03 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.03
70 ILCS 3615/1.06 new
70 ILCS 3615/2.01 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.01
70 ILCS 3615/2.01a
70 ILCS 3615/2.01b
70 ILCS 3615/2.01c
70 ILCS 3615/2.01d
70 ILCS 3615/2.01e
70 ILCS 3615/2.20 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.20
70 ILCS 3615/2.21 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.21
70 ILCS 3615/2.30
70 ILCS 3615/3.01 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01
70 ILCS 3615/3.04 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04
70 ILCS 3615/3.08 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.08
70 ILCS 3615/3A.01 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.01
70 ILCS 3615/3A.02 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02
70 ILCS 3615/3A.05 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05
70 ILCS 3615/3A.09 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.09
70 ILCS 3615/3A.10 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.10
70 ILCS 3615/3A.11 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.11
70 ILCS 3615/3A.12 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12
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70 ILCS 3615/3A.14 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.14
70 ILCS 3615/3A.15
70 ILCS 3615/3A.16
70 ILCS 3615/3A.17
70 ILCS 3615/3A.18
70 ILCS 3615/3B.01 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.01
70 ILCS 3615/3B.02 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02
70 ILCS 3615/3B.05 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.05
70 ILCS 3615/3B.09 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.09
70 ILCS 3615/3B.10 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.10
70 ILCS 3615/3B.11 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.11
70 ILCS 3615/3B.12 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.12
70 ILCS 3615/3B.13 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.13
70 ILCS 3615/3B.14
70 ILCS 3615/3B.15
70 ILCS 3615/3B.26
70 ILCS 3615/Art. III-C
heading new
70 ILCS 3615/3C.05 new
70 ILCS 3615/4.01 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01
70 ILCS 3615/4.02b
70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3
70 ILCS 3615/4.04 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.04
70 ILCS 3615/4.11 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.11
70 ILCS 3615/4.15
70 ILCS 3615/5.05 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.05
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