Bill Text: IL HB4579 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department to enter into contracts to provide feeder services to and from rail terminals and intercity bus transportation. Defines terms. Provides that the Department may provide funding to Amtrak to enter into contracts with motor carriers for intercity transportation if certain conditions are met. Specifies that the first inter-city bus routes the Department coordinates shall be Quincy-Springfield-Decatur-Champaign-Danville and Quad Cities-Galesburg-Peoria-Normal-Champaign-Danville. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4579 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB4579-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB4579 Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2705/2705-355 new
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department to enter into contracts to provide feeder services to and from rail terminals and intercity bus transportation. Defines terms. Provides that the Department may provide funding to Amtrak to enter into contracts with motor carriers for intercity transportation if certain conditions are met. Specifies that the first inter-city bus routes the Department coordinates shall be Quincy-Springfield-Decatur-Champaign-Danville and Quad Cities-Galesburg-Peoria-Normal-Champaign-Danville. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
Section 2705-355 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2705/2705-355 new)
Sec. 2705-355. Inter-modal transportation.
(a) The Department may enter into contracts with any common
carrier or with any corporation, partnership, or person to
provide feeder services to and from rail passenger terminals or
intercity bus transportation.
(b) For purposes of this Section:
"Amtrak" means the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
or its successor agency.
"Common carrier" means any public or private provider of
transportation, whether by land, air, or water.
"Farebox recovery ratio" means the percentage ratio
between the cost of providing intercity bus service as the
denominator and the revenues collected by the sale of bus and
rail tickets to passengers of mixed-mode feeder bus service as
the numerator.
"Motor carrier of passengers" means a person or entity

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providing motor vehicle transportation of passengers for
compensation.
"Mixed-mode feeder bus service" means bus service carrying
both passengers connecting to or from a rail service and
passengers only using the bus service.
(c) To the extent permitted by federal law, the Department
shall encourage Amtrak and motor carriers of passengers to do
the following:
(1) combine or package their respective services and
facilities to the public as a means of improving services
to the public; and
(2) coordinate schedules, routes, rates, reservations,
and ticketing to provide for enhanced inter-modal
surface transportation.
(d) The Department may provide funding to Amtrak for the
purpose of entering into a contract with a motor carrier of
passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by
motor carrier over regular routes only if all of the following
conditions are met:
(1) Service is provided only on schedules and routes
that are coordinated with scheduled intercity rail service
to facilitate mixed-mode feeder bus service.
(2) The motor carrier is registered with the United
States Department of Transportation, operates in
compliance with the federal motor carrier safety
regulations, and provides service that is accessible to

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persons with disabilities in compliance with applicable
federal regulations pertaining to Amtrak services, in
accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990.
(3) The bus service provider and Amtrak issue joint
tickets and publish each other's Illinois schedules on
their respective websites and timetables and otherwise
integrate their operations and schedules to provide a
seamless transfer between modes for passengers.
(4) All buses operating under the contract display
signs on the vehicle that say "Amtrak Illinois" to
coordinate with the appearance of State-supported Amtrak
service.
(e) The Department shall incorporate the conditions
specified in subsection (d) into State-supported passenger
rail feeder bus service agreements between Amtrak and motor
carriers of passengers. The bus service agreements shall also
provide that a breach of those conditions shall be grounds for
termination of the agreements.
(f) The farebox recovery ratio for State-supported
mixed-mode feeder bus service must be 100% in Fiscal Year 2012
and thereafter.
(g) The first inter-city bus routes that the Department
coordinates shall be
Quincy-Springfield-Decatur-Champaign-Danville and Quad
Cities-Galesburg-Peoria-Normal-Champaign-Danville.

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Intermediate stops are permitted on these routes. These routes
shall use the Amtrak facilities in Champaign, Bloomington, and
Springfield as their terminals.