70 ILCS 3615/4.09
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article IV - Finances

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.09)Sec. 4.09. Public Transportation Fund and the Regional Transportation  Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund.(a)(1)   Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), as soon as possible after  the first day of each month, beginning July 1, 1984, upon certification of  the Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the  Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Public  Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue, before the  deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts pursuant to Section 9 of  the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation  Tax Act, realized from  any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to  Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Regional  Transportation Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of this Act, from  the County and Mass Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of  the State Finance Act and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Regional  Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the  State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section 6z-17 of the  State Finance Act.  On the first day of the month following the date that the Department receives revenues from increased taxes under Section 4.03(m) as authorized by Public Act 95-708, in lieu of the transfers authorized in the preceding sentence, upon certification of the Department of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from (i) 80% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 75% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in Cook County, and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to Section 4.03, and 25% of the net revenue realized from any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to Section 4.03.1, and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of this Act from the County and Mass Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 25% of the amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act. As used in this Section, net revenue realized for a month shall be the revenue  collected by the State pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1 during the  previous month from within the metropolitan region, less the amount paid  out during that same month as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of  liability in the metropolitan region under Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (1) of subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.(2)  Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), on February 1, 2009 (the first day of the month following the effective date of Public Act 95-708) and each month thereafter, upon certification by the Department of Revenue, the  Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall  transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public  Transportation Fund an amount equal to 5% of the net revenue,  before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from any tax imposed by the Authority pursuant to  Sections 4.03 and 4.03.1  and certified by the Department of Revenue under Section 4.03(n) of this Act to be paid to the Authority and 5% of the amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created by Section 4.03 of this Act from the County and Mass Transit District Fund as provided in Section 6z-20 of the State Finance Act, and 5% of the amounts deposited into the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund as provided in Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, and 5% of the revenue realized by the Chicago Transit Authority as financial assistance from the City of Chicago from the proceeds of any tax imposed by the City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (2) of subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.(3)  Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), as soon as possible after the first day of January, 2009 and each month thereafter, upon certification of the Department of Revenue with respect to the taxes collected under Section 4.03, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund an amount equal to 25% of the net revenue, before the deduction of the serviceman and retailer discounts pursuant to Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, realized from (i) 20% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at a rate of 1.25% in Cook County, (ii) 25% of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 1% in Cook County, and (iii) one-third of the proceeds of any tax imposed by the Authority at the rate of 0.75% in the Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will, all pursuant to Section 4.03, and the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund (iv) an amount equal to 25% of the revenue realized by the Chicago Transit Authority as financial assistance from the City of Chicago from the proceeds of any tax imposed by the City of Chicago under Section 8-3-19 of the Illinois Municipal Code.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 100-23), those amounts required under this paragraph (3) of subsection (a) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the Public Transportation Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall be directly deposited into the Public Transportation Fund as the revenues are realized from the taxes indicated.(4) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, of the transfers to be made under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (a) from the General Revenue Fund to the Public Transportation Fund, the first $150,000,000 that would have otherwise been transferred from the General Revenue Fund shall be transferred from the Road Fund. The remaining balance of such transfers shall be made from the General Revenue Fund.(5) (Blank).(6) (Blank).(7) For State fiscal year 2020 only, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues realized during State fiscal year 2020 shall be reduced by 5%.(8)   For State fiscal year 2021 only, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues realized during State fiscal year 2021 shall be reduced by 5%.(b)(1) All moneys deposited in the Public Transportation Fund and the  Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund,  whether deposited pursuant to this Section or otherwise, are allocated to  the Authority, except for amounts appropriated to the Office of the Executive Inspector General as authorized by subsection (h) of Section 4.03.3 and amounts transferred to the Audit Expense Fund pursuant to Section 6z-27 of the State Finance Act. The Comptroller, as soon as  possible after each monthly transfer provided in this Section and after  each deposit into the Public Transportation Fund, shall order the Treasurer  to pay to the Authority out of the Public Transportation Fund the amount so  transferred or deposited. Any Additional State Assistance and Additional Financial Assistance paid to the Authority under this Section shall be expended by the Authority for its purposes as provided in this Act. The balance of the amounts paid to the Authority from the Public Transportation Fund shall be expended by the Authority as provided in Section 4.03.3. The   Comptroller,  as soon as possible after each deposit into the Regional Transportation  Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund provided in this Section  and Section 6z-17 of the State Finance Act, shall order the Treasurer  to pay to the Authority out of the Regional Transportation Authority  Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund the amount so deposited.  Such  amounts paid to the Authority may be expended by it for its purposes as  provided in this Act. The provisions directing the distributions from the Public Transportation Fund and the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund provided for in this Section shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized and directed to make distributions as provided in this Section. (2) Provided, however, no moneys deposited under subsection (a)  of this Section shall be paid from the Public Transportation  Fund to the Authority or its assignee for any fiscal year until the Authority has certified to  the Governor, the Comptroller, and the Mayor of the City of Chicago that it  has adopted for that fiscal year an Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Plan   meeting the  requirements in Section 4.01(b).(c) In recognition of the efforts of the Authority to enhance the mass  transportation facilities under its control, the State shall provide  financial assistance ("Additional State Assistance") in excess of the  amounts transferred to the Authority from the General Revenue Fund under  subsection (a) of this Section.   Additional State Assistance shall be  calculated as provided in  subsection (d), but shall in no event exceed the following  specified amounts with respect to the following State fiscal years:    1990 $5,000,000;   1991 $5,000,000;   1992 $10,000,000;   1993 $10,000,000;   1994 $20,000,000;   1995 $30,000,000;   1996 $40,000,000;   1997 $50,000,000;   1998 $55,000,000; and   each year thereafter $55,000,000.  (c-5) The State shall provide financial assistance ("Additional Financial  Assistance") in addition to the Additional State Assistance provided by  subsection (c) and the amounts transferred to the Authority from the General  Revenue Fund under subsection (a) of this Section.  Additional Financial  Assistance provided by this subsection shall be calculated as provided in  subsection (d), but shall in no event exceed the following specified amounts  with respect to the following State fiscal years:    2000 $0;   2001 $16,000,000;   2002 $35,000,000;   2003 $54,000,000;   2004 $73,000,000;   2005 $93,000,000; and   each year thereafter $100,000,000.  (d) Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and continuing for each  State fiscal year thereafter, the Authority shall annually certify to the  State Comptroller and State Treasurer, separately with respect to each of  subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act, the following  amounts:(1) The amount necessary and required, during the     State fiscal year with respect to which the certification is made, to pay its obligations for debt service on all outstanding bonds or notes issued by the Authority under subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 of this Act.(2) An estimate of the amount necessary and required     to pay its obligations for debt service for any bonds or notes which the Authority anticipates it will issue under subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04 during that State fiscal year.(3) Its debt service savings during the preceding     State fiscal year from refunding or advance refunding of bonds or notes issued under subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04.(4) The amount of interest, if any, earned by the     Authority during the previous State fiscal year on the proceeds of bonds or notes issued pursuant to subdivisions (g)(2) and (g)(3) of Section 4.04, other than refunding or advance refunding bonds or notes.The certification shall include a specific  schedule of debt service payments, including the date and amount of each  payment for all outstanding bonds or notes and an estimated schedule of  anticipated debt service for all bonds and notes it intends to issue, if any,  during that State fiscal year, including the estimated date and estimated  amount of each payment.Immediately upon the issuance of bonds for which an estimated schedule  of debt service payments was prepared, the Authority shall file an amended  certification with respect to item (2) above, to specify the actual  schedule of debt service payments, including the date and amount of each  payment, for the remainder of the State fiscal year.On the first day of each month of the  State fiscal year in which there are bonds outstanding with respect to which  the certification is made, the State Comptroller shall order transferred and  the State Treasurer shall transfer from the Road Fund to the  Public Transportation Fund the Additional State Assistance and Additional  Financial Assistance in an amount equal to the aggregate of  (i) one-twelfth of the sum of the amounts certified under items  (1) and (3) above less the amount certified under item (4) above, plus  (ii)  the amount required to pay debt service on bonds and notes  issued during the fiscal year, if any, divided by the number of months  remaining in the fiscal year after the date of issuance, or some smaller  portion as may be necessary under subsection (c)  or (c-5) of this Section for the relevant State fiscal year, plus  (iii) any cumulative deficiencies in transfers for prior months,  until an amount equal to the  sum of the amounts certified under items (1) and (3) above,  plus the actual debt service certified under item (2) above,  less the amount certified under item (4) above,  has been transferred; except that these transfers are subject to the  following limits:(A) In no event shall the total transfers in any     State fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued by the Authority under subdivision (g)(2) of Section 4.04 exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified in subsection (c) or the sum of the amounts certified under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt service certified under item (2) above, less the amount certified under item (4) above, with respect to those bonds and notes.(B) In no event shall the total transfers in any     State fiscal year relating to outstanding bonds and notes issued by the Authority under subdivision (g)(3) of Section 4.04 exceed the lesser of the annual maximum amount specified in subsection (c-5) or the sum of the amounts certified under items (1) and (3) above, plus the actual debt service certified under item (2) above, less the amount certified under item (4) above, with respect to those bonds and notes.The term "outstanding" does not include bonds or notes for which  refunding or advance refunding bonds or notes have been issued.(e) Neither Additional State Assistance nor Additional Financial  Assistance may be pledged, either directly or  indirectly as general revenues of the Authority, as security for any bonds  issued by the Authority.  The Authority may not assign its right to receive  Additional State Assistance or Additional Financial Assistance, or direct  payment of Additional State  Assistance or Additional Financial Assistance, to a trustee or any other  entity for the  payment of debt service  on its bonds.(f) The certification required under subsection (d) with respect to  outstanding bonds and notes of the Authority shall be  filed as early as practicable before the beginning of the State fiscal  year to which it relates.  The certification shall be revised as may be  necessary to accurately state the debt service requirements of the Authority.(g) Within 6 months of the end of each fiscal year, the Authority shall determine:(i) whether the aggregate of all system generated     revenues for public transportation in the metropolitan region which is provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts with, the Service Boards equals 50% of the aggregate of all costs of providing such public transportation.  "System generated revenues" include all the proceeds of 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, and all other revenues properly included consistent with generally accepted accounting principles but may not include: the proceeds from any borrowing, 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 obligations for borrowed money of the Authority; payments with respect to public transportation facilities made pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 2.20; any payments with respect to rate protection contracts, credit enhancements or liquidity agreements made under Section 4.14; any other cost as 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 costs of Debt Service paid by the Chicago Transit Authority, as defined in Section 12c of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, or 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 Act 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; or 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. If said system generated revenues are less than 50% of said costs, the Board shall remit an amount equal to the amount of the deficit to the State; however, due to the fiscal impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, for fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, no such payment shall be required. The Treasurer shall deposit any such payment in the Road Fund; and(ii) whether, beginning with the 2007 fiscal year,     the aggregate of all fares charged and received for ADA paratransit services equals the system generated ADA paratransit services revenue recovery ratio percentage of the aggregate of all costs of providing such ADA paratransit services.(h) If the Authority makes any payment to the State under paragraph (g),  the Authority shall reduce the amount provided to a Service Board from funds  transferred under paragraph (a) in proportion to the amount by which  that Service Board failed to meet its required system generated revenues  recovery ratio. A Service Board which is affected by a reduction in funds  under this paragraph shall submit to the Authority concurrently with its  next due quarterly report a revised budget incorporating the reduction in  funds.  The revised budget must meet the criteria specified in clauses (i)  through (vi) of Section 4.11(b)(2).  The Board shall review and act on the  revised budget as provided in Section 4.11(b)(3).  (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-678, eff. 12-10-21.)