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70 ILCS 3615/2.01e
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

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 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 Board with moneys from the Suburban Community Mobility Fund  shall be included in the Annual Budget and Two-Year Financial Program of the Suburban Bus Board and shall be subject to all budgetary and financial requirements under this Act.  (Source: P.A. 97-399, eff. 8-16-11.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.03
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.03)Sec. 2.03.     Operations.     A Service Board may provide public transportation  by operating public  transportation facilities. A Service Board may enter  into operating  agreements with any individual, corporation or other person or private or  public entity to operate such facilities on behalf of the Service Board.    (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.05
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.05)Sec. 2.05. Centralized Services; Acquisition and Construction.(a) The Authority may at the  request of two or more Service Boards, serve, or designate a Service Board  to serve, as a centralized purchasing agent for the Service Boards so requesting.(b) The Authority may at the request of two or more Service Boards perform  other centralized services such as ridership information and transfers between  services under the jurisdiction of the Service Boards where such centralized  services financially benefit the region as a whole.  Provided, however,  that the Board may require transfers only upon an affirmative vote of 12    of its then Directors.(c) A Service Board or the Authority may for the benefit of a Service  Board, to meet its purposes, construct or acquire any public  transportation facility for use by a Service Board  or for use by any  transportation agency and may acquire any such facilities from any  transportation agency, including also without limitation any reserve funds,  employees' pension or retirement funds, special funds, franchises,  licenses, patents, permits and papers, documents and records of the agency.  In connection with any such acquisition from a transportation agency the  Authority may assume obligations of the transportation agency with regard  to such facilities or property or public transportation operations of such  agency.In connection with any construction or acquisition, the Authority shall  make relocation payments as may be required by federal law or by the  requirements of any federal agency authorized to administer any federal  program of aid.(d) The Authority shall, after consulting with the Service Boards, develop regionally coordinated and consolidated sales, marketing, advertising, and public information programs that promote the use and coordination of, and transfers among, public transportation services in the metropolitan region.  The Authority shall develop and adopt, with the affirmative vote of at least 12 of its then Directors, rules and regulations for the Authority and the Service Boards regarding such programs to ensure that the Service Boards' independent programs conform with the Authority's regional programs.    (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.06.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.06.1)Sec. 2.06.1. Bikeways and trails. The Authority may use its  established funds, personnel, and other resources to acquire, construct,  operate, and maintain bikeways and trails.  The Authority shall cooperate  with other governmental and private agencies in bikeway and trail programs.  (Source: P.A. 98-1027, eff. 1-1-15.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.07
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.07)Sec. 2.07.     Extra-territorial Authority.     In order to provide or assist any transportation of members of the  general public between points in the metropolitan region and points outside  the metropolitan region, whether in this State or in Wisconsin or Indiana,  the Authority may at the request and for the benefit of a Service Board,  by ordinance, enter into agreements with any unit of  local government, individual, corporation or other person or public agency  in or of any such state or any private entity for such service. Such  agreements may provide for participation by a Service Board  in providing such  service and for grants by a Service Board in connection  with any such  service, and may, subject to federal and State law, set forth any terms  relating to such service, including coordinating such service with public  transportation in the metropolitan region. Such agreement may be for such  number of years or duration as the parties may agree. In regard to any such  agreements or grants, a Service Board shall consider  the benefit to the  metropolitan region and the financial contribution with regard to such  service made or to be made from public funds in such areas served outside  the metropolitan region.    (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.08
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.08)Sec. 2.08.     Protection Against Crime.       The Authority shall cooperate with the various State, municipal,  sheriff's and transportation agency police forces in the metropolitan  region for the protection of employees and consumers of public  transportation services and public transportation facilities against crime.  The Authority may provide by ordinance for an Authority police force to  aid, coordinate and supplement other police forces in protecting persons  and property and reducing the threats of crime with regard to public  transportation.  Such police shall have the same powers with regard to such  protection of persons and property as those exercised by police of  municipalities and may include members of other police forces in the  metropolitan region.  The Authority shall establish minimum standards for  selection and training of members of such police force employed by it.  Training shall be accomplished at schools certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards  Board established  pursuant to the Illinois Police Training Act.  Such training shall be subject to the rules  and standards adopted pursuant to Section 7 of that Act.  The Authority may  participate in any training program conducted under that Act.  The Authority  may provide for the coordination or consolidation of security services and  police forces maintained with regard to public transportation services and  facilities by various transportation agencies and may contract with any  municipality or county in the metropolitan region to provide protection of  persons or property with regard to public transportation.  Employees of the  Authority or of any transportation agency affected by any action of the  Authority under this Section shall be provided the protection set forth in  Section 2.16.  Neither the Authority, the Suburban Bus Division, the  Commuter Rail Division, nor any of their Directors, 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. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.09
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.09)Sec. 2.09. Research and Development.(a) The Authority and the Service  Boards shall study public transportation problems and  developments; encourage experimentation in developing new public  transportation technology, financing methods, and management procedures;  conduct, in cooperation with other public and private agencies, studies and  demonstration and development projects to test and develop methods for  improving public transportation, for reducing its costs to users or for  increasing public use; and conduct, sponsor, and participate in other  studies and experiments, which may include fare demonstration programs,  useful to achieving the purposes of this Act.  The cost for any such item authorized by this Section may be exempted  by the Board in a budget ordinance from the "costs" included in determining  that the Authority and its service  boards meet the farebox recovery ratio or system generated revenues recovery  ratio requirements of Sections 3A.10, 3B.10, 4.01(b), 4.09 and 4.11 of this  Act and Section 34 of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act during the  Authority's fiscal year which begins January 1, 1986 and ends December 31,  1986, provided that the cost of any item authorized herein must be  specifically approved within the budget adopted pursuant to Sections 4.01  and 4.11 of this Act for that fiscal year.(b) To improve public transportation service in areas of the metropolitan region with limited access to commuter rail service, the Authority and the Suburban Bus Division shall evaluate the feasibility of implementing new bus rapid transit services using the expressway and tollway systems in the metropolitan region. The Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois Toll Highway Authority shall work cooperatively with the Authority and the Suburban Bus Division in that evaluation and in the implementation of bus rapid transit services. The Authority and the Suburban Bus Division, in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Transportation, shall develop a bus rapid transit demonstration project on Interstate 55 located in Will, DuPage, and Cook Counties. This demonstration project shall test and refine approaches to bus rapid transit operations in the expressway or tollway shoulder or regular travel lanes and shall investigate technology options that facilitate the shared use of the transit lane and provide revenue for financing construction and operation of public transportation facilities.(c) The Suburban Bus Division and the Authority shall cooperate in the development, funding, and operation of programs to enhance access to job markets for residents in south suburban Cook County. Beginning in 2008, the  Authority shall allocate to the Suburban Bus Division an amount not less than $3,750,000, and beginning in 2009 an amount not less than $7,500,000 annually for the costs of such programs.  (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.10)Sec. 2.10.     Protection of the Environment.     The Authority and the Service Boards shall take all feasible and prudent  steps to minimize  environmental disruption and pollution arising from its activities or from  public transportation activities of transportation agencies acting pursuant  to purchase of service agreements. In carrying out its purposes and powers  under this Act, the Authority and the Service Boards shall seek to reduce  environmental disruption  and pollution arising from all forms of transportation of persons within  the metropolitan region. The Service Boards shall employ persons  with skills and  responsibilities for determining means to minimize such disruption and  pollution.    (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.11)Sec. 2.11. Safety.(a) The Service Boards may establish, enforce and facilitate  achievement and  maintenance of standards of safety against accidents with respect to public  transportation provided by the Service Boards or by transportation  agencies  pursuant to purchase of service agreements with the Service Boards. The  provisions of general or special orders, rules or regulations issued by the  Illinois Commerce Commission pursuant to Section 57 of "An Act concerning  public utilities", approved June 29, 1921, as amended, which pertain to  public transportation and public transportation facilities of railroads  will continue to apply until the Service Board determines  that different  standards are necessary to protect such health and safety.(b) (Blank).(c) The security portion of the system safety program, investigation  reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data compiled, collected, or prepared by  or for the Authority under this subsection, shall not be subject to discovery  or admitted into evidence in federal or State court or considered for other  purposes in any civil action for damages arising from any matter mentioned or  addressed in such reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or information.(d) Neither the Authority nor its directors, officers, or employees nor any  Service Board subject to this Section nor its directors, officers, or employees  shall be held liable in any civil action for any injury to any person or  property for any acts or omissions or failure to act under this Section or  pursuant to 49 CFR Part 659 as now or hereafter amended.(e) Nothing in this Section alleviates an individual's duty to comply with the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. (Source: P.A. 102-559, eff. 8-20-21.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.12)Sec. 2.12. Coordination with Planning Agencies. The Authority and the Service Boards shall cooperate with the various  public agencies charged  with responsibility for long-range or comprehensive planning for the  metropolitan region. The Authority shall utilize the official forecasts and plans of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning in developing the Strategic Plan and the Five-Year Capital Program. The Authority and the Service Boards shall, prior  to the adoption of any  Strategic Plan, as provided in Section 2.01a of this Act, or the adoption of any Five-Year Capital  Program, as provided in Section 2.01b   of this  Act, submit its proposals to such agencies for review and comment. The  Authority and the Service Boards may make use of existing studies, surveys,  plans, data and other materials in the possession of any State agency or  department, any planning agency or any unit of local government.  (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.12a
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

Sec. 2.12a. (Repealed).        (Source: P.A. 83-886. Repealed by P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.12b
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

Sec. 2.12b. Coordination of Fares and Service.  Upon the request of a Service Board, the Executive Director of the Authority may, upon the affirmative vote of 9 of the then Directors of the Authority, intervene in any matter involving (i) a dispute between Service Boards or a Service Board and a transportation agency providing service on behalf of a Service Board with respect to the terms of transfer between, and the allocation of revenues from fares and charges for, transportation services provided by the parties or (ii) a dispute between 2 Service Boards with respect to coordination of service, route duplication, or a change in service.  Any Service Board or transportation agency involved in such dispute shall meet with the Executive Director, cooperate in good faith to attempt to resolve the dispute, and provide any books, records, and other information requested by the Executive Director.  If the Executive Director is unable to mediate a resolution of any dispute, he or she may provide a written determination recommending a change in the fares or charges or the allocation of revenues for such service or directing a change in the nature or provider of service that is the subject of the dispute.  The Executive Director shall base such determination upon the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan established pursuant to Section 2.01a(b). Such determination shall be  presented to the Board of the Authority and, if approved by the affirmative vote of at least 9 of the then Directors of the Authority, shall be final and shall be implemented by any affected Service Board and transportation agency within the time frame required by the determination.  (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

 (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.13)Sec. 2.13. (a) The Authority may take and acquire possession by eminent domain of  any property or interest in property which the Authority is authorized to  acquire under this Act. The power of eminent domain may be exercised by  ordinance of the Authority, and shall extend to all types of interests in  property, both real and personal (including without limitation easements  for access purposes to and rights of concurrent usage of existing or  planned public transportation facilities), whether or not the property is  public property or is devoted to public use and whether or not the property  is owned or held by a public transportation agency, except as specifically  limited by this Act.(b) The Authority shall exercise the power of eminent domain granted in  this Section in the manner provided for the exercise  of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, except that the Authority may not exercise the authority  provided in Article 20 of the Eminent Domain Act (quick-take procedure)          providing for immediate  possession in such proceedings, and except that those provisions of Section 10-5-10 of the Eminent Domain Act requiring prior approval of the  Illinois Commerce Commission  in certain instances shall apply to eminent domain proceedings by the  Authority only as to any taking or damaging by the Authority of any real  property of a railroad not used for public transportation or of any real  property of other public utilities.(c) The Authority may exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire  public property only upon the concurrence of 2/3 of the then Directors. In  any proceeding for the taking of public property by the Authority through  the exercise of the power of eminent domain the venue shall be in the  Circuit Court of the county in which the property is located. The right of  eminent domain may be exercised over property used for public park  purposes, for State Forest purposes or for forest preserve purposes only  upon a written finding adopted by concurrence of 2/3 of the then Directors,  after public hearing and a written study done for the Authority, that such  taking is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act, that no  feasible alternatives to such taking exist, and that the advantages to the  public from such taking exceed the disadvantages to the public of doing so.  In any proceeding for the exercise of the right of eminent domain for the  taking by the Authority of property used for public park, State forest, or  forest preserve purposes, the court shall not order the taking of such  property unless it has reviewed and concurred in the findings required of  the Authority by this paragraph. No property dedicated as a nature  preserve pursuant to the "Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act",  as now or hereafter amended, may be  acquired in eminent domain by the Authority.       (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
70 ILCS 3615/2.13a
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS|70 ILCS 3615/ - Regional Transportation Authority Act.|Article II - Powers

Sec. 2.13a. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act.  (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)