Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 3615/3B.26) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 3B.26. Employment contracts. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3B.13, before the Commuter Rail Board may enter into or amend any employment contract in excess of $100,000, the Commuter Rail Board m…

(70 ILCS 3615/3B.27) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 3B.27. Agreements with the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. The Commuter Rail Division shall not enter into any agreement that prohibits trains of the North…

(70 ILCS 3615/3B.28) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 3B.28. Regional rail scheduling pilot program on the Rock Island commuter rail line. By January 1, 2027, the Commuter Rail Division shall implement a regional rail scheduling…

(70 ILCS 3615/3B.29) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 3B.29. Planning study on expanding the Metra Electric commuter rail line. The Commuter Rail Division shall conduct a planning study on expanding the Metra Electric commuter r…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.01) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-434) 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) appropr…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.01a) Sec. 4.01a. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-463. Repealed by P.A. 90-273, eff. 7-30-97.)

(70 ILCS 3615/4.01b) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 4.01b. System generated revenue recovery ratios. (a) As used in this Section: "Costs" includes all items properly included as operating costs consistent with generally accept…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.02) Sec. 4.02. Federal, State and Other Funds. (a) The Authority shall have the power to apply for, receive and expend grants, loans or other funds from the State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof, from any unit of loc…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.02a) Sec. 4.02a. Chicago Transit Authority contributions to pension funds. (a) The Authority shall continually review the Chicago Transit Authority's payment of the required contributions to its retirement system under Section 22-101 of the Illinois Pension Code. …

(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 under Section 22-103 of the Illinois Pension Code. (b) Beginning January 1, 2009, if at a…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.03) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 4.03. Taxes. (a) In order to carry out any of the powers or purposes of the Authority, the Board may, by ordinance adopted with the concurrence of 12 of the then Directors,…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.03.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.03.1) Sec. 4.03.1. (a) The Board may impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the business of renting automobiles in the metropolitan region at the rate of not to exceed 1% of the gross receipts from such business within Cook Coun…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) 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 95t…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.04) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) 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 th…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.05) Sec. 4.05. Financial Statements and Annual Reports. Within six months after the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall prepare a complete and detailed report consolidating the audits of the Service Boards and reviewing the Sta…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.06) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.06) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 4.06. Public bidding. (a) The Board shall adopt regulations to ensure that the acquisition by the Authority or a Service Board other than the Chicago Transit Authority of s…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.06.05) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 4.06.05. Bidding restrictions. (a) As used in this Section: "Covered transportation entity" includes the Authority and all subsidiaries and affiliates of the Authority. "Co…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.07) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.07) Sec. 4.07. Bonds, Notes and Certificates to be Legal Investments. The State, all units of local government, all public officers, banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, sa…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.08) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.08) Sec. 4.08. Exemption from Taxation. The Authority and the Service Boards shall be exempt from all State and unit of local government taxes and registration and license fees other than as required for motor vehicle registration i…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.09) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.09) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-434) 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 possib…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.10) Sec. 4.10. Agreements with the Chicago Transit Authority. The Authority shall not for any fiscal year of the Authority release to the Chicago Transit Authority any funds except for the proceeds of taxes imposed by the Authority …

(70 ILCS 3615/4.11) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.11) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) 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 Burea…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.12) Sec. 4.12. RTA Strategic Capital Improvement Program. The program created by this amendatory Act of 1989 in Sections 4.12 and 4.13 shall be known as the RTA Strategic Capital Improvement Program (the "Strategic Capital Improveme…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.13) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.13) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 4.13. Annual Capital Improvement Plan. (a) With respect to each calendar year, the Authority shall prepare as part of its Five Year Program an Annual Capital Improvement Pl…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.14) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 4.14. Rate Protection Contract. "Rate Protection Contract" means interest rate price exchange agreements; currency exchange agreements; forward payment conversion agreement…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.15) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) 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 imme…

(70 ILCS 3615/4.16) Sec. 4.16. Severance and employment-related settlement agreements. If any of the Service Boards seek to enter into a severance agreement in excess of $50,000 or an employment-related settlement agreement in excess of $200,000, that agreement shall be reviewed …

(70 ILCS 3615/5.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.01) Sec. 5.01. Hearings and Citizen Participation. (a) The Authority shall provide for and encourage participation by the public in the development and review of public transportation policy, and in the process by which major decisi…

(70 ILCS 3615/5.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.02) Sec. 5.02. Limitation on Home Rule Powers. Insofar as this Act authorizes the Authority to take or authorize any action notwithstanding or in lieu of any ordinance, rule, regulation or power of any unit of local government; or p…

(70 ILCS 3615/5.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.03) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 5.03. Limitation on actions. The Authority shall not be liable in any civil action for any injury to any person or property for any acts or omissions of any transportation …

(70 ILCS 3615/5.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.04) Sec. 5.04. Severability. If any Section, sentence, clause or provision of this Act or any application thereof to any person or circumstance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionali…

(70 ILCS 3615/5.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.05) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) 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 su…

(70 ILCS 3615/5.06) Sec. 5.06. Greater Chicago Mass Transit Transparency and Accountability Portal (CHI-TAP). (a) The Authority, within 12 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, shall establish and maintain a website, known as the Gre…

(70 ILCS 3615/5.10) Sec. 5.10. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-1028, eff. 5-27-22. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-25.)

(70 ILCS 3615/5.15) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 5.15. Rail safety recommendation report. The Regional Transportation Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, and the Commuter Rail Division shall issue an annual report on or before December 31 of each …

(70 ILCS 3615/5.17) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5.17. Diversity reporting. (a) As used in this Section: "Minority person" has the meaning given to that term in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with…

(70 ILCS 3615/5.20) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5.20. Performance review and removal for cause. (a) The Authority shall conduct a performance review of the Executive Director of each Service Board once each year. As part of…

(70 ILCS 3615/5.25) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5.25. Dial-a-ride service program. (a) As used in this Section, "local dial-a-ride service" or "DAR service" means a door-to-door transportation service, other than that manda…

(70 ILCS 3615/5.30) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5.30. Northern Illinois Transit Authority Executive Director performance evaluation. The Board shall conduct an annual evaluation, each fiscal year, of the Northern Illinois T…

(70 ILCS 3615/6.01) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 6.01. Service standards. (a) The Authority shall adopt service standards to guide the provision of public transportation throughout the metropolitan region. (b) The service st…

(70 ILCS 3615/7.01) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 7.01. Chief Internal Auditor. (a) The Board of the Authority shall appoint a Chief Internal Auditor, who shall report directly to the Board. The Chief Internal Auditor shall: …

(70 ILCS 3615/7.02) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 7.02. Transition. (a) The Authority shall provide for an orderly transition of functions and responsibilities under this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly through t…

(70 ILCS 3615/7.03) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 7.03. ADA Advisory Council. (a) There is established an ADA Advisory Council. The Board shall appoint at least 5 and not more than 15 members to the ADA Advisory Council. (b) …

(70 ILCS 3615/7.04) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 7.04. Riders Advisory Council. (a) There is established a Riders Advisory Council. The Board shall appoint at least 5 and not more than 15 members to the Riders Advisory Counc…

(70 ILCS 3620/1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 801) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and cited as the "Public Transit Employee Training Programs Act". (Source: P.A. 81-846.)

(70 ILCS 3620/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 802) Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act: (A) "Mass transit carrier" means any carrier which transports persons by means available to the general public over scheduled routes within a certain geographical area, excluding charter operation…

(70 ILCS 3620/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 803) Sec. 3. (a) All mass transit employees shall be required to participate in an anti-crime program that comprehensively addresses the identification of and reaction to potentially dangerous situations involving carrier operatives or pas…

(70 ILCS 3620/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 804) Sec. 4. All carriers shall submit their proposed program to the Review Committee at least 4 months prior to the implementation date and shall include in such report the name of the institution or organization providing the training, t…

(70 ILCS 3620/5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 805) Sec. 5. All carriers affected by this Act shall initiate the training program within 1 year of the effective date of this Act in the following manner: (a) all persons who are presently operating employees are to receive training withi…

(70 ILCS 3620/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 806) Sec. 6. Training shall be conducted in coordination with recognized crime prevention organizations and the selection of them shall be made as far as is practicable in consultation with the Review Committee. (Source: P.A. 81-846.)