Bill Text: IL HB0664 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2022, any fixed route public transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts of, the Chicago Transit Board shall be provided without charge to high school students that are eligible for free or reduced price meals and free milk under specified federal programs on days when school is in session. Provides that Chicago School District shall reimburse the Chicago Transit Board for the regular fare for each free fare provided to a student and the State shall, subject to appropriation, reimburse the Chicago School District any moneys the District paid to the Board. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0664 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0664-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0664 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 3605/51
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2022, any fixed route public transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts of, the Chicago Transit Board shall be provided without charge to high school students that are eligible for free or reduced price meals and free milk under specified federal programs on days when school is in session. Provides that Chicago School District shall reimburse the Chicago Transit Board for the regular fare for each free fare provided to a student and the State shall, subject to appropriation, reimburse the Chicago School District any moneys the District paid to the Board. Effective immediately.
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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 Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
amended by changing Section 51 as follows:
(70 ILCS 3605/51)
Sec. 51. Free and reduced 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 Board shall be provided without charge to all senior
citizens of the Metropolitan Region (as such term is defined
in 70 ILCS 3615/1.03) aged 65 and older, under such conditions
as shall be prescribed by the 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 Board shall be provided
without charge to senior citizens aged 65 and older who meet
the income eligibility limitation set forth in subsection

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(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 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 Board from
providing reduced fares as may be required by federal law.
(c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, on and after
January 1, 2022, any fixed route public transportation
services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service
contracts of, the Board shall be provided without charge to
high school students that are eligible for free or reduced
price meals and free milk under the federal National School
Lunch Program or the Commodity School Program on days when
school is in session. The Chicago School District shall
reimburse the Board for the regular fare for each free fare
provided to a student under this subsection. The State shall,
subject to appropriation, reimburse the Chicago School
District any moneys the District paid to the Board under this
subsection.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.