Illinois · statute · 70 ILCS 3605 · 49 active provisions
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Chicago Transit Authority Act, and for the purposes of legal obligations created prior to this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, it may also be cited as the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
When used in this Act: "Transportation System" means all plants, equipment, property and rights useful for transportation of passengers for hire except taxicabs and includes, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, street railways, elevated railroads, subways and underground railroads, motor vehicles, trolley…
The Authority may sue and be sued in its corporate name but execution shall not in any case issue against any property of the Authority. It may adopt a common seal and change the same at pleasure. The principal office of the Authority shall be in the City of Chicago. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
Subject to the powers and duties of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority created by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, the Chicago Transit Authority shall have power to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain for public service a transportation system in the metropolitan area of Cook County and outsi…
General powers. (a) The Board of the Authority shall: (1) oversee the operations and management of the Authority; (2) convey the Northern Illinois Transit Authority's goals, priorities, and requirements to the Authority; and (3) convey information, concerns, and recommendations from the Authority to the Executive Direc…
Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)
The Authority shall have power to enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by the Authority and any public utility operating a railroad; to enter into agreements with any public utility operating any transportation facilities either within or without the metropolitan area for the joint use of…
In addition to all its other powers, the Authority shall, in all its dealings with the Northern Illinois Transit Authority established by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act have the following powers: (a) (blank); (b) (blank); (c) to receive financial grants from the Northern Illinois Transit Authority or a Ser…
The Authority shall comply with the requirements imposed upon a Service Board in Sections 4.09(d) and 4.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act and with the requirements of Section 2.11 of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act.(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)
State safety oversight for rail fixed guideway public transportation systems. The Authority shall comply with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and 49 U.S.C. 5330 as required by the Department of Transportation under paragraph (7) of Section 2705-300 of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative…
The Authority shall have the right, but not exclusive of the public right, to use any public road, street or other public way in the metropolitan area for interurban transportation of passengers. The Authority shall not have the right to use any street or other public way in any city, village or incorporated town, eith…
(a) In addition to other powers provided in Section 12b, the Authority may issue its notes from time to time, in anticipation of tax receipts of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority allocated to the Authority or of other revenues or receipts of the Authority, in order to provide money for the Authority to cover any…
Working Cash Borrowing. In addition to the powers provided in Section 12a, the Board with the affirmative vote of 5 of its Directors may request the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority to issue Working Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts and having such maturities as the Authority deems proper, pro…
Retiree Benefits Bonds and Notes. (a) In addition to all other bonds or notes that it is authorized to issue, the Authority is authorized to issue its bonds or notes for the purposes of providing funds for the Authority to make the deposits described in Section 12c(b)(1) and (2), for refunding any bonds authorized to b…
The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, saving banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment c…
To the extent permitted by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, the Authority shall have power to apply for and accept grants and loans from the Federal Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, from the State, or from any county, municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the State to be us…
The Authority shall not have power to levy taxes for any purpose whatsoever. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
Chicago Transit Board. (a) The governing body of the Chicago Transit Authority shall be the Chicago Transit Board. Beginning September 1, 2026, the Board shall consist of 7 members appointed as follows: (1) Two members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, including: (A) a member with an…
Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and have qualified. Any member may resign from his or her office, to take effect when his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. An appointing authority may remove any member of the Board appointed by him or her…
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such meetings to be fixed by the Board. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance or resolution and the affirmative vote of at…
The Board shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the Board, to hold office during the pleasure of the Board, and fix their duties and compensation. The Secretary shall not be engaged in any other business or employment during his tenure of office as Secretary of the Board. Before entering…
All funds deposited by the treasurer in any bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association shall be placed in the name of the Authority and shall be withdrawn or paid out only by check or draft upon the bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, signed by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer and count…
In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check, draft, bond, certificate or interest coupon, issued pursuant to this Act, ceases to hold his office before the delivery thereof to the payee or the purchaser of any bond or certificate, his signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes…
The Board may appoint an Executive Director with the advice and consent of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. The Executive Director shall have demonstrated experience with one or more of the following areas: (i) public transportation system operations; (ii) infrastructure capital project management;…
The Board shall classify all the offices, positions and grades of regular and exempt employment required, excepting that of the Chairman of the Board, the Executive Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel, and Chief Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title, job schedule number, and the compensation fix…