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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2941

Introduced 1/27/2026, by Sen. Adriane Johnson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3

Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. In provisions
concerning taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
Counties and paid directly to the counties, provides that the county board
of each county shall use those amounts to fund operating and capital costs
of, among other things, facilities of county law enforcement. Provides
that the funds shall be divided equally among all entities. Deletes
provisions requiring that the funding the counties receive under the
provisions shall not be used as the basis for reducing any funds that the
counties would otherwise have received from the State, the Regional
Transit Authority, the Commuter Rail Division, the Suburban Bus Division,
or the Chicago Transit Authority. Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning local government.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

4

Section 5.
The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
5
amended by changing Section 4.03.3 as follows:

6

(70 ILCS 3615/4.03.3)
7

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457
)
8

Sec. 4.03.3.
Distribution of Revenues.
This Section
9
applies only after the Department begins administering and
10
enforcing an increased tax under Section 4.03(m) as authorized
11
by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. After
12
providing for payment of its obligations with respect to bonds
13
and notes issued under the provisions of Section 4.04 and
14
obligations related to those bonds and notes and separately
15
accounting for the tax on aviation fuel deposited into the
16
Local Government Aviation Trust Fund, the Authority shall
17
disburse the remaining proceeds from taxes it has received
18
from the Department of Revenue under this Article IV and the
19
remaining proceeds it has received from the State under
20
Section 4.09(a) as follows:
21

(a) With respect to taxes imposed by the Authority under
22
Section 4.03, after withholding 15% of 80% of the receipts
23
from those taxes collected in Cook County at a rate of 1.25%,

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15% of 75% of the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook
2
County at the rate of 1%, 15% of one-half of the receipts from
3
those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will
4
Counties, and 15% of money received by the Authority from the
5
Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
6
Replacement Fund or from the Regional Transportation Authority
7
tax fund created in Section 4.03(n), the Board shall allocate
8
the proceeds and money remaining to the Service Boards as
9
follows:
10

(1) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
11

from those taxes collected within the City of Chicago at a
12

rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of the receipts from those
13

taxes collected in the City of Chicago at the rate of 1%,
14

and (iii) 85% of the money received by the Authority on
15

account of transfers to the Regional Transportation
16

Authority Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to
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the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund created in
18

Section 4.03(n) from the County and Mass Transit District
19

Fund attributable to retail sales within the City of
20

Chicago shall be allocated to the Chicago Transit
21

Authority;
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(2) an amount equal to (i) 85% of 80% of the receipts
23

from those taxes collected within Cook County outside of
24

the City of Chicago at a rate of 1.25%, (ii) 85% of 75% of
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the receipts from those taxes collected within Cook County
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outside the City of Chicago at a rate of 1%, and (iii) 85%

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of the money received by the Authority on account of
2

transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority
3

Occupation and Use Tax Replacement Fund or to the Regional
4

Transportation Authority tax fund created in Section
5

4.03(n) from the County and Mass Transit District Fund
6

attributable to retail sales within Cook County outside of
7

the City of Chicago shall be allocated 30% to the Chicago
8

Transit Authority, 55% to the Commuter Rail Board, and 15%
9

to the Suburban Bus Board; and
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(3) an amount equal to 85% of one-half of the receipts
11

from the taxes collected within the Counties of DuPage,
12

Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will shall be allocated 70% to
13

the Commuter Rail Board and 30% to the Suburban Bus Board.
14

(b) Moneys received by the Authority on account of
15
transfers to the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation
16
and Use Tax Replacement Fund from the State and Local Sales Tax
17
Reform Fund shall be allocated among the Authority and the
18
Service Boards as follows: 15% of such moneys shall be
19
retained by the Authority and the remaining 85% shall be
20
transferred to the Service Boards as soon as may be
21
practicable after the Authority receives payment. Moneys which
22
are distributable to the Service Boards pursuant to the
23
preceding sentence shall be allocated among the Service Boards
24
on the basis of each Service Board's distribution ratio. The
25
term "distribution ratio" means, for purposes of this
26
subsection (b), the ratio of the total amount distributed to a

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Service Board pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for
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the immediately preceding calendar year to the total amount
3
distributed to all of the Service Boards pursuant to
4
subsection (a) of Section 4.03.3 for the immediately preceding
5
calendar year.
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(c)(i) 20% of the receipts from those taxes collected in
7
Cook County under Section 4.03 at the rate of 1.25%, (ii) 25%
8
of the receipts from those taxes collected in Cook County
9
under Section 4.03 at the rate of 1%, (iii) 50% of the receipts
10
from those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and
11
Will Counties under Section 4.03, and (iv) amounts received
12
from the State under Section 4.09 (a)(2) and items (i), (ii),
13
and (iii) of Section 4.09 (a)(3) shall be allocated as
14
follows: the amount required to be deposited into the ADA
15
Paratransit Fund described in Section 2.01d, the amount
16
required to be deposited into the Suburban Community Mobility
17
Fund described in Section 2.01e, and the amount required to be
18
deposited into the Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement
19
Fund described in Section 2.01c, and the balance shall be
20
allocated 48% to the Chicago Transit Authority, 39% to the
21
Commuter Rail Board, and 13% to the Suburban Bus Board.
22

(d) Amounts received from the State under Section 4.09
23
(a)(3)(iv) shall be distributed 100% to the Chicago Transit
24
Authority.
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(e) With respect to those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane,
26
Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties and paid directly to the

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counties under Section 4.03, the
county board

County Board
of
2
each county shall use those amounts to fund operating and
3
capital costs of public safety
operations, facilities of
4
county law enforcement,
and public transportation services
and

5
or
facilities
and

or
to fund operating, capital, right-of-way,
6
construction, and maintenance costs of other transportation
7
purposes, including road, bridge, public safety, and transit
8
purposes intended to improve mobility or reduce congestion in
9
the county.
The funds shall be divided equally among all
10
entities.

The receipt of funding by such counties pursuant to
11
this paragraph shall not be used as the basis for reducing any
12
funds that such counties would otherwise have received from
13
the State of Illinois, any agency or instrumentality thereof,
14
the Authority, or the Service Boards.
15

(f) The Authority by ordinance adopted by 12 of its then
16
Directors shall apportion to the Service Boards funds provided
17
by the State of Illinois under Section 4.09(a)(1) as it shall
18
determine and shall make payment of the amounts to each
19
Service Board as soon as may be practicable upon their receipt
20
provided the Authority has adopted a balanced budget as
21
required by Section 4.01 and further provided the Service
22
Board is in compliance with the requirements in Section 4.11.
23

(g) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any payments,
24
transfers, or expenditures under this Section to a Service
25
Board, the Authority must first comply with Section 4.02a or
26
4.02b of this Act, whichever may be applicable.

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(h) Moneys may be appropriated from the Public
2
Transportation Fund to the Office of the Executive Inspector
3
General for the costs incurred by the Executive Inspector
4
General while serving as the inspector general for the
5
Authority and each of the Service Boards. Beginning December
6
31, 2012, and each year thereafter, the Office of the
7
Executive Inspector General shall annually report to the
8
General Assembly the expenses incurred while serving as the
9
inspector general for the Authority and each of the Service
10
Boards.
11
(Source: P.A. 101-604, eff. 12-13-19.)

12

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457
)
13

Sec. 4.03.3.
Distribution of Revenues.

14

(a) (Blank).
15

(b) (Blank).
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(c) (Blank).
17

(d) (Blank).
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(d-5) For fiscal years 2027, 2028, and 2029, the
19
Authority, after making deductions to cover the Authority's
20
expenses, including Administrative Operating Expenses,
21
Regional Services Operating Expense, Program and Project
22
Expenses, Joint Self-Insurance Fund, and debt service
23
obligations, and the cost of ADA paratransit service shall
24
allocate operating revenue from all sources as follows:
25

(1) An amount to each Service Board equal to the

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amount of the total public funding and the federal relief
2

funding the Service Board received in Fiscal Year 2025
3

under the Regional Budget adopted by the Authority in
4

December 2024.
5

(2) Any amount remaining after the distribution under
6

paragraph (1) shall be allocated to the Service Boards in
7

proportion to the sum of each Service Board's percentage
8

of:
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(A) vehicle revenue miles;
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(B) passenger miles traveled;
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(C) unlinked passenger trips; and
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(D) vehicle revenue hours.
13

(d-10) The Board of the Authority may, by ordinance,
14
adjust the amounts allocated to each of the Service Boards
15
under paragraph (2) of subsection (d-5) if it finds that the
16
allocation of funds under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection
17
(d-5) has a disproportionately adverse impact on the service
18
levels of any Service Board and shall make appropriate
19
adjustments to address the disproportionate adverse impact.
20

(d-15) For fiscal years 2030, 2031, and 2032, the
21
Authority, after making deductions to cover the Authority's
22
expenses, including Administrative Operating Expenses,
23
Regional Services Operating Expense, Program and Project
24
Expenses, Joint Self-Insurance Fund, and debt service
25
obligations and the cost of ADA paratransit service, shall
26
allocate operating revenue from all sources to each Service

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Board in an amount equal to the amount of the total public
2
funding and federal relief funding the Service Board received
3
in Fiscal Year 2025 under the Annual Budget and 2-Year
4
Financial Plan adopted by the Authority in December 2024. Any
5
amount remaining after the distribution under subsection
6
(d-10) shall be allocated to the Service Boards by the
7
Authority under the service standards.
8

(d-20) For Fiscal Year 2033 and each fiscal year
9
thereafter, the Authority, after making deductions to cover
10
the Authority's expenses, shall allocate operating revenue
11
from all sources to the Service Boards under the service
12
standards.
13

(d-25) The allocation of funds for any fiscal year shall
14
be sufficient to satisfy the debt service obligations of the
15
Service Boards entered into in compliance with the
16
requirements of this Act.
17

(e) With respect to those taxes collected in DuPage, Kane,
18
Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties and paid directly to the
19
counties under Section 4.03, the
county board

County Board
of
20
each county shall use those amounts to fund operating and
21
capital costs of public safety
operations, facilities of
22
county law enforcement,
and public transportation services
and

23
or
facilities
and

or
to fund operating, capital, right-of-way,
24
construction, and maintenance costs of other transportation
25
purposes, including road, bridge, public safety, and transit
26
purposes intended to improve mobility or reduce congestion in

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the county.
The funds shall be divided equally among all
2
entities.

The receipt of funding by such counties pursuant to
3
this paragraph shall not be used as the basis for reducing any
4
funds that such counties would otherwise have received from
5
the State of Illinois, any agency or instrumentality thereof,
6
the Authority, or the Service Boards.
7

(f) The Authority by ordinance approved by a supermajority
8
vote shall apportion to the Service Boards funds provided by
9
the State of Illinois under Section 4.09(a)(1) as it shall
10
determine and shall make payment of the amounts to each
11
Service Board as soon as may be practicable upon their receipt
12
provided the Authority has adopted a balanced budget as
13
required by Section 4.01 and further provided the Service
14
Board is in compliance with the requirements in Section 4.11.
15

(g) Beginning January 1, 2009, before making any payments,
16
transfers, or expenditures under this Section to a Service
17
Board, the Authority must first comply with Section 4.02a or
18
4.02b of this Act, whichever may be applicable.
19

(h) Moneys may be appropriated from the Public
20
Transportation Fund to the Office of the Executive Inspector
21
General for the costs incurred by the Executive Inspector
22
General while serving as the inspector general for the
23
Authority and each of the Service Boards. Beginning December
24
31, 2012, and each year thereafter, the Office of the
25
Executive Inspector General shall annually report to the
26
General Assembly the expenses incurred while serving as the

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inspector general for the Authority and each of the Service
2
Boards.
3
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

4

Section 95.
No acceleration or delay.
Where this Act makes
5
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
6
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
7
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
8
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
9
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
10
Public Act.

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