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92_HB3318eng HB3318 Engrossed LRB9207083TAprA 1 AN ACT concerning transportation services. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 Illinois Coordinating Committee on Transportation Act. 6 Section 2. Definitions. For purposes of this Act: 7 (1) "Agency" means an official, commission, 8 authority, council, department, committee, division, 9 bureau, board, or any other unit or entity of the State, 10 a municipality, a county, or other local governing body 11 or a private not-for-profit transportation service 12 providing agency. 13 (2) "Committee" means the Illinois Coordinating 14 Committee on Transportation. 15 (3) "Coordination" means the arrangement for the 16 provision of transportation services to the 17 transportation disadvantaged in a manner that is 18 cost-effective, efficient, and reduces fragmentation and 19 duplication of services. 20 (4) "Transportation disadvantaged" means those 21 persons who, because of physical or mental disability, 22 income status, age, location of residence, or other 23 reasons are unable to transport themselves or to purchase 24 affordable transportation and are, therefore, dependent 25 upon others to obtain access to health care, employment, 26 education, shopping, social activities, or other 27 life-sustaining activities. 28 Section 3. Committee. The Illinois Coordinating 29 Committee on Transportation is created and shall consist of 30 the following members: HB3318 Engrossed -2- LRB9207083TAprA 1 (1) The Lieutenant Governor or her or his designee. 2 (2) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her 3 designee. 4 (3) The Secretary of Human Services (or his or her 5 designee) and one additional representative of the 6 Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary. 7 (4) The Director of Aging or his or her designee. 8 (5) The Director of Public Aid or his or her 9 designee. 10 (6) The Director of Commerce and Community Affairs 11 or his or her designee. 12 (7) A representative of the Illinois Rural Transit 13 Assistance Center. 14 (8) A person who is a member of a recognized 15 statewide organization representing older Illinoisans. 16 (9) A representative of centers for independent 17 living. 18 (10) A representative of the Illinois Public 19 Transportation Association. 20 (11) A representative of an existing transportation 21 system that coordinates and provides transit services in 22 a multi-county area for the Department of Transportation, 23 Department of Human Services, Department of Commerce and 24 Community Affairs, or Department on Aging. 25 (12) A representative of a statewide organization 26 of rehabilitation facilities or other providers of 27 services for persons with one or more disabilities. 28 (13) A representative of the Illinois Planning 29 Council on Developmental Disabilities. 30 (14) A representative of a statewide organization 31 of community action agencies. 32 The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint the members of the 33 Committee other than those named in paragraphs (1) through 34 (6) of this Section. The Lieutenant Governor or his or her HB3318 Engrossed -3- LRB9207083TAprA 1 designee shall serve as chairperson of the Committee and 2 shall convene the meetings of the Committee. The Secretary of 3 Transportation and the Secretary of Human Services, or their 4 designees, shall serve as vice-chairpersons and shall be 5 responsible for staff support for the committee. 6 Section 4. Duties of committee. The Committee shall 7 foster the coordination of public and private transportation 8 services, especially those rural services directed toward 9 specific populations, in Illinois to ensure as little overlap 10 as possible and to achieve a system that provides for 11 services to the most citizens possible in the most 12 cost-effective, efficient manner possible. Specifically, the 13 committee shall: 14 (1) Coordinate State efforts with federal 15 guidelines to facilitate the coordination of human 16 service transportation programs. 17 (2) Establish statewide objectives for providing 18 essential transportation services to the transportation 19 disadvantaged. 20 (3) Develop goals and objectives to facilitate the 21 coordination of federal and State funding and programs at 22 the local level for the transportation disadvantaged to 23 avoid overlap and achieve as complete coverage as 24 possible. 25 (4) Analyze governmental, local agency, 26 institutional, and transportation barriers, such as 27 multi-agency involvement, to the coordination of 28 transportation services to the transportation 29 disadvantaged and aggressively pursue the elimination of 30 these barriers. 31 (5) Request the county board of each county to 32 designate a County Transportation Liaison to work with 33 the Committee in its efforts to accumulate information on HB3318 Engrossed -4- LRB9207083TAprA 1 the local delivery of transportation to the disadvantaged 2 and to transmit the findings and recommendations of the 3 Committee to the local providers. 4 (6) Serve as a clearinghouse for information about 5 funding sources and innovations in serving the 6 transportation disadvantaged. 7 (7) Submit a report, not later than February 1, 8 2003, to the Governor and the General Assembly that 9 outlines the progress made by the Committee in performing 10 its duties set forth in paragraphs (1) through (6) of 11 this Section and makes recommendations for statutory and 12 regulatory changes to promote coordination. 13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 14 becoming law.