2010 Illinois Code
CHAPTER 30 FINANCE
30 ILCS 740/ Downstate Public Transportation Act.
Article I - Title, Findings And Purposes


      (30 ILCS 740/Art. I heading)
ARTICLE I. TITLE, FINDINGS
AND PURPOSES

    (30 ILCS 740/1‑1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 661)
    Sec. 1‑1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Downstate Public Transportation Act".
(Source: P.A. 82‑783.)

    (30 ILCS 740/1‑2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 661.01)
    Sec. 1‑2. (1) The General Assembly finds:
    (a) That the predominant part of the State's population is located in its rapidly expanding metropolitan and urban areas;
    (b) That the welfare and vitality of urban areas and the satisfactory movement of people and goods within such areas are being jeopardized by the deterioration or inadequate provision of urban transportation facilities and services and the intensification of traffic congestion; and
    (c) That State financial assistance for the development of efficient and coordinated mass transportation systems is essential to the solution of these urban problems.
    (2) The purposes of this Act are:
    (a) to assist in the development of improved mass transportation systems; and
    (b) to provide assistance to participants in financing such systems as provided in Section 7 of Article 13 of the Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 82‑783.)

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