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70 ILCS 3605/6 (2026)

The 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 outside thereof to the extent herein provided and all the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this Act, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the specific powers enumerated herein

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(70 ILCS 3605/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 306)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 6. The 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 outside thereof to the extent herein provided and all the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this Act, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the specific powers enumerated herein.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1166.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 6. 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 outside thereof to the extent herein provided and all the powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this Act, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the specific powers enumerated herein.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2003–2025 · leading case: Chicago Transit Auth. v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241, 926 N.E.2d 919 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010).
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Chicago Transit Auth. v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241, 926 N.E.2d 919 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 2× “" 70 ILCS 3605/6 (West 2006). It also requires the CTA to "cooperate with the Regional Transit Authority for the protection of * * * users of public transportation facilities against crime and unsafe conditions.”
Bulger v. Chicago Transit Auth., 801 N.E.2d 1127 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “” 70 ILCS 3605/6 (West 1998). Section 31 provides that the Chicago Transit Board “shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use, operation and maintenance of its property and facilities, and to carry into…”
Chicago Transit Auth. v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308, 2018 IL App (1st) 170702 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “" 70 ILCS 3605/6 (West 2016). Section 9a(f) of the Transit Act empowers the CTA to cooperate with the Regional Transportation Authority to protect public transit facilities, employees, and users of public transportation facilities from crime and unsafe conditions, and this…”
Benjamin Schoenthal v. Kwame Raoul (7th Cir. 2025). “See 70 ILCS 3605/6 (vesting the “power to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain for public service a transportation system in the metropolitan area of Cook County” with the CTA); 70 ILCS 3615/3B.”
Benjamin Schoenthal v. Kwame Raoul (7th Cir. 2025). “See 70 ILCS 3605/6 (vesting the “power to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain for public service a transportation system in the metropolitan area of Cook County” with the CTA); 70 ILCS 3615/3B.”
Benjamin Schoenthal v. Eileen O'Neill Burke (7th Cir. 2025). “See 70 ILCS 3605/6 (vesting the “power to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain for public service a transportation system in the metropolitan area of Cook County” with the CTA); 70 ILCS 3615/3B.”
Benjamin Schoenthal v. Eileen O'Neill Burke (7th Cir. 2025). “See 70 ILCS 3605/6 (vesting the “power to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain for public service a transportation system in the metropolitan area of Cook County” with the CTA); 70 ILCS 3615/3B.”
Bulger v. Chicago Transit Auth. (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “” 70 ILCS 3605/6 (West 1998). Section 31 provides that the Chicago Transit Board: “shall have power to pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to regulate the use, operation and maintenance of its property and facilities, and to carry into…”
Chicago Transit Auth. v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “" 70 ILCS 3605/6 (West 2006). -11- 1-08-3285 It also requires the CTA to "cooperate with the Regional Transit Authority for the protection of *** users of public transportation facilities against crime and unsafe conditions.”
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