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70 ILCS 3615/1.01 (2026)

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(70 ILCS 3615/1.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.01)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 1.01. Short Title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Regional Transportation Authority Act".
(Source: P.A. 78-3rd S.S.-5.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 1.01. Short Title; references to Act.
    (a) This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act.
    (b) References to this Act. For the purposes of outstanding debt obligations and for other purposes, this Act may continue to be referred to as the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1998–2023 · leading case: Stroger v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 778 N.E.2d 683 (Ill. 2002).
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Stroger v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 778 N.E.2d 683 (Ill. 2002). “The complaint alleged that the statutory procedures contained in the Regional Transportation Authority Act (Act) (70 ILCS 3615/1.01 et seq. (West 1998)) for appointment of the board of directors of RTA, METRA, and PACE violate the Illinois Constitution of 1970.”
Matthews v. Chicago Transit Auth., 2016 IL 117638 (Ill. 2016). “¶ 28 As relief, plaintiffs requested: (1) certification of Classes I and II; (2) a declaration that certain parts of Public Act 95-708 are void and unenforceable because they violate article XIII, section 5, of the Illinois Constitution and the Regional Transportation Authority…”
McClaughry v. Vill. of Antioch, 695 N.E.2d 492 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). “(West 1994)) and the Regional Transportation Authority Act (Regional Act) (70 ILCS 3615/1.01 et seq. (West 1994)). Section 2.”
Emery v. Ne. Illinois Reg'l Commuter R.R. Corp., 377 Ill. App. 3d 1013 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “Defendant Metra is a public corporation (70 ILCS 3615/1.01 et seq. (West 2002)). Plaintiff is a former assistant general counsel to Metra and was considered part of the professional corporate staff and a member of the management.”
Matthews v. Chicago Transit Auth., 2016 IL 117638 (Ill. 2016). “¶ 28 As relief, plaintiffs requested: (1) certification of Classes I and II; (2) a declaration that certain parts of Public Act 95-708 are void and unenforceable because they violate article XIII, section 5, of the Illinois Constitution and the Regional Transportation Authority…”
Emery v. Ne Ill. Reg'l Commuter Rr, 880 N.E.2d 1002 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “Defendant, Metra, is a public corporation (70 ILCS 3615/1.01 et seq. (West 2002)). Plaintiff is a former assistant general counsel to Metra and was considered part of the professional corporate staff and a member of the management.”
Illinois Road & Transp. Builders Ass'n v. Cnty. of Cook, 2021 IL App (1st) 190396 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “See 70 ILCS 3615/1.01, 1.04 (West 2018). That act gives the RTA the authority to impose certain transportation-related taxes and provides that the revenue shall be spent “to carry out any of the powers or purposes of the [RTA]” (id.”
Illinois Road & Transp. Builders Ass'n v. Cnty. of Cook, 2021 IL App (1st) 190396 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “See 70 ILCS 3615/1.01, 1.04 (West 2018). That act gives the RTA the authority to impose certain transportation-related taxes and provides that the revenue shall be spent “to carry out any of the powers or purposes of the [RTA]” (id.”
Matthews v. Chicago Transit Authorit, 2014 IL App (1st) 123348 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “¶ 23 In their prayer for relief, plaintiffs request: (1) a certification of Classes I and II; (2) a declaration that certain parts of the 2008 Act are void and unenforceable because they violate article XIII, section 5 of the Illinois Constitution and the Regional Transportation…”
Matthews v. Chicago Transit Auth., 2014 IL App (1st) 123348 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “¶ 23 In their prayer for relief, plaintiffs request: (1) a certification of Classes I and II; (2) a declaration that certain parts of the 2008 Act are void and unenforceable because they violate article XIII, section 5 of the Illinois Constitution and the Regional Transportation…”
Copes v. Ne. Illinois Reg'l Commuter R.R. Corp., 2015 IL App (1st) 150432 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” NIRCRC further asserted that it was organized under the Act (70 ILCS 3615/1.01 et seq. (West 2012)), which includes a one-year statute of limitations (70 ILCS 3615/5.”
Stroger v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 756 N.E.2d 328 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “(70 ILCS 3615/1.01 et seq. (West 1998)). The stated purpose of the RTA Act is as follows: “[T]o provide for, aid and assist public transportation in the northeastern area of the State without impairing the overall quality of existing public transportation by providing for the…”
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