Illinois Compiled Statutes

70 ILCS 3615/3B.01 (2026)

Commuter Rail Division

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(70 ILCS 3615/3B.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.01)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 3B.01. Commuter Rail Division. There is established within the Authority the Commuter Rail Division as the operating division responsible for providing public transportation by commuter rail. Purchase of service agreements between a transportation agency and the Authority in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of such agreement. Such agreements shall first be the responsibility of the Transition Board and, on the date of its creation, shall become the responsibility of the Commuter Rail Division and its Board.
(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 3B.01. Commuter Rail Division. There is established within the Authority the Commuter Rail Division as the operating division responsible for providing public transportation by commuter rail. Purchase of service agreements between a Transportation Agency and the Authority in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of such agreement.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2002–2016 · leading case: Stroger v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 778 N.E.2d 683 (Ill. 2002).
Stroger v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 778 N.E.2d 683 (Ill. 2002). “The amendment provided for additional state financial assistance and created METRA (70 ILCS 3615/3B.01 (West 1998)) and PACE (70 ILCS 3615/3A.”
Pace v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 803 N.E.2d 13 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “In 1983, the legislature amended the Act to create the commuter rail division (Metra) (70 ILCS 3615/3B.01 (West 2000)) and Pace (70 ILCS 3615/3A.”
Copes v. Ne. Illinois Reg'l Commuter R.R. Corp., 2015 IL App (1st) 150432 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “2 ¶ 18 Due to recurring financial deficits in the operations of public transportation facilities in the area covered by the Authority, the Act was amended in 1983 to provide for additional state financial aid and to create “operating division[s]” within the Authority, including…”
Stroger v. Reg'l Transp. Auth. (Ill. 2002). “The amendment provided for additional state financial assistance and created METRA (70 ILCS 3615/3B.01 (West 1998)) and PACE (70 ILCS 3615/3A.”
Pace v. Reg'l Transp. Auth. (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “In 1983, the legislature amended the Act to create the commuter rail division (Metra) (70 ILCS 3615/3B.01 (West 2000)) and Pace (70 ILCS 3615/3A.”
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