70 ILCS 3615/1.03: Definitions.

As used in this Act:

"Authority" means the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (formerly the Regional Transportation Authority).

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (formerly the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority).

"Construct or acquire" means plan, design, construct, reconstruct, improve, modify, extend, landscape, expand or acquire.

"Metropolitan Region" means all territory included within the territory of the Authority as provided in this Act, and such territory as may be annexed to the Authority.

"Municipality", "County" and "Unit of Local Government" have the meanings given to such terms in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

"Operate" means operate, maintain, administer, repair, promote and any other acts necessary or proper with regard to such matters.

"Passenger miles traveled" means the cumulative sum of the distances ridden by each passenger.

"Public Transportation" means the transportation or conveyance of persons within the metropolitan region by means available to the general public, including groups of the general public with special needs, except for transportation by automobiles not used for conveyance of the general public as passengers.

"Public Transportation Facilities" means all equipment or property, real or personal, or rights therein, useful or necessary for providing, maintaining or administering public transportation within the metropolitan region or otherwise useful for carrying out or meeting the purposes or powers of the Authority, except it shall not include roads, streets, highways or bridges or toll highways or toll bridges for general public use.

"Service Boards" means the Board of the Commuter Rail Division of the Authority, the Board of the Suburban Bus Division of the Authority, and the Board of the Chicago Transit Authority established pursuant to the Chicago Transit Authority Act.

"Service standards" means quantitative and qualitative attributes of public transit service as well as the appropriate level of service to be provided across the metropolitan region.

"Supermajority vote" means the affirmative vote of:

(1) until September 1, 2026, 12 of the Authority's then Directors; or

(2) beginning September 1, 2026, either at least 15 of the Authority's then Directors or 12 of the Authority's then Directors if there are:

(A) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors appointed under subsection (a) of Section 3.01.05;

(B) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors appointed under subsection (a-5) of Section 3.01.05;

(C) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors appointed under subsection (b) of Section 3.01.05; and

(D) at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors appointed under subsection (b-5) of Section 3.01.05.

"Transportation Agency" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, body politic, municipal corporation, public authority, unit of local government or other person, other than the Authority and the Service Boards, which provides public transportation, any local mass transit district created pursuant to the Local Mass Transit District Act and any urban transportation district created pursuant to the Urban Transportation District Act, which districts are located in whole or in part within the metropolitan region.

"Unlinked passenger trips" means the number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles. Passengers are counted each time they board vehicles no matter how many vehicles they use to travel from their origin to destination.

"Vehicle revenue hours" means the hours that vehicles are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service. "Vehicle revenue hours" includes layover or recovery time. "Vehicle revenue hours" does not include deadhead, operator training, vehicle maintenance testing, and other non-revenue uses of vehicles.

"Vehicle revenue miles" means the miles that vehicles are scheduled to or actually travel while in revenue service. "Vehicle revenue miles" includes distances traveled during layover or recovery time. "Vehicle revenue miles" does not include deadhead, operator training, vehicle maintenance testing, and other non-revenue uses of vehicles.