Illinois Code § 2-5

§ 2-5.

Applications. (a) Through State fiscal year 2021, each participant making application for grants pursuant to this Article shall submit to the Department at the time of making such application, on forms provided by the Department: (1) an estimate of projected operating deficits and a separate statement of eligible operating expenses and an estimate of all projected operating income or revenues; and (2) a program of proposed expenditures; all such submittals to be for the period of such grant. The program of proposed expenditures shall be directly related to the operation, maintenance or improvement of an existing system of public transportation serving the residents of the participant, and shall include the proposed expenditures for eligible operating expenses. For Fiscal Year 1980 grant applications shall be submitted to the Department within 60 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1979. Beginning with Fiscal Year 1981 and thereafter, grant applications shall be submitted to the Department by April 1 of the preceding fiscal year. (b) For Fiscal Year 2022 applications for funding, and for each fiscal year thereafter, each participant making application for funding shall submit to the Department by April 1 of the preceding fiscal year, a program of proposed expenditures and services on forms provided by the Department, consisting of the following information: (1) an estimate of projected operating deficits and a separate statement of eligible operating expenses and an estimate of all projected operating income or revenues; and (2) a program of proposed expenditures and services; all such submittals to be for the period of such project. The program of proposed expenditures and services shall be directly related to the operation, maintenance, or improvement of an existing system of public transportation serving the residents of the participant, and shall include the proposed expenditures and services for eligible operating expenses. (Source: P.A. 102-626, eff. 8-27-21.)