Illinois § 5.08

Illinois Statutes

§ 5.08

Illinois § 5.08

TopicGOVERNMENT

Ch. 70SPECIAL DISTRICTS

Act 70 ILCS 3610/Local Mass Transit District Act.

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Bluebook

70 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5.08 (2026).

Text

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date ) Sec. 5.08. Transit-supportive development and trail-supportive development.

(a)As used in this Section: "Transit-supportive development" means residential, commercial, and governmental facilities and supporting infrastructure improvements that are designed to facilitate access to and use of public transit or public trails and that are located within either (i) one-half mile of a public transportation station or (ii) one-eighth mile of a bus stop on a public transportation bus route. "Trail-supportive development" means residential, commercial, and governmental facilities, and supporting infrastructure improvements that are (i) located within one-quarter mile of a public trail and (ii) designed to facilitate a

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(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date ) Sec. 5.08. Transit-supportive development and trail-supportive development. (a) As used in this Section: "Transit-supportive development" means residential, commercial, and governmental facilities and supporting infrastructure improvements that are designed to facilitate access to and use of public transit or public trails and that are located within either (i) one-half mile of a public transportation station or (ii) one-eighth mile of a bus stop on a public transportation bus route. "Trail-supportive development" means residential, commercial, and governmental facilities, and supporting infrastructure improvements that are (i) located within one-quarter mile of a public trail and (ii) designed to facilitate access to and use of public transit or public trails. (b) The Board of Trustees of any Transit District may acquire, construct, own, operate, or maintain for public service transit-supportive developments and trail-supportive developments and may exercise all powers necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this Section. (c) The Board of Trustees of any Transit District may acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, gift, or otherwise any property and rights useful for its transit-supportive development purposes and may sell, lease, transfer, or convey any property or rights when no longer useful or to exchange the same for other property or rights that are useful for its purposes. (d) In addition to other powers provided in this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the Board of Trustees of any Transit District may enter into contracts and agreements with governmental, not-for-profit, and for-profit entities for the development, construction, and operation of transit-supportive developments and trail-supportive developments. (e) The Board of Trustees of any Transit District shall have the continuing power to borrow money for (i) the purpose of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending, or improving transit-supportive developments and trail-supportive developments or any part of those developments and (ii) the purpose of acquiring property and equipment useful for the construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement, or operation of its transit-supportive developments and trail-supportive developments or any part of those developments. (f) This Section does not exempt the Board of Trustees of any Transit District from complying with land use regulations applicable to the property involved in a transit-supportive development or trail-supportive development.