Illinois Statutes Chapter 20. Executive Branch § 3968/10. Definitions

(1) “Agency” means an official, commission, authority, council, department, committee, division, bureau, board, or any other unit or entity of the State, a municipality, a county, or other local governing body or a private not-for-profit transportation service providing agency.

(2) “Committee” means the Illinois Coordinating Committee on Transportation.

(3) “Coordination” means the arrangement for the provision of transportation services to the transportation disadvantaged in a manner that is cost-effective, efficient, and reduces fragmentation and duplication of services.

(4) “Transportation disadvantaged” means those persons who, because of physical or mental disability, income status, age, location of residence, or other reasons are unable to transport themselves or to purchase affordable transportation and are, therefore, dependent upon others to obtain access to health care, employment, education, shopping, social activities, or other life-sustaining activities.