NORTHERN ILLINOIS TRANSIT AUTHORITY FKA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (RTA)

Lobbying client · Illinois · filed 2025 to 2026

Local Governmental Entity Overseeing Public Transportation Operations

$310,000 Reported spend

7 Filings counted

1 Outside firm hired

0 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 7 filings. Everything on this page comes from one LDA client record (144466), filed by the registrant listed below. These filings have also been reported as REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (RTA).

Who filed for this client 1

SMITH GARSON $310,000 Outside firm · 7 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $150,000 3 filings
2025 $160,000 4 filings

Issues lobbied 2

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7
SENATE 7
Transportation, Dept of (DOT) 4

Recent filings 7 total

Q3 report

SMITH GARSON

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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SMITH GARSON

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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SMITH GARSON

1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Apr 19, 2026

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SMITH GARSON

4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Jan 20, 2026

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SMITH GARSON

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2025

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SMITH GARSON

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Jul 21, 2025

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SMITH GARSON

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Apr 21, 2025

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Filings through October 20, 2026, the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.