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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2271
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Julie Hamos SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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70 ILCS 3605/41 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 341 |
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Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that certain civil actions against the Metropolitan Transit Authority must be commenced within one year (instead of 6 months) from the date the injury was received or the cause of action accrued. Provides that, if the Authority is notified in writing later than one year (instead of 6 months) from the date the injury occurred or the cause of action arose, then the Authority is not obligated to furnish a copy of the statute to the person.
Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2271 |
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LRB096 04136 RLJ 14177 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 41 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 3605/41) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 341)
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| Sec. 41. No civil action shall be commenced in any court |
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| against the
Authority by any person for any injury to his |
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| person unless it is commenced
within one year from the date |
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| that the injury was received or the cause of
action accrued.
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| Within one year six (6) months from the date that such an |
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| injury was
received or such cause of action accrued, any person |
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| who is about to
commence any civil action in any court against |
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| the Authority for damages on
account of any injury to his |
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| person shall file in the office of the
secretary of the Board |
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| and also in the office of the General Counsel for
the Authority |
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| either by himself, his agent, or attorney, a statement, in
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| writing, signed by himself, his agent, or attorney, giving the |
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| name of the
person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the |
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| name and residence of
the person injured, the date and about |
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| the hour of the accident, the place
or location where the |
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| accident occurred and the name and address of the
attending |
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| physician, if any. If the notice provided for by this Section |