Public Act 096-0012
 		





SB0084 Enrolled
LRB096 04502 RLJ 14556 b






    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is 
amended  by changing Section 41 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 3605/41)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 341)



    Sec. 41. No civil action shall be commenced in any court 
against the
Authority by any person for any injury to his 
person unless it is commenced
within one year from the date 
that the injury was received or the cause of
action accrued.

Within six (6) months from the date that such an injury was

received or such cause of action accrued, any person who is 
about to
commence any civil action in any court against the 
Authority for damages on
account of any injury to his person 
shall file in the office of the
secretary of the Board and also 
in the office of the General Counsel for
the Authority either 
by himself, his agent, or attorney, a statement, in
writing, 
signed by himself, his agent, or attorney, giving the name of 
the
person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the name 
and residence of
the person injured, the date and about the 
hour of the accident, the place
or location where the accident 
occurred and the name and address of the
attending physician, 
if any. If the notice provided for by this section is
not filed 
as provided, any such civil action commenced against the

Authority shall be dismissed and the person to whom any such 
cause of
action accrued for any personal injury shall be 
forever barred from further
suing. 

    Any person who notifies the Authority that he or she was 
injured or has a
cause of action shall be furnished a copy of 
Section 41  of this Act.  Within
10
days after being notified in 
writing, the Authority shall either send a copy by
certified 
mail to the person at his or her last known address or hand 
deliver a
copy to the person who shall acknowledge receipt by 
his or her signature.  When
the Authority is notified later than 
6 months from the date the injury occurred
or the cause of 
action arose, the Authority is not obligated to furnish a copy

of Section 41 to the person.  In the event the Authority fails 
to furnish a
copy
of Section 41 as provided in this Section, 
any action commenced against the
Authority
shall not be 
dismissed for failure to file a written notice as provided in 
this
Section.  Compliance with this Section shall be liberally 
construed in favor of
the person required to file a written 
statement.

    The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 
the 96th General Assembly apply to causes of action that accrue 
on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
96th General Assembly. 
(Source: P.A. 90-451, eff. 7-1-98.)


 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.