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    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
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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 Bi-State Transit Safety Act is amended  by 
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changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
 



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    (45 ILCS 111/10)



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    Sec. 10. Powers. In further effectuation of the Bi-State 
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Development
Compact Act creating the Bi-State Development 
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Agency, the State of Illinois
hereby authorizes the St. Clair 
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County Transit District to exercise the
following powers:


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        (1) To regulate the safety and security of passengers, 
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    employees, and property of rail fixed guideway systems and 
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    the personal
security of the passengers and employees of 
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    the Bi-State Development Agency
located and operated 
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    within the boundaries of the State of Illinois, to the 
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    extent required by
in a
manner consistent with "Rail Fixed 
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    Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight",
49 CFR Part 659, 
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    as now or hereafter amended.


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        (2) To develop, adopt, and implement a system safety 
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    program standard
meeting the compliance requirements 
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    prescribed in Sections 659.31 and 659.33
of "Rail Fixed 
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    Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight",
49 CFR Part 659, 
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    as now or hereafter amended.


 


 






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        (3) To require the Bi-State Development Agency to 
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    comply with the system safety program standard and
report 
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    accidents and
unacceptable hazardous conditions to the St. 
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    Clair County Transit District
within a period of time 
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    specified by the District as required by Section
659.39 of 
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    "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight",
49 
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    CFR Part 659, as now or hereafter amended.


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        (4) To perform all other necessary and incidental 
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    functions related to the effectuation of this Act as 
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    mandated by
establish procedures to investigate accidents 
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    and unacceptable
hazardous conditions as required by 
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    Section 659.41 of "Rail Fixed Guideway
Systems; State 
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    Safety Oversight",
49 CFR Part 659, as now or hereafter 
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    amended.


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        (5) To direct the Bi-State Development Agency to 
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    minimize, control,
correct, or eliminate any investigated 
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    hazardous condition within a period of
time specified by 
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    the St. Clair County Transit District as required by 
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    Section
659.43 of "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State 
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    Safety Oversight".


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        (6) To perform all other necessary and incidental 
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    functions related to its
effectuation of this Act and as 
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    mandated by "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State
Safety 
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    Oversight".

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(Source: P.A. 92-281, eff. 8-7-01; re-enacted by P.A. 92-788, 
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eff. 8-6-02.)

 



 


 






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    (45 ILCS 111/15)



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    Sec. 15. Confidentiality of investigation reports. The 
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system security portion
of the system safety program plan, 
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investigation reports, surveys, schedules,
lists, or data 
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compiled, collected, or prepared by the Bi-State Development

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Agency or the St. Clair County Transit District under this Act, 
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shall not be
subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in 
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federal or State court or
considered for other purposes in any 
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civil action for damages arising from any
matter mentioned or 
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addressed in such plan, reports, surveys, schedules, lists,
or 
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data.

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(Source: P.A. 92-281, eff. 8-7-01; re-enacted by P.A. 92-788, 
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eff. 8-6-02.)

 

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    (45 ILCS 111/5 rep.)

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    Section 10. The Bi-State Transit Safety Act is amended  by 
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repealing Section 5.