Mass Transit Committee
Filed: 2/25/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4661




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4661 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
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    "Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is 
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amended  by adding Section 54 as follows:
 
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    (70 ILCS 3605/54 new)
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    Sec. 54. Automated external defibrillator. Subject to 
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appropriation by the General Assembly for the costs of 
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installation and associated ongoing maintenance and training, 
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the Board must ensure that all staffed rail stations used for 
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public transportation have at least one automated external 
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defibrillator no later than 2 years after the effective date of 
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this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. For the 
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purposes of this Section, "automated external defibrillator" 
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has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 10 of the 
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Automated External Defibrillator Act.
 
 


 






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    Section 10. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is 
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amended  by adding Sections 3B.17 and 5.03 as follows:
 
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    (70 ILCS 3615/3B.17 new)
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    Sec. 3B.17. Automated external defibrillator. Subject to 
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appropriation by the General Assembly for the costs of 
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installation and associated ongoing maintenance and training, 
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the Commuter Rail Board must ensure that all trains used for 
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public transportation have at least one automated external 
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defibrillator no later than 2 years after the effective date of 
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this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. For the 
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purposes of this Section, "automated external defibrillator" 
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has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 10 of the 
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Automated External Defibrillator Act.
 



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    (70 ILCS 3615/5.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.03)



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    Sec. 5.03. Limitation on Actions. 

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    The Authority shall not be liable in any civil action for 
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any injury to
any person or property for any acts or omissions 
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of any transportation
agency or unit of local government, as a 
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result of the Authority making
grants to or having a purchase 
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of service agreement with such agency or
unit of local 
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government. Nothing in this Act, however, limits the power of

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the Authority in its purchase of service agreements to pay the 
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cost of any
such injuries.

 


 






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    No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the 
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Authority by
any person on account of any wrongful death or for 
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any injury to any person
unless it is commenced within one year 
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from the date that the
cause of
action accrued; provided, 
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however, that the foregoing shall not limit a
transportation 
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agency in bringing a civil action to enforce its rights
under a 
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purchase of service agreement with the Authority.  This 
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amendatory
Act of 1995 applies only to causes of action 
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accruing on or after January 1,
1996.
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    Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Automated 
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External Defibrillator Act or the Good Samaritan Act, the 
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following entities and their employees, agents, officers, 
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affiliates, representatives, divisions, or directors shall not 
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be liable for any civil damages in connection with or involving 
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an automated external defibrillator: 

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        (1) the Authority,
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        (2) any Service Board, or
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        (3) any transportation agency that provides public 
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    transportation subject to a purchase of service agreement 
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    pursuant to Section 2.02.
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(Source: P.A. 89-109, eff. 1-1-96.)

 
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    Section 15. The Automated External Defibrillator Act is 
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amended by adding Section 35 as follows:
 
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    (410 ILCS 4/35 new)
 


 






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    Sec. 35. Exclusion. This Act is subject to Section 5.03 of 
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the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
 
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    Section 20. The Good Samaritan Act is amended by adding 
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Section 77 as follows:
 
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    (745 ILCS 49/77 new)
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    Sec. 77. Exclusion. This Act is subject to Section 5.03 of 
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the Regional Transportation Authority Act.
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".