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90_HB0378
70 ILCS 3605/41 from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 341
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Deletes
the requirement that a notice must be filed with the Board
and its General Counsel within 6 months after the date of the
injury or of the accrual of the action before a person may
file a civil action against the Authority for damages.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act by
2 changing Section 41.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
6 amended by changing Section 41 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 3605/41) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 341)
8 Sec. 41. No civil action shall be commenced in any court
9 against the Authority by any person for any injury to his
10 person unless it is commenced within one year from the date
11 that the injury was received or the cause of action accrued.
12 Within six (6) months from the date that such an injury was
13 received or such cause of action accrued, any person who is
14 about to commence any civil action in any court against the
15 Authority for damages on account of any injury to his person
16 shall file in the office of the secretary of the Board and
17 also in the office of the General Counsel for the Authority
18 either by himself, his agent, or attorney, a statement, in
19 writing, signed by himself, his agent, or attorney, giving
20 the name of the person to whom the cause of action has
21 accrued, the name and residence of the person injured, the
22 date and about the hour of the accident, the place or
23 location where the accident occurred and the name and address
24 of the attending physician, if any. If the notice provided
25 for by this section is not filed as provided, any such civil
26 action commenced against the Authority shall be dismissed and
27 the person to whom any such cause of action accrued for any
28 personal injury shall be forever barred from further suing.
29 (Source: P.A. 87-597.)