Rep. Al Riley

Filed: 3/18/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2424

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2424 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
5 amended by changing Section 41 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 3605/41)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 341)
7     Sec. 41. No civil action shall be commenced in any court
8 against the Authority by any person for any injury to his
9 person unless it is commenced within one year from the date
10 that the injury was received or the cause of action accrued.
11 Within six (6) months from the date that such an injury was
12 received or such cause of action accrued, any person who is
13 about to commence any civil action in any court against the
14 Authority for damages on account of any injury to his person
15 shall file in the office of the secretary of the Board and also
16 in the office of the General Counsel for the Authority either

 

 

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1 by himself, his agent, or attorney, a statement, in writing,
2 signed by himself, his agent, or attorney, giving the name of
3 the person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the name
4 and residence of the person injured, the date and about the
5 hour of the accident, the place or location where the accident
6 occurred and the name and address of the attending physician,
7 if any. If the notice provided for by this section is not filed
8 within the 6-month period as provided, any such civil action
9 commenced against the Authority shall be dismissed and the
10 person to whom any such cause of action accrued for any
11 personal injury shall be forever barred from further suing. If
12 a statement is filed within the 6-month period, then the
13 Authority is barred from asserting that the statement is
14 insufficient unless the Authority notifies the person who
15 signed the statement, in writing and served by United States
16 mail with postage prepaid, of the specific nature of any
17 alleged insufficiencies and allows the person to correct the
18 alleged insufficiencies by filing an amended statement within
19 60 days after the date the notice of insufficiency was mailed.
20 Insufficiencies may include the name of the person to whom the
21 cause of action has accrued, the name and residence of the
22 person injured, the date and about the hour of the accident,
23 the place or location where the accident occurred, and the name
24 and address of the attending physician, if any. Compliance with
25 this Section shall be liberally construed in favor of the
26 person required to file a written statement.

 

 

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1     Any person who notifies the Authority that he or she was
2 injured or has a cause of action shall be furnished a copy of
3 Section 41 of this Act. Within 10 days after being notified in
4 writing, the Authority shall either send a copy by certified
5 mail to the person at his or her last known address or hand
6 deliver a copy to the person who shall acknowledge receipt by
7 his or her signature. When the Authority is notified later than
8 6 months from the date the injury occurred or the cause of
9 action arose, the Authority is not obligated to furnish a copy
10 of Section 41 to the person. In the event the Authority fails
11 to furnish a copy of Section 41 as provided in this Section,
12 any action commenced against the Authority shall not be
13 dismissed for failure to file a written notice as provided in
14 this Section. Compliance with this Section shall be liberally
15 construed in favor of the person required to file a written
16 statement.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-451, eff. 7-1-98.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".