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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Bi-State Transit Safety Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
 
6     (45 ILCS 111/10)
7     Sec. 10. Powers. In further effectuation of the Bi-State
8 Development Compact Act creating the Bi-State Development
9 Agency, the State of Illinois hereby authorizes the St. Clair
10 County Transit District to exercise the following powers:
11         (1) To regulate the safety and security of passengers,
12     employees, and property of rail fixed guideway systems and
13     the personal security of the passengers and employees of
14     the Bi-State Development Agency located and operated
15     within the boundaries of the State of Illinois, to the
16     extent required by in a manner consistent with "Rail Fixed
17     Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight", 49 CFR Part 659,
18     as now or hereafter amended.
19         (2) To develop, adopt, and implement a system safety
20     program standard meeting the compliance requirements
21     prescribed in Sections 659.31 and 659.33 of "Rail Fixed
22     Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight", 49 CFR Part 659,
23     as now or hereafter amended.

 

 

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1         (3) To require the Bi-State Development Agency to
2     comply with the system safety program standard and report
3     accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions to the St.
4     Clair County Transit District within a period of time
5     specified by the District as required by Section 659.39 of
6     "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight", 49
7     CFR Part 659, as now or hereafter amended.
8         (4) To perform all other necessary and incidental
9     functions related to the effectuation of this Act as
10     mandated by establish procedures to investigate accidents
11     and unacceptable hazardous conditions as required by
12     Section 659.41 of "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State
13     Safety Oversight", 49 CFR Part 659, as now or hereafter
14     amended.
15         (5) To direct the Bi-State Development Agency to
16     minimize, control, correct, or eliminate any investigated
17     hazardous condition within a period of time specified by
18     the St. Clair County Transit District as required by
19     Section 659.43 of "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State
20     Safety Oversight".
21         (6) To perform all other necessary and incidental
22     functions related to its effectuation of this Act and as
23     mandated by "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety
24     Oversight".
25 (Source: P.A. 92-281, eff. 8-7-01; re-enacted by P.A. 92-788,
26 eff. 8-6-02.)
 

 

 

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1     (45 ILCS 111/15)
2     Sec. 15. Confidentiality of investigation reports. The
3 system security portion of the system safety program plan,
4 investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data
5 compiled, collected, or prepared by the Bi-State Development
6 Agency or the St. Clair County Transit District under this Act,
7 shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in
8 federal or State court or considered for other purposes in any
9 civil action for damages arising from any matter mentioned or
10 addressed in such plan, reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or
11 data.
12 (Source: P.A. 92-281, eff. 8-7-01; re-enacted by P.A. 92-788,
13 eff. 8-6-02.)
 
14     (45 ILCS 111/5 rep.)
15     Section 10. The Bi-State Transit Safety Act is amended by
16 repealing Section 5.