Public Act 095-0822
 
HB2133 Enrolled LRB095 01089 DRH 21091 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Bi-State Transit Safety Act is amended by
changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
 
    (45 ILCS 111/10)
    Sec. 10. Powers. In further effectuation of the Bi-State
Development Compact Act creating the Bi-State Development
Agency, the State of Illinois hereby authorizes the St. Clair
County Transit District to exercise the following powers:
        (1) To regulate the safety and security of passengers,
    employees, and property of rail fixed guideway systems and
    the personal security of the passengers and employees of
    the Bi-State Development Agency located and operated
    within the boundaries of the State of Illinois, to the
    extent required by in a manner consistent with "Rail Fixed
    Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight", 49 CFR Part 659,
    as now or hereafter amended.
        (2) To develop, adopt, and implement a system safety
    program standard meeting the compliance requirements
    prescribed in Sections 659.31 and 659.33 of "Rail Fixed
    Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight", 49 CFR Part 659,
    as now or hereafter amended.
        (3) To require the Bi-State Development Agency to
    comply with the system safety program standard and report
    accidents and unacceptable hazardous conditions to the St.
    Clair County Transit District within a period of time
    specified by the District as required by Section 659.39 of
    "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight", 49
    CFR Part 659, as now or hereafter amended.
        (4) To perform all other necessary and incidental
    functions related to the effectuation of this Act as
    mandated by establish procedures to investigate accidents
    and unacceptable hazardous conditions as required by
    Section 659.41 of "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State
    Safety Oversight", 49 CFR Part 659, as now or hereafter
    amended.
        (5) To direct the Bi-State Development Agency to
    minimize, control, correct, or eliminate any investigated
    hazardous condition within a period of time specified by
    the St. Clair County Transit District as required by
    Section 659.43 of "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State
    Safety Oversight".
        (6) To perform all other necessary and incidental
    functions related to its effectuation of this Act and as
    mandated by "Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety
    Oversight".
(Source: P.A. 92-281, eff. 8-7-01; re-enacted by P.A. 92-788,
eff. 8-6-02.)
 
    (45 ILCS 111/15)
    Sec. 15. Confidentiality of investigation reports. The
system security portion of the system safety program plan,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or data
compiled, collected, or prepared by the Bi-State Development
Agency or the St. Clair County Transit District under this Act,
shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence in
federal or State court or considered for other purposes in any
civil action for damages arising from any matter mentioned or
addressed in such plan, reports, surveys, schedules, lists, or
data.
(Source: P.A. 92-281, eff. 8-7-01; re-enacted by P.A. 92-788,
eff. 8-6-02.)
 
    (45 ILCS 111/5 rep.)
    Section 10. The Bi-State Transit Safety Act is amended by
repealing Section 5.

Effective Date: 1/1/2009