Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 2085 — CTA-CAUSES OF ACTION

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-1041

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    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2008. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

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    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that certain civil actions against the Metropolitan Transit Authority must be commenced within 2 years (now, one year) from the date the injury was received or the cause of action accrued. Provides that written notice must be provided to the Authority within one year (now, 6 months) from the date the injury was received or the cause of action accrued.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

30 added · 50 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised version of Bill SB 2085 changes the focus from addressing civil actions against the Metropolitan Transit Authority to discussing the election and appointment processes for aldermen in municipalities. The new section clarifies how vacancies for aldermen will be filled and establishes a timeline for appointments, ensuring vacancies are managed efficiently. This change is important because it strengthens local governance by making the process for filling positions more transparent and timely.

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SB2085 Engrossed LRB095 18836 HLH 44963 b AN ACT concerning local government.
SB2085 Enrolled LRB095 18836 HLH 44963 b AN ACT concerning local government.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is amended by changing Section 41 as follows:
The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941 is amended by changing Section 21-22 as follows:
(70 ILCS 3605/41) (from Ch.
(65 ILCS 20/21-22) (from Ch.
111 2/3, par.
24, par.
341) Sec.
21-22) Sec.
41.
21-22.
No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the Authority by any person for any injury to his person unless it is commenced within one year from the date that the injury was received or the cause of action accrued.
General election for aldermen;
Within one year six (6) months from the date that such an injury was received or such cause of action accrued, any person who is about to commence any civil action in any court against the Authority for damages on account of any injury to his person shall file in the office of the secretary of the Board and also in the office of the General Counsel for the Authority either by himself, his agent, or attorney, a statement, in writing, signed by himself, his agent, or attorney, giving the name of the person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the name and residence of the person injured, the date and about the hour of the accident, the place or location where the accident occurred and the name and address of the attending physician, if any.
vacancies.
If the notice provided for by this Section SB2085 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 18836 HLH 44963 b section is not filed as provided, any such civil action commenced against the Authority shall be dismissed and the person to whom any such cause of action accrued for any personal injury shall be forever barred from further suing.
(a) A general election for aldermen shall be held in the year 1943 and every 4 years thereafter, at which one alderman shall be elected from each of the 50 wards provided for by this Article.
Any person who notifies the Authority that he or she was injured or has a cause of action shall be furnished a copy of Section 41 of this Act.
The aldermen elected shall serve for a term of 4 years beginning at noon on the third Monday in May following the election of city officers, and until their successors are elected and have qualified.
Within 10 days after being notified in writing, the Authority shall either send a copy by certified mail to the person at his or her last known address or hand deliver a copy to the person who shall acknowledge receipt by his or her signature.
All elections for aldermen shall be in accordance with the provisions of law in force and operative in the City of Chicago for such elections at the time the elections are held.
When the Authority is notified later than one year 6 months from the date the injury occurred or the cause of action arose, the Authority is not obligated to furnish a copy of Section 41 to the person.
(b) Vacancies occurring in the office of alderman shall be filled in the manner prescribed for filling vacancies in Section 3.1-10-51 Section 3.1-10-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
In the event the Authority fails to furnish a copy of Section 41 as provided in this Section, any action commenced against the Authority shall not be dismissed for failure to file a written notice as provided in this Section.
An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made within 60 days after the vacancy occurs.
Compliance with this Section shall be liberally construed in favor of the person required to file a written statement.
The requirement that an appointment be made within 60 days is an exclusive power and SB2085 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 18836 HLH 44963 b function of the State and is a denial and limitation under Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of the power of a home rule municipality to require that an appointment be made within a different period after the vacancy occurs.
The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly apply to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
90-451, eff.
93-847, eff.
7-1-98.) Section 99.
7-30-04.) Section 99.
This Act takes effect upon SB2085 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 18836 HLH 44963 b becoming law.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-1041

  2. Effective Date March 25, 2009

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 007-005-001

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) December 15, 2008; 01

  12. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  13. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000

  14. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  15. Second Reading - Short Debate

  16. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  17. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000

  18. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote

  19. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee

  20. Assigned to Executive Committee

  21. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) November 30, 2008

  22. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  23. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008

  24. Assigned to Executive Committee

  25. Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008

  26. Referred to Rules Committee

  27. First Reading

  28. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan

  29. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  30. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  31. Arrived in House

  32. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  33. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  34. Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-001

  35. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  36. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Silverstein

  37. Recalled to Second Reading

  38. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2008

  39. Second Reading

  40. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 007-000-001

  41. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law

  42. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules

  43. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  44. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules

  45. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  46. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008

  47. Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 009-000-000

  48. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  49. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  50. Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law

  51. Referred to Rules

  52. First Reading

  53. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Sponsors

  • Ira I. Silverstein · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

  • Ira I. Silverstein

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 47002
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Haine — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Brady — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Watson — Not Voting
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Not Voting
Hutchinson — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 109 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 96009
Democrat 9000
Republican 4000
Total 109009
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Holbrook — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Jefferies — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Krause — Not Voting
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
McCarthy — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Myers — Yea
Watson — Yea
Howard — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Not Voting
Mitchell, Bill — Not Voting
Schock — Not Voting
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Coladipietro — Yea
Cole — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Cross — Yea
Cultra — Not Voting
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Granberg — Not Voting
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Kosel — Not Voting
Mathias — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Scully — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Soto — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Eddy — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Graham — Yea
Osmond — Yea
Patterson — Not Voting
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Ramey — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Yea
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49000
Democrat 7002
Republican 1000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Brady — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Link — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Forby — Yea
Garrett — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Not Voting
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Not Voting
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2085 do?
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides that certain civil actions against the Metropolitan Transit Authority must be commenced within 2 years (now, one year) from the date the injury was received or the cause of action accrued. Provides that written notice must be provided to the Authority within one year (now, 6 months) from the date the injury was received or the cause of action accrued.
Who sponsors SB 2085?
SB 2085 is sponsored by Ira I. Silverstein.
What is the current status of SB 2085?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2008. Enacted.
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