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70 ILCS 3605/1 (2026)

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act

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(70 ILCS 3605/1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 301)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act."
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Chicago Transit Authority Act, and for the purposes of legal obligations created prior to this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, it may also be cited as the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2022 · leading case: Pace v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 803 N.E.2d 13 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003).
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Pace v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 803 N.E.2d 13 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “The Act also designated as a service board the governing board of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), which has existed since 1945 (see 70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (West 2000)). The Act delegated to the three service boards the responsibility for providing and operating their…”
Schivarelli v. Chicago Transit Auth., 823 N.E.2d 158 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “The CTA has the authority to enter into lease agreements through its governing and administrative body, the Board.”
Bulger v. Chicago Transit Auth., 801 N.E.2d 1127 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “Plaintiffs, in contrast, argue that the CTA’s internal rules have the force of law because the Illinois legislature granted the CTA the power to determine its own safety regulations through the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (West 1998)), which they…”
Snow v. Chicago Transit Auth., 2022 IL App (1st) 201217 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “Certiorari review is appropriate because the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (Transit Act) (70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (West 2020)), the enabling statute creating the CTA, does not adopt the Administrative Review Law or provide another method of judicial review of a CTA decision.”
Nolan v. City of Chicago, 125 F. Supp. 2d 324 (N.D. Ill. 2000). “The CTA is a separate municipal corporation organized and operated pursuant to 70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (StipJ 12). In addition, state statutes authorize the CTA to enter contracts (70 ILCS 3605/5), to receive funds from and otherwise transact business with the Regional…”
Antol v. Chavez-Pereda, 672 N.E.2d 320 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). “We note that pursuant to the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (West 1994)), any person who is about to commence a civil action against the CTA for personal injuries must file a notice within six months of the injury or the date the cause of action…”
Chicago Transit Auth. v. Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc., 851 N.E.2d 171 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). “CCO also argued that the CTA was legislatively prohibited under the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (Transit Act) (70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (West 2002)) from owning the structures.”
McClaughry v. Vill. of Antioch, 695 N.E.2d 492 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). “The plaintiffs acknowledge that METRA is controlled by the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (West 1994)) and the Regional Transportation Authority Act (Regional Act) (70 ILCS 3615/1.”
Bosco v. Chicago Transit Auth., 164 F. Supp. 2d 1040 (N.D. Ill. 2001). · cites it 2× “The CTA is a duly organized body politic and corporate and a political subdivision of the State of Illinois created and existing under the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, 70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (1992). (Def.RespJ 2).”
Anderson v. Chicago Transit Auth., 2019 IL App (1st) 181564 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “Perhaps recognizing the impracticality of protecting against all crime, the legislature also thought to immunize the CTA from lawsuits for third-party crimes: “Neither the [CTA], the members of its Board nor its officers or employees shall be held liable for failure to provide a…”
Anderson v. Chicago Transit Auth., 2019 IL App (1st) 181564 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. (West 2016). Section 27 provides that the CTA board may appoint a police force to aid the municipal force to protect CTA property, passengers, and employees.”
Ent. Software Ass'n v. Chicago Transit Auth., 696 F. Supp. 2d 934 (N.D. Ill. 2010). “70 ILCS 3605/1 et seq. It operates the second largest public transportation system in the United States, carrying roughly 1.”
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