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70 ILCS 3615/5.03 (2026)

Limitation on actions

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(70 ILCS 3615/5.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.03)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 5.03. Limitation on actions. The Authority shall not be liable in any civil action for any injury to any person or property for any acts or omissions of any transportation agency or unit of local government, as a result of the Authority making grants to or having a purchase of service agreement with such agency or unit of local government. Nothing in this Act, however, limits the power of the Authority in its purchase of service agreements to pay the cost of any such injuries.
    No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the Authority by any person on account of any wrongful death or for any injury to any person unless it is commenced within one year from the date that the cause of action accrued; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit a transportation agency in bringing a civil action to enforce its rights under a purchase of service agreement with the Authority. This amendatory Act of 1995 applies only to causes of action accruing on or after January 1, 1996.
(Source: P.A. 89-109, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-457)
    Sec. 5.03. Limitation on actions. The Authority shall not be liable in any civil action for any injury to any person or property for any acts or omissions of any Transportation Agency or unit of local government, as a result of the Authority making grants to or having a purchase of service agreement with such agency or unit of local government. Nothing in this Act, however, limits the power of the Authority in its purchase of service agreements to pay the cost of any such injuries.
    No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the Authority or a Service Board by any person on account of any wrongful death or for any injury to any person unless it is commenced within one year from the date that the cause of action accrued; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit a Transportation Agency in bringing a civil action to enforce its rights under a purchase of service agreement with the Authority. This amendatory Act of 1995 applies only to causes of action accruing on or after January 1, 1996.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2001–2025 · leading case: Barton v. Chicago & North W. Transp. Co., 757 N.E.2d 533 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001).
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Barton v. Chicago & North W. Transp. Co., 757 N.E.2d 533 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “03 of the RTA Act (70 ILCS 3615/5.03 (West 1998)) for acts or omissions of CNW as a result of Metra having a PSA with CNW.”
Pace v. Reg'l Transp. Auth., 803 N.E.2d 13 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “70 ILCS 3615/5.03 (West 2000). In a similar vein, in Patinkin v.”
Eskew v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co., 2011 IL App (1st) 93450 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “70 ILCS 3615/5.03 (West 2008). The clear and unequivocal language in this provision establishes that the one-year statute of limitations applies only to claims against the RTA.”
Copes v. Ne. Illinois Reg'l Commuter R.R. Corp., 2015 IL App (1st) 150432 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 5× “03 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act (Act) (70 ILCS 3615/5.03 (West 2012)). Plaintiff has appealed, contending that the limitations period contained in section 5.”
James v. SCR Med. Transp., Inc., 2016 IL App (1st) 150358 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “3d 1123 (discussing the legislature’s motivation for limiting the time in which to bring an injury claim against Pace, Metra, and the CTA); 70 ILCS 3615/5.03 (West 2008) (one-year statute of limitations for actions against the Regional Transit Authority and its divisions…”
James v. SCR Med. Transp., Inc., 2016 IL App (1st) 150358 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “3d 1123 (discussing the legislature’s motivation for limiting the time in which to bring an injury claim against Pace, Metra, and the CTA); 70 ILCS 3615/5.03 (West 2008) (one-year statute of limitations for actions against the Regional Transit Authority and its divisions…”
Eskew v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe, 958 N.E.2d 426 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “70 ILCS 3615/5.03 (West 2008). The clear and unequivocal language in this provision establishes that the one-year statute of limitations applies only to claims against the RTA.”
Hudson v. Ne. Illinois Reg'l Commuter R.R. Corp. (N.D. Ill. 2018). “2015); 70 ILCS 3615/5.03; 745 ILCS 10/8-101. Hudson brought this suit on July 24, 2017, nearly two years after the alleged August 2015 incident with Vasko.”
Hudson v. Ne. Illinois Reg'l Commuter R.R. Corp. (N.D. Ill. 2019). “2015) (citing 70 ILCS 3615/5.03 and 70 ILCS 3615/2.20(a)(x)).”
Rappe v. Unknown Train Conductor (N.D. Ill. 2020). “2015); 70 ILCS 3615/5.03; see also Hudson v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, 2018 WL 1762439 , at *3 (N.”
Bates v. Pace Bus Co. (N.D. Ill. 2023). “Pace’s motion to dismiss on timeliness grounds is denied because, even assuming that § 5.”
Williams v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. (N.D. Ill. 2023). “70 ILCS 3615/5.03; Copes v. N.E. Ill. Regional Commuter R.”
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