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| | HB5189 Engrossed | | LRB103 38541 MXP 68677 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 18c-7402.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/18c-7402.2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 18c-7402.2. Reports involving railroad fatalities. |
| 8 | | All reports involving railroad fatalities and all |
| 9 | | communications between police officers and train crew members |
| 10 | | involved in those occurrences shall not be public reports and |
| 11 | | shall be maintained by the police departments and any persons |
| 12 | | in subsequent possession thereof listed below in a manner that |
| 13 | | ensures the confidentiality of the train crew's private |
| 14 | | information. Any reports made public shall have train crew |
| 15 | | members' private information redacted. However, upon written |
| 16 | | or electronic mail request, such reports shall be accessible |
| 17 | | at all reasonable times: |
| 18 | | (1) to the host or employing railroad; |
| 19 | | (2) by court order, and to others specifically |
| 20 | | authorized by court order to obtain the information if the |
| 21 | | access is necessary in the performance of their duties; |
| 22 | | and |
| 23 | | (3) to law enforcement officers, State's Attorneys, |