(70 ILCS 1805/34) (from Ch. 19, par. 634)
Sec. 34.
No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the
District 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. Within 6 months from the date that any injury was received
or such cause of action accrued, any person who is about to commence any
civil action in any court against the Port District for damages on account
of any injury to his person shall file in the office of the secretary of
the Board 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. If such statement is not filed as provided,
any such civil action commenced against the District shall be dismissed and
the person to whom any cause of action accrued for any personal injury
shall be forever barred from further suing.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3589.)