The Department, or the Department in cooperation with municipal corporate authorities or county authorities, is authorized to receive and expend, by agreement or otherwise, federal funds for the construction, reconstruction and improvement of public roads not on any Federal-aid system, being improved under the Federal Aid Road Act.
     Any Federal-aid project as authorized in this Section may be undertaken jointly at the expense of the federal government and the State of Illinois, or jointly at the expense of the federal government, a municipality or municipalities, or a county or counties, or jointly at the expense of the federal government, the State of Illinois, a municipality or municipalities or a county or counties, or any of the above jointly with any other public or private entity or public utility.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 605 ILCS 5/3-104.2

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Municipalities: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.27
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     The authority having jurisdiction over a public road not on any federal-aid system prior to its improvement as a federal-aid project shall continue to be responsible for maintenance, at its own expense.
     For the purposes of this Section, “public road” means any road under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority and open to public travel and which is not on a federal-aid system.