Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 605 ILCS 5/9-118

  • 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.
  • 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
     Any association, society, person or persons may, upon obtaining a permit from the highway authorities having jurisdiction over the particular highway, and the consent in writing of the owners of adjacent property, plant or set out trees, shrubs, plants or flowers in or upon the right-of-way of any highway within this State, provided that no such tree, shrub, or flower shall be permitted to obstruct the vision of persons traveling upon or across such highways. Consent in writing of the owners of the adjacent property shall not be mandatory, as the highway authority shall determine, for plantings in a median or in those portions of a highway where direct access from the adjacent property is not provided. The highway authority having jurisdiction may place suitable signs giving notice of the association, society, person, or persons doing the planting.