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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 735 ILCS 30/15-5-35

  • 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

(605 ILCS 5/4-501); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation and counties; for highway purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/4-502); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation; for ditches and drains.
(605 ILCS 5/4-505); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation; for replacement of railroad and public utility property taken for highway purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/4-509); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation; for replacement of property taken for highway purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/4-510); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation; for rights-of-way for future highway purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/4-511); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation; for relocation of structures taken for highway purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/5-107); Illinois Highway Code; counties; for
    
county highway relocation.
(605 ILCS 5/5-801); Illinois Highway Code; counties; for
    
highway purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/5-802); Illinois Highway Code; counties; for
    
ditches and drains.
(605 ILCS 5/6-309); Illinois Highway Code; highway
    
commissioners or county superintendents; for township or road district roads.
(605 ILCS 5/6-801); Illinois Highway Code; highway
    
commissioners; for road district or township roads.
(605 ILCS 5/6-802); Illinois Highway Code; highway
    
commissioners; for ditches and drains.
(605 ILCS 5/8-102); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation, counties, and municipalities; for limiting freeway access.
(605 ILCS 5/8-103); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation, counties, and municipalities; for freeway purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/8-106); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation and counties; for relocation of existing crossings for freeway purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/9-113); Illinois Highway Code; highway
    
authorities; for utility and other uses in rights-of-ways.
(605 ILCS 5/10-302); Illinois Highway Code; counties; for
    
bridge purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/10-602); Illinois Highway Code; municipalities;
    
for ferry and bridge purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/10-702); Illinois Highway Code; municipalities;
    
for bridge purposes.
(605 ILCS 5/10-901); Illinois Highway Code; Department of
    
Transportation; for ferry property.
(605 ILCS 10/9); Toll Highway Act; Illinois State Toll
    
Highway Authority; for toll highway purposes.
(605 ILCS 10/9.5); Toll Highway Act; Illinois State Toll
    
Highway Authority; for its authorized purposes.
(605 ILCS 10/10); Toll Highway Act; Illinois State Toll
    
Highway Authority; for property of a municipality or political subdivision for toll highway purposes.
(605 ILCS 115/14); Toll Bridge Act; counties; for toll bridge
    
purposes.
(605 ILCS 115/15); Toll Bridge Act; counties; for the purpose
    
of taking a toll bridge to make it a free bridge.
(605 ILCS 130/80); Public Private Agreements for the Illiana
    
Expressway Act; Department of Transportation; for the Illiana Expressway project.
(610 ILCS 5/17); Railroad Incorporation Act; railroad
    
corporation; for real estate for railroad purposes.
(610 ILCS 5/18); Railroad Incorporation Act; railroad
    
corporations; for materials for railways.
(610 ILCS 5/19); Railroad Incorporation Act; railways; for
    
land along highways.
(610 ILCS 70/1); Railroad Powers Act; purchasers and lessees
    
of railroad companies; for railroad purposes.
(610 ILCS 115/2 and 115/3); Street Railroad Right of Way Act;
    
street railroad companies; for street railroad purposes.
(615 ILCS 5/19); Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act; Department
    
of Natural Resources; for land along public waters for pleasure, recreation, or sport purposes.
(615 ILCS 10/7.8); Illinois Waterway Act; Department of
    
Natural Resources; for waterways and appurtenances.
(615 ILCS 15/7); Flood Control Act of 1945; Department of
    
Natural Resources; for the purposes of the Act.
(615 ILCS 30/9); Illinois and Michigan Canal Management Act;
    
Department of Natural Resources; for dams, locks, and improvements.
(615 ILCS 45/10); Illinois and Michigan Canal Development
    
Act; Department of Natural Resources; for development and management of the canal.
(620 ILCS 5/72); Illinois Aeronautics Act; Division of
    
Aeronautics of the Department of Transportation; for airport purposes.
(620 ILCS 5/73); Illinois Aeronautics Act; Division of
    
Aeronautics of the Department of Transportation; for removal of airport hazards.
(620 ILCS 5/74); Illinois Aeronautics Act; Division of
    
Aeronautics of the Department of Transportation; for airport purposes.
(620 ILCS 25/33); Airport Zoning Act; Division of Aeronautics
    
of the Department of Transportation; for air rights.
(620 ILCS 40/2 and 40/3); General County Airport and Landing
    
Field Act; counties; for airport purposes.
(620 ILCS 40/5); General County Airport and Landing Field
    
Act; counties; for removing hazards.
(620 ILCS 45/6 and 45/7); County Airport Law of 1943; boards
    
of directors of airports and landing fields; for airport and landing field purposes.
(620 ILCS 50/22 and 50/31); County Airports Act; counties;
    
for airport purposes.
(620 ILCS 50/24); County Airports Act; counties; for removal
    
of airport hazards.
(620 ILCS 50/26); County Airports Act; counties; for
    
acquisition of airport protection privileges.
(620 ILCS 52/15); County Air Corridor Protection Act;
    
counties; for airport zones.
(620 ILCS 55/1); East St. Louis Airport Act; Department of
    
Transportation; for airport in East St. Louis metropolitan area.
(620 ILCS 65/15); O’Hare Modernization Act; Chicago; for the
    
O’Hare modernization program, including quick-take power.
(620 ILCS 75/2-15 and 75/2-90); Public-Private Agreements for
    
the South Suburban Airport Act; Department of Transportation; for South Suburban Airport purposes.
(625 ILCS 5/2-105); Illinois Vehicle Code; Secretary of
    
State; for general purposes.
(625 ILCS 5/18c-7501); Illinois Vehicle Code; rail carriers;
    
for railroad purposes, including quick-take power.
(630 ILCS 10/60); Innovations for Transportation
    
Infrastructure Act; for the purposes of constructing a transportation facility under the Act.
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