Bill Text: IL SB0910 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Railroad Bridge Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning connection of railroads.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-31 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0910 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0910-Introduced.html
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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 Railroad Bridge Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (610 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 114, par. 45)
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7 | Sec. 1.
Railroads terminating, or to
terminate at any | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | point on any line of continuous railroad thoroughfare
where | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | there now is or shall be a railroad bridge for crossing of
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10 | passengers and
and freight in cars over the same as part of | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | such
thoroughfare, shall make convenient connections of such | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | railroads, by
rail, with the rail of such bridge; and such | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | bridge shall permit and
cause such connections of the rail of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | the same with the rail of such
railroads so that by reason of | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | said railroads and bridge, there shall be
uninterrupted | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | communication over such railroads and bridge as public
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17 | thoroughfares. But by such connections no corporate rights | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | shall be
impaired. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (Source: Laws 1867, p. 174.)
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