(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 6 heading)
DIVISION 6.
MUNICIPAL BRIDGES, FERRIES AND TERMINALS
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(605 ILCS 5/10-601) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-601)
Sec. 10-601.
The corporate authorities of any municipality, have the power
to acquire by purchase, lease, or gift, ferries, bridges, the approaches
thereto, and not exceeding 4 acres of land within the corporate limits, or
within 5 miles of the corporate limits thereof for each ferry or bridge.
They also have the power to maintain, regulate and fix the tolls on these
ferries and bridges.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
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(605 ILCS 5/10-602) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-602)
Sec. 10-602. Every municipality has the power:
(1) To construct, or acquire by purchase, lease,
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(2) To construct and maintain highways within 5 miles
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(3) To construct or acquire by purchase, lease, gift,
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(4) To donate money to aid the road districts in
| | which is situated any ferry, bridge, or highway connecting therewith, specified in this section, in constructing, or improving the same, and to issue the bonds of the municipality for that purpose.
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All such ferries, bridges, and highways shall be free to the public and
no toll shall ever be collected by the municipality except that:
(1) Tolls may be collected for transit over and use
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(2) Any municipality which, within the provisions of
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(3) Where any municipality is the owner of any toll
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(4) In all cases where, after July 1, 1881, a bridge
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(5) The General Assembly finds that electronic toll
| | collection systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, efficiency, and traveler convenience. If electronic toll collection is used on such bridge or ferry, the municipality shall configure the electronic toll collection system to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to provide for such compatibility or to have the Authority provide electronic toll collection or toll violation enforcement services.
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| (Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)
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(605 ILCS 5/10-603) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-603)
Sec. 10-603.
Every bridge or ferry and also the approaches thereto, owned
or controlled by a municipality as provided in Section 10-602, when
outside the corporate limits, are subject to the municipal control and
ordinances of the municipality, the same as though the bridge or ferry and
the approaches thereto, were situated within the corporate limits of the
municipality. In such case the county may assist in the construction of
such bridge, as is now provided by law.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
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(605 ILCS 5/10-604) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-604)
Sec. 10-604.
Every municipality with a population of less than 500,000
which is located on a navigable stream has the power to acquire, construct,
maintain, and operate either within or without its corporate limits,
bridges and approaches, and transportation and other terminal facilities.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
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(605 ILCS 5/10-605) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-605)
Sec. 10-605.
For the purposes specified in Section 10-604, such a
municipality may levy and collect a special tax annually of not more
than .25 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue, of taxable property situated in
the municipality. This tax shall be in addition to all other taxes that
the municipality may be authorized by law to levy and shall be in
addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as
provided in Section 8-3-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or
hereafter amended. However, this tax shall not be levied in the
municipality until the question of levying the tax has been submitted,
in accordance with the general election laws of this State, to the
electors of the municipality at an election and has been approved by a majority
of the electors
voting thereon. The corporate authorities of the municipality may initiate
the submission of such proposition to referendum by ordinance.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall (insert the name of municipality)
be empowered to levy and collect a special
tax annually of .... per cent on each YES
dollar of the valuation of the taxable
property for the purpose of acquiring, --------------
constructing, maintaining or operating
bridges or approaches and transportation NO
and other terminal facilities, as provided
in Section 10-605 of the Illinois Highway Code?
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If a majority of the electors of the municipality voting thereon vote
for the levy and collection of the tax provided for in this Section, the
municipality has the power to levy and collect the tax.
The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased
according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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(605 ILCS 5/10-606) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-606)
Sec. 10-606.
Any municipality specified in Section 10-604 may issue bonds
for the purposes specified in Section 10-604. The amount of these bonds,
including the existing indebtedness of the municipality, shall not exceed,
in the aggregate, 5% of the value of the taxable property therein. This
value shall be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county
taxes previous to the issue of these bonds. The bonds authorized by this
section to be issued shall not be subject to the limit of indebtedness
provided for in Division 5 of Article 8 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as
heretofore or hereafter amended.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1415.)
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