Chapter 605 — ROADS AND BRIDGES

(605 ILCS 5/5-407) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-407) Sec. 5-407. When a highway leading to a public ferry over a river which is the boundary line between two counties, is subject to inundation and flood damage, such highway in either or both of such counties may be constructed, repaired…

(605 ILCS 5/5-408) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-408) Sec. 5-408. The county board, with the approval of the corporate authorities in the case of a municipality with a population of over 500, and in its own discretion in the case of a municipality with a population of 500 or less, may co…

(605 ILCS 5/5-409) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-409) Sec. 5-409. Partial payments on contracts let by a county for highway work may be made as the work progresses but no payment in excess of 90% of the value of the work then completed may be made until 50% of the work has been completed…

(605 ILCS 5/5-410) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-410) Sec. 5-410. The county board is authorized to enter into agreements with any municipal corporation, terminable in the discretion of the county board, for the municipal corporation to maintain any county highway, or any part thereof, l…

(605 ILCS 5/5-410.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-410.1) Sec. 5-410.1. The county board may surrender jurisdiction over the right-of-way and improvements of all or part of a county highway, street or road to a municipality by agreement as provided in Section 11-91.2-1 of the Illinois Mu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-411) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-411) Sec. 5-411. On all county highways which have all-weather travel surfaces the county board shall provide for the construction and maintenance of all-weather surfaces at boxes used for the receipt of United States mail. The rules, regu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-412) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-412) Sec. 5-412. The county board, of each county, may contract with persons growing row crops on land adjacent to county highways to buy standing strips of such crops to remain in place to act as snow breaks along such highways in those p…

(605 ILCS 5/5-413) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-413) Sec. 5-413. Access roads and driveways for private and public use may, upon receipt of a permit from the county superintendent of highways, be laid out from a county highway in accordance with regulations adopted by the county board. …

(605 ILCS 5/5-414) Sec. 5-414. Permit for temporary closing. The county engineer may, upon application by the proper authorities of any governmental agency or person, issue a permit to the agency or person to temporarily close to traffic any portion of a county highway for any pu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-501) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-501) Sec. 5-501. When it is necessary to construct or repair any bridge, culvert, drainage structure or grade separation, including approaches thereto, on, across or along any public road in any road district in the county, or on any stree…

(605 ILCS 5/5-502) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-502) Sec. 5-502. In case the county board deems it expedient to construct or repair a bridge, culvert, drainage structure, drainage facility or grade separation, including approaches thereto, on, across or along any highway, in the county,…

(605 ILCS 5/5-503) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-503) Sec. 5-503. Bridges, culverts or drainage structures for across highway waterways having a waterway opening of 25 square feet or more and located on county highways, township roads or district roads on county lines, and bridges, culve…

(605 ILCS 5/5-504) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-504) Sec. 5-504. The Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and any county, municipality, or road district, or any one or more of them, may jointly construct, repair and maintain a bridge, culvert, drainage structure, drai…

(605 ILCS 5/5-505) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-505) Sec. 5-505. Any bridge or culvert, or both, that has been constructed, repaired or maintained by adjoining counties may be abandoned and the use thereof for road purposes discontinued if the county boards of such adjoining counties de…

(605 ILCS 5/5-506) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-506) Sec. 5-506. Approaches to bridges and culverts constructed under the provisions of Section 5-501 shall be maintained by the respective road districts or municipalities, and approaches to bridges or culverts constructed under the provi…

(605 ILCS 5/5-507) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-507) Sec. 5-507. If the county board of any such county, after reasonable notice in writing from such other county board, neglects or refuses to construct or repair any such bridge or culvert when any contract or agreement covering the div…

(605 ILCS 5/5-601) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-601) Sec. 5-601. (a) For the purpose of improving, maintaining, repairing, constructing and reconstructing the county highways required to be maintained, repaired and constructed by the county as provided in Section 5-401 of this Code, and…

(605 ILCS 5/5-601.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-601.1) Sec. 5-601.1. Whenever a proposition or public question is required to be submitted, pursuant to this Act, for approval or rejection by the electors at an election, the time and manner of conducting such referendum shall be in acc…

(605 ILCS 5/5-602) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-602) Sec. 5-602. For the purpose of administering Sections 5-501, 5-502, 5-503 and 5-504 of this Code, any county having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants may levy an additional annual tax not exceeding .05% of the value of all the taxable p…

(605 ILCS 5/5-603) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-603) Sec. 5-603. For the purpose of providing funds to pay the expenses for engineering and right-of-way costs, utility relocations and its proportionate share of construction or maintenance of highways in the federal aid network or county…

(605 ILCS 5/5-604) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-604) Sec. 5-604. The county board of any county, pursuant to a petition and after referendum approval as required in this Section, may levy a special tax for the purpose of (1) constructing or repairing county highways or (2) assisting one…

(605 ILCS 5/5-604.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-604.1) Sec. 5-604.1. In any county not under township organization, the county board may levy by ordinance, for a period not exceeding 5 years, an annual tax at a rate not to exceed .05% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Depa…

(605 ILCS 5/5-605) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-605) Sec. 5-605. The county board of any county may in any manner provided by law for issuing county bonds, issue bonds of the county for the purpose of constructing county highways: Provided, that the question of issuing such county bonds…

(605 ILCS 5/5-605.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-605.1) Sec. 5-605.1. The county board of any county may by ordinance and without referendum, issue bonds of the county for the purpose of constructing bridges under any of Sections 5-501 through 5-503 if the county first secures the appr…

(605 ILCS 5/5-605.2) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-605.2) Sec. 5-605.2. Bonds for county highways. Any county with a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants may, by resolution of its county board, incur indebtedness for the purpose of constructing, maintaining or improving county h…

(605 ILCS 5/5-606) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-606) Sec. 5-606. Any road district, in a county, may turn over, to a county, money from the regular road taxes, special taxes voted for road construction, or the proceeds of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by such road district for ro…

(605 ILCS 5/5-607) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-607) Sec. 5-607. Any tax authorized by this Article 5 is in addition to any tax that a county may levy under the provisions of any other law. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/5-701) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701) Sec. 5-701. Money allotted from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to the several counties as provided in Section 8 of the "Motor Fuel Tax Law", approved March 25, 1929, as now or hereafter amended, other than money allotted to counties for the …

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.1) Sec. 5-701.1. Any county board may use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it for the construction of (1) highways within the county designated as county highways, or (2) county highways within the corporate limits of any municip…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.10) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.10) Sec. 5-701.10. Any county board in counties of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may also use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it for the purpose of paying any and all expenditures resulting from activities conducted by the circ…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.11) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.11) Sec. 5-701.11. With the approval of the Department of Transportation, any county board may also use motor fuel tax money allotted to it for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds issued for the construction, maintena…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.12) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.12) Sec. 5-701.12. The county board of any county with a population of 1,000,000 or more may also use motor fuel tax money allotted to it for construction, maintaining, or leasing office space for activities of the county highway de…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.13) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.13) Sec. 5-701.13. Motor fuel tax funds; counties over 500,000. The county board of any county may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it for placing, erecting, and maintaining signs, or surface markings, or both to indicate o…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.14) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.14) Sec. 5-701.14. Any county board may also use its allotted motor fuel tax funds for the construction and maintenance of grade separations and approaches thereto which avoid or replace grade crossings at intersections of county hi…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.15) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.15) Sec. 5-701.15. The formula allocation for counties for the distribution of motor fuel tax funds, provided for in Section 8 in the "Motor Fuel Tax Law", may be used by the county board for the maintenance or improvement of nonded…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.16) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.16) Sec. 5-701.16. Any county board, in a county of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants may also use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it or any part thereof for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued for the pu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.17) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.17) Sec. 5-701.17. Construction, maintenance, or improvement of county unit roads. Any county board in a county with an established county unit district highway system may, with the approval of the Department, use a maximum of 30% o…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.2) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.2) Sec. 5-701.2. Any county board, with the approval of the Department, may also use motor fuel tax money allotted to it for construction of State highways within the county. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.3) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.3) Sec. 5-701.3. Any county board with the approval of the Department may also use motor fuel tax money allotted to it for the maintenance of any county highway or any State highway. (Source: P.A. 85-1407.)

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.4) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.4) Sec. 5-701.4. Any county board may also use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it or any part thereof for the purpose of retiring bonds and paying obligations incurred for the purpose of constructing State or county highways, th…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.5) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.5) Sec. 5-701.5. Any county board may also use so much of any motor fuel tax money allotted to it as may be necessary for the purpose of paying bonds (and interest thereon) heretofore or hereafter issued for the purpose of constructi…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.6) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.6) Sec. 5-701.6. Any county board with the approval of the Department may also use motor fuel tax money allotted to it for the purpose of the payment for investigations requisite to determine the reasonably anticipated need for any o…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.7) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.7) Sec. 5-701.7. (a) Any county board with the approval of the Department may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to pay the county's share of the cost of projects on the federal aid urban and the federal aid secondary highw…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.8) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.8) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 5-701.8. Any county board may also turn over a portion of the motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to: (a) a local Mass Transit District if the county created such District pu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-701.9) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.9) Sec. 5-701.9. Any county board may also use motor fuel tax money allotted to it for constructing or maintaining, or both, a county garage for the servicing, maintenance or storage of vehicles or equipment used in the construction …

(605 ILCS 5/5-702) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-702) Sec. 5-702. Payment of motor fuel tax money to any county for the purposes stated in Sections 5-701.1 through 5-701.11 shall be made by the Department of Transportation as soon as may be after the allotment is made. However, if any co…

(605 ILCS 5/5-801) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-801) Sec. 5-801. Any county, in its name, may acquire the fee simple title, or such lesser interest as may be desired, to any lands, rights or other property necessary for the construction, maintenance or operation of any county highway, t…

(605 ILCS 5/5-802) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-802) Sec. 5-802. When the county deems it necessary to build, widen, alter, relocate or straighten any ditch, drain or watercourse in order to drain or protect any highway or highway structure it is authorized to construct, maintain or ope…

(605 ILCS 5/5-803) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-803) Sec. 5-803. For the purpose of making surveys and the determination of the amount of property necessary to be taken or damaged in connection with any highway project, the county through its officers, agents or employees, after notice …

(605 ILCS 5/5-901) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-901) Sec. 5-901. Short title. This Division may be cited as the Road Improvement Impact Fee Law. (Source: P.A. 86-97.)