Chapter 605 — ROADS AND BRIDGES

(605 ILCS 5/9-112) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-112) Sec. 9-112. At all grade crossings of public highways with railroads outside the corporate limits of any municipality, the highway authority having jurisdiction of such highways shall remove, or cause to be removed from the highway al…

(605 ILCS 5/9-112.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-112.1) Sec. 9-112.1. No person shall place or cause to be placed any sign or billboard or any advertising of any kind or description upon any State highway or on any other highway outside the corporate limits of any municipality except a…

(605 ILCS 5/9-112.2) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-112.2) Sec. 9-112.2. No person shall place, or cause to be placed upon or in view of any public highway any sign or billboard or any advertising of any kind or description which in wording, color or shape is similar to official traffic c…

(605 ILCS 5/9-112.3) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-112.3) Sec. 9-112.3. Shelters for the convenience and comfort of persons waiting for buses or other public transportation may be placed and maintained within the right of way of any street or highway, including right of way for streets a…

(605 ILCS 5/9-112.4) Sec. 9-112.4. Signs on a State highway right of way located over sidewalks inside the corporate limits of a municipality that do not interfere with vehicular or pedestrian traffic, as determined by Department rule, shall not be removed by the Department. (Sou…

(605 ILCS 5/9-112.5) Sec. 9-112.5. Signs, billboards, and advertising in commuter parking lots. Signs, billboards, and advertising, placed in a publicly owned and operated commuter parking lot servicing public transportation and adjoined on 2 sides by interstate highways, that do…

(605 ILCS 5/9-112.6) Sec. 9-112.6. Vegetation control permit. (a) The Department may provide for vegetation control on land or a right-of-way under its jurisdiction related to the visibility of a permitted or registered outdoor advertising sign or grant a permit for such work. (b…

(605 ILCS 5/9-113) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-113) Sec. 9-113. (a) No ditches, drains, track, rails, poles, wires, pipe line or other equipment of any public utility company, municipal corporation or other public or private corporation, association or person shall be located, placed o…

(605 ILCS 5/9-113.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-113.01) Sec. 9-113.01. Except when otherwise provided for by contract, permit or ordinance, a unit of local government having jurisdiction over streets or roads may repair damage to any such streets or roads caused by a public or privat…

(605 ILCS 5/9-113.02) Sec. 9-113.02. Damage to State-owned or local government-owned roadway property; highway and highway property. (a) Any agency or instrumentality of the State of Illinois or unit of local government may seek recovery for the cost of the repair or replacement …

(605 ILCS 5/9-113.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-113.1) Sec. 9-113.1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 4-201.19 and 8-107.1 of this Code and in subsection (b) of this Section, and except to the extent authorized in "An Act in relation to the construction, operation, regulat…

(605 ILCS 5/9-114) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-114) Sec. 9-114. Any person owning, using, or occupying lands on both sides of any public highway has the privilege of making a crossing under the highway for the purpose of letting his cattle and other domestic animals across such highway…

(605 ILCS 5/9-115) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-115) Sec. 9-115. It is unlawful for any person to excavate or remove or cause the excavation or removal of the lateral support within a distance of 10 feet plus one and one-half times the depth of any excavation adjacent to the established…

(605 ILCS 5/9-115.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-115.1) Sec. 9-115.1. It is unlawful for any person to construct or cause to be constructed any drainage facility for the purpose of the detention or retention of water within a distance of 10 feet plus one and one-half times the depth of…

(605 ILCS 5/9-116) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-116) Sec. 9-116. The owner of any hedge fence growing along the right-of-way line of any public highway shall during the year next after such hedge has obtained the age of 7 years and during each year thereafter, trim such hedge fence to a…

(605 ILCS 5/9-117) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-117) Sec. 9-117. If any person injures or obstructs a public highway by felling a tree or trees in, upon or across the same, or by placing or leaving any other obstruction thereon, or encroaching upon the same with any fence, or by plowing…

(605 ILCS 5/9-118) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-118) Sec. 9-118. 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…

(605 ILCS 5/9-119) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-119) Sec. 9-119. Whoever wilfully drives upon, picks, removes, destroys, cuts down, or in any manner injures any tree, shrub, plant or flower planted or growing within the right-of-way of any public highway, shall be guilty of a petty offe…

(605 ILCS 5/9-119.5) Sec. 9-119.5. Hay harvesting permit. (a) The Department may issue a hay harvesting permit authorizing the mowing and harvesting of hay on a specified right-of-way in this State. An owner or owner's designee has priority until July 30 of each year to receive a…

(605 ILCS 5/9-119.6) Sec. 9-119.6. Switchgrass production permit. (a) The Department may issue a switchgrass production permit authorizing the planting and harvesting of switchgrass on a specified right-of-way in this State. An owner or owner's designee has priority until March 1…

(605 ILCS 5/9-121) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-121) Sec. 9-121. It is unlawful for any person to deposit in a public highway or rest area weeds, trash, garbage or other offensive matter or any broken bottles, glass, boards containing projecting nails or any other thing likely to cause …

(605 ILCS 5/9-122) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-122) Sec. 9-122. If any person purposely destroys or injures any sidewalk, public bridge, culvert, or causeway, or removes any of the timber or plank thereof, or obstructs the same, he shall be guilty of a petty offense, fined not more tha…

(605 ILCS 5/9-123) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-123) Sec. 9-123. No person, firm, corporation, or institution, public or private, shall discharge or empty any type of sewage, including the effluent from septic tanks or other sewage treatment devices, or any other domestic, commercial or…

(605 ILCS 5/9-124) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-124) Sec. 9-124. It is unlawful for any person to camp on any public highway in this State or to make, other than in an emergency, a rest stop except at areas designated for such rest stops. Any resident of this State may enter complaint b…

(605 ILCS 5/9-124.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-124.1) Sec. 9-124.1. It is unlawful for any person to tether or turn loose any stock, cows, horses or other animals on any public highway in this State for the purpose of feeding the same. Any resident of this State may enter complaint b…

(605 ILCS 5/9-125) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-125) Sec. 9-125. The appropriate highway authorities shall seasonably prosecute for all fines and penalties provided for in this Code for violations committed on highways under their respective jurisdictions. Whenever any person complains …

(605 ILCS 5/9-126) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-126) Sec. 9-126. Fines and penalties recovered under the provisions of this Code shall be paid over to the treasurer of the highway authority responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the public street or highway upon or along which th…

(605 ILCS 5/9-127) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-127) Sec. 9-127. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) and in cases where the deed, or other instrument, dedicating a highway or part thereof, has expressly provided for a specific devolution of the title thereto upon the…

(605 ILCS 5/9-128) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-128) Sec. 9-128. Any person who intentionally damages or removes an official sign or other traffic control device erected by the proper authority having jurisdiction over such highway authorized by Chapter 11, Article III of The Illinois V…

(605 ILCS 5/9-129) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-129) Sec. 9-129. Agricultural aircraft used for crop dusting or other activities in aid of agriculture as authorized by the Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Transportation may use any county highway or township road as defined …

(605 ILCS 5/9-130) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-130) Sec. 9-130. No person, firm, corporation or institution, public or private, shall plow or remove or cause to be plowed or removed ice or snow from any shopping center, parking lot, commercial or institutional service area or driveway …

(605 ILCS 5/9-131) Sec. 9-131. Installation of fiber-optic network conduit. (a) For purposes of this Section: "Fiber-optic network conduit" means a pipe or duct used to enclose fiber-optic cable facilities buried alongside the roadway or surface mounted on bridges, overpasses, an…

(605 ILCS 5/9-132) Sec. 9-132. Highway design. A unit of local government may consult a highway design publication outside the Department's Bureau of Local Roads and Streets Manual for the construction of any highway in ownership or control of the unit of local government, except…

(605 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-1) Sec. 1. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that in order to promote the public welfare, and to facilitate vehicular traffic by providing convenient, safe, modern and limited access highways designed for the …

(605 ILCS 10/1.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-1.1) Sec. 1.1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Toll Highway Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(605 ILCS 10/10) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-10) Sec. 10. The Authority shall have power: (a) To pass resolutions, make by-laws, rules and regulations for the management, regulation and control of its affairs, and to fix tolls, and to make, enact and enforce all needful rules and reg…

(605 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-11) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 11. The Authority shall have power: (a) To enter upon lands, waters and premises in the State for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations as may be ne…

(605 ILCS 10/11.1) Sec. 11.1. Public-private partnerships. The Authority may exercise all powers granted to it under the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. (Source: P.A. 97-502, eff. 8-23-11.)

(605 ILCS 10/11.2) Sec. 11.2. Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act. The Authority may exercise all powers granted to it under the Innovations for Transportation Infrastructure Act, including, but not limited to, the power to enter into all contracts or agreements nec…

(605 ILCS 10/12) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-12) Sec. 12. The Authority shall erect and maintain at connecting roads on each toll highway suitable signs showing the name of the chief accessible traffic generator in either direction along each such connecting road. The size and design…

(605 ILCS 10/13) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-13) Sec. 13. The Authority is authorized, without limitation to the foregoing powers, to accept grants from and enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with the Federal Government, or any agency thereof, necessary or expedient …

(605 ILCS 10/14) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-14) Sec. 14. (a) The Authority shall, prior to the commencement of any engineering and traffic study or studies to determine the feasibility of constructing additional toll highways within the State of Illinois, submit to the Governor for …

(605 ILCS 10/14.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-14.1) Sec. 14.1. The Authority shall, prior to the issuance of any bonds under this Act, except refunding bonds, prepare and submit to the Governor for his approval preliminary plans showing the proposed location of the route or routes o…

(605 ILCS 10/14.2) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-14.2) Sec. 14.2. Prior to submission of preliminary plans to the Governor, the Authority shall hold a public hearing at which any person may appear, express opinions, suggestions or objections or direct inquiries relating to the proposed…

(605 ILCS 10/15) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-15) Sec. 15. The Attorney General of the State of Illinois, shall be ex officio attorney for the said Authority and he shall be its legal adviser and legal representative. In addition to the specific duties imposed upon the said Attorney G…

(605 ILCS 10/16) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-16) Sec. 16. All contracts let for the construction of any work authorized to be done under the provisions of the Act, where the amount thereof is in excess of a small purchase amount, as defined in Section 20-20 of the Illinois Procuremen…

(605 ILCS 10/16.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-16.1) Sec. 16.1. (A) All contracts for services or supplies required from time to time by the Authority in the maintenance and operation of any toll highway or part thereof under the provisions of this Act or all direct contracts for sup…

(605 ILCS 10/16.2) Sec. 16.2. Financial benefit prohibited. (a) A director, employee, or agent of the Authority may not receive a financial benefit from a contract let by the Authority during his or her term of service with the Authority and for a period of one year following the…

(605 ILCS 10/16.3) Sec. 16.3. Consistent with general law, the Authority shall: (a) set goals for the award of contracts to disadvantaged businesses and attempt to meet the goals; (b) attempt to identify disadvantaged businesses that provide or have the potential to provide suppl…

(605 ILCS 10/17) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-17) Sec. 17. (a) The Authority may from time to time issue bonds for any lawful purpose including, without limitation, the costs of issuance thereof and all such bonds or other obligations of the Authority issued pursuant to this Act shall…