Chapter 610, RAILROADS

(610 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 114, par. 46) Sec. 1. That all railroad companies incorporated or organized or which may be incorporated or organized under the laws of this state, or of this and any adjoining state (or of any adjoining state), which now or at any time hereafter may be,…

(610 ILCS 50/1) (from Ch. 114, par. 47) Sec. 1. All railroad companies incorporated under the laws of this state, having a terminus upon any navigable river bordering on this state, shall have power to own for their own use any water craft necessary in carrying across such river …

(610 ILCS 70/1.05) Sec. 1.05. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94…

(610 ILCS 35/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 43.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 20/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 35.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 55/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 48.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 60/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 49a.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 10/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 29a.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 65/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 49b.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 5/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 1.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 25/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 39.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 40/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 45.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 30/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 42.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 75/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 52.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 70/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 49c.01) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 50/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 47.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 15/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 30.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 45/1.1) (from Ch. 114, par. 46.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act does not apply to railroads incorporated after July 1, 1985, or to railroads which are reincorporated under the Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended. (Source: P.A. 84-796.)

(610 ILCS 5/10) (from Ch. 114, par. 10) Sec. 10. Meetings; access to records. At the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of any corporation organized under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the president and directors to exhibit a full, distinct and accur…

(610 ILCS 107/10) Sec. 10. Railroad employee access to first aid or medical treatment. (a) A railroad shall make a good faith effort to provide prompt medical attention for a railroad employee who is injured in the course of his or her employment. (b) It is unlawful for a railroa…

(610 ILCS 135/10) Sec. 10. Springfield High Speed Railroad Community Advisory Commission. The Springfield High Speed Railroad Community Advisory Commission ("Commission") is created to monitor, review, and report on contracting and employment matters related to the planning, orga…

(610 ILCS 140/10) Sec. 10. Reports. A Class I railroad company, as well as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (doing business as Amtrak), may, no later than April 15 of each year, submit to the Commission an annual report containing the information described in subsectio…

(610 ILCS 5/11) (from Ch. 114, par. 11) Sec. 11. In case it shall happen, at any time, that an election of directors shall not be made on the day designated by the by-laws of such corporation for that purpose, the corporation for such cause, shall not be dissolved, if within nine…

(610 ILCS 5/12) (from Ch. 114, par. 12) Sec. 12. There shall be a president of such corporation, who shall be chosen by and from the board of directors, and such other subordinate officers as such corporation, by its by-laws, may designate, who may be elected or appointed, and sh…

(610 ILCS 5/13) (from Ch. 114, par. 13) Sec. 13. The directors of such corporation may require the subscribers to the capital stock of such corporation to pay the amount by them respectively subscribed, in such manner and in such installments as they may deem proper. If any stock…

(610 ILCS 5/13a) (from Ch. 114, par. 13a) Sec. 13a. Any railroad corporation may, with the consent of the stockholders hereinafter stated, issue and sell, subject, however, to the provisions of the Illinois Securities Law and amendments thereto, under such restrictions and terms …

(610 ILCS 5/14) (from Ch. 114, par. 14) Sec. 14. The stock of such corporation shall be deemed personal estate and shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of such corporation. Where any such certificate of stock is signed by a transfer agent or a transfer cl…

(610 ILCS 140/15) Sec. 15. Workshop. The Commission shall hold an annual workshop open to the public on the state of supplier diversity among railroad companies to collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to achieving stated goals, including, but not limited to, t…

(610 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 114, par. 15) Sec. 15. In case the capital stock of any such corporation shall be found insufficient for constructing and operating its road, such corporation may, with the concurrence of two-thirds in value of all its stock, increase its capital stock, …

(610 ILCS 135/15) Sec. 15. Commission meetings; authority; reporting. The Commission shall meet quarterly. The Commission shall have the authority to convene City, County, and Department officials to ensure transparency and compliance with federal, State, and local employment and…

(610 ILCS 5/15.5) (from Ch. 114, par. 16) Sec. 15.5. No person holding stock in any such corporation as executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, and no person holding such stock as collateral security, shall be personally subject to any liability as stockholders of such corp…

(610 ILCS 5/16) (from Ch. 114, par. 17) Sec. 16. Each stockholder of any corporation formed under the provisions of this act, shall be held individually liable to the creditors of such corporation to an amount not exceeding the amount unpaid on the stock held by him, for any and …

(610 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 114, par. 18) Sec. 17. If any such corporation shall be unable to agree with the owner for the purchase of any real estate required for the purposes of its incorporation, or the transaction of its business, or for its depots, station buildings, machine a…

(610 ILCS 5/17.5) Sec. 17.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-…

(610 ILCS 5/18) (from Ch. 114, par. 19) Sec. 18. Any such corporation may, by their agents and employees, enter upon and take from any land adjacent to its road, earth, gravel, stone, or other materials, except fuel and wood, necessary for the construction of such railway, paying…

(610 ILCS 5/19) (from Ch. 114, par. 20) Sec. 19. Every corporation formed under this act shall, in addition to the powers hereinbefore conferred, have power: 1. To cause such examination and survey for its proposed railway to be made as may be necessary to the selection of the mo…

(610 ILCS 70/1a) (from Ch. 114, par. 49c1) Sec. 1a. Such consolidation or merger as authorized by Section 1 shall take effect upon the filing and recording of such articles of consolidation or merger in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, and a certifie…

(610 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 2) Sec. 2. Such persons shall organize by adopting and signing articles of incorporation, which shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State and a copy thereof rendered in the office of the recorder of each county through …

(610 ILCS 55/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 49) Sec. 2. Any railroad company in this State failing to comply with the provisions of Section 1 within 90 days after notice in writing of its failure to so comply is served upon any agent of the railroad by the authorized agent of any town or…

(610 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 40) Sec. 2. Such consolidation shall take effect upon the filing and recording of such articles of consolidation in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, and a certified copy thereof in the office of the recorder of the…

(610 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 36) Sec. 2. The concurrence of the holders of at least two-thirds in amount of the capital stock of such corporation in the creation of any such debt and the execution of any such mortgages, shall be made manifest by the votes cast by such stoc…

(610 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 31) Sec. 2. For every year that any such railroad corporation fails to comply with the provisions of Section 1 it shall be guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not less than $4,000. In all cases under this act either party shall have…

(610 ILCS 70/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 49d) Sec. 2. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as authorizing any lease, sale, transfer or conveyance, or any consolidation or merger, as provided in Section 1 of this Act when there shall be in force any law of this State or any…

(610 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 29b) Sec. 2. The special or annual meeting of the stockholders at which the question of the approval of such change or changes is to be submitted shall be called by delivering personally, or depositing in the post-office stamped and addressed t…

(610 ILCS 85/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 100b) Sec. 2. Owners and operators of railroads shall require railroad cars used for the transportation of or occupation by passengers to be regularly cleaned and inspected and to be fumigated or otherwise treated to free them from cockroaches,…

(610 ILCS 95/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 102) Sec. 2. If any person or persons shall wilfully and maliciously, by any act or by means of intimidation, impede or obstruct, except by due process of law, the regular operation and conduct of the business of any railroad company or other c…

(610 ILCS 100/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 104.2) Sec. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of the foregoing Section, under circumstances that endanger the life of any railroad passenger or any railroad employee, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony. (Source: P.A. 77-2202.)…

(610 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 372) Sec. 2. Whoever violates the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense. (Source: P.A. 77-2591.)

(610 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 230) Sec. 2. The practice of loading grain, millstuffs or seeds into foreign or connecting-line cars at the initial point from which the grain, millstuffs or seeds are originally shipped, or the running of the original car through without tran…

(610 ILCS 115/2) (from Ch. 131 1/4, par. 2) Sec. 2. When it is necessary for the construction, maintenance or operation of such road, or the necessary sidings, side tracks or appurtenances, to take or damage private property, the same may be done, and the compensation therefor ma…