Public Act 103-0373
 
SB0895 EnrolledLRB103 03367 HEP 48373 b



    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by 
changing Sections 5-101.9, 6-107, and 7-101 as follows:
 



    (605 ILCS 5/5-101.9)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-101.9)



    Sec. 5-101.9. 
To exercise any other power and perform any 
other duty
prescribed in this Code. 
    A county shall not construct, reconstruct, improve, widen, 
relocate, repair, alter, or maintain a highway, road, street, 
alley, bridge, culvert, drainage structure, sidewalk, bicycle 
path, parking lot, driveway, or any other 
transportation-related facility that is outside of the 
county's boundaries unless such construction, reconstruction, 
improvement, widening, relocation, repair, alteration, or 
maintenance is part of the county highway system, is jointly 
performed with another county through the sharing of road 
equipment pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement, or is 
provided as necessary relief services following the occurrence 
of a disaster as defined by the Illinois Emergency Management 
Agency Act. 

    As used in this Section, "maintain" or "maintenance" does 
not include mowing, gravel reclamation, snow removal or the 
application of salt, sand, or any other substance applied for 
the purpose of improving the safety of vehicular or pedestrian 
traffic in response to the presence or prediction of ice or 
snow. 
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

 



    (605 ILCS 5/6-107)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-107)



    Sec. 6-107. 
Road districts have
corporate capacity to 
exercise the powers granted thereto, or necessarily
implied 
and no others. They have power: (1) to sue and be sued, (2) to

acquire by purchase, gift or legacy, and to hold property, 
both real and
personal, for the use of its inhabitants, and 
again to sell and convey the
same, (3) to make all such 
contracts as may be necessary in the exercise of
the powers of 
the district. 
    A road district shall not construct, reconstruct, improve, 
widen, relocate, repair, alter, or maintain a highway, road, 
street, alley, bridge, culvert, drainage structure, sidewalk, 
bicycle path, parking lot, driveway, or any other 
transportation-related facility that is outside of its 
county's boundaries unless such construction, reconstruction, 
improvement, widening, relocation, repair, alteration, or 
maintenance is part of the township and district road system, 
in an adjacent road district, is jointly performed with 
another road district through the sharing of road equipment 
pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement, or provided as 
necessary relief services following the occurrence of a 
disaster as defined by the Illinois Emergency Management 
Agency Act.
    As used in this Section, "maintain" or "maintenance" does 
not include mowing, gravel reclamation, snow removal or the 
application of salt, sand, or any other substance applied for 
the purpose of improving the safety of vehicular or pedestrian 
traffic in response to the presence or prediction of ice or 
snow. 

(Source: P.A. 96-996, eff. 1-1-11.)

 



    (605 ILCS 5/7-101)  (from Ch. 121, par. 7-101)



    Sec. 7-101. 
Streets and alleys, including bridges and 
other structures,
which are or will become part of the 
municipal street system may be laid
out, established, 
constructed, reconstructed, altered, widened, relocated,

improved, maintained, repaired and vacated by the respective 
municipalities
in the manner provided in the Illinois 
Municipal Code, as heretofore or
hereafter amended; provided 
that the Department and counties may locate
and extend State 
and county highways into or through a municipality in the

manner provided in this Code. In addition to the powers 
granted to
municipalities by the Illinois Municipal Code, 
municipalities have powers
granted and duties imposed by this 
Code. 
    A municipality  shall not construct, reconstruct, improve, 
widen, relocate, repair, alter, or maintain a highway, road, 
street, alley, bridge, culvert, drainage structure, sidewalk, 
bicycle path, parking lot, driveway, or any other 
transportation-related facility that is outside of its 
county's boundaries unless such construction, reconstruction, 
improvement, widening, relocation, repair, alteration, or 
maintenance is part of the municipal street system, in an 
adjacent municipality, or provided as necessary relief 
services following the occurrence of a disaster as defined by 
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. 

    As used in this Section, "maintain" or "maintenance" does 
not include mowing, gravel reclamation, snow removal or the 
application of salt, sand, or any other substance applied for 
the purpose of improving the safety of vehicular or pedestrian 
traffic in response to the presence or prediction of ice or 
snow. 
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 1415.)