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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0958
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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610 ILCS 40/1 |
from Ch. 114, par. 45 |
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Amends the Railroad Bridge Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning connection of railroads.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0958 |
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LRB096 07012 AJT 17098 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Railroad Bridge Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 1 as follows:
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| (610 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 114, par. 45)
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| Sec. 1.
Railroads terminating, or to
terminate at any point |
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| on any line of continuous railroad thoroughfare
where there now |
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| is or shall be a railroad bridge for crossing of
passengers and
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| and freight in cars over the same as part of such
thoroughfare, |
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| shall make convenient connections of such railroads, by
rail, |
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| with the rail of such bridge; and such bridge shall permit and
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| cause such connections of the rail of the same with the rail of |
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| such
railroads so that by reason of said railroads and bridge, |
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| there shall be
uninterrupted communication over such railroads |
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| and bridge as public
thoroughfares. But by such connections no |
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| corporate rights shall be
impaired. |
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| (Source: Laws 1867, p. 174.)
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