(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 all removable obstructions to view at such grade
crossings, such as unauthorized signs and billboards, brush and shrubbery,
and shall trim, or cause to be trimmed, all hedges and trees upon the
highway for a distance of not less than 300 feet from each side of such
crossings.
No person shall place, or cause to be placed, any sign or signal on a
public highway within a distance of 300 feet of any grade crossing, except
official traffic control devices authorized in an Act in relation to the
regulation of traffic, approved July 9, 1935, as now or hereafter amended,
any signs or signals required by law or the Illinois Commerce Commission
for the protection of such crossings.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Section shall be
guilty of a petty offense and fined not less than $10 nor more than $100
for each offense.
(Source: P.A. 77-2238.)
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