(815 ILCS 415/0.01) (from Ch. 114, par. 104.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Transportation Ticket Fraud Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
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(815 ILCS 415/1) (from Ch. 114, par. 105)
Sec. 1.
That it shall be the duty of owner or owners of
any railroad or steamboat for the transportation of passengers, to provide
each agent, who may be authorized to sell tickets, or other certificates
entitling the holder to travel upon any railroad or steamboat, with a
certificate setting forth the authority of such agent to make such sales;
which certificate shall be duly attested by the corporate seal of the owner
of such railroad or steamboat.
(Source: Laws 1875, p. 81.)
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(815 ILCS 415/2) (from Ch. 114, par. 106)
Sec. 2.
That it shall not be lawful for any person not possessed of such
authority, so evidenced, to sell, barter, or transfer, for any
consideration whatever, the whole or any part of any ticket or tickets,
passes, or other evidences of the holder's title to travel on any railroad
or steamboat, whether the same be situated, operated or owned within or
without the limits of this state.
(Source: Laws 1875, p. 81.)
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(815 ILCS 415/3) (from Ch. 114, par. 107)
Sec. 3.
That any person or persons violating the provisions of the second
Section of this Act shall be deemed guilty of Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 77-2203.)
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(815 ILCS 415/4) (from Ch. 114, par. 108)
Sec. 4.
That it shall be the duty of every agent who shall be authorized to
sell tickets, or parts of tickets, or other evidences of the holder's title
to travel, to exhibit to any person desiring to purchase a ticket, or to
any officer of the law who may request him, the certificate of his
authority thus to sell, and to keep said certificate posted in a
conspicuous place in his office for the information of travelers.
(Source: Laws 1875, p. 81.)
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(815 ILCS 415/5) (from Ch. 114, par. 109)
Sec. 5.
That it shall be the duty of the owner or owners of railroad or
steamboat, by their agents or managers, to provide for the redemption of
the whole, or any parts or coupons of any ticket or tickets, as they may
have sold, as the purchaser, for any reason, has not used, and does not
desire to use, at a rate which shall be equal to the difference between the
price paid for the whole ticket and the cost of a ticket between the points
for which the proportion of said ticket was actually used; and the sale by
any person of the unused portion of any ticket otherwise than by the
presentation of the same for redemption, as provided for in this section,
shall be deemed to be a violation of the provisions of this act, and shall
be punished as is hereinbefore provided: Provided, that this act shall not
prohibit any person who has purchased a ticket from any agent authorized by
this act, with the bona fide intention of traveling upon the same, from
selling any part of the same to any other person.
(Source: Laws 1875, p. 81.)
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(815 ILCS 415/6) (from Ch. 114, par. 110)
Sec. 6.
Any railroad or steamboat company that shall, by any of its agents in
this State, refuse to redeem any of its tickets or parts of tickets as
prescribed in Section five of this Act, shall be guilty of a petty offense
for each offense, to the People of the State of Illinois, and it shall be
unlawful for said company, subsequent to such refusal, to sell any ticket
or tickets in this State until such fine is paid.
(Source: P.A. 77-2203.)
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