Public Act 096-1001
 
SB3763 Enrolled LRB096 16032 AJT 31280 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
Section 5-107 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/5-107)  (from Ch. 121, par. 5-107)
    Sec. 5-107. Relocations of county highways may be made
during the improvement thereof according to plans approved by
the county board and the Department. Upon completion of the
relocated highway and its opening to public travel, the new
location shall become the location of the county highway and
the county shall have full authority over the relocated highway
and that portion of the original location not incorporated into
the new location. For any portion of the original location not
incorporated into the new location, the county board, by the
process established by law, may transfer road jurisdiction to
another highway authority or vacate, transfer, or sell the
property interest. original location shall be considered
abandoned as a county highway.
    Pending the completion and opening of the relocation, the
county board shall have full authority over the existing county
highway and shall also have power to lay out the relocation,
acquire rights-of-way, by condemnation or otherwise, and take
whatever action is necessary to effect the laying out,
improving, and opening of the county highway upon the
relocation.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2011