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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1670 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 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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| | HB1670 | | LRB102 03727 HEP 13740 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Railroad Bridge Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (610 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 114, par. 45)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1.
Railroads terminating, or to
terminate at any |
| 8 | | point on any line of continuous railroad thoroughfare
where |
| 9 | | there now is or shall be a railroad bridge for crossing of
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| 10 | | passengers and
and freight in cars over the same as part of |
| 11 | | such
thoroughfare, shall make convenient connections of such |
| 12 | | railroads, by
rail, with the rail of such bridge; and such |
| 13 | | bridge shall permit and
cause such connections of the rail of |
| 14 | | the same with the rail of such
railroads so that by reason of |
| 15 | | said railroads and bridge, there shall be
uninterrupted |
| 16 | | communication over such railroads and bridge as public
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| 17 | | thoroughfares. But by such connections no corporate rights |
| 18 | | shall be
impaired. |
| 19 | | (Source: Laws 1867, p. 174.)
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