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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0953 Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton 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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| | SB0953 | | LRB097 04693 HEP 44732 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 point |
| 8 | | on any line of continuous railroad thoroughfare
where there now |
| 9 | | is or shall be a railroad bridge for crossing of
passengers and
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| 10 | | and freight in cars over the same as part of such
thoroughfare, |
| 11 | | shall make convenient connections of such railroads, by
rail, |
| 12 | | with the rail of such bridge; and such bridge shall permit and
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| 13 | | cause such connections of the rail of the same with the rail of |
| 14 | | such
railroads so that by reason of said railroads and bridge, |
| 15 | | there shall be
uninterrupted communication over such railroads |
| 16 | | and bridge as public
thoroughfares. But by such connections no |
| 17 | | corporate rights shall be
impaired. |
| 18 | | (Source: Laws 1867, p. 174.)
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