(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 1 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-101) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-101) Sec. 10-101. The Department may acquire, by gift, any bridge or part of a bridge and its approaches located in Illinois which cross any stream forming a boundary line between this State and any adjoining state whenever the bridge and its approaches constitute a direct continuation of a State highway and of an improved highway in the adjoining state. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-102) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-102) Sec. 10-102. Before acquiring any bridge or part of a bridge and its approaches as provided in this Division of this Article, the Department shall ascertain, except as otherwise provided in Section 10-102.1, that the bridge and its approaches are structurally sound and in a good state of repair, that all bonds or other obligations issued to finance the cost of constructing or acquiring the bridge and its approaches have been fully retired and that all interest charges in connection therewith have been fully paid and that there are no mortgages, liens or encumbrances of any nature outstanding against the bridge and its approaches or the real property acquired in connection therewith, and, in case the bridge is across a navigable stream, that authority to construct, maintain and operate the bridge and approaches was granted by Act of Congress and that the Act, or a subsequent Act or Acts of Congress in connection therewith, granted full authority to sell, assign or transfer all rights, powers and privileges conferred by the Act of Congress. The conveyance shall be by warranty deed and run to the State of Illinois. The conveyance shall include any interest in real property acquired in connection with the bridge, and shall assign and transfer to the State all rights, powers and privileges conferred by any Act or Acts of Congress in connection with the bridge and approaches. (Source: P.A. 92-679, eff. 7-16-02.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-102.1) Sec. 10-102.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-679, eff. 7-16-02. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-103) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-103) Sec. 10-103. (a) When the Department has acquired title to any bridge or part of a bridge and its approaches as provided in this Division, it is authorized to assume jointly with the adjoining state, or a political subdivision of the adjoining state, responsibility for the future maintenance, operation and control of such bridge. However, the Department shall not pay more than one-half of the cost of the future maintenance, operation and control of the entire bridge and its approaches, except that the Department's share may be proportionate to the length of the bridge within Illinois where required for compatibility with the adjoining state's statutes. The Department may contract with the adjoining state or with a political subdivision of the adjoining state for the maintenance, operation and control of the entire bridge and its approaches by the adjoining state or its political subdivision and for the reimbursement by the Department for the share of the cost properly chargeable to the State of Illinois. In such cases, the Department may also contract to maintain, operate and control the entire bridge itself if the contract also provides for reimbursement of the Department by the adjoining state or its political subdivision of the share of the cost properly chargeable to such adjoining state or its political subdivision. (b) Any such contract between the Department and the adjoining state or a political subdivision of the adjoining state entered into under paragraph (a) of this Section shall be for a period not to exceed 50 years and shall be 1. renewable annually in the discretion of the Department, and 2. subject to an adequate annual appropriation by the General Assembly to fund the proportionate share of the costs of the maintenance, operation and control of the bridge and its approaches properly chargeable to the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 81-456.)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 2 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-201) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-201) Sec. 10-201. Bridges across streams forming the boundary line between this and any adjoining state, or bridges upon any road which lies upon the boundary line between this and any adjoining state, may be constructed or repaired by any county or counties of this State contiguous to the proposed construction or repair, acting in conjunction with any county, municipality or subordinate division of the adjoining state, as provided in this Division of this Article. A bridge may likewise be constructed at the point of intersection of any highway with the boundary line between this and any adjoining state, or a bridge already constructed at such point may likewise be repaired, as provided in this Division of this Article. A county shall be deemed contiguous to such construction or repair if any part of such county lies within 80 rods thereof. The total of the cost to be borne by any county (or counties) of this State shall not exceed one-half of the total cost of such construction or repair. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-202) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-202) Sec. 10-202. The county board of any such county is empowered to appropriate moneys for the purpose of assisting in the construction or repair of any such bridge or bridges, or bonds of such county may be issued for that purpose as follows: Upon the filing with the county clerk of a petition signed by 100 electors of such county who are owners of land therein, requesting that the proposition of issuing bonds of that county for such purpose be submitted to the electors of such county for their approval or rejection, the county clerk shall certify the petition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at a regular election. Such referendum shall be conducted and notice given in accordance with the general election law. (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-203) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-203) Sec. 10-203. Such proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall county bonds for YESthe purpose of.... be -------------------------------issued to the amount of....? NO-------------------------------------------------------------- (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-204) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-204) Sec. 10-204. If a majority of the legal voters voting at such election on such question, voted in favor of the proposition, the county clerk shall issue (from time to time as the work progresses) a sufficient amount, in the aggregate, of the bonds of such county for the purpose of assisting in the construction or repair of any such bridge or bridges, as set forth in this Division of this Article, and in accordance with the prayer of the petition. Such bonds shall be of such denominations, upon such time, bear such rate of interest (not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract), and be disposed of, as the necessities and convenience of such county may require. However, such bonds shall not be sold nor disposed of, either by sale or by payment to contractors for labor or materials, for less than par value. Such bonds shall be issued in not less than 5 nor more than 30 annual series, the first series of which shall mature not more than 5 years from the date of issue, and each succeeding series in succeeding years thereafter. A register of all issues of such bonds shall be kept in the office of the county clerk of such county, showing the date, amount, rate of interest, maturity, and the purpose for which such bonds were issued, and it shall be the duty of such county clerk, to extend annually against all the property in such county, a tax sufficient to pay the interest of such bonds in each year prior to the maturity of such first series, and thereafter he shall extend a tax in each year sufficient to pay each series as it matures, together with interest thereon and with the interest upon the unmatured bonds outstanding. Such bonds may be lithographed and the interest for each year evidenced by interest coupons thereto attached, which coupons shall be signed with the original or facsimile signatures by the same officers who executed the bonds. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. (Source: P.A. 86-4.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-205) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-205) Sec. 10-205. The plans and specifications for the construction or repair of any such bridge or bridges shall be approved by the county superintendent of highways (or county superintendents of highways, in case two counties of this State are assisting in such construction or repair), and by the Department. The contract for any such work shall be let by the county board (or county boards, in case two counties of this State are assisting in such construction or repair), acting jointly with the corporate authorities of the county, municipality, or other subordinate division of the adjoining state. However, no contract shall be considered as let unless the contractor shall within 15 days after the final award of same, file with the county clerk of such county (or of each such county) a bond, with good and sufficient sureties, in a sum equal to the part of the total cost which that county is to bear, conditioned upon the faithful performance of such contract. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-206) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-206) Sec. 10-206. If the cost of such construction or repair is $1,000 or less, such county (or counties) shall not be liable for any part of such expense until all the work has been fully completed, and has been accepted by the county superintendent of highways (or by each county superintendent of highways). Such official (or officials) shall certify such acceptance to his county board (or to their respective county boards), and shall accompany such certificate with an itemized statement of all expenditures in such construction or repair. If the total cost of the construction or repair exceeds $1,000, partial payments not oftener than once a month, and not to exceed 90% of the work actually completed, may be paid the contractor by the county (or counties). No such partial payments shall be made unless approved by the county superintendent of highways (or by each county superintendent of highways), and no partial payments shall in any way be deemed an acceptance of the work until such work has been fully completed and accepted by the county superintendent (or by each county superintendent of highways) and such acceptance certified as provided above. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 3 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-301) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-301) Sec. 10-301. Each county of this State, is authorized to acquire by purchase or otherwise, to construct, repair, maintain and operate a bridge or bridges over and across any navigable or non-navigable stream within such county, or forming a boundary line between such county and any other county in the State of Illinois, or forming a boundary line between the State of Illinois and any adjoining state, and shall have authority to exercise all such powers within its boundaries and in adjacent territory within this State, and in any adjoining state, after first having obtained authority, if any be necessary, from the Department and the United States. Such powers may be exercised either directly through the county board of any such county, or through a bridge commission created as in this Division of this Article provided. For the purposes of this Division of this Article "Bridge" means any bridge over or across any stream, navigable or non-navigable, including any bridges and the approaches thereto, and all necessary elevated structures to eliminate intersection at grade with any streets, tunnels, public roads, thoroughfares, highways, railroads or street railroads. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-302) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-302) Sec. 10-302. Every county which, by ordinance, determines to exercise the powers granted by this Division of this Article has the right to acquire by purchase or otherwise, to construct, repair, maintain and operate any such bridge and its approaches across, above or under any railroad or public utility right-of-way, and in, upon, under or above any public or private road, highway, street, alley or public ground, or upon any property owned by any municipality, political subdivision or agency of this State, and for the purpose of acquiring property or easements necessary or incidental in the construction, repair, maintenance or operation of any such bridge and the approaches thereto, any such county shall have the right of eminent domain as provided by the Eminent Domain Act. The county board of each such county has power to make, enact and enforce all needful rules and regulations in connection with the acquisition, construction, maintenance, operation, management, care or protection of any such bridge, and such county board shall establish rates of toll or charges for the use of each such bridge which shall be sufficient at all times to pay the cost of maintenance and operation of such bridge and its approaches, and the principal of and interest on all bonds issued and all other obligations incurred by such county under the provisions of this Division of this Article. Rules and regulations shall be established from time to time by ordinance. Rates of toll or charges for the use of each such bridge shall be established, revised, maintained, be payable and be enforced, including by administrative adjudication as provided in Section 10-302.5, as the county board of each such county may determine by ordinance. The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, efficiency, and traveler convenience. If electronic toll collection is used on such bridge, the county shall configure the electronic toll collection system to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The county may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to provide for such compatibility or to have the Authority provide electronic toll collection or toll violation enforcement services. Any toll bridges in Winnebago County that are in operation and collecting tolls on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly are exempt from the provisions of the Act. (Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-302.5) Sec. 10-302.5. Administrative adjudication of toll violations. (a) The county may provide by ordinance for a system of administrative adjudication for fixing, assessing, and collecting civil fines for a vehicle's operation on a county toll bridge if the required toll or charge has not been paid. (b) An ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication under this Section shall provide for the following: (1) Written notice of the alleged violation sent by

first class U.S. mail.

(2) Availability of a hearing in which the violation

may be contested on its merits and the time and manner in which the hearing may be held.

(3) An opportunity for the person who allegedly

violated the ordinance to appear at the hearing and contest the merits of the alleged violation. The rules of evidence shall not apply to the hearing.

(4) A civil fine not to exceed $500 imposed as the

result of an administrative adjudication.

(5) A burden of proof on the county to establish a

violation by a preponderance of the evidence.

(6) Judicial review of final determinations of

ordinance violations, subject to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law.

(c) The county may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority under which the Authority may provide administrative adjudication of toll violations occurring on a county toll bridge. (Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-303) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-303) Sec. 10-303. For the purpose of acquiring by purchase or otherwise or the constructing of any such bridge, the county board of each such county is authorized to borrow money and in evidence thereof to issue the bonds of such county, and to refund the same from time to time, payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of such bridge. Such bonds may be issued as serial or term bonds, shall mature in not to exceed 40 years from the date thereof, and may be made redeemable, prior to maturity, with or without premium. Such bonds may be issued in such amounts as may be necessary to provide sufficient funds to pay the cost of acquiring or constructing such bridge and the approaches thereto, including all property real or personal, necessary or incidental in the acquisition or construction of such bridge and its approaches, including reasonable legal and engineering, traffic survey, and architectural fees, costs of financing, and interest during construction and for not less than 12 months thereafter. Such bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed that permitted in "An Act to authorize public corporations to issue bonds, other evidences of indebtedness and tax anticipation warrants subject to interest rate limitations set forth therein", approved May 26, 1970, as amended, payable semi-annually. Bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article have the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the laws of the State of Illinois, shall be executed in the name of the county by the chairman of the county board and the county clerk of such county, and shall be sealed with the corporate seal of the county, and the interest coupons attached to such bonds shall be executed by the facsimile signatures of such chairman and county clerk, and such officials by the execution of such bonds shall adopt as and for their own proper signatures their respective facsimile signatures appearing on such coupons. In case any officer whose signature appears on any such bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery. Such bonds may be registered as to principal at any time prior to maturity in the name of the holder on the books of the county in the office of the county treasurer, such registration to be noted on the reverse side of the bonds by the county treasurer, and thereafter the principal of such registered bonds shall be payable only to the registered holder, his legal representatives or assigns. Such registered bonds shall be transferable to another registered holder, or back to bearer, only upon presentation to the county treasurer with the legal assignment duly acknowledged or approved. Registration of any such bonds shall not affect negotiability of the coupons thereto attached, but such coupons shall be transferable by delivery merely. All such bonds issued by any such county shall be sold in such manner and at such time as the governing body shall determine. Whenever the governing body of any such county determines to issue bonds as provided for in this Division of this Article, it shall adopt an ordinance describing in a general way the bridge to be acquired or constructed and its general location. Such ordinance shall set out the aggregate amount of the estimated cost of the acquisition or construction of such bridge, as prepared by the engineers employed for that purpose, determine the period of usefulness thereof and fix the amount of revenue bonds to be issued, the maturity or maturities, redemption privileges, the interest rate, sinking fund, and all other details in connection with such bonds, including such reserve accounts as the county board of such county may deem necessary. Such ordinance may contain such covenants and restrictions upon the issuance of additional revenue bonds thereafter as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance of the payment of the bonds thereby authorized. Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article shall be payable solely from the revenue derived from such bridge, and such bonds shall not, in any event constitute or be deemed an indebtedness of such county within the meaning of any constitutional provisions or statutory limitation as to debt, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it does not constitute an indebtedness within any constitutional or statutory limitation. Such ordinance shall be published within 30 days after its passage in a newspaper, published and having a general circulation in such county, and shall not become effective until 10 days after its publication. (Source: P.A. 83-225.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-304) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-304) Sec. 10-304. Any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this Division of this Article shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund into which shall be payable from the revenues of such bridge, from month to month, as such revenues are collected, such sums in excess of the cost of maintenance and operation and the sums necessary to maintain any reserve accounts created by such ordinance, as will be sufficient to pay the accruing interest and retire the bonds at or before maturity. The moneys in such sinking fund shall be applied solely in the payment of matured interest on bonds authorized under the provisions of this Division of this Article and for the retirement of such bonds at or prior to maturity in the manner herein provided. All sums in the sinking fund in excess of the amount required for the payment of interest and principal of all outstanding bonds for the current year shall be paid out upon the order of the governing body for the purchase or redemption of bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article, for the account of which such sinking fund has been accumulated, where it is possible to purchase or redeem the same at not more than par and accrued interest. If such bonds cannot be purchased or redeemed, such funds shall be used to pay the principal or interest on bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article as the same become due. Any excess sums in the sinking fund which cannot be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds may be invested in securities of the United States maturing not more than 6 months after the date such sums can be applied to the retirement of the bonds at maturity. Upon the issuance of any bonds as in this Division of this Article provided and while any of such bonds are outstanding, all revenues, in excess of the sums required for maintenance and operation of the bridge, and the maintenance of the reserve accounts created, shall be deposited in the sinking fund, and shall be used for the purchase, redemption or payment at maturity of the interest and principal of bonds as provided in this section, that have been issued in accordance with the provisions of this Division of this Article. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-305) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-305) Sec. 10-305. The county treasurer of each such county shall be the legal custodian of all funds derived from the issuance of bonds provided for under this Division of this Article and of all revenues derived from the operation of any such bridge, and before he shall receive any such funds he shall be required to post with the county board of such county and subject to their approval, a separate corporate surety bond in an amount to be determined by resolution of such county board. He shall be required to keep proceeds of bonds issued and revenues derived from the operation of any such bridge separate and apart from all other funds which come into his hands as the county treasurer, and the proceeds of bonds issued and the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge shall be by him deposited in separate bank or savings and loan association accounts to be designated for that purpose by the county board of the county. No money shall be paid out of such accounts by the county treasurer except upon an order signed by the chairman of the county board or the chairman of the finance committee of such county board and the county clerk. All such orders shall specify the purpose for which the amount thereof is to be paid with sufficient clearness to indicate the purpose for which the order is issued, and there shall be endorsed thereon the name of the particular fund out of which it is payable, and it shall be paid from the fund constituted for such purpose and from no other fund. (Source: P.A. 83-541.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-306) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-306) Sec. 10-306. The county board of each such county shall install and maintain a proper system of accounts, showing the receipts from the operation of the bridge and the application of the same, and the county board shall at least once a year cause such accounts to be properly audited by a certified public accountant and copies of such audit shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and shall be open for inspection at all proper times to any taxpayer, bondholder or other creditor of such county. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-307) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-307) Sec. 10-307. Any holder of a bond or bonds, or any of the coupons of any bond or bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article may, by action, mandamus, injunction or other proceeding, enforce or compel the performance of all duties required by this Division of this Article, including the fixing, maintaining and collecting of such rates of toll or charges for the use of such bridge and its approaches as will be sufficient for all the purposes provided by this Division of this Article and the application of the income and revenue therefor. All bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article shall enjoy equal rights in respect of the revenues of each such bridge regardless of the time of the actual issuance or delivery thereof. (Source: P.A. 83-345.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-308) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-308) Sec. 10-308. The county board of each such county shall have no power to borrow money for the acquisition or construction of any such toll bridge or bridges except as in this Division of this Article provided and all money borrowed and obligations incurred by each such county in the acquisition or construction, and in the repair, maintenance and operation of each such bridge shall be payable solely and only from the revenues derived from the operation of each such toll bridge. All contracts for the construction of any such bridge and its approaches involving the sum of $500 or more, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder therefor after notice inviting bids shall have been given by the county board. Notice inviting bids shall be published at least once in a daily or weekly newspaper, published and of general circulation in the county, the date of publication to be not less than 15 days prior to the date set for receiving bids. The county board shall have the right to reject all proposals or bids submitted, in which event a new date must be set for receiving bids and a new advertisement inviting bids published, as required in the first instance. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-309) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-309) Sec. 10-309. Title to all property acquired pursuant to this Division of this Article shall be taken in the name of the county. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-310) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-310) Sec. 10-310. The county board of each such county shall establish by ordinance the beginning and ending of a fiscal year for the operation of each such bridge, which period shall constitute the budget year for the maintenance and operation of each such bridge, and at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal year after the completion of each such bridge, the county board shall prepare a tentative budget which shall include all proposed operation and maintenance expenses for the ensuing fiscal year. Such budget shall be considered by the county board and after consideration and any revision as may be determined by such county board, it shall be adopted within 30 days after the beginning of each fiscal year by such county board as the budget for the ensuing year and no expenditures in excess of the budget shall be made during such fiscal year unless authorized and directed by a four-fifths vote of the county board of each such county. It shall not be necessary to include in such budget any statement of necessary expenditures for debt service or capital outlay incurred in any preceding year, but the county board shall make provision for such payments as they become due. Upon the adoption of such budget a copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and shall be open for inspection by the public. The funds of the county derived from the operation of any such bridge shall not be subject to the provisions of "An Act in relation to the budgets of counties not required by law to pass an annual appropriation bill," approved July 10, 1933, as amended. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-311) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-311) Sec. 10-311. The county board of each such county may in its discretion, by ordinance, create a bridge commission for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by this Division of this Article if such county board deems it expedient and necessary. The chairman of the county board, subject to the approval of the county board, shall appoint 4 persons, all of whom, in counties under township organization, shall be members of the county board of such county, who with such chairman, ex officio, shall constitute a bridge commission to be designated the ".... County Bridge Commission." All members appointed to such commission shall be legal voters of said county, and shall have resided in said county for at least 2 years prior to the date of their appointment to such commission. Any person holding an elective or appointive public office shall not be eligible for appointment to the commission, and any person who has held an elective or appointive public office shall not be eligible for one year after the expiration of his term of office; provided, however, such restrictions as to eligibility for appointment shall not be applicable to members of the county board of the county who shall be eligible for appointment nevertheless. One of such appointees shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 3 years, and one for a term of 4 years, and annually thereafter appointments to fill the expired terms shall be made in like manner except that the term of each such appointee shall be for a term of 4 years. Vacancies shall be filled for any unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Such bridge commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership and a secretary who need not be a member of such commission. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their service and shall give such bond as may be required from time to time by the county board of the county. The commission shall fix the compensation of the secretary subject to the approval thereof by the governing body of the county. The commission shall have power to establish by-laws, rules and regulations for its own government and shall have general supervision over the construction, operation, and management of each such bridge proposed or constructed by each county under the provisions of this Division of this Article; may employ engineering, structural and construction experts, inspectors and attorneys and such other employees as may be necessary in its opinion, fix their compensation and prescribe their duties. All salaries and compensation shall be obligations of the county, payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the bridge as provided under this Division of this Article. The office records, books and accounts of the bridge commission shall be maintained in the office of the county clerk of the county. Each such bridge commission may be authorized and directed by the county board to prepare all necessary plans and specifications for the construction of such bridge or bridges, select the location for the same, determine the size, type, method of construction, make all necessary estimates of the probable cost of the construction and the acquisition of land and rights necessary and incidental to the construction of the bridge and its approaches and enter into all contracts to build and construct such bridge and its approaches subject to the limitations provided in this Division of this Article. No plans and specifications or estimate of cost for the construction of any such bridge and its approaches shall be adopted by the bridge commission until it has first been submitted to the county board of the county and approved by such county board, and such bridge commission shall not enter into any contract or incur any liabilities in connection with the construction of any such bridge or its approaches unless and until such contracts or liabilities have been approved by the county board of such county. Such bridge commission shall operate, manage and control any such bridge constructed or acquired under the provisions of this Division of this Article, fix the rates of toll, or charges for the use thereof, establish rules and regulations for the use and operation of such bridge, and if and when authorized by the county board of any such county shall have power to reconstruct, extend and enlarge any such bridge or bridges. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-312) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-312) Sec. 10-312. The provisions of this Division of this Article shall be cumulative and shall be considered as conferring additional power on counties and as additions to and not as limitations upon the power of counties to acquire, construct, maintain or operate bridges, and as authorizing the issuance of bonds payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of such bridges without submitting the proposition of issuing such bonds to the voters. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 5 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-501) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-501) Sec. 10-501. Each municipality in this State is authorized to construct or acquire by purchase, lease or gift, and to maintain bridges and the approaches thereto within the corporate limits, or at any point within 3 miles of the corporate limits of such municipality. All such bridges shall be free to the public, and no toll shall ever be collected by any such municipality except as hereinafter in this Division of this Article provided. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-502) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-502) Sec. 10-502. In all cases where a bridge shall heretofore have been constructed or shall hereafter be constructed across a navigable stream by any municipality in whole or in part without the territorial limits of such city, where the population of such municipality furnishing the principal part of the expenses thereof shall not exceed 10,000 inhabitants, and where it is necessary to maintain a draw and lights, then a reasonable toll may be collected by the municipality building such bridge, to be set apart and appropriated to the expense of maintaining such bridge and keeping such bridge in repair, and of maintaining, opening and closing proper draws therefor, and lights, and to the payment of bonds or interest thereon, issued therefor, as hereinafter provided in this Division of this Article. The General Assembly finds that electronic toll collection systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, efficiency, and traveler convenience. If electronic toll collection is used on such bridge, the municipality shall configure the electronic toll collection system to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to provide for such compatibility or to have the Authority provide electronic toll collection or toll violation enforcement services. (Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-503) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-503) Sec. 10-503. Every bridge so owned, acquired or controlled by such municipality and the approaches thereto when in whole or in part outside the corporate limits thereof shall be subject to the municipal control and ordinances of such municipality, the same to all intents and purposes and in effect, as though such bridge and approaches thereto were entirely situated within the corporate limits of such municipality, and in such case the county may assist in the construction of such bridge as is provided by law. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-504) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-504) Sec. 10-504. Any municipality within this state for the purpose of acquiring, paying for, maintaining, or constructing any such bridge or bridges, and the approaches thereto as in this Division of this Article provided, is authorized to issue such bonds under the general laws of this state in an amount which, together with all the other indebtedness of such municipality, shall not exceed 5% on the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the corporate limits of such municipality as provided by law, the same to be payable out of the general revenue and funds of such municipality. Provided, such municipality is also authorized to issue for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them, bonds in such sum as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid or any of them, in addition to and over and above the bonds first in this section hereinbefore provided for, in excess of the said 5% of the assessed valuation of the property within any such municipality. Such bonds shall not, however, be payable out of nor be in charge upon any of the general revenue or funds of such municipality, but shall be payable out of the income derived by such municipality from the operation and maintenance of any such bridge or bridges. And provided further, that before any such bonds shall be issued, the question of the issuance thereof shall be submitted to a vote of the legal voters of the municipality at an election in accordance with the general election law and approved by a majority of those voting on the question at such election: And provided further, that for the purpose of securing such bonds so issued in excess of 5% of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within such municipality, such municipality may by the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds, mortgage or pledge any such bridge or approaches, and the income derived or to be derived therefrom, for the payment of such bonds, and the interest thereon: And provided further, nothing herein shall prevent such municipality from paying any such bonds issued in excess of said 5% of such assessed valuation or the interest thereon out of the general funds or revenue of such municipality, if it shall see fit so to do, if at the time of so paying same out of such general funds and revenue of such municipality, such municipality shall not be indebted in excess of 5% of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within such municipality in excess of the amount so paid by such municipality out of its general revenue and funds in the payment of such bonds. But nothing herein shall be deemed, taken or held to entitle the holder or holders of any such bond or bonds to payment of the same or of the interest thereon out of any such general funds or revenue of such municipality. (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 6 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-601) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-601) Sec. 10-601. The corporate authorities of any municipality, have the power to acquire by purchase, lease, or gift, ferries, bridges, the approaches thereto, and not exceeding 4 acres of land within the corporate limits, or within 5 miles of the corporate limits thereof for each ferry or bridge. They also have the power to maintain, regulate and fix the tolls on these ferries and bridges. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-602) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-602) Sec. 10-602. Every municipality has the power: (1) To construct, or acquire by purchase, lease,

gift, or condemnation in the manner provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, ferries and bridges, the necessary land therefor, and the approaches thereto, whenever the ferry, bridge, land, or approaches are within the corporate limits, or within 5 miles of the corporate limits of the municipality, and also to maintain the specified property;

(2) To construct and maintain highways within 5 miles

of the corporate limits of the municipality connecting with either end of such a bridge or ferry;

(3) To construct or acquire by purchase, lease, gift,

or condemnation in the manner provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, ferries and bridges, the necessary land therefor, and the approaches thereto, within 5 miles of the corporate limits of the municipality, over any river forming a boundary of the State of Illinois, and also to maintain the specified property;

(4) To donate money to aid the road districts in

which is situated any ferry, bridge, or highway connecting therewith, specified in this section, in constructing, or improving the same, and to issue the bonds of the municipality for that purpose.

All such ferries, bridges, and highways shall be free to the public and no toll shall ever be collected by the municipality except that: (1) Tolls may be collected for transit over and use

of bridges defined in Section 10-801, as provided for in Sections 10-802 and 10-805.

(2) Any municipality which, within the provisions of

this section, bears the principal expense and becomes indebted for any ferry, bridge, or the approach thereto, over any river forming a boundary of the State of Illinois, may collect a reasonable toll, for the use thereof, to be set apart and appropriated to the payment of that indebtedness, the interest thereon, and the expense of maintenance of that bridge, ferry, and approach thereto, but for no other purpose;

(3) Where any municipality is the owner of any toll

bridges or ferries which it is keeping up and maintaining by authority of law, all ownership and rights vested in the municipality shall continue and be held and exercised by it, and the municipality from time to time may fix the rates of toll on those bridges and ferries; and

(4) In all cases where, after July 1, 1881, a bridge

has been constructed, or a ferry has been acquired across a navigable stream, by any municipality in whole or in part, and where the population of the municipality furnishing the principal part of the expense thereof did not exceed 5,000, and where it is necessary to maintain a draw and lights, and where a debt was incurred by the municipality for these purposes, a reasonable toll may be collected by the municipality contracting the indebtedness. This toll shall be set apart and appropriated to the payment of that indebtedness, the interest thereon, and the expense of keeping the bridge in repair and of maintaining, opening, and closing the draws and lights, or, in case of a ferry, keeping the approaches and boat in repair and for operating the ferry.

(5) The General Assembly finds that electronic toll

collection systems in Illinois should be standardized to promote safety, efficiency, and traveler convenience. If electronic toll collection is used on such bridge or ferry, the municipality shall configure the electronic toll collection system to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to provide for such compatibility or to have the Authority provide electronic toll collection or toll violation enforcement services.

(Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-603) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-603) Sec. 10-603. Every bridge or ferry and also the approaches thereto, owned or controlled by a municipality as provided in Section 10-602, when outside the corporate limits, are subject to the municipal control and ordinances of the municipality, the same as though the bridge or ferry and the approaches thereto, were situated within the corporate limits of the municipality. In such case the county may assist in the construction of such bridge, as is now provided by law. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-604) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-604) Sec. 10-604. Every municipality with a population of less than 500,000 which is located on a navigable stream has the power to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate either within or without its corporate limits, bridges and approaches, and transportation and other terminal facilities. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-605) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-605) Sec. 10-605. For the purposes specified in Section 10-604, such a municipality may levy and collect a special tax annually of not more than .25 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of taxable property situated in the municipality. This tax shall be in addition to all other taxes that the municipality may be authorized by law to levy and shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided in Section 8-3-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as now or hereafter amended. However, this tax shall not be levied in the municipality until the question of levying the tax has been submitted, in accordance with the general election laws of this State, to the electors of the municipality at an election and has been approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon. The corporate authorities of the municipality may initiate the submission of such proposition to referendum by ordinance. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall (insert the name of municipality)be empowered to levy and collect a specialtax annually of .... per cent on each YESdollar of the valuation of the taxableproperty for the purpose of acquiring, --------------constructing, maintaining or operatingbridges or approaches and transportation NOand other terminal facilities, as providedin Section 10-605 of the Illinois Highway Code?-------------------------------------------------------------- If a majority of the electors of the municipality voting thereon vote for the levy and collection of the tax provided for in this Section, the municipality has the power to levy and collect the tax. The foregoing limitation upon tax rate may be increased or decreased according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-606) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-606) Sec. 10-606. Any municipality specified in Section 10-604 may issue bonds for the purposes specified in Section 10-604. The amount of these bonds, including the existing indebtedness of the municipality, shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 5% of the value of the taxable property therein. This value shall be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes previous to the issue of these bonds. The bonds authorized by this section to be issued shall not be subject to the limit of indebtedness provided for in Division 5 of Article 8 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as heretofore or hereafter amended. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1415.)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 7 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-701) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-701) Sec. 10-701. In this Division of this Article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Bridge" means any bridge over or across a river, including any bridges on the approaches thereto to eliminate intersection at grade with any street, tunnel, public road, thoroughfare, highway, railroad or street railroad, where the complete project is located entirely within the State; (2) "Net Revenue" means the gross revenue of a bridge less the reasonable cost of operating, maintaining, and repairing the bridge; (3) "United States" means the United States of America and any agent or agency thereof; (4) "Holder" means the holder or holders of any of the bonds issued under this Division of this Article. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-702) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-702) Sec. 10-702. Every municipality has the power: (1) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, construct,

operate and maintain, and repair any bridge within the corporate limits, or within 5 miles of the corporate limits of the municipality, including the necessary land therefor and the approaches thereto. In the exercise of the authority herein granted, the municipality may acquire such property, or any portion thereof or interest therein through condemnation proceedings for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act.

(2) To acquire, purchase, hold, use, lease, mortgage,

sell, transfer, and dispose of any property, real, personal, mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein in connection with such a bridge or bridges;

(3) To fix, alter, charge, collect, segregate, and

apply tolls and other charges for transit over and use of such a bridge or bridges, provided that, if electronic toll collection is used on such bridge or ferry, the municipality shall configure the electronic toll collection system to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority;

(4) To borrow money, make and issue bonds payable

from and secured by a pledge of net revenue of the bridge for the construction of which such bonds may be issued;

(5) To make contracts of every kind and nature and to

execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes of this Division of this Article;

(6) To accept grants from the United States and to

enter into contracts with the United States in connection therewith;

(7) To enter upon any lands, areas, and premises for

the purpose of making soundings, surveys and examinations;

(7.5) To enter into intergovernmental agreements with

the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to provide for the compatibility of electronic toll collection services or to have the Authority provide electronic toll collection or toll violation enforcement services; and

(8) To do all things necessary to carry out the

powers given in this Division of this Article.

(Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-703) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-703) Sec. 10-703. Without limiting any other powers granted in this Division of this Article, each municipality has the power to provide for the payment of the cost of acquiring or constructing any bridge or for the payment of any portion of the cost by one or more issues of revenue bonds of the municipality, payable solely from the net revenue of the bridge so acquired or constructed. These bonds shall be authorized by ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality and shall be in substantially the form set forth in the ordinance. The bonds may be serial or term; redeemable, with or without premium, or non-redeemable; shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable at such times as may be provided; shall mature at such times not exceeding the life of the bridge, for the acquisition or construction of which they are issued, as estimated by the corporate authorities, but in no event exceeding 40 years; and shall be issued in such amounts and at such place as shall be prescribed in the ordinance authorizing their issuance. The bonds shall be signed by such officers as the corporate authorities shall determine, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of such officers as the corporate authorities shall determine; all as shall be prescribed in the ordinance authorizing the bonds. The bonds may be issued and delivered, notwithstanding the fact that an officer signing the bonds, or whose facsimile signature appears upon any of the coupons has ceased to hold his office at the time that the bonds are actually delivered. The bonds of the municipality may be sold in such manner, at such times, and at such prices as the corporate authorities may determine, but no sale shall be made at a price which would make the interest cost to maturity on the money received therefor computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds in accordance with standard tables of bond values, exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract. The principal of and interest upon the bonds shall be payable solely from the net revenue derived from the operation of the bridge acquired or constructed with proceeds of the sale of the bonds. No bond issued pursuant to this Division of this Article shall constitute an indebtedness of a municipality within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory, or charter limitation. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond in substance that the bond has been issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article and that the taxing power and general credit of the municipality issuing the bond are not pledged to the payment of the bond, or interest thereon, and that the bond and the interest thereon are payable solely from the net revenue of the bridge to acquire or construct which the bond is issued. The cost of the bridge or improvement thereto shall include interest during construction, and for not exceeding 12 months thereafter, and also all engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying, and other expenses incident to the construction and the acquisition of the necessary property, and incident to the financing thereof, including the cost of acquiring existing franchises, rights, plans, and works of and relating to the bridge. If the proceeds of the bonds issued shall exceed the cost as finally determined, the excess shall be applied to the payment, purchase, or redemption of the bonds. Bonds and interest coupons issued under this Division of this Article shall possess all the qualities of negotiable instruments. No ordinance pursuant to this section shall become effective until after the plans and specifications relating to the project have been submitted to and approved by the Department. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. (Source: P.A. 86-4.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-704) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-704) Sec. 10-704. An ordinance authorizing bonds under this Division of this Article may contain provisions, which shall be part of the contract with the holders of the bonds, as to (1) the dates, maturities, denominations, rate of interest, places, and medium of payment of the bonds and other details in connection with the bonds or their issuance, (2) the rates of tolls and other charges to be charged by the municipality for transit over or use of the bridge, and their segregation and application, (3) the registration of the bonds as to principal only or as to both principal and interest, and the interchangeability and exchangeability of the bonds, (4) the redemption of the bonds, and the price at which they are redeemable, (5) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds and the regulation and disposition thereof, (6) limitations upon the issuance of additional bonds payable from the revenue of the bridge or upon the rights of the holders of these additional bonds, and (7) other agreements with the holders of the bonds or covenants or restrictions necessary or desirable to safeguard the interests of these holders. After the passage of an ordinance providing for the issuance of revenue bonds under this Division of this Article, the ordinance shall be published in the same manner and form as is required for other ordinances of the municipality. The ordinance shall become effective 10 days after publication, or, if approval of the plans and specifications by the Department is subsequent thereto, upon the date of such approval. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-705) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-705) Sec. 10-705. The municipality shall fix rates of toll to be charged for transit over and use of such a bridge. These rates shall be so fixed, charged, and adjusted as to provide revenue at all times sufficient, (1) to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining (including insurance), operating, and repairing the bridge; (2) to provide a sinking fund and reserves sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, including refunding bonds, if any, out of the revenue from the bridge, as the bonds mature and fall due; (3) to pay the redemption or repurchase price of all bonds redeemed or repurchased before maturity as provided in this Division of this Article; (4) to fulfill the terms and provisions of any agreement with holders of the bonds; and (5) to provide, in addition to the toll purposes specified in clauses (1) to (4), both inclusive, of this sentence, a sinking fund of accumulated tolls and revenue in such amount (determined by a registered professional engineer and approved by the Secretary of Transportation) that the annual interest therefrom will provide adequate income to pay the reasonable cost and extraordinary expenses of maintaining (including insurance), operating, improving and repairing the bridge when and as long as the municipality operates the bridge as a free bridge. The rates provided for by clause (5) of the preceding sentence may be charged for a period not to exceed 18 months after sufficient funds to pay all bonds, including interest thereon, have been accumulated in the sinking fund provided for by clause (2). An accurate record of the cost of each bridge, the expenditures for maintaining, operating, and repairing the bridge, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. The municipality shall classify in a reasonable way all traffic over the bridge, and the tolls shall be fixed and adjusted by it as to be uniform in their application to all traffic falling within any such reasonable class. The municipality shall operate the bridge as a toll bridge until all bonds payable out of the revenue thereof are paid in full, and thereafter shall operate the bridge as a free bridge. (Source: P.A. 77-173.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-706) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-706) Sec. 10-706. Any municipality may by ordinance authorize the issue of refunding revenue bonds, payable solely from the revenues of a bridge to refund the principal or accrued interest, or both, of its outstanding revenue bonds issued hereunder, prior to their maturity, and the principal and accrued interest of its matured outstanding revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article, and which by their terms are payable solely from the net revenues of the bridge. The refunding revenue bonds may be made registerable as to principal and bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable at such time or at such place as may be provided for in the ordinance authorizing the issue thereof. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. (Source: P.A. 86-4.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-707) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-707) Sec. 10-707. The ordinance authorizing such refunding revenue bonds shall prescribe all the details thereof and the bonds shall be in such form and denomination payable at such places, bear such date and be executed by such officials as may be provided in the bond ordinance. The ordinance also shall determine the life of the bridge. The refunding revenue bonds shall mature within the life of the bridge as so determined and shall mature, in any event, within not to exceed 40 years from their date, and may be made callable on any interest payment date at a price of par and accrued interest, after notice shall be given by publication or otherwise at any time or times and in the manner as may be prescribed for in the bond ordinance. The ordinance may contain such covenants and restrictions upon the issuance of additional refunding revenue bonds, or revenue bonds for the improvement and extension of such bridge as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance of the payment of the refunding revenue bonds thereby authorized; such bonds shall be payable from the net revenues of the bridge and such bonds shall not, in any event, constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within any constitutional or statutory provision or limitation. The validity of any refunding revenue bonds shall remain unimpaired, although one or more of the officials executing the same shall cease to be such officer or officers before delivery thereof, and such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the Law Merchant and the Negotiable Instrument Law. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-708) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-708) Sec. 10-708. After the ordinance providing for the issuance of refunding revenue bonds has been passed, it shall be published in the same manner and form as is required for other ordinances of the municipality. The ordinance shall become effective 30 days after publication, which publication shall include a notice of (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition requesting that the question of the adoption of the ordinance be submitted to the electors of the municipality; (2) the time in which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum, unless within such period a petition is filed with the municipal clerk, signed by electors of the district numbering 10% or more of the number of registered voters in the district, asking that the question of issuing such bonds be submitted to the electors of the municipality. The municipal clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one. Upon the filing of such petition the municipal clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit at an election such proposition in the manner provided by the general election law. Such referendum shall be held and notice given in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds, the ordinance shall be in effect; but if a majority of the votes cast are against the issuance of the bonds, the ordinance shall not go into effect. (Source: P.A. 87-767.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-709) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-709) Sec. 10-709. Such refunding revenue bonds may be exchanged on a basis of par for the securities to be refunded, or such bonds may be sold at not less than their par value and accrued interest and the proceeds received shall be used to pay the bonds which are to be refunded thereby. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-710) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-710) Sec. 10-710. The corporate authorities of any such municipality are authorized to take any action that may be necessary to inform owners of outstanding bonds regarding the financial condition of the fund out of which the bonds are payable and the necessity of refunding the same and readjusting the maturities thereof and the corporate authorities may enter into any agreements required to prepare and carry out any refunding plan, and without previous appropriation therefor under any law may incur and pay expenditures that may be necessary in order to accomplish the refunding of such bonds. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-711) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-711) Sec. 10-711. The holder of any bond or refunding bond or interest coupon by a civil action, may enforce and compel performance of all duties of the issuing municipality as required by this Division of this Article and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds, including the duties of fixing sufficient tolls and charges and the collection, segregation, and application of the revenue derived from the operation of the bridge. In case of default, a receiver may be appointed by a judge of the circuit court to take possession of, operate, and maintain the bridge, charge and collect tolls, and segregate and apply the money received in accordance with the ordinance relating thereto. (Source: P.A. 79-1366.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-712) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-712) Sec. 10-712. Revenue bonds, including refunding bonds, may be issued under this Division of this Article without submitting the proposition of the approval of the ordinance or the question of the issuance of the bonds to the electors of the municipality, except as otherwise provided in Section 10-708. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-713) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-713) Sec. 10-713. Any municipality may by ordinance provide for the establishment of a Bridge Commission, to consist of 3 persons resident therein to be appointed by the Mayor, for terms of 4 years and until their successors are appointed; provided that of the Commissioners first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, one for 3 years and one for 4 years, as designated by the Mayor. The Commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. Vacancies in the office of any Commissioner shall be filled by the Mayor by appointment for the unexpired term. The ordinance may vest in the Bridge Commission the duties and responsibilities incident to the acquisition or construction of the bridge project, the operation and maintenance of the bridge project, the execution of contracts for the acquisition, construction and maintenance thereof, the collection of the tolls and other charges of the municipality for transit over or use of the bridge, and such other powers as the corporate authorities may deem necessary or desirable. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a delegation of power to the Bridge Commission to adopt any ordinance pertaining to the issuance of revenue bonds or refunding revenue bonds or the fixing of rates of toll. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-714) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-714) Sec. 10-714. Where a municipality desires to undertake a bridge project under this Division of this Article which involves property within the corporate limits of another municipality or municipalities, the powers designated in this Division of this Article shall not be exercised in respect to such property except with the consent of the corporate authorities of such other municipality or municipalities as evidenced by an ordinance or ordinances thereof. The municipalities involved may by agreement determine their respective rights, duties and obligations thereunder. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-715) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-715) Sec. 10-715. The State and all counties, municipalities and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, saving banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds, including refunding bonds, issued pursuant to this Division of this Article, it being the purpose of this Section to authorize the investment in such bonds of all sinking, insurance, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, whether owned or controlled by private or public persons or officers. However, nothing contained in this Section may be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities for purchase or investment. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 8 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-801) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-801) Sec. 10-801. In this Division of this Article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Bridge" means any bridge over any river forming a boundary of this State carrying highway, rail or other traffic, or any deck, level or part of such bridge whether or not the entire bridge is owned or to be owned by the municipality, and all property, rights-of-way, easements, approaches, and franchises in connection therewith, and may mean two or more of such bridges, decks, levels or parts thereof; (2) "Net revenue means the gross revenue of a bridge less the reasonable cost of operating, maintaining, and repairing the bridge; (3) "United States" means the United States of America and any agent, agency, department, bureau, commission or authority thereof of whatsoever kind; (4) "Holder" means the holder or holders of any of the bonds issued under the authority of this Division of this Article. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2575.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-802) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-802) Sec. 10-802. Each municipality has the power: (1) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, construct,

reconstruct, improve, enlarge, better, operate, maintain and repair any bridge within the corporate limits or within 5 miles of the corporate limits of the municipality;

(2) To acquire, purchase, hold, use, lease, mortgage,

sell, transfer and dispose of any property, real or personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, in connection with such a bridge, including the power and authority to grant perpetual easements or franchises to any railroad or public transportation facility or any assignee thereof, as a part of the consideration of the purchase of any such bridge, for the exclusive right to the use of a portion or portions of any such bridge for the transportation of persons or property across such bridge;

(3) To fix, alter, charge, collect, segregate, and

apply tolls and other charges for transit over and use of such a bridge, provided that, if electronic toll collection is used on such bridge or ferry, the municipality shall configure the electronic toll collection system to be compatible with the electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority;

(4) To borrow money, make and issue bonds payable

from and secured by a pledge of the net revenue of the bridge for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment or repair of which such bonds may be issued;

(5) To cooperate with any adjoining state, or any

political subdivision, agency, department, bureau, commission or authority thereof, of whatsoever kind, in the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment, operation, maintenance and repair of any bridge, and in defraying the cost thereof;

(6) To make contracts of every kind and nature and to

execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes of this Division of this Article;

(7) Without limitation of the foregoing, to borrow

money and to accept grants from the United States or any person, and to enter into contracts with the United States and such person in connection therewith;

(7.5) To enter into intergovernmental agreements with

the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to provide for the compatibility of electronic toll collection services or to have the Authority provide electronic toll collection or toll violation enforcement services; and

(8) To alter, widen, lay out, open or construct any

streets, avenues or boulevards within or without any municipality deemed necessary to provide adequate traffic regulation and approach or approaches to such bridge or bridges, and to borrow money and issue bonds for such purpose as provided by this Division of this Article.

(Source: P.A. 97-252, eff. 8-4-11.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-803) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-803) Sec. 10-803. Without limiting any other powers granted in this Division of this Article, each municipality has the power to provide for the payment of the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, enlarging, bettering or repairing any bridge or for the payment of any portion of such cost by one or more issues of revenue bonds of the municipality, payable solely from the net revenue of such bridge. These bonds shall be authorized by ordinance of the corporate authorities of the municipality and shall be in substantially the form set forth in the ordinance. The bonds may be serial or term; redeemable, with or without premium, or non-redeemable; shall bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable at such times as may be provided; shall mature at such times not exceeding the life of the bridge, for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment or repair of which they are issued, as estimated by the corporate authorities, but in no event exceeding 40 years; and shall be issued in such amounts and payable at such place or places, within or without the State, as shall be prescribed in the ordinance authorizing their issuance. The bonds of any issue may be delivered in such installments from time to time, and at such place or places, within or without the State, as the corporate authorities may, by resolution, determine. The bonds shall be signed by such officer or officers as the corporate authorities shall determine, and coupon bonds shall have attached thereto interest coupons bearing the facsimile signatures of such officer or officers as the corporate authorities shall determine, in the ordinance authorizing the bonds. The signature of only one of the officers signing the bonds need be a manual signature, and the signature of any other officers signing the bonds may be facsimile signatures. A facsimile of the seal of the municipality may be imprinted on the bonds. The bonds may be issued and delivered notwithstanding the fact that an officer signing the bonds or whose facsimile signature appears upon any of the bonds or coupons has ceased to hold his office at the time that the bonds are actually delivered, and notwithstanding the fact that an officer whose facsimile signature appears upon the bonds or coupons has ceased to hold his office at the time that the bonds are manually signed by the officer or officers required to sign the bonds manually. The bonds of the municipality may be sold in such manner, at such times, and at such prices as the corporate authorities may determine, but no sale shall be made at a price which would make the interest cost to maturity on the money received therefor computed with relation to the absolute maturity of the bonds in accordance with standard tables of bond values, exceed 6% annually. The principal of and interest upon the bonds shall be payable solely from the net revenue derived from the operation of the bridge acquired, constructed, reconstructed, improved, enlarged, bettered or repaired with the proceeds of the sale of the bonds. No bond issued pursuant to this Division of this Article shall constitute an indebtedness of a municipality within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter limitation. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond in substance that the bond has been issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article and that the taxing power and general credit of the municipality issuing the bond are not pledged to the payment of the bond, or interest thereon, and that the bond and the interest thereon are payable solely from the net revenue of the bridge to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, enlarge, better or repair which the bond is issued. The cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment or repair of any bridge shall include debt service reserves to secure the payment of bonds issued therefor under this Division of this Article, interest during the period, as estimated by the corporate authorities, of such construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment or repair and for not exceeding 12 months thereafter, and also all engineering, legal, architectural, traffic surveying and other expenses incident to such acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment or repair and incident to the acquisition of any and all necessary property in connection therewith and also incident to the financing thereof, including the cost of acquiring existing franchises, easements, rights, plans, and works of and relating to the bridge. If the proceeds of the bonds issued shall exceed the cost as finally determined, the excess shall be applied to the payment, purchase or redemption of the bonds. Bonds and interest coupons issued under this Division of this Article shall possess all the qualities of negotiable instruments. Such bonds shall be legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries, and for savings banks, trust companies, and insurance companies organized under the laws of the State of Illinois. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. (Source: P.A. 86-4.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-804) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-804) Sec. 10-804. An ordinance authorizing bonds under this Division of this Article may contain provisions, which shall be part of the contract with the holders of the bonds, as to (1) the dates, maturities, denominations, rate of interest, places and medium of payment of the bonds and other details in connection with the bonds or their issuance, (2) the rates of tolls and other charges to be charged by the municipality for transit over or use of the bridge, and their segregation and application, (3) the registration of the bonds as to principal only or as to both principal and interest, and the interchangeability and exchangeability of the bonds, (4) the redemption of the bonds, and the price at which they are redeemable, (5) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds and the regulation and disposition thereof, (6) limitations upon the issuance of additional bonds payable from the revenue of the bridge or upon the rights of the holders of these additional bonds, and (7) other agreements with the holders of the bonds or covenants or restrictions necessary or desirable to safeguard the interests of these holders. After the passage of an ordinance providing for the issuance of the revenue bonds under this Division of this Article, the ordinance shall be published in the same manner and form as is required for other ordinances of the municipality. The ordinance shall become effective 10 days after publication. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-805) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-805) Sec. 10-805. The municipality shall fix rates of toll to be charged for transit over and use of such a bridge. These rates shall be so fixed, charged, and adjusted as to provide revenue at all times sufficient (1) to pay the reasonable cost of maintaining (including insurance), operating and repairing the bridge; (2) to provide a sinking fund and reserves sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds out of the revenue from the bridge, as the bonds mature and fall due; (3) to pay the redemption or repurchase price of all bonds redeemed or repurchased before maturity as provided in this Division of this Article; and (4) to fulfill the terms and provisions of any agreement with holders of the bonds. An accurate record of the cost of each bridge, the expenditures for maintaining, operating, and repairing the bridge, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested. The municipality shall classify in a reasonable way all traffic over the bridge, and the tolls shall be fixed and adjusted by it as to be uniform in their application to all traffic falling within any such reasonable class. The municipality shall operate the bridge as a toll bridge and after all the covenants contained in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of any revenue bonds have been complied with annually and there be any surplus revenues remaining such surplus may be appropriated by such municipality for any proper corporate purpose, or pledged for the payment of any revenue bonds issued under this Division of this Article by the municipality for the construction or acquisition of any other bridge or bridges. After all bonds payable out of the revenues thereof have been paid in full, the municipality may continue to operate such bridge as a toll bridge and rates shall be fixed, charged and adjusted so as to produce revenue annually in an amount not to exceed 5% of the cost of the bridge as shown by the records of the municipality required to be kept as in this Division of this Article provided. The revenues thus produced shall be used to maintain, operate and repair such bridge, provided any surplus remaining after properly setting aside sums for maintenance, operation and repair of the bridge may be appropriated for any corporate purpose or pledged for the payment of any revenue bonds issued under this Division of this Article by the municipality for the construction or acquisition of any other bridge or bridges. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-806) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-806) Sec. 10-806. Any municipality may by ordinance authorize the issue of refunding revenue bonds under this Division of this Article payable solely from the net revenue of one or more bridges to refund the principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest of any one or more issues of its outstanding revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article and which by their terms are payable solely from the revenue of any bridge or bridges, such refunding to be made at or after maturity or prior to maturity with the consent of the holders thereof, provided that such consent shall not be required if such bonds are subject to redemption prior to maturity, and any such refunding revenue bonds may bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, payable at such times as may be provided by the ordinance authorizing the issue thereof. All of the provisions of this Division of this Article with respect to the form, maturities and other details of bonds and the security therefor and covenants with respect thereto shall be applicable to such refunding bonds, and such refunding bonds may be consolidated with and be a part of an issue of revenue bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this Division of this Article for the payment of the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, enlarging, bettering or repairing any bridge or for the payment of any portion of such cost. Any ordinance authorizing such refunding revenue bonds may contain such covenants and restrictions upon the issuance of additional revenue bonds as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance of the payment of the revenue bonds thereby authorized. With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts. (Source: P.A. 86-4.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-807) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-807) Sec. 10-807. The holder of any bond or interest coupon may, by mandamus, injunction, civil action or proceeding, enforce and compel performance of all duties of the issuing municipality as required by this Division of this Article and the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds, including the duties of fixing sufficient tolls and charges and the collection, segregation, and application of the revenue derived from the operation of the bridge. In case of default, a receiver may be appointed by a judge of the circuit court to take possession of, operate, and maintain the bridge, charge and collect tolls, and segregate and apply the money received in accordance with the ordinance relating thereto. (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-808) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-808) Sec. 10-808. Revenue bonds may be issued under this Division of this Article without submitting the proposition of the approval of the ordinance or the question of the issuance of the bonds to the electors of the municipality. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-809) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-809) Sec. 10-809. All proceedings heretofore taken by any municipality under this or any prior Act for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment or repair of any bridge over any river forming a boundary of this State, and all revenue bonds issued by any municipality for the financing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, betterment or repair thereof are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2575.)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 9 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-901) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-901) Sec. 10-901. The Department may acquire, by purchase or by condemnation, the franchise and all equipment, boats, landing facilities, and other appurtenances of any ferry in existence on March 15, 1959, operating on the Illinois River and connecting any road a part of the county highway system in any county having not more than 7,000 inhabitants, as determined by the 1950 Federal census, with any State highway in any county having not more than 16,000 inhabitants, as determined by the same census. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1190.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-902) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-902) Sec. 10-902. The Department may maintain and operate any ferry acquired under Section 10-901 of this Code as a free ferry service for the conveyance of persons, motor vehicles and other property across the Illinois River so long as such operation is justified by the amount of traffic using such ferry. The location of ferry landings and the route of any ferry acquired and operated under the authority of these sections shall be such as the Department determines will be most convenient to the majority of the users of such service considering economy of operation of such service. If deemed desirable and feasible by the Department the operation of such service may be relocated by the Department and new approaches and facilities constructed to serve the relocated site of operation. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1190.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-903) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-903) Sec. 10-903. The Department may use funds regularly appropriated to it for the construction and maintenance of highways for the purposes set forth in Section 10-901 and 10-902 of this Code. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 1190.)

(605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 10 heading)

(605 ILCS 5/10-1001) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-1001) Sec. 10-1001. The Department shall repair, maintain, operate, control and preserve every covered bridge (and the abutments and approaches thereof) in this State, meaning every structure which spans a watercourse, chasm, ravine, road or railroad in or forming a boundary line of this State and affording passage from one bank or side thereof to the other, and which is enclosed in such manner as to prevent a clear, unimpeded view of the interior thereof from the top or longitudinal sides thereof. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 3473.)