Division 9 - Department Acquisition Of Certain Ferries - Illinois Statutes

      (605 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 9 heading)DIVISION 9. DEPARTMENT ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN FERRIES

(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.)