(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

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 605 ILCS 5/10-103

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 605 ILCS 5/10-701
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     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.