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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 735 ILCS 30/15-5-25

  • 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

(220 ILCS 5/8-509); Public Utilities Act; public utilities;
    
for construction of certain improvements.
(220 ILCS 15/1); Gas Storage Act; corporations engaged in the
    
distribution, transportation, or storage of natural gas or manufactured gas; for their operations.
(220 ILCS 15/2 and 15/6); Gas Storage Act; corporations
    
engaged in the distribution, transportation, or storage of natural gas or manufactured gas; for use of an underground geological formation for gas storage.
(220 ILCS 30/13); Electric Supplier Act; electric
    
cooperatives; for general purposes.
(220 ILCS 55/3); Telegraph Act; telegraph companies; for
    
telegraph lines.
(220 ILCS 65/4); Telephone Company Act; telecommunications
    
carriers; for telephone company purposes.
(225 ILCS 435/23); Ferries Act; ferry operators; for a
    
landing, ferryhouse, or approach.
(225 ILCS 440/9); Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971;
    
Department of Transportation; for removal of signs adjacent to highways.
(310 ILCS 5/6 and 5/38); State Housing Act; housing
    
corporations; for general purposes.
(310 ILCS 10/8.3); Housing Authorities Act; housing
    
authorities; for general purposes.
(310 ILCS 10/8.15); Housing Authorities Act; housing
    
authorities; for implementation of conservation plans and demolition.
(310 ILCS 10/9); Housing Authorities Act; housing
    
authorities; for general purposes.
(310 ILCS 20/5); Housing Development and Construction Act;
    
housing authorities; for development or redevelopment.
(310 ILCS 35/2); House Relocation Act; political subdivisions
    
and municipal corporations; for relocation of dwellings for highway construction.
(315 ILCS 10/5); Blighted Vacant Areas Development Act of
    
1949; State of Illinois; for housing development.
(315 ILCS 20/9 and 20/42); Neighborhood Redevelopment
    
Corporation Law; neighborhood redevelopment corporations; for general purposes.
(315 ILCS 25/4 and 25/6); Urban Community Conservation Act;
    
municipal conservation boards; for conservation areas.
(315 ILCS 30/12); Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961;
    
municipal departments of urban renewal; for blighted area redevelopment projects.
(315 ILCS 30/20 and 30/22); Urban Renewal Consolidation Act
    
of 1961; municipal departments of urban renewal; for implementing conservation areas.
(315 ILCS 30/24); Urban Renewal Consolidation Act of 1961;
    
municipal departments of urban renewal; for general purposes.
(415 ILCS 95/6); Junkyard Act; Department of Transportation;
    
for junkyards or scrap processing facilities.
(420 ILCS 35/1); Radioactive Waste Storage Act; Illinois
    
Emergency Management Agency; for radioactive by-product and waste storage.
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