(70 ILCS 605/6-4) (from Ch. 42, par. 6-4)
Sec. 6-4.
Contracts
with highway authorities or railroads for construction, maintenance and use
of levees.
The commissioners may contract with highway authorities or with any
person, firm or corporation operating a railroad, to construct or maintain
a levee or levees, or any portion thereof, upon such terms as may be for
the best interests of the district, and may grant to such highway
authorities or such person, firm or corporation operating a railroad the
right to construct, operate and maintain a highway or railroad upon, along
or across such levee or levees. The commissioners may also contract with
highway authorities or with any person, firm or corporation operating a
railroad to use any embankment, or any part thereof, constructed by such
highway authority or by such person, firm or corporation as a district
levee or as a part of the levee system of the district. Any such contract
shall be subject to approval by the court, after hearing, either without
notice or upon such notice as the court may direct.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 512.)
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