65 ILCS 20/ Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941.

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(65 ILCS 20/) Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941.

65 ILCS 20/prec. Sec. 21-44

    (65 ILCS 20/prec. Sec. 21-44 heading)
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES

65 ILCS 20/21-44
    (65 ILCS 20/21-44) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-44)
    Sec. 21-44. "Public utility" defined - Franchise from city council necessary for use of streets or public ways.
    The words "public utility" as used in this article shall mean and include all public utilities engaged in the local transportation of passengers for hire, except railroads constituting or used as a part of a trunk line railroad system, and except interurban railroads whose principal business is not that of local transportation of passengers within the city of Chicago. No such public utility shall use or occupy any street or other public way or public place within control of the city of Chicago without a franchise or license from the city council, and any such public utility using or occupying any such street or other public way or public place for the transaction of its business pursuant to any authority other than a franchise or license from the city council, which has not expired, shall cease and desist from using or occupying any such street or other public way or public place unless it shall have obtained a franchise or license from the city council for such use or occupancy.
    No such public utility shall continue to use or occupy any street or other public way or public place within control of the city of Chicago after the expiration of its franchise or license from the city council unless the term of such franchise or license shall have been extended prior to its expiration. Any such public utility which shall have subsisting a franchise or license from the city of Chicago to use or occupy any street or other public way or public place within control of the city of Chicago shall have full power and authority to engage in and conduct its business without any further authority or consent from the Illinois Commerce Commission.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 19.)

65 ILCS 20/21-45
    (65 ILCS 20/21-45) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-45)
    Sec. 21-45. City may require extensions.
    The city of Chicago shall have power and authority to require every public utility, as defined in this article, to make additions and extensions to its plant, equipment and property within the city, and from time to time to change the location of its plant, equipment and property in any street or other public way or public place within the control of the city, and to require and authorize any such public utility to make extensions of its service over such additional streets or other public ways or public places within control of the city of Chicago, as the city council may by ordinance determine; and any such public utility which has been so required or authorized by the city council shall have full power and authority to make such additions, extensions and changes of location without further authority or permission from the Illinois Commerce Commission.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 19.)

65 ILCS 20/21-46
    (65 ILCS 20/21-46) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-46)
    Sec. 21-46. Removal of street car tracks.
    The city of Chicago shall have authority to order the removal of any street car tracks upon the streets or other public ways or public places within control of the city of Chicago maintained without lawful authority; to order the removal of any such tracks that are obsolete or unnecessary; to order changes in the grade and in the location of any such tracks; and to order the paving of the areas inside of or adjacent to any such tracks; and if any public utility maintaining such tracks shall fail to remove, change, or relocate the same, or shall fail to pave any area as ordered within such reasonable time as may be fixed in any order of the city, the city shall be authorized to do such work and recover the cost thereof from the public utility by any appropriate action.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 19.)

65 ILCS 20/21-47
    (65 ILCS 20/21-47) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-47)
    Sec. 21-47. Examination as to compliance.
    The city of Chicago shall have power with respect to all public utilities as defined in this article to examine such public utilities and keep informed as to their compliance with the requirements of their franchises and licenses and with any requirement under the provisions of this article.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 19.)

65 ILCS 20/21-48
    (65 ILCS 20/21-48) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-48)
    Sec. 21-48. Power to city of Chicago exclusive.
    No order, decision, rule or regulation heretofore or hereafter made by the State Public Utilities Commission or by the Illinois Commerce Commission, or any department or agency of the State succeeding to any of the powers of the Illinois Commerce Commission, shall interfere with the full exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon the city of Chicago by this article.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 19.)

65 ILCS 20/21-49
    (65 ILCS 20/21-49) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-49)
    Sec. 21-49. Not to affect Sections 14-101 through 14-110 of The Public Utilities Act. Nothing contained in Sections 21-44 to 21-49, inclusive, shall be construed to affect or repeal in any way the provisions of Sections 14-101 through 14-110 of The Public Utilities Act, and Sections 21-44 to 21-49, inclusive, shall not be effective at any time after the creation and establishment of the Transit Commission under the provisions of Sections 14-101 through 14-110 of The Public Utilities Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

65 ILCS 20/21-50
    (65 ILCS 20/21-50) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-50)
    Sec. 21-50. The City of Chicago may establish community based committees which shall consist of community leaders, and such committees shall coordinate all State and federal economic programs except where otherwise prohibited by federal law.
(Source: P.A. 84-1090.)

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