(65 ILCS 5/11-121-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-121-6)
Sec. 11-121-6.
Without any petition or consent of any property owner, a
municipality has the power to lay down and construct in such subways,
railroad and street railway tracks and all necessary appurtenances and
operate the same for transportation purposes. Likewise, without any
petition or consent of any property owner, but subject to the provisions of
Section 11-121-7, a municipality may lease, consent to, permit, or grant
the use of such subways, or portions thereof, for transportation purposes,
including the right to pay down, construct, and operate railroad and street
railway tracks therein, to any political subdivision, municipal corporation
or public authority of this state authorized to construct and operate
transportation facilities or to any railroad or street railway or other
local transportation corporation upon such terms and conditions as the
corporate authorities of the municipality by ordinance shall prescribe and
for such duration of time as may be authorized by any law of this state
governing the grant of permits for local transportation purposes in the
streets of the municipality. The municipality may also use the subways or
lease or permit the use of the subways for transportation facilities other
than railroads and street railways, and to the extent that the subways are
not used for transportation purposes, the municipality may use the subways,
or lease or permit the use of the subways, for the purposes.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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