Illinois Compiled Statutes 220 ILCS 60 — Telephone Line Right of Way Act.

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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Telephone Line Right of Way Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

That it shall be lawful for any person or persons living on the line of any public highway, street or alley outside of any incorporated city, village or town in this state, or on any private road leading to such highway, street or alley, to construct, operate and maintain a line or lines of telegraph or telephone, exte…

For the purpose of constructing and maintaining such lines of telegraph or telephone, the parties in interest may set the necessary poles or posts on which to place the wires and insulators of such lines, in any of the public streets, highways or alleys, or in any private road leading to such highways, streets or alley…

Any person who shall unlawfully and intentionally injure, molest, or destroy any of said lines or the material or property belonging thereto, or shall in any manner interfere with the proper working of such lines, shall on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a petty offense and fined not exceeding $100. The fine sh…