Railroad Obstruction Act (610 ILCS 95/)

Chapter 610 — Railroads

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Sec. 0.01. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Railroad Obstruction Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Sec. 1.

If any locomotive engineer in furtherance of any combination or agreement, shall willfully and maliciously abandon his locomotive upon any railroad at any other point than the regular schedule destination of such locomotive, he shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 77-2201.)

Sec. 2.

If any person or persons shall wilfully and maliciously, by any act or by means of intimidation, impede or obstruct, except by due process of law, the regular operation and conduct of the business of any railroad company or other corporation, firm or individual in this state, or of the regular running of any locomotive engine, freight or passenger train of any such company, or the labor and business of any such corporation, firm or individual, he or they shall, on conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 77-2201.)

Sec. 3.

If two or more persons shall willfully and maliciously combine or conspire together to obstruct or impede by any act, or by means of intimidation, the regular operation and conduct of the business of any railroad company or other corporation, firm or individual in this state, or to impede, hinder or obstruct, except by due process of law, the regular running of any locomotive engine, freight or passenger train on any railroad, or the labor or business of any such corporation, firm or individual, such persons shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 77-2201.)

Sec. 4.

This act shall not be construed to apply to cases of persons voluntarily quitting the employment of any railroad company or such other corporation, firm or individual, whether by concert of action or otherwise, except as is provided in Section one (1) of this act.

(Source: P.A. 80-1495.)