Pub. L. 93-251, tit. I, sec. 59

Sec. 59. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the States of Illinois and Iowa, which are connected at Keokuk, Iowa, by the bridge constructed by the Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company pursuant to Public Law 342 of the Sixty-third Congress and at Burlington, Iowa, by the bridge constructed by the Citizens’ Bridge Company, pursuant to Public Law 1 of the Sixty-fourth Congress are authorized to contract individually or jointly with either or both of the cities of Keokuk, Iowa, and Burlington, Iowa, on or before June 1, 1974, to assume responsibility for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the bridges at Keokuk and Burlington and the approaches thereto and for lawful expenses incurred in connection therewith. When either or both States have entered into such an agreement any outstanding principal and interest indebtedness on account of a bridge shall be paid from reserve funds accumulated for that purpose and the balance of such funds, if any, shall be used to defray costs of operating and maintaining the bridge. After such an agreement is entered into with respect to a bridge that bridge shall thereafter be free of tolls.