Bill Text: IL SB0765 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the district for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner services if: (1) the district is within a township with no incorporated town; (2) the township is a population of less than 500; and (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the township for at least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0197 [SB0765 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0765-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the district for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner services if: (1) the district is within a township with no incorporated town; (2) the township is a population of less than 500; and (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the township for at least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0197 [SB0765 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0765-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 6-115 as follows:
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| 6 | (605 ILCS 5/6-115) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)
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| 7 | Sec. 6-115.
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| 8 | (a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the Township | ||||||
| 9 | Code or subsection (b), no
person shall be eligible to the | ||||||
| 10 | office of highway
commissioner unless he shall be a legal voter | ||||||
| 11 | and has been one year a
resident of the district. In road | ||||||
| 12 | districts that elect a clerk the same
limitation shall apply to | ||||||
| 13 | the district clerk.
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| 14 | (b) A board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a | ||||||
| 15 | resident that has not resided in the district for one year to | ||||||
| 16 | be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring | ||||||
| 17 | township to provide highway commissioner services if: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) the district is within a township with no | ||||||
| 19 | incorporated town; | ||||||
| 20 | (2) the township is a population of less than 500; and | ||||||
| 21 | (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the | ||||||
| 22 | township for at least one year is willing to serve as | ||||||
| 23 | highway commissioner. | ||||||
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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