Bill Amendment: IL HB0607 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

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Bill Title: TRANSPORTATION-TECH

Status: 2017-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0106 [HB0607 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0607-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. Sam Yingling

Filed: 3/14/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 607
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 607 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
Section 6-134 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/6-134 new)
Sec. 6-134. Abolishing a road district. By resolution, the
board of trustees of any township located in a county with less
than 3,000,000 inhabitants may submit a proposition to abolish
the road district of that township to the electors of that
township at a general election or consolidated election in
accordance with the general election law. The ballot shall be
in substantially the following form:
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Shall the Road District of the Township of

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........... be abolished with all the rights, YES
powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities,
obligations, and responsibilities being assumed ---------
by the Township of ........... ? NO
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In the event that a majority of the electors voting on such
proposition are in favor thereof, then the road district shall
be abolished by operation of law no more than 90 days after
vote certification by the governing election authority.
On that date, all the rights, powers, duties, assets,
property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of
the road district shall by operation of law vest in and be
assumed by the township. On that date, the township board of
trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a road district
abolished under this Section. On that date, any highway
commissioner of the abolished road district shall cease to hold
office, such term having been terminated. Thereafter, the
township shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the
highway commissioner as provided in the Illinois Highway Code.
The township board of trustees may enter into a contract with
the county, a municipality, or a private contractor to
administer the roads under its jurisdiction. The township board
of trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a township
road district abolished under this subsection. For purposes of
distribution of revenue, the township shall assume the powers,

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duties, and obligations of the road district.".