Illinois Senate Bill 1567 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Township Code. Provides that the board of trustees of any township located in McHenry County may submit a proposition to dissolve the township to the township electors or township electors may petition for a referendum to dissolve a township. Provides for the transfer of property, assets, personnel, contractual obligations, and liabilities of the dissolving township to McHenry County. Provides that all road districts wholly within the boundaries of the dissolving township are dissolved on the date of dissolution of the dissolving township and the powers and responsibilities of the road district are transferred to McHenry County. Provides that municipalities within the dissolving township may elect to assume the duties and responsibilities of the dissolving road district or road districts. Limits extensions of specified property tax levies to 90% of the original property tax levy and within the boundaries of the dissolved township. Amends the Election Code, Motor Fuel Tax Law, and Counties Code making conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that any township in Lake County or McHenry County shall abolish a road district of that township if the roads of the road district are less than 15 miles in length. Provides that the township board of trustees may enter into a contract with the county, a municipality, or a private contractor to administer the roads added to its jurisdiction. Effective immediately.

MCHENRY TWP & DIST DISSOLUTION

Sen. Craig Wilcox [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Craig Wilcox

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	28-7	Amended Code	Citation Text
35	505	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	5-1184	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	24-10	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	24-15	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	24-20	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	24-25	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	24-30	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	24-35	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	24-5	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	Art. 24 heading	New Code	See Bill Text
605	5	6-140	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1567&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1567.htm