Bill Text: IL HB3687 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the requirements for appointing a highway commissioner who is a non-resident or who has not resided in the district for one year also apply to the appointment of a district clerk. Removes the requirement that a township have a population of less than 500 residents for a board of trustees to appoint a non-resident or a person who has not resided in the district for one year.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3687 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3687-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3687 Introduced , by Rep. Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 5/6-115 from Ch. 121, par. 6-115
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that the requirements for appointing a highway commissioner who is a non-resident or who has not resided in the district for one year also apply to the appointment of a district clerk. Removes the requirement that a township have a population of less than 500 residents for a board of trustees to appoint a non-resident or a person who has not resided in the district for one year.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
changing Section 6-115 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/6-115) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)
Sec. 6-115. (a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the
Township Code or subsection (b), no person shall be eligible
to the office of highway commissioner or clerk unless he shall
be a legal voter and has been one year a resident of the
district. In road districts that elect a clerk, the same
limitation shall apply to the district clerk.
(b) 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 or clerk services if:
(1) the district is within a township with no
incorporated town;
(2) (Blank); the township has 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 or clerk.

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(Source: P.A. 101-197, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)