Bill Text: IL HB3687 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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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1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing 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.
(a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Township Code or subsection (b), no
person shall be eligible | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | to the office of highway
commissioner or clerk unless he shall | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | be a legal voter and has been one year a
resident of the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | district. In road districts that elect a clerk, the same
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12 | limitation shall apply to the district clerk.
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13 | (b) A board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | resident that has not resided in the district for one year to | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if: | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (1) the district is within a township with no | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | incorporated town; | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (2) (Blank); the township has a population of less | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | 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 or clerk . |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 101-197, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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