Bill Text: IL SB3418 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a board of trustees in a county under township organization or a county organized as a commission form of government with a road district may elect or appoint a highway commissioner or clerk (rather than may appoint a highway commissioner) or contract with a neighboring township or road district (rather than contract with a neighboring township) to provide highway commissioner or clerk services. In provisions concerning a county organized as a commission form of government, removes residency requirements for a candidate to provide highway commissioner or clerk services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee [SB3418 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3418-Engrossed.html

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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 subsections (b) and (c), 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 in a county organized under
Division 2-1 of the Counties Code may (i) elect or appoint a
non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the
district for one year to be a highway commissioner or clerk, or
(ii) contract with a neighboring township or road district to
provide highway commissioner or clerk services if:
(1) the district is within a township with no
incorporated town;
(2) the township has a population of less than 1,000;
and
(3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the

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