SB0765sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Andy Manar

Filed: 3/15/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 765

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 765 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"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 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 services if:

(1) the district is within a township with no incorporated town;

(2) the township is 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.

(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)".