(605 ILCS 5/6-115) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-138)

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 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.

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

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-138)

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) 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) the township has a population of less than 1,000; 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.

(c) A board of trustees in a county organized under Division 2-4 of the Counties Code may (i) appoint a non-resident or a resident who 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 no qualified candidate who has resided in the road district for at least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner or clerk.

(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-138, eff. 1-1-24.)