Public Act 103-0138
 
HB2040 EnrolledLRB103 05071 HEP 50085 b


  
    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 subsection (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 
    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.
    (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. 101-197, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)