Public Act 094-0692
 
HB3651 Enrolled LRB094 06532 BDD 37279 b

    AN ACT concerning highways.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
30-20 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/30-20)
    Sec. 30-20. Powers of electors at annual township meeting.
    (a) The electors present at the annual township meeting
have the powers enumerated in this Article 30. An elector is a
person registered to vote within the township no less than 28
days before the date of the annual meeting.
    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, except
as provided in Section 6-620 of the Illinois Highway Code,
before establishing or increasing any township tax rate that
may be established or increased by the electors at the annual
township meeting, a petition containing the signatures of not
less than 10% of the registered voters of the township must be
presented to the township clerk authorizing that action.
    (c) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1983 (Public Act
83-281) shall be construed to alter existing tax rates.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
Section 6-620 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/6-620 new)
    Sec. 6-620. Validation of certain levies.
    (a) Any road district tax that was authorized by the
electors at an annual or special town meeting during the years
1975 through 1979 for a period not exceeding 5 years, but that
was not re-authorized within 5 years after it was authorized
due to Public Acts 81-779, 81-821, and 81-1509, which repealed
the 5-year limitation, is hereby validated for all tax levy
years subsequent to 1980 only to the extent that the authority
to tax did not automatically expire after 1980.
    (b) Any road district tax that was levied prior to 1980
shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of
Section 30-20 of the Township Code if that tax was or is:
        (i) re-authorized by the electors at an annual or
    special town meeting after the year 1980; and
        (ii) levied at least once during the 3-year period
    preceding the reauthorization.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.