Rep. Sam Yingling
Filed: 3/22/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 608 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 608 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 1. Legislative intent. It is hereby declared as 
5the intent of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly 
6to promote consolidation of redundant layers of government and 
7to promote government efficiency.
 
8    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by changing 
9Section 6-130 as follows:
 



10    (605 ILCS 5/6-130)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-130)



11    Sec. 6-130. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
12Code Act to the contrary,
no
township road district may 
13continue in existence if the roads forming a
part of the 
14district do not exceed a total of 4 centerline miles in length. 
15For purposes of this Section, the roads forming a part of a 
 
 
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1township road district include those roads maintained by the 
2district, regardless of whether or not those roads are owned by 
3the township. On the
first Tuesday in April of 1975, or of any 
4subsequent year next succeeding
the reduction of a township 
5road system to a total mileage of 4 centerline miles or
less, 
6each such township road district shall, by operation of law, be

7abolished. The roads comprising that district at that time 
8shall thereafter
be administered by the township board of 
9trustees by contracting with the
county, a municipality or a 
10private contractor.  The township board of trustees
shall assume 
11all taxing authority of a township road district abolished 
12under
this Section.

13(Source: P.A. 94-884, eff. 6-20-06.)".