Rep. Luis Arroyo
Filed: 4/20/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1618 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1618 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 6-133 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/6-133)
7    Sec. 6-133. Abolishing a road district in Cook County. By 
8resolution, the board of trustees of any township located in 
9Cook County, Illinois, may submit a proposition to abolish the 
10road district of that township to the electors of that township

11at a general election or consolidated election in accordance 
12with the general election law. The
ballot shall be in 
13substantially the following form:
 
 
14--------- 
15    Shall the Road District of the Township of 

 
 
 
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1........... be abolished with all the rights,YES
2powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities,
3obligations, and responsibilities being assumed --------- 
4by the Township of ........... ? NO
5--------- 
6    In the event that a majority of the electors voting on such 
7proposition are in favor thereof, then
the road district shall 
8be abolished by operation of law effective on the date the term 
9of the highway commissioner in office at the time January 1 of 
10the calendar
year immediately following the calendar year in 
11which the proposition was approved by the
electors expires.
12    On that date, all the rights, powers, duties, assets, 
13property, liabilities, obligations, and
responsibilities of 
14the road district shall by operation of law vest in and be 
15assumed by the
township. On that date, the township board of 
16trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a road district 
17abolished under this Section. On that date, any highway 
18commissioner of the abolished road district shall cease to
hold 
19office, such term having been terminated. Thereafter, the 
20township shall exercise all duties
and responsibilities of the 
21highway commissioner as provided in the Illinois Highway Code. 
22The
township board of trustees may enter into a contract with 
23the county, a municipality, or a private
contractor to 
24administer the roads under its jurisdiction. The township board 
25of trustees shall
assume all taxing authority of a township 
 
 
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1road district abolished under this subsection. For purposes
of 
2distribution of revenue, the township shall assume the powers, 
3duties, and obligations of the
road district.

4(Source: P.A. 97-611, eff. 1-1-12.)".