Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB0607

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that by resolution, the board of trustees of any township located in a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may submit a proposal to abolish the road district of that township to the electors of that township at a general election or a consolidated election. Provides for the form of the ballot. Provides that if the majority of the electors vote in favor of the proposal, then the road district shall be abolished by operation of law no more than 90 days after vote certification by the governing election authority. Provides that on that date, all rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, and taxing authority of the road district shall by operation of law vest in and be assumed by the township. Provides that the township shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the highway commissioner under the Code and may enter into a contract with a county, municipality, or private contractor to administer the roads under its jurisdiction.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 2 with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that no township road district may continue in existence if the roads forming a part of the district do not exceed a total of 4 centerline miles (rather than 4 miles) in length. Provides that if a majority of the electors of a township board of trustees votes in favor of a proposition to abolish a road district in Cook County, Illinois, the road district shall be abolished by operation of law effective January 1 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the proposition was approved by the electors or on the date the term of the highway commissioner in office at the time the proposition was approved by the electors expires, whichever is later. Provides that in a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a road district shall be abolished by operation of law effective 90 days after vote certification by the governing election authority or on the date the term of the highway commissioner in office at the time the proposition was approved by the electors expires, whichever is later (rather than only 90 days after vote certification by the governing election authority).

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