Full Text of SB1907 97th General Assembly
SB1907ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Michael J. Madigan Filed: 5/4/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1907
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1907 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 6-133 as follows: | 6 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-133 new) | 7 | | Sec. 6-133. Abolishing a road district in Cook County. By | 8 | | resolution, the board of trustees of any township located in | 9 | | Cook County, Illinois, may submit a proposition to abolish the | 10 | | road district of that township to the electors of that township
| 11 | | at a general election or consolidated election in accordance | 12 | | with the general election law. The
ballot shall be in | 13 | | substantially the following form: | |
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15 | | Shall the Road District of the Township of | | | |
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| 1 | | ........... be abolished with all the rights, | YES | | |
2 | | powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, | |
3 | | obligations, and responsibilities being assumed | --------- | | |
4 | | by the Township of ........... ? | NO | | |
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| 6 | | In the event that a majority of the electors voting on such | 7 | | proposition are in favor thereof, then
the road district shall | 8 | | be abolished by operation of law effective on January 1 of the | 9 | | calendar
year immediately following the calendar year in which | 10 | | the proposition was approved by the
electors. | 11 | | On that date, all the rights, powers, duties, assets, | 12 | | property, liabilities, obligations, and
responsibilities of | 13 | | the road district shall by operation of law vest in and be | 14 | | assumed by the
township. On that date, any highway commissioner | 15 | | of the abolished road district shall cease to
hold office, such | 16 | | term having been terminated. Thereafter, the township shall | 17 | | exercise all duties
and responsibilities of the highway | 18 | | commissioner as provided in the Illinois Highway Code. The
| 19 | | township board of trustees may enter into a contract with the | 20 | | county, a municipality, or a private
contractor to administer | 21 | | the roads under its jurisdiction. The township board of | 22 | | trustees shall
assume all taxing authority of a township road | 23 | | district abolished under this subsection. For purposes
of | 24 | | distribution of revenue, the township shall assume the powers, | 25 | | duties, and obligations of the
road district. ".
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