HB2040 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2040

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 5/6-115

from Ch. 121, par. 6-115

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that statutory provisions concerning residency requirements for highway commissioners also apply to clerks. Deletes language providing that a board of trustees may contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if the township has a population of less than 500.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing Section 6-115 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/6-115) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)

Sec. 6-115. (a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the Township Code or subsection (b), no person shall be eligible to the office of highway commissioner or clerk unless he shall be a legal voter and has been one year a resident of the district. In road districts that elect a clerk, the same limitation shall apply to the district clerk.

(b) A board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the district for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if:

(1) the district is within a township with no incorporated town;

(2) (blank) the township has a population of less than 500; and

(3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the township for at least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner or clerk.

(Source: P.A. 101-197, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)