| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 6-801.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (605 ILCS 5/6-801.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 6-801.5. Township road district; private roadway | ||||||
| 8 | acquisition. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) An owner of real property that (1) is located within | ||||||
| 10 | the unincorporated boundaries of a township road district; and | ||||||
| 11 | (2) has a residential roadway considered to be a private | ||||||
| 12 | roadway, may transfer title to the roadway and any necessary | ||||||
| 13 | easements to the township road district. Subject to approval by | ||||||
| 14 | the township board of trustees, the highway commissioner shall | ||||||
| 15 | formalize the transfer by entering into a binding written | ||||||
| 16 | agreement with the owner or owners of the private roadway on | ||||||
| 17 | behalf of the township road district. The agreement may include | ||||||
| 18 | a provision for allocation of initial costs and fees for the | ||||||
| 19 | construction or repair of the roadway at the time of transfer | ||||||
| 20 | between the property owner or owners and the township road | ||||||
| 21 | district. After approval of the agreement, the township board | ||||||
| 22 | of trustees shall notify all municipalities adjacent to the | ||||||
| 23 | roadway of the transfer and the written agreement shall be | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | filed with the township clerk and the Department's Central | ||||||
| 2 | Bureau of Local Roads and Streets. | ||||||
| 3 | (b) Upon the effective date of transfer and after any | ||||||
| 4 | initial costs and fees allocated under the written agreement, | ||||||
| 5 | the roadway shall be maintained, repaired, and serviced by the | ||||||
| 6 | township road district. | ||||||
| 7 | (c) Rules, specifications, and regulations regarding | ||||||
| 8 | location, width, grades, surface, and drainage structures | ||||||
| 9 | applicable to township road district roads that apply on the | ||||||
| 10 | date of the transfer shall not apply to a roadway transferred | ||||||
| 11 | under this Section. | ||||||
| 12 | (d) This Section shall only apply to areas that meet the | ||||||
| 13 | following qualifications: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) the roadway to be transferred shall be located | ||||||
| 15 | within the boundaries of a county whose population is no | ||||||
| 16 | less than 500,000 as determined by the most recent U.S. | ||||||
| 17 | Census; | ||||||
| 18 | (2) the roadway is fully within the boundaries of the | ||||||
| 19 | township road district; and | ||||||
| 20 | (3) the roadway may not be part of a gated community, | ||||||
| 21 | be subject to a guard post, have any physical obstructions, | ||||||
| 22 | or have any signs that prevent ongoing and regular access | ||||||
| 23 | by the general public.
| ||||||
| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law.
| ||||||