103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3418
 
Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/6-115  from Ch. 121, par. 6-115
    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that a board of trustees in a county under township organization or a county organized as a commission form of government with a road district may elect or appoint a highway commissioner or clerk (rather than may appoint a highway commissioner) or contract with a neighboring township or road district (rather than contract with a neighboring township) to provide highway commissioner or clerk services. In provisions concerning a county organized as a commission form of government, removes residency requirements for a candidate to provide highway commissioner or clerk services. 


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by 
5changing Section 6-115 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/6-115)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)
7    Sec. 6-115. (a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the 
8Township Code or subsections (b) and (c), no person shall be 
9eligible to the office of highway commissioner or clerk unless 
10he shall be a legal voter and has been one year a resident of 
11the district. In road districts that elect a clerk, the same 
12limitation shall apply to the district clerk.
13    (b) A board of trustees in a county organized under 
14Division 2-1 of the Counties Code may (i) elect or appoint a 
15non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the 
16district for one year to be a highway commissioner or clerk, or 
17(ii) contract with a neighboring township or road district to 
18provide highway commissioner or clerk services if:
19        (1) the district is within a township with no 
20    incorporated town;
21        (2) the township has a population of less than 1,000; 
22    and
23        (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the 
 
 
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1    township for at least one year is willing to serve as 
2    highway commissioner or clerk.
3    (c) A county A board of trustees in a county organized 
4under Division 2-4 of the Counties Code with a road district 
5may (i) elect or appoint a non-resident or a resident who has 
6not resided in the district for one year to be a highway 
7commissioner or clerk, or (ii) contract with a neighboring 
8township or road district to provide highway commissioner or 
9clerk services if no qualified candidate who has resided in 
10the road district for at least one year is willing to serve as 
11highway commissioner or clerk. 
12(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-138, eff. 1-1-24.)