Sen. David S. Luechtefeld

Filed: 5/19/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1410

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1410 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
5Section 6-111.5 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/6-111.5 new)
7    Sec. 6-111.5. Elimination of county unit road districts. A
8county unit road district may be eliminated by referendum. The
9process, petition, and referendum requirements shall be
10identical to those requirements used to form a county unit road
11district under Section 6-111 of this Code, except that the
12referendum question shall be "Shall the county unit road
13district in .... County, Illinois be eliminated and road
14districts be created in its place?".
15    (a) If a majority of voters at any general election votes
16to eliminate a county unit road district, the county board of

 

 

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1the county shall determine what road districts to adopt in
2place of the eliminated county unit road district. The county
3board shall form a committee of no more than 9 persons to study
4and recommend to the board what type of road districts and what
5geographic boundaries should be put into place. The committee
6should consider mileage of roads, tax base, population, and
7natural and manmade geographic limitations in recommending the
8geographic boundaries. The corporate limits of any
9municipality within the county may be its own geographic unit
10for the proposed new road districts. The committee shall also
11recommend the distribution of county unit road district assets
12and resources.
13    (b) The committee may prepare more than one proposal, but
14not more than 3 proposals, to present to the board for a final
15decision. The committee shall be formed, a budget set, and a
16chairperson determined by the board within 60 days of the
17election to eliminate the county unit road district. The
18committee shall present the proposal or proposals to the board
19within 150 days of the election.
20    (c) The board shall hold public hearings as it determines
21is necessary for public review and comment on the proposal or
22proposals of the committee within 60 days of receiving the
23proposal or proposals from the committee. Within 30 days after
24the public hearing or hearings, the board may return the
25proposal or any number of the proposals to the committee for a
26review and consideration of amendments based upon the comments

 

 

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1from the public hearing or hearings. If the board returns the
2proposal to the committee for review and possible amendment,
3the committee has 30 days to complete its review, make any
4amendments, and return the final proposal or proposals to the
5board.
6    (d) No more than 30 days from the date of the last public
7hearing, or from the receipt of the final proposal or proposals
8from the committee if the board sent the proposal or proposals
9back to the committee for review and consideration of
10amendment, the board shall make a final determination as to
11what form of road districts shall replace the county unit road
12district.
13    (e) The board shall determine and oversee all steps
14required to divide the resources and assets of the road
15districts that replaces the county unit road district. The
16county unit road district shall be eliminated and the new road
17districts shall be created simultaneously on a date set by the
18board, no later than 365 days from the date of the election to
19eliminate the county unit road district. The board shall
20designate the title of and appoint the head or heads of the
21various divisions of the new road districts. The positions
22shall be voted on at the next general election after the
23election to eliminate the county unit road district and every 4
24years thereafter. If the board adopts a road district system
25where municipalities are a geographic boundary, the
26commissioner in charge of the roads within a municipality shall

 

 

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1automatically be the supervisor based upon the election process
2and terms for each municipality.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
42011.".