HB0607ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Sam Yingling

Filed: 3/14/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 607

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 607 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding Section 6-134 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/6-134 new)

Sec. 6-134. Abolishing a road district. By resolution, the board of trustees of any township located in a county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may submit a proposition to abolish the road district of that township to the electors of that township at a general election or consolidated election in accordance with the general election law. The ballot shall be in substantially the following form:

In the event that a majority of the electors voting on such proposition are in favor thereof, then the road district shall be abolished by operation of law no more than 90 days after vote certification by the governing election authority.

On that date, all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the road district shall by operation of law vest in and be assumed by the township. On that date, the township board of trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a road district abolished under this Section. On that date, any highway commissioner of the abolished road district shall cease to hold office, such term having been terminated. Thereafter, the township shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the highway commissioner as provided in the Illinois Highway Code. The township board of trustees may enter into a contract with the county, a municipality, or a private contractor to administer the roads under its jurisdiction. The township board of trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a township road district abolished under this subsection. For purposes of distribution of revenue, the township shall assume the powers, duties, and obligations of the road district.".