(605 ILCS 5/7-203.2) (from Ch. 121, par. 7-203.2)
Sec. 7-203.2.
The municipality shall also have the authority upon the Department
satisfying itself that (1) the municipality has complied with the
requirements of Section 7-301, and (2) has appointed a full time city or
public engineer and (3) that the city or public engineer's office in the
municipality is adequately organized, staffed, equipped and financed to
discharge satisfactorily the duties and requirements of this Section to
construct and maintain streets or highways or sections of highways when
such projects are financed, in whole or in part, with any motor fuel tax
street or road funds received from the State except Federal-aid funds,
without the approval and supervision of the Department, provided the
municipality enters into an agreement of understanding with the Department.
The Department, in cooperation with the municipality, shall establish the
terms of the agreement of understanding to assure that the funds are
expended within the intent of the law and under the rules and regulations
deemed necessary by the Department. The approval and supervision of the
Department may be required anew if the Department deems that the
municipality, which was exempted from such supervision and approval, has
not satisfactorily complied with the terms of the agreement of
understanding.
(Source: P.A. 77-1371.)
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