(605 ILCS 5/7-204) (from Ch. 121, par. 7-204)
    Sec. 7-204. Payment of motor fuel tax funds by the Department of Transportation to the municipality for the purposes stated in Sections 7-202.1 through 7-202.22 shall be made as soon as possible after the allotment is made. Such money shall be utilized by the municipality in accordance with the needs of the municipality in a manner satisfactory to the Department.
    However, if any municipality, after having been given reasonable notice by the Department fails to expend motor fuel tax funds in a manner satisfactory to the Department or fails to have construction contracts approved by the Department, no further payment of motor fuel tax funds shall be made to such municipality for construction or maintenance purposes until it corrects its unsatisfactory use of motor fuel tax funds or secures approval of construction contracts by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 85-1010.)