Full Text of HB0607 100th General Assembly
HB0607ham002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Sam Yingling Filed: 3/14/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 607
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 607 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 6-134 as follows: | 6 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-134 new) | 7 | | Sec. 6-134. Abolishing a road district. By resolution, the | 8 | | board of trustees of any township located in a county with less | 9 | | than 3,000,000 inhabitants may submit a proposition to abolish | 10 | | the road district of that township to the electors of that | 11 | | township at a general election or consolidated election in | 12 | | accordance with the general election law. The ballot shall be | 13 | | in substantially the following form: | |
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15 | | Shall the Road District of the Township of | | | |
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| 1 | | ........... be abolished with all the rights, | YES | | |
2 | | powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, | |
3 | | obligations, and responsibilities being assumed | --------- | | |
4 | | by the Township of ........... ? | NO | | |
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| 6 | | In the event that a majority of the electors voting on such | 7 | | proposition are in favor thereof, then the road district shall | 8 | | be abolished by operation of law no more than 90 days after | 9 | | vote certification by the governing election authority. | 10 | | On that date, all the rights, powers, duties, assets, | 11 | | property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of | 12 | | the road district shall by operation of law vest in and be | 13 | | assumed by the township. On that date, the township board of | 14 | | trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a road district | 15 | | abolished under this Section. On that date, any highway | 16 | | commissioner of the abolished road district shall cease to hold | 17 | | office, such term having been terminated. Thereafter, the | 18 | | township shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the | 19 | | highway commissioner as provided in the Illinois Highway Code. | 20 | | The township board of trustees may enter into a contract with | 21 | | the county, a municipality, or a private contractor to | 22 | | administer the roads under its jurisdiction. The township board | 23 | | of trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a township | 24 | | road district abolished under this subsection. For purposes of | 25 | | distribution of revenue, the township shall assume the powers, |
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| 1 | | duties, and obligations of the road district. ".
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