Public Act 103-0992
 
SB3418 EnrolledLRB103 36682 MXP 66792 b

    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by 
changing Section 6-115 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/6-115)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)
    Sec. 6-115. (a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the 
Township Code or subsections (b) and (c), no person shall be 
eligible to the office of highway commissioner or clerk unless 
he shall be a legal voter and has been one year a resident of 
the district. In road districts that elect a clerk, the same 
limitation shall apply to the district clerk.
    (b) A board of trustees in a county organized under 
Division 2-1 of the Counties Code may (i) elect or appoint a 
non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the 
district for one year to be a highway commissioner or clerk, or 
(ii) contract with a neighboring township or road district to 
provide highway commissioner or clerk services if:
        (1) the district is within a township with no 
    incorporated town;
        (2) the township has a population of less than 1,000; 
    and
        (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the 
    township for at least one year is willing to serve as 
    highway commissioner or clerk.
    (c) A county A board of trustees in a county organized 
under Division 2-4 of the Counties Code with a road district 
may (i) elect or appoint a non-resident or a resident who has 
not resided in the district for one year to be a highway 
commissioner or clerk, or (ii) contract with a neighboring 
township or road district to provide highway commissioner or 
clerk services if no qualified candidate who has resided in 
the road district for at least one year is willing to serve as 
highway commissioner or clerk. 
(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-138, eff. 1-1-24.)