Public Act 094-0692
 		





HB3651 Enrolled
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    AN ACT concerning highways.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by changing Section 
30-20 as follows:
 



    (60 ILCS 1/30-20)


    Sec. 30-20. Powers of electors at annual township meeting. 

    (a) The electors present at the annual township meeting 
have the powers
enumerated in this Article 30.  An elector is a 
person registered to vote
within the township no less than 28 
days before the date of the annual
meeting.

    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, except 
as provided in Section 6-620 of the Illinois Highway Code, 
before establishing or
increasing any township tax rate that 
may be established or increased by the
electors at the annual 
township meeting, a petition containing the signatures
of not 
less than 10% of the registered voters of the township must be 
presented
to the township clerk authorizing that action.  

    (c) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1983 (Public Act 
83-281) shall be
construed to alter existing tax rates.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)



 
    Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by adding 
Section 6-620 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/6-620  new)
    Sec. 6-620. Validation of certain levies. 
    (a) Any road district tax that was authorized by the 
electors at an annual or special town meeting during the years 
1975 through 1979 for a period not exceeding 5 years, but that 
was not re-authorized within 5 years after it was authorized 
due to Public Acts 81-779, 81-821, and 81-1509, which repealed 
the 5-year limitation, is hereby validated for all tax levy 
years subsequent to 1980 only to the extent that the authority 
to tax did not automatically expire after 1980.
    (b) Any road district tax that was levied prior to 1980 
shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of 
Section 30-20 of the Township Code if that tax was or is:
        (i) re-authorized by the electors at an annual or 
    special town meeting after the year 1980; and
        (ii) levied at least once during the 3-year period 
    preceding the reauthorization.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.