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| | SB0765 Engrossed | | LRB101 04525 TAE 49533 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 6-115 as follows:
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| 6 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-115) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)
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| 7 | | Sec. 6-115.
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| 8 | | (a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the Township |
| 9 | | Code or subsection (b), no
person shall be eligible to the |
| 10 | | office of highway
commissioner unless he shall be a legal voter |
| 11 | | and has been one year a
resident of the district. In road |
| 12 | | districts that elect a clerk the same
limitation shall apply to |
| 13 | | the district clerk.
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| 14 | | (b) A board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a |
| 15 | | resident that has not resided in the district for one year to |
| 16 | | be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring |
| 17 | | township to provide highway commissioner services if: |
| 18 | | (1) the district is within a township with no |
| 19 | | incorporated town; |
| 20 | | (2) the township is a population of less than 500; and |
| 21 | | (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the |
| 22 | | township for at least one year is willing to serve as |
| 23 | | highway commissioner. |