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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1443
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1443 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing 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.
(a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the | ||||||
| 8 | Township Code or subsections subsection (b) and (c), no
person | ||||||
| 9 | shall be eligible to the office of highway
commissioner or | ||||||
| 10 | clerk unless he shall be a legal voter and has been one year a
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| 11 | resident of the district. In road districts that elect a | ||||||
| 12 | clerk, the same
limitation shall apply to the district clerk.
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| 13 | (b) A board of trustees in a county organized under | ||||||
| 14 | Division 2-1 of the Counties Code may (i) appoint a | ||||||
| 15 | non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the | ||||||
| 16 | district for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) | ||||||
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| 1 | contract with a neighboring township to provide highway | ||||||
| 2 | commissioner or clerk services if: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) the district is within a township with no | ||||||
| 4 | incorporated town; | ||||||
| 5 | (2) the township has a population of less than 1,000 | ||||||
| 6 | 500; and | ||||||
| 7 | (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the | ||||||
| 8 | township for at least one year is willing to serve as | ||||||
| 9 | highway commissioner or clerk. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) A board of trustees in a county organized under | ||||||
| 11 | Division 2-4 of the Counties Code may (i) appoint a | ||||||
| 12 | non-resident or a resident who has not resided in the district | ||||||
| 13 | for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contact with | ||||||
| 14 | a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or | ||||||
| 15 | clerk services if no qualified candidate who has resided in | ||||||
| 16 | the road district for at least one year is willing to serve as | ||||||
| 17 | highway commissioner or clerk. | ||||||
| 18 | (Source: P.A. 101-197, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)".
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