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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2040 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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605 ILCS 5/6-115 | from Ch. 121, par. 6-115 |
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Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that statutory provisions concerning residency requirements for highway commissioners also apply to clerks. Deletes language providing that a board of trustees may contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if the township has a population of less than 500.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2040 | | LRB103 05071 HEP 50085 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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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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 subsection (b), no
person shall be eligible |
| 9 | | to the office of highway
commissioner or clerk unless he shall |
| 10 | | be a legal voter and has been one year a
resident of the |
| 11 | | district. In road districts that elect a clerk, the same
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| 12 | | limitation shall apply to the district clerk.
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| 13 | | (b) A board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a |
| 14 | | resident that has not resided in the district for one year to |
| 15 | | be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring |
| 16 | | township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if: |
| 17 | | (1) the district is within a township with no |
| 18 | | incorporated town; |
| 19 | | (2) (blank) the township has a population of less than |
| 20 | | 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 or clerk. |