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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 6-115 as follows:
 


6    (605 ILCS 5/6-115)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)




7    Sec. 6-115. 
(a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the 
8Township Code or subsections subsection (b) and (c), no
person 
9shall be eligible to the office of highway
commissioner or 
10clerk unless he shall be a legal voter and has been one year a

11resident of the district. In road districts that elect a 
12clerk, the same
limitation shall apply to the district clerk.

13    (b) A board of trustees in a county organized under 
14Division 2-1 of the Counties Code may (i) appoint a 
15non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the 
16district for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) 
17contract with a neighboring township to provide highway 
18commissioner or clerk services if:
19        (1) the district is within a township with no 
20    incorporated town;
21        (2) the township has a population of less than 1,000 
22    500; and
23        (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the 
 
 
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1    township for at least one year is willing to serve as 
2    highway commissioner or clerk.
3    (c) A board of trustees in a county organized under 
4Division 2-4 of the Counties Code may (i) appoint a 
5non-resident or a resident who has not resided in the district 
6for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract 
7with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or 
8clerk services if no qualified candidate who has resided in 
9the road district for at least one year is willing to serve as 
10highway commissioner or clerk. 
11(Source: P.A. 101-197, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)