Rep. Mike Bost
Filed: 3/17/2011
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2557
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2557 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 adding | ||||||
5 | Section 6-111.5 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (605 ILCS 5/6-111.5 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 6-111.5. Elimination of county unit road districts. A | ||||||
8 | county unit road district may be eliminated by referendum. The | ||||||
9 | process, petition, and referendum requirements shall be | ||||||
10 | identical to those requirements used to form a county unit road | ||||||
11 | district under Section 6-111 of this Code, except that the | ||||||
12 | referendum question shall be "Shall the county unit road | ||||||
13 | district in .... County, Illinois be eliminated?". | ||||||
14 | (a) If a majority of voters at any general election votes | ||||||
15 | to eliminate a county unit road district, the county board of | ||||||
16 | the county shall determine what road system to adopt in place |
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1 | of the eliminated county unit road district. The county board | ||||||
2 | shall form a committee of no more than 9 persons to study and | ||||||
3 | recommend to the board what type of road system and what | ||||||
4 | geographic boundaries should be put into place. The committee | ||||||
5 | should consider mileage of roads, tax base, population, and | ||||||
6 | natural and manmade geographic limitations in recommending the | ||||||
7 | geographic boundaries. The corporate limits of any | ||||||
8 | municipality within the county may be its own geographic unit | ||||||
9 | for the proposed new road system. The committee shall also | ||||||
10 | recommend the distribution of county unit road district assets | ||||||
11 | and resources. | ||||||
12 | (b) The committee may prepare more than one proposal, but | ||||||
13 | not more than 3 proposals, to present to the board for a final | ||||||
14 | decision. The committee shall be formed, a budget set, and a | ||||||
15 | chairperson determined by the board within 60 days of the | ||||||
16 | election to eliminate the county unit road district. The | ||||||
17 | committee shall present the proposal or proposals to the board | ||||||
18 | within 150 days of the election. | ||||||
19 | (c) The board shall hold public hearings as it determines | ||||||
20 | is necessary for public review and comment on the proposal or | ||||||
21 | proposals of the committee within 60 days of receiving the | ||||||
22 | proposal or proposals from the committee. Within 30 days after | ||||||
23 | the public hearing or hearings, the board may return the | ||||||
24 | proposal or any number of the proposals to the committee for a | ||||||
25 | review and consideration of amendments based upon the comments | ||||||
26 | from the public hearing or hearings. If the board returns the |
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1 | proposal to the committee for review and possible amendment, | ||||||
2 | the committee has 30 days to complete its review, make any | ||||||
3 | amendments, and return the final proposal or proposals to the | ||||||
4 | board. | ||||||
5 | (d) No more than 30 days from the date of the last public | ||||||
6 | hearing, or from the receipt of the final proposal or proposals | ||||||
7 | from the committee if the board sent the proposal or proposals | ||||||
8 | back to the committee for review and consideration of | ||||||
9 | amendment, the board shall make a final determination as to | ||||||
10 | what form of road system shall replace the county unit road | ||||||
11 | district. | ||||||
12 | (e) The board shall determine and oversee all steps | ||||||
13 | required to divide the resources and assets of the road system | ||||||
14 | that replaces the county unit road district. The county unit | ||||||
15 | road district shall be eliminated and the new road system shall | ||||||
16 | be created simultaneously on a date set by the board, no later | ||||||
17 | than 365 days from the date of the election to eliminate the | ||||||
18 | county unit road district. The board shall designate the title | ||||||
19 | of and appoint the head or heads of the various divisions of | ||||||
20 | the new road system. The positions shall be voted on at the | ||||||
21 | next general election after the election to eliminate the | ||||||
22 | county unit road district and every 4 years thereafter. If the | ||||||
23 | board adopts a system where municipalities are a geographic | ||||||
24 | boundary, the commissioner in charge of the roads within a | ||||||
25 | municipality shall automatically be the supervisor based upon | ||||||
26 | the election process and terms for each municipality.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
2 | 2011.".
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