HB5644 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB098 17572 JLK 52682 b

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5644

Introduced , by Rep. Sam Yingling

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/80-85 new

Amends the Township Code. Provides that the electors of a township with fewer than 15 miles of road under the jurisdiction of the township highway commissioner may elect to abolish the position of township highway commissioner and transfer to the township board all of its functions and responsibilities. Allows the question of whether to abolish the position of township highway commissioner to be submitted to the electors by a majority vote of the township board, by a majority of electors at the annual meeting, or by a petition signed by registered voters residing within the township.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding Section 80-85 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/80-85 new)

Sec. 80-85. Highway consolidation.

(a) The electors of a township may abolish the position of township highway commissioner and transfer all of the commissioner's functions and responsibilities to the township board if the township has fewer than 15 miles of road under the jurisdiction of the highway commissioner. The question to abolish the position of township highway commissioner and transfer its functions and responsibilities to the township board shall be submitted to the electors in one of the following ways:

(i) by a majority vote of the township board;

(ii) by a majority vote of the electors at the annual meeting; or

(iii) by a petition containing 500 signatures of registered voters residing within the township.

(b) After the question to abolish the position of highway commissioner is approved under subsection (a) and the township board has submitted the question to the township clerk, the township clerk shall certify the question to the local election official, who shall submit the question to the voters of the township at the next regular election following the approval of the question. The question submitted to the electors at the election shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall the position of Highway Commissioner of (name of township) be abolished and all of its functions and responsibilities assumed by the Township Board of (name of township)?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

If the majority of electors voting on the question vote in favor of the question, then the position of township highway commissioner shall be abolished 30 days after the certification of the results of the vote and the township board shall assume all of the highway commissioner's former functions and responsibilities.