SB2480 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2480

Introduced 2/3/2004, by George P. Shadid

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

605 ILCS 5/6-408	from Ch. 121, par. 6-408
605 ILCS 5/6-407 rep.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals a provision providing that the highway commissioner in each road district may contract for the construction or repair of roads and bridges lying wholly within the limits of the commissioner's district and that, if the cost of the contract or expenditure is more than $5,000, the highway commissioner may not make any payment without the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors. Deletes language in another provision providing that, when a road or bridge that is on the line between 2 road districts is to be repaired or constructed at a cost of more than $1,000, a contract may not be let, and no payment may be made, without the approval of the county superintendent or the county board of auditors. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing Section 6-408 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/6-408) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-408)

Sec. 6-408. Contracts for constructing and repairing roads and bridges on road district lines shall be let by the highway commissioners of the 2 districts who shall meet and act together when taking action upon the letting of such contract for the construction or repair of such roads and bridges, or acceptance of the work. When such contracts are for the expenditure of a sum exceeding $1,000 they shall not let a contract or make any payment for the same without the approval of the county superintendent or highway board of auditors, as the case may be, as provided in Section 6--407.

(Source: Laws 1959, p. 888.)

(605 ILCS 5/6-407 rep.)

Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by repealing Section 6-407.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.