(605 ILCS 5/5-501) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-501)
Sec. 5-501.
When it is necessary to construct or repair any bridge,
culvert, drainage structure or grade separation, including approaches
thereto, on, across or along any public road in any road district in the
county, or on any street in any municipality of less than 15,000
population in the county, or on or across a line which forms the common
boundary line between any such road districts or such municipalities, in
which work the road district, or such municipality is wholly or in part
responsible, and the cost of which work will be more than .02% of the
value of all the taxable property in such road district or municipality,
as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
and the tax rate for road purposes in such road district was in each
year for the 2 years last past not less than the maximum allowable rate
provided for in Section 6-501 of this Code, or the tax rate in such
municipalities for corporate purposes was in each year for the 2 years
last past for the full amount allowed by law to be extended therein for
such corporate purposes, the highway commissioner, the city council or
the village board of trustees, as the case may be, may petition the
county board for aid, and if the foregoing facts shall appear, the
county board shall appropriate from the "county bridge fund" in the
county treasury a sufficient sum to meet one-half the expense of
constructing or repairing such bridge, culvert, drainage structure or
grade separation, including approaches thereto, on condition that the
road district or municipality asking for aid shall furnish the other
one-half of the required amount.
In counties in which a property tax extension limitation is imposed
under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law and the imposition of the
property tax extension limitation prevents a road district from levying taxes
for road purposes at the maximum allowable rate, a road district may retain its
eligibility if, at the time the property tax extension limitation was imposed,
the road district was levying at the maximum allowable rate and continues to
levy the
maximum allowable amount after the imposition of the property tax
extension limitation.
If, however, the road district has
increased its tax rate for such purposes to a rate in excess of .05% but
not exceeding .25%, as provided in Section 6-508 of this Code, the
amount required to be appropriated by the county shall be in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5-501 of this Code, to the extent that
the County and township rates are identical.
For purposes of this Section, the maximum allowable tax rate for the 2
years last past shall be determined by using the last certified equalized
assessed valuation at the time the tax levy ordinance was adopted.
When it is determined by the county board to grant the prayer of the
highway commissioner, city council or village board of trustees asking
for aid for the construction or repair of such bridge, culvert, drainage
structure or grade separation, including approaches thereto, the county
board shall thereupon enter an order directing the county superintendent
of highways to cause plans and specifications for such improvement to be
prepared.
Thereupon the county board shall order the improvement made, either
by the letting of a contract in the manner authorized by the county
board, or by doing the work itself through its officers, agents and
employees. The work shall be performed under the general supervision of
the county superintendent of highways, and when the work has been
satisfactorily completed to meet the approval of the county
superintendent of highways, he shall so certify to the county board,
which certificate shall include an itemized account of the cost of all
items of work incurred in the making of such improvement, and shall show
the division of cost between the county and the participating agency,
and he shall cause a copy of such certificate to be filed with the clerk
of the participating agency. The county board and the participating
agency undertaking such work shall thereupon make final payment for the
same.
(Source: P.A. 90-110, eff. 7-14-97.)
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