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91_HB1843
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1 AN ACT changing the date of the general primary,
2 consolidated primary, and consolidated elections, amending
3 named Acts.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
7 Sections 2A-1.1, 2A-1.1a, 7-8, and 8-4 as follows:
8 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1)
9 Sec. 2A-1.1. All Elections - Consolidated Schedule. (a)
10 In even-numbered years, the general election shall be held on
11 the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November; and an
12 election to be known as the general primary election shall be
13 held on the third Saturday Tuesday in March;
14 (b) In odd-numbered years, an election to be known as
15 the consolidated election shall be held on the first Saturday
16 Tuesday in April except as provided in Section 2A-1.1a of
17 this Act; and an election to be known as the consolidated
18 primary election shall be held on the third Saturday last
19 Tuesday in February.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
21 (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.1a) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.1a)
22 Sec. 2A-1.1a. Whenever the date designated in paragraph
23 (b) of Section 2A-1.1 for the consolidated election conflicts
24 with the celebration of Passover, that election shall be
25 postponed to the first Saturday Tuesday following the last
26 day of Passover.
27 (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
28 (10 ILCS 5/7-8) (from Ch. 46, par. 7-8)
29 Sec. 7-8. The State central committee shall be composed
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1 of one or two members from each congressional district in the
2 State and shall be elected as follows:
3 State Central Committee
4 (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
5 amendatory Act of 1983 the State central committee of each
6 political party shall certify to the State Board of Elections
7 which of the following alternatives it wishes to apply to the
8 State central committee of that party.
9 Alternative A. At the general primary election held on
10 the third Tuesday in March 1970, and at the general primary
11 election held every 4 years thereafter, each primary elector
12 may vote for one candidate of his party for member of the
13 State central committee for the congressional district in
14 which he resides. The candidate receiving the highest number
15 of votes shall be declared elected State central committeeman
16 from the district. A political party may, in lieu of the
17 foregoing, by a majority vote of delegates at any State
18 convention of such party, determine to thereafter elect the
19 State central committeemen in the manner following:
20 At the county convention held by such political party
21 State central committeemen shall be elected in the same
22 manner as provided in this Article for the election of
23 officers of the county central committee, and such election
24 shall follow the election of officers of the county central
25 committee. Each elected ward, township or precinct
26 committeeman shall cast as his vote one vote for each ballot
27 voted in his ward, township, part of a township or precinct
28 in the last preceding primary election of his political
29 party. In the case of a county lying partially within one
30 congressional district and partially within another
31 congressional district, each ward, township or precinct
32 committeeman shall vote only with respect to the
33 congressional district in which his ward, township, part of a
34 township or precinct is located. In the case of a
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1 congressional district which encompasses more than one
2 county, each ward, township or precinct committeeman residing
3 within the congressional district shall cast as his vote one
4 vote for each ballot voted in his ward, township, part of a
5 township or precinct in the last preceding primary election
6 of his political party for one candidate of his party for
7 member of the State central committee for the congressional
8 district in which he resides and the Chairman of the county
9 central committee shall report the results of the election to
10 the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections
11 shall certify the candidate receiving the highest number of
12 votes elected State central committeeman for that
13 congressional district.
14 The State central committee shall adopt rules to provide
15 for and govern the procedures to be followed in the election
16 of members of the State central committee.
17 Alternative B. Each congressional committee shall,
18 within 30 days after the adoption of this alternative,
19 appoint a person of the sex opposite that of the incumbent
20 member for that congressional district to serve as an
21 additional member of the State central committee until his or
22 her successor is elected at the general primary election in
23 1986. Each congressional committee shall make this
24 appointment by voting on the basis set forth in paragraph (e)
25 of this Section. In each congressional district at the
26 general primary election held in 1986 and every 4 years
27 thereafter, the male candidate receiving the highest number
28 of votes of the party's male candidates for State central
29 committeeman, and the female candidate receiving the highest
30 number of votes of the party's female candidates for State
31 central committeewoman, shall be declared elected State
32 central committeeman and State central committeewoman from
33 the district. At the general primary election held in 1986
34 and every 4 years thereafter, if all a party's candidates for
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1 State central committeemen or State central committeewomen
2 from a congressional district are of the same sex, the
3 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be
4 declared elected a State central committeeman or State
5 central committeewoman from the district, and, because of a
6 failure to elect one male and one female to the committee, a
7 vacancy shall be declared to exist in the office of the
8 second member of the State central committee from the
9 district. This vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
10 congressional committee of the political party, and the
11 person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of
12 the congressional district and of the sex opposite that of
13 the committeeman or committeewoman elected at the general
14 primary election. Each congressional committee shall make
15 this appointment by voting on the basis set forth in
16 paragraph (e) of this Section.
17 Under both of the foregoing alternatives, the State
18 central committee of each political party shall be composed
19 of members elected or appointed from the several
20 congressional districts of the State, and of no other person
21 or persons whomsoever. The members of the State central
22 committee shall, within 30 days after each quadrennial
23 election of the full committee, meet in the city of
24 Springfield and organize by electing from among their own
25 number a chairman, and may at such time elect such officers
26 from among their own number (or otherwise), as they may deem
27 necessary or expedient. The outgoing chairman of the State
28 central committee of the party shall, 10 days before the
29 meeting, notify each member of the State central committee
30 elected at the primary of the time and place of such meeting.
31 In the organization and proceedings of the State central
32 committee, each State central committeeman and State central
33 committeewoman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in
34 his or her congressional district by the primary electors of
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1 his or her party at the primary election immediately
2 preceding the meeting of the State central committee.
3 Whenever a vacancy occurs in the State central committee of
4 any political party, the vacancy shall be filled by
5 appointment of the chairmen of the county central committees
6 of the political party of the counties located within the
7 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs and, if
8 applicable, the ward and township committeemen of the
9 political party in counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
10 located within the congressional district. If the
11 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs lies
12 wholly within a county of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the
13 ward and township committeemen of the political party in that
14 congressional district shall vote to fill the vacancy. In
15 voting to fill the vacancy, each chairman of a county central
16 committee and each ward and township committeeman in counties
17 of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants shall have one vote for each
18 ballot voted in each precinct of the congressional district
19 in which the vacancy exists of his or her county, township,
20 or ward cast by the primary electors of his or her party at
21 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting to
22 fill the vacancy in the State central committee. The person
23 appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a resident of the
24 congressional district in which the vacancy occurs, shall be
25 a qualified voter, and, in a committee composed as provided
26 in Alternative B, shall be of the same sex as his or her
27 predecessor. A political party may, by a majority vote of the
28 delegates of any State convention of such party, determine to
29 return to the election of State central committeeman and
30 State central committeewoman by the vote of primary electors.
31 Any action taken by a political party at a State convention
32 in accordance with this Section shall be reported to the
33 State Board of Elections by the chairman and secretary of
34 such convention within 10 days after such action.
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1 Ward, Township and Precinct Committeemen
2 (b) At the general primary election held on the third
3 Tuesday in March, 1972, and every 4 years thereafter, each
4 primary elector in cities having a population of 200,000 or
5 over may vote for one candidate of his party in his ward for
6 ward committeeman. Each candidate for ward committeeman must
7 be a resident of and in the ward where he seeks to be elected
8 ward committeeman. The one having the highest number of votes
9 shall be such ward committeeman of such party for such ward.
10 At the general primary election held on the third Tuesday in
11 March, 1970, and every 4 years thereafter, each primary
12 elector in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
13 more, outside of cities containing a population of 200,000 or
14 more, may vote for one candidate of his party for township
15 committeeman. Each candidate for township committeeman must
16 be a resident of and in the township or part of a township
17 (which lies outside of a city having a population of 200,000
18 or more, in counties containing a population of 2,000,000 or
19 more), and in which township or part of a township he seeks
20 to be elected township committeeman. The one having the
21 highest number of votes shall be such township committeeman
22 of such party for such township or part of a township. At the
23 general primary election held on the third Tuesday in March,
24 1970 and every 2 years thereafter, each primary elector,
25 except in counties having a population of 2,000,000 or over,
26 may vote for one candidate of his party in his precinct for
27 precinct committeeman. Each candidate for precinct
28 committeeman must be a bona fide resident of the precinct
29 where he seeks to be elected precinct committeeman. The one
30 having the highest number of votes shall be such precinct
31 committeeman of such party for such precinct. The official
32 returns of the primary shall show the name of the
33 committeeman of each political party.
34 Terms of Committeemen. All precinct committeemen elected
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1 under the provisions of this Article shall continue as such
2 committeemen until the date of the primary to be held in the
3 second year after their election. Except as otherwise
4 provided in this Section for certain State central
5 committeemen who have 2 year terms, all State central
6 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen
7 shall continue as such committeemen until the date of primary
8 to be held in the fourth year after their election. However,
9 a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman when
10 a precinct committeeman ceases to reside in the precinct in
11 which he was elected and such precinct committeeman shall
12 thereafter neither have nor exercise any rights, powers or
13 duties as committeeman in that precinct, even if a successor
14 has not been elected or appointed.
15 (c) The Multi-Township Central Committee shall consist
16 of the precinct committeemen of such party, in the
17 multi-township assessing district formed pursuant to Section
18 2-10 of the Property Tax Code and shall be organized for the
19 purposes set forth in Section 45-25 of the Township Code. In
20 the organization and proceedings of the Multi-Township
21 Central Committee each precinct committeeman shall have one
22 vote for each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary
23 electors of his party at the primary at which he was elected.
24 County Central Committee
25 (d) The county central committee of each political party
26 in each county shall consist of the various township
27 committeemen, precinct committeemen and ward committeemen, if
28 any, of such party in the county. In the organization and
29 proceedings of the county central committee, each precinct
30 committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot voted in his
31 precinct by the primary electors of his party at the primary
32 at which he was elected; each township committeeman shall
33 have one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part
34 of a township as the case may be by the primary electors of
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1 his party at the primary election for the nomination of
2 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
3 preceding the meeting of the county central committee; and in
4 the organization and proceedings of the county central
5 committee, each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
6 each ballot voted in his ward by the primary electors of his
7 party at the primary election for the nomination of
8 candidates for election to the General Assembly immediately
9 preceding the meeting of the county central committee.
10 Congressional Committee
11 (e) The congressional committee of each party in each
12 congressional district shall be composed of the chairmen of
13 the county central committees of the counties composing the
14 congressional district, except that in congressional
15 districts wholly within the territorial limits of one county,
16 or partly within 2 or more counties, but not coterminous with
17 the county lines of all of such counties, the precinct
18 committeemen, township committeemen and ward committeemen, if
19 any, of the party representing the precincts within the
20 limits of the congressional district, shall compose the
21 congressional committee. A State central committeeman in each
22 district shall be a member and the chairman or, when a
23 district has 2 State central committeemen, a co-chairman of
24 the congressional committee, but shall not have the right to
25 vote except in case of a tie.
26 In the organization and proceedings of congressional
27 committees composed of precinct committeemen or township
28 committeemen or ward committeemen, or any combination
29 thereof, each precinct committeeman shall have one vote for
30 each ballot voted in his precinct by the primary electors of
31 his party at the primary at which he was elected, each
32 township committeeman shall have one vote for each ballot
33 voted in his township or part of a township as the case may
34 be by the primary electors of his party at the primary
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1 election immediately preceding the meeting of the
2 congressional committee, and each ward committeeman shall
3 have one vote for each ballot voted in each precinct of his
4 ward located in such congressional district by the primary
5 electors of his party at the primary election immediately
6 preceding the meeting of the congressional committee; and in
7 the organization and proceedings of congressional committees
8 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
9 the counties within such district, each chairman of such
10 county central committee shall have one vote for each ballot
11 voted in his county by the primary electors of his party at
12 the primary election immediately preceding the meeting of the
13 congressional committee.
14 Judicial District Committee
15 (f) The judicial district committee of each political
16 party in each judicial district shall be composed of the
17 chairman of the county central committees of the counties
18 composing the judicial district.
19 In the organization and proceedings of judicial district
20 committees composed of the chairmen of the county central
21 committees of the counties within such district, each
22 chairman of such county central committee shall have one vote
23 for each ballot voted in his county by the primary electors
24 of his party at the primary election immediately preceding
25 the meeting of the judicial district committee.
26 Circuit Court Committee
27 (g) The circuit court committee of each political party
28 in each judicial circuit outside Cook County shall be
29 composed of the chairmen of the county central committees of
30 the counties composing the judicial circuit.
31 In the organization and proceedings of circuit court
32 committees, each chairman of a county central committee shall
33 have one vote for each ballot voted in his county by the
34 primary electors of his party at the primary election
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1 immediately preceding the meeting of the circuit court
2 committee.
3 Judicial Subcircuit Committee
4 (g-1) The judicial subcircuit committee of each
5 political party in each judicial subcircuit in Cook County
6 shall be composed of the ward and township committeemen of
7 the townships and wards composing the judicial subcircuit.
8 In the organization and proceedings of each judicial
9 subcircuit committee, each township committeeman shall have
10 one vote for each ballot voted in his township or part of a
11 township, as the case may be, in the judicial subcircuit by
12 the primary electors of his party at the primary election
13 immediately preceding the meeting of the judicial subcircuit
14 committee; and each ward committeeman shall have one vote for
15 each ballot voted in his ward or part of a ward, as the case
16 may be, in the judicial subcircuit by the primary electors of
17 his party at the primary election immediately preceding the
18 meeting of the judicial subcircuit committee.
19 Municipal Central Committee
20 (h) The municipal central committee of each political
21 party shall be composed of the precinct, township or ward
22 committeemen, as the case may be, of such party representing
23 the precincts or wards, embraced in such city, incorporated
24 town or village. The voting strength of each precinct,
25 township or ward committeeman on the municipal central
26 committee shall be the same as his voting strength on the
27 county central committee.
28 For political parties, other than a statewide political
29 party, established only within a municipality or township,
30 the municipal or township managing committee shall be
31 composed of the party officers of the local established
32 party. The party officers of a local established party shall
33 be as follows: the chairman and secretary of the caucus for
34 those municipalities and townships authorized by statute to
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1 nominate candidates by caucus shall serve as party officers
2 for the purpose of filling vacancies in nomination under
3 Section 7-61; for municipalities and townships authorized by
4 statute or ordinance to nominate candidates by petition and
5 primary election, the party officers shall be the party's
6 candidates who are nominated at the primary. If no party
7 primary was held because of the provisions of Section 7-5,
8 vacancies in nomination shall be filled by the party's
9 remaining candidates who shall serve as the party's officers.
10 Powers
11 (i) Each committee and its officers shall have the
12 powers usually exercised by such committees and by the
13 officers thereof, not inconsistent with the provisions of
14 this Article. The several committees herein provided for
15 shall not have power to delegate any of their powers, or
16 functions to any other person, officer or committee, but this
17 shall not be construed to prevent a committee from appointing
18 from its own membership proper and necessary subcommittees.
19 (j) The State central committee of a political party
20 which elects it members by Alternative B under paragraph (a)
21 of this Section shall adopt a plan to give effect to the
22 delegate selection rules of the national political party and
23 file a copy of such plan with the State Board of Elections
24 when approved by a national political party.
25 (k) For the purpose of the designation of a proxy by a
26 Congressional Committee to vote in place of an absent State
27 central committeeman or committeewoman at meetings of the
28 State central committee of a political party which elects its
29 members by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section,
30 the proxy shall be appointed by the vote of the ward and
31 township committeemen, if any, of the wards and townships
32 which lie entirely or partially within the Congressional
33 District from which the absent State central committeeman or
34 committeewoman was elected and the vote of the chairmen of
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1 the county central committees of those counties which lie
2 entirely or partially within that Congressional District and
3 in which there are no ward or township committeemen. When
4 voting for such proxy the county chairman, ward committeeman
5 or township committeeman, as the case may be shall have one
6 vote for each ballot voted in his county, ward or township,
7 or portion thereof within the Congressional District, by the
8 primary electors of his party at the primary at which he was
9 elected. However, the absent State central committeeman or
10 committeewoman may designate a proxy when permitted by the
11 rules of a political party which elects its members by
12 Alternative B under paragraph (a) of this Section.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-627, eff. 7-10-98.)
14 (10 ILCS 5/8-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 8-4)
15 Sec. 8-4. A primary shall be held on the third Saturday
16 Tuesday in March of each even-numbered year for the
17 nomination of candidates for legislative offices.
18 (Source: P.A. 82-750.)
19 Section 10. The Revised Cities and Villages Act of 1941
20 is amended by changing Section 21-25 as follows:
21 (65 ILCS 20/21-25) (from Ch. 24, par. 21-25)
22 Sec. 21-25. Times for elections.) General elections for
23 aldermen shall be held in the year or years fixed by law for
24 holding the same, on the third Saturday last Tuesday of
25 February of such year. Any supplementary election for
26 aldermen held under the provisions of this Article shall be
27 held on the first Saturday Tuesday of April next following
28 the holding of such general aldermanic election.
29 (Source: P.A. 80-1469.)
30 Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing
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1 Sections 33-1 and 33-1b as follows:
2 (105 ILCS 5/33-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1)
3 Sec. 33-1. Board of Education - Election - Terms. In
4 all school districts, including special charter districts
5 having a population of 100,000 and not more than 500,000,
6 which adopt this Article, as hereinafter provided, there
7 shall be maintained a system of free schools in charge of a
8 board of education, which shall be a body politic and
9 corporate by the name of "Board of Education of the City
10 of....". The board shall consist of 7 members elected by the
11 voters of the district. Except as provided in Section 33-1b
12 of this Act, the regular election for members of the board
13 shall be held on the first Saturday Tuesday of April in odd
14 numbered years and on the third Saturday Tuesday of March in
15 even numbered years. The law governing the registration of
16 voters for the primary election shall apply to the regular
17 election. At the first regular election 7 persons shall be
18 elected as members of the board. The person who receives the
19 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 5
20 years. The 2 persons who receive the second and third
21 greatest number of votes shall be elected for a term of 4
22 years. The person who receives the fourth greatest number of
23 votes shall be elected for a term of 3 years. The 2 persons
24 who receive the fifth and sixth greatest number of votes
25 shall be elected for a term of 2 years. The person who
26 receives the seventh greatest number of votes shall be
27 elected for a term of 1 year. Thereafter, at each regular
28 election for members of the board, the successors of the
29 members whose terms expire in the year of election shall be
30 elected for a term of 5 years. All terms shall commence on
31 July 1 next succeeding the elections. Any vacancy occurring
32 in the membership of the board shall be filled by appointment
33 until the next regular election for members of the board.
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1 In any school district which has adopted this Article, a
2 proposition for the election of board members by school board
3 district rather than at large may be submitted to the voters
4 of the district at the regular school election of any year in
5 the manner provided in Section 9-22. If the proposition is
6 approved by a majority of those voting on the propositions,
7 the board shall divide the school district into 7 school
8 board districts as provided in Section 9-22. At the regular
9 school election in the year following the adoption of such
10 proposition, one member shall be elected from each school
11 board district, and the 7 members so elected shall, by lot,
12 determine one to serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, one for 3
13 years, 2 for 4 years, and one for 5 years. Thereafter their
14 respective successors shall be elected for terms of 5 years.
15 The terms of all incumbent members expire July 1 of the year
16 following the adoption of such a proposition.
17 Any school district which has adopted this Article may,
18 by referendum in accordance with Section 33-1a, adopt the
19 method of electing members of the board of education provided
20 in that Section.
21 Reapportionment of the voting districts provided for in
22 this Article or created pursuant to a court order, shall be
23 completed pursuant to Section 33-1c.
24 (Source: P.A. 82-1014; 86-1331.)
25 (105 ILCS 5/33-1b) (from Ch. 122, par. 33-1b)
26 Sec. 33-1b. Whenever the date designated in Section 33-1
27 for the election of members of boards of education conflicts
28 with the celebration of Passover, that election shall be
29 postponed to the first Saturday Tuesday following the last
30 day of Passover.
31 (Source: P.A. 82-1014.)
32 Section 20. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
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1 changing Sections 6-123 and 6-125 as follows:
2 (605 ILCS 5/6-123) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-123)
3 Sec. 6-123. When the electors in any townships have voted
4 for the consolidation of such townships into a consolidated
5 township road district for road purposes, the supervisors and
6 township clerks in the respective townships so consolidated
7 shall, ex-officio, constitute a highway board of auditors for
8 such township road district. Such highway board of auditors
9 shall organize and select one of their number as chairman,
10 another as clerk and another as treasurer of the consolidated
11 township road district. The officers of each such newly
12 organized consolidated township road district so elected
13 shall hold office until the first Tuesday in April, 1959 or
14 until the first Saturday Tuesday of each succeeding fourth
15 year thereafter, and their successors shall hold office for a
16 term of 4 years and until their respective successors are
17 selected and qualified; except that no person shall be a
18 member of such highway board of auditors or such an officer
19 of such consolidated township road district after the
20 expiration of his term as supervisor or township clerk.
21 Vacancies in such consolidated township road district offices
22 shall be filled by the highway board of auditors. Such
23 highway board of auditors shall have the same powers and
24 duties with respect to road matters as have the board of town
25 auditors in townships and such other powers and duties as may
26 be prescribed by law.
27 (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
28 (605 ILCS 5/6-125) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-125)
29 Sec. 6-125.
30 In any county under the commission form of government in
31 which a county unit road district is established, as of the
32 first Saturday Tuesday in April after the holding of such
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1 election, the county superintendent of highways shall take
2 over and be responsible, subject to the direction of the
3 county board, for the construction, maintenance and repair of
4 all roads in such county for which the several highway
5 commissioners had theretofore been responsible. Such
6 construction, maintenance and repair shall be undertaken
7 uniformly throughout the county without granting any special
8 consideration toward any part or parts thereof except for
9 traffic and safety needs.
10 After the establishment of a county unit road district,
11 the roads for which the county thereby becomes so responsible
12 shall remain a part of the district road system as defined by
13 this Code and shall not be considered as part of the county
14 highway system as defined by this Code. However, any such
15 district road may thereafter be made a part of the county
16 highway system in the manner provided by this Code.
17 As of such date, the offices of highway commissioner,
18 clerk and treasurer in each road district in such county are
19 abolished, except that such officers may complete the affairs
20 of their respective offices as herein provided and as needed
21 for the transition. Upon release by the county superintendent
22 such road districts shall have no further powers or duties
23 relating to the construction, repair, maintenance and
24 supervision of roads.
25 As of such date, the several highway commissioners shall
26 deliver to the county superintendent of highways all property
27 and equipment of their respective districts, taking his
28 receipt therefor. Road district property used exclusively for
29 road maintenance and related purposes shall also be delivered
30 to the county superintendent, taking his receipt therefor.
31 The several district clerks shall deliver the books, records
32 and papers pertaining to such office to the county clerk,
33 taking his receipt therefor. The several district treasurers
34 shall transfer and deliver to the county treasurer all funds
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1 of their respective districts which they hold, taking his
2 receipt therefor. Any accounts or tax moneys thereafter
3 payable to any road district in such county shall be paid
4 into a special county unit road district fund which shall be
5 maintained separate and apart from the general county fund.
6 The county treasurer shall be custodian of the county unit
7 road district fund and any performance bond executed by the
8 county treasurer shall be applicable to the moneys in the
9 special fund. Receipts for these transfers shall be filed
10 with the county clerk.
11 The county unit road district so established shall
12 succeed to and assume all obligations and contracts of each
13 of such road districts in such county, other than bonded
14 indebtedness. With respect to the bonded indebtedness for
15 road purposes of any former district in a county in which a
16 county unit road district is so established, the county clerk
17 annually shall extend taxes against all of the taxable
18 property in the former road district so long as any of such
19 bonds are outstanding, sufficient to pay the maturing
20 principal and interest of such bonds as they become due, such
21 tax to be in addition to all other taxes for road purposes
22 and without limitation as to rate or amount. The proceeds of
23 such tax, when collected, shall be used for the payment of
24 the principal and interest on such bonds.
25 All county unit road districts established under this Act
26 shall be independent county agencies administered by the
27 respective county superintendents of highways, under the
28 general supervision of the county board. The county unit road
29 districts shall maintain separate books showing receipts and
30 expenditures, and shall issue such financial and other
31 reports as the county board may from time to time require.
32 (Source: P.A. 78-543.)
33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
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1 January 1, 2000.