Public Act 101-0197
 
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    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 6-115 as follows:
 



    (605 ILCS 5/6-115)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-115)



    Sec. 6-115. 

    (a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the Township 
Code or subsection (b), no
person shall be eligible to the 
office of highway
commissioner unless he shall be a legal voter 
and has been one year a
resident of the district. In road 
districts that elect a clerk the same
limitation shall apply to 
the district clerk.

    (b) A board of trustees may (i) appoint a non-resident or a 
resident that has not resided in the district for one year to 
be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contract with a neighboring 
township to provide highway commissioner services if:
        (1) the district is within a township with no 
    incorporated town;
        (2) the township is a population of less than 500; and
        (3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the 
    township for at least one year is willing to serve as 
    highway commissioner.
(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)



Effective Date:  1/1/2020