Bill Amendment: IL SB1443 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: HWY CD-RESIDENCY OF CLERKS

Status: 2023-04-12 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer [SB1443 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1443-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Adriane Johnson

Filed: 3/2/2023

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1443
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1443 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"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 subsections subsection (b) and (c), no person
shall be eligible to the office of highway commissioner or
clerk 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 in a county organized under
Division 2-1 of the Counties Code 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)

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contract with a neighboring township to provide highway
commissioner or clerk services if:
(1) the district is within a township with no
incorporated town;
(2) the township has a population of less than 1,000
500; and
(3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the
township for at least one year is willing to serve as
highway commissioner or clerk.
(c) A board of trustees in a county organized under
Division 2-4 of the Counties Code may (i) appoint a
non-resident or a resident who has not resided in the district
for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contact with
a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or
clerk services if no qualified candidate who has resided in
the road district for at least one year is willing to serve as
highway commissioner or clerk.
(Source: P.A. 101-197, eff. 1-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)".