Bill Text: IL HB4175 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that before a township may submit a referendum to abolish a road district under a provision in the Code, the township shall prepare, through an independent entity, a cost study demonstrating that the abolishment is cost efficient and that the township is capable of carrying out its required duties and responsibilities on the date of abolishment. Defines "independent entity". Repeals a provision allowing a township that is located outside of Cook County with 15 or more miles of roads to abolish a road district of that township. Effective January 1, 2018.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4175 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4175-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4175 Introduced , by Rep. Steven Reick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
605 ILCS 5/6-135
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Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that before a township may submit a referendum to abolish a road district under a provision in the Code, the township shall prepare, through an independent entity, a cost study demonstrating that the abolishment is cost efficient and that the township is capable of carrying out its required duties and responsibilities on the date of abolishment. Defines "independent entity". Repeals a provision allowing a township that is located outside of Cook County with 15 or more miles of roads to abolish a road district of that township. Effective January 1, 2018.
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A BILL FOR
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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 6-135 as follows:
(605 ILCS 5/6-135)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 6-135. Abolishing a road district with less than 15
miles of roads.
(a) Any township in a county with a population less than
3,000,000 may abolish a road district of that township if the
roads of the road district are less than 15 miles in length, as
determined by the county engineer or county superintendent of
highways, by resolution of a majority of the board of trustees
to submit a referendum to abolish the road district of that
township. The referendum shall be submitted to the electors of
that township at the next general election or consolidated
election in accordance with the general election law. The
ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall the Road District of the Township of

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........... be abolished with all the rights, YES
powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities,
obligations, and responsibilities being assumed --------
by the Township of ........... ? NO
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(a-5) Before a township may submit a referendum to abolish
a road district under subsection (a) of this Section, the
township shall prepare, through an independent entity, a cost
study demonstrating that the abolishment is cost efficient and
that the township is capable of carrying out the duties and
responsibilities under subsection (b) of this Section on the
date of abolishment. If the cost study finds that the
abolishment is not cost efficient or that the township is not
capable of carrying out the duties and responsibilities, or
both, the township may not submit a referendum under subsection
(a) of this Section. For purposes of this subsection (a-5),
"independent entity" means a consulting firm with experience in
economics and local government finance that does not have an
existing agreement for services in the township or with the
county in which the township is located.
(b) If a majority of the electors voting on the referendum
under subsection (a) of this Section are in favor of abolishing
the township road district, then the road district is abolished
on the January 1 following the approval of the referendum or on
the date the term of the highway commissioner in office at the
time the referendum was approved expires, whichever is later.

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On the date of abolishment: all the rights, powers, duties,
assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
responsibilities of the road district shall by operation of law
vest in and be assumed by the township; the township board of
trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a road district
abolished under this Section; any highway commissioner of the
abolished road district shall cease to hold office; the
township shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the
highway commissioner as provided in the Illinois Highway Code;
and for purposes of distribution of revenue, the township shall
assume the powers, duties, and obligations of the road
district. The township board of trustees may enter into a
contract with the county, a municipality, or a private
contractor to administer the roads added to its jurisdiction
under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
(605 ILCS 5/6-134 rep.)
Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
repealing Section 6-134.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2018.