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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1567 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Craig Wilcox SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that the board of trustees of any township located in McHenry County may submit a proposition to dissolve the township to the township electors or township electors may petition for a referendum to dissolve a township. Provides for the transfer of property, assets, personnel, contractual obligations, and liabilities of the dissolving township to McHenry County. Provides that all road districts wholly within the boundaries of the dissolving township are dissolved on the date of dissolution of the dissolving township and the powers and responsibilities of the road district are transferred to McHenry County. Provides that municipalities within the dissolving township may elect to assume the duties and responsibilities of the dissolving road district or road districts. Limits extensions of specified property tax levies to 90% of the original property tax levy and within the boundaries of the dissolved township. Amends the Election Code, Motor Fuel Tax Law, and Counties Code making conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that any township in Lake County or McHenry County shall abolish a road district of that township if the roads of the road district are less than 15 miles in length. Provides that 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. Effective immediately. | |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the |
| 5 | | General Assembly that this Act further the intent of Section 5 |
| 6 | | of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, which states, in |
| 7 | | relevant part, that townships "may be consolidated or merged, |
| 8 | | and one or more townships may be dissolved or divided, when |
| 9 | | approved by referendum in each township affected". |
| 10 | | Transferring the powers and duties of one or more dissolved |
| 11 | | McHenry County townships into the county, as the supervising |
| 12 | | unit of local government within which the township or townships |
| 13 | | are situated, will reduce the overall number of local |
| 14 | | governmental units within our State. This reduction is declared |
| 15 | | to be a strong goal of Illinois public policy.
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| 16 | | Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing Section |
| 17 | | 28-7 as follows:
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| 18 | | (10 ILCS 5/28-7) (from Ch. 46, par. 28-7)
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| 19 | | Sec. 28-7.
Except as provided in Article 24 of the Township |
| 20 | | Code, in In any case in which Article VII or paragraph (a) of |
| 21 | | Section 5 of
the
Transition Schedule of the Constitution |
| 22 | | authorizes any action to be
taken by or with respect to any |
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| 1 | | unit of local government, as defined in
Section 1 of Article |
| 2 | | VII of the Constitution, by or subject to approval
by |
| 3 | | referendum, any such public question shall be initiated in
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| 4 | | accordance with this Section.
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| 5 | | Any such public question may be initiated by the governing |
| 6 | | body of the
unit of local government by resolution or by the |
| 7 | | filing with the clerk or
secretary of the
governmental unit of |
| 8 | | a petition signed by a number of qualified electors
equal to or |
| 9 | | greater than at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates |
| 10 | | for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election, |
| 11 | | requesting the submission of the proposal
for such action to |
| 12 | | the voters
of the governmental unit at a regular election.
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| 13 | | If the action to be taken requires a referendum involving 2 |
| 14 | | or more
units of local government, the proposal shall be |
| 15 | | submitted to the voters
of such governmental units by the |
| 16 | | election authorities with jurisdiction
over the territory of |
| 17 | | the governmental units. Such multi-unit proposals
may be |
| 18 | | initiated by appropriate
resolutions by the respective |
| 19 | | governing bodies or by
petitions of the voters of the several |
| 20 | | governmental units filed with the
respective clerks or |
| 21 | | secretaries.
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| 22 | | This Section is intended to provide a method of submission |
| 23 | | to
referendum in all cases of proposals for actions which are |
| 24 | | authorized by
Article VII of the Constitution by or subject to |
| 25 | | approval by referendum
and supersedes any conflicting |
| 26 | | statutory provisions except those
contained in Division 2-5 of |
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| 1 | | the Counties Code or Article 24 of the Township Code.
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| 2 | | Referenda provided for in this Section may not be held more |
| 3 | | than once
in any 23-month period on the same proposition, |
| 4 | | provided that in any
municipality a referendum to elect not to |
| 5 | | be a home rule unit may be held
only once within
any 47-month |
| 6 | | period.
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| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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| 8 | | Section 10. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by changing |
| 9 | | Section 8 as follows:
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| 10 | | (35 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 120, par. 424)
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| 11 | | Sec. 8. Except as provided in Section 8a, subdivision
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| 12 | | (h)(1) of Section 12a, Section 13a.6, and items
13, 14, 15, and |
| 13 | | 16 of Section 15, all money received by the Department under
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| 14 | | this Act, including payments made to the Department by
member |
| 15 | | jurisdictions participating in the International Fuel Tax |
| 16 | | Agreement,
shall be deposited in a special fund in the State |
| 17 | | treasury, to be known as the
"Motor Fuel Tax Fund", and shall |
| 18 | | be used as follows:
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| 19 | | (a) 2 1/2 cents per gallon of the tax collected on special |
| 20 | | fuel under
paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 13a of this |
| 21 | | Act shall be transferred
to the State Construction Account Fund |
| 22 | | in the State Treasury;
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| 23 | | (b) $420,000 shall be transferred each month to the State |
| 24 | | Boating Act
Fund to be used by the Department of Natural |
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| 1 | | Resources for the purposes
specified in Article X of the Boat |
| 2 | | Registration and Safety Act;
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| 3 | | (c) $3,500,000 shall be transferred each month to the Grade |
| 4 | | Crossing
Protection Fund to be used as follows: not less than |
| 5 | | $12,000,000 each fiscal
year shall be used for the construction |
| 6 | | or reconstruction of rail highway grade
separation structures; |
| 7 | | $2,250,000 in fiscal years 2004 through 2009 and $3,000,000 in |
| 8 | | fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal
year
thereafter shall be |
| 9 | | transferred to the Transportation
Regulatory Fund and shall be |
| 10 | | accounted for as part of the rail carrier
portion of such funds |
| 11 | | and shall be used to pay the cost of administration
of the |
| 12 | | Illinois Commerce Commission's railroad safety program in |
| 13 | | connection
with its duties under subsection (3) of Section |
| 14 | | 18c-7401 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, with the remainder to be |
| 15 | | used by the Department of Transportation
upon order of the |
| 16 | | Illinois Commerce Commission, to pay that part of the
cost |
| 17 | | apportioned by such Commission to the State to cover the |
| 18 | | interest
of the public in the use of highways, roads, streets, |
| 19 | | or
pedestrian walkways in the
county highway system, township |
| 20 | | and district road system, or municipal
street system as defined |
| 21 | | in the Illinois Highway Code, as the same may
from time to time |
| 22 | | be amended, for separation of grades, for installation,
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| 23 | | construction or reconstruction of crossing protection or |
| 24 | | reconstruction,
alteration, relocation including construction |
| 25 | | or improvement of any
existing highway necessary for access to |
| 26 | | property or improvement of any
grade crossing and grade |
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| 1 | | crossing surface including the necessary highway approaches |
| 2 | | thereto of any
railroad across the highway or public road, or |
| 3 | | for the installation,
construction, reconstruction, or |
| 4 | | maintenance of a pedestrian walkway over or
under a railroad |
| 5 | | right-of-way, as provided for in and in
accordance with Section |
| 6 | | 18c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
The Commission may order |
| 7 | | up to $2,000,000 per year in Grade Crossing Protection Fund |
| 8 | | moneys for the improvement of grade crossing surfaces and up to |
| 9 | | $300,000 per year for the maintenance and renewal of 4-quadrant |
| 10 | | gate vehicle detection systems located at non-high speed rail |
| 11 | | grade crossings. The Commission shall not order more than |
| 12 | | $2,000,000 per year in Grade
Crossing Protection Fund moneys |
| 13 | | for pedestrian walkways.
In entering orders for projects for |
| 14 | | which payments from the Grade Crossing
Protection Fund will be |
| 15 | | made, the Commission shall account for expenditures
authorized |
| 16 | | by the orders on a cash rather than an accrual basis. For |
| 17 | | purposes
of this requirement an "accrual basis" assumes that |
| 18 | | the total cost of the
project is expended in the fiscal year in |
| 19 | | which the order is entered, while a
"cash basis" allocates the |
| 20 | | cost of the project among fiscal years as
expenditures are |
| 21 | | actually made. To meet the requirements of this subsection,
the |
| 22 | | Illinois Commerce Commission shall develop annual and 5-year |
| 23 | | project plans
of rail crossing capital improvements that will |
| 24 | | be paid for with moneys from
the Grade Crossing Protection |
| 25 | | Fund. The annual project plan shall identify
projects for the |
| 26 | | succeeding fiscal year and the 5-year project plan shall
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| 1 | | identify projects for the 5 directly succeeding fiscal years. |
| 2 | | The Commission
shall submit the annual and 5-year project plans |
| 3 | | for this Fund to the Governor,
the President of the Senate, the |
| 4 | | Senate Minority Leader, the Speaker of the
House of |
| 5 | | Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of
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| 6 | | Representatives on
the first Wednesday in April of each year;
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| 7 | | (d) of the amount remaining after allocations provided for |
| 8 | | in
subsections (a), (b) and (c), a sufficient amount shall be |
| 9 | | reserved to
pay all of the following:
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| 10 | | (1) the costs of the Department of Revenue in |
| 11 | | administering this
Act;
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| 12 | | (2) the costs of the Department of Transportation in |
| 13 | | performing its
duties imposed by the Illinois Highway Code |
| 14 | | for supervising the use of motor
fuel tax funds apportioned |
| 15 | | to municipalities, counties and road districts;
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| 16 | | (3) refunds provided for in Section 13, refunds for |
| 17 | | overpayment of decal fees paid under Section 13a.4 of this |
| 18 | | Act, and refunds provided for under the terms
of the |
| 19 | | International Fuel Tax Agreement referenced in Section |
| 20 | | 14a;
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| 21 | | (4) from October 1, 1985 until June 30, 1994, the |
| 22 | | administration of the
Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law, |
| 23 | | which amount shall be certified monthly by
the |
| 24 | | Environmental Protection Agency to the State Comptroller |
| 25 | | and shall promptly
be transferred by the State Comptroller |
| 26 | | and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax
Fund to the Vehicle |
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| 1 | | Inspection Fund, and for the period July 1, 1994 through
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| 2 | | June 30, 2000, one-twelfth of $25,000,000 each month, for |
| 3 | | the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003,
one-twelfth |
| 4 | | of
$30,000,000
each month,
and $15,000,000 on July 1, 2003, |
| 5 | | and $15,000,000 on January 1, 2004, and $15,000,000
on
each
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| 6 | | July
1 and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may be |
| 7 | | practical, during the period July 1, 2004 through June 30, |
| 8 | | 2012,
and $30,000,000 on June 1, 2013, or as soon |
| 9 | | thereafter as may be practical, and $15,000,000 on July 1 |
| 10 | | and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may be practical, |
| 11 | | during the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, |
| 12 | | for the administration of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection |
| 13 | | Law of
2005, to be transferred by the State Comptroller and |
| 14 | | Treasurer from the Motor
Fuel Tax Fund into the Vehicle |
| 15 | | Inspection Fund;
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| 16 | | (5) amounts ordered paid by the Court of Claims; and
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| 17 | | (6) payment of motor fuel use taxes due to member |
| 18 | | jurisdictions under
the terms of the International Fuel Tax |
| 19 | | Agreement. The Department shall
certify these amounts to |
| 20 | | the Comptroller by the 15th day of each month; the
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| 21 | | Comptroller shall cause orders to be drawn for such |
| 22 | | amounts, and the Treasurer
shall administer those amounts |
| 23 | | on or before the last day of each month;
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| 24 | | (e) after allocations for the purposes set forth in |
| 25 | | subsections
(a), (b), (c) and (d), the remaining amount shall |
| 26 | | be apportioned as follows:
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| 1 | | (1) Until January 1, 2000, 58.4%, and beginning January |
| 2 | | 1, 2000, 45.6%
shall be deposited as follows:
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| 3 | | (A) 37% into the State Construction Account Fund, |
| 4 | | and
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| 5 | | (B) 63% into the Road Fund, $1,250,000 of which |
| 6 | | shall be reserved each
month for the Department of |
| 7 | | Transportation to be used in accordance with
the |
| 8 | | provisions of Sections 6-901 through 6-906 of the |
| 9 | | Illinois Highway Code;
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| 10 | | (2) Until January 1, 2000, 41.6%, and beginning January |
| 11 | | 1, 2000, 54.4%
shall be transferred to the Department of |
| 12 | | Transportation to be
distributed as follows:
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| 13 | | (A) 49.10% to the municipalities of the State,
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| 14 | | (B) 16.74% to the counties of the State having |
| 15 | | 1,000,000 or more inhabitants,
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| 16 | | (C) 18.27% to the counties of the State having less |
| 17 | | than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
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| 18 | | (D) 15.89% to the road districts of the State.
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| 19 | | As soon as may be after the first day of each month the |
| 20 | | Department of
Transportation shall allot to each municipality |
| 21 | | its share of the amount
apportioned to the several |
| 22 | | municipalities which shall be in proportion
to the population |
| 23 | | of such municipalities as determined by the last
preceding |
| 24 | | municipal census if conducted by the Federal Government or
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| 25 | | Federal census. If territory is annexed to any municipality |
| 26 | | subsequent
to the time of the last preceding census the |
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| 1 | | corporate authorities of
such municipality may cause a census |
| 2 | | to be taken of such annexed
territory and the population so |
| 3 | | ascertained for such territory shall be
added to the population |
| 4 | | of the municipality as determined by the last
preceding census |
| 5 | | for the purpose of determining the allotment for that
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| 6 | | municipality. If the population of any municipality was not |
| 7 | | determined
by the last Federal census preceding any |
| 8 | | apportionment, the
apportionment to such municipality shall be |
| 9 | | in accordance with any
census taken by such municipality. Any |
| 10 | | municipal census used in
accordance with this Section shall be |
| 11 | | certified to the Department of
Transportation by the clerk of |
| 12 | | such municipality, and the accuracy
thereof shall be subject to |
| 13 | | approval of the Department which may make
such corrections as |
| 14 | | it ascertains to be necessary.
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| 15 | | As soon as may be after the first day of each month the |
| 16 | | Department of
Transportation shall allot to each county its |
| 17 | | share of the amount
apportioned to the several counties of the |
| 18 | | State as herein provided.
Each allotment to the several |
| 19 | | counties having less than 1,000,000
inhabitants shall be in |
| 20 | | proportion to the amount of motor vehicle
license fees received |
| 21 | | from the residents of such counties, respectively,
during the |
| 22 | | preceding calendar year. The Secretary of State shall, on or
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| 23 | | before April 15 of each year, transmit to the Department of
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| 24 | | Transportation a full and complete report showing the amount of |
| 25 | | motor
vehicle license fees received from the residents of each |
| 26 | | county,
respectively, during the preceding calendar year. The |
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| 1 | | Department of
Transportation shall, each month, use for |
| 2 | | allotment purposes the last
such report received from the |
| 3 | | Secretary of State.
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| 4 | | As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the |
| 5 | | Department
of Transportation shall allot to the several |
| 6 | | counties their share of the
amount apportioned for the use of |
| 7 | | road districts. The allotment shall
be apportioned among the |
| 8 | | several counties in the State in the proportion
which the total |
| 9 | | mileage of township or district roads in the respective
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| 10 | | counties bears to the total mileage of all township and |
| 11 | | district roads
in the State. Funds allotted to the respective |
| 12 | | counties for the use of
road districts therein shall be |
| 13 | | allocated to the several road districts
in the county in the |
| 14 | | proportion which the total mileage of such township
or district |
| 15 | | roads in the respective road districts bears to the total
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| 16 | | mileage of all such township or district roads in the county. |
| 17 | | After
July 1 of any year prior to 2011, no allocation shall be |
| 18 | | made for any road district
unless it levied a tax for road and |
| 19 | | bridge purposes in an amount which
will require the extension |
| 20 | | of such tax against the taxable property in
any such road |
| 21 | | district at a rate of not less than either .08% of the value
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| 22 | | thereof, based upon the assessment for the year immediately |
| 23 | | prior to the year
in which such tax was levied and as equalized |
| 24 | | by the Department of Revenue
or, in DuPage County, an amount |
| 25 | | equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of
road under the |
| 26 | | jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less. Beginning |
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| 1 | | July 1, 2011 and each July 1 thereafter, an allocation shall be |
| 2 | | made for any road district
if it levied a tax for road and |
| 3 | | bridge purposes. In counties other than DuPage County, if the |
| 4 | | amount of the tax levy requires the extension of the tax |
| 5 | | against the taxable property in
the road district at a rate |
| 6 | | that is less than 0.08% of the value
thereof, based upon the |
| 7 | | assessment for the year immediately prior to the year
in which |
| 8 | | the tax was levied and as equalized by the Department of |
| 9 | | Revenue, then the amount of the allocation for that road |
| 10 | | district shall be a percentage of the maximum allocation equal |
| 11 | | to the percentage obtained by dividing the rate extended by the |
| 12 | | district by 0.08%. In DuPage County, if the amount of the tax |
| 13 | | levy requires the extension of the tax against the taxable |
| 14 | | property in
the road district at a rate that is less than the |
| 15 | | lesser of (i) 0.08% of the value
of the taxable property in the |
| 16 | | road district, based upon the assessment for the year |
| 17 | | immediately prior to the year
in which such tax was levied and |
| 18 | | as equalized by the Department of Revenue,
or (ii) a rate that |
| 19 | | will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per mile of
road under |
| 20 | | the jurisdiction of the road district, then the amount of the |
| 21 | | allocation for the road district shall be a percentage of the |
| 22 | | maximum allocation equal to the percentage obtained by dividing |
| 23 | | the rate extended by the district by the lesser of (i) 0.08% or |
| 24 | | (ii) the rate that will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per |
| 25 | | mile of
road under the jurisdiction of the road district. |
| 26 | | Prior to 2011, if any
road district has levied a special |
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| 1 | | tax for road purposes
pursuant to Sections 6-601, 6-602 and |
| 2 | | 6-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and
such tax was levied in |
| 3 | | an amount which would require extension at a
rate of not less |
| 4 | | than .08% of the value of the taxable property thereof,
as |
| 5 | | equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
or, in |
| 6 | | DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per |
| 7 | | mile of
road under the jurisdiction of the road district, |
| 8 | | whichever is less,
such levy shall, however, be deemed a proper |
| 9 | | compliance with this
Section and shall qualify such road |
| 10 | | district for an allotment under this
Section. Beginning in 2011 |
| 11 | | and thereafter, if any
road district has levied a special tax |
| 12 | | for road purposes
under Sections 6-601, 6-602, and 6-603 of the |
| 13 | | Illinois Highway Code, and
the tax was levied in an amount that |
| 14 | | would require extension at a
rate of not less than 0.08% of the |
| 15 | | value of the taxable property of that road district,
as |
| 16 | | equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue or, in |
| 17 | | DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per |
| 18 | | mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district, |
| 19 | | whichever is less, that levy shall be deemed a proper |
| 20 | | compliance with this
Section and shall qualify such road |
| 21 | | district for a full, rather than proportionate, allotment under |
| 22 | | this
Section. If the levy for the special tax is less than |
| 23 | | 0.08% of the value of the taxable property, or, in DuPage |
| 24 | | County if the levy for the special tax is less than the lesser |
| 25 | | of (i) 0.08% or (ii) $12,000 per mile of road under the |
| 26 | | jurisdiction of the road district, and if the levy for the |
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| 1 | | special tax is more than any other levy for road and bridge |
| 2 | | purposes, then the levy for the special tax qualifies the road |
| 3 | | district for a proportionate, rather than full, allotment under |
| 4 | | this Section. If the levy for the special tax is equal to or |
| 5 | | less than any other levy for road and bridge purposes, then any |
| 6 | | allotment under this Section shall be determined by the other |
| 7 | | levy for road and bridge purposes. |
| 8 | | Prior to 2011, if a township has transferred to the road |
| 9 | | and bridge fund
money which, when added to the amount of any |
| 10 | | tax levy of the road
district would be the equivalent of a tax |
| 11 | | levy requiring extension at a
rate of at least .08%, or, in |
| 12 | | DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater
than $12,000 per |
| 13 | | mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
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| 14 | | whichever is less, such transfer, together with any such tax |
| 15 | | levy,
shall be deemed a proper compliance with this Section and |
| 16 | | shall qualify
the road district for an allotment under this |
| 17 | | Section.
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| 18 | | In counties in which a property tax extension limitation is |
| 19 | | imposed
under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, road |
| 20 | | districts may retain
their entitlement to a motor fuel tax |
| 21 | | allotment or, beginning in 2011, their entitlement to a full |
| 22 | | allotment if, at the time the property
tax
extension limitation |
| 23 | | was imposed, the road district was levying a road and
bridge |
| 24 | | tax at a rate sufficient to entitle it to a motor fuel tax |
| 25 | | allotment
and continues to levy the maximum allowable amount |
| 26 | | after the imposition of the
property tax extension limitation. |
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| 1 | | Any road district may in all circumstances
retain its |
| 2 | | entitlement to a motor fuel tax allotment or, beginning in |
| 3 | | 2011, its entitlement to a full allotment if it levied a road |
| 4 | | and
bridge tax in an amount that will require the extension of |
| 5 | | the tax against the
taxable property in the road district at a |
| 6 | | rate of not less than 0.08% of the
assessed value of the |
| 7 | | property, based upon the assessment for the year
immediately |
| 8 | | preceding the year in which the tax was levied and as equalized |
| 9 | | by
the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount |
| 10 | | equal to or greater
than $12,000 per mile of road under the |
| 11 | | jurisdiction of the road district,
whichever is less.
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| 12 | | As used in this Section the term "road district" means any |
| 13 | | road
district, including a county unit road district, provided |
| 14 | | for by the
Illinois Highway Code; and the term "township or |
| 15 | | district road"
means any road in the township and district road |
| 16 | | system as defined in the
Illinois Highway Code. For the |
| 17 | | purposes of this Section, "township or
district road" also |
| 18 | | includes such roads as are maintained by park
districts, forest |
| 19 | | preserve districts and conservation districts. The
Department |
| 20 | | of Transportation shall determine the mileage of all township
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| 21 | | and district roads for the purposes of making allotments and |
| 22 | | allocations of
motor fuel tax funds for use in road districts.
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| 23 | | Payment of motor fuel tax moneys to municipalities and |
| 24 | | counties shall
be made as soon as possible after the allotment |
| 25 | | is made. The treasurer
of the municipality or county may invest |
| 26 | | these funds until their use is
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| 1 | | by these investments shall be limited
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| 2 | | principal funds.
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| 3 | | If a township is dissolved under Article 24 of the Township |
| 4 | | Code, the county in which the township lies shall receive any |
| 5 | | moneys that would have been distributed to the township under |
| 6 | | this subsection, except that a municipality that assumes the |
| 7 | | powers and responsibilities of a road district under paragraph |
| 8 | | (6) of Section 24-35 of the Township Code shall receive any |
| 9 | | moneys that would have been distributed to the township in a |
| 10 | | percent equal to the area of the dissolved road district or |
| 11 | | portion of the dissolved road district over which the |
| 12 | | municipality assumed the powers and responsibilities compared |
| 13 | | to the total area of the dissolved township. |
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-24, |
| 15 | | eff. 6-19-13; 98-674, eff. 6-30-14.)
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| 16 | | Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
| 17 | | 5-1184 as follows:
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| 18 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1184 new) |
| 19 | | Sec. 5-1184. Dissolution of townships in McHenry County. If |
| 20 | | a township in McHenry County dissolves as provided in Article |
| 21 | | 24 of the Township Code, McHenry County shall assume the |
| 22 | | powers, duties, and obligations of each dissolved township as |
| 23 | | provided in Article 24 of the Township Code.
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| 1 | | Section 20. The Township Code is amended by adding Article |
| 2 | | 24 as follows:
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| 3 | | (60 ILCS 1/Art. 24 heading new) |
| 4 | | ARTICLE 24. DISSOLUTION OF |
| 5 | | TOWNSHIPS IN
MCHENRY COUNTY
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/24-5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 24-5. Scope. The method of dissolution of a township |
| 8 | | in McHenry County under this Article shall be in addition to |
| 9 | | any other method of dissolving a township provided by law or |
| 10 | | otherwise.
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| 11 | | (60 ILCS 1/24-10 new) |
| 12 | | Sec. 24-10. Definition. As used in this Article, "electors" |
| 13 | | means the registered voters of any single township in McHenry |
| 14 | | County.
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| 15 | | (60 ILCS 1/24-15 new) |
| 16 | | Sec. 24-15. Dissolving a township in McHenry County. By |
| 17 | | resolution, the board of trustees of any township located in |
| 18 | | McHenry County may submit a proposition to dissolve the |
| 19 | | township to the electors of that township at the election next |
| 20 | | following in accordance with the general election law. The |
| 21 | | ballot shall be as provided for in Section 24-30.
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| 1 | | (60 ILCS 1/24-20 new) |
| 2 | | Sec. 24-20. Petition requirements; notice. |
| 3 | | (a) Subject to the petition requirements of Section 28-3 of |
| 4 | | the Election Code, petitions for a referendum to dissolve a |
| 5 | | township located in McHenry County must be filed with the |
| 6 | | governing board of the township, the county board of McHenry |
| 7 | | County, and the McHenry County Clerk not less than 122 days |
| 8 | | prior to any election held throughout the township. Petitions |
| 9 | | must include:
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| 10 | | (1) the name of the dissolving township;
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| 11 | | (2) the date of dissolution; and
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| 12 | | (3) signatures of a number of electors equal to or |
| 13 | | greater than 5% of the total ballots cast in the township |
| 14 | | in the preceding township election; all signatures |
| 15 | | gathered under this paragraph (3) must be signed within 90 |
| 16 | | days prior to the filing of a petition.
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| 17 | | (b) The proposed date of dissolution shall be at least 90 |
| 18 | | days after the date of the election at which the referendum is |
| 19 | | to be voted upon.
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| 20 | | (c) If a valid petition is filed under subsection (a), then |
| 21 | | the McHenry County Clerk shall, by publication in one or more |
| 22 | | newspapers of general circulation within the county, not less |
| 23 | | than 90 days prior to the election at which the referendum is |
| 24 | | to be voted on, give notice in substantially the following |
| 25 | | form:
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| 1 | | NOTICE OF PETITION TO DISSOLVE (dissolving township).
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| 2 | | Residents of (dissolving township) and McHenry County are |
| 3 | | notified that a petition has been filed with (dissolving |
| 4 | | township) and McHenry County requesting a referendum to |
| 5 | | dissolve (dissolving township) on (date of dissolution) |
| 6 | | with all real and personal property, and any other assets, |
| 7 | | together with all personnel, contractual obligations, and |
| 8 | | liabilities being transferred to McHenry County.
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| 9 | | (60 ILCS 1/24-25 new) |
| 10 | | Sec. 24-25. Ballot placement. A petition that meets the |
| 11 | | requirements of Section 24-20 shall be placed on the ballot in |
| 12 | | the form provided for in Section 24-30 at the election next |
| 13 | | following.
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| 14 | | (60 ILCS 1/24-30 new) |
| 15 | | Sec. 24-30. Referendum; voting. |
| 16 | | (a) Subject to the requirements of Section 16-7 of the |
| 17 | | Election Code, the referendum described in Section 24-25 shall |
| 18 | | be in substantially the following form on the ballot: |
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| 20 | | Shall the (dissolving YES
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| 21 | | township) together with any
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| 22 | | road districts wholly
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| 23 | | within the boundaries of
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| 24 | | (dissolving township)
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| 1 | | be dissolved on (date --------------
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| 2 | | of dissolution) with all of
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| 3 | | the township and road district
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| 4 | | property, assets, personnel,
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| 5 | | obligations, and liabilities being NO
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| 6 | | transferred to McHenry County?
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| 8 | | (b) The referendum is approved when a majority of those |
| 9 | | voting in the election from the dissolving township approve the |
| 10 | | referendum.
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| 11 | | (60 ILCS 1/24-35 new) |
| 12 | | Sec. 24-35. Dissolution; transfer of rights and duties. |
| 13 | | When the dissolution of a township has been approved under |
| 14 | | Section 24-30:
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| 15 | | (1) On or before the date of dissolution, all real and |
| 16 | | personal property, and any other assets, together with all |
| 17 | | personnel, contractual obligations, and liabilities of the |
| 18 | | dissolving township and road districts wholly within the |
| 19 | | boundaries of the dissolving township shall be transferred |
| 20 | | to McHenry County. All funds of the dissolved township and |
| 21 | | dissolved road districts shall be used solely on behalf of |
| 22 | | the residents of the geographic area within the boundaries |
| 23 | | of the dissolved township.
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| 24 | | After the transfer of property to the county under this |
| 25 | | paragraph: all park land, cemetery land, buildings, and |
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| 1 | | facilities within the geographic area of the dissolving |
| 2 | | township must be utilized for the primary benefit of the |
| 3 | | geographic area of the dissolving township; and any |
| 4 | | proceeds from the sale of the park land, cemetery land, |
| 5 | | buildings, or facilities after transfer to the county must |
| 6 | | be utilized for the sole benefit of the geographic area of |
| 7 | | the dissolving township. |
| 8 | | (2) On the date of dissolution, the dissolving township |
| 9 | | is dissolved.
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| 10 | | (3) On and after the date of dissolution, all rights |
| 11 | | and duties of the dissolved township may be exercised by |
| 12 | | the McHenry County Board solely on behalf of the residents |
| 13 | | of the geographic area within the boundaries of the |
| 14 | | dissolved township. The duties that may be exercised by the |
| 15 | | county include, but are not limited to, the administration |
| 16 | | of a dissolved township's general assistance program and |
| 17 | | the Chief County Assessment Officer of McHenry County |
| 18 | | exercising the duties of the township assessor. |
| 19 | | (4) The McHenry County Board shall not extend a |
| 20 | | property tax levy that is greater than 90% of the property |
| 21 | | tax levy extended by the dissolved township or road |
| 22 | | districts for the duties taken on by McHenry County. This |
| 23 | | property tax levy may not be extended outside the |
| 24 | | boundaries of the dissolved township. In all subsequent |
| 25 | | years, this levy shall be bound by the provisions of the |
| 26 | | Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. A tax levy extended |
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| 1 | | under this paragraph may be used for the purposes allowed |
| 2 | | by the statute authorizing the tax levy or to pay |
| 3 | | liabilities of the dissolved township or road districts |
| 4 | | that were transferred to the county under paragraph (1). |
| 5 | | The taxpayers within the boundaries of the dissolving |
| 6 | | township are responsible to pay the liabilities |
| 7 | | transferred to the county under paragraph (1). |
| 8 | | (5) All road districts wholly within the boundaries of |
| 9 | | the dissolving township are dissolved on the date of |
| 10 | | dissolution of the dissolving township, and all powers and |
| 11 | | responsibilities of each road district are transferred to |
| 12 | | McHenry County except as provided in paragraph (6). |
| 13 | | (6) The county board of McHenry County shall give |
| 14 | | written notice to each municipality whose governing board |
| 15 | | meets within the boundaries of a dissolving township that |
| 16 | | the municipality may make an offer, on or before 60 days |
| 17 | | after the date of dissolution of the dissolving township, |
| 18 | | that the municipality will assume all of the powers and |
| 19 | | responsibilities of a road district or road districts |
| 20 | | wholly inside the dissolving township. The notice shall be |
| 21 | | sent to each municipality on or before 30 days after the |
| 22 | | date of dissolution of the township. Any eligible |
| 23 | | municipality may, with consent of its governing board, make |
| 24 | | an offer to assume all of the powers and responsibilities |
| 25 | | of the dissolving township's road district or road |
| 26 | | districts. A municipality may offer to assume the powers |
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| 2 | | one or more offers are received by McHenry County on or |
| 3 | | before 60 days after the date of dissolution of the |
| 4 | | dissolving township, the county board of McHenry County |
| 5 | | shall select the best offer or offers that the board |
| 6 | | determines would be in the best interest and welfare of the |
| 7 | | affected resident population. If no municipality makes an |
| 8 | | offer, the powers and duties of the dissolving township's |
| 9 | | road district or road districts are retained by McHenry |
| 10 | | County. The municipality that assumes the powers and duties |
| 11 | | of the dissolving township's road district or road |
| 12 | | districts shall not extend a road district property tax |
| 13 | | levy under Division 5 of Article 6 of the Illinois Highway |
| 14 | | Code that is greater than 90% of the road district property |
| 15 | | tax levy that was extended by the county on behalf of the |
| 16 | | dissolving township's road district or road districts for |
| 17 | | the duties taken on by the municipality. |
| 18 | | (7) On the date of dissolution of the township or road |
| 19 | | district, elected and appointed township officers and road |
| 20 | | commissioners shall cease to hold office. An elected or |
| 21 | | appointed township official or township road commissioner |
| 22 | | shall not be compensated for any duties performed after the |
| 23 | | dissolution of the township or road district that they |
| 24 | | represented. An elected township official or township road |
| 25 | | commissioner shall not have legal recourse upon the |
| 26 | | elimination of his or her elected or appointed position.
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| 1 | | Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding |
| 2 | | Section 6-140 as follows:
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| 3 | | (605 ILCS 5/6-140 new) |
| 4 | | Sec. 6-140. Abolishing a road district within Lake County |
| 5 | | or McHenry County with less than 15 miles of roads. Any |
| 6 | | township in Lake County or McHenry County shall abolish a road |
| 7 | | district of that township if the roads of the road district are |
| 8 | | less than 15 centerline miles in length, as determined by the |
| 9 | | county engineer or county superintendent of highways. A road |
| 10 | | district is abolished on the expiration of the term of office |
| 11 | | of the highway commissioner of the road district facing |
| 12 | | abolition following the determination by the county engineer or |
| 13 | | county superintendent of highways of the length, in centerline |
| 14 | | mileage, of the roads within the road district to be abolished. |
| 15 | | On the date of abolition: all the rights, powers, duties, |
| 16 | | assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and |
| 17 | | responsibilities of the road district shall by operation of law |
| 18 | | vest in and be assumed by the township; the township board of |
| 19 | | trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a road district |
| 20 | | abolished under this Section and shall exercise all duties and |
| 21 | | responsibilities of the highway commissioner as provided in |
| 22 | | this Code; and for purposes of distribution of revenue, the |
| 23 | | township shall assume the powers, duties, and obligations of |
| 24 | | the road district. The township board of trustees may enter |