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605 ILCS 5/6-118
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-118)Sec. 6-118.         Every person elected or appointed to the office of highway  commissioner, and to consolidated township road district clerk in counties  under township organization and to district clerk in counties not under  township organization, before he enters upon the duties of his office, and  within 10 days after he is notified of his election or appointment, shall  take and subscribe, before some judicial officer of the circuit court or  district or town clerk, the oath or affirmation of office prescribed by the  Constitution, which oath or affirmation shall, within 5 days thereafter, be  filed with the district or town clerk.In counties under township organization no additional oath shall be  required of the town clerk to enable him to enter upon the discharge of the  duties of his office as ex-officio clerk for the highway commissioner.If any person elected or appointed to either of the offices above named  neglects to take and subscribe such oath, and cause the same to be filed as  above required, such neglect shall be deemed a refusal to serve.    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 4041.)
605 ILCS 5/6-119
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-119)Sec. 6-119.         When the term of any highway commissioner or clerk shall  expire, and other persons shall be elected or appointed to such office, it  shall be the duty of such successor, immediately after he shall have  entered upon the duties of his office, to demand of his predecessor all the  books, papers, moneys and other property belonging to such office.Whenever either of the officers above named shall resign, or the office  become vacant in any way, and another person shall be elected or appointed  in his stead, the person so elected or appointed shall make such demand of  his predecessor, or of any person having charge of such books, papers,  moneys or other property.It shall be the duty of every person so going out of office, whenever  thereto required pursuant to the foregoing provisions, to deliver upon  oath, all the records, books, papers, moneys and other property in his  possession or in his control belonging to the office held by him; which  oath may be administered by the officer to whom such delivery shall be  made.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-120
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-120)Sec. 6-120.         In counties under township organization the provisions of law  applicable to resignations from township offices and the filling of  vacancies therein, and the making of a temporary appointment in case a  township officer is incapacitated, shall apply to highway officers in  townships not consolidated into township road districts in the same manner  as to other township officers.    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1726.)
605 ILCS 5/6-121
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-121)Sec. 6-121.         In counties not under township organization the following  provisions shall be applicable relating to vacancies in road district  offices:Whenever any district fails to elect the proper number of district  officers to which such district may be entitled by law, or when any person  elected to any district office fails to qualify, or whenever any vacancy  happens in any district, from death, resignation, removal from the district  or other cause, the presiding officer of the county board, with the advice  and consent of the county board, shall fill such vacancy by certificate  under the signature and seal of the county clerk; and the  persons so appointed  shall hold their respective offices until the next regular election, and  until their successors are elected and qualified; and shall have the same  powers and be subject to the same duties and penalties as if they had been  duly elected by the electors.When any appointment is made, as above stated, the county clerk shall  cause the certificate of appointment to be forthwith filed in the office of  the district clerk, who shall immediately give notice to each person  appointed.Any judicial officer of the circuit court residing in such district, or  if there be no judicial officer of the circuit court residing in such  district, then any judicial officer of the circuit court in the county,  may, for sufficient cause shown to him, accept the resignation of any  district officer of his district, and whenever he accepts any such  resignation, he shall forthwith give notice thereof to the district clerk  of the district, or in his absence, to the highway commissioner, who shall  make a minute thereof in the district records. He shall also immediately  give notice to the county clerk of any vacancy that may exist in any  district office.    (Source: P.A. 84-550.)
605 ILCS 5/6-122
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-122)Sec. 6-122.         When the electors in any townships have voted for the consolidation  of such townships into a consolidated township road district for road purposes  the county clerk of such county shall conduct an election for  the selection of a highway commissioner of such township road district.  Such election shall be held at the next regular election for township  offices.  Such election shall be held in accordance with  the provisions of the general election law.The highway commissioner of such consolidated township road district so  elected and his successors in office shall have the powers and perform the  duties of highway commissioners in other road districts.Any vacancy in such office at any time shall be filled for the balance  of the unexpired term by appointment by a majority of the members of the  highway board of auditors.    (Source: P.A. 81-1490.)
605 ILCS 5/6-123
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-123)Sec. 6-123.         When the electors in any townships have voted for the  consolidation of such townships into a consolidated township road district  for road purposes, the supervisors and township clerks in the respective  townships so consolidated shall, ex-officio, constitute a highway board of  auditors for such township road district. Such highway board of auditors  shall organize and select one of their number as chairman, another as clerk  and another as treasurer of the consolidated township road district. The  officers of each such newly organized consolidated township road district  so elected shall hold office until the first Tuesday in April, 1959 or  until the first Tuesday of each succeeding fourth year thereafter, and  their successors shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until their  respective successors are selected and qualified; except that no person  shall be a member of such highway board of auditors or such an officer of  such consolidated township road district after the expiration of his term  as supervisor or township clerk. Vacancies in such consolidated township  road district offices shall be filled by the highway board of auditors.  Such highway board of auditors shall have the same powers and duties with  respect to road matters as have the board of town auditors in townships and  such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by law.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-124
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-124)Sec. 6-124.         Upon the election or selection and qualification of the first  highway commissioner, clerk and treasurer of a consolidated township road  district the highway commissioners of the respective townships so  consolidated shall deliver to such consolidated township district highway  commissioner all property and equipment of their respective districts  taking his receipt therefor and the several township treasurers shall  transfer and deliver to such consolidated township road district treasurer,  all funds of their respective districts which they may hold, taking his  receipt therefor. Any accounts or tax moneys for road purposes thereafter  payable to any township so consolidated shall be paid to the treasurer of  such consolidated township road district. Such consolidated township road  district shall succeed to and assume all obligations and contracts of each  of the townships consolidated into it other than bonded indebtedness.With respect to bonded indebtedness for road purposes of any township so  consolidated the county clerk shall annually extend taxes against all of  the taxable property in such township so long as any of such road bonds are  outstanding, sufficient to pay the maturing principal and interest of such  bonds as the same become due, such tax to be in addition to all other taxes  for road purposes and without limitation as to rate or amount. The proceeds  of such tax when collected shall be used for payment of the principal and  interest on such bonds.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-126
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-126)Sec. 6-126.         The property and equipment delivered to the county  superintendent of highways in conjunction with the establishment of a  county unit road district shall be appraised and its fair value determined  by the county superintendent of highways and the highway commissioner of  the former district. Disputes as to the value of transferred property shall  be arbitrated by qualified appraisers approved by both the district highway  commissioner and the county superintendent of highways. Such property and  equipment may be retained and used by the county or may be disposed of and  sold, with the funds so derived deposited in the county unit district  account, as the county board may determine. In case a road district has  outstanding road bonds or road improvement bonds, an amount equal to the  appraised or sale value of such property and equipment, less the amount of  any indebtedness of the former district assumed by the county unit road  district, shall be set up to the credit of such road district by the county  treasurer from any funds available therefor and shall be used to pay the  principal and interest on such bonds, to the extent such credit may be  available, and the tax levied for the payment of the principal and interest  upon such road bonds or road improvement bonds shall be abated by the  amount so applied. In case the road district had no such bonds or road  improvement bonds outstanding, an amount equal to the appraised or sale  value of such property and equipment, less the amount of any indebtedness  of the former district assumed by the county unit road district, shall be  used for the maintenance, repair and improvement of roads in the particular  area that was included in such former district, as the funds become  available therefor but without sacrificing normal necessary roadwork in any  other area.    (Source: P.A. 76-174.)
605 ILCS 5/6-127
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-127)Sec. 6-127.         In any county in which a county unit road district is  established, the county unit district roads shall be constructed,  maintained and repaired by the county superintendent of highways, subject  to the direction of the county board; and with the respect to the laying  out, construction, repair and maintenance of such roads, the county  superintendent of highways shall have the powers and perform the duties of  the highway commissioners under the provisions of this Code.The county unit road district shall be administered as a separate county  agency by the county superintendent of highways, but the presiding officer  of the county board, with the advice and consent of the county board, may  appoint a committee from its membership representative of the territory in  such county and delegate to such committee such authority as the county  board may deem proper. The county superintendent of highways may divide the  territory of the county into maintenance or operational units and may  employ the necessary personnel in each such unit.    (Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
605 ILCS 5/6-129
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-129)Sec. 6-129.         The county superintendent of highways shall prepare a separate  annual budget for the county unit road district and submit the budget to  the county board not later than the date provided by law for publication of  the annual county budget, except the first budget for a county unit road  district shall be submitted within 90 days after the take-over date. The  county board may approve or disapprove of the budget submitted by the  superintendent of highways, but the board shall specify in writing the  reasons for disapproval and shall recommend the necessary changes for the  road district budget. Within 90 days after the close of the county's fiscal  year, the county superintendent of highways shall make and file with the  county clerk a report of the funds available for county unit district roads  and bridges and the expenditures therefrom and a resume of the work done  upon county unit district roads during such year.    (Source: P.A. 76-174.)
605 ILCS 5/6-130
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-130)Sec. 6-130. Road district abolishment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary,  no  township road district may continue in existence if the roads forming a  part of the district do not exceed a total of 4 centerline miles in length as determined by the county engineer or county superintendent of highways. On the  first Tuesday in April of 1975, or of any subsequent year next succeeding  the reduction of a township road system to a total mileage of 4 centerline miles or  less, each such township road district shall, by operation of law, be  abolished. The roads comprising that district at that time shall thereafter  be administered by the township board of trustees by contracting with the  county, a municipality or a private contractor.  The township board of trustees  shall assume all taxing authority of a township road district abolished under  this Section.  (Source: P.A. 100-106, eff. 1-1-18; 100-107, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
605 ILCS 5/6-131
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

Sec. 6-131.         Senior citizen transportation and mass transit programs;  district road fund.  A road district may use money in its district road fund to  pay for all or part of the direct costs of senior citizen transportation  programs or  senior citizen mass transit programs, or both.    (Source: P.A. 90-183, eff. 1-1-98.)
605 ILCS 5/6-132
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

Sec. 6-132. Recycling; tree maintenance.(a) A road district may organize, administer, or participate in one or more recycling programs.(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a road district may deliver wood chips, mulch, and other products generated in the act of tree maintenance by the district to the residents of the district on a first come, first serve basis or other method of random selection. The road district shall provide adequate notice to the resident prior to the product being available and prior to the delivery of the product, which shall include the amount of the product being delivered. (Source: P.A. 100-54, eff. 8-11-17.)
605 ILCS 5/6-133
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

Sec. 6-133. Abolishing a road district in Cook County. By resolution, the board of trustees of any township located in Cook County, Illinois, may submit a proposition to abolish the road district of that township to the electors of that township  at a general election or consolidated election in accordance with the general election law. The  ballot shall be in substantially the following form:------ Shall the Road District of the Township of  ........... be abolished with all the rights,YES powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities being assumed ------  by the Township of ........... ? NO------ In the event that a majority of the electors voting on such proposition are in favor thereof, then  the road district shall be abolished by operation of law effective on January 1 of the calendar  year immediately following the calendar year in which the proposition was approved by the  electors or on the date the term of the highway commissioner in office at the time the proposition was approved by the electors expires, whichever is later.On that date, 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. On that date, the township board of trustees shall assume all taxing authority of a road district abolished under this Section. On that date, any highway commissioner of the abolished road district shall cease to  hold office, such term having been terminated. Thereafter, the township shall exercise all duties  and responsibilities of the highway commissioner as provided in the Illinois Highway Code. The  township board of trustees may enter into a contract with the county, a municipality, or a private  contractor to administer the roads under its jurisdiction. For purposes  of distribution of revenue, the township shall assume the powers, duties, and obligations of the  road district.  (Source: P.A. 100-106, eff. 1-1-18; 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
605 ILCS 5/6-135
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

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:-----Shall the Road District of the Township of  ........... be abolished with all the rights,YES powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities being assumed ----- by the Township of ........... ?NO-----(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.On the date of abolition: 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.If a township has approved a consolidated road district after a referendum under Section 6-109 and the consolidation is not yet effective and if the township subsequently approves a referendum under this Section, then the consolidation under Section 6-109 is void and shall not occur. (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18; 101-519, eff. 8-23-19.)
605 ILCS 5/6-140
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

Sec. 6-140. Abolishing a road district within Lake County or McHenry County with less than 15 miles of roads. 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 centerline miles in length, as determined by the county engineer or county superintendent of highways. A road district is abolished on the expiration of the term of office of the highway commissioner of the road district facing abolition following the determination by the county engineer or county superintendent of highways of the length, in centerline mileage, of the roads within the road district to be abolished.On the date of abolition: 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 and shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the highway commissioner as provided in this 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. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)
605 ILCS 5/Art. 6 Div. 2 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 DIVISION 2.      FUNCTIONS AND COMPENSATION OF DISTRICT OFFICIALS
605 ILCS 5/6-201
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

 (from Ch. 121, par. 6-201)Sec. 6-201.         The highway commissioner of each road district shall  perform the functions stated in the following Sections preceding  Section 6-202.    (Source: P.A. 87-818.)