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605 ILCS 5/6-205
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. 6-205)Sec. 6-205. The district treasurer shall receive and have charge of  all moneys raised in the district for the support and maintenance of  roads therein, and for road damages except such portions of the moneys  which by Section 6-507 are directed to be paid to the municipalities.  He shall hold such moneys at all times subject to the order of the  highway commissioner and shall pay them over upon the order of the  commissioner, such order to be countersigned by the town or district  clerk. In counties under township organization such moneys, other than Social  Security taxes required by the Social Security Enabling Act, shall not be  paid over until the board of town trustees or highway board of auditors,  as the case may be, has examined and audited the claims or charges for  which such order is drawn. He shall keep an account in a book provided by the  commissioner of all moneys received, and all moneys paid out, showing in  detail to whom and on what account the same is so paid.The treasurer shall also present annually, within 30 days after the  end of the fiscal year of the district, to the highway commissioner an  itemized statement of receipts and disbursements of the district during  the fiscal year just ended, which shall be sworn to.       (Source: P.A. 94-59, eff. 6-17-05.)
605 ILCS 5/6-206
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. 6-206)Sec. 6-206.         In counties under township organization, the board of town  trustees of the various townships shall, from time to time, when requested  by the supervisor of their respective townships designate one or more banks  or savings and loan associations in which the road funds of the road district in the  custody of the district treasurer may be kept, except that in consolidated  township road districts such depository shall be designated by the highway  board of trustees upon request of the treasurer of the respective  consolidated township road district.In counties not under township organization the county board shall, from  time to time, when requested by the treasurer of any road district,  designate one or more banks or savings and loan associations in which the road funds of  the various road districts in such county may be kept.When a bank or savings and loan association has been designated as a depository  it shall continue as  such until 10 days have elapsed after the new depository is designated and  has qualified by furnishing the statements of resources and liabilities as  is required in this Section. When a new depository is designated the board  of town trustees, highway board of trustees  or county board, as the case  may be, shall notify the sureties of the district treasurer of that fact,  in writing, at least 5 days before the transfer of fund. The district  treasurer shall be discharged from responsibility for all moneys of the  road fund which he deposits in a depository so designated while such moneys  are so deposited.No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as permitted  by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements established  pursuant to Section 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments  of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter  amended.    (Source: P.A. 83-541.)
605 ILCS 5/Art. 6 Div. 3 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 3.      LAYING OUT, WIDENING, ALTERING OR VACATING TOWNSHIP AND DISTRICT ROADS
605 ILCS 5/6-301
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. 6-301)Sec. 6-301.         All township and district roads established under this Division  of this Code shall be not less than 40 feet in width, except as provided in  Section 6-327.Highway commissioners in single township road districts may annually  determine that certain roads in the district are vital to the general  benefit of the district and designate them all or in part as arterial  district roads.  The designation must be approved by the county  superintendent of highways, after notice and hearing, prior to the  commissioners' recording the roads with the county superintendent of  highways.  No road or portion thereof designated as arterial shall be  closed or vacated without written approval of the county despite the road's  inclusion in any annexation or incorporation proceedings provided for in  the Illinois Municipal Code.  This paragraph does not apply to roads in  home rule units of government nor the roads included in our annexation  proceeding by home rule units of governments.This Division of this Code shall not apply to proceedings for laying  out, widening, altering or vacating streets in municipalities, except as  provided in this Section.    (Source: P.A. 86-1229.)
605 ILCS 5/6-302
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. 6-302)Sec. 6-302.         The highway commissioner of any road district may in his  discretion reduce the width of any existing township or district road to a  width of 40 feet, if the reduction is petitioned for by a majority of the  landowners along the line of such road within the district. When possible  the land vacated by reducing the width of the road shall be taken equally  from each side of the road. In cases of natural obstruction on one side of  the road or where the road extends along the right-of-way of any railroad,  river or canal, the commissioner is authorized to reduce the width of road  on one side only.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-303
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. 6-303)Sec. 6-303.         Existing township and district roads may be widened, altered or  vacated, and new township and district roads may be laid out in the  manner provided in this Division of this Code. Any number of voters not  less than 5% of the legal voters, or 12 legal voters, whichever is less,  residing in any road district may file a petition with the highway  commissioner of such district, praying for the laying out, widening,  altering or vacation of such roads.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in counties with a population  between 125,000 and 130,000, a petition for laying out,  widening, altering, or vacating roads in a subdivision established under a  county subdivision ordinance, where the final plat of the subdivision was  approved by the county board, shall be filed with the county board unless  the plat was filed with the county recorder at least 15 years before the  petition is filed.However, where the laying out, widening, altering or vacating of a  township or district road is required by the construction, operation, or  maintenance of a State highway, the Department, in lieu of a petition  may file a certificate, signed by the Secretary of the Department, or his  duly authorized agent, setting forth the necessity for the laying out,  widening, altering or vacating of such roads. The procedure upon the  filing of such certificate shall be the same as, and conform to, the  procedure followed upon the filing of a petition. Such petition or  certificate shall set forth a description of the road and what part is  to be widened, altered or vacated, and if for a new road the names of  the owners of lands, if known, and if not known it shall so state, over  which the road is to pass, the points at or near which it is to  terminate. When the general course of relocated roads shall render the  same practicable, such relocated roads shall be laid out on section  lines, or regular divisional lines subdividing a section or sections.The highway commissioner, in lieu of a petition, may file a  certificate with district clerk and county clerk to vacate roads. The  procedure upon filing of such certificate shall be the same as, and  conform to, the procedure followed upon the filing of a petition.    (Source: P.A. 87-1121.)
605 ILCS 5/6-304
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. 6-304)Sec. 6-304.         In case the Department widens or alters an existing road,  or lays out a new road in any road district in connection with the  construction of a State highway, or in connection with the construction  of federal aid roads or such roads as are constructed with the aid of  federal grants, loans, or allotments, as provided by law, and requires  right-of-way for such purposes, the road district, acting through its  highway commissioner, is authorized to take whatever steps may be  necessary to enable such road district to aid the Department in the  construction of State highways, or in connection with the construction  of federal aid roads or such roads as are constructed with the aid of  federal grants, loans or allotments, and the highway commissioner is  authorized to pay for such rights-of-way from any available district  road funds, and is authorized to issue warrants and levy a tax, or to issue  bonds pursuant to referendum for the payment  of such right-of-way, as  is provided in Sections 6-503, 6-507, 6-509 and 6-510 of this Code.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
605 ILCS 5/6-305
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. 6-305)Sec. 6-305.         Whenever the highway commissioner receives a certificate  from the Department as provided in Section 6-303 of this Act, or a petition praying  for the laying out, widening, altering or vacation of a township or  district road, he shall fix a time when and a place where he will examine  the route of such township or district road and hear reasons for or against  the laying out, widening, altering or vacating. He shall give at least 10  days' written notice of the time and place of such examination and hearing  to the county superintendent of highways and to any municipality which is  affected by such action occurring within its planning area, and by  publication in at least one newspaper published in the township or district  or, in the absence of such published newspaper, in at least one newspaper  of general circulation in the township or district or, in the absence of  such generally circulated newspaper, by posting notices in 5 of the most  public places in the district in the vicinity of the road to be laid out,  widened, altered or vacated. The commissioner may, by written notice to the  county superintendent of highways and any affected municipality, and by  public announcement and by the posting of a notice at the time and place  named for the first hearing, adjourn such hearing from time to time, but  not for a longer period than 10 days. At such meeting, or such adjourned  meeting the commissioner shall decide and publicly announce whether he will  grant or refuse the prayer of the petition, and shall endorse upon or annex  to the petition a brief memorandum of such decision. The memorandum shall  be signed by the commissioner and filed within 5 days thereafter in the  office of the district clerk. The commissioner shall also send a copy of  the memorandum to the county superintendent of highways and any affected  municipality, and, in cases where action is initiated as the result of a  Department certificate, a copy of the memorandum to the Department.No road shall be laid out, widened, altered or vacated unless the  highway commissioner finds that such alteration or vacation is in the  public and economic interest and further finds that any person residing or  owning land within 2 miles of any portion of the road proposed to be  altered or vacated shall still have reasonable access (but not necessarily  a direct route) by way of a motor vehicle or other portable farm machinery  commonly used in the area to farm land he owns or operates and to community  and trade centers after the road is altered or vacated. Such findings shall  be contained in the memorandum of decision signed by the highway  commissioner.A final hearing may be held at the time of the preliminary or adjourned  meeting if all damages have been released, all surveys and plats are made  and there are no objectors. If there are objectors, the final hearing shall  be held as provided for in Section 6-311.    (Source: P.A. 85-1421.)
605 ILCS 5/6-306
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. 6-306)Sec. 6-306.         In case the highway commissioner denies the prayer of the  petition for the laying out, widening, altering or vacation of a township  or district road, any 3 of the petitioners may appeal from such decision to  the county superintendent of highways by joining in a notice of such appeal  and filing the same in the office of the district clerk within 10 days  after the date of the decision appealed from. The clerk shall thereupon  transmit the original petition for the laying out, widening, altering or  vacation of such township or district road, together with the notice of  appeal to the county superintendent of highways. Upon receipt thereof the  county superintendent of highways shall thereupon fix a time and place for  a public hearing thereof, giving notice thereof and conducting the hearing  and rendering his decision thereon in the manner prescribed by Section 6-311 of  this Act in the case of the hearing upon such petition by the county  superintendent of highways. Upon rendering his decision, the county  superintendent of highways shall likewise endorse on such petition a  memorandum of his decision, which (if the decision approved the change  requested in the petition) shall include his findings that such alteration  or vacation of the township or district road will be in the public and  economic interest and will not deprive residents or owners of proximate  land of reasonable access elsewhere as specified in Section 6-305 of this  Act; and shall file the same in the office of the district clerk.Such decision of the highway commissioner or, upon appeal of such order,  of the county superintendent of highways shall be regarded as a preliminary  decision upon the advisability of the proposal in the petition and shall be  subject to revocation in the manner hereinafter provided, except that such  decision of the county superintendent of highways affirming the denial of  the petition shall be regarded as a final decision.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 3216.)
605 ILCS 5/6-307
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. 6-307)Sec. 6-307.         If the highway commissioner, or upon appeal from his decision,  the county superintendent of highways, shall enter a preliminary order for  the laying out, widening, alteration or vacation of a township or district  road, the highway commissioner or county superintendent of highways, as the  case may be, shall cause a survey and plat of such township or district  road to be made by a competent surveyor who shall report such survey and  plat to the highway commissioner or county superintendent, as the case may  be, giving the courses and distances and specifying the land over which  such road is to pass; in which he may make such changes between the termini  of the road described in the petition, as the convenience and interest of  the public in his judgment may require. Upon the petition of 12 land owners  residing in the district where the road is situated, it shall be the duty  of the highway commissioner or county superintendent, as the case may be,  within a reasonable time to employ a competent surveyor and have any road  designated in such petition to be once resurveyed.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-308
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. 6-308)Sec. 6-308.         Whenever the highway commissioner of any road district or upon  appeal from his decision, the county superintendent of highways has entered  a preliminary order for the laying out, widening, alteration or vacation of  a township or district road, and a survey therefor has been completed as  hereinbefore provided, proceedings shall next be taken to fix the damages  which will be sustained by the adjoining land owners by reason of such  laying out, widening, altering or vacation. In case such preliminary order  was entered by the highway commissioner, he shall act for the district in  all matters relating to the fixing of damages, as well as the surveying of  such road. But in case such order was entered by the county superintendent  of highways on appeal, as aforesaid, the county superintendent shall  represent the district in such matters.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-309
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. 6-309)Sec. 6-309. The damages sustained by the owner or owners of land by reason  of the laying out, widening, alteration or vacation of a township or  district road, may be agreed upon by the owners of such lands, if competent  to contract, and the highway commissioner or county superintendent, as the  case may be. Such damages may also be released by such owners, and in such  case the agreement or release shall be in writing, the same shall be filed  and recorded with the copy of the order laying out, widening, altering or  vacating such road in the office of the district clerk, and shall be a  perpetual bar against such owners, their grantees and assigns for all  further claims for such damages.In case the highway commissioner or the county superintendent, as the  case may be, acting for the road district, is unable to agree with the  owner or owners of the land necessary for the laying out, widening or  alteration of such road on the compensation to be paid, the highway  commissioner, or the county superintendent of highways, as the case may be,  may in the name of the road district, enter condemnation proceedings to  procure such land, in the same manner as near as may be, as provided for  the exercise of the right of eminent domain under  the Eminent Domain Act.       (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
605 ILCS 5/6-310
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. 6-310)Sec. 6-310.         Any person or persons interested in the establishment,  widening, alteration or vacation of any township or district road is or are  authorized to offer inducements to the highway commissioner or county  superintendent of highways, as the case may be, for the establishment,  widening, alteration or vacation of any such township or district road, by  entering into contract with the commissioner or county superintendent,  conditioned upon such establishment, widening, alteration or vacation, to  pay money or other valuable thing to the district for the benefit of the  road funds of the same; or to perform any labor, or construct any road,  bridge or culvert on any road which such person or persons desires or  desire to be established, widened or altered.  Any such contracts in writing  made with the highway commissioner or county superintendent shall be deemed  good and valid in law and may be enforced by such commissioner or  superintendent, or his successor in office, before the circuit court.    (Source: P.A. 79-1366.)
605 ILCS 5/6-312
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. 6-312)Sec. 6-312.   In case such final order was entered by the highway  commissioner as provided in Section 6-311 of this Code finally determining  the advisability of such proposed laying out, widening, alteration or  vacation of any township or district road, any 3 qualified petitioners who  may have signed the petition for such proposed laying out, widening,  alteration or vacation, or any 3 legal voters residing within 2 miles of  any portion of such road, or any 3 other persons owning land in the road district or owning land within 2 miles of any portion of such road, may (if either they are  qualified petitioners or they both have raised objections at the hearing  pursuant to Section 6-311 of this Act and will be directly and adversely  affected by such proposed laying out, widening, alteration or vacation)  appeal to the county superintendent of highways by filing a notice of such  appeal in the office of the district clerk within 10 days of the date of  filing the decision appealed from. Thereupon such clerk shall at once  transmit all papers relating to such proposed laying out, widening,  altering or vacation of such road to the county superintendent of highways,  who shall within 20 days after the receipt of the same, hold a public  hearing within such district to finally determine upon the laying out,  widening, altering or vacation of such road. Such hearing shall be upon  such notice and conducted in like manner as the hearing before the highway  commissioner relative to such final decision and from which appeal has been  taken, except that the powers and duties of the county superintendent of  highways in conducting such hearing and in determining and filing his final  order shall be identical to the powers and duties of such superintendent  prescribed by Section 6-311 of this Act. Judicial review may be pursued  after such final order of the county superintendent of highways relative to  the alteration or vacation of such roads in the manner provided in Section  6-315a of this Division.  (Source: P.A. 99-237, eff. 1-1-16.)
605 ILCS 5/6-313
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. 6-313)Sec. 6-313.         In case the highway commissioner, or upon appeal from his  decision, the county superintendent of highways, shall finally determine  against the advisability of the proposed laying out, widening, alteration  or vacation of such township or district road, such order shall have the  effect to annul and revoke all proceedings and assessments, releases and  agreements in respect to damages growing out of the proceedings upon the  petition aforesaid. In case the commissioner or county superintendent  affirms such prior proceedings, he shall make an order to be signed by him,  declaring such road to be laid out, widened, altered or vacated as a public  highway and which order shall contain or have annexed thereto a definite  description of the line of such road, together with the plat thereof. The  highway commissioner or county superintendent, as the case may be, shall  within 5 days from the date of his final order, cause the same, together  with the report of the surveyor, the petition and the releases, agreements  or assessments in respect to damages, to be deposited and filed in the  office of the district clerk; who shall note upon such order the date of  such filing. It shall be the duty of such clerk to record such order,  together with the plat of the surveyor in a proper book to be kept for that  purpose.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)