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605 ILCS 5/6-406
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. 6-406)Sec. 6-406.         When a joint contract has been made in accordance with Section  6-402, and if the commissioner of either of such road districts, after  reasonable notice in writing from the commissioner of any other road  district, neglects or refuses to construct or repair any bridge or culvert,  the commissioner so giving notice, after constructing or repairing the  same, may recover by suit such amount as may have been contracted for in  accordance with Section 6-402 of this Code, of the expense of so  constructing or repairing such bridge or culvert together with costs of  suit and interest from time of completion thereof, from the road district  so neglecting or refusing.    (Source: P.A. 84-962.)
605 ILCS 5/6-407
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. 6-407)Sec. 6-407.     (Repealed).        (Source: P.A. 81-693. Repealed by P.A. 93-704, eff. 7-9-04.)
605 ILCS 5/6-408
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. 6-408)Sec. 6-408. Contracts for constructing and repairing roads and bridges on  road district lines shall be let by the highway commissioners of the 2  districts who shall meet and act together when taking action upon the  letting of such contract for the construction or repair of such roads and  bridges, or acceptance of the work.       (Source: P.A. 93-704, eff. 7-9-04.)
605 ILCS 5/6-409
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. 6-409)Sec. 6-409.         No contract so made shall be considered as let unless the  contractor shall, within 15 days after the final award of the same, enter  into contract and file a bond with good and sufficient sureties with the  highway commissioner, in the penal sum at least equal to the amount of the  contract, payable to the commissioner of the district, upon failure to  comply with the conditions of such contract.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-410
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. 6-410)Sec. 6-410. All final payments on contracts for the construction or repair  of roads, including the constructing or repairing bridges or culverts,  shall be made payable as soon as the work under such contract is completed  and accepted by the highway commissioner.  The highway commissioner shall submit all warrants, bills and  orders for such final payments to the township board of trustees or the  highway board of auditors within 30 days after the receipt of the bill.       (Source: P.A. 94-59, eff. 6-17-05.)
605 ILCS 5/6-411
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. 6-411)Sec. 6-411. Pecuniary interest in leases. In townships with a population of  less than 15,000, with the  approval of the town board of trustees or the highway board  of auditors, as the case may be, a highway commissioner may have a  pecuniary interest in lease contracts if the aggregate total of those  contracts is less than $2,000 in the same fiscal year.  (Source: P.A. 96-422, eff. 8-13-09.)
605 ILCS 5/6-411.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 6 - Administration Of Township And District Roads

Sec. 6-411.5.     Contracts for public transportation.     The  highway commissioner of each road district within the territory of the  Regional Transportation Authority shall have authority,  with the approval of the township board of trustees, to  contract with the Regional Transportation Authority or a Service Board, as  defined in the Regional Transportation Authority Act, for the purchase of  public transportation services within the district, upon such terms and  conditions as may be mutually agreed upon.  The expenditure of road funds,  collected under a road district tax, to purchase public transportation services  constitutes a road  purpose under this Code.    (Source: P.A. 89-347, eff. 1-1-96.)
605 ILCS 5/6-412
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. 6-412)Sec. 6-412.         On all township or district roads which have all-weather travel  surfaces the highway commissioner, if funds are available, shall construct  and maintain adequate all-weather surfaces at boxes used for the receipt of  United States mail. Such approaches shall be constructed and maintained  with the same material as the roadbed, or other suitable all-weather  material.The rules, regulations and specifications adopted by the Department  governing the erection and maintenance of boxes for the receipt of United  States mail on State highways shall not apply to and govern the erection  and maintenance of such boxes on such township or district roads.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 473.)
605 ILCS 5/6-412.1
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. 6-412.1)Sec. 6-412.1.         The highway commissioner is authorized to contract for  insurance against any loss or liability of any officer, employee or agent  of the district resulting from the wrongful or negligent act of any such  officer, employee or agent while discharging and engaged in his duties and  functions and acting within the scope of his duties and functions as an  officer, employee or agent of the district. Such insurance shall be carried  with a company authorized by the Department of Insurance to write such  coverage in Illinois. Every such policy shall provide, or be endorsed to  provide, that the company issuing such policy waives any right to refuse  payment or deny coverage or liability thereunder, within the limits of the  policy, because of any exemption the district may have from such liability.  The expenditure of road funds of the district to purchase such insurance  contracts constitutes a road purpose under this Act.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 2724.)
605 ILCS 5/Art. 6 Div. 5 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 5.      TAXATION
605 ILCS 5/6-502
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. 6-502)Sec. 6-502.         The township board of trustees or highway board of trustees, as the case  may be, or the highway commissioner in any county not under township  organization, of each road district in addition to certifying to the county  board the amount necessary to be raised by such district for road purposes  therein, shall also within the dates aforesaid make out and deliver to the  district clerk a copy of the certificate required by Section 6-501 to be  kept on file by such clerk for the inspection of the inhabitants of such  district. However, a failure to file such copy shall not affect the  validity of the certificate filed with the county clerk, or of the tax  levied pursuant thereto.The district clerk shall not certify levies of taxes to the county  clerk.    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
605 ILCS 5/6-503
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. 6-503)Sec. 6-503.         When damages have been agreed upon, allowed or awarded for laying  out, widening, altering or vacating township or district roads, or for  payments for right-of-way in aiding the State in connection with 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 or loans, or for ditching to drain township or district  roads, the amounts of such damages and interest on orders issued in  payment of such damages shall be included in the next succeeding tax  levy provided for in Section 6-501 of this Code, and may be in addition  to and in excess of the maximum levy and rate of extension of taxes for  road purposes authorized under Section 6-501, and when collected,  shall constitute and be held by the treasurer of the district as a  separate fund to be paid to the parties entitled thereto. The highway  commissioner, or the township board of trustees or highway board of  trustees, as the case may be, at the time of certifying the general tax  levy for road purposes within the district, shall include and separately  specify in such certificate the amount necessary to be raised by  taxation for the purpose of paying such damages. Upon the approval by  the county board of the amount so certified, when required in Section  6-501, the county clerk shall extend the same against the taxable  property of such district, provided the amount shall not be extended at  a rate in excess of  .033% of value, as equalized or assessed by the  Department of Revenue. The foregoing limitations upon  tax rates may be increased or decreased under the referendum provisions  of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
605 ILCS 5/6-504
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. 6-504)Sec. 6-504.         On the petition of at least 10% of the legal voters residing  in a road district (other than a county unit road district) to the district  clerk, the clerk shall order a referendum on the proposition to increase  the district's rate limitation for road purposes under this Section and  Section 6-505.  The referendum shall be held at the next annual or special  town meeting or at an election in accordance with the general election  law.  If the referendum is ordered to be held at the town meeting, the district  clerk shall give notice that at the next annual or special town meeting the  proposition shall be voted upon. The notice shall set forth the proposition  and shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in the township,  or if there is no such newspaper, then in a newspaper published in the  county and having general circulation in the township, and by posting notices  in at least 10 of the most public places in the township at least 10  days before the town meeting.  If the referendum is ordered  to be held at an election, the district clerk shall certify that proposition  to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at  an election. The proposition shall be submitted in accordance with  the general election law.Any road district voting after August 1, 1967, to increase its rate  limitation for road purposes under this Section and Section 6-505 shall  establish the increased rate limitation on a permanent basis.No more than 2 referenda authorized by this Section shall be held  within any 12 month period.  No referendum shall be held unless a  petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered voters in the road  district has been filed with the district clerk requesting an increase in  the tax rate limitation for road purposes.    (Source: P.A. 87-768.)
605 ILCS 5/6-505
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. 6-505)Sec. 6-505.         The proposition authorized by Section 6-504 shall be substantially in the  following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the present maximum rateof ....% (insert present maximum) ofthe value, as equalized or assessed             YESby the Department of Revenue onthe taxable property of ........            ------------------Township (or Townships) for roadpurposes be increased to a maximum              NOrate (here state proposed increasedrate) on such taxable property?--------------------------------------------------------------If a majority of all ballots cast on the proposition  is in favor of the increase in the tax rate, the county clerk shall  certify the results of the election.If 2 or more proposals are submitted under Section 6-504 at the same  election and more than one of the proposals receives a majority of the  vote, the proposal receiving the greatest number of affirmative votes  shall be the only one in effect.    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
605 ILCS 5/6-506
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. 6-506)Sec. 6-506.         The county clerk on and after the filing with him of the  certificate provided for in Section 6-505 by the district clerk shall  for a period of 5 years thereafter extend as taxes the amount certified  by the county board, township board of trustees  or highway board of trustees, as the case may be, which the highway  commissioner  has determined as necessary to be raised by taxation for the proper  construction,  maintenance and repair of the roads of the district as provided in  Section 6-501 at a rate not in excess of the rate approved by the voters  of the district under Sections 6-504 and 6-505 and in no case shall such  taxes so extended exceed  .66% of the value, or .94% of the value in  districts with less than $10,000,000 total equalized assessed valuation if  such higher rate has been approved by the voters of the district under  Sections 6-504 and 6-505 at a referendum held in accordance with the  general election law, as  such values are equalized or assessed by  the Department of Revenue of the taxable property of  the district.If any road district establishes its tax rate limitation for road  purposes on a permanent basis after August 1, 1967, as provided for in  Section 6-504 of the Act, the county clerk shall on a permanent basis  extend as taxes the amount certified by the county board, township board  of trustees or highway  board of trustees, as the case may be, which the highway commissioner  has determined as necessary to be raised by taxation for  the proper construction, maintenance and repair of the roads of the  district.    (Source: P.A. 85-1178.)
605 ILCS 5/6-507
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. 6-507)Sec. 6-507.         All items of tax levy of any district authorized by Sections  6-501, 6-503 and 6-504 of this Code shall be extended by the county  clerk as one tax upon the collector's book and, except as hereinafter  provided in this Section, shall be paid to the treasurer of the district by  the collector as fast as the same is collected, other than such rate per  cent as shall be allowed for collecting the same.One half the tax required to be levied by Section 6-501 of this Code,  on the property lying within a municipality in which the streets and alleys  are under the care of the municipality shall be paid over to the treasurer  of the municipality, to be appropriated to the improvement of roads or  streets, either within or without the municipality and within the road  district under the direction of the corporate authorities of the  municipality. However, when any of the tax is expended beyond the limits of  the municipality it shall be with the consent of the highway commissioner  of the road district.If any municipality has not appropriated the taxes received by it as  aforesaid for the improvement of roads or streets within one year from the  date of the receipt thereof, then the unappropriated portion of such taxes  shall forthwith be paid by the Treasurer of such municipality to the  Treasurer of the road district from which such taxes were derived, to be  used and expended for road purposes within such road district.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-509
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. 6-509)Sec. 6-509.         Whenever damages have been allowed for roads or ditches, the  highway commissioner may draw orders on the treasurer, payable only out of  the tax to be levied for such roads or ditches, when the money shall be  collected or received, which orders shall bear interest at the rate of 6%  per annum from the date on which they are issued and may be disposed of by  the highway commissioner in anticipation of the tax to be levied to pay  same, provided that such orders shall not be disposed of at a discount.The highway commissioner, as soon as the tax levied for the payment of  such orders is collected, shall notify the holder or holders thereof to  offer same for payment; and such orders shall cease to draw any interest  from and after the time that any holder thereof is notified that funds  available for the payment of same is in the hands of the treasurer.    (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
605 ILCS 5/6-511
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. 6-511)Sec. 6-511.         The highway commissioner of any road district may turn over to  any municipality lying wholly within its limits, money from the regular  road taxes, to be used by such municipality within its corporate limits in  the construction, including the separation of grades, of State or county  highways and municipal streets as provided for in Division 2 of Article 7  of this Code, provided the consent of the Department is first obtained  before such money can be turned over to municipalities by such highway  commissioner.    (Source: P.A. 77-511.)
605 ILCS 5/6-512
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. 6-512)Sec. 6-512.         For the purpose of constructing, maintaining and  repairing county unit district roads, bridges and drainage structures  and the acquisition, maintenance, housing and repair of machinery and  equipment, the county board, in any county in which a county unit road  district is established, may levy annual separate taxes upon all taxable  property of the county to be known as the "County Unit Road District  Road Tax" and the "County Unit Road District Bridge Tax".  Such taxes  shall be levied and collected as other county taxes, but the road  district taxes shall be in addition to the maximum of all other county  taxes which the county is now or may hereafter be authorized by law to  levy.  The tax levies authorized in this Section shall not be extended in  counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants at a rate in excess of  .165% for the road tax, unless the maximum rate has been increased as  provided in Section 6-512.1, and .05% for the bridge tax, both figures  based on the value of all the taxable property within the county, as  equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, or  .01% in counties having 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, of the value, as  equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of  all taxable property within the county; however, 1/2 of the County Unit  Road District Road tax levied under this Section, on property lying  within a municipality in which the streets and alleys are under the care  of the municipality, shall, when collected, be paid over to the  treasurer of the municipality to be appropriated to the improvement of  roads, streets and bridges therein.  In determining the amount of tax  necessary to be raised and levied, the county board shall state  separately the several amounts to be raised and levied for the  construction of roads, the construction and maintenance of bridges and  drainage structures, the purchase of machinery, the repair of machinery,  the oiling of roads and the prevention and extirpation of weeds.All tax moneys collected as a result of the levies authorized by this  Section shall be deposited in separate county unit road district  accounts known, respectively, as the "county unit road district road  fund" and the "county unit road district bridge and drainage fund".  The  county treasurer shall be custodian of these funds, but the road  district funds shall be maintained separate and apart from the general  county fund.    (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
605 ILCS 5/6-512.1
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. 6-512.1)Sec. 6-512.1.         Upon a petition signed by not less than 5% of the legal voters of a  county having established or establishing a county unit road district  and directed to the county clerk, requesting a referendum on the  question of increasing the rate of the road tax to a rate not exceeding  .33%, the county clerk shall certify that proposition to the proper election  officials who shall submit at an election such proposition to increase the  rate of the road tax.  Such election shall be held and notice given in accordance  with the general election law.The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:    --------------------------------------------------------------Shall the present maximum rate of.165% of the value as equalized or            YESassessed by the Department of Revenueon the taxable property of.... County for  -------------------county unit road purposes be increasedto a maximum rate (here state proposed        NOincreased rate) on such taxable property?--------------------------------------------------------------    If a majority of all ballots cast on the proposition is  in favor of the increase in the tax rate, the county clerk shall certify  the results of the election to the county board. The county board shall  have authority to levy a tax for the purpose stated after certification,  all other tax levies for township or district road districts or county  unit districts shall be nullified.    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)