605 ILCS 5/5-501
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 605 - ROADS AND BRIDGES|605 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Highway Code.|Article 5 - County Administration Of Highways

 (from Ch. 121, par. 5-501)Sec. 5-501.         When it is necessary to construct or repair any bridge,  culvert, drainage structure or grade separation, including approaches  thereto, on, across or along any public road in any road district in the  county, or on any street in any municipality of less than 15,000  population in the county, or on or across a line which forms the common  boundary line between any such road districts or such municipalities, in  which work the road district, or such municipality is wholly or in part  responsible, and the cost of which work will be more than  .02% of the  value of all the taxable property in such road district or municipality,  as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,  and the tax rate for road purposes in such road district was in each  year for the 2 years last past not less than the maximum allowable rate  provided for in Section 6-501 of this Code, or the tax rate in such  municipalities for corporate purposes was in each year for the 2 years  last past for the full amount allowed by law to be extended therein for  such corporate purposes, the highway commissioner, the city council or  the village board of trustees, as the case may be, may petition the  county board for aid, and if the foregoing facts shall appear, the  county board shall appropriate from the "county bridge fund" in the  county treasury a sufficient sum to meet one-half the expense of  constructing or repairing such bridge, culvert, drainage structure or  grade separation, including approaches thereto, on condition that the  road district or municipality asking for aid shall furnish the other  one-half of the required amount.  In counties in which a property tax extension limitation is imposed  under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law and the imposition of the  property tax extension limitation prevents a road district from levying taxes  for road purposes at the maximum allowable rate, a road district may retain its  eligibility if, at the time the property tax extension limitation was imposed,  the road district was levying at the maximum allowable  rate and continues to  levy the  maximum allowable amount after the imposition of the property tax  extension limitation.  If, however, the road district has  increased its tax rate for such purposes to a rate in excess of  .05% but  not exceeding  .25%, as provided in Section 6-508 of this Code, the  amount required to be appropriated by the county shall be in accordance  with the provisions of Section 5-501 of this Code, to the extent that  the County and township rates are identical.  For purposes of this Section, the maximum allowable tax rate for the 2  years last past shall be determined by using the last certified equalized  assessed valuation at the time the tax levy ordinance was adopted.When it is determined by the county board to grant the prayer of the  highway commissioner, city council or village board of trustees asking  for aid for the construction or repair of such bridge, culvert, drainage  structure or grade separation, including approaches thereto, the county  board shall thereupon enter an order directing the county superintendent  of highways to cause plans and specifications for such improvement to be  prepared.Thereupon the county board shall order the improvement made, either  by the letting of a contract in the manner authorized by the county  board, or by doing the work itself through its officers, agents and  employees.  The work shall be performed under the general supervision of  the county superintendent of highways, and when the work has been  satisfactorily completed to meet the approval of the county  superintendent of highways, he shall so certify to the county board,  which certificate shall include an itemized account of the cost of all  items of work incurred in the making of such improvement, and shall show  the division of cost between the county and the participating agency,  and he shall cause a copy of such certificate to be filed with the clerk  of the participating agency.  The county board and the participating  agency undertaking such work shall thereupon make final payment for the  same.    (Source: P.A. 90-110, eff. 7-14-97.)