Chapter 605, ROADS AND BRIDGES

(605 ILCS 5/6-326.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-326.1) Sec. 6-326.1. Existing township and district roads may be temporarily closed and reconstructed by the filing with the highway commissioner of the district involved and with the County Superintendent of Highways of a petition signe…

(605 ILCS 5/6-327) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-327) Sec. 6-327. Township and district roads for private and public use of the widths of 50 feet or less may be laid out from one or more dwellings or plantations to any public road, or from one public road to another, or from one or more …

(605 ILCS 5/6-328) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-328) Sec. 6-328. Whenever any township or district road is laid out, widened or altered in accordance with this Division of this Code, the highway commissioner shall cause a plat thereof to be made and recorded in the office of the recorde…

(605 ILCS 5/6-329) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-329) Sec. 6-329. Upon the vacation of any township or district road or part thereof, the highway commissioner shall cause a legal description of the road or part thereof vacated to be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county. T…

(605 ILCS 5/6-401) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-401) Sec. 6-401. If any highway commissioner fails or refuses to repair or maintain any road or section of a road in his district within 10 days after he is given a notice in writing signed by 3 landowners of such district, that such road …

(605 ILCS 5/6-402) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-402) Sec. 6-402. Bridges or culverts on roads on district lines, except as provided in Section 5-503 of this Code, shall be constructed and repaired by such districts and the expense of such construction and repair shall be borne in propor…

(605 ILCS 5/6-404) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-404) Sec. 6-404. Approaches to all bridges and culverts constructed under and by virtue of Section 6-402 shall be constructed and maintained by the respective road districts within which such approach or approaches may be located, and all …

(605 ILCS 5/6-405) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-405) Sec. 6-405. When any road district desires to construct or repair any bridge or culvert as provided in Section 6-402, and has appropriated its share of the cost of constructing or repairing the same it shall be the duty of such other …

(605 ILCS 5/6-406) (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 …

(605 ILCS 5/6-408) (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 con…

(605 ILCS 5/6-409) (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 commissio…

(605 ILCS 5/6-410) (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 …

(605 ILCS 5/6-411) (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 pecu…

(605 ILCS 5/6-411.1) Sec. 6-411.1. Pecuniary interest in contracts. (a) Except as provided in this Section, no road district officer or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in his or her own name or in the name of any other person, association, trust, or corporat…

(605 ILCS 5/6-411.5) Sec. 6-411.5. Contracts for public transportation. The highway commissioner of each road district within the territory of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall have authority, with the approval of the township board of trustees, to contract with the N…

(605 ILCS 5/6-412) (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 …

(605 ILCS 5/6-412.1) (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, emplo…

(605 ILCS 5/6-501) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-501) Sec. 6-501. (a) Findings and purpose. The General Assembly finds: (1) That the financial conditions of the Township and District road systems of the State of Illinois have suffered adversely as a result of changes in law concerning as…

(605 ILCS 5/6-502) (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 boar…

(605 ILCS 5/6-503) (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 …

(605 ILCS 5/6-504) (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…

(605 ILCS 5/6-505) (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 rate of ....% (insert present maximum) of t…

(605 ILCS 5/6-506) (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, to…

(605 ILCS 5/6-507) (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 Sectio…

(605 ILCS 5/6-508) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-508) Sec. 6-508. (a) For the purpose of constructing or repairing bridges, culverts, drainage structures or grade separations, including approaches thereto, at the joint expense of a county and a road district and obtaining aid from the co…

(605 ILCS 5/6-508.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-508.1) Sec. 6-508.1. For the purpose of acquiring machinery and equipment or for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or reconstructing buildings for housing machinery and equipment used in the construction, repair, and maintenance of…

(605 ILCS 5/6-509) (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 r…

(605 ILCS 5/6-510) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-510) Sec. 6-510. On the petition either of the highway commissioner or of 25 of the legal voters of any district, to the district clerk, he shall order a referendum on the proposition "Shall bonds for road purposes be issued to the amount …

(605 ILCS 5/6-511) (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 construc…

(605 ILCS 5/6-512) (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 a…

(605 ILCS 5/6-512.1) (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 i…

(605 ILCS 5/6-513) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-513) Sec. 6-513. The county board, in any county having the commission form of government in which a county unit road district is established, may issue bonds of the county in an amount not exceeding 2.875% of the value, as equalized and a…

(605 ILCS 5/6-514) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-514) Sec. 6-514. Whenever any county has elected to abandon township organization and the newly elected county board has created road districts as provided by law, and any township therein which has boundaries that were the same as the bou…

(605 ILCS 5/6-515) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-515) Sec. 6-515. The highway commissioner and the road district clerk of any road district, without submitting the question to the electors thereof for approval, may authorize by resolution the issuance of refunding bonds (1) to refund its…

(605 ILCS 5/6-516) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-516) Sec. 6-516. The resolution authorizing the refunding bonds shall prescribe all details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property within the road district sufficient to p…

(605 ILCS 5/6-517) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-517) Sec. 6-517. The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on the basis of dollar for dollar for the par value of the bonds, interest coupons, and interest not represented by coupons, if any, or they may be sold at …

(605 ILCS 5/6-518) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-518) Sec. 6-518. The refunding bonds shall be of such form and denomination, payable at such place, bear such date, and be executed by such officials as may be provided by the highway commissioner and the road district clerk of the road di…

(605 ILCS 5/6-519) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-519) Sec. 6-519. Whenever any refunding bonds are purchased and cancelled, as provided in Section 6-518, the taxes thereafter to be extended for payment of the principal of and interest on the remainder of the issue shall be reduced in an …

(605 ILCS 5/6-520) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-520) Sec. 6-520. Money which becomes available from taxes that were levied for prior years for payment of bonds or interest coupons that were paid or refunded before those taxes were collected, after payment of all warrants that may have b…

(605 ILCS 5/6-521) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-521) Sec. 6-521. The highway commissioner and the road district clerk of a road district may take any action necessary to inform the owners of unpaid bonds regarding the financial condition of the road district, the necessity of refunding …

(605 ILCS 5/6-522) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-522) Sec. 6-522. Sections 6-515 through 6-521 of this Code shall apply to any road district other than a county unit road district, regardless of the law under which it is organized and operating, and shall constitute complete authority fo…

(605 ILCS 5/6-601) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-601) Sec. 6-601. (a) On the petition of 25 legal voters of any road district to the district clerk he shall order a referendum on the proposition for or against an annual tax not to exceed .167% of the value of the taxable property, as equ…

(605 ILCS 5/6-602) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-602) Sec. 6-602. If a majority of all the ballots cast at such election on such proposition are in favor of such special tax, then the township board of trustees or highway board of trustees, as the case may be, or the highway commissioner…

(605 ILCS 5/6-603) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-603) Sec. 6-603. The county clerk, when making out the tax books for the State and county tax for the collector, shall in each year extend the special tax in separate columns against each taxpayer's name or taxable property in the district…

(605 ILCS 5/6-604) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-604) Sec. 6-604. The treasurer of the district, before receiving any of such fund provided for in this Division of this Code, shall execute a good and sufficient bond, with two or more sureties, to be filed with the district clerk for the …

(605 ILCS 5/6-605) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-605) Sec. 6-605. The tax, when collected shall be paid to such treasurer as fast as collected, except such rate per cent as shall be allowed for collecting the same and such tax shall be known and kept as the permanent road fund of the dis…

(605 ILCS 5/6-615) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-615) Sec. 6-615. Whenever a special tax shall have been levied under the provisions of this Division of this Code, the highway commissioner of any road district may, by agreement with the corporate authorities of any municipality of less t…

(605 ILCS 5/6-616) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-616) Sec. 6-616. All surplus funds remaining in the hands of the treasurer of the district after the completion of the construction of any road provided for under this Division of this Code, shall be turned over to the regular road fund of…

(605 ILCS 5/6-617) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-617) Sec. 6-617. To repeal the special tax, once levied, 25 legal voters of the road district shall petition the district clerk. Such petition shall contain a request for a referendum. The district clerk shall order a referendum on such pr…

(605 ILCS 5/6-620) Sec. 6-620. Validation of certain levies. (a) Any road district tax that was authorized by the electors at an annual or special town meeting during the years 1975 through 1979 for a period not exceeding 5 years, but that was not re-authorized within 5 years aft…