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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
5 changing Section 6-207 as follows:
6 (605 ILCS 5/6-207) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-207)
7 Sec. 6-207. Compensation of highway commissioner and other
8 officers.
9 (a) Unless an annual salary is fixed as provided in this
10 Section, the highway commissioner shall receive for each day
11 he or she is necessarily employed in the discharge of official
12 duties a per diem to be fixed by the county board in road
13 districts in counties not under township organization, by the
14 highway board of trustees in consolidated township road
15 districts, and by the board of town trustees in districts
16 composed of a single township. Before any per diem is paid, a
17 sworn statement shall be filed by the commissioner in the
18 office of the district clerk, showing the number of days the
19 commissioner was employed, the kind of employment, and the
20 dates of employment.
21 The boards specified in the preceding paragraph may,
22 instead of a per diem, fix an annual salary for the highway
23 commissioner at not less than $3,000, to be paid in equal
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1 monthly installments. The boards shall fix the compensation of
2 the commissioner, whether an annual salary or a per diem, on or
3 before the last Tuesday in March before the date of election of
4 the commissioner.
5 If the term of any highway commissioner is extended by
6 operation of law, the board that fixes the commissioner's rate
7 of compensation may increase the rate of the compensation,
8 within the limits provided in this Section, in relation to
9 that portion of the commissioner's term that extends beyond
10 the period for which he or she was elected.
11 The board of town trustees shall order payment of the
12 amount of per diem claimed in the highway commissioner's sworn
13 statement at the first regular meeting following the filing of
14 the statement. In consolidated township road districts, the
15 compensation and the expenses of the offices of the highway
16 commissioner, district clerk, and district treasurer shall be
17 audited by the highway board of trustees.
18 The compensation of the highway commissioner shall be paid
19 from the general township fund in districts comprised of a
20 single township and shall be paid from the regular road fund in
21 all other districts having highway commissioners; however, in
22 districts comprised of a single township, a portion (not
23 exceeding 50%) of the highway commissioner's salary may be
24 paid from the corporate road and bridge fund or the permanent
25 road fund or both if approved by the township board and the
26 highway commissioner.
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1 (b) The officers composing the highway board of trustees
2 in consolidated township road districts shall be entitled to
3 $3 per day for attending meetings of the board, to be paid out
4 of the town fund of their respective townships. In
5 consolidated township road districts, the compensation of the
6 district clerk and the district treasurer shall be paid out of
7 the road fund of the district.
8 (c) The district clerk shall receive:
9 (1) for each day he or she is necessarily employed in
10 the discharge of official duties, a per diem to be fixed by
11 the county board in road districts in counties not under
12 township organization and by the highway board of trustees
13 in consolidated township road districts; or
14 (2) $4 per day for each day he or she shall be required
15 to meet with the highway commissioner and the same amount
16 per day for the time he or she shall be employed in
17 canvassing the returns of elections. The district clerk
18 shall receive no other per diem. In addition to the above,
19 the district clerk shall also receive fees for the
20 following services, to be paid out of the district road
21 fund, except where otherwise specified:
22 (A) For serving notice of election or appointment
23 upon district officers as required by this Code, 25
24 cents each.
25 (B) For posting up notices required by law, 25
26 cents each.
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1 (C) For copying any record in the district clerk's
2 office and certifying to the copy, 10 cents for every
3 100 words, to be paid by the person applying for the
4 certified copy.
5 (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the
6 district treasurer shall, in addition to any other
7 compensation to which he or she is by law entitled, receive an
8 annual salary of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 per
9 year to be fixed by the highway board of trustees in
10 consolidated township road districts and by the board of town
11 trustees in districts composed of a single township.
12 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the district
13 treasurer shall, in addition to any other compensation to
14 which he or she is by law entitled, receive an annual salary
15 deemed appropriate and to be fixed by the county board in road
16 districts in counties not under township organization.
17 The compensation of the district treasurer shall be paid
18 from the general township fund in districts composed of a
19 single township and shall be paid from the regular road fund in
20 all other districts having district treasurers.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-662, eff. 8-14-96; 90-81, eff. 1-1-98;
22 90-183, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.