{"data":{"id":"us-il/605-ilcs-5-6-115","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"605 ILCS 5/6-115","heading":"(a) Except as provided in Section 10-20 of the Township Code or subsections (b) and (c), no person shall be eligible to the office of highway commissioner or clerk unless he shall be a legal voter and has been one year a resident of the district. In road districts that elect a clerk, the same limitation shall apply to the district clerk.","body":"(b) A board of trustees in a county organized under Division 2-1 of the Counties Code may (i) elect or appoint a non-resident or a resident that has not resided in the district for one year to be a highway commissioner or clerk, or (ii) contract with a neighboring township or road district to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if:\n(1) the district is within a township with no incorporated town;\n(2) the township has a population of less than 1,000; and\n(3) no qualified candidate who has resided in the township for at least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner or clerk.\n(c) A county organized under Division 2-4 of the Counties Code with a road district may (i) elect or appoint a non-resident or a resident who has not resided in the district for one year to be a highway commissioner or clerk, or (ii) contract with a neighboring township or road district to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if no qualified candidate is willing to serve as highway commissioner or clerk.","path":["CHAPTER 605 ROADS AND BRIDGES","Illinois Highway Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1745\u0026ChapterID=45\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:39Z","sha256":"7ef0592de6d2b0fdec2e4f4ce504ca4eedba3944e4eece1afcc849b2abc1209e","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/605-ilcs-5-6-114.5","next":"us-il/605-ilcs-5-6-116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}