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Bill	HWY CD-CONTRACT APPROVAL	Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Deletes language providing that a road district commissioner may not let any contracts for road construction or repair with a value in excess of $10,000, and may not spend more than $10,000 for road construction or repair, without the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors. Deletes language providing that, in emergency situations, a highway commissioner must have the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors before a contract valued at more than $10,000 may be let without advertising for bids. Deletes language providing that a county treasurer must have the consent of the county superintendent of highways in order to turn over to the regular road fund of the road district, at the request of the highway commissioner, surplus moneys collected under a special tax and deposited into a separate fund for road and bridge construction. Deletes language providing that the road district commissioner must have the permission of the county engineer in order to spend moneys collected under the special tax on a project valued at more than $10,000. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 1455	Illinois HB 1455 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2003-02-06	2003-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/e3e8f9e7-4f01-40cf-a386-c5769a4a33d6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1455&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2245&SessionID=3&GA=93	396d4bae587bd277941966fdb9e417c7259741a9e3252f72f465ae8b51dca39c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1455 (93rd) — HWY CD-CONTRACT APPROVAL

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Deletes language providing that a road district commissioner may not let any contracts for road construction or repair with a value in excess of $10,000, and may not spend more than $10,000 for road construction or repair, without the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors. Deletes language providing that, in emergency situations, a highway commissioner must have the approval of the county superintendent of highways or the highway board of auditors before a contract valued at more than $10,000 may be let without advertising for bids. Deletes language providing that a county treasurer must have the consent of the county superintendent of highways in order to turn over to the regular road fund of the road district, at the request of the highway commissioner, surplus moneys collected under a special tax and deposited into a separate fund for road and bridge construction. Deletes language providing that the road district commissioner must have the permission of the county engineer in order to spend moneys collected under the special tax on a project valued at more than $10,000. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 114–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mary K. O'Brien — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2003-02-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary K. O'Brien filing
• 2003-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-11 Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 020-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-002-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-13 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
• 2003-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-03 Assigned to Transportation referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass Transportation; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-09 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-10 Effective Date July 10, 2003
• 2003-07-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0164 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3e8f9e7-4f01-40cf-a386-c5769a4a33d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).