100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4496

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/5-1  from Ch. 122, par. 5-1

    Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Allows the governing board of Lyons Township High School District 204, Western Springs School District 101, LaGrange School District 102, LaGrange School District 105, LaGrange Highlands School District 106, Pleasantdale School District 107, and the LaGrange Area Department of Special Education to withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the township treasurer, provided that the board elects or appoints its own treasurer. Provides that these amendatory changes are prospective only, starting from the effective date of the amendatory Act, and, with respect to Lyons Township High School District 204, shall not affect any legal action pending on the effective date of the amendatory Act in the Illinois courts in which Lyons Township High School District 204 is a listed party. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
55-1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-1)
7    Sec. 5-1. County school units.
8    (a) The territory in each county, exclusive of any school
9district governed by any special act which requires the
10district to appoint its own school treasurer, shall constitute
11a county school unit. County school units of less than
122,000,000 inhabitants shall be known as Class I county school
13units and the office of township trustees, where existing on
14July 1, 1962, in such units shall be abolished on that date and
15all books and records of such former township trustees shall be
16forthwith thereafter transferred to the county board of school
17trustees. County school units of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
18shall be known as Class II county school units and shall retain
19the office of township trustees unless otherwise provided in
20subsection (b) or (c).
21    (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school
22board of any elementary school district having a fall, 1989
23aggregate enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500

 

 

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1pupils and having boundaries that are coterminous with the
2boundaries of a high school district, and the school board of
3any high school district having a fall, 1989 aggregate
4enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500 pupils and
5having boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of
6an elementary school district, may, whenever the territory of
7such school district forms a part of a Class II county school
8unit, by proper resolution withdraw such school district from
9the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of
10the township in which such school district is located and from
11the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer in
12such Class II county school unit; provided that the school
13board of any such school district shall, upon the adoption and
14passage of such resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own
15school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1. Upon the adoption
16and passage of such resolution and the election or appointment
17by the school board of its own school treasurer: (1) the
18trustees of schools in such township shall no longer have or
19exercise any powers and duties with respect to the school
20district governed by such school board or with respect to the
21school business, operations or assets of such school district;
22and (2) all books and records of the township trustees relating
23to the school business and affairs of such school district
24shall be transferred and delivered to the school board of such
25school district. Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act
26of 1993, the legal title to, and all right, title and interest

 

 

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1formerly held by the township trustees in any school buildings
2and school sites used and occupied by the school board of such
3school district for school purposes, that legal title, right,
4title and interest thereafter having been transferred to and
5vested in the regional board of school trustees under P.A.
687-473 until the abolition of that regional board of school
7trustees by P.A. 87-969, shall be deemed transferred by
8operation of law to and shall vest in the school board of that
9school district.
10    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards
11of Oak Park & River Forest District 200, Oak Park Elementary
12School District 97, and River Forest School District 90 may, by
13proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
14authority of the trustees of schools of Proviso and Cicero
15Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school
16board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution,
17elect or appoint its own school treasurer as provided in
18Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the
19resolution and the election or appointment by the school board
20of its own school treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the
21township or townships shall no longer have or exercise any
22powers or duties with respect to the school district or with
23respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the
24school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of
25schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
26assets relating to the school business and affairs of the

 

 

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1school district shall be transferred and delivered to the
2school board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title,
3and interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any
4common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used and
5occupied by the school board and all rights of property and
6causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the
7common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed
8transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school
9board.
10    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the respective
11school boards of Berwyn North School District 98, Berwyn South
12School District 100, Cicero School District 99, and J.S. Morton
13High School District 201 may, by proper resolution, withdraw
14from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools
15of Cicero Township and the township treasurer, provided that
16the school board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the
17resolution, elect or appoint its own school treasurer as
18provided in Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the adoption and
19passage of the resolution and the election or appointment by
20the school board of its own school treasurer: (1) the trustees
21of schools in the township shall no longer have or exercise any
22powers or duties with respect to the school district or with
23respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the
24school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of
25schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
26assets relating to the school business and affairs of the

 

 

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1school district shall be transferred and delivered to the
2school board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title,
3and interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any
4common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used and
5occupied by the school board and all rights of property and
6causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the
7common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed
8transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school
9board.
10    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section,
11the school board of Lyons Township High School District 204
12may, by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
13authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the
14township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon
15the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint
16its own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this
17Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
18election or appointment by the school board of its own school
19treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no
20longer have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to
21the school district or with respect to the school business,
22operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books and
23records of the trustees of schools and all moneys, securities,
24loanable funds, and other assets relating to the school
25business and affairs of the school district shall be
26transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) legal

 

 

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1title to and all right, title, and interest formerly held by
2the trustees of schools in any common school lands, school
3buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the school
4board and all rights of property and causes of action
5pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
6lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
7operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
8changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
9100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
11Assembly, and shall not affect any legal action pending on the
12effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
13Assembly in the Illinois courts in which Lyons Township High
14School District 204 is a listed party.
15    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section,
16the school board of Western Springs School District 101 may, by
17proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
18authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the
19township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon
20the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint
21its own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this
22Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
23election or appointment by the school board of its own school
24treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no
25longer have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to
26the school district or with respect to the school business,

 

 

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1operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books and
2records of the trustees of schools and all moneys, securities,
3loanable funds, and other assets relating to the school
4business and affairs of the school district shall be
5transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) legal
6title to and all right, title, and interest formerly held by
7the trustees of schools in any common school lands, school
8buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the school
9board and all rights of property and causes of action
10pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
11lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
12operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
13changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
14100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
15effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
16Assembly.
17    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section,
18the school board of LaGrange School District 102 may, by proper
19resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the
20trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the township
21treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the
22adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its
23own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code.
24Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
25election or appointment by the school board of its own school
26treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no

 

 

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1longer have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to
2the school district or with respect to the school business,
3operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books and
4records of the trustees of schools and all moneys, securities,
5loanable funds, and other assets relating to the school
6business and affairs of the school district shall be
7transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) legal
8title to and all right, title, and interest formerly held by
9the trustees of schools in any common school lands, school
10buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the school
11board and all rights of property and causes of action
12pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
13lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
14operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
15changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
16100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
17effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
18Assembly.
19    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section,
20the school board of LaGrange School District 105 may, by proper
21resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the
22trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the township
23treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the
24adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its
25own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code.
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1election or appointment by the school board of its own school
2treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no
3longer have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to
4the school district or with respect to the school business,
5operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books and
6records of the trustees of schools and all moneys, securities,
7loanable funds, and other assets relating to the school
8business and affairs of the school district shall be
9transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) legal
10title to and all right, title, and interest formerly held by
11the trustees of schools in any common school lands, school
12buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the school
13board and all rights of property and causes of action
14pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
15lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
16operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
17changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
18100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
20Assembly.
21    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section,
22the school board of LaGrange Highlands School District 106 may,
23by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
24authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the
25township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon
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1its own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this
2Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
3election or appointment by the school board of its own school
4treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no
5longer have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to
6the school district or with respect to the school business,
7operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books and
8records of the trustees of schools and all moneys, securities,
9loanable funds, and other assets relating to the school
10business and affairs of the school district shall be
11transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) legal
12title to and all right, title, and interest formerly held by
13the trustees of schools in any common school lands, school
14buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the school
15board and all rights of property and causes of action
16pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
17lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
18operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
19changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
20100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
21effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
22Assembly.
23    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section,
24the school board of Pleasantdale School District 107 may, by
25proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
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1township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon
2the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint
3its own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this
4Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
5election or appointment by the school board of its own school
6treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no
7longer have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to
8the school district or with respect to the school business,
9operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books and
10records of the trustees of schools and all moneys, securities,
11loanable funds, and other assets relating to the school
12business and affairs of the school district shall be
13transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) legal
14title to and all right, title, and interest formerly held by
15the trustees of schools in any common school lands, school
16buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the school
17board and all rights of property and causes of action
18pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
19lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
20operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
21changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
22100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
23effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
24Assembly.
25    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section,
26the directing board of the LaGrange Area Department of Special

 

 

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1Education may, by proper resolution, withdraw from the
2jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons
3Township and the township treasurer, provided that the
4directing board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the
5resolution, elect or appoint its own department treasurer as
6provided in Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the adoption and
7passage of the resolution and the election or appointment by
8the directing board of its own department treasurer: (1) the
9trustees of schools in the township shall no longer have or
10exercise any powers or duties with respect to the Department or
11with respect to the business, operations, or assets of the
12Department; (2) all books and records of the trustees of
13schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
14assets relating to the business and affairs of the Department
15shall be transferred and delivered to the directing board; and
16(3) legal title to and all right, title, and interest formerly
17held by the trustees of schools in any common school lands,
18school buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the
19directing board and all rights of property and causes of action
20pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
21lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
22operation of law to and shall vest in the directing board. The
23changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
24100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
25effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
26Assembly.

 

 

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1    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the
2offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of any
3township located in a Class II county school unit shall be
4abolished as provided in this subsection if all of the
5following conditions are met:
6        (1) During the same 30 day period, each school board of
7    each elementary and unit school district that is subject to
8    the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer
9    and trustees of schools of the township in which those
10    offices are sought to be abolished gives written notice by
11    certified mail, return receipt requested to the township
12    treasurer and trustees of schools of that township of the
13    date of a meeting of the school board, to be held not more
14    than 90 nor less than 60 days after the date when the
15    notice is given, at which meeting the school board is to
16    consider and vote upon the question of whether there shall
17    be submitted to the electors of the school district a
18    proposition to abolish the offices of township treasurer
19    and trustee of schools of that township. None of the
20    notices given under this paragraph to the township
21    treasurer and trustees of schools of a township shall be
22    deemed sufficient or in compliance with the requirements of
23    this paragraph unless all of those notices are given within
24    the same 30 day period.
25        (2) Each school board of each elementary and unit
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1    authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools
2    of the township in which those offices are sought to be
3    abolished, by the affirmative vote of at least 5 members of
4    the school board at a school board meeting of which notice
5    is given as required by paragraph (1) of this subsection,
6    adopts a resolution requiring the secretary of the school
7    board to certify to the proper election authorities for
8    submission to the electors of the school district at the
9    next consolidated election in accordance with the general
10    election law a proposition to abolish the offices of
11    township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township.
12    None of the resolutions adopted under this paragraph by any
13    elementary or unit school districts that are subject to the
14    jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
15    trustees of schools of the township in which those offices
16    are sought to be abolished shall be deemed in compliance
17    with the requirements of this paragraph or sufficient to
18    authorize submission of the proposition to abolish those
19    offices to a referendum of the electors in any such school
20    district unless all of the school boards of all of the
21    elementary and unit school districts that are subject to
22    the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer
23    and trustees of schools of that township adopt such a
24    resolution in accordance with the provisions of this
25    paragraph.
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1    school districts that are subject to the jurisdiction and
2    authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools
3    of the township in which those offices are sought to be
4    abolished submit a proposition to abolish the offices of
5    township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township
6    to the electors of their respective school districts at the
7    same consolidated election in accordance with the general
8    election law, the ballot in each such district to be in
9    substantially the following form:
10    -------------------------------------------------------------
11
OFFICIAL BALLOT
12            Shall the offices of township
13            treasurer and                       YES
14            trustee of                      -------------
15            schools of Township .....           NO
16            Range ..... be abolished?
17    -------------------------------------------------------------
18        (4) At the consolidated election at which the
19    proposition to abolish the offices of township treasurer
20    and trustee of schools of a township is submitted to the
21    electors of each elementary and unit school district that
22    is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the
23    township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township,
24    a majority of the electors voting on the proposition in
25    each such elementary and unit school district votes in
26    favor of the proposition as submitted to them.

 

 

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1    If in each elementary and unit school district that is
2subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
3treasurer and trustees of schools of the township in which
4those offices are sought to be abolished a majority of the
5electors in each such district voting at the consolidated
6election on the proposition to abolish the offices of township
7treasurer and trustee of schools of that township votes in
8favor of the proposition as submitted to them, the proposition
9shall be deemed to have passed; but if in any such elementary
10or unit school district a majority of the electors voting on
11that proposition in that district fails to vote in favor of the
12proposition as submitted to them, then notwithstanding the vote
13of the electors in any other such elementary or unit school
14district on that proposition the proposition shall not be
15deemed to have passed in any of those elementary or unit school
16districts, and the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
17schools of the township in which those offices were sought to
18be abolished shall not be abolished, unless in each of those
19elementary and unit school districts remaining subject to the
20jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
21trustees of schools of that township proceedings are again
22initiated to abolish those offices and all of the proceedings
23and conditions prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this
24subsection are repeated and met in each of those elementary and
25unit school districts.
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1or any other provision of the School Code, the offices of
2township treasurer and trustee of schools of a township that
3has a population of less than 200,000 and that contains a unit
4school district and is located in a Class II county school unit
5shall also be abolished as provided in this subsection if all
6of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
7this subsection are met and if the following additional
8condition is met:
9        The electors in all of the school districts subject to
10    the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer
11    and trustees of schools of the township in which those
12    offices are sought to be abolished shall vote at the
13    consolidated election on the proposition to abolish the
14    offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of
15    that township. If a majority of the electors in all of the
16    school districts combined voting on the proposition vote in
17    favor of the proposition, then the proposition shall be
18    deemed to have passed; but if a majority of the electors
19    voting on the proposition in all of the school district
20    fails to vote in favor of the proposition as submitted to
21    them, then the proposition shall not be deemed to have
22    passed and the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
23    schools of the township in which those offices were sought
24    to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless and until
25    the proceedings detailed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of
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1    paragraph are met.
2    If the proposition to abolish the offices of township
3treasurer and trustee of schools of a township is deemed to
4have passed at the consolidated election as provided in this
5subsection, those offices shall be deemed abolished by
6operation of law effective on January 1 of the calendar year
7immediately following the calendar year in which that
8consolidated election is held, provided that if after the
9election, the trustees of schools by resolution elect to
10abolish the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
11schools effective on July 1 immediately following the election,
12then the offices shall be abolished on July 1 immediately
13following the election. On the date that the offices of
14township treasurer and trustee of schools of a township are
15deemed abolished by operation of law, the school board of each
16elementary and unit school district and the school board of
17each high school district that is subject to the jurisdiction
18and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools
19of that township at the time those offices are abolished: (i)
20shall appoint its own school treasurer as provided in Section
218-1; and (ii) unless the term of the contract of a township
22treasurer expires on the date that the office of township
23treasurer is abolished, shall pay to the former township
24treasurer its proportionate share of any aggregate
25compensation that, were the office of township treasurer not
26abolished at that time, would have been payable to the former

 

 

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1township treasurer after that date over the remainder of the
2term of the contract of the former township treasurer that
3began prior to but ends after that date. In addition, on the
4date that the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
5schools of a township are deemed abolished as provided in this
6subsection, the school board of each elementary school, high
7school and unit school district that until that date is subject
8to the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
9trustees of schools of that township shall be deemed by
10operation of law to have agreed and assumed to pay and, when
11determined, shall pay to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
12a proportionate share of the unfunded liability existing in
13that Fund at the time these offices are abolished in that
14calendar year for all annuities or other benefits then or
15thereafter to become payable from that Fund with respect to all
16periods of service performed prior to that date as a
17participating employee in that Fund by persons serving during
18those periods of service as a trustee of schools, township
19treasurer or regular employee in the office of the township
20treasurer of that township. That unfunded liability shall be
21actuarially determined by the board of trustees of the Illinois
22Municipal Retirement Fund, and the board of trustees shall
23thereupon notify each school board required to pay a
24proportionate share of that unfunded liability of the aggregate
25amount of the unfunded liability so determined. The amount so
26paid to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund by each of those

 

 

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1school districts shall be credited to the account of the
2township in that Fund. For each elementary school, high school
3and unit school district under the jurisdiction and authority
4of a township treasurer and trustees of schools of a township
5in which those offices are abolished as provided in this
6subsection, each such district's proportionate share of the
7aggregate compensation payable to the former township
8treasurer as provided in this paragraph and each such
9district's proportionate share of the aggregate amount of the
10unfunded liability payable to the Illinois Municipal
11Retirement Fund as provided in this paragraph shall be computed
12in accordance with the ratio that the number of pupils in
13average daily attendance in each such district for the school
14year last ending prior to the date on which the offices of
15township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township are
16abolished bears to the aggregate number of pupils in average
17daily attendance in all of those districts as so reported for
18that school year.
19    Upon abolition of the offices of township treasurer and
20trustee of schools of a township as provided in this
21subsection: (i) the regional board of school trustees, in its
22corporate capacity, shall be deemed the successor in interest
23to the former trustees of schools of that township with respect
24to the common school lands and township loanable funds of the
25township; (ii) all right, title and interest existing or vested
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1common school lands and township loanable funds of the
2township, and all records, moneys, securities and other assets,
3rights of property and causes of action pertaining to or
4constituting a part of those common school lands or township
5loanable funds, shall be transferred to and deemed vested by
6operation of law in the regional board of school trustees,
7which shall hold legal title to, manage and operate all common
8school lands and township loanable funds of the township,
9receive the rents, issues and profits therefrom, and have and
10exercise with respect thereto the same powers and duties as are
11provided by this Code to be exercised by regional boards of
12school trustees when acting as township land commissioners in
13counties having at least 220,000 but fewer than 2,000,000
14inhabitants; (iii) the regional board of school trustees shall
15select to serve as its treasurer with respect to the common
16school lands and township loanable funds of the township a
17person from time to time also serving as the appointed school
18treasurer of any school district that was subject to the
19jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
20trustees of schools of that township at the time those offices
21were abolished, and the person selected to also serve as
22treasurer of the regional board of school trustees shall have
23his compensation for services in that capacity fixed by the
24regional board of school trustees, to be paid from the township
25loanable funds, and shall make to the regional board of school
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1township land commissioners, give bond as required by
2treasurers of township land commissioners, and perform the
3duties and exercise the powers of treasurers of township land
4commissioners; (iv) the regional board of school trustees shall
5designate in the manner provided by Section 8-7, insofar as
6applicable, a depositary for its treasurer, and the proceeds of
7all rents, issues and profits from the common school lands and
8township loanable funds of that township shall be deposited and
9held in the account maintained for those purposes with that
10depositary and shall be expended and distributed therefrom as
11provided in Section 15-24 and other applicable provisions of
12this Code; and (v) whenever there is vested in the trustees of
13schools of a township at the time that office is abolished
14under this subsection the legal title to any school buildings
15or school sites used or occupied for school purposes by any
16elementary school, high school or unit school district subject
17to the jurisdiction and authority of those trustees of school
18at the time that office is abolished, the legal title to those
19school buildings and school sites shall be deemed transferred
20by operation of law to and invested in the school board of that
21school district, in its corporate capacity under Section
2210-22.35B of this Code, the same to be held, sold, exchanged
23leased or otherwise transferred in accordance with applicable
24provisions of this Code.
25    Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g of this Code, a waiver of a
26mandate established under this Section may not be requested.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-374, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.