Public Act 095-0761
 
HB5505 Enrolled LRB095 17487 HLH 43561 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
Sections 30-10, 35-5, 35-10, and 35-15 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/30-10)
    Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting; agenda.
    (a) Notice of the time and place of holding the annual and
any special township meetings and the agenda approved by the
township board at their prior meeting shall be given by the
township clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the supervisor,
assessor, or collector) by posting written or printed notices
in 3 of the most public places in the township at least 10 days
before the meeting and, if there is an English language
newspaper published in the township, by at least one
publication in that newspaper before the meeting. The notice
shall set forth the agenda for the meeting as approved by the
township board. Additional agenda items may be added only by a
three-fifths majority vote of the electors in attendance at the
meeting.
    (b) Agenda. Not less than 10 days before the annual
meeting, the township board shall adopt an agenda for the
annual meeting. Any 15 or more registered voters in the
township may request an agenda item for consideration by the
electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of a
specific request to the township clerk no later than March 1
prior to the annual meeting. The agenda published by the
township board shall include any such request made by voters if
the request is relevant to powers granted to electors under the
Township Code.
    (c) Additional agenda items. Any matter or proposal not set
forth in the published agenda shall not be considered at the
annual meeting other than advising that the matter may be
considered at a special meeting of the electors at a later
date.
(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
 
    (60 ILCS 1/35-5)
    Sec. 35-5. Special township meeting. Special township
meetings shall be held when the township board (or at least 15
voters of the township) file in the office of the township
clerk a written statement that a special meeting is necessary
for the interests of the township. The statement also shall set
forth the objects of the meeting, which must be relevant to
powers granted to electors under this Code. The special
township meeting shall be held no less than 14 nor more than 45
days after the written request is filed in the office of the
township clerk. Special township meetings may not begin before
6 p.m.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670, eff.
12-2-94.)
 
    (60 ILCS 1/35-10)
    Sec. 35-10. Notice of special meeting; business at meeting.
    (a) Notice of a special township meeting shall be given in
the same manner and for the same length of time as for regular
township meetings.
    (b) The notice shall set forth the object of the meeting as
contained in the statement filed with the township clerk, which
must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code.
No business shall be done at a special meeting except the
business that is embraced in the statement and notice. The
notice shall set forth the object of the meeting as contained
in the statement filed with the township clerk, and no business
shall be done at a special meeting except the business that is
embraced in the statement and notice.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
 
    (60 ILCS 1/35-15)
    Sec. 35-15. Quorum and powers of electors at special
meeting Powers of electors at special meeting. No special
township meeting shall be convened unless 15 or more electors
are present at the meeting. The electors at special township
meetings when convened have the powers enumerated in this
Article. An elector is a person registered to vote within the
township no less than 28 days before the date of the special
meeting. If a special township meeting is not convened because
of an absence of 15 or more electors, that special township
meeting shall not be re-convened unless all procedures for a
special township meeting are again completed.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.