Public Act 099-0474
 
HB3693 EnrolledLRB099 11128 AWJ 31575 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 Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
Section 3-70 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 200/3-70)
    Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of 
Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided 
in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the 
coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of the 
Township Assessor under this Code.

(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    Section 10. The Township Code is amended  by changing  the 
heading of Article  27 and by adding Article 28 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading)
ARTICLE 27.  DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP
  
ORGANIZATION WITHIN  COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY :  


COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE  
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 28 heading new)
ARTICLE 28.  DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP
  
ORGANIZATION WITHIN  COTERMINOUS  
MUNICIPALITY: SPECIFIED TOWNSHIPS  

 
    (60 ILCS 1/28-5 new)
    Sec. 28-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to 
a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially 
coterminous, municipality, (2) is located within St. Clair 
County, and (3) contains a territory of 23 square miles or 
more.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/28-10 new)
    Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township 
organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of 
township organization.
    (a) The township board of a township described under 
Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a 
majority of the votes of the township board, providing that, 
upon the approval of a coterminous, or substantially 
coterminous, municipality's corporate authorities, (1) that 
the township organization shall discontinue and be abolished; 
and (2) that the township shall transfer all the rights, 
powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, 
and responsibilities of the township organization to the 
coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality. The 
corporate authorities of the coterminous, or substantially 
coterminous, municipality shall adopt an ordinance by a 
majority vote approving such transfer to the municipality.
    (b) On the later date of either the (i) approval of an 
ordinance by a municipality under subsection (a) of this 
Section, or (ii) expiration of the township officers' terms 
after passing an ordinance under subsection (a) of this 
Section, the township is discontinued and abolished and all the 
rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, 
obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall by 
operation of law vest in and be assumed by the municipality, 
including the authority to levy property taxes for township 
purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/28-15 new)
    Sec. 28-15. Coterminous municipality's duties and 
responsibilities. Upon the effective date of discontinuance 
and abolishment of the township organization, the coterminous 
municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of 
the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the 
Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the 
Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. The coterminous 
municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or 
contract with the county or the State to administer the duties 
and responsibilities of the township officers for services 
under its jurisdiction.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/28-20 new)
    Sec. 28-20. Business, records, and property of 
discontinued township organization. The records of a township 
organization discontinued under this Article shall be 
deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's 
office. The coterminous municipality may close up all 
unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any 
of the property belonging to the township for benefit of the 
inhabitants of the coterminous municipality.
 
    Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended  by 
changing Section 25 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 905/25)
    Sec. 25. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. If the 
office of Township Assessor in a coterminous township is 
discontinued as provided in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the 
Township Code, then the coterminous municipality's Council 
members shall be the board of health for the public health 
district under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
changing Section 12-3.1 as follows:
 
    (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1)
    Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. 
Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township under Articles 
Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, the coterminous 
municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public 
aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by 
changing Section 5-205.10 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/5-205.10)
    Sec. 5-205.10. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. 
If township organization is discontinued as provided in 
Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the 
coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of highway 
commissioner under this Code.

(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
  
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.