093_HB1447

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to townships.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Township  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Section 215-5 as follows:

 6        (60 ILCS 1/215-5)
 7        Sec. 215-5.  Township committee on youth.
 8        (a)  The township board may appoint a township  committee
 9    on  youth  comprised  of  not  less than 5 members. The board
10    shall fix the length of the committee members' terms at  one,
11    2,  and 3 years initially, staggering the terms so that after
12    the initial appointments, the term of each  member  shall  be
13    for  3 years and so that the smallest possible portion of the
14    terms on the committee will expire  in  any  single  calendar
15    year.
16        (b)  The township committee on youth may provide programs
17    to  combat  and  prevent juvenile delinquency and to meet the
18    needs of local youth.
19        (c)  The township committee on youth may  cooperate  with
20    other governmental entities and with any other organizations,
21    associations,  agencies, or persons in fostering, developing,
22    and providing local programs designed to combat  and  prevent
23    juvenile delinquency and to meet the needs of local youth.
24        (d)  The  township  committee on youth, with the approval
25    of the township board, may contract with  other  governmental
26    entities  and  with  any  other  organizations, associations,
27    agencies, or  persons  to  provide  programs  to  combat  and
28    prevent  juvenile  delinquency, to provide needed or required
29    transportation services, and  to  meet  the  needs  of  local
30    youth.
31        (e)  Members  of  the  township  committee on youth shall
 
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 1    serve without compensation but  shall  be  allowed  necessary
 2    expenses  incurred  in  the performance of their duties under
 3    this Section.
 4        (f)  The members of the township committee on youth shall
 5    select one of their number to serve as  chairperson  and  may
 6    elect other officers they deem necessary.
 7    (Source: P.A. 83-1090; 88-62.)

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.