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    AN ACT concerning education.

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


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
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5-1 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-1)



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    Sec. 5-1. County school units. 

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    (a) The territory in each county, exclusive of
any school 
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district governed by any special act which requires the 
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district
to appoint its own school treasurer, shall constitute 
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a county school unit.
County school units of less than 
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2,000,000 inhabitants shall be known as
Class I county school 
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units and the office of township trustees, where
existing on 
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July 1, 1962, in such units shall be abolished on that date and

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all books and records of such former township trustees shall be 
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forthwith
thereafter transferred to the county board of school 
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trustees. County
school units of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants 
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shall be known as Class II
county school units and shall retain 
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the office of township trustees
unless otherwise provided in 
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subsection (b) or (c).

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    (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the
school 
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board of any elementary school district having a fall, 1989

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aggregate enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500 
 


 






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pupils and
having boundaries that are coterminous with the 
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boundaries of a high school
district, and the school board of 
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any high school district having a fall,
1989 aggregate 
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enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500 pupils and

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having boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of 
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an elementary
school district, may, whenever the territory of 
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such school district forms
a part of a Class II county school

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unit, by proper resolution withdraw such school district from 
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the
jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of 
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the township in
which such school district is located and from 
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the jurisdiction and
authority of the township treasurer in 
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such Class II county school unit;
provided that the school 
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board of any such school district shall, upon the
adoption and 
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passage of such resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own

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school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1.  Upon the adoption 
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and passage
of such resolution and the election or appointment 
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by the school board of
its own school treasurer: (1) the 
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trustees of schools in such township
shall no longer have or 
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exercise any powers and duties with respect to the
school 
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district governed by such school board or with respect to the 
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school
business, operations or assets of such school district; 
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and (2) all books
and
records of the township trustees relating 
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to the school business and
affairs of such school district 
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shall be transferred and delivered to the
school board of such 
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school district.  Upon the effective date of this
amendatory Act 
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of 1993, the legal title to, and all right, title
and interest

 


 






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formerly held by the township trustees in any school buildings 
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and
school sites
used and occupied by the school board of such 
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school district for school
purposes, that legal title, right, 
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title and interest thereafter having
been transferred to and 
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vested in the regional
board
of school trustees under P.A. 
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87-473 until the abolition of that regional
board of school 
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trustees by P.A. 87-969, shall be deemed transferred by

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operation of law to and shall vest in the school board of that 
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school
district.

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    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards 
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of Oak Park & River Forest District 200, Oak Park Elementary 
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School District 97, and River Forest School District 90 may, by 
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proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and 
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authority of the trustees of schools of Proviso and Cicero 
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Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school 
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board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution, 
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elect or appoint its own school treasurer as provided in 
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Section 8-1 of this Code.  Upon the adoption and passage of the 
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resolution and the election or appointment by the school board 
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of its own school treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the 
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township or townships shall no longer have or exercise any 
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powers or duties with respect to the school district or with 
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respect to the school  business, operations, or assets of the 
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school district; (2) all books and records of the  trustees of 
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schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other 
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assets relating to the school business and affairs of the 
 


 






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school district shall be transferred and delivered to the 
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school board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title, 
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and interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any 
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common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used and 
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occupied by the school board and all rights of property and 
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causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the 
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common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed 
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transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school 
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board.

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

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    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the 
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offices of
township treasurer and trustee of schools of any 
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township located in a Class
II county school unit shall be 
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abolished as provided in this subsection
if all of the 
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following conditions are met:


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        (1) During the same 30 day period, each school board of 
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    each
elementary and unit school district that is subject to 
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    the jurisdiction and
authority of the township treasurer 
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    and trustees of schools of the township
in which those 
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    offices are sought to be abolished gives written notice by

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    certified mail, return receipt requested to the township 
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    treasurer and
trustees of schools of that township of the 
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    date of a meeting of the school
board, to be held not more 
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    than 90 nor less than 60 days after the date
when the 
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    notice is given, at which meeting the school board is to 
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    consider
and vote upon the question of whether there shall 
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    be submitted to the
electors of the school district a 
 


 






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    proposition to abolish the offices of
township treasurer 
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    and trustee of schools of that township.  None of the

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    notices given under this paragraph to the township 
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    treasurer and trustees
of schools of a township shall be 
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    deemed sufficient or in compliance with
the requirements of 
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    this paragraph unless all of those notices are given
within 
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    the same 30 day period.


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        (2) Each school board of each elementary and unit 
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    school district that
is subject to the jurisdiction and 
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    authority of the township treasurer and
trustees of schools 
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    of the township in which those offices are sought to
be 
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    abolished, by the affirmative vote of at least 5 members of 
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    the school
board at a school board meeting of which notice 
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    is given as required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
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    adopts a resolution requiring the
secretary of the school 
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    board to certify to the proper election authorities
for 
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    submission to the electors of the school district at the 
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    next
consolidated election in accordance with the general

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    election law a
proposition to abolish the offices of 
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    township treasurer and trustee of
schools of that township. 
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    None of the resolutions adopted under this
paragraph by any 
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    elementary or unit school districts that are subject to
the 
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    jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and 
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    trustees of
schools of the township in which those offices 
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    are sought to be abolished
shall be deemed in compliance 
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    authorize submission of the proposition to abolish those

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    offices to a referendum of the electors in any such school 
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    district unless
all of the school boards of all of the 
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    elementary and unit school districts
that are subject to 
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    the jurisdiction and authority of the township
treasurer 
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    and trustees of schools of that township adopt such a 
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    resolution
in accordance with the provisions of this 
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    paragraph.


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        (3) The school boards of all of the elementary and unit 
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    school
districts that are subject to the jurisdiction and 
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    authority of the
township treasurer and trustees of schools 
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    of the township in which those
offices are sought to be 
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    abolished submit a proposition to abolish the
offices of 
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    township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township 
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    to
the electors of their respective school districts at the 
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    same consolidated
election in accordance with the general 
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    election law, the ballot in each
such district to be in 
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    substantially the following form:

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OFFICIAL BALLOT


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            Shall the offices of township

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            treasurer and                       YES

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            trustee of                      -----------------

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            schools of Township .....           NO

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            Range ..... be abolished?

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        (4) At the consolidated election at which the

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    proposition to abolish
the offices of township treasurer 
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    and trustee of schools of a township is
submitted to the 
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    electors of each elementary and unit school district that

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    is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the 
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    township treasurer and
trustee of schools of that township, 
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    a majority of the electors voting on
the proposition in 
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    each such elementary and unit school district votes in

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    favor of the proposition as submitted to them.

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    If in each elementary and unit school district that is 
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subject to the
jurisdiction and authority of the township 
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treasurer and trustees of
schools of the township in which 
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those offices are sought to be abolished a
majority of the 
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electors in each such district voting at the consolidated

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election on the proposition to abolish the offices of township 
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treasurer
and trustee of schools of that township votes in 
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favor of the proposition
as submitted to them, the proposition 
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shall be deemed to have passed; but
if in any such elementary 
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or unit school district a majority of the
electors voting on 
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that proposition in that district fails to vote in favor
of the 
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proposition as submitted to them, then notwithstanding the vote 
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of
the electors in any other such elementary or unit school 
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district on that
proposition the proposition shall not be 
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deemed to have passed in any of
those elementary or unit school 
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districts, and the offices of township
treasurer and trustee of 
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be abolished shall not be abolished, unless in each of those

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elementary and unit school districts remaining subject to the 
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jurisdiction
and authority of the township treasurer and 
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trustees of schools of that
township proceedings are again 
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initiated to abolish those offices and all
of the proceedings 
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and conditions prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (4)
of this 
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subsection are repeated and met in each of those elementary and

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unit school districts.

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    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 
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or any other
provision of the School Code, the offices of 
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township treasurer and trustee of
schools of a township that 
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has a population of less than 200,000 and that
contains a unit 
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school district and is located in a Class II county school unit

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shall also be
abolished as provided in this subsection if all 
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of the conditions set forth in
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 
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this subsection are met
and if the following additional 
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condition is met:


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        The electors in all of the school districts subject to 
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    the jurisdiction and
authority of the township treasurer 
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    and trustees of schools of the township in
which those 
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    offices are sought to be abolished shall vote at the

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    consolidated
election on the proposition to abolish the 
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    offices of township treasurer and
trustee of schools of 
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    that township.  If a majority of the electors in all of
the 
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    school districts combined voting on the proposition vote in 
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    favor of the
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    deemed to have passed; but if a
majority of the electors 
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    voting on the proposition in all of the school
district 
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    fails to vote in favor of the proposition as submitted to 
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    them, then
the proposition shall not be deemed to have 
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    passed and the offices of township
treasurer and trustee of 
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    schools of the township in which those offices were
sought 
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    to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless and until 
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    the proceedings
detailed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of 
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    this subsection and the conditions
set forth in this 
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    paragraph are met.

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    If the proposition to abolish the offices of township 
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treasurer and
trustee of schools of a township is deemed to 
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have passed at the
consolidated election as provided in this 
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subsection,
those offices shall be
deemed abolished by 
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operation of law effective on January 1
of the
calendar year 
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immediately following the calendar year in which that

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consolidated election is held, provided that if after the

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election, the trustees of schools by resolution elect to 
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abolish the offices of
township treasurer and trustee of 
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schools effective on July 1 immediately
following the election, 
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then the offices shall be abolished on July 1
immediately 
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following the election.
On the date that
the offices of 
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township treasurer and trustee of schools of a
township are 
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deemed abolished by operation of law, the school board of each

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elementary and unit school district and the school board of 
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and authority of the
township treasurer and trustees of schools 
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of that township at the time
those offices are abolished: (i) 
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shall appoint its own school treasurer as
provided in Section 
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8-1; and (ii) unless the term of the contract of a
township 
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treasurer expires on the date that the office of township

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treasurer is abolished, shall pay to the former township 
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treasurer its
proportionate share of any aggregate 
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compensation that, were the office of
township treasurer not 
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abolished at that time, would
have been payable to the former 
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township treasurer after that date over the
remainder of the 
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term of the contract of the former township treasurer that

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began prior to but ends after that date. In addition, on the 
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date that the offices of township treasurer and trustee of

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schools of a township are deemed abolished as provided in this 
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subsection,
the school board of each elementary school, high 
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school and unit school
district that until that date is subject 
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to the jurisdiction and authority
of the township treasurer and 
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trustees of schools of that township shall be
deemed by 
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operation of law to have agreed and assumed to pay and, when

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determined, shall pay to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
Fund 
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a proportionate share of the unfunded liability existing in 
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that Fund
at the time these offices are abolished in that

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calendar year for all annuities or other benefits then or

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thereafter to become payable from that Fund with respect to all 
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periods of
service performed prior to that date as a 
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those periods of service as a trustee of
schools, township 
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treasurer or regular employee in the office of the
township 
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treasurer of that township.  That unfunded liability shall be

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actuarially determined by the board of trustees of the Illinois 
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Municipal
Retirement Fund, and the board of trustees shall 
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thereupon notify each
school board required to pay a 
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proportionate share of that unfunded
liability of the aggregate 
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amount of the unfunded liability so determined.
The amount so 
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paid to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund by each of
those 
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school districts shall be credited to the account of the 
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township in
that Fund. For each elementary school, high school 
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and unit school district
under the jurisdiction and authority 
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of a township treasurer and trustees
of schools of a township 
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in which those offices are abolished as provided
in this 
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subsection, each such district's proportionate share of the

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aggregate compensation payable to the former township 
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treasurer as provided
in this paragraph and each such 
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district's proportionate share of the
aggregate amount of the 
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unfunded liability payable to the Illinois
Municipal 
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Retirement Fund as provided in this paragraph shall be computed

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in accordance with the ratio that the number of pupils in 
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average daily
attendance in each such district as reported in 
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schedules prepared under
Section 24-19 for the school year last 
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ending prior to the date on which
the offices of township 
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treasurer and trustee of schools of that township
are abolished 
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attendance in all of those districts as so reported for that 
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school year.

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    Upon abolition of the offices of township treasurer and 
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trustee of
schools of a township as provided in this 
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subsection: (i) the regional
board of school trustees, in its 
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corporate capacity, shall be deemed the
successor in interest 
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to the former trustees of schools of that township
with respect 
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to the common school lands and township loanable funds of the

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township; (ii) all right, title and interest existing or vested 
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in the
former trustees of schools of that township in the 
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common school lands and
township loanable funds of the 
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township, and all records, moneys,
securities and other assets, 
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rights of property and causes of action
pertaining to or 
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constituting a part of those common school lands or
township 
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loanable funds, shall be transferred to and deemed vested by

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operation of law in the regional board of school trustees, 
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which shall hold
legal title to, manage and operate all common 
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school lands and township
loanable funds of the township, 
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receive the rents, issues and profits
therefrom, and have and 
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exercise with respect thereto the same powers and
duties as are 
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provided by this Code to be exercised by regional boards of

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school trustees when acting as township land commissioners in 
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counties
having at least 220,000 but fewer than 2,000,000 
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inhabitants; (iii) the
regional board of school trustees shall 
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select to serve as its treasurer
with respect to the common 
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person from time to time also serving as the appointed school

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treasurer of any school district that was subject to the 
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jurisdiction and
authority of the township treasurer and 
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trustees of schools of that
township at the time those offices 
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were abolished, and the person selected
to also serve as 
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treasurer of the regional board of school trustees shall
have 
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his compensation for services in that capacity fixed by the 
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regional
board of school trustees, to be paid from the township 
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loanable funds, and
shall make to the regional board of school 
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trustees the reports required to be
made by treasurers of 
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township land commissioners, give bond as required by

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treasurers of township land commissioners, and perform the 
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duties and
exercise the powers of treasurers of township land 
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commissioners; (iv) the
regional board of school trustees shall 
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designate in the manner provided by
Section 8-7, insofar as 
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applicable, a depositary for its treasurer, and the
proceeds of 
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all rents, issues and profits from the common school lands and

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township loanable funds of that township shall be deposited and 
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held in the
account maintained for those purposes with that 
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depositary and shall be
expended and distributed therefrom as 
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provided in Section 15-24 and other
applicable provisions of 
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this Code; and (v) whenever there is vested in the
trustees of 
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schools of a township at the time that office is abolished

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under this subsection the legal title to any school buildings 
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or school
sites used or occupied for school purposes by any 
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to the jurisdiction and authority of
those trustees of school 
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at the time that office is abolished, the legal
title to those 
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school buildings and school sites shall be deemed
transferred 
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by operation of law to and invested in the
school board of that 
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school district, in its corporate
capacity Section 7-28, the

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same to be held, sold, exchanged leased or otherwise 
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transferred in
accordance with applicable provisions of this 
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Code.

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    Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g of this Code, a waiver of a 
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mandate
established under this Section may not be requested.

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(Source: P.A. 94-1078, eff. 1-9-07.)

 

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