SB3010eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3010 Engrossed LRB096 20132 RLJ 35669 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 140-5, 145-5, and 150-10 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/140-5)

Sec. 140-5. Petition and referendum for township hall.

(a) Whenever it is desired to build, purchase, or lease, for a longer period than 10 years, a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center in any township, at least 25 electors of the township may, before the time of giving notice of the annual township meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in writing that the proposition of building, purchasing, or leasing a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combination township hall and multi-purpose senior center and issuing bonds for the building, purchase, or lease be submitted to the voters of the township at the next ensuing general election. The proposition shall be clearly stated in the petition substantially as follows: "Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to (build, purchase, or lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination multi-purpose township hall and senior center) and issue bonds for the (building, purchase, or lease)?" The petition shall be filed in the office of the township clerk.

(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the legal voters of the township at an election in accordance with the general election law. The form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:

Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to (build, purchase, or lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination township hall and multi-purpose senior center) and issue bonds for the (building, purchase, or lease)?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution, build, purchase, or lease a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center within the township without referendum approval, if the building, purchasing, or leasing of the township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.

(Source: P.A. 93-743, eff. 7-15-04.)

(60 ILCS 1/145-5)

Sec. 145-5. Petition and referendum to build or purchase township hall.

(a) Whenever it is desired to build or purchase a township hall in any township whose boundaries are coextensive with the limits of an incorporated city, 25 electors of the township may, before the time of giving notice of the annual township meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in writing that the proposition of building or purchasing a township hall, as the case may be, and the issuing of bonds for the building or purchase be submitted to the voters of the township at an election. The proposition shall be clearly stated in the petition substantially as follows: "Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to build or purchase a township hall and issue bonds for the building or purchase?" The petition shall be filed in the office of the township clerk.

(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the legal voters of the township at an election held in accordance with the general election law. The form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:

Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to build or purchase a township hall and issue bonds for the building or purchase?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township whose boundaries are coextensive with the limits of an incorporated city may, by ordinance or resolution, build or purchase a township hall without referendum approval, if the building or purchasing of the township hall is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.

(Source: P.A. 81-1550; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/150-10)

Sec. 150-10. Resolution for bond issuance; referendum. Beginning August 16, 1993, the board of managers elected under Section 150-15 in a township having a population of not more than 25,000 (according to the last preceding federal census) shall initiate proceedings for the issuance of bonds under this Article by adopting a resolution proposing the issuance of bonds and describing briefly the authority under which the bonds are to be issued, the nature of the project to be financed, the estimated total cost of the project, and the maximum amount of bonds authorized to be issued. The resolution shall direct that the proposition to issue the bonds be submitted to the electors of the township. The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law.

The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall bonds for community building purposes be issued to the amount of $(amount)?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in the affirmative, the bonds may be issued.

The provisions of Public Act 88-360 incorporated into this Section by this amendatory Act of 1994 do not affect the obligations of a township or the rights of bondholders with respect to bonds issued under this Article or its predecessor Act before August 16, 1993.

Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution, purchase, erect, equip, remodel, or renovate a community building without referendum approval, if the purchasing, erecting, equipping, remodeling, or renovating of the community building is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

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