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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 3-70 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/3-70)
7    Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of 
8Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided 
9in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the 
10coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of the 
11Township Assessor under this Code.

12(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
13    Section 10. The Township Code is amended  by changing  the 
14heading of Article  27 and by adding Article 28 as follows:
 
15    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading)
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ARTICLE 27.  DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP
  
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ORGANIZATION WITHIN  COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY :  


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COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE  
19(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
20    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 28 heading new)
 
 
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ARTICLE 28.  DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP
  
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ORGANIZATION WITHIN  COTERMINOUS  
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MUNICIPALITY: SPECIFIED TOWNSHIPS  

 
4    (60 ILCS 1/28-5 new)
5    Sec. 28-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to 
6a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially 
7coterminous, municipality, (2) is located within a county with 
8a population of 270,000 or more determined using the most 
9recent federal decennial census, and (3) contains a territory 
10of 23 square miles or more.
 
11    (60 ILCS 1/28-10 new)
12    Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township 
13organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of 
14township organization.
15    (a) The township board of a township described under 
16Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a 
17majority of the votes of the township board, providing that, 
18upon the approval of a coterminous, or substantially 
19coterminous, municipality's corporate authorities, (1) that 
20the township organization shall discontinue and be abolished; 
21and (2) that the township shall transfer all the rights, 
22powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, 
23and responsibilities of the township organization to the 
24coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality. The 
 
 
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1corporate authorities of the coterminous, or substantially 
2coterminous, municipality shall adopt an ordinance by a 
3majority vote approving such transfer to the municipality.
4    (b) On the later date of either the (i) approval of an 
5ordinance by a municipality under subsection (a) of this 
6Section, or (ii) expiration of the township officers' terms 
7after passing an ordinance under subsection (a) of this 
8Section, the township is discontinued and abolished and all the 
9rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, 
10obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall by 
11operation of law vest in and be assumed by the municipality, 
12including the authority to levy property taxes for township 
13purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township.
 
14    (60 ILCS 1/28-15 new)
15    Sec. 28-15. Coterminous municipality's duties and 
16responsibilities. Upon the effective date of discontinuance 
17and abolishment of the township organization, the coterminous 
18municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of 
19the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the 
20Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the 
21Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. The coterminous 
22municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or 
23contract with the county or the State to administer the duties 
24and responsibilities of the township officers for services 
25under its jurisdiction.
 
 
 
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1    (60 ILCS 1/28-20 new)
2    Sec. 28-20. Business, records, and property of 
3discontinued township organization. The records of a township 
4organization discontinued under this Article shall be 
5deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's 
6office. The coterminous municipality may close up all 
7unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any 
8of the property belonging to the township for benefit of the 
9inhabitants of the coterminous municipality.
 
10    Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended  by 
11changing Section 25 as follows:
 
12    (70 ILCS 905/25)
13    Sec. 25. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. If the 
14office of Township Assessor in a coterminous township is 
15discontinued as provided in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the 
16Township Code, then the coterminous municipality's Council 
17members shall be the board of health for the public health 
18district under this Act.

19(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
20    Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
21changing Section 12-3.1 as follows:
 
 
 
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1    (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1)
2    Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. 
3Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township under Articles 
4Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, the coterminous 
5municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public 
6aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code.

7(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
8    Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by 
9changing Section 5-205.10 as follows:
 
10    (605 ILCS 5/5-205.10)
11    Sec. 5-205.10. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. 
12If township organization is discontinued as provided in 
13Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the 
14coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of highway 
15commissioner under this Code.

16(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
  
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
18becoming law.