103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4442
 
Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Daniel Didech
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
60 ILCS 1/30-10
    Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township that has a website that the full-time staff of the township maintains shall also post on its website the notice and agenda of the annual and any special township meetings. Provides that a notice and agenda of the annual or a special township meeting that is posted on a township's website shall remain posted on the website at least until the annual or special township meeting is concluded.


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A BILL FOR
 
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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 Township Code is amended by changing 
5Section 30-10 as follows:
 
6    (60 ILCS 1/30-10)
7    Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting; agenda. 
8    (a) Notice of the time and place of holding the annual and 
9any special township meetings shall be given by the township 
10clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the supervisor, assessor, 
11or collector) by posting written or printed notices in 3 of the 
12most public places in the township at least 15 days before the 
13meeting and, if there is an English language newspaper 
14published in the township, by at least one publication in that 
15newspaper before the meeting. The notice shall set forth the 
16agenda for the meeting.
17    A township that has a website that the full-time staff of 
18the township maintains shall also post on its website the 
19notice and agenda of the annual and any special township 
20meetings. A notice and agenda of the annual or a special 
21township meeting that is posted on a township's website shall 
22remain posted on the website at least until the annual or 
23special township meeting is concluded. 
 
 
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1    (b) Agenda. Not less than 15 days before the annual 
2meeting, the township board shall adopt an agenda for the 
3annual meeting. Any 15 or more registered voters in the 
4township may request an agenda item for consideration by the 
5electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of a 
6specific request to the township clerk no later than March 1 
7prior to the annual meeting. The agenda published by the 
8township board shall include any such request made by voters 
9if the request is relevant to powers granted to electors under 
10the Township Code.
11    (c) Additional agenda items. Any matter or proposal not 
12set forth in the published agenda shall not be considered at 
13the annual meeting other than advising that the matter may be 
14considered at a special meeting of the electors at a later 
15date. 
16    (d) Notice and agenda requirements for an annual township 
17meeting that has been postponed under subsection (d) of 
18Section 30-5 shall be the same as provided in this Section. 
19(Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20.)