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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Graveyards Act is amended by changing
5 Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 610/1)  (from Ch. 21, par. 13)
7     Sec. 1. (a) Public graveyards in this State, not under the
8 control of any corporation sole, organization or society, and
9 located within the limits of townships or counties not under
10 township organization, shall and may be controlled or vacated
11 by the corporate authorities of such township or county in such
12 manner as such authorities may deem proper, and in the case of
13 townships, such control may be vested in 3 trustees.
14     (b) Vacancies created by the expiration occurring at any
15 time after the effective date of the amendatory Act of the
16 Seventy-eighth General Assembly and after this amendatory Act
17 of the 83rd General Assembly of the terms of cemetery trustees
18 of a township (except a township coterminous with a
19 municipality) or of a county not under township organization
20 elected under this Act shall be filled only by appointment.
21 Such appointment shall be made by the county board of any
22 county not under township organization or by the Township Board
23 of Trustees in counties under township organization, as the
24 case may be, for a term of 6 years. Until the effective date of
25 this amendatory Act of 1983, in a township coterminous with a
26 municipality, cemetery trustees shall continue to be elected by
27 ballot, with one trustee elected in each odd-numbered year, in
28 accordance with the provisions of the general election law, for
29 a term of 6 years and until their respective successors are
30 elected and qualified. After the effective date of this
31 amendatory Act of 1983, in a township coterminous with a
32 municipality, cemetery trustees shall be appointed by the

 

 

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1 governing authority of the municipality with one trustee
2 appointed in each odd-numbered year for a term of 6 years and
3 until his or her respective successors are appointed and
4 qualified.
5     Such trustees may be paid such compensation, not to exceed
6 $2,000 $500 per year, as may be fixed by the Township Board of
7 Trustees. If the cemetery trustees also act as the cemetery
8 caretakers, then the cemetery trustees may be paid compensation
9 not to exceed $5,000 per year, as may be fixed by the Township
10 Board of Trustees.
11     (c) Not more than one of the trustees shall be from any one
12 city or village or incorporated town or section of land within
13 such township unless such city, village, incorporated town or
14 section of land shall have more than 50% of the population of
15 the township according to the last preceding Federal census in
16 which are included 2 or more cities, villages, incorporated
17 towns or sections of land.
18 (Source: P.A. 83-712.)
 
19     Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
20 Sections 80-55 and 150-15 as follows:
 
21     (60 ILCS 1/80-55)
22     Sec. 80-55. Multi-township board. A multi-township board
23 shall be organized as provided in the Property Tax Code, and
24 shall have only the powers, duties, and responsibilities
25 provided by law. Members of a multi-township board may receive
26 additional pay for their service, determined by the
27 multi-township board under Section 65-10, in an amount not to
28 exceed $50 $25 per day for each day of service and may be
29 reimbursed for any actual expense incurred in the discharge of
30 their duties as members of the multi-township board.
31 (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 
32     (60 ILCS 1/150-15)
33     Sec. 150-15. Board of managers; election; organization;

 

 

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1 salary.
2     (a) The community building or buildings, if authorized at
3 an election, shall be under the care and supervision of a board
4 of managers. The board of managers shall consist of 3 persons
5 who are registered to vote from a residence in the township.
6 Each member of the board of managers may be paid a salary not
7 to exceed $50 $25 per day or $2,000 $500 per year, as
8 determined by the township board, for attendance at township
9 meetings and business travel pertaining to official duties.
10     (b) The first board of managers shall be elected at the
11 regular election at which the referendum for the first issue of
12 bonds for the establishment of a community building or
13 buildings is authorized by the voters. Three managers shall be
14 elected at the time of the regular township election provided
15 in the general election law and until their successors are
16 elected and qualified.
17     (c) Candidates for the board of managers shall be nominated
18 by a petition signed by 10 registered voters of the township
19 and filed with the township clerk within the time prescribed by
20 the general election law. The township clerk shall certify the
21 names of the candidates to the proper election authorities. The
22 election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the
23 general election law. The 3 candidates receiving the highest
24 number of votes, respectively, shall be declared elected and
25 shall assume the duties of their office on the first Monday of
26 the month following their election.
27     (d) Within 10 days after assuming office, the board of
28 managers shall meet and organize. One member shall be elected
29 chairman and one member shall be elected clerk of the board. A
30 majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the
31 transaction of business. If a vacancy occurs on the board, the
32 vacancy shall be filled by the remaining managers within 60
33 days by the appointment of a person who is qualified to be a
34 manager. The person appointed shall serve the remainder of the
35 unexpired term.
36 (Source: P.A. 86-283; 88-62.)
 

 

 

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