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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 3-70 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (35 ILCS 200/3-70) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | ||||||
8 | Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided | ||||||
9 | in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the | ||||||
10 | coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of the | ||||||
11 | Township Assessor under this Code.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.) | ||||||
13 | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing the | ||||||
14 | heading of Article 27 and by adding Article 28 as follows: | ||||||
15 | (60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading) | ||||||
16 | ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP | ||||||
17 | ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY :
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18 | 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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1 | ARTICLE 28. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP | ||||||
2 | ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS | ||||||
3 | MUNICIPALITY: SPECIFIED TOWNSHIPS | ||||||
4 | (60 ILCS 1/28-5 new) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 28-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to | ||||||
6 | a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially | ||||||
7 | coterminous, municipality, (2) is located within St. Clair | ||||||
8 | County, and (3) contains a territory of 23 square miles or | ||||||
9 | more. | ||||||
10 | (60 ILCS 1/28-10 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township | ||||||
12 | organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of | ||||||
13 | township organization. | ||||||
14 | (a) The township board of a township described under | ||||||
15 | Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a | ||||||
16 | majority of the votes of the township board, providing that, | ||||||
17 | upon the approval of a coterminous, or substantially | ||||||
18 | coterminous, municipality's corporate authorities, (1) that | ||||||
19 | the township organization shall discontinue and be abolished; | ||||||
20 | and (2) that the township shall transfer all the rights, | ||||||
21 | powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, | ||||||
22 | and responsibilities of the township organization to the | ||||||
23 | coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality. The | ||||||
24 | corporate authorities of the coterminous, or substantially |
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1 | coterminous, municipality shall adopt an ordinance by a | ||||||
2 | majority vote approving such transfer to the municipality. | ||||||
3 | (b) On the later date of either the (i) approval of an | ||||||
4 | ordinance by a municipality under subsection (a) of this | ||||||
5 | Section, or (ii) expiration of the township officers' terms | ||||||
6 | after passing an ordinance under subsection (a) of this | ||||||
7 | Section, the township is discontinued and abolished and all the | ||||||
8 | rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, | ||||||
9 | obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall by | ||||||
10 | operation of law vest in and be assumed by the municipality, | ||||||
11 | including the authority to levy property taxes for township | ||||||
12 | purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township. | ||||||
13 | (60 ILCS 1/28-15 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 28-15. Coterminous municipality's duties and | ||||||
15 | responsibilities. Upon the effective date of discontinuance | ||||||
16 | and abolishment of the township organization, the coterminous | ||||||
17 | municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of | ||||||
18 | the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the | ||||||
20 | Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. The coterminous | ||||||
21 | municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or | ||||||
22 | contract with the county or the State to administer the duties | ||||||
23 | and responsibilities of the township officers for services | ||||||
24 | under its jurisdiction. |
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1 | (60 ILCS 1/28-20 new) | ||||||
2 | Sec. 28-20. Business, records, and property of | ||||||
3 | discontinued township organization. The records of a township | ||||||
4 | organization discontinued under this Article shall be | ||||||
5 | deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's | ||||||
6 | office. The coterminous municipality may close up all | ||||||
7 | unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any | ||||||
8 | of the property belonging to the township for benefit of the | ||||||
9 | inhabitants of the coterminous municipality. | ||||||
10 | Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended by | ||||||
11 | changing Section 25 as follows: | ||||||
12 | (70 ILCS 905/25) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 25. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. If the | ||||||
14 | office of Township Assessor in a coterminous township is | ||||||
15 | discontinued as provided in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the | ||||||
16 | Township Code, then the coterminous municipality's Council | ||||||
17 | members shall be the board of health for the public health | ||||||
18 | district under this Act.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.) | ||||||
20 | Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
21 | changing Section 12-3.1 as follows: | ||||||
22 | (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1) |
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1 | Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | ||||||
2 | Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township under Articles | ||||||
3 | Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, the coterminous | ||||||
4 | municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public | ||||||
5 | aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.) | ||||||
7 | Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | ||||||
8 | changing Section 5-205.10 as follows: | ||||||
9 | (605 ILCS 5/5-205.10) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 5-205.10. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | ||||||
11 | If township organization is discontinued as provided in | ||||||
12 | Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the | ||||||
13 | coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of highway | ||||||
14 | commissioner under this Code.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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