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1 AN ACT in relation to townships.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
5 Section 215-5 as follows:
6 (60 ILCS 1/215-5)
7 Sec. 215-5. Township committee on youth.
8 (a) The township board may appoint a township committee
9 on youth comprised of not less than 5 members. The board
10 shall fix the length of the committee members' terms at one,
11 2, and 3 years initially, staggering the terms so that after
12 the initial appointments, the term of each member shall be
13 for 3 years and so that the smallest possible portion of the
14 terms on the committee will expire in any single calendar
15 year.
16 (b) The township committee on youth may provide programs
17 to combat and prevent juvenile delinquency and to meet the
18 needs of local youth.
19 (c) The township committee on youth may cooperate with
20 other governmental entities and with any other organizations,
21 associations, agencies, or persons in fostering, developing,
22 and providing local programs designed to combat and prevent
23 juvenile delinquency and to meet the needs of local youth.
24 (d) The township committee on youth, with the approval
25 of the township board, may contract with other governmental
26 entities and with any other organizations, associations,
27 agencies, or persons to provide programs to combat and
28 prevent juvenile delinquency, to provide needed or required
29 transportation services, and to meet the needs of local
30 youth.
31 (e) Members of the township committee on youth shall
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1 serve without compensation but shall be allowed necessary
2 expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under
3 this Section.
4 (f) The members of the township committee on youth shall
5 select one of their number to serve as chairperson and may
6 elect other officers they deem necessary.
7 (Source: P.A. 83-1090; 88-62.)
8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.