Full Text of HB1981 97th General Assembly
HB1981sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John J. Cullerton Filed: 5/2/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1981
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1981 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 3-70 as follows: | 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/3-70 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | 8 | | Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided | 9 | | in Section 25-30 of the Township Code, then the coterminous | 10 | | municipality shall assume the duties of the Township Assessor | 11 | | under this Code. | 12 | | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing | 13 | | Section 50-20 and by adding Section 25-30 as follows: | 14 | | (60 ILCS 1/25-30 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 25-30. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | 2 | | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 25-10 to the | 3 | | contrary, the board of trustees of a coterminous township may, | 4 | | by ordinance, submit a proposition to discontinue township | 5 | | organization to the electors of the township at a general | 6 | | election or consolidated election in accordance with general | 7 | | election law. | 8 | | The proposition shall be in substantially the following | 9 | | form: | 10 | | Shall the township organization be continued in (name | 11 | | of township)? | 12 | | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". | 13 | | If it appears by the returns of the election that a | 14 | | majority of the votes of the township cast on the question of | 15 | | the continuance of township organization at the election are | 16 | | against the proposed option for continuance, then township | 17 | | organization shall cease in the township on January 1 of the | 18 | | calendar year immediately following the calendar year that the | 19 | | proposition was approved by the electors. Upon discontinuance | 20 | | of township organization, all powers, duties, assets, | 21 | | property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of | 22 | | the township shall be assumed by the coterminous municipality. | 23 | | (b) If it appears by the returns of the election that a | 24 | | majority of the votes of the township cast on the question of | 25 | | the continuance of township organization are against | 26 | | continuance, then the office of Township Supervisor and the |
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| 1 | | office of Township Assessor shall cease in the township at the | 2 | | next January 1 after the proposition was approved. If the | 3 | | office of Township Supervisor ceases, then the coterminous | 4 | | municipality shall assume the duties of Township Supervisor. If | 5 | | the office of Township Assessor ceases, then the coterminous | 6 | | municipality shall assume the duties of the Township Assessor | 7 | | under the Property Tax Code and the Public Health District Act. | 8 | | (c) The coterminous municipality shall assume all taxing | 9 | | authority of the township abolished under this Section. For | 10 | | purposes of distribution of revenue, the coterminous | 11 | | municipality shall assume the powers, duties, and obligations | 12 | | of the township. | 13 | | (d) Upon discontinuance of township organization, the | 14 | | records of the township shall be deposited in the city clerk's | 15 | | office. The coterminous municipality may close up all | 16 | | unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any | 17 | | of the property belonging to the township, as fully as might | 18 | | have been done by the township itself, for benefit of the | 19 | | inhabitants of the municipality. | 20 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the coterminous | 21 | | municipality from entering into an intergovernmental agreement | 22 | | or contract to provide for general assistance or property | 23 | | assessment duties for services under its jurisdiction.
| 24 | | (60 ILCS 1/50-20)
| 25 | | Sec. 50-20. Counties with no township collector. No |
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| 1 | | collector in counties under 100,000. | 2 | | (a) No collector in counties under 100,000. In counties | 3 | | under
township organization, having a population of less than | 4 | | 100,000, there shall be
no township collector elected. The | 5 | | county collector shall be ex-officio
township collector, and | 6 | | all the duties of the township collector shall devolve
upon and | 7 | | be performed by the county collector.
| 8 | | (b) No collector in counties over 2,000,000. In counties | 9 | | having a population of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants there | 10 | | shall be no township collector elected on and after the | 11 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 12 | | Assembly. Upon the completion of the terms of office of | 13 | | township collectors holding office on the effective date of | 14 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the township | 15 | | assessor shall be the ex-officio township collector, and all | 16 | | the duties of the township collector shall devolve upon and be | 17 | | performed by the township assessor. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
| 19 | | Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended by | 20 | | adding Section 25 as follows: | 21 | | (70 ILCS 905/25 new) | 22 | | Sec. 25. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | 23 | | Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided | 24 | | in Section 25-30 of the Township Code, then the city council |
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| 1 | | members of the coterminous municipality shall be the board of | 2 | | health for the public health district under this Act. | 3 | | Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 4 | | adding Section 12-3.1 as follows: | 5 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1 new) | 6 | | Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | 7 | | Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township, the coterminous | 8 | | municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public | 9 | | aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code.
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law.".
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