Full Text of HB1981 97th General Assembly
HB1981sam002 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. The proposition must be approved by the corporate | 8 | | authorities of the coterminous municipality prior to placement | 9 | | on a ballot. | 10 | | The proposition shall be in substantially the following | 11 | | form: | 12 | | Shall the township organization be continued in (name | 13 | | of township)? | 14 | | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". | 15 | | If it appears by the returns of the election that a | 16 | | three-fifths majority of the votes of the township cast on the | 17 | | question of the continuance of township organization at the | 18 | | election are against the proposed option for continuance, then | 19 | | township organization shall cease in the township on January 1 | 20 | | of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year | 21 | | that the proposition was approved by the electors. Upon | 22 | | discontinuance of township organization, all powers, duties, | 23 | | assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and | 24 | | responsibilities of the township shall be assumed by the | 25 | | coterminous municipality. | 26 | | (b) If it appears by the returns of the election that a |
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| 1 | | majority of the votes of the township cast on the question of | 2 | | the continuance of township organization are against | 3 | | continuance, then the office of Township Supervisor and the | 4 | | office of Township Assessor shall cease in the township at the | 5 | | next January 1 after the proposition was approved. If the | 6 | | office of Township Supervisor ceases, then the coterminous | 7 | | municipality shall assume the duties of Township Supervisor. If | 8 | | the office of Township Assessor ceases, then the coterminous | 9 | | municipality shall assume the duties of the Township Assessor | 10 | | under the Property Tax Code and the Public Health District Act. | 11 | | (c) The coterminous municipality shall assume all taxing | 12 | | authority of the township abolished under this Section. For | 13 | | purposes of distribution of revenue, the coterminous | 14 | | municipality shall assume the powers, duties, and obligations | 15 | | of the township. | 16 | | (d) Upon discontinuance of township organization, the | 17 | | records of the township shall be deposited in the city clerk's | 18 | | office. The coterminous municipality may close up all | 19 | | unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any | 20 | | of the property belonging to the township, as fully as might | 21 | | have been done by the township itself, for benefit of the | 22 | | inhabitants of the municipality. | 23 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the coterminous | 24 | | municipality from entering into an intergovernmental agreement | 25 | | or contract to provide for general assistance or property | 26 | | assessment duties for services under its jurisdiction.
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| 1 | | (60 ILCS 1/50-20)
| 2 | | Sec. 50-20. Counties with no township collector. No | 3 | | collector in counties under 100,000. | 4 | | (a) No collector in counties under 100,000. In counties | 5 | | under
township organization, having a population of less than | 6 | | 100,000, there shall be
no township collector elected. The | 7 | | county collector shall be ex-officio
township collector, and | 8 | | all the duties of the township collector shall devolve
upon and | 9 | | be performed by the county collector.
| 10 | | (b) No collector in counties over 2,000,000. In counties | 11 | | having a population of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants there | 12 | | shall be no township collector elected on and after the | 13 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 14 | | Assembly. Upon the completion of the terms of office of | 15 | | township collectors holding office on the effective date of | 16 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the township | 17 | | assessor shall be the ex-officio township collector, and all | 18 | | the duties of the township collector shall devolve upon and be | 19 | | performed by the township assessor. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
| 21 | | Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended by | 22 | | adding Section 25 as follows: | 23 | | (70 ILCS 905/25 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 25. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | 2 | | Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided | 3 | | in Section 25-30 of the Township Code, then the city council | 4 | | members of the coterminous municipality shall be the board of | 5 | | health for the public health district under this Act. | 6 | | Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 7 | | adding Section 12-3.1 as follows: | 8 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1 new) | 9 | | Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | 10 | | Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township, the coterminous | 11 | | municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public | 12 | | aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code.
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.".
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