Full Text of SB0171 97th General Assembly
SB0171sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John J. Cullerton Filed: 5/25/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 171
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 171 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding the | 5 | | heading of Article 27 and Sections 27-5, 27-10, and 27-15 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading new) | 8 | | ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF CERTAIN TOWNSHIP OFFICES | 9 | | (60 ILCS 1/27-5 new) | 10 | | Sec. 27-5. Referendum to discontinue township | 11 | | organization. By petition of at least 10% of the registered | 12 | | voters of a township, as determined on the date registration | 13 | | closed before the regular election next preceding the last day | 14 | | on which the petition may be filed, of a county that has | 15 | | adopted township organization, or upon ordinance or resolution |
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| 1 | | adopted by the township board, the township board shall certify | 2 | | and cause to be submitted to the voters of the township, at the | 3 | | next election, the questions of the continuance of the office | 4 | | of Highway Commissioner and the office of Township Assessor. A | 5 | | signature on a petition shall not be valid or counted in | 6 | | considering the petition unless the form requirements are | 7 | | complied with and the date of each signature is less than 90 | 8 | | days before the last day for filing the petition. The statement | 9 | | of the person who circulates the petition must include an | 10 | | attestation (i) indicating the dates on which that sheet was | 11 | | circulated, (ii) indicating the first and last date on which | 12 | | that sheet was circulated, or (iii) certifying that none of the | 13 | | signatures on the sheet was signed more than 90 days before the | 14 | | last day for filing the petition. The petition shall be treated | 15 | | and the propositions certified in the manner provided by the | 16 | | general election law. | 17 | | The propositions shall be in substantially the following | 18 | | form: | 19 | | Shall the office of Highway Commissioner be continued | 20 | | in (name of township)? | 21 | | Shall the office of Township Assessor be continued in | 22 | | (name of township)? | 23 | | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". | 24 | | (60 ILCS 1/27-10 new) | 25 | | Sec. 27-10. Cessation of offices in a township. If a |
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| 1 | | majority of the votes of the township cast on the question of | 2 | | the continuance of the office of Highway Commissioner or the | 3 | | office of Township Assessor at the election are against either | 4 | | of the proposed options for continuance, then the office of | 5 | | Highway Commissioner, the office of Township Assessor, or both, | 6 | | as applicable, shall cease in the township at the end of the | 7 | | current term of office. If the office of the Highway | 8 | | Commissioner ceases, then the county superintendent of | 9 | | highways or the county engineer, as applicable, shall assume | 10 | | the duties of Highway Commissioner under the Illinois Highway | 11 | | Code. If the office of Township Assessor ceases, then (i) the | 12 | | county supervisor of assessments or county assessor, as | 13 | | applicable, shall assume the duties of the Township Assessor | 14 | | under the Property Tax Code, (ii) the county board members | 15 | | shall be the board of health for the public health district | 16 | | under the Public Health District Act, and (iii) the Office of | 17 | | the Township Collector shall also cease. | 18 | | (60 ILCS 1/27-15 new) | 19 | | Sec. 27-15. Township assets. If the office of Highway | 20 | | Commissioner is discontinued, then the assets of that office | 21 | | shall be appraised and distributed equally between the county | 22 | | and the township.
| 23 | | Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding | 24 | | Section 3-70 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (35 ILCS 200/3-70 new) | 2 | | Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | 3 | | Township Assessor ceases as provided in Article 27 of the | 4 | | Township Code, then the Supervisor of Assessments or County | 5 | | Assessor, as applicable, shall assume the duties of the | 6 | | Township Assessor under this Code. | 7 | | Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended by | 8 | | adding Section 25 as follows: | 9 | | (70 ILCS 905/25 new) | 10 | | Sec. 25. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | 11 | | Township Assessor ceases as provided in Article 27 of the | 12 | | Township Code, then the county board members shall be the board | 13 | | of health for the public health district under this Act. | 14 | | Section 20. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding | 15 | | Section 5-205.10 as follows: | 16 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-205.10 new) | 17 | | Sec. 5-205.10. Cessation of township Highway Commissioner. | 18 | | If the office of Highway Commissioner ceases as provided in | 19 | | Article 27 of the Township Code, then the county superintendent | 20 | | of highways or the county engineer, as applicable, shall assume | 21 | | the duties of Highway Commissioner under this Code.
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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