HB2994eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB2994 Engrossed LRB102 13027 AWJ 18370 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-1186 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1186 new)

Sec. 5-1186. Discontinuance of Capital Township in Sangamon County. In addition to any other procedure available by law to discontinue a township, upon resolutions of the board of trustees of Capital Township in Sangamon County and the Sangamon County Board, and after referendum approval by the voters of the township and county: (1) Capital Township in Sangamon County is discontinued; and (2) all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the Township are transferred to Sangamon County, including, but not limited to, the administration of the Capital Township's general assistance program. Capital Township and Sangamon County shall follow the same procedures that townships and municipalities must follow under Article 29 of the Township Code in order to dissolve the township and transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the Township to the County.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.