(60 ILCS 1/140-5)
Sec. 140-5. Petition and referendum for township hall.
(a) Whenever it is desired to build, purchase, or lease, for a longer period
than 10 years, a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a
combined
township hall and multi-purpose senior center in any township, at least 25
electors of the township may, before the time of giving notice of the annual
township meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in writing that the
proposition of building, purchasing, or leasing a township hall, a
multi-purpose senior center, or a combination township hall and multi-purpose
senior center and issuing bonds for the building, purchase, or lease be
submitted to the voters of the township at the next ensuing general election.
The proposition shall be clearly stated in the petition substantially as
follows: "Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to (build, purchase, or
lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination
multi-purpose township hall and senior center) and issue bonds for the
(building, purchase, or lease)?" The petition shall be filed in the office of
the township clerk.
(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election
officials, who shall submit the proposition to the legal voters of the township
at an election in accordance with the general election law. The form of the
proposition shall be substantially as follows:
Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to (build, |
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution, build, purchase, or lease a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center within the township without referendum approval, if the building, purchasing, or leasing of the township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96-1397, eff. 7-29-10.)
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