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60 ILCS 1/210-5

(60 ILCS 1/210-5)

Sec. 210-5.

Application of Article; referendum.

(a) This Article applies only in those townships in which the electors of
the unincorporated area of the township, at any regularly scheduled
election held within the township, by majority vote, authorize the
township board to exercise the powers conferred by this Article.

(b) Whenever the township board, by a resolution passed
by a majority of its members, requests that the question whether it
shall be allowed to exercise the powers conferred by this Article be
submitted to the electors of the unincorporated area of the township,
and upon the delivery of a certified copy of the resolution to the
proper election official, the election official shall submit
the question to the electors at any regular scheduled
election held within the township.

(c) The question submitted to the electors shall be printed in plain,
prominent type upon a ballot in the form required by the general election
law.  If a majority of the electors voting on the question are in favor of
conferring powers under this Article, the proper election official shall
certify the results of the referendum to the township clerk within 10
days after the election.  The certificate shall include (i) the date of the
referendum and a summary of the proposition submitted, (ii) the number of
electors for or against the proposition, and (iii) a description of the area of
the township within which the township board may exercise the powers conferred
by this Article.

(d) This Article does not apply in any township in which a county ordinance
or resolution is in effect regulating the collection and disposal of refuse,
garbage, and ashes.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)