(60 ILCS 1/80-35)
Sec. 80-35.
Township charges.
The following shall be deemed township
charges:
(1) The compensation of township officers for | ||
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(2) Contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the | ||
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(3) The moneys authorized to be raised by the vote of | ||
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(4) Every sum directed by law to be raised for any | ||
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(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-40)
Sec. 80-40.
Levy to defray township charges.
The moneys necessary to defray
the township charges of each township shall be levied on the taxable property
in the township in the manner prescribed in the Property Tax Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-45)
Sec. 80-45.
Township clerk as clerk of board.
The township clerk shall act
as clerk of the township board and shall record the proceedings of each meeting
of the board in a book which he or she shall provide for that purpose at the
expense of the township. The record shall include all certificates of accounts
audited by the board.
(Source: P.A. 83-380; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-50)
Sec. 80-50.
Payment of accounts; forfeiture for failure to pay.
(a) Accounts audited shall be paid by the supervisor within 20 days after
presentation of a certificate of the township clerk stating the amount and to
whom it is allowed, the account, and the date the account was audited. The
certificate shall be countersigned by the supervisor before payment of the
amount.
(b) Payments of wages to township employees, however, shall be made at least
once a month in accordance with a pay period schedule established by the
township board. The schedule shall provide for employee compensation for all
wages earned during the pay period, with payment to be made no later than 15
days after the end of the pay period.
(c) Failure by the supervisor to pay accounts audited as provided in this
Section, if the necessary funds are available and the account is a proper
expenditure, shall be grounds for forfeiture of his or her bond.
(Source: P.A. 83-380; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-55)
Sec. 80-55.
Multi-township board.
A multi-township board shall be organized
as provided in the Property Tax Code, and shall
have only the powers, duties, and responsibilities provided by law. Members of
a multi-township board may receive additional pay for their service, determined
by the multi-township board under Section 65-10, in an amount not to exceed $25
per day for each day of service and may be reimbursed for any actual expense
incurred in the discharge of their duties as members of the multi-township
board.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-60)
Sec. 80-60.
Annual budget and appropriation ordinance.
The
township board shall comply with the Illinois Municipal Budget Law.
The township board must, at least 30 days before the public hearing required
by Section 3
of the Illinois Municipal Budget Law, prepare or cause to be prepared a
tentative budget
and appropriation ordinance and file the ordinance with the township clerk.
The township clerk must make the tentative budget and appropriation ordinance
available for public
inspection for
at least 30 days before final action on the ordinance. The required public
hearing must be held on or
before the last
day of the first quarter of the fiscal year before the township board. Notice
of the hearing
must be given by publication in a newspaper published in the township at least
30 days
before the time of the hearing. If there is no newspaper published in the
township, notice
of the public hearing may be given by posting notices in 5 of the most public
places in the
township. It is the duty of the township clerk to arrange for the public
hearing. The
township board at the public hearing may adopt all or part of the tentative
budget and
appropriation
ordinance, as the township board deems
necessary.
(Source: P.A. 91-286, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-65)
Sec. 80-65.
Annual audit.
The township board shall comply with the
Governmental Account Audit Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-70)
Sec. 80-70.
Fence viewers.
The township board shall be ex officio
fence viewers as provided in the Fence Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-75)
Sec. 80-75.
Donation of surplus property to a historical society or other
specified not-for-profit corporation. Any property declared to be surplus by
the electors under Section 30-53 may by resolution of the town board of
trustees be donated to a historical society or other not-for-profit
corporation. The resolution shall set forth the historical society or other
not-for-profit corporation's intended use of the property, and the board of
trustees may require that the transfer be subject to a reversion of the
property if the property is no longer used for its original intended use by the
historical society or other not-for-profit corporation. The resolution shall
authorize the township supervisor to execute all documents necessary to
complete the transfer of the property.
(Source: P.A. 89-100, eff. 7-7-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
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(60 ILCS 1/80-80)
Sec. 80-80.
Advisory referenda.
By a vote of a majority of
the township board, the township board may authorize that an advisory question
of public policy be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled
election in the township. The township board shall certify the question to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the question in accordance with the
general election law.
(Source: P.A. 89-331, eff. 8-17-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
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(60 ILCS 1/Art. 85 heading) ARTICLE 85.
TOWNSHIP
CORPORATE POWERS, GENERALLY
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(60 ILCS 1/85-5)
Sec. 85-5.
Corporate name.
The corporate name of each township shall be
either ".... Township" or "The Town of .... (name of township)". All acts done
by the township and all actions by or against the township shall be in its
corporate name.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/85-10)
Sec. 85-10. Township corporate powers.
(a) Every township has the corporate capacity to exercise the
powers granted to it, or necessarily implied, and no
others. Every township has the powers specified in this Section.
(b) A township may sue and be sued.
(c) A township may acquire (by purchase, gift, or legacy) and hold property,
both real and personal, for the use of its inhabitants and may sell and
convey that property. A township may purchase any real estate or personal
property for public purposes under contracts providing for payment in
installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal property.
A township may finance the purchase of any real estate or personal property
for public purpose under finance contracts providing for payment in
installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal property.
A township may construct a township hall under contracts providing for payment
over a period of time of not more than 20 years. The interest on the unpaid
balance shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.
(d) A township may make all contracts necessary in the exercise of the
township's powers.
(e) A township may expend or contract for the expenditure of any federal
funds made available to the township by law for any purpose for which taxes
imposed upon township property or property within the township may be expended.
(f) A township may acquire (singly or jointly with a municipality or
municipalities) land or any interest in land located within its township
limits. The township may acquire the land or interest by gift, purchase, or
otherwise, but not by condemnation. A township may (singly or jointly) improve
or arrange for the improvement of the land for industrial or commercial
purposes and may donate and convey the land or interest in land so acquired
and so improved to the Illinois Finance Authority.
(g) (Blank)
(h) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted either expressly
or by necessary implication by this Code, any other Illinois statute, or the
Illinois Constitution to townships may be exercised by those
townships notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of the
General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application of
federal antitrust statutes be fully available to townships to the extent
their activities are authorized by law as stated in this Code.
(i) A township may receive funds under the federal Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 and may expend or contract for the
expenditure of those funds and other township funds for the
activities specified in Section 105 of that Act. The powers granted under this
subsection (i) are in addition to powers otherwise possessed by a township and
shall not be construed as a limitation of those other powers.
(j) A township may establish reasonable fees for recreation and
instructional programs sponsored by the township.
(Source: P.A. 97-549, eff. 8-25-11.)
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(60 ILCS 1/85-12) Sec. 85-12. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any power granted under this Code to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.) |
(60 ILCS 1/85-13)
Sec. 85-13. Township services, generally.
(a) The township board may either expend funds directly or may enter into
any cooperative agreement or contract with any other governmental entity,
not-for-profit corporation, non-profit community service association, or any
for-profit business entity as provided in subsection (b) with respect to the
expenditure of township funds, or funds made available to the township under
the federal State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, to provide any of
the following services to the residents of the township:
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(A) Public safety (including law enforcement, | ||
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(B) Environmental protection (including sewage | ||
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(C) Public transportation (including transit | ||
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(D) Health, including mental, behavioral, eye, | ||
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(E) Recreation.
(F) Libraries.
(G) Social services for the poor and aged.
(2) Ordinary and necessary capital expenditures | ||
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(3) Development and retention of business, | ||
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(b) To be eligible to receive funds from the township under this Section, a
private not-for-profit corporation or community service association shall have
been in existence at least one year before receiving the funds. The township
board may, however, for the purpose of providing day care services, contract
with day care facilities licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969, regardless
of whether the facilities are organized on a for-profit or not-for-profit
basis.
(c) Township governments that directly expend or contract for day care
shall use the standard of need established by the Department of Children and
Family Services in determining recipients of subsidized day care and shall use
the rate schedule used by the Department of Children and Family Services for
the purchase of subsidized day care. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the township board may approve the application of a different, publicly available, professional or academically recognized standard of need in determining eligibility for subsidized day care.
(d) Township governments that directly expend or contract for senior
citizen services may contract with for-profit (or not-for-profit) and
non-sectarian organizations as provided in Sections 220-15 and 220-35.
(e) Those township supervisors or other elected township officials who are
also members of a county board shall not vote on questions before the township
board or the county board that relate to agreements or contracts between the
township and the county under this Section or agreements or contracts between
the township and the county that are otherwise authorized by law.
(f) The township board may enter into direct agreements with for-profit
corporations or other business entities to carry out recycling programs in
unincorporated areas of the township.
The township board may by ordinance administer a recycling program or adopt rules and regulations relating to
recycling programs in unincorporated areas of the township that it from time to
time deems necessary and may provide penalties for violations of those rules
and regulations.
(g) For purposes of alleviating high unemployment, economically depressed
conditions, and lack of moderately priced housing, the trustees of a
township that includes all or a portion of a city that is a "financially
distressed city" under the Financially Distressed City Law may contract with
one or more not-for-profit or for-profit organizations to construct and operate
within the boundaries of the township a factory designed to manufacture housing
or housing components. The contract may provide for the private organization or
organizations to manage some or all operations of the factory and may provide
for (i) payment of employee compensation and taxes; (ii) discharge of other
legal responsibilities; (iii) sale of products; (iv) disposition of the
factory, equipment, and other property; and (v) any other matters the township
trustees consider reasonable.
(Source: P.A. 103-192, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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(60 ILCS 1/85-14) Sec. 85-14. Nondiscriminatory use of township funds. A township official may not prohibit an organization from receiving township funds based upon the perceived citizenship or immigration status of the person who would receive those funds from the organization.
(Source: P.A. 103-16, eff. 6-9-23.) |