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92_HB4978

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning local government.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Public  Graveyards  Act  is amended by
 5    changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (50 ILCS 610/1) (from Ch. 21, par. 13)
 7        Sec. 1.  (a) Public graveyards in this State,  not  under
 8    the control of any corporation sole, organization or society,
 9    and  located  within  the limits of townships or counties not
10    under township organization, shall and may be  controlled  or
11    vacated  by  the  corporate  authorities  of such township or
12    county in such manner as such authorities  may  deem  proper,
13    and in the case of townships, such control may be vested in 3
14    trustees.
15        (b)  Vacancies created by the expiration occurring at any
16    time  after  the  effective date of the amendatory Act of the
17    Seventy-eighth General Assembly and after this amendatory Act
18    of the  83rd  General  Assembly  of  the  terms  of  cemetery
19    trustees  of a township (except a township coterminous with a
20    municipality) or of a county not under township  organization
21    elected  under  this Act shall be filled only by appointment.
22    Such appointment shall be made by the  county  board  of  any
23    county  not  under  township  organization or by the Township
24    Board of Trustees in counties under township organization, as
25    the case may be, for a term of 6 years. Until  the  effective
26    date   of   this  amendatory  Act  of  1983,  in  a  township
27    coterminous with  a  municipality,  cemetery  trustees  shall
28    continue to be elected by ballot, with one trustee elected in
29    each  odd-numbered year, in accordance with the provisions of
30    the general election law, for a term of  6  years  and  until
31    their respective successors are elected and qualified.  After
 
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 1    the  effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act of 1983, in a
 2    township coterminous with a municipality,  cemetery  trustees
 3    shall   be  appointed  by  the  governing  authority  of  the
 4    municipality with one trustee appointed in each  odd-numbered
 5    year  for  a  term of 6 years and until his or her respective
 6    successors are appointed and qualified.
 7        Such trustees may  be  paid  such  compensation,  not  to
 8    exceed  $2,000 $500 per year, as may be fixed by the Township
 9    Board of Trustees.
10        (c)  Not more than one of the trustees shall be from  any
11    one  city  or village or incorporated town or section of land
12    within such township unless such city, village,  incorporated
13    town  or  section  of  land  shall  have more than 50% of the
14    population of the township according to  the  last  preceding
15    Federal  census  in  which  are  included  2  or more cities,
16    villages, incorporated towns or sections of land.
17    (Source: P.A. 83-712.)

18        Section 10.  The Township Code  is  amended  by  changing
19    Sections 80-55 and 150-15 as follows:

20        (60 ILCS 1/80-55)
21        Sec. 80-55.  Multi-township board. A multi-township board
22    shall  be organized as provided in the Property Tax Code, and
23    shall have only  the  powers,  duties,  and  responsibilities
24    provided  by  law.  Members  of  a  multi-township  board may
25    receive additional pay for their service, determined  by  the
26    multi-township board under Section 65-10, in an amount not to
27    exceed  $50  $25  per  day for each day of service and may be
28    reimbursed for any actual expense incurred in  the  discharge
29    of their duties as members of the multi-township board.
30    (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

31        (60 ILCS 1/150-15)
 
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 1        Sec.  150-15.  Board of managers; election; organization;
 2    salary.
 3        (a)  The community building or buildings,  if  authorized
 4    at  an election, shall be under the care and supervision of a
 5    board of managers.  The board of managers shall consist of  3
 6    persons  who  are  registered to vote from a residence in the
 7    township.  Each member of the board of managers may be paid a
 8    salary not to exceed $50 $25 per day or $2,000 $500 per year,
 9    as determined  by  the  township  board,  for  attendance  at
10    township  meetings and business travel pertaining to official
11    duties.
12        (b)  The first board of managers shall be elected at  the
13    regular  election at which the referendum for the first issue
14    of bonds for the establishment of  a  community  building  or
15    buildings  is  authorized by the voters. Three managers shall
16    be elected at the  time  of  the  regular  township  election
17    provided   in  the  general  election  law  and  until  their
18    successors are elected and qualified.
19        (c)  Candidates  for  the  board  of  managers  shall  be
20    nominated by a petition signed by 10 registered voters of the
21    township and filed with the township clerk  within  the  time
22    prescribed  by  the general election law.  The township clerk
23    shall certify the names  of  the  candidates  to  the  proper
24    election authorities.  The election shall be conducted in the
25    manner   prescribed  by  the  general  election  law.  The  3
26    candidates   receiving   the   highest   number   of   votes,
27    respectively, shall be declared elected and shall assume  the
28    duties  of  their  office  on  the  first Monday of the month
29    following their election.
30        (d)  Within 10 days after assuming office, the  board  of
31    managers  shall  meet  and  organize.   One   member shall be
32    elected chairman and one member shall be elected clerk of the
33    board.  A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for
34    the transaction of business.  If  a  vacancy  occurs  on  the
 
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 1    board,  the vacancy shall be filled by the remaining managers
 2    within 60  days  by  the  appointment  of  a  person  who  is
 3    qualified  to  be a manager. The person appointed shall serve
 4    the remainder of the unexpired term.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-283; 88-62.)

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

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