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60 ILCS 1/115-125
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 115 - Township Open Space

(60 ILCS 1/115-125)Sec. 115-125.     Validation.     Sections 4.06 through 8 of the Township Open  Space Act were inadvertently omitted from the Township Code when that Code was  enacted by Public Act 88-62.  Those Sections are being added to the Township  Code as Sections 115-75 through 115-120.  They shall be construed as a  continuation of the corresponding provisions of the Township Open Space Act and  not as a new or different law.  Every otherwise lawful action taken in reliance  on and in accordance with those Sections after December 31, 1993 and before the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1994 is hereby validated.    (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 120 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 120 - Township Parks

 ARTICLE 120.      TOWNSHIP PARKS
60 ILCS 1/120-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 120 - Township Parks

Sec. 120-5.     Power to acquire park land; inapplicable to church.(a) A township, acting through the township board, may acquire lands (not  exceeding for any one park 25 acres in extent, unless received as a gift) to be  set apart and forever held and maintained and improved as public parks for the  free use of the public.(b) This Section does not apply to property owned by a church or any  organization owned, operated, or controlled by or affiliated with a church,  regardless of whether the property is subject to a lease, occupancy agreement,  or other contract, agreement, or arrangement with a person or entity other than  a church.    (Source: P.A. 86-282; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/120-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 120 - Township Parks

Sec. 120-10. Method of acquiring land. A township desiring to procure lands  for park purposes under this Article may purchase the lands from the owner or  owners or, in the discretion of the township board, may acquire the lands by  the exercise of the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by the laws  of this State for taking or damaging private property for public purposes. A township may not utilize eminent domain powers with respect to lands located within the boundaries of a municipality that is served by a municipal recreation department, or a park district.       (Source: P.A. 94-622, eff. 8-18-05.)
60 ILCS 1/120-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 120 - Township Parks

Sec. 120-15.     Townships in certain counties; golf courses and fees.(a) A township in a county having a population between 300,000 and 1,000,000  may, by purchase only and not by condemnation, acquire lands not exceeding 50  acres for park purposes or golf courses.  A township in a county having a  population between 100,000 and 300,000 may, by purchase only and not by  condemnation, acquire lands not exceeding 100 acres for park purposes or golf  courses.(b) If the lands are developed as a golf course, the township board shall  charge a fee of those using the golf course and its facilities.  The fee shall  be at a rate sufficient to pay for the maintenance, depreciation, and operating  costs relating to the golf course.    (Source: P.A. 85-1209; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/120-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 120 - Township Parks

(60 ILCS 1/120-20)Sec. 120-20.     Park maintenance tax.(a) To provide a fund for the maintenance of parks, the township board may  levy annual taxes not exceeding 0.02% (or the rate limit in effect on July 1,  1967, whichever is greater) of the value of the property in the township in any  one year, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.  The tax shall  be levied and collected at the time and in the manner that other township taxes  are required to be levied and collected.(b) The limitations upon tax rates in subsection (a) may be increased  or decreased under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of  Illinois.(c) The maintenance tax, when levied and collected, shall be kept separate  and distinct from all other township funds and shall be applied exclusively to  the expense of maintenance and upkeep, adornment, and development of parks  acquired by the township or to the acquisition of other lands to be used for  public park purposes.    In any township in a county having a population  between 100,000 and 1,000,000, the moneys provided by the taxes authorized by  this Section may be used for the acquisition and development of lands for park  and golf course purposes under Section 120-15, subject to the requirements of  that Section concerning the establishment of fees for the use of golf courses.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 125 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 125 - Township Park Bonds

 ARTICLE 125.      TOWNSHIP PARK BONDS
60 ILCS 1/125-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 125 - Township Park Bonds

Sec. 125-5.     Power to issue park bonds; park size.(a) For the purpose of promoting the health and welfare of its citizens, a  township may issue bonds for the purpose of procuring and improving lands to be  set apart and forever held as one or more public parks to be kept and  maintained for the free use of the public.(b) No park shall exceed 25 acres in extent.    (Source: P.A. 90-438, eff. 1-1-98.)
60 ILCS 1/125-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 125 - Township Park Bonds

Sec. 125-10. Petition and referendum.(a) Legal voters of a township numbering no less than 5% or 50, whichever is greater, of the registered voters of the township, may file a petition in writing in  the office of the circuit clerk in the county in which the township is located,  with a copy of such petition required to be filed on the same day with the township clerk, asking that a referendum be held to authorize the issuance of bonds for the  purpose of providing funds for the purchase and improvement of one or more  public parks in the township.  The petition shall designate the amount of bonds  proposed to be issued for the acquirement and improvement of the parks. Within 5 business days after the filing of the petition, the township clerk shall provide public notice of the existence of the filed petition in the same manner as notices of meetings of the township board are provided.  After a hearing conducted no less than 30 days after the filing of the petition, at which time the validity of the petition may be challenged in accordance with the general election law, the circuit court, if it determines that the  petition conforms with the requirements of the law, shall certify the question  to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question at an election  to the legally qualified voters of the township. The court shall designate the  election at which the question shall be submitted. The notice of the referendum  shall state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued and identify any specific park acquisition or improvement projects intended to be supported by the bond proceeds, and the notice shall be  given and the referendum conducted in accordance with the general election law.(b) The proposition at the referendum shall be substantially in one of the  following forms:       Form A       Shall (name of township) be authorized to issue park     bonds to the amount of $(amount) for the purpose of procuring and improving one or more small parks?       Form B       Shall (name of township) be authorized to issue park     bonds to the amount of $ (amount) for the purpose of (identify specific park acquisition or improvement projects)? The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".(c) If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor of the  issuance of bonds, the township supervisor and township clerk shall issue the  bonds of the township not exceeding the amount voted upon at the township  election.  The bonds shall become due not more than 20 years after their date,  shall be in denominations of $100 or any multiple of $100, and shall bear  interest, evidenced by coupons, at the rate of not exceeding 5% per annum,  payable semiannually.       (Source: P.A. 94-622, eff. 8-18-05.)
60 ILCS 1/125-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 125 - Township Park Bonds

Sec. 125-12. Public hearing following referendum approval.(a) Before the bonds shall be sold, the township board shall hold at least one public hearing on the subject of how the bond proceeds may be spent.  In addition to providing no less than 15 days' advance public notice of such hearing in a manner consistent with meetings of the township board, notice of such public hearing shall be provided to all municipalities and park districts located within the township.  All interested residents and local government officials within the township shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard during the public hearing.(b) When Form A of the referendum question is used, the township shall consider all legitimate park acquisition and improvement projects that are submitted in connection with the public hearing.  When Form B of the referendum question is used, the township shall consider only those park acquisition and improvement projects that were identified in the question.  (Source: P.A. 94-622, eff. 8-18-05.)
60 ILCS 1/125-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 125 - Township Park Bonds

Sec. 125-15. Supervisor's and clerk's certificate; tax; board of  park commissioners.(a) The bonds shall be sold, and the proceeds shall be used, solely for  the purpose of procuring and improving one or more parks in the township; specifically, the bond proceeds may be used in connection with one or more acquisition projects, one or more improvement projects, or a combination thereof.  The bond proceeds may be used to support projects at parks operated by the township or, through grants or intergovernmental agreements, at parks operated by a municipality or park district. At or  before the time of the delivery of the bonds for value, the township supervisor  and township clerk shall file with the county clerk of the county in which the  township is situated their certificate in writing, under their signatures,  stating the amount of bonds to be issued, their denomination, and the rate of  interest and where payable.  The certificate shall include a form of the bond  to be issued.(b) The supervisor and clerk shall levy a direct annual tax upon all the  taxable property in the township sufficient to pay the principal and interest  of the bonds as and when they respectively mature. The certificate filed with  the county clerk is full and complete authority to the county clerk to extend  the tax named in the certificate upon all the taxable property in the township.  The tax is in addition to all other taxes authorized by law.(c) If there is a board of park commissioners invested by law with control  over any park that lies wholly or in part in the township, the duties required  of the supervisor and clerk by this Section and subsection (c) of Section  125-10 shall be performed by the board of park commissioners or under its  authority.       (Source: P.A. 94-622, eff. 8-18-05.)
60 ILCS 1/125-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 125 - Township Park Bonds

Sec. 125-20. Use of bond proceeds. The proceeds of the bonds shall be  received and held by the township supervisor but shall be expended under the  direction and upon the warrant of a majority of the members of the board of trustees of  the township. However, a majority of the members of the board of trustees may designate that the bond proceeds be expended under the direction and upon the warrant of the highway commissioner if the highway commissioner provides written consent to that action. If, however, at the time the proceeds are received there is a  board of park commissioners invested by law with control over any park that  lies wholly or in part in the township, the proceeds of the bonds shall be  expended upon the warrants of a majority of the board of park commissioners.  The board of trustees, highway commissioner or board of park commissioners may designate the  parcel or parcels of land or property to be utilized for the purchase of the  parks and may determine the character, time, and manner of improving,  developing, maintaining, and adorning the parcel or parcels.  (Source: P.A. 95-759, eff. 7-28-08.)
60 ILCS 1/125-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 125 - Township Park Bonds

(60 ILCS 1/125-25)Sec. 125-25.     Supplementary power.     This Article does not repeal any prior  Acts passed by the General Assembly regarding the issuance of bonds for park  purposes but grants additional and supplementary power in relation to the  issuance of bonds for park purposes.    (Source: Laws 1915, p. 722; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 130 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

 ARTICLE 130.      TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES
60 ILCS 1/130-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

Sec. 130-10.     Cemetery board of managers; appointment; powers; organization.(a) If a township owns or controls a cemetery lying within or without, or  partly within and partly without, the territory of the township, the township  collector may appoint a board of 3 persons who shall be known as the cemetery  board of managers.  Board members shall hold their office for a period of 2  years or until their successors are appointed.(b) The cemetery board of managers may receive in trust, from the  proprietors or owners of any lot in the cemetery or any person interested in  the maintenance of a lot, any gift or legacy of money or real, personal, or  mixed property having a value of $50 or more that may be donated to the board  of managers for the use and maintenance of the lot or cemetery. The board of  managers may convert the property into money, invest the money as provided by  motion of the township, and apply the income perpetually for the care of the  cemetery lot or the care and maintenance of the cemetery, as specified in the  gift or bequest and as provided by motion of the township. Every gift or legacy  for any purpose mentioned in this Section made to a cemetery by its name, if  the cemetery has a board of managers appointed under this Section, shall vest  in the board of managers and take effect to all intents and purposes as if made  to that board.  The gift or legacy shall not fail merely because the cemetery  is not incorporated.(c) The board of managers, as soon as may be convenient after their  appointment, shall meet and organize by selecting one of their number to be  president and another of their number to be clerk of the board.  The board also  shall select a treasurer of the board, who may or may not be one of their  number and who, before entering upon the treasurer's duties, shall execute a  bond to the People of the State of Illinois for the use of the board of  managers in a penal sum not less than double the value of the money or property  coming into his or her possession as treasurer, conditioned for the faithful  performance of his or her duties and for the faithful accounting for all  property that, by virtue of the office, comes into the treasurer's possession.  The bond shall be in a form and with sureties approved by the township  collector and shall be approved and preserved in the same manner, as near as  may be practicable, as is the bond  of the treasurer of a village.    (Source: P.A. 84-549; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/130-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

Sec. 130-15.     Treasurer of board of managers.     The treasurer of the board of  managers shall have the custody of all money and property received in trust by  the board of managers and shall pay out that money or property only upon the  written order of the board, signed by at least 2 of the board members.  The  treasurer shall keep permanent books of record of all trust funds, all receipts  and disbursements of trust funds, and the purposes of all receipts and  disbursements.  The treasurer  shall annually make a report in writing to the  board of managers, under oath, showing balances, receipts, and disbursements  and including a statement showing the amount and principal of trust funds on  hand and how invested.  The report shall be audited by the board and, if found  correct, shall be transmitted to the township collector at the same time that  the treasurer of a village is required by law to make his or her report, to be  approved and preserved in the same manner if found to be correct.    (Source: P.A. 84-549; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/130-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

Sec. 130-20.     Clerk of board of managers.     The clerk of the board of managers  shall keep, in a book provided for that purpose, a permanent record of the  proceedings of the board, signed by the president and attested by the clerk.  The clerk shall also keep a permanent record of the several trust funds, from  what sources the trust funds were received, the amounts of the trust funds, and  for what uses and purposes each trust fund was received.  The clerk shall  annually, at the time of transmitting the treasurer's report to the township  collector, make a written report, under oath, to the township collector,  stating substantially the same matter required to be reported by the treasurer  of the board.  The clerk's report, if found to be correct, shall be approved  and preserved by the township collector.     (Source: P.A. 84-549; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/130-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

Sec. 130-25.     Removal of officers; accounting.     The township collector may  remove from office any member of the board of managers or the treasurer for  non-performance of duties or for misappropriation or wrongful use of the funds  or property and may require a just and proper accounting for the use of the  funds or property.    (Source: P.A. 84-549; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/130-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

Sec. 130-30.     Joint cemeteries.     Any 2 or more cities, villages, or townships  may jointly unite in establishing and maintaining cemeteries within and without  the corporate limits or territory of either or any of them, may acquire lands  for those cemeteries in common by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, may lay  out lots of convenient size for families, and may sell lots for family burying  ground or to individuals for burial purposes.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 824; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/130-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

Sec. 130-35.     Corporate trustee.     Whenever any money or other property has  been  given or bequeathed to the board of managers of a cemetery owned or  controlled by a township for the purpose of maintaining a lot in the cemetery  or maintaining the cemetery as provided in this Article, the township may  provide for the appointment of a corporation authorized to do trust business as  trustee of the money or property, in place of the treasurer of the board of  managers. The corporate trustee has the same powers, authority, and duties with  regard to the administration of the trust funds as are provided in this Article  for the treasurer of the board of managers, except that it shall not be  required to execute a bond and may charge for its services as trustee amounts  agreed upon from time to time with the township authorities. The corporate  trustee may invest the trust funds in any investment authorized by the laws of  Illinois as proper fiduciary investments. The trustee may retain any property  given or bequeathed to it in trust even though the property may not be a legal  investment under the laws of Illinois.    (Source: P.A. 83-388; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/130-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

Sec. 130-40.     Minimum amount of gift or legacy.     The board of managers may  from time to time establish the minimum amount that will be received by gift or  legacy for the use and maintenance of any lot in the cemetery, subject to  approval by the township collector.    (Source: P.A. 83-388; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/130-45
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 130 - Township Cemeteries

(60 ILCS 1/130-45)Sec. 130-45.     Transfer of funds.     When a township  cemetery  district takes over a cemetery or cemetery authority, the care fund of the  cemetery or cemetery authority shall be transferred into the cemetery district  fund of the township cemetery district.    (Source: P.A. 91-181, eff. 1-1-00.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 133 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 133 - Public Graveyards

 ARTICLE 133.      PUBLIC GRAVEYARDS
60 ILCS 1/133-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 133 - Public Graveyards

(60 ILCS 1/133-5)Sec. 133-5.     Control of public graveyards.     The township board may  exercise control over public graveyards in the township as provided in the  Public Graveyards Act.    (Source: P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 135 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 135 - Joint Township Cemeteries

 ARTICLE 135.      JOINT TOWNSHIP CEMETERIES
60 ILCS 1/135-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 135 - Joint Township Cemeteries

Sec. 135-5.     Joint township cemeteries.     Any 2 or more townships or road  districts, within or without the same county, may jointly unite in establishing  and maintaining cemeteries within and without their corporate limits, may  acquire lands for cemeteries in common by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise,  and may lay out lots of convenient size for individuals or families and sell  those lots for burial purposes.    (Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)