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60 ILCS 1/28-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 28 - Discontinuance Of Township Organization Within Coterminous Municipality: Specified Townships

Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of township organization.(a) The township board of a township described under Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a majority of the votes of the township board, providing that, upon the approval of a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality's corporate authorities, (1) that the township organization shall discontinue and be abolished; and (2) that the township shall transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township organization to the coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality. The corporate authorities of the coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality shall adopt an ordinance by a majority vote approving such transfer to the municipality.(b) On the later date of either the (i) approval of an ordinance by a municipality under subsection (a) of this Section, or (ii) expiration of the township officers' terms after passing an ordinance under subsection (a) of this Section, the township is discontinued and abolished and all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall by operation of law vest in and be assumed by the municipality, including the authority to levy property taxes for township purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township.  (Source: P.A. 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)
60 ILCS 1/28-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 28 - Discontinuance Of Township Organization Within Coterminous Municipality: Specified Townships

Sec. 28-15. Coterminous municipality's duties and responsibilities. Upon the effective date of discontinuance and abolishment of the township organization, the coterminous municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. The coterminous municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or contract with the county or the State to administer the duties and responsibilities of the township officers for services under its jurisdiction.  (Source: P.A. 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)
60 ILCS 1/28-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 28 - Discontinuance Of Township Organization Within Coterminous Municipality: Specified Townships

(60 ILCS 1/28-20)Sec. 28-20. Business, records, and property of discontinued township organization. The records of a township organization discontinued under this Article shall be deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's office. The coterminous municipality may close up all unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any of the property belonging to the township for benefit of the inhabitants of the coterminous municipality.  (Source: P.A. 99-474, eff. 8-27-15.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 29 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 29 - Discontinuance Of Township Within Coterminous Municipality: All Townships

 ARTICLE 29.  DISCONTINUANCE OF  TOWNSHIP WITHIN  COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY: ALL TOWNSHIPS   (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/29-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 29 - Discontinuance Of Township Within Coterminous Municipality: All Townships

Sec. 29-5. Resolutions to discontinue and abolish a township. The township board and the corporate authorities of a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality may by resolutions of the board and corporate authorities, and after referendum of the voters of the township and municipality: (1) discontinue and  abolish the township; (2) transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township to the municipality; and (3) cease and dissolve all township road districts with the district's jurisdiction and authority transferred to the municipality upon the dissolution of the township.  (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/29-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 29 - Discontinuance Of Township Within Coterminous Municipality: All Townships

Sec. 29-10. Notice.(a) Before passing resolutions under Section 29-5, the township board and the corporate authorities of the municipality shall hold public hearings on those matters after notice of the hearing  has been published on the main page of the respective entities' websites, if any, and in a newspaper having general circulation in the township and municipality. The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the hearing.(b)   Before a referendum is placed on the ballot under Section 29-15, each township board shall publish a copy of the resolution adopted under Section 29-5 on the main page of the respective entities' websites, if any, and in a newspaper of general circulation in the township and municipality affected. The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the general election in which the referendum will appear.Each township board shall additionally mail a copy of the adopted resolution, along with a copy of the referendum language, the date the referendum will appear, and a list of all taxes levied in the affected townships, to every registered voter in each township affected. The notice shall be mailed at least 30 days before the date of the election in which the referendum will appear.  (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/29-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 29 - Discontinuance Of Township Within Coterminous Municipality: All Townships

Sec. 29-15. Referendum for cessation of township. Upon the adoption of resolutions under Section 29-5 by both the township and municipality, the township board and corporate authorities of the municipality shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of the township and municipality at the next election a referendum to discontinue the township and to transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township to the municipality. The referendum shall be substantially in the following form:Shall the Township of (nameof township) cease?The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". The referendum is approved when a majority of the voters, in both the township and municipality, approve the referendum.If the referendum is approved, there shall be no further nominations or elections for clerks, assessors, collectors, highway commissioners, supervisors, or trustees of the township or highway commission, and the terms of all such officers currently serving shall continue until the third Monday of May of the year of the consolidated election in which township officials are elected next following the approval of a referendum under this Section.   (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/29-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 29 - Discontinuance Of Township Within Coterminous Municipality: All Townships

Sec. 29-20. Cessation of township. On the third Monday in May in the year of the consolidated election in which township officials are elected next following the approval of  a referendum under Section 29-15:(1)   the township is discontinued and abolished and     all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall vest in and be assumed by the municipality, including the authority to levy property taxes for township purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township without an additional ordinance, resolution, or referendum;(2) all township officers shall cease to hold office;(3)   the municipality shall exercise all duties and     responsibilities of the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. The municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the county or the State to administer the duties and responsibilities of the township officers for services under its jurisdiction; and(4)   any road district located within the township     is abolished and its jurisdiction, rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities shall vest in and be assumed by the municipality and the highway commissioner of the abolished road district shall cease to hold office. The corporate authorities of the municipality shall: exercise the taxing authority of a road district abolished under this Section; exercise all duties and responsibilities of the highway commissioner as provided in the Illinois Highway Code; and for purposes of distribution of revenue, assume the powers, duties, and obligations of the road district in the discontinued township. The corporate authorities of a municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or a contract with the county, another municipality, or a private contractor to administer the roads which were under the jurisdiction of the abolished road district. (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/29-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 29 - Discontinuance Of Township Within Coterminous Municipality: All Townships

(60 ILCS 1/29-25)Sec. 29-25. Business, records, and property of discontinued township. The records of a township discontinued under this Article shall be deposited in the municipality's city clerk's office. The municipality may close up all unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any of the property belonging to the township for benefit of the inhabitants of the municipality.  (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 30 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

 ARTICLE 30.      ANNUAL TOWNSHIP MEETING
60 ILCS 1/30-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-5. Annual township meeting.(a) The annual township meeting in the respective townships for the  transaction of the business of the township shall be held on the second Tuesday  of April in each year, after 6 p.m., at the place appointed for those  meetings. Elections for  township officers shall be held in accordance with the consolidated schedule of  elections prescribed by the general election law.(b) Whenever the date designated in subsection (a) conflicts with the  celebration of Passover or Ramadan, the township board may postpone the annual township  meeting to the first Tuesday following the last day of Passover or Ramadan.(c) Whenever the consolidated election provided for in subsection  (b) of Section 2A-1.1 of the Election Code is rescheduled to the second  Tuesday in April under Section 2A-1.1a of the Election Code, the annual  township meeting shall be held on the third Tuesday in April at the time  designated by the electors or the township board, whichever is appropriate.(d) If the Governor declares a disaster under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act and the disaster declaration is effective during the dates designated for a township's annual meeting under subsection (a), (b), or (c), a township board may postpone the annual meeting if circumstances related to the disaster declaration prevent a township from holding its annual meeting. An annual township meeting postponed under this subsection shall be held on the third Tuesday, after 6 p.m., of the month following the expiration of the disaster declaration.  If a subsequent disaster is declared under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act prior to or one day after the expiration of the disaster declaration upon which the township board based its decision to postpone the annual meeting and the township board intends to proceed with the annual meeting during this subsequent disaster declaration, the township board must consult with and receive written approval from the county health department in order to proceed with the annual meeting during the course of the subsequent disaster declaration. (Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20; 102-554, eff. 8-20-21.)
60 ILCS 1/30-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting; agenda.(a) Notice of the time and place of holding the annual and any special  township meetings shall be given by the township clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the  supervisor, assessor, or collector) by posting written or printed notices in 3  of the most public places in the township at least 15 days before the meeting  and, if there is an English language newspaper published in the township, by at  least one publication in that newspaper before the meeting.  The notice shall  set forth the agenda for the meeting.(b) Agenda. Not less than 15 days before the annual meeting, the township board shall adopt an agenda for the annual meeting. Any 15 or more registered voters in the township may request an agenda item for consideration by the electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of a specific request to the township clerk no later than March 1 prior to the annual meeting. The agenda published by the township board shall include any such  request made by voters if the  request is relevant to powers granted to electors under the Township Code.(c) Additional agenda items. Any matter or proposal not set forth in the published agenda shall not be considered at the annual meeting other than advising that the  matter may  be considered at a special meeting of the electors at a later date.(d) Notice and agenda requirements for an annual township meeting that has been postponed under subsection (d) of Section 30-5 shall be the same as provided in this Section. (Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20.)
60 ILCS 1/30-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-15.     Place of meeting.     The place of holding township meetings shall  be some convenient place in the township fixed by the township board.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-20. Powers of electors at annual township meeting.(a) The electors present at the annual township meeting have the powers  enumerated in this Article 30.  An elector is a person registered to vote  within the township no less than 28 days before the date of the annual  meeting.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, except as provided in Section 6-620 of the Illinois Highway Code, before establishing or  increasing any township tax rate that may be established or increased by the  electors at the annual township meeting, a petition containing the signatures  of not less than 10% of the registered voters of the township must be presented  to the township clerk authorizing that action.(c) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1983 (Public Act 83-281) shall be  construed to alter existing tax rates.       (Source: P.A. 94-692, eff. 11-3-05.)
60 ILCS 1/30-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-25.     Exercise of corporate powers.     The electors may take all  necessary measures and give directions for the exercise of their corporate  powers.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-30.     Time of township meetings.     The electors may fix the hour at  which township meetings are held.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-35.     (Repealed).     (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-670; predecessor Section repealed by P.A.  88-294.)
60 ILCS 1/30-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-40.     (Repealed).     (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-670; predecessor Section repealed by P.A.  88-294.)
60 ILCS 1/30-41
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-41.         Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, the  township board of trustees may make contracts relating to insurance. In no  event shall the duration of the contract exceed the board term by more than one  year. The township board of trustees shall include in the township's annual  appropriation for each fiscal year an appropriation of a sum of money  sufficient to pay the amount which, by the terms of the contract, is to become  due and payable during the current fiscal year.    (Source: Incorporates P.A. 88-356; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
60 ILCS 1/30-42
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-42.         The board of trustees may provide for the purchase of  insurance, including coverage obtained from a risk management association,  against any loss or liability of any officer, employee, or agent of the  township resulting from the wrongful or negligent act of any officer, employee,  or agent while discharging and engaged in his duties and functions and acting  within the scope of his duties and functions as an officer, employee, or agent  of the township. The insurance shall be carried with a company authorized by  the Department of Insurance to write such coverage in Illinois.    (Source: Incorporates P.A. 88-294; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
60 ILCS 1/30-45
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-45.     Property record system.     The electors may expend monies for the  preparation, establishment, and maintenance of a detailed property record  system to provide information useful to assessment officials.  The electors may  enter into contracts with persons, firms, or corporations for the preparation  and establishment of the record system. The record system shall be available to  all assessing officials. The property record system shall include up-to-date  and complete tax maps except where those maps are otherwise already available  or ordered, ownership lists, valuation standards, and property record cards,  including appraisals, for all or any part of the property in the township  in accordance with reasonable rules and procedures prescribed by the Department  of Revenue.  The system and records shall not be considered to be assessments  and shall not limit the powers and duties of assessing officials.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-51
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-51. Competitive bidding exceptions. Contracts and purchases that by their nature are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, such as contracts for goods procured from another governmental agency and purchases of equipment previously owned by some entity other than the township itself, are not subject to the competitive bidding requirements of this Code.  (Source: P.A. 100-210, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/30-53
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-53.     Surplus property.     The majority of electors present at an  annual or special town meeting may declare property of the township to be  surplus for purposes of donating the property to a historical society or  other not-for-profit corporation as provided in Section 80-75.    (Source: P.A. 89-100, eff. 7-7-95.)
60 ILCS 1/30-55
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-55.     (Repealed).     (Source: P.A. 88-62.  Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
60 ILCS 1/30-60
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-60.     Public graveyards.     The electors may authorize the township board  to appropriate monies, in excess of the sum provided in the Public Graveyards  Act, for the purpose of putting any old, neglected graves and cemeteries in the  township in a cleaner and more respectable condition.    (Source: P.A. 84-1264; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-65
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-65.     Graves of former armed forces members.     The electors may provide  for the decoration and maintenance of graves of persons who at any time served  in the armed forces of the United States that are within the township.    (Source: P.A. 84-371; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-70
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-70.     Court room and office space.     The electors at any annual or  special township meeting may set aside and maintain space in any township  buildings or may obtain and maintain space in privately owned buildings for  court room and office use by the circuit court of the county in which the  township is located. The electors may supply all maintenance employees and  supplies needed to maintain the court room and office space to assist the court  in any way the court deems fit in conducting its business. The appearance and  furnishings of the court rooms established under this Section shall meet  reasonable minimum standards as prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois.  The standards shall be substantially the same as those generally accepted in  court rooms as to general furnishings, arrangement of bench, tables, and  chairs, cleanliness, convenience to litigants, decorations, lighting, and other  matters relating to the physical appearance of the court room.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-75
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-75.     Zoning.     The electors may authorize the township board to  exercise the zoning powers conferred by Article 110.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-80
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-80.     (Repealed).     (Source: P.A. 88-62.  Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
60 ILCS 1/30-85
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-85.     Trees.     The electors may offer premiums and take actions to  induce the planting and cultivating of trees along the highways in the  township.  The electors may protect and preserve trees standing along or on  highways and may purchase, plant, and cultivate trees along the streets and  highways in the township.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-90
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-90.     Fences.     The electors may make rules and regulations for  ascertaining the sufficiency of all fences in the township and may determine  what is a lawful fence within the township except as otherwise provided by law.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)