60 ILCS 1/170-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 170 - Township Hospitals

Sec. 170-15. Board of directors; appointment; conflict of interest;  vacancy.(a) The township clerk shall file a petition with the county clerk of the  county in which the township is located, reciting that the township clerk  certified the proposition to the proper election officials, who submitted the  proposition at an election in and for the township in response to a petition  signed by 25 voters for the purpose of submitting the proposition of  establishing a public hospital as provided in this Article, and that the  election carried by a majority of the voters voting at the election on the  question.  The township clerk's petition also shall request the township  board to appoint a board of directors for the management and operation of the  hospital.(b) The township board shall appoint 5 persons to serve without  compensation. The first directors appointed shall hold office respectively for  one, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years from the first Monday in the month following their  appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified. On or after  the first Monday in May of each succeeding year, the township board shall  appoint one director whose term shall be for 5 years, commencing the first  Monday in May of the year he or she is appointed. Each appointment of a  successor director shall be made in the same manner and under the same  conditions as the appointment of his or her predecessor. The  length of the term of the first directors appointed shall be determined  by lot at their first meeting, which shall be held not less than 30 days  after their appointment. A majority of the board of directors shall  constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day.The township board may, by resolution, increase the membership of the  board to 7 directors. The resolution shall not affect the terms of the  incumbent directors.  Before the first Monday in May following the adoption of  the resolution, the township board shall appoint 3 directors, one to succeed  the incumbent whose term expires and the 2 additional directors provided for in  the resolution, for terms of 3, 4, and 5 years from the first Monday in May of  the year of the appointment.  Thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of  any director, his or her successor shall be appointed for a term of 5 years and  until a successor is appointed and qualified for a like term.If the township board has, by previous resolution, increased the  membership of the board to 7 directors, the township board may by new  resolution increase the membership of the board by 2 new members in any one  year up to a maximum of 11 directors. The new resolution shall not affect  the terms of the incumbent directors.  Before the first Monday in May following  the adoption of the new resolution, the township board shall appoint a  sufficient number of directors so that there will be (i) a successor for the  full term of each incumbent whose term expires and (ii) the 2 additional  directors provided for in the new resolution for terms of 4 and 5 years from  the first Monday in May of the year of appointment.  Thereafter, upon the  expiration of the term of any director, his or her successor shall be appointed  for a term of 5 years and until a successor is appointed and qualified for a  like term.(c) No director or employee of the township shall be directly or indirectly  interested (i) in any contract, work, or business of the township, (ii) in the  sale of any article whose expense, price, or consideration is paid by the  township, or (iii) in the purchase of any real estate or property for or  belonging to the township.(d) Whenever a vacancy in the board of directors occurs from a director's  death, resignation, or refusal to qualify, or for any other reason including without limitation the conviction in any court of the State of Illinois or of the United States of a director for an infamous crime, the  township board may fill the vacancy by appointment. The person appointed or  qualified for office under this Section shall assume the duties of that person  for whose unexpired term he or she was appointed.For purposes of this subsection (d), a conviction for an offense that disqualifies a director from membership on the board occurs on the date of (i) the entry of a plea of guilty in court, (ii) the return of a guilty verdict, or (iii) in the case of a trial by the court, the entry of a finding of guilt.(Source: P.A. 97-295, eff. 1-1-12.)