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60 ILCS 1/30-95
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-95. Livestock running at large. The electors may restrain, regulate,  or prohibit the running at large of poultry, cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine, sheep,  or goats and may determine the time and manner in which those animals may go at  large, unless they are restrained from running at large in some manner provided  by law.       (Source: P.A. 94-453, eff. 1-1-06.)
60 ILCS 1/30-100
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-100.     Pounds.     The electors may establish and maintain pounds at  places within the township that are deemed necessary and convenient and may  discontinue any pounds within the township. When a pound is erected, it shall  be under the care and direction of a poundmaster.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-105
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-105.     Poundmasters.     The electors may determine the number of  poundmasters, prescribe their duties, and elect poundmasters, either by ballot  or in another manner that they determine.  Alternatively, the electors may  provide for the appointment of poundmasters.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-110
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-110.     Impounding and sale of animals.     The electors may authorize the  distraining, impounding, and sale of cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine,  sheep, and goats for penalties incurred and the costs of the proceeding. The  sale of animals distrained or impounded shall be conducted, as near as may be  practicable, according to the law regulating sales of property by sheriffs for  the satisfaction of a judgment of the circuit court. The owner of the animals  may redeem them from the purchaser at any time within 3 months from the date of  the sale by paying the amount of the purchaser's bid, with reasonable costs for  their keeping and interest upon the amount bid at the rate of 10% per annum.  The electors may also authorize the impounding of dogs found running at large  and provide for their destruction at the end of a reasonable period of time if  they are not claimed and the cost of impounding paid.    (Source: P.A. 83-341; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-115
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-115.     Public wells.     The electors may construct and keep in repair  public wells or other watering places and may regulate the use of those wells  and watering places.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-117
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-117. Special services; disaster relief. The corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, authorize  the use  of permanent  road funds, general road and bridge funds, or  town funds for the purpose of  collecting, transporting, and disposing of brush and leaves generated from  those  properties that are contiguous to roads as defined by Section 2-103 of the Illinois Highway Code or located within the unincorporated areas of the township.The   electors may allow general road and bridge or town funds to also be used for  the  purpose of providing disaster relief and support services approved by  the Township Board of Trustees at a regularly scheduled or special meeting.      (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-417, eff. 1-1-12.)
60 ILCS 1/30-120
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-120.     Garbage.     The electors may prevent the deposit of night soil,  garbage, or other offensive substances within the limits of the township. This  Section does apply to refuse disposal facilities regulated by the Illinois  Department of Public Health and the county in which the facilities are located.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-125
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-125.     Recreational vehicle parking.     The electors may adopt ordinances  regulating the standing or parking of recreational vehicles on township roads  within each township.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-130
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-130.     Inoperable motor vehicles.(a) The electors may by ordinance declare inoperable motor vehicles, whether  on public or private property, to be a nuisance and may authorize fines to be  levied for the failure of any person to obey a notice from the township stating  that the person is to dispose of any inoperable motor vehicles under his or her  control.  The electors may authorize a law enforcement agency with applicable  jurisdiction to remove, after 7 days from the issuance of the township notice,  any inoperable motor vehicle or parts of such a vehicle.(b) Nothing in this Section applies to any motor vehicle that is kept within  a building when not in use, to an operable historic vehicle over 25 years of  age, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged in  the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.(c) As used in this Section, "inoperable motor vehicle" means any motor  vehicle from which, for a period of at least 7 days or any longer period of  time fixed by ordinance, the engine, wheels, or other parts have been removed,  or on which the engine, wheels, or other parts have been altered, damaged, or  otherwise treated so that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its  own motor power. "Inoperable motor vehicle" does not include a motor vehicle  that has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own  motor power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations.    (Source: P.A. 85-1209; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-135
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-135.     Dealers in second hand articles.     The electors may authorize the  licensing and regulation and direct the location of all places of business of  purchasers, traders, and dealers in junk, rags, and any second hand article,  including motor vehicles, except in cities, villages, and incorporated towns in  the township that by ordinance provide for the licensing, regulation, or  location of places of business of those purchasers, traders, and dealers.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-140
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-140.     Regulation of certain occupations.     In counties with a  population of less than 3,000,000, the electors may regulate hawkers, peddlers,  pawnbrokers, itinerant merchants, and transient vendors of merchandise.  The  township board in those counties may require that any such person register his  or her name and the name of any firm he or she represents with the township  clerk and may make reasonable restrictions of the hours during which he or she  may engage in door-to-door solicitation.  The township board in those counties  also may prohibit the activities of any categories of persons as it determines  to be in the best interest of township residents.  Any regulation under this  Section shall not apply within the boundaries of a city, village, or  incorporated town.    (Source: P.A. 84-822; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-145
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-145. Mental health services. If a township is not included in a  mental health district organized under the Community Mental Health Act, the  electors may authorize the board of trustees to provide mental health  services (including services for the  alcoholic and the drug addicted, and for persons with intellectual disabilities) for residents of the  township by disbursing existing funds if available by contracting  with mental health agencies  approved by the Department of Human Services,  alcoholism treatment programs licensed by the Department of Public Health, and  treatment facilities and other services for substance use disorders approved by the  Department of Human Services. To be  eligible to receive  township funds, an agency, program, facility, or other service provider must  have been in existence for more than one year and must serve the township  area.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
60 ILCS 1/30-150
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-150.     Police protection by municipality; county under 1,000,000.     In  counties having a population of less than 1,000,000, the electors may authorize  the township board to contract with one or more incorporated municipalities  lying wholly or partly within the boundaries of the township, or with advice  and  consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request  for contract services is made, based upon a determination of law enforcement  needs of the area in which contract services are sought with the county  within which the township is located  to furnish police protection in  the area of the township that is not within the incorporated area of any  municipality having a regular police department.    (Source: P.A. 91-633, eff. 12-1-99.)
60 ILCS 1/30-155
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-155.         Police protection by county in county under 1,000,000; special  taxing district.(a) In counties having a population of less than 1,000,000, the electors may  authorize the township board to contract with the county sheriff within which  the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area  of the township.(b) The township board may adopt a resolution declaring the unincorporated  area of the township a special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the  adoption of the resolution authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the  special police district in the amount specified in the annual township tax  levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of the value of taxable property as  equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.(c) Whenever a resolution creating a special police district has been  adopted, the township board shall order the proposition submitted to the voters  within the territory of the proposed special police district at an election.  The clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials.  Notice shall be given and the election conducted in accordance with the general  election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:Shall a special police district be created to serve     the unincorporated areas of (name of township), and shall a tax be levied at a rate of not more than 0.10% of the value of taxable property in the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?    The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".(d) If a majority of votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the  special police district, the district shall be created.    (Source: P.A. 83-209; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-160
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-160.         Police protection by municipality or county; county of  1,000,000 or more; special taxing district.(a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, the electors may  authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the  township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish  police protection in the unincorporated area of the township.(b) The township board may declare the unincorporated area of the  township a special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the declaration  authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the special police  district in the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not to  exceed a rate of .10% of the value of taxable property as equalized or  assessed by the Department of Revenue.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-165
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-165.     Fire protection; special taxing district.(a) The electors may authorize the township board to contract with one or  more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the  township is located to furnish fire protection in the unincorporated area of  the township.(b) With the approval of a majority of the voters in the unincorporated area  of a township, the township board may declare the unincorporated area of the  township a special fire district for tax purposes. Proof of that declaration  authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the special fire district in  the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not more than a rate  of 0.40% of the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the  Department of Revenue.(c) Any territory within a special fire district that is annexed to a  municipality that provides fire protection services within its corporate limits  shall be automatically disconnected from the township fire protection taxing  district.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-166
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-166. Civil penalties for false fire alarms. The township board of  any township providing fire protection services may impose reasonable civil  penalties on individuals who repeatedly cause false fire alarms.       (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
60 ILCS 1/30-167
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-167.  Charge against non-residents.(a) The township board of each township may  fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the  service for all services rendered by the township against persons,  businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the township.(b) The charge may not be assessed against residents of the township or  persons who request fire protection coverage for an unprotected area and who  pay to the township an amount equal to the township's fire  protection tax under Article 200 of this Code.(c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a rate not to exceed  $125 per hour per vehicle and not to exceed $35 per hour per firefighter  responding to a call for assistance.  An additional charge may be levied to  reimburse the township for extraordinary expenses of materials used in  rendering such services.  No charge shall be made for services for which the  total charge would be less than $50.(d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to this Section shall  be deposited into the general fund of the township.       (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
60 ILCS 1/30-170
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-170.     Mosquito abatement district.(a) The electors may authorize the township board to contract for the  furnishing of mosquito abatement services in the unincorporated area of the  township.(b) The township board may adopt a resolution declaring the unincorporated  area of the township a mosquito abatement district for tax purposes. Proof of  the resolution authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the mosquito  abatement district in the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but  not more than a rate of 0.075% of the value of taxable property as equalized or  assessed by the Department of Revenue.(c) Whenever a resolution creating a mosquito abatement district has  been adopted, the township board shall order the proposition submitted  to the voters within the territory of the proposed district at an election.   The clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials.  Notice shall be given and the election conducted in accordance with the  general election law.  The proposition shall be in substantially the  following form:Shall a mosquito abatement district be created to     serve the unincorporated areas of (name of township), and shall a tax be levied at a rate of not more than 0.075% of the value of taxable property in the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?    The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".(d) If a majority of votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the  mosquito abatement district, the district shall be created.(e) Any territory within a mosquito abatement district that is annexed  to a municipality that provides mosquito abatement services within its  corporate limits shall be automatically disconnected from the township  mosquito abatement taxing district.    (Source: P.A. 86-310; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-175
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-175.     (Repealed).     (Source: P.A. 88-62.  Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
60 ILCS 1/30-180
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-180.     Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.     The electors may authorize  the supervisor to file an application for the township and all other bodies  politic established by or subject to the control of the electors to participate  in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under the Illinois Pension Code.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-185
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-185.     Transfer of money to city or village.     In townships wholly  within the limits of an incorporated city or village, the electors may transfer  any money in the treasury of the township to the treasury of the city or  village.  The money shall be used by the city or village in its corporate  capacity for (i) constructing or repairing roads, bridges, approaches, or  causeways over which it has control, supervision, and jurisdiction, or (ii)  planting and cultivating trees along the streets and highways in the city and  township.  The electors may give full power and authority to expend any money  in the city or village treasury that it has to the credit of the township for  any of the purposes designated in this Section as decided by the electors or by  the township board.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-190
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-190.     Rules; fines.     The electors may make all by-laws, rules, and  regulations deemed necessary to carry into effect the powers granted in this  Article 30 and may impose fines deemed proper, except when a fine or penalty is  already allowed by law. No offense shall be classified in excess of a petty  offense.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-195
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-195.     Use of penalties collected.     The electors may apply all  penalties, when collected, in the manner deemed most to the interest of the  township.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-200
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

Sec. 30-200.     Limitation in certain townships.     In townships in which there  are incorporated cities or villages, the boundaries of which are co-extensive  with the limits of the township, and in townships that lie  wholly within the  limits of an incorporated city or village, the electors shall not exercise the  several powers contained in Sections 30-80, 30-85, 30-90, 30-95, 30-100,  30-105, 30-110, 30-115, 30-120, and 30-135, and the powers and provisions of  all cities and villages under their organic law are not repealed by any  provision of this Article.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-205
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 30 - Annual Township Meeting

(60 ILCS 1/30-205)Sec. 30-205. Advisory referenda. Any group of registered voters may request an advisory question of public policy for consideration by the electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of the specific advisory question to the township clerk in the same manner as required for an agenda item under subsection (b) of Section 30-10. The agenda published by the township board shall include any such advisory question if the request is timely filed. By a vote of the majority of electors  present at a town meeting, the electors may authorize that an advisory question  of public policy, for which notice has been given as required by this Section, 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. 98-653, eff. 6-18-14.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 35 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

 ARTICLE 35.      SPECIAL TOWNSHIP MEETINGS
60 ILCS 1/35-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-5. Special township meeting. Special township meetings shall be held  when the township board (or at least 15 voters of the township) file in the  office of the township clerk a written statement that a special meeting is  necessary for the interests of the township.  The statement also shall set  forth the objects of the meeting, which must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code. The special township meeting shall be held no  less than 14 nor more than 45 days after the written request is filed in the  office of the township clerk.  Special township meetings may not begin before  6 p.m.  (Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)
60 ILCS 1/35-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-10. Notice of special meeting; business at meeting.(a) Notice of a special township meeting shall be given in the same manner  and for the same length of time as for regular township meetings.(b) The notice shall set forth the object of the meeting as contained in the statement filed with the township clerk, which must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code. No business shall be done at a special meeting except the business that is embraced in the statement and notice.  (Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)
60 ILCS 1/35-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-15. Quorum and powers of electors at special meeting. No special township meeting shall be convened unless 15 or more electors are present at the meeting. The electors at special  township meetings when convened have the powers enumerated in this Article.  An elector is a person registered to vote within the township no less than 28  days before the date of the special meeting. If a special township meeting is not convened because of an absence of 15 or more electors, that special township meeting shall not be re-convened unless all procedures for a special township meeting are again completed.   (Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)