105 ILCS 5/8-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 8 - Treasurers

 (from Ch. 122, par. 8-1)Sec. 8-1. Treasurers.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), in  Class II county school units the trustees of schools shall appoint a  treasurer who shall be ex-officio clerk of the board. The term of the  township treasurer shall be for a 2 year period beginning and ending on the  first of July. The treasurer shall be a resident of the township, but not a  trustee, or school board member. He shall attend all meetings and keep a  record of the official proceedings of the trustees of schools. Such record  shall be open to public inspection. All proceedings, when recorded, shall  be signed by the president and the clerk. If the clerk is absent, or  refuses to perform any of his duties, a clerk pro tempore may be appointed.  For sufficient cause the treasurer may be removed from office by the  trustees of schools. In case of a vacancy the trustees of schools shall  elect a treasurer for the unexpired term.(b) In Class I county school units, and in each school district  which forms a part of a Class II county school unit but which has withdrawn  from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of the  township in which such school district is located and from the jurisdiction  and authority of the township treasurer in such Class II county  school unit as provided in subsection (b) of Section 5-1, each  school board shall either elect one of its members to serve as treasurer  without salary for a period of one year or appoint someone, not a member of  the school board, as its treasurer, and, except as provided in this  Section the board shall fix his compensation. An appointed treasurer shall  serve at the pleasure of the board. An appointed treasurer shall be at  least 21 years of age, of approved integrity, but not a member of the  county board of school trustees. The records of the treasurer shall be open  to public inspection. Two or more such districts may appoint the same  treasurer. In case of a vacancy caused by the death, resignation or the  removal from office of the school treasurer the school board shall appoint  a treasurer. The school  board may determine the temporary incapacity of  its treasurer occasioned by illness, absence from the district or any other  cause which prevents the prompt performance of his duties and appoint an  acting treasurer to serve until the board determines such temporary  incapacity no longer exists.(c) The school board of each elementary school, high school and unit  school district that forms a part of a  Class II county school unit and that was under the jurisdiction and  authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of a township  at the time those offices were abolished in that township as provided in  subsection (c) of Section 5-1 shall appoint a person to serve as treasurer  of the school board.  The term of each school treasurer appointed under  this subsection shall be for a 2 year period beginning and ending on the  first day of July.  A person appointed under this subsection to serve as  treasurer of a school board shall not be the superintendent of schools of the school district.  A person  appointed and serving under this subsection as treasurer of a school board  may concurrently serve as the treasurer of the regional board of school  trustees, if selected to serve in that capacity by the regional board of  school trustees, as provided in subsection (c) of Section 5-1.  The school  board shall fix the compensation of its school treasurer, and for  sufficient cause may remove the school treasurer from office. However, if  a member of the school board is also school treasurer, he or she shall perform his or her duties as school treasurer without compensation.  In the case  of a vacancy, the school board shall appoint a school treasurer for the  unexpired term.  The school board may determine the temporary incapacity of  its treasurer due to illness, absence from the district, or other cause  that prevents the prompt performance of his duties and may appoint an  acting treasurer to serve until the school board determines that the  temporary incapacity of its treasurer no longer exists.(d) After October 1, 1977, each treasurer in a Class I county school  unit appointed under this Section for his first term shall have a financial  background or related experience or 12 semester hours of credit of college  level accounting.(e) After August 14, 1989, any treasurer appointed under this Section  for his first term in Class II county school units, including any person  appointed by a school board to serve as its treasurer as provided in  subsection (c) of this Section, shall be a certified  public accountant or a certified chief school business official as defined  in part (3) of Section 21-7.3 of this Act. Experience as a township  treasurer in a Class II county school unit prior to July 1, 1989 shall be  deemed the equivalent of certification.(f) Concurrently with the election or appointment of its own school  treasurer by the school board of a school district which forms a part of a  Class II county school unit but which no longer is subject to the  jurisdiction and authority of a township treasurer or trustees of schools  of a township because the district has withdrawn from the jurisdiction and  authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of the township  or because those offices have been abolished as provided in  subsection (b) or (c) of Section 5-1, all funds, accounts, moneys, notes,  bonds, mortgages and effects then held by such township treasurer on behalf or  for the use and benefit of, or then credited by such township treasurer to any  fund or account of such school district shall thereupon be transferred and  paid over by such township treasurer to the school treasurer elected or  appointed by the school board of such school district.  In addition the  school treasurer of such school district shall have the right, at all  reasonable times, to inspect all cash books, loan books, district account  books and journals kept by such township treasurer as provided in Section  8-5 and to copy or otherwise reproduce such portions thereof as such school  treasurer deems necessary for the performance of his duties.(g) Upon the abolition of the offices of the township treasurer and  trustee of schools of a township as provided in subsection (c) of Section  5-1, and subject to the limitation of subsection (b) of Section 8-5 with  respect to certain records to be surrendered to the regional board of  school trustees, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of  Section 5-1 with respect to the common school lands and township loanable  funds of that township and with respect to the records, books and accounts  relating to those common school lands and township loanable funds, all  school funds and accounts, moneys, notes, bonds, securities, district  account books and other documents, records and effects then held by the  former township treasurer on behalf or for the use and benefit of, or then  credited by the former township treasurer to any fund or account of any  school district that was under the jurisdiction and authority of the  township treasurer at the time the office of that township treasurer was  abolished shall thereupon be transferred and paid over by the former  township treasurer to the appropriate school treasurer appointed by the  school board of each such district under subsection (c) of this Section 8-1.(h) If the school district of a school treasurer elected or appointed under  this Section is receiving emergency State financial assistance under  Article 1B, that school treasurer is subject to the provisions of Article 1B.  (Source: P.A. 96-538, eff. 8-14-09.)