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60 ILCS 1/35-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-20.     Matters postponed from annual meeting.     The electors may act upon  any subject within the powers of the electors at any annual township meeting  that may have been postponed for want of time at the preceding annual meeting  to be considered at a future township meeting.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-25.     Exercise of annual meeting powers.     When the special meeting is  called by the township board in the manner provided by this Article, the  electors may take any action authorized by Article 30 that could have been  taken at an annual township meeting.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

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

Sec. 35-35.     Filling vacancy in township offices.     If a vacancy exists in any township office and the vacancy is not filled within  60 days, the  electors at a  special township meeting may select a qualified person to fill the vacancy and  to serve until the expiration of that term. At the meeting, the electors may  select the replacement officer by voice vote, and the person  receiving the  greatest number of votes shall be declared to be elected as the officer.    (Source: P.A. 92-194, eff. 8-1-01.)
60 ILCS 1/35-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-40.     Conveyance of land for highway purposes.     The electors may convey  any land or any interest in land held by the township to the county or State  where the conveyance is made for highway purposes. The conveyance shall be made  in the same manner and form as a conveyance of land made at the annual township  meeting.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-45
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-45.     Control of public graveyards; tax.(a) The electors may vest control of public graveyards not under the control  of any corporation sole, organization, or society in 3 trustees and may elect  the 3 trustees.(b) The electors may authorize the cemetery trustees to levy a tax for the  control, management, and maintenance of cemeteries under the Public  Graveyards Act.    (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
60 ILCS 1/35-50
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-50.     Definitions.     As used in Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6,  unless the context requires otherwise:"Township board" means the board of trustees, board of town auditors, board  of township trustees, or town trustees provided for in the Township Law of  1874 (repealed) or the township board provided for in this Code."Supervisor" or "township supervisor" means the supervisor or  township supervisor provided for in the Township Law of 1874 (repealed) or  the township supervisor provided for in this Code."Township clerk" means the town clerk or township clerk provided for  in the Township Law of 1874 (repealed) or the township clerk provided for in  this Code."Voter" means a person qualified to vote under the general election law,  including registration within the township no less than 28 days before the date  of the special meeting.    (Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)
60 ILCS 1/35-50.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-50.1.     Senior citizens' housing.     A township may construct, purchase,  improve, extend, or equip senior citizens' housing. The township board shall  have the power to do the following:(1) Own and manage residential rental property for     senior citizens.(2) Donate township land for senior citizens' housing.(3) Expend township funds for the construction,     financing, purchase, improvement, equipping, or management of senior citizens' housing.(4) Employ or contract with management firms to aid     the township board in managing the senior citizens' housing.(5) Make contracts necessary in the exercise of its     powers under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6.(6) Enter into agreements with other governmental     units to finance residential rental property for senior citizens.(7) Issue revenue bonds payable solely from the net     revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing.   (Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-50.4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-50.4.     Security for bonds.     To secure payment of any or all of the  bonds, any additional ordinance supplementing or amending the election  ordinance shall set forth the covenants and undertakings of the township in  connection with (i) the issuance of the bonds and the issuance of  additional bonds payable from the net revenue or income to be derived from  the operation of the senior citizens' housing and (ii) the use and  operation of the senior citizens' housing.  The additional ordinance may also  provide that the bonds, or those that are specified, shall, to the extent and  in the manner prescribed, be subordinate and junior with respect to the payment  of principal and interest to other bonds designated in the ordinance.  The  additional ordinance may in the discretion of the township board provide that  the bonds be secured by a trust agreement or depositary agreement by and  between the township board and a corporate trustee, which may be a trust  company or a bank having powers of a trust company within this State.  The  agreement may contain provisions for directing and enforcing the rights and  remedies of the bondholders deemed reasonable and proper, including the  terms upon which the trustee and the bondholders, or either of them, may  enforce their rights, but no trust agreement, depositary agreement, or other  instrument securing the bonds shall convey, mortgage, or otherwise create  any lien on the properties constituting the senior citizens' housing,  other than the net revenues with respect thereto as described in Sections  35-50.1 through 35-50.6.    (Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-50.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-50.5.         Rules and regulations; rates and charges; use of revenues from  operation.(a) The township board of any township availing itself of Sections 35-50.1  through 35-50.6 may (i) make, enact, and enforce all needful rules and  regulations for the acquisition, construction, extension, improvement,  equipping, management, and maintenance of the senior citizens' housing of the  township and for the use thereof, (ii) make, enact, and enforce all needful  rules, regulations, and ordinances for the care and protection of the senior  citizens' housing that may be conducive to the preservation of the public  health, comfort, and convenience and to providing the senior citizens'  housing, and (iii) charge the residents of the senior citizens' housing a  reasonable rent, rate, or charge for the privilege of residing in or using  the senior citizens' housing.(b) The rents, rates, or charges shall be sufficient at all times to (i) pay  the cost of operating and maintaining the senior citizens' housing, (ii)  provide an adequate depreciation fund if deemed necessary by the township  board, and (iii) pay the principal of and interest on all revenue bonds issued  under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6.  Rents, rates, and charges shall be  established, revised, and maintained by ordinance and become payable as the  township board determines by ordinance.(c) Whenever revenue bonds are issued under Sections 35-50.1 through  35-50.6, sufficient revenue derived from the operation of senior citizens'  housing shall be deposited into a separate fund, designated as the Senior  Citizens' Housing Fund of the township.  It shall be used only (i) to pay the  cost of maintenance and operation of the senior citizens' housing, (ii) to  provide an adequate depreciation fund if deemed necessary by the township  board, and (iii) to pay the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds of  the township issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6.    (Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-50.6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-50.6.     Supervisor; bond proceeds and revenues.(a) The township supervisor shall be ex officio treasurer and the custodian  of all funds derived from the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections  35-50.1 through 35-50.6 and of all income and revenue derived from the  operation of the senior citizens' housing.  Before the supervisor receives any  funds, he or she shall post with the township board, subject to their approval,  a separate corporate surety bond in an amount determined by resolution of the  township board. The supervisor shall keep the proceeds of bonds issued and  revenues derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing separate  and apart from all other funds that come into his or her hands as supervisor  and ex officio treasurer of the township.  The supervisor shall deposit the  proceeds derived from the sale of bonds and the income and revenues derived  from the operation of the senior citizens' housing in separate bank or savings  and loan association accounts in a depositary designated by the township board  for that purpose; provided, however, that any funds not so deposited shall be  invested only in investments that are permitted for the township under the  Public Funds Investment Act, as then amended.(b) No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds under  this Section unless it has complied with the provisions of Section 6 of the  Public Funds Investment Act.    (Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-55
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-55.     Senior citizens services; authorization of tax levy.(a) The electors may authorize the township board to levy a tax (at a  rate of not more than 0.15% of the value, as equalized and assessed by the  Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the township) for the sole  and exclusive purpose of providing services to senior citizens under Article  220 including, but not limited to, the construction, maintenance, repair, and  operation of a senior citizens center.  If the board desires to levy  the tax, it shall order a  referendum on the proposition to be held at an election in accordance with the  general election law.  The board shall certify the proposition to the proper  election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters at an  election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the  votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, the board may  annually levy the tax in addition to any other taxes and not subject to the  tax rate limitations set forth in Article 235 of this Act, but subject to the  extension limitations in the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law of the  Property Tax Code.(b) If the township board of any township authorized to levy a tax under  this Section pursuant to a referendum held before January 1, 1987, desires to  increase the maximum rate of the tax to 0.15% of the value, as equalized and  assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the township,  it shall order a referendum on that proposition to be held at an election in  accordance with the general election law.  The board shall certify the  proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition  to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law.  If a  majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition,  the maximum tax rate shall be so increased.    (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-781, eff. 1-1-03.)
60 ILCS 1/35-60
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-60.     Youth service programs; authorization of tax levy.     The electors  may authorize the township board to levy a tax (at a rate of not more than  0.15% of the value, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of  all taxable property in the township) for the sole purpose of providing service  programs for youths under Section 215-5.  The tax may not be levied, however,  unless the tax is approved by the voters at a referendum held in accordance  with the general election law.  The township board shall certify the  proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition  to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law.  If a  majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition,  the board may annually levy the tax.    (Source: P.A. 85-583; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-65
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-65.     General assistance tax.     If the electors at the annual township  meeting fail in any year to levy any tax for general assistance to persons  needing that assistance, or a tax for general assistance of an amount  sufficient to meet those needs, or a tax of an amount sufficient to qualify the  township for an allocation of State funds appropriated for that purpose, the  electors may levy the tax, additional tax, or qualifying tax, as the case may  be, as may be necessary. In no event, however, shall the total of the taxes  levied at the annual and special township meetings for general assistance  exceed the statutory rate limit prescribed in Section 235-15.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-70
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-70.     Township library tax.     The electors may levy a tax for the  support and maintenance of a township library under the Illinois Local Library  Act.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-75
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

Sec. 35-75.     Cemetery tax.     The electors may authorize the board of managers  to levy a tax for the establishment and maintenance of cemeteries under Article  135.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/35-80
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 35 - Special Township Meetings

(60 ILCS 1/35-80)Sec. 35-80.     Participation in Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.     The  electors may elect to have the township and all other bodies politic  established by or under the control of the electors participate as a single  municipality in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under the provisions of  the Illinois Pension Code.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 40 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 40 - Conduct Of Township Meetings

 ARTICLE 40.      CONDUCT OF TOWNSHIP MEETINGS
60 ILCS 1/40-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 40 - Conduct Of Township Meetings

Sec. 40-5.     Time of township meeting; moderator.(a) The annual township meeting and any special township meeting shall  not be held earlier than 6 p.m., unless the time is changed by the electors at  a duly convened meeting.(b) At an hour fixed by the electors, but no earlier  than 6 p.m. on the day of an annual or special meeting, the electors present  shall be called to order by the township clerk, if there is a clerk and he or  she is present. If there is no township clerk or if the township clerk is not  present, the electors may elect by acclamation one of their number as chairman.  The chairman shall, if there are electors desiring admittance to the meeting  who cannot be admitted because of the size of the meeting hall, immediately  recess the meeting to a time as soon as practicable and to a place sufficiently  large to accommodate at least the number of electors present at that time  within the meeting hall and those outside the meeting hall desiring to be  admitted.Electors at the meeting shall be verified as voters registered within the  township by the township clerk, or a designee of the township clerk, through  the  use of township voter registration lists  obtained by the township clerk from the election authority having jurisdiction  over the township and updated to include voters registered no less than 28 days  before the day of the meeting.(c) The electors present shall choose one of their number to preside as  moderator of the meeting. Before entering upon the duties of the office, the  moderator shall take an oath, administered by the township clerk or chairman or  some other officer authorized to administer oaths, to faithfully and  impartially discharge the duties of the office. The moderator of the meeting  shall preside at the meeting, announce the business before the meeting,  preserve order, and decide all questions of order. The moderator shall have the  same power and be subject to the same penalties, in connection with his conduct  as moderator, as judges of election under the provisions of the general  election law.    (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-331, eff.  8-17-95.)
60 ILCS 1/40-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 40 - Conduct Of Township Meetings

Sec. 40-10.     Clerk of the meeting.(a) The township clerk, if there is one and he or she is present, shall act  as clerk of the meeting and shall keep faithful minutes of the proceedings in a  book to be known as the township record.  The clerk shall enter at length in  the township record every order or direction and all rules and regulations made  by the meeting.  The entry shall be signed by the clerk and the moderator of  the meeting.(b) This Section is subject to the Local Records Act.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/40-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 40 - Conduct Of Township Meetings

Sec. 40-15.     Voting.(a) All questions upon motions made at township meetings shall be determined  by a majority of the electors present and voting, and the moderator shall  ascertain and declare the result of the vote upon each question.(b) When the result of any vote shall, upon the moderator's declaration, be  questioned by one or more of the electors present, the moderator shall make the  vote certain by causing the voters to rise and be counted or by a division of  the voters.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/40-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 40 - Conduct Of Township Meetings

Sec. 40-20.     Conclusion of business.     When the business of the meeting is  concluded, the moderator shall announce that fact. After the announcement is  made, all miscellaneous business shall be deemed concluded for that day unless  the electors shall, at the time of the announcement, order otherwise. In no  event, however, shall any question which has been disposed of before the  announcement be thereafter reconsidered unless the motion for reconsideration  is sustained by a number of votes equal to at least a majority of all the names  entered on the poll list on that day up to the time the motion is made.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/40-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 40 - Conduct Of Township Meetings

Sec. 40-25.     Disorderly conduct.     If any person acts in a disorderly manner  at any meeting and, after notice from the moderator, persists in that conduct,  the moderator may order the person to withdraw from the meeting.  If the person  refuses to withdraw, the moderator may order any police officer or other person  to take the disorderly person from the meeting and confine him or her in some  convenient place until the meeting is adjourned. The person refusing to  withdraw shall, for that offense, forfeit a sum not exceeding $10 for the use  of the township to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the township  in the circuit court.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/40-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 40 - Conduct Of Township Meetings

(60 ILCS 1/40-30)Sec. 40-30.     Notice of township regulations.     The township clerk shall cause  all by-laws, rules, and regulations of the township to be published within 20  days after their adoption by posting them in 3 public places in the town.  The  clerk also shall cause the by-laws, rules, and regulations to be inserted once  in a newspaper published in the township if there is such a newspaper. All  by-laws, rules, and regulations shall take effect and be in force from the date  of their adoption unless otherwise directed by the electors.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 45 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 45 - Nomination Of Candidates For Township Office

 ARTICLE 45.  NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR TOWNSHIP OFFICE
60 ILCS 1/45-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 45 - Nomination Of Candidates For Township Office

Sec. 45-5.     Nominations by political parties.     In all townships (other than  townships of over 5,000 population that are co-extensive with or included  wholly within incorporated towns, villages, or cities not under the commission  form of government), nominations by established political parties for  candidates for township officers shall, except as otherwise provided in Section  45-15, be held as provided in this Article.    (Source: P.A. 85-694; 88-62.)