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60 ILCS 1/15-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-20.     Failure of proposition to disconnect; status quo.     Where the proposition to disconnect the territory fails and it remains  with the adjacent township, the status quo and operation of a township and  the officers of a township coterminous with a city at the time provided for  in this Article is not to be affected.  Where the proposition to disconnect  fails, the status quo of a council of a city that is coterminous with a  township at the time provided for in this Article and that already is vested  with the authority to exercise all powers vested in that township is not  affected.  Where a city coterminous at the time provided for in this Article  has provided by operation of law that certain offices of the city and the  coterminous township shall be united in the same person, or that the office and  election of highway commissioners shall be discontinued, that provision shall  continue to be the case after the proposition to disconnect the territory  fails.  Where the proposition to disconnect fails, vacancies in any of the  township offices in a township coterminous at the time provided for in  this Section may continue to be filled by the city council. Where the  proposition to disconnect fails or the city, its coterminous township, and the  adjacent township agree by intergovernmental cooperation agreement that the  territory shall remain part of the adjacent township, the city may annex the  territory and by doing so does not relinquish its status as a city with a  coterminous township.    (Source: P.A. 86-1299; 87-1197; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/15-25
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-25.         Parcel annexed less than 1% of total equalized assessed  value of adjacent township. Within any 12 month period beginning on the date of  a coterminous city's first annexation after August 11, 1986, when any parcel of  territory lying in an adjacent township is annexed by the city and the parcel  constitutes less than 1% of the total equalized assessed value of the adjacent  township, and until all such parcels annexed during each such annual period  constitute 1% or more of the total equalized assessed value of the adjacent  township, each separate parcel shall become disconnected from that township and  included in the coterminous township without having the proposition to  disconnect submitted to the voters in the adjacent township.    (Source: P.A. 86-1299; 87-1197; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/15-30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-30. Payment for property taxes collected by coterminous city. After August 11, 1986, whenever territory is disconnected from a township  and connected to a coterminous township before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the coterminous city shall  provide, on or before December 31 of each year for a period of 10 years, to  the township from which the territory was disconnected an amount equal to  the real estate tax that was collected on the property in the tax year  immediately preceding the disconnection. Whenever territory is disconnected from a township and connected to a coterminous township on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the coterminous city shall provide to the township from which the territory was disconnected, for a period of 10 years: (i) no later than 60 days after the first due date for real estate taxes in that county for that tax year, an amount equal to at least 50% of the real estate tax that was collected on the property in the tax year immediately preceding the disconnection and (ii) on or before December 31 of each year an amount equal to 50% of the real estate tax that was collected on the property in the tax year immediately preceding the disconnection.              (Source: P.A. 94-529, eff. 8-10-05.)
60 ILCS 1/15-35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-35.         Automatic annexation of certain territory; exception;  reconnection to adjacent township.(a) If, on August 11, 1986, any unincorporated territory in a township that  is adjacent to a township that is coterminous with a city (i) is wholly bounded  by the coterminous township or (ii) is bounded solely by the coterminous  township and (A) a river or lake, (B) property owned by the State of Illinois  (except highway right-of-way owned in fee by the State), (C) a forest preserve  district, or (D) the Illinois State boundary, that territory shall  automatically, by operation of law, become annexed to  the city, disconnected from the adjacent township, and included in the  coterminous township without having the proposition to disconnect submitted  to the voters in the adjacent township, except that when the unincorporated  territory is, and as long as it remains, predominantly agricultural in  nature, the automatic annexation shall not occur.(b) Any territory automatically annexed by operation of law to a city  coterminous with a township under this Section, if the sale of  alcoholic beverages is permitted in the territory and that sale is not  permitted in the coterminous township and city, shall, on June 30, 1987, be  disconnected from the city and its coterminous township and reconnected to the  township from which it was originally disconnected.    (Source: P.A. 86-1299; 87-1197; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/15-40
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-40.         Parcel with township hall and maintenance building; reconnection  to adjacent township. Any parcel of land owned by a township on which both a  township hall and a maintenance building are located and that consists of the  entire territory that was annexed by operation of law to a city coterminous  with a different township under this Article shall, on September 1, 1988, be  disconnected from the city and its coterminous township and reconnected to the  township from which it was originally disconnected.    (Source: P.A. 86-1299; 87-1197; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/15-45
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-45.     Territory deemed a township.     The territory of any organized  city, within the limits of any county under township organization and not  situated within any township, shall be deemed a township.    (Source: Laws 1877, p. 212; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/15-50
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-50.     Powers exercised by city council.     All the powers vested in the  township described in Section 15-45, including all the powers now vested by law  in the highway commissioners of the township and in the  township board of the  township, shall be exercised by the city council. The city council shall  perform the duties of a township or multi-township board in relation to the  township or multi-township assessor as provided in the Property Tax Code.By a resolution passed by a three-fourths vote, the city council of any  home  rule municipality may  cease to exercise the powers of the township board.  Vacancies within the  offices of township clerk,  township collector, and board of trustees resulting from the city council's  action shall be filled in  accordance with the general election law for the holding of township elections.   Any action taken under  this Section shall not alter the rights and duties of the township supervisor  as chief executive officer of the  township or of any other duly elected township officials.    (Source: P.A. 90-698, eff. 8-7-98.)
60 ILCS 1/15-55
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-55.     Combining offices.     The city council in a city and township  described in Section 15-45 may by ordinance provide (i) that the offices of  city and township clerk are united in the same person, (ii) that the offices of  city treasurer and township collector are united in the same person, and (iii)  that the office and election of highway commissioners shall be discontinued. In  any combination of offices under this Section, the combined office shall be  filled in the manner provided by law for filling the office of city clerk or  city treasurer, as the case may be. The township supervisor shall be, ex  officio, supervisor of general assistance.    (Source: Laws 1951, p. 2014; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/15-60
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-60.     Vacancies.     Vacancies in any township office within a city and  township described in Section 15-45 may be filled by the city council as  provided in Section 60-5.    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/15-65
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

Sec. 15-65.     Inapplicability.     Notwithstanding any provisions of this Article  to the contrary, this Article has no application to the office of township  assessor in townships organized under this Article that are situated in  counties of 500,000 or more.    (Source: Laws 1947, p. 1729; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/15-70
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 15 - Township Within A City

(60 ILCS 1/15-70)Sec. 15-70. City council meetings; township business. The city council of any coterminous city located in a county with a population of less than 1,000,000 may, by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of its members, authorize the township supervisor to preside over portions of city council meetings when the city council is exercising powers that would ordinarily be exercised by the township board in a township not organized under this Article. While the township supervisor is presiding, the supervisor has one vote and the mayor has no vote.  (Source: P.A. 96-241, eff. 8-11-09.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 20 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 20 - Consolidation Of Townships Within City

 ARTICLE 20.      CONSOLIDATION OF TOWNSHIPS WITHIN CITY
60 ILCS 1/20-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 20 - Consolidation Of Townships Within City

Sec. 20-5.     Consolidation of townships within city; petition and referendum.     When the territory of any city in a county under township organization is  composed of 5 or more congressional townships or fractional parts of  congressional townships and the legal voters of the city want to organize the  territory into one township, upon a petition of at least one-tenth of the legal  voters of the city (to be ascertained by the votes cast at the last preceding  presidential election), the county board of the county shall order submitted to  the voters of the city, in accordance with the general election law, at the  next general election, the question of consolidation of the territory included  in the city into one township.  The board shall certify the proposition  to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at the  general election in accordance with the general election law.  The proposition  shall be in substantially the following form:Shall (names or descriptions of congressional     townships or parts of congressional townships) contained within (name of city) be consolidated into one township?    The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".    (Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/20-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 20 - Consolidation Of Townships Within City

Sec. 20-10.     Election results.(a) The county clerk shall enter an abstract of the returns of the election  held under Section 20-5, made out and certified as in an election for county  officers, and shall record the abstract at length upon the records of the  county.(b) If a majority of the votes are in favor of consolidating all of the  townships and fractional parts of townships in the city into one organized  township, then at the next regular election for township officers there shall  be elected one set of township officers for the territory in the city.     (Source: P.A. 81-1490; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/20-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 20 - Consolidation Of Townships Within City

(60 ILCS 1/20-15)Sec. 20-15.     Assessor.     For purposes of the election or appointment of a  township or multi-township assessor, a township organized under this Article is  subject to Sections 2-5 through 2-30 and Sections 2-70 and 9-30 of the  Property Tax Code.    (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 22 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 22 - Consolidation Of Multiple Townships

 ARTICLE 22.  CONSOLIDATION OF MULTIPLE TOWNSHIPS   (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/22-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 22 - Consolidation Of Multiple Townships

Sec. 22-5. Resolution for consolidation; notice.(a)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the township boards of any 2 or more adjacent townships may, by identical resolutions of each board, propose consolidation by referendum: (i) into a new township; or (ii) into an existing township. Each resolution shall include, but is not limited to, the following:(1) the name of the proposed new consolidated     township or the name of the existing township into which all townships will be consolidated;(2) a description of how each road district or road     districts of a dissolving township shall comply with subsection (c) of Section 22-20 if a township will be consolidating into an existing township;(3) the names of all townships that will be     consolidating and a description of the area of consolidation; and(4) the date of the general election at which the     referendum shall be held.All resolutions shall be passed not less than 79 days before the general election stated in the resolutions. For purposes of this Section, 3 or more townships are adjacent when each township shares a boundary with at least one of the other townships which are to be consolidated.(b)   Before passing a resolution under subsection (a), each township board shall hold a public hearing on those matters after notice of the hearing has been published on the main page of the townships' websites, if any, and in a newspaper having a general circulation in the townships affected. The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the hearing. The notice shall contain, at a minimum, the name of all townships that will be consolidating and a description of the area of consolidation.  (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/22-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 22 - Consolidation Of Multiple Townships

Sec. 22-10. Referendum.(a) Upon the adoption of resolutions under Section 22-5 by each township, the township boards shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of each township at the general election specified in the resolutions a referendum to consolidate the townships. The referendum shall be substantially in the following form:Shall (names of townships) be consolidated into [a     new township called (name of proposed consolidated township)/the township of (name of existing township)]?The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".The referendum is approved when a majority of the voters, in each of the affected townships, approve the referendum.(b)   Before a referendum appears on the ballot under subsection (a), each township board shall publish a copy of the adopted resolution on the main page of the townships' websites, if any, and in a newspaper having a general circulation in each of the townships 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 and a list of all taxes levied for general township purposes 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 general election in which the referendum will appear.(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no tax rate may be extended for any fund of the consolidated district for the first levy year of the consolidated district that exceeds any statutory maximum set forth for that fund, unless the referendum also conforms to the requirements of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law or other statutory provision setting forth that limitation.   (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/22-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 22 - Consolidation Of Multiple Townships

Sec. 22-15. Transition. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon the approval of a referendum under Section 22-10:(a) There shall be no further nominations or elections for clerks, assessors, collectors, highway commissioners, supervisors, or trustees of any of the separate townships or highway commissions, and the terms of all such officers currently serving shall continue until the third Monday of May of the year in which township officials are elected next following the approval of a referendum under Section 22-10.(b)    A Transition Township Board is formed and is composed of the members of the separate townships boards.  The Transition Township Board has only the following powers: (1) to propose and approve the compensation of all officials of the consolidated township that will be elected at the consolidated election next following the passage of the referendum under Section 22-10; and (2) to propose and approve additional debt to be taken on by any of the separate townships.(c) The Transition Township Board shall hold a public hearing no later than the last Tuesday in December before the consolidated township board of trustees are elected next following the approval of a referendum under Section 22-10. If the Board cannot agree on the compensation for an official by the first Tuesday in April before the consolidated election of township officials next following the approval of a referendum under Section 22-10, then the compensation for that official shall be equal to the lowest compensation for the same office between the separate townships in the preceding calendar year.(d) The separate townships shall not incur any additional debt without the approval of the Transition Township Board. For purposes of this Section, "debt" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 23-5.(e) Section 3-7 of the Election Code shall govern those individuals entitled to caucus, vote for, be nominated for, and run for offices for the consolidated township at the consolidated election of township officials next following the approval of a referendum under Section 22-10.   (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/Art. 23 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 23 - Merger Of A Single Township Into 2 Other Townships

 ARTICLE 23.  MERGER OF A SINGLE TOWNSHIP INTO 2 OTHER TOWNSHIPS   (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/23-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 23 - Merger Of A Single Township Into 2 Other Townships

Sec. 23-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:"Dissolving road district" means a road district in a dissolving township, which is dissolved under subsection (c) of Section 23-25."Dissolving township" means a township which is proposed to be dissolved into and be merged with 2 other adjacent townships."Equalized assessed value" has the meaning provided in Section 18-213 of the Property Tax Code."Debt" means indebtedness incurred by a dissolving township including, but not limited to,  mortgages, judgments, and moneys due through the issuance and sale of bonds, or through an equivalent manner of borrowing for which notes or other evidences of indebtedness are issued fixing the amount of principal and interest from time to time payable to retire the indebtedness."Receiving township" means a township into which a portion of the dissolving township will be merged.  (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
60 ILCS 1/23-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS|60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.|Article 23 - Merger Of A Single Township Into 2 Other Townships

Sec. 23-10. Resolution for merger; notice.(a)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the township boards of any 3 adjacent townships may, by identical resolutions of each board, propose that a township which borders the other 2 townships be dissolved by referendum and all rights, powers, duties, assets, and property, together with all personnel, contractual obligations, other obligations, responsibilities, and liabilities of the dissolving township transferred to the receiving townships. Each resolution shall include, but is not limited to, the following:(1) a legal description of the former territory of     the dissolving township each receiving  township will take upon the dissolution of the dissolving township;(2) a description of how all   assets and property,     together with all personnel, contractual obligations, other obligations, responsibilities, and liabilities of the dissolving township will be transferred to the receiving townships;(3) the tax rates for general township purposes for     the immediately preceding levy year, as extended and collected in the year in which the resolution is adopted, for the dissolving township and each receiving township;(4) a description and amount of all debt each     receiving township shall assume after the dissolving township dissolves. The debt shall be assumed by each receiving township in equal proportion to the equalized assessed value of the land and property that will be received by each receiving township from the dissolving township unless otherwise agreed to in the resolutions;(5) a  description of how each road district or road     districts of a dissolving township shall comply with subsection (c) of Section 23-25; and(6) the date of the general election at which the     referendum shall be held.All resolutions shall be passed not less than 79 days before the general election stated in the resolutions.(b)   Before passing a resolution under this Section, each township board shall hold a public hearing on those matters after notice of the hearing has been published on the main page of the townships' websites, if any, and in a newspaper having a general circulation in the townships affected. The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the hearing. The notice shall contain, at a minimum,  the name of the dissolving township and receiving townships and a description of the area each receiving township will receive from the dissolving township.  (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)