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2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 55 - COUNTIES › 55 ILCS 125/ - County Surveyors Act.

(55 ILCS 125/0.01) (from Ch. 133, par. 4.9)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
County Surveyors Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(55 ILCS 125/5) (from Ch. 133, par. 5)
Sec. 5. 
		
		The county board of each county which has not heretofore procured a
copy of the original field notes and plats of the United States surveys of
the lands in such county, shall procure such copies from the custodian of
the originals of such field notes and plats at the cost of the county. The
copies of such field notes and plats which have been or shall be procured
hereafter by any county shall be deposited and kept in the office of the
recorder of the county, and be at all reasonable times subject to
examination by all persons who may desire to examine same. All surveys
shall be made in accordance with the original surveys and the laws of the
United States governing surveys.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 2161.)
(55 ILCS 125/10) (from Ch. 133, par. 10)
Sec. 10. 
		
		The original field notes of the United States surveys and copies
thereof, and all papers and documents pertaining thereto shall be
transferred by the Auditor of Public Accounts to the custody of the
Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall deposit such field notes
and the documents and records pertaining thereto in the State Archives for
safe-keeping. Copies of such notes, records and documents made and
certified by the Secretary of State, under his official seal, shall be
competent evidence in all courts of this State.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1711.)
(55 ILCS 125/11) (from Ch. 133, par. 10.1)
Sec. 11. 
		
		All records and property heretofore belonging to the office of the
county surveyor shall be deposited with the recorder of the county and
shall be open to the inspection of all surveyors and other persons.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 2161.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 1 - Short Title And General Provisions

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 1 heading)
ARTICLE 1.
SHORT TITLE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
(60 ILCS 1/1-1)
Sec. 1-1. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the Township Code.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/1-5)
Sec. 1-5. 
		Use of terms.
(a) A reference in another Act to a town (other than an incorporated
town) shall be deemed a reference to a township as that term is used in this
Code.
(b) A reference in another Act to the board of trustees of a town (other
than an incorporated town) or township, the board of town trustees, or the
board of township trustees shall be deemed a reference to the township
board as that term is used in this Code.
(c) A reference in another Act to an officer of a town (other than an
incorporated town) shall be deemed a reference to a township officer as
that term is used in this Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 20 - Consolidation Of Townships Within City

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 20 heading)
ARTICLE 20.  
		CONSOLIDATION OF
TOWNSHIPS WITHIN CITY
(60 ILCS 1/20-5)
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)
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)
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.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 73 - Highway Commissioner

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 73 heading)
ARTICLE 73.  
		HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER
(60 ILCS 1/73-5)
Sec. 73-5. 
		Officer of township; election; powers and duties. 
		The
highway commissioner of each road district comprised of a single township
shall have powers and duties as provided in Article 6 of the Illinois Highway
Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 77 - Township Assessor

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 77 heading)
ARTICLE 77.  
		TOWNSHIP
ASSESSOR
(60 ILCS 1/77-5)
Sec. 77-5. 
		Election; powers and duties. 
		The township assessor shall
be elected and have powers and duties as provided in the Property Tax Code. The
township assessor also shall be a member of the board of health for a public
health district as provided in the Public Health District Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 78 - Township Collector

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 78 heading)
ARTICLE 78.  
		TOWNSHIP
COLLECTOR
(60 ILCS 1/78-5)
Sec. 78-5. 
		Bond; powers and duties. 
		The township collector shall
execute a bond and have powers and duties as provided in the Property Tax
Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 95 - Legal Proceedings In Favor Of And Against Townships

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 95 heading)
ARTICLE 95.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN FAVOR OF
AND AGAINST TOWNSHIPS
(60 ILCS 1/95-5)
Sec. 95-5. 
		Civil action. 
		Whenever any controversy or cause of action exists
between any townships of this State or between any township and an individual
or corporation, the proceedings may be had in civil actions for the purpose of
trying and finally settling the controversy.  The proceedings may be conducted
in the same manner, and the judgment or order in the proceedings shall have the
same effect, as in other civil actions or proceedings of a similar kind between
individuals and corporations.  All process shall be served by leaving a copy of
the process with the township supervisor.
(Source: P.A. 83-346; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/95-10)
Sec. 95-10. 
		Suit in township name. 
		In all suits or proceedings, the township
shall sue and be sued by its name, except where township officers are
authorized by law to sue in their name of office for the benefit of the
township.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/95-15)
Sec. 95-15. 
		Witnesses and jurors. 
		On the trial of every action in which the
township is a party or interested, the electors and inhabitants of the township
shall be competent witnesses and jurors, except that in suits and proceedings
by one township against another, no inhabitant of either township shall be a
juror.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/95-20)
Sec. 95-20. 
		Township common property. 
		Whenever, by any order or decision in
any civil action or proceeding brought to settle any controversy concerning
township commons or other lands or the common property of a township, or for
the partition of township lands, the right of any township is settled and
confirmed, the court in which the proceedings are had may partition the lands
according to the rights of the parties.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/95-25)
Sec. 95-25. 
		Costs. 
		In all suits or proceedings prosecuted by or against
township officers in their name of office, costs shall be recovered as in
similar cases between individuals. Judgments recovered against a township or
against township officers in actions prosecuted by or against them in their
name of office shall be a township charge and when collected shall be paid to
the person or persons to whom the judgment was awarded.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/95-30)
Sec. 95-30. 
		Tort immunity. 
		Civil actions against a township or township
employee shall be subject to the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
Tort Immunity Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 133 - Public Graveyards

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 133 heading)
ARTICLE 133.  
		PUBLIC GRAVEYARDS
(60 ILCS 1/133-5)
Sec. 133-5. 
		Control of public graveyards. 
		The township board may
exercise control over public graveyards in the township as provided in the
Public Graveyards Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 153 - Township Library

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 153 heading)
ARTICLE 153.  
		TOWNSHIP LIBRARY
(60 ILCS 1/153-5)
Sec. 153-5. 
		Establishment and maintenance of library. 
		A township
may establish and maintain a public library as provided in the Illinois
Local Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/153-50)
Sec. 153-50. 
		Township committee on literacy.
(a) The township board of trustees may appoint a township committee on
literacy of at least 5 members, and shall initially establish the length of the
members' terms for one, 2, and 3 years, staggering the terms so that after the
initial appointments, the term of each member shall be for 3 years, and that
the smallest possible portion of the terms on the committee will expire in any
single calendar year.
(b) The township committee on literacy may provide programs to combat
and prevent illiteracy and alliteracy and meet the basic skill needs of local
residents.
(c) The township committee on literacy shall cooperate with existing
alliteracy and literacy programs, libraries, other governmental entities, and
with any other organization, association, agency, or person in the fostering,
development, and provision of local programs designed to combat and prevent
illiteracy and alliteracy and to meet the basic skill needs of local residents.
(d) The township committee on literacy, with the approval of the
township board of trustees, may contract with other governmental entities
and with any other organization, association, agency, or person in order to
provide programs to combat and prevent illiteracy and alliteracy and to meet
the basic skill needs of local residents.
(e) Members of the township committee on literacy shall select one of
its members to serve as chairperson and may elect any other officers as
necessary.
(Source: Incorporates P.A. 88-356; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 155 - Township Public Comfort Stations

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 155 heading)
ARTICLE 155.  
		TOWNSHIP PUBLIC
COMFORT STATIONS
(60 ILCS 1/155-5)
Sec. 155-5. 
		Public comfort stations. 
		Subject to Section 155-25, a township
board may provide for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of public
comfort stations.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/155-10)
Sec. 155-10. 
		Definition. 
		A public comfort station, within the meaning of
this Article, is an institution where waiting rooms, rest rooms, toilet rooms
for men and women, lavatories, check rooms, drinking water, and similar
facilities are freely available for the convenience of the public. In addition,
it may contain living quarters for attendants.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 488; P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/155-15)
Sec. 155-15. 
		Acquisition of buildings and equipment. 
		In establishing,
equipping, and maintaining public comfort stations, the township may construct,
purchase, lease, or accept donations of ground sites, buildings, rooms, and the
necessary equipment, and may employ necessary attendants.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 488; P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/155-20)
Sec. 155-20. 
		Tax. 
		A tax of not more than 0.03% or the rate limit in effect
on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater, of the value, as equalized or assessed
by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property within each township that
has established a public comfort station shall be assessed, levied, and
collected by the township in the manner provided for the assessment, levy, and
collection of other taxes for corporate purposes. The proceeds of this tax
shall be kept in a separate fund and shall be used for the establishment,
equipment, and maintenance of public comfort stations and for no other purpose.
The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may, however, be increased under
the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/155-25)
Sec. 155-25. 
		Referendum. 
		None of the powers conferred by this Article shall
be exercised unless the question of establishing public comfort stations has
been submitted to the electors of the township and approved by a majority of
the voters voting upon the proposition.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 488; P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 160 - Township Monuments

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 160 heading)
ARTICLE 160.  
		TOWNSHIP
MONUMENTS
(60 ILCS 1/160-5)
Sec. 160-5. Township monuments; petition and referendum.
(a) Upon the petition of 100 or more legal voters of a township being filed
with the township clerk praying that the proposition of erecting or completing
a monument or memorial in honor of its soldiers and sailors or other notable
persons buried in the township be submitted to the voters of the township at an
election, the township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters of the
township at an election in accordance with the general election law.
(b) The form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:
Shall a monument or memorial be erected in honor of     (the soldiers and sailors of the township or other notable person)?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor of
it, the township supervisor, township clerk, and township treasurer, within one
year after the election, shall purchase or procure a site and erect the
monument or memorial.
(d) Provisions for the payment and maintenance for the monument or memorial shall be made by
the proper taxing and financial officers in the same manner as for other
township expenditures.
(Source: P.A. 98-312, eff. 8-12-13.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 190 - Agreements For Mental Health Services For Township Residents

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 190 heading)
ARTICLE 190.  
		AGREEMENTS FOR MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES FOR TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS
(60 ILCS 1/190-5)
Sec. 190-5. 
		Agreements with community mental health board. 
		The township
board may enter into contractual agreements with a community mental health
board having jurisdiction within the township. The agreements shall be written
and shall provide for the rendition of services by the community mental health
board to the residents of the township. For this purpose, the township board
may expend its funds and any funds made available to it through the federal
State and Local Assistance Act of 1972.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/190-10)
Sec. 190-10. Mental health services. If a township is not included in a
mental health district organized under the Community Mental Health Act, the
township board may 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 funds, pursuant to an appropriation, to mental health
agencies approved by the Department of Human Services, alcoholism treatment
programs licensed by the Department of
Public Health, drug abuse facilities approved by the Department of Human
Services, and other services for substance use disorders approved by
the Department of Human Services.  To be
eligible for township
funds disbursed under this Section, an agency, program, facility, or other
service provider must have been in existence for more than one year and serve
the township area.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 195 - Township Ambulance Services

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 195 heading)
ARTICLE 195.  
		TOWNSHIP
AMBULANCE SERVICES
(60 ILCS 1/195-5)
Sec. 195-5. 
		Ambulance services special district; tax.
(a) In any township with a population between 10,000 and 35,000 that lies
within a county with a population between 275,000 and 400,000, the township
board may provide for ambulance services pursuant to an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement with another unit of local government.
(b) The board may declare the unincorporated area of the township or a
portion of that unincorporated area a special ambulance service district for
tax purposes. Proof of the declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a
tax upon the special ambulance service district in the amount specified in the
annual township tax levy, at a rate of not more than 0.095% of the value of all
taxable property in the district as equalized and assessed by the Department of
Revenue. No tax may be levied under this Section, however, with respect to any
property that is subject to any other tax levied for the purpose of providing
ambulance services.
(c) Any territory of a special ambulance service district that is annexed to
a municipality that provides ambulance service within its corporate limits
shall be automatically disconnected from the township ambulance service
district.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-181; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 225 - Services For Persons With Disabilities

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 225 heading)
ARTICLE 225.  SERVICES FOR
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(60 ILCS 1/225-5)
Sec. 225-5. Township committee on persons with disabilities.
(a) The township board may appoint a township committee on persons with disabilities,
comprised of not more than 10 members, one of whom shall be a township
trustee appointed by the chairman of the township board.  A majority of the
committee shall consist of persons with disabilities.  The initial members shall serve their terms as
follows: 3 members for 1 year, 3 members for 2 years, and 3 members for 3
years. Succeeding members shall serve 3-year terms.  The initial
and succeeding trustee members shall serve 3-year terms or until termination of
their service as township trustees, whichever occurs first.
(b) Members of the committee shall select one of their number to serve
as chairman and may select other officers deemed necessary.
(c) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall
be allowed necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties
under this Section.
(d) The committee shall cooperate with any appropriate public or private
entity to develop and administer programs designed to enhance the
self-sufficiency and quality of life of citizens with disabilities residing within the
jurisdiction of the township.
(e) The committee may receive any available monies from private
sources. The township board may provide funding from the township general
fund. The township board may establish and administer a separate fund
for the committee on persons with disabilities and shall authorize all committee
expenditures from that fund.
(f) The committee may enter into service agreements or contracts for the
purpose of providing needed or required services or make grants to another
governmental entity, not-for-profit corporation, or community service agency
to fund programs for persons with disabilities, subject to the approval of the township
board.
(g) The committee shall report monthly to the township board on its
activities and operation.
(h) For purposes of this Section, "persons with disabilities" means any persons with
a physical or developmental disability.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 230 - Employment And Training Programs

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 230 heading)
ARTICLE 230.  
		EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING PROGRAMS
(60 ILCS 1/230-5)
Sec. 230-5. 
		CETA funds. 
		The township board in counties with a population of
less than 1,000,000 may receive funds from the United States under the
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, Public Law 93-203, and may
disburse those funds together with any other township funds for the purposes
specified in that Act.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/230-10)
Sec. 230-10. 
		Job training; workers' compensation. 
		The township board may
expend monies for workers' compensation coverage of individuals who qualify for
township general assistance and participate in a job training or work program.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209; 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 240 - Township Borrowing Money

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 240 heading)
ARTICLE 240.  
		TOWNSHIP BORROWING
MONEY
(60 ILCS 1/240-5)
Sec. 240-5. Borrowing money.  The township board may borrow money (i)
from any
bank or financial institution if the money is to be repaid within 10 years
from the time it is borrowed or (ii) with the approval of the
highway
commissioner, from a township
road district fund, if the money is
to be repaid within one year from the time it is borrowed.
"Financial
institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois Banking Act, any savings
and loan association subject to the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985,
and any federally chartered commercial bank or savings and loan association
organized and operated in this State under the laws of the United States.
(Source: P.A. 93-743, eff. 7-15-04.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 250 - Transfers From Township General Fund To Township General Assistance Fund

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 250 heading)
ARTICLE 250.  
		TRANSFERS FROM
TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND TO TOWNSHIP
GENERAL ASSISTANCE FUND
(60 ILCS 1/250-5)
Sec. 250-5. 
		Transfers from general fund to general assistance fund. 
		The
township board may direct the transfer of any amount from the township general
fund to the township general assistance fund that is not appropriated for
purposes other than general assistance and may provide for paying into the
general assistance fund any moneys received by the township from any source
other than taxes that can be made available for general assistance purposes.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 255 - Transfers From Road And Bridge Fund

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 255 heading)
ARTICLE 255.  
		TRANSFERS FROM
ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
(60 ILCS 1/255-5)
Sec. 255-5. 
		Transfer from road and bridge fund. 
		Whenever the road and bridge
fund of any township in a county with a population of 50,000 or
more contains
a balance no longer needed for road and bridge purposes, occasioned by the fact
that the township no longer has any roads or bridges under its jurisdiction,
the voters of the township at an annual township meeting or at a special
township meeting called for the purpose may, by resolution by a majority vote
of the voters present and voting on the resolution, transfer the balance
to the general township fund or to any other township fund or funds.
For a period of one year after the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, the voters of a township at
an annual township meeting or at a special township meeting called for the
purpose may, by resolution by a majority vote of the voters present and
voting on the resolution, distribute funds from the road and bridge fund to
any township fund used for construction or maintenance of sewage or water
treatment facilities.
(Source: P.A. 92-539, eff. 1-1-03.)
(60 ILCS 1/255-10)
Sec. 255-10. 
		Treasurer; payment of balance. 
		Whenever the legal voters at an
annual township meeting or a special township meeting direct the transfer and
payment of any balance in the road and bridge fund to the general township fund
or to any other township fund or funds under Section 255-5, the treasurer of
the road and bridge fund shall pay the balance into the fund or funds as
directed and take credit for the payment.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 1608; P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/255-15)
Sec. 255-15. 
		Claim against transferred funds. 
		Whenever any balance from the
road and bridge fund is paid into the general township fund or into any other
township fund or funds under this Article, any valid and enforceable claim that
any person has against funds transferred shall be valid and enforceable against
the township.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 1608; P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 260 - Distributions From Township General Fund, Generally

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 260 heading)
ARTICLE 260.  
		DISTRIBUTIONS FROM
TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND, GENERALLY
(60 ILCS 1/260-5)
Sec. 260-5. Distributions from general fund, generally. To the extent that
moneys in the township general fund have not been appropriated for other
purposes, the township board may direct that distributions be made from that
fund as follows:
(1) To (i) school districts maintaining grades 1     through 8 that are wholly or partly located within the township or (ii) governmental units as defined in Section 1 of the Community Mental Health Act that provide mental health facilities and services (including facilities and services for persons with intellectual disabilities) under that Act within the township, or (iii) both.
(2) To community action agencies that serve township     residents. "Community action agencies" are defined as in Part A of Title II of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 265 - Township Funds For Schools

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 265 heading)
ARTICLE 265.  
		TOWNSHIP FUNDS
FOR SCHOOLS
(60 ILCS 1/265-5)
Sec. 265-5. 
		Distribution to school districts.
(a) Whenever the electors attending an annual or special township meeting
of a township in a county with a population of more than 1,000,000 (counties of
the third class) determine that the general township fund of the township is in
excess of the amount needed for township purposes during the remainder of the
then current fiscal year, the electors may, by resolution adopted by the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the electors attending the meeting, direct
that all or any portion of the excess funds be distributed ratably to the
various school districts maintaining grades 1 through 8 that are wholly or
partly located in the township. In any distribution to school districts, the
share of each school district wholly or partly located within the township
shall be the proportion that the assessed valuation of all property within
the school district or part of the school district in the township bears to the
total assessed valuation of all property in the township.
(b) For purposes of distribution ratably to school districts under this
Section, the township supervisor shall determine the ratable distribution on
the basis of the most recent assessment figures as supplied to him or her by
the county assessor.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 684; P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/265-10)
Sec. 265-10. 
		Limitation on action. 
		No action shall be taken under Section
265-5 at any annual or special township meeting unless the notice of the
meeting, published at least 10 days before the meeting, included notification
that the matter of distribution of excess funds to the school districts would
be raised at the meeting. The electors of a township shall not take any action
under Section 265-5 unless, for a period of 3 calendar years before the time
the action is proposed to be taken, no taxes other than a tax for road purposes
were levied in the township for township purposes.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 762; P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/265-15)
Sec. 265-15. 
		Notice of meeting. 
		The township clerk or other township officer
charged with posting notices of the annual or special township meeting shall
include in the published notice of the annual or special township meeting
a statement that the matter of the distribution of excess funds to the school
districts will be considered at the meeting if, at least 20 days before the
meeting, there is filed with the township officer a written statement, signed
by at least 15 voters of the township, requesting that the notice of the
meeting so state that the matter of the distribution of excess funds to
the school districts will be considered at the meeting.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 684; P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 275 - Township Funds For Museums Or Historical Societies

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 275 heading)
ARTICLE 275.  
		TOWNSHIP FUNDS FOR
MUSEUMS OR HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
(60 ILCS 1/275-5)
Sec. 275-5. 
		Distribution to museum or historical society. 
		Whenever a
township board determines that the general township fund of the township
contains funds not derived from a township tax levy that are not needed
for township purposes during the remainder of the then current
fiscal year, the board may by resolution direct that all or any portion of
those funds (not to exceed $10,000) be distributed to a not for profit museum
or historical society to be used for the operation and maintenance of the
museum or historical society.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/275-10)
Sec. 275-10. 
		Purposes of museum or historical society. 
		Any museum or
historical society for which township funds are distributed under this Article
shall be maintained and operated, in addition to any other purposes, for the
following purposes:
(1) To foster and promote a sense of understanding     and pride in the accomplishments and achievements of the people of the township.
(2) To promote a greater knowledge of the history of     the township and its relationship to the history of the State of Illinois and the United States.
(3) To provide access to historical relics and items     by the people of the township and in particular the youth of the township.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 82; P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/275-15)
Sec. 275-15. 
		Use of funds; financial statement.
(a) Any funds paid to a not for profit museum or historical society must be
used solely for the maintenance and operation of the museum or historical
society.
(b) Within 60 days after the close of the fiscal year of any museum or
historical society for which funds were provided under this Article, the museum
or historical society that received the funds shall file with the township
clerk a complete statement of the financial affairs of the museum or historical
society for the fiscal year. The statement must be verified under oath and must
show, for the fiscal year, (i) the amount expended in the maintenance and
operation of the museum or historical society and the reasons for the
expenditure; (ii) the amount of township funds received; (iii) the amount and
source of any other funds received for those purposes; and (iv) the amount
remaining on hand for maintenance and operation of the museum or historical
society.  The township clerk shall record the statement in the record book of
the township and shall cause the statement to be published in a newspaper
having general circulation in the township within 30 days after it is filed
with the clerk.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 82; P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 285 - Township Bond Money Refunds

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 285 heading)
ARTICLE 285.  
		TOWNSHIP BOND
MONEY REFUNDS
(60 ILCS 1/285-5)
Sec. 285-5. Payment of bond fund balance to township.
(a)
Whenever
all the bonds
of any township have been fully paid and canceled and there remains in the
hands of the county collector of taxes or county treasurer, after the payment,
any balance to the credit of the bond fund of the township, the county
collector of taxes or county treasurer shall pay to the supervisor of the
township the balance of the fund in his hands, taking a receipt of the
supervisor for the payment, and the balance may be appropriated and expended in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 285-10.
(b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and through December 31, 2004, whenever all the bonds of any township have been fully paid and canceled and there remains any balance to the credit of the bond fund of the township, including any amounts that were in the bond fund prior to the payment in full and cancellation of the bonds, in the hands of the township supervisor (other than amounts paid to the supervisor under subsection (a)), the balance  may be appropriated and expended in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 285-10.
(Source: P.A. 93-1025, eff. 8-25-04.)
(60 ILCS 1/285-10)
Sec. 285-10. Use of moneys.
(a) Moneys paid to the township supervisor
under
subsection (a) of Section 285-5, may be appropriated and expended for defraying the general
charges and expenses of the township; for laying out, making, and repairing the
roads and bridges of the township and purchasing materials, implements, and
machinery for those undertakings; for the maintenance and operation of open spaces; and for the payment of any outstanding
orders, all in the manner and proportions the legal voters of the township
determine at their annual township meeting or special township meeting duly
called for that purpose.
(b) Moneys in the hands of the township supervisor under subsection (b) of Section 285-5 may be appropriated and expended only for purposes relating to the purposes for which the bonds were issued.
(Source: P.A. 93-1025, eff. 8-25-04.)
(60 ILCS 1/285-15)
Sec. 285-15. 
		Payment to highway commissioner. 
		Whenever a township board that obtains or receives
surplus moneys under Section 285-5 determines by
resolution that a particular amount or portion of the surplus
moneys be paid to the highway commissioner of the township
for road and bridge purposes as provided in Section 285-10, the
township supervisor shall pay that amount to the highway commissioner of
the township and take the highway commissioner's receipt for the payment.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 290 - Severability

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 290 heading)
ARTICLE 290.  
		SEVERABILITY
(60 ILCS 1/290-5)
Sec. 290-5. 
		Severability. 
		If any Section, paragraph, clause, or provision of
this Code is held invalid, the invalidity of that Section, paragraph, clause,
or provision shall not affect any other provision of this Code.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1735; P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 305 - Codification Provisions

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 305 heading)
ARTICLE 305.  
		CODIFICATION PROVISIONS
(60 ILCS 1/305-105)
Sec. 305-105. 
		Prior law.
(a) A provision of this Code that is the same or substantially the same
as a prior law shall be construed as a continuation of the prior law and
not as a new or different law.
(b) A citation in another Act to an Act or to a Section of an Act that is
continued in this Code shall be construed to be a citation to that continued
provision in this Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/305-110)
Sec. 305-110. 
		Other Acts of the 88th General Assembly. 
		If any other Act of
the 88th General Assembly changes, adds, or repeals a provision of prior law
that is continued in this Code, then that change, addition, or repeal in the
other Act shall be construed together with this Code.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/305-115)
Sec. 305-115. 
		Home rule; mandates. 
		Nothing in this Code as initially
enacted (i) is a denial or limitation on home rule powers where no denial
or limitation existed under prior law or (ii) creates a State mandate under
the State Mandates Act where no mandate existed under prior law.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 315 - Effective Date

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 315 heading)
ARTICLE 315.  
		EFFECTIVE DATE
(60 ILCS 1/315-105)
Sec. 315-105. 
		Effective date. 
		This Act takes effect January 1, 1994.
(Source:  P.A. 88-62.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES › 65 ILCS 25/ - Mayoral Election Validation Act.

(65 ILCS 25/0.01) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.01)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Mayoral Election Validation Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(65 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.1)
Sec. 1. 
		
		
		In any case in which, before the effective date of this Act, a city held
an election for mayor, such election is declared to be legal and valid
notwithstanding any failure to hold a special run-off election as provided
in Section 3-4-4 of the "Illinois Municipal Code" if the election was in
other respects in conformity with law.
(Source: P.A. 76-1304.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES › 65 ILCS 30/ - Village Election Validation Act.

(65 ILCS 30/0.01) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.10)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Village Election Validation Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(65 ILCS 30/1) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.11)
Sec. 1. 
		
		Whenever prior to the effective date of this Act the
managerial form of municipal government, as provided by Article 5 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, was adopted by a village which, at the time of
such adoption, had the commission form of government as provided in
Article 4 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and such village has, since
the adoption of the managerial form of municipal government continued to
elect a council consisting of a mayor and 4 commissioners, such election
and all actions of the council thereunder which are otherwise in
substantial compliance with law are validated and the council so elected
is fully recognized as the legal corporate authorities of such village.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 25.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES › 65 ILCS 35/ - Village Incorporation Validation Act.

(65 ILCS 35/0.01) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.11m)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Village Incorporation Validation Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(65 ILCS 35/1) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.12)
Sec. 1. 
		
		Whenever the legal voters of any territory have, for at least 20
years preceding the effective date of this Act, elected village officers,
who have levied taxes and have performed the functions of and acted as the
corporate authorities of a village, and the court records of the
incorporation of such territory as a village have been destroyed and the
records in the office of the Secretary of State are missing or are
incomplete, such territory is declared to be validly organized and
incorporated as a village and all the acts taken in reliance upon such
organization, including any annexations to such village from the date of
organization to the effective date of this Act, are validated.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2583.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES › 65 ILCS 40/ - Town Incorporation Validation Act.

(65 ILCS 40/0.01) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.12h)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Town Incorporation Validation Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(65 ILCS 40/1) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.13)
Sec. 1. 
		
		Whenever the legal voters of any territory have, for at least 20 years
preceding the effective date of this Act, elected town officers, who have
levied taxes and have performed the functions of and acted as the corporate
authorities of an incorporated town, and the court records of the
incorporation of such territory as an incorporated town have been destroyed
and the records in the office of the Secretary of State are missing or are
incomplete, such territory is declared to be validly organized and
incorporated as an incorporated town and all acts taken in reliance upon
such organization, including any annexations to such an incorporated town
from the date of organization to the effective date of this Act, are
validated.
(Source: P.A. 77-349.)
(65 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 24, par. 808d.14)
Sec. 2. 
		
		The president of any incorporated town to which this Act is applicable
may certify such fact to the recorder of deeds of the county in which the
incorporated town is located. The recorder of deeds shall record this
certification and shall immediately transmit the certification to the
Secretary of State together with his certificate of recordation. If it
appears from the certification and such other supporting evidence as may be
required by the Secretary of State that the incorporated town is one which
is described by Section 1, the Secretary of State shall file the documents,
issue his certificate of approval and enter the incorporated town in the
register of municipalities required by Section 2-1-5 of the "Illinois
Municipal Code", approved May 29, 1961, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 77-349.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES › 65 ILCS 45/ - Municipal Tax Validation (1989) Act.

(65 ILCS 45/0.01) (from Ch. 24, par. 1650)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Municipal Tax Validation (1989) Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(65 ILCS 45/1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1651)
Sec. 1. 
		
		Where, in any municipality having 15,000 or fewer inhabitants
and located in a county having more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, prior to
the time this Act becomes effective, the corporate authorities of the
municipality adopted an ordinance levying a tax for corporate purposes and
filed a certified copy of that ordinance with the county clerk on or before
June 1, 1989, that ordinance and any tax levied and extended pursuant
thereto are declared to be legal and valid, notwithstanding that
the ordinance was not adopted or filed with the county clerk within the
time otherwise required by law.
(Source: P.A. 86-330.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES › 65 ILCS 46/ - Municipal Validation Law of 2002. › Article 5

(65 ILCS 46/Art. 5 heading)
ARTICLE 5
(65 ILCS 46/5-1)
Sec. 5-1. 
		Short title. 
		This Article may be cited as the Municipal
Validation of 2002.
(Source: P.A. 92-884, eff. 1-13-03.)
(65 ILCS 46/5-5)
Sec. 5-5. 
		Redevelopment actions; validation. 
		All actions taken before the
effective
date of this Law by any municipality pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
Redevelopment Act for purposes of approving a redevelopment plan and
redevelopment
project, designating a redevelopment project area, and adopting tax increment
allocation
financing are validated, ratified, and confirmed as valid actions in full force
and effect as
of the date of adoption of the ordinance of the municipality approving the
redevelopment
plan and project, notwithstanding that an ordinance designating the
redevelopment
project area was not adopted on that date and an ordinance adopting tax
increment
allocation financing was not adopted on that date, provided that, no later than
180 days
after the effective date of this Law, the governing body of the municipality
adopts an
ordinance designating the redevelopment project area and an ordinance adopting
tax
increment allocation financing for the redevelopment project area.
(Source: P.A. 92-884, eff. 1-13-03.)
(65 ILCS 46/5-10)
Sec. 5-10. 
		Election validation. 
		All actions taken before the effective
date of
this Law with respect to a public question authorizing the issuance of general
obligation
bonds of a municipality that was submitted to and approved by the electors of
that
municipality at the general primary election held on March 19, 2002 and all
bonds issued
or to be issued by that municipality pursuant to that approval are ratified,
validated, and
confirmed as lawful actions to authorize the issuance of those bonds and any
such bonds
shall be lawful, valid, and binding general obligations of that municipality,
notwithstanding that the notice of election and the form of public question
approved by
the electors at that election did not conform to the requirements of applicable
law,
provided that the notice of election and the public question did set forth the
principal
amount of the bonds and the capital improvements to be financed by the bonds
and that
no bond issued by virtue of the approval of the public question shall bear
interest at a rate
exceeding 7% per annum.
(Source: P.A. 92-884, eff. 1-13-03.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES › 65 ILCS 46/ - Municipal Validation Law of 2002. › Article 99

(65 ILCS 46/Art. 99 heading)
ARTICLE 99
(65 ILCS 46/99-99)
Sec. 99-99. 
		Effective date. 
		This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 92-884, eff. 1-13-03.)
2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES › 65 ILCS 70/ - General Assistance Tax Act.

(65 ILCS 70/0.01) (from Ch. 107, par. 36.9)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
General Assistance Tax Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(65 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 107, par. 36a)
Sec. 1. 
		
		The president and board of trustees of any incorporated town
which has superseded a civil township shall levy and collect annually a
tax not to exceed .10 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by
the Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property,
subject to taxation, in the town for the purpose of providing general
assistance to needy persons lawfully resident therein. The tax shall be
in addition to all other taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levied
by the town.
Such tax shall not exceed the amount needed in the town for said
purpose, and all moneys received from such tax shall be paid into a
special fund in the town treasury and used only for the purpose for
which it is levied and for the payment of warrants issued against and in
anticipation of the tax and accrued interest thereon, and for the
payment of costs of administering general assistance.
Upon the filing in the office of the County Clerk of a properly
certified copy of any ordinance levying any such tax, the county clerk
shall extend the tax upon the book or books of the collector, or
collectors, of the town, in the manner now or hereafter provided for the
extension and collection of other taxes for the town.
Where, prior to August 4, 1949, any such incorporated town has levied
a tax for the relief and support of poor and indigent persons lawfully
resident therein, such tax shall be deemed a tax for general assistance
as herein authorized and as defined by "The Illinois Public Aid Code",
approved April 11, 1967, and may be validly expended for that purpose.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)