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(60 ILCS 1/Art. 30 heading)
ARTICLE 30.  
		ANNUAL
TOWNSHIP MEETING
(60 ILCS 1/30-5)
Sec. 30-5. Annual township meeting.
(a) The annual township meeting in the respective townships for the
transaction of the business of the township shall be held on the second Tuesday
of April in each year, after 6 p.m., at the place appointed for those
meetings. Elections for
township officers shall be held in accordance with the consolidated schedule of
elections prescribed by the general election law.
(b) Whenever the date designated in subsection (a) conflicts with the
celebration of Passover or Ramadan, the township board may postpone the annual township
meeting to the first Tuesday following the last day of Passover or Ramadan.
(c) Whenever the consolidated election provided for in subsection
(b) of Section 2A-1.1 of the Election Code is rescheduled to the second
Tuesday in April under Section 2A-1.1a of the Election Code, the annual
township meeting shall be held on the third Tuesday in April at the time
designated by the electors or the township board, whichever is appropriate.
(d) If the Governor declares a disaster under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act and the disaster declaration is effective during the dates designated for a township's annual meeting under subsection (a), (b), or (c), a township board may postpone the annual meeting if circumstances related to the disaster declaration prevent a township from holding its annual meeting. An annual township meeting postponed under this subsection shall be held on the third Tuesday, after 6 p.m., of the month following the expiration of the disaster declaration.  If a subsequent disaster is declared under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act prior to or one day after the expiration of the disaster declaration upon which the township board based its decision to postpone the annual meeting and the township board intends to proceed with the annual meeting during this subsequent disaster declaration, the township board must consult with and receive written approval from the county health department in order to proceed with the annual meeting during the course of the subsequent disaster declaration.
(Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20; 102-554, eff. 8-20-21.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-10)
Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting; agenda.
(a) Notice of the time and place of holding the annual and any special
township meetings shall be given by the township clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the
supervisor, assessor, or collector) by posting written or printed notices in 3
of the most public places in the township at least 15 days before the meeting
and, if there is an English language newspaper published in the township, by at
least one publication in that newspaper before the meeting.  The notice shall
set forth the agenda for the meeting.
(b) Agenda. Not less than 15 days before the annual meeting, the township board shall adopt an agenda for the annual meeting. Any 15 or more registered voters in the township may request an agenda item for consideration by the electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of a specific request to the township clerk no later than March 1 prior to the annual meeting. The agenda published by the township board shall include any such  request made by voters if the  request is relevant to powers granted to electors under the Township Code.
(c) Additional agenda items. Any matter or proposal not set forth in the published agenda shall not be considered at the annual meeting other than advising that the  matter may  be considered at a special meeting of the electors at a later date.
(d) Notice and agenda requirements for an annual township meeting that has been postponed under subsection (d) of Section 30-5 shall be the same as provided in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-632, eff. 6-5-20.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-15)
Sec. 30-15. 
		Place of meeting. 
		The place of holding township meetings shall
be some convenient place in the township fixed by the township board.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-20)
Sec. 30-20. Powers of electors at annual township meeting.
(a) The electors present at the annual township meeting have the powers
enumerated in this Article 30.  An elector is a person registered to vote
within the township no less than 28 days before the date of the annual
meeting.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, except as provided in Section 6-620 of the Illinois Highway Code, before establishing or
increasing any township tax rate that may be established or increased by the
electors at the annual township meeting, a petition containing the signatures
of not less than 10% of the registered voters of the township must be presented
to the township clerk authorizing that action.
(c) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1983 (Public Act 83-281) shall be
construed to alter existing tax rates.
(Source: P.A. 94-692, eff. 11-3-05.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-25)
Sec. 30-25. 
		Exercise of corporate powers. 
		The electors may take all
necessary measures and give directions for the exercise of their corporate
powers.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-30)
Sec. 30-30. 
		Time of township meetings. 
		The electors may fix the hour at
which township meetings are held.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-35)
Sec. 30-35. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-670; predecessor Section repealed by P.A.
88-294.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-40)
Sec. 30-40. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-670; predecessor Section repealed by P.A.
88-294.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-41)
Sec. 30-41. 
		
		Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, the
township board of trustees may make contracts relating to insurance. In no
event shall the duration of the contract exceed the board term by more than one
year. The township board of trustees shall include in the township's annual
appropriation for each fiscal year an appropriation of a sum of money
sufficient to pay the amount which, by the terms of the contract, is to become
due and payable during the current fiscal year.
(Source: Incorporates P.A. 88-356; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-42)
Sec. 30-42. 
		
		The board of trustees may provide for the purchase of
insurance, including coverage obtained from a risk management association,
against any loss or liability of any officer, employee, or agent of the
township resulting from the wrongful or negligent act of any officer, employee,
or agent while discharging and engaged in his duties and functions and acting
within the scope of his duties and functions as an officer, employee, or agent
of the township. The insurance shall be carried with a company authorized by
the Department of Insurance to write such coverage in Illinois.
(Source: Incorporates P.A. 88-294; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-45)
Sec. 30-45. 
		Property record system. 
		The electors may expend monies for the
preparation, establishment, and maintenance of a detailed property record
system to provide information useful to assessment officials.  The electors may
enter into contracts with persons, firms, or corporations for the preparation
and establishment of the record system. The record system shall be available to
all assessing officials. The property record system shall include up-to-date
and complete tax maps except where those maps are otherwise already available
or ordered, ownership lists, valuation standards, and property record cards,
including appraisals, for all or any part of the property in the township
in accordance with reasonable rules and procedures prescribed by the Department
of Revenue.  The system and records shall not be considered to be assessments
and shall not limit the powers and duties of assessing officials.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-50)
Sec. 30-50. Purchase and use of property.
(a) The electors may make all orders for the
purchase, sale, conveyance,
regulation, or use of the township's corporate property (including
the direct
sale or lease of single township road district property) that may be deemed conducive
to
the interests of its inhabitants, including the lease, for up to 10 years, or for up to 25 years if the lease is for a wireless telecommunications tower, at
fair market value, of corporate property for which no use or need during the
lease period is anticipated at the time of leasing. The electors may delegate the power to purchase, sell, or lease property to the township board for a period of up to 12 months and the township board may specify properties being considered. The property may be leased
to another governmental body, however,
or to a not-for-profit corporation that has contracted to construct or fund
the construction of a structure or improvement upon the real estate owned by
the township and that has contracted with the township to allow the township to
use at least a portion of the structure or improvement to be constructed upon
the real estate leased and not otherwise used by the township,
for any term not exceeding 50 years and
for any consideration.
In the case of a not-for-profit corporation, the township shall hold a public
hearing on the proposed lease.  The township clerk shall give
notice of the hearing
by publication in a newspaper published in the township,
or in a newspaper published in the county and having general
circulation in the township if no newspaper is published in the township, and
by posting notices in at least 5 public places
at least 15 days before the public hearing.
(b) If a new tax is to be levied or an existing tax rate is to be increased
above the statutory limits for the purchase of the property, however, no action
otherwise authorized in subsection (a) shall be taken unless a petition signed
by at least 10% of the registered voters residing in the township is presented
to the township clerk.  If a petition is presented to the township clerk, the
clerk shall order a referendum on the proposition.  The referendum shall be
held at the next annual or special township meeting or at an election in
accordance with the general election law.  If the referendum is ordered to be
held at the township meeting, the township clerk shall give notice that at the
next annual or special township meeting the proposition shall be voted upon.
The notice shall set forth the proposition and shall be given by publication in
a newspaper published in the township. If there is no newspaper published
in the township, the notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the
county and having general circulation in the township. Notice also shall be
given by posting notices in at least  5 public places at least 15 days before
the township meeting.  If the referendum is ordered to be held at an election,
the township clerk shall certify that proposition to the proper election
officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election.  The proposition
shall be submitted in accordance with the general election law.
(c) If the leased property is utilized in part for private use and in part
for public use, those portions of the improvements devoted to private use are
fully taxable.  The land is exempt from taxation to the extent that the uses on
the land are public and taxable to the extent that the uses are private.
(d) Before the township makes a lease or sale of township or road
district
real property, the electors shall either delegate the power to the township board to purchase, sell, or lease properties for a period of up to 12 months as provided in subsection (a) or adopt a resolution
stating
the intent to lease or sell the real property, describing the
property in full, and stating the terms and conditions the electors deem
necessary and desirable for the lease or sale.  A resolution stating the
intent to sell real property shall also contain pertinent information
concerning the size, use, and zoning of the property.
The value of real property shall be determined
by a State licensed real estate appraiser.
The appraisal shall be available for
public inspection.  The resolution may direct the sale to be conducted by the
staff of the township or by listing with local licensed real
estate agencies
(in which case the terms of the agent's compensation shall be included in the
resolution).
Anytime during the year, the township or township road district may lease or sell personal property by a vote of the township board or request of the township highway commissioner.
The clerk shall thereafter publish the resolution or personal property
sale notice once in a newspaper published in the township or, if no newspaper
is published in the township, in a newspaper generally circulated in the
township.  If no newspaper is generally circulated in the township, the clerk
shall post the resolution or personal property sale notice in 5 of the
most public places in the township.  In addition to the foregoing publication
requirements, the clerk shall post the resolution or personal property
sale notice at the office of the township (if township property is involved)
or at the office of the road district (if road district property is
involved).  The following information shall be published or posted with the
resolution or
personal property sale notice: (i) the date by which all bids must be
received by the township or road district, which shall not be less than 30
days
after the date of publication or posting, and (ii) the place, time, and date at
which bids shall be opened, which shall be at a regular meeting of the township
board.
All bids shall be opened by the clerk (or someone duly appointed to act
for the clerk) at the regular meeting of the township board described in the
notice.  With respect to township personal property, the  township board may accept
the high bid or any
other bid determined to be in the best interests of the township by a majority
vote of the board.  With respect to township real property, the township
board may accept the high bid or any other bid determined to be in the
best interests of the township by a vote of three-fourths of the township
board then holding office, but in no event at a price less than 80% of the
appraised value.  With respect to road district property, the highway
commissioner may accept
the high bid or any other bid determined to be in the best interests of the
road district.  In each case, the township board or commissioner
may
reject
any and all bids.  This notice and competitive bidding procedure shall not be followed
when property is leased to another governmental body.
The notice and
competitive bidding procedure shall not be followed when real or personal property is declared
surplus by the township board or the highway commissioner and sold to another governmental body.
The township board or the highway commissioner may authorize the sale of personal property by public auction conducted by an auctioneer licensed under the Auction License Act or through an approved Internet auction service.
(e) A trade-in of machinery or equipment on new or different machinery or
equipment does not constitute the sale of township or road district property.
(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 100-839, eff. 1-1-19.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-51)
Sec. 30-51. Competitive bidding exceptions. Contracts and purchases that by their nature are not adapted to award by competitive bidding, such as contracts for goods procured from another governmental agency and purchases of equipment previously owned by some entity other than the township itself, are not subject to the competitive bidding requirements of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 100-210, eff. 1-1-18.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-53)
Sec. 30-53. 
		Surplus property. 
		The majority of electors present at an
annual or special town meeting may declare property of the township to be
surplus for purposes of donating the property to a historical society or
other not-for-profit corporation as provided in Section 80-75.
(Source: P.A. 89-100, eff. 7-7-95.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-55)
Sec. 30-55. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 88-62.  Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-60)
Sec. 30-60. 
		Public graveyards. 
		The electors may authorize the township board
to appropriate monies, in excess of the sum provided in the Public Graveyards
Act, for the purpose of putting any old, neglected graves and cemeteries in the
township in a cleaner and more respectable condition.
(Source: P.A. 84-1264; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-65)
Sec. 30-65. 
		Graves of former armed forces members. 
		The electors may provide
for the decoration and maintenance of graves of persons who at any time served
in the armed forces of the United States that are within the township.
(Source: P.A. 84-371; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-70)
Sec. 30-70. 
		Court room and office space. 
		The electors at any annual or
special township meeting may set aside and maintain space in any township
buildings or may obtain and maintain space in privately owned buildings for
court room and office use by the circuit court of the county in which the
township is located. The electors may supply all maintenance employees and
supplies needed to maintain the court room and office space to assist the court
in any way the court deems fit in conducting its business. The appearance and
furnishings of the court rooms established under this Section shall meet
reasonable minimum standards as prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois.
The standards shall be substantially the same as those generally accepted in
court rooms as to general furnishings, arrangement of bench, tables, and
chairs, cleanliness, convenience to litigants, decorations, lighting, and other
matters relating to the physical appearance of the court room.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-75)
Sec. 30-75. 
		Zoning. 
		The electors may authorize the township board to
exercise the zoning powers conferred by Article 110.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-80)
Sec. 30-80. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 88-62.  Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-85)
Sec. 30-85. 
		Trees. 
		The electors may offer premiums and take actions to
induce the planting and cultivating of trees along the highways in the
township.  The electors may protect and preserve trees standing along or on
highways and may purchase, plant, and cultivate trees along the streets and
highways in the township.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-90)
Sec. 30-90. 
		Fences. 
		The electors may make rules and regulations for
ascertaining the sufficiency of all fences in the township and may determine
what is a lawful fence within the township except as otherwise provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-95)
Sec. 30-95. Livestock running at large. The electors may restrain, regulate,
or prohibit the running at large of poultry, cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine, sheep,
or goats and may determine the time and manner in which those animals may go at
large, unless they are restrained from running at large in some manner provided
by law.
(Source: P.A. 94-453, eff. 1-1-06.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-100)
Sec. 30-100. 
		Pounds. 
		The electors may establish and maintain pounds at
places within the township that are deemed necessary and convenient and may
discontinue any pounds within the township. When a pound is erected, it shall
be under the care and direction of a poundmaster.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-105)
Sec. 30-105. 
		Poundmasters. 
		The electors may determine the number of
poundmasters, prescribe their duties, and elect poundmasters, either by ballot
or in another manner that they determine.  Alternatively, the electors may
provide for the appointment of poundmasters.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-110)
Sec. 30-110. 
		Impounding and sale of animals. 
		The electors may authorize the
distraining, impounding, and sale of cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine,
sheep, and goats for penalties incurred and the costs of the proceeding. The
sale of animals distrained or impounded shall be conducted, as near as may be
practicable, according to the law regulating sales of property by sheriffs for
the satisfaction of a judgment of the circuit court. The owner of the animals
may redeem them from the purchaser at any time within 3 months from the date of
the sale by paying the amount of the purchaser's bid, with reasonable costs for
their keeping and interest upon the amount bid at the rate of 10% per annum.
The electors may also authorize the impounding of dogs found running at large
and provide for their destruction at the end of a reasonable period of time if
they are not claimed and the cost of impounding paid.
(Source: P.A. 83-341; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-115)
Sec. 30-115. 
		Public wells. 
		The electors may construct and keep in repair
public wells or other watering places and may regulate the use of those wells
and watering places.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-117)
Sec. 30-117. Special services; disaster relief. The corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, authorize
the use
of permanent
road funds, general road and bridge funds, or
town funds for the purpose of
collecting, transporting, and disposing of brush and leaves generated from
those
properties that are contiguous to roads as defined by Section 2-103 of the Illinois Highway Code or located within the unincorporated areas of the township.
The 
electors may allow general road and bridge or town funds to also be used for
the
purpose of providing disaster relief and support services approved by
the Township Board of Trustees at a regularly scheduled or special meeting.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-417, eff. 1-1-12.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-120)
Sec. 30-120. 
		Garbage. 
		The electors may prevent the deposit of night soil,
garbage, or other offensive substances within the limits of the township. This
Section does apply to refuse disposal facilities regulated by the Illinois
Department of Public Health and the county in which the facilities are located.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-125)
Sec. 30-125. 
		Recreational vehicle parking. 
		The electors may adopt ordinances
regulating the standing or parking of recreational vehicles on township roads
within each township.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-130)
Sec. 30-130. 
		Inoperable motor vehicles.
(a) The electors may by ordinance declare inoperable motor vehicles, whether
on public or private property, to be a nuisance and may authorize fines to be
levied for the failure of any person to obey a notice from the township stating
that the person is to dispose of any inoperable motor vehicles under his or her
control.  The electors may authorize a law enforcement agency with applicable
jurisdiction to remove, after 7 days from the issuance of the township notice,
any inoperable motor vehicle or parts of such a vehicle.
(b) Nothing in this Section applies to any motor vehicle that is kept within
a building when not in use, to an operable historic vehicle over 25 years of
age, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged in
the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
(c) As used in this Section, "inoperable motor vehicle" means any motor
vehicle from which, for a period of at least 7 days or any longer period of
time fixed by ordinance, the engine, wheels, or other parts have been removed,
or on which the engine, wheels, or other parts have been altered, damaged, or
otherwise treated so that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its
own motor power. "Inoperable motor vehicle" does not include a motor vehicle
that has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own
motor power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-135)
Sec. 30-135. 
		Dealers in second hand articles. 
		The electors may authorize the
licensing and regulation and direct the location of all places of business of
purchasers, traders, and dealers in junk, rags, and any second hand article,
including motor vehicles, except in cities, villages, and incorporated towns in
the township that by ordinance provide for the licensing, regulation, or
location of places of business of those purchasers, traders, and dealers.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-140)
Sec. 30-140. 
		Regulation of certain occupations. 
		In counties with a
population of less than 3,000,000, the electors may regulate hawkers, peddlers,
pawnbrokers, itinerant merchants, and transient vendors of merchandise.  The
township board in those counties may require that any such person register his
or her name and the name of any firm he or she represents with the township
clerk and may make reasonable restrictions of the hours during which he or she
may engage in door-to-door solicitation.  The township board in those counties
also may prohibit the activities of any categories of persons as it determines
to be in the best interest of township residents.  Any regulation under this
Section shall not apply within the boundaries of a city, village, or
incorporated town.
(Source: P.A. 84-822; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-145)
Sec. 30-145. Mental health services. If a township is not included in a
mental health district organized under the Community Mental Health Act, the
electors may authorize the board of trustees to provide mental health
services (including services for the
alcoholic and the drug addicted, and for persons with intellectual disabilities) for residents of the
township by disbursing existing funds if available by contracting
with mental health agencies
approved by the Department of Human Services,
alcoholism treatment programs licensed by the Department of Public Health, and
treatment facilities and other services for substance use disorders approved by the
Department of Human Services. To be
eligible to receive
township funds, an agency, program, facility, or other service provider must
have been in existence for more than one year and must serve the township
area.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-150)
Sec. 30-150. 
		Police protection by municipality; county under 1,000,000. 
		In
counties having a population of less than 1,000,000, the electors may authorize
the township board to contract with one or more incorporated municipalities
lying wholly or partly within the boundaries of the township, or with advice
and
consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request
for contract services is made, based upon a determination of law enforcement
needs of the area in which contract services are sought with the county
within which the township is located
to furnish police protection in
the area of the township that is not within the incorporated area of any
municipality having a regular police department.
(Source: P.A. 91-633, eff. 12-1-99.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-155)
Sec. 30-155. 
		
		Police protection by county in county under 1,000,000; special
taxing district.
(a) In counties having a population of less than 1,000,000, the electors may
authorize the township board to contract with the county sheriff within which
the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area
of the township.
(b) The township board may adopt a resolution declaring the unincorporated
area of the township a special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the
adoption of the resolution authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the
special police district in the amount specified in the annual township tax
levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of the value of taxable property as
equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
(c) Whenever a resolution creating a special police district has been
adopted, the township board shall order the proposition submitted to the voters
within the territory of the proposed special police district at an election.
The clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials.
Notice shall be given and the election conducted in accordance with the general
election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall a special police district be created to serve     the unincorporated areas of (name of township), and shall a tax be levied at a rate of not more than 0.10% of the value of taxable property in the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?
		The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(d) If a majority of votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the
special police district, the district shall be created.
(Source: P.A. 83-209; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-160)
Sec. 30-160. 
		
		Police protection by municipality or county; county of
1,000,000 or more; special taxing district.
(a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, the electors may
authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the
township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish
police protection in the unincorporated area of the township.
(b) The township board may declare the unincorporated area of the
township a special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the declaration
authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the special police
district in the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not to
exceed a rate of .10% of the value of taxable property as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-165)
Sec. 30-165. 
		Fire protection; special taxing district.
(a) The electors may authorize the township board to contract with one or
more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the
township is located to furnish fire protection in the unincorporated area of
the township.
(b) With the approval of a majority of the voters in the unincorporated area
of a township, the township board may declare the unincorporated area of the
township a special fire district for tax purposes. Proof of that declaration
authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the special fire district in
the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not more than a rate
of 0.40% of the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue.
(c) Any territory within a special fire district that is annexed to a
municipality that provides fire protection services within its corporate limits
shall be automatically disconnected from the township fire protection taxing
district.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-166)
Sec. 30-166. Civil penalties for false fire alarms. The township board of
any township providing fire protection services may impose reasonable civil
penalties on individuals who repeatedly cause false fire alarms.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-167)
Sec. 30-167.  Charge against non-residents.
(a) The township board of each township may
fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the
service for all services rendered by the township against persons,
businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the township.
(b) The charge may not be assessed against residents of the township or
persons who request fire protection coverage for an unprotected area and who
pay to the township an amount equal to the township's fire
protection tax under Article 200 of this Code.
(c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a rate not to exceed
$125 per hour per vehicle and not to exceed $35 per hour per firefighter
responding to a call for assistance.  An additional charge may be levied to
reimburse the township for extraordinary expenses of materials used in
rendering such services.  No charge shall be made for services for which the
total charge would be less than $50.
(d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to this Section shall
be deposited into the general fund of the township.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-170)
Sec. 30-170. 
		Mosquito abatement district.
(a) The electors may authorize the township board to contract for the
furnishing of mosquito abatement services in the unincorporated area of the
township.
(b) The township board may adopt a resolution declaring the unincorporated
area of the township a mosquito abatement district for tax purposes. Proof of
the resolution authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the mosquito
abatement district in the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but
not more than a rate of 0.075% of the value of taxable property as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue.
(c) Whenever a resolution creating a mosquito abatement district has
been adopted, the township board shall order the proposition submitted
to the voters within the territory of the proposed district at an election.
 The clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials.
Notice shall be given and the election conducted in accordance with the
general election law.  The proposition shall be in substantially the
following form:
Shall a mosquito abatement district be created to     serve the unincorporated areas of (name of township), and shall a tax be levied at a rate of not more than 0.075% of the value of taxable property in the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?
		The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(d) If a majority of votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the
mosquito abatement district, the district shall be created.
(e) Any territory within a mosquito abatement district that is annexed
to a municipality that provides mosquito abatement services within its
corporate limits shall be automatically disconnected from the township
mosquito abatement taxing district.
(Source: P.A. 86-310; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-175)
Sec. 30-175. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 88-62.  Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-180)
Sec. 30-180. 
		Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. 
		The electors may authorize
the supervisor to file an application for the township and all other bodies
politic established by or subject to the control of the electors to participate
in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under the Illinois Pension Code.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-185)
Sec. 30-185. 
		Transfer of money to city or village. 
		In townships wholly
within the limits of an incorporated city or village, the electors may transfer
any money in the treasury of the township to the treasury of the city or
village.  The money shall be used by the city or village in its corporate
capacity for (i) constructing or repairing roads, bridges, approaches, or
causeways over which it has control, supervision, and jurisdiction, or (ii)
planting and cultivating trees along the streets and highways in the city and
township.  The electors may give full power and authority to expend any money
in the city or village treasury that it has to the credit of the township for
any of the purposes designated in this Section as decided by the electors or by
the township board.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-190)
Sec. 30-190. 
		Rules; fines. 
		The electors may make all by-laws, rules, and
regulations deemed necessary to carry into effect the powers granted in this
Article 30 and may impose fines deemed proper, except when a fine or penalty is
already allowed by law. No offense shall be classified in excess of a petty
offense.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-195)
Sec. 30-195. 
		Use of penalties collected. 
		The electors may apply all
penalties, when collected, in the manner deemed most to the interest of the
township.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-200)
Sec. 30-200. 
		Limitation in certain townships. 
		In townships in which there
are incorporated cities or villages, the boundaries of which are co-extensive
with the limits of the township, and in townships that lie  wholly within the
limits of an incorporated city or village, the electors shall not exercise the
several powers contained in Sections 30-80, 30-85, 30-90, 30-95, 30-100,
30-105, 30-110, 30-115, 30-120, and 30-135, and the powers and provisions of
all cities and villages under their organic law are not repealed by any
provision of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/30-205)
Sec. 30-205. Advisory referenda. Any group of registered voters may request an advisory question of public policy for consideration by the electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of the specific advisory question to the township clerk in the same manner as required for an agenda item under subsection (b) of Section 30-10. The agenda published by the township board shall include any such advisory question if the request is timely filed. By a vote of the majority of electors
present at a town meeting, the electors may authorize that an advisory question
of public policy, for which notice has been given as required by this Section, be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled
election in the township.  The township board shall certify the question to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the question in accordance with the
general election law.
(Source: P.A. 98-653, eff. 6-18-14.)