2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 55 - Qualification And Tenure Of Township Officers

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 55 heading)
ARTICLE 55.
QUALIFICATION AND TENURE OF
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
(60 ILCS 1/55-5)
Sec. 55-5. 
		Legal voter and resident. 
		No person is eligible to hold any
office unless he or she is a legal voter and has been a resident of the
township for one year.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-6)
Sec. 55-6. Criminal conviction.  A person is not eligible to hold any office if that person, at the time required for taking the oath of office, has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony.
(Source: P.A. 99-546, eff. 7-15-16.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-10)
Sec. 55-10. 
		Oath or affirmation. 
		Every person elected or appointed to the
office of supervisor, township clerk, assessor, trustee, commissioner of
highways, township enforcement officer, or collector, before entering upon the
duties of that office, shall take and subscribe, before any person authorized
to administer an oath of office, the oath or affirmation of office prescribed
by the Constitution. Within 8 days after the oath or affirmation is taken and
subscribed, it shall be filed in the office of the township clerk or the clerk
of the multi-township board, as the case may be, and the county clerk.
(Source: P.A. 86-769; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-15)
Sec. 55-15. 
		Neglect to take oath or affirmation. 
		If any person elected or
appointed to any of the offices specified in Section 55-10 neglects to take and
subscribe the oath or affirmation and cause the certificate to be filed as
required in Section 55-10, the neglect shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-20)
Sec. 55-20. 
		Pound master; acceptance of office. 
		Every person appointed to
the office of pound master, before he or she enters on the duties of the office
and within 10 days after being notified of his or her election or appointment,
shall cause to be filed in the office of the township clerk a notice signifying
his or her acceptance of the office. A neglect to cause the notice to be filed
shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-25)
Sec. 55-25. 
		Collector; bond; oath. 
		Every person elected to the office of
collector, before he or she enters upon the duties of the office, shall give
the bond required by law. If any person elected to the office of collector
does not give the security and take the oath or affirmation required under
Section 55-10 within the time limited for that purpose, the neglect shall be
deemed a refusal to serve.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-30)
Sec. 55-30. 
		Refusal to serve; forfeiture. 
		If any person elected to the
office of supervisor, township clerk, assessor, or commissioner of highways
refuses to serve, he or she shall forfeit to the township the sum of $25.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-35)
Sec. 55-35. 
		Entering upon duties of office before taking oath; forfeiture. 
		If any township officer who is required by law to take the oath of office
enters upon the duties of his or her office before taking the oath, he or she
shall forfeit to the township the sum of $50.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-37)
Sec. 55-37. 
		Misconduct of officers; penalty. 
		Every township officer who is
guilty of a palpable omission of duty, or who is guilty of willful and corrupt
oppression, malconduct, or misfeasance in discharging the duties of the office,
shall be guilty of a business offense and, on conviction, shall be fined not
more than $1,000.  The court in which the conviction occurs shall enter an
order removing the convicted officer from office.
(Source: P.A. 87-946; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-40)
Sec. 55-40. 
		
		Demand for books and papers by successor upon expiration of
predecessor's term. Whenever the term of any supervisor, township clerk, or
commissioner of highways expires and another person is elected or appointed to
that office, the successor, immediately after he or she enters upon the duties
of the office, shall demand of his or her predecessor all the books and papers
belonging to the office and under the predecessor's control.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-45)
Sec. 55-45. 
		Demand for books and papers by successor upon vacancy. 
		Whenever
any officer named in Section 55-40 resigns or the office becomes vacant in any
way, and another person is elected or appointed in the officer's stead, the
person so elected or appointed shall make the demand required under Section
55-40 of his or her predecessor or of any person having charge of those books
and papers.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-50)
Sec. 55-50. 
		Demand on executor or administrator of deceased officer. 
		Upon
the death of any of the officers named in Section 55-40, the successor of the
officer shall make the demand  required under that Section of the executors or
administrators of the deceased officer. The executors or administrators shall
deliver up, on oath, all records, books, and papers in their possession or
under their control belonging to the office and held by their testator or
intestate.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-55)
Sec. 55-55. 
		Delivery of records. 
		It is the duty of every person going out of
office, whenever required under Section 55-45 or 55-50, to deliver up, on oath,
all the records, books, and papers in his or her possession or in his or her
control belonging to that office.  The oath may be administered by the officer
to whom the delivery is to be made. It shall also be the duty of every
supervisor and commissioner of highways going out of office, at the same time,
to pay over to his or her successor the balance of moneys remaining in his or
her hands as ascertained by the trustees of township accounts.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/55-65)
Sec. 55-65. 
		Prohibited activities. 
		All township officers shall be
subject to the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)