2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 60 - TOWNSHIPS › 60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code. › Article 50 - Election Of Township Officers; Discontinuance Of Township Offices

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 50 heading)
ARTICLE 50.  ELECTION OF
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS; DISCONTINUANCE
OF TOWNSHIP OFFICES
(Source: P.A. 100-187, eff. 8-18-17.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-5)
Sec. 50-5. 
		Time of election and terms outside Cook County.
(a) Except as provided for Cook County in Section 50-10, and subject to the
requirements of the general election law and the referendum provisions in
Sections 50-25 and 50-30, at the time of the regular township election provided
in the general election law, there shall be elected one township collector.
The collector shall hold his office for a term of 4 years and until a successor
is elected and qualified.
(b) At the time of the regular township election provided in the general
election law, there shall be elected a township supervisor.  The supervisor
shall be ex-officio supervisor of general assistance. The supervisor shall hold
office for a term of 4 years and until a successor is elected and qualified.
(c) At the time of the regular township election provided in the general
election law, there shall be elected one township clerk.  The clerk shall hold
office for a term of 4 years and until a successor is elected and qualified.
(d) At the time of the regular township election provided in the general
election law, there shall be elected by ballot one township or multi-township
assessor, as the case may be, in the manner provided in the general election
law. The assessor shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until a successor
is elected and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-10)
Sec. 50-10. 
		Time of election and terms in Cook County.
(a) Township supervisors, township clerks, and township collectors shall be
elected in their respective townships in Cook County at the time of the regular
township election provided in the general election law.  They shall hold their
offices for 4 years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(b) Those townships in Cook County lying outside the corporate limits of the
City of Chicago, the boundaries of which are co-extensive with the corporate
limits of a city, village, or incorporated town, shall elect a township
assessor at the time of the regular township election provided in the general
election law.  Those township assessors shall hold their offices for 4 years
and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-15)
Sec. 50-15. Time of entering upon duties.
(a) In all counties, the township collectors elected at the township
election shall enter upon their duties on January 1 next following their
election and qualification.
(b) In all counties, township supervisors and township clerks shall enter upon their duties on the third
						
Monday
of May following their election.
(c) Beginning with elections in 1981 in all counties, the township and
multi-township assessors shall enter upon their duties on January 1 next
following their election.
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-20)
Sec. 50-20. Counties with no township collector.
(a) No collector in counties under 100,000. In counties under
township organization, having a population of less than 100,000, there shall be
no township collector elected. The county collector shall be ex-officio
township collector, and all the duties of the township collector shall devolve
upon and be performed by the county collector.
(b) No collector in counties over 2,000,000. In counties having a population of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants there shall be no township collector elected on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.  Upon the completion of the terms of office of township collectors holding office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the township assessor shall be the ex-officio township collector, and all the duties of the township collector shall devolve upon and be performed by the township assessor.
(Source: P.A. 97-857, eff. 7-27-12.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-25)
Sec. 50-25. 
		Referendum to elect township collector.
(a) In counties under township organization having a population of more
than 100,000 as determined by the last preceding federal census (except Cook
County) in which no township collectors were elected in the year 1937, no
township collectors shall be elected unless the proposition to elect those
officers has first been submitted to the electors of the county and approved in
the manner provided in this Section.
(b) Whenever a petition for referendum, signed by at least 10% of the total
number of voters voting at the last general election at which any county
officer was elected, is filed with the county clerk not less than 78 days
before a regular election, the county clerk shall certify for submission the
proposition of electing township collectors in townships in counties described
in subsection (a) in accordance with the general election law.  The proposition
shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall township collectors be elected for the several     townships of (name of county) under Section 50-25 of the Township Code?
		The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of
it, there shall be elected in each township in the county at the next regular
election for township offices one township collector.  The collector shall hold
office until the date of the expiration of the term of office of township
collectors in Cook County as provided in Section 50-10, and until a successor
is elected and qualified. Successors shall hold office for a term of 4 years
and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-30)
Sec. 50-30. 
		Referendum to discontinue office of township collector.
(a) Each county under township organization having a population of more
than 100,000 according to the last preceding federal census (except Cook
County) in which township collectors were elected for the townships of the
county in the year 1937, and counties under township government that have by
referendum under Section 50-25 provided for the election of township
collectors, may at a regular election submit to a further referendum the
question of discontinuing the office of township collector in the county
in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) Whenever a petition, signed by at least 10% of the total number of
voters at the last general election at which any county officer was elected and
requesting submission to the voters of the county of the proposition of
discontinuing the office of the township collector in the county, is filed with
the county clerk not less than 78 days before a regular election, the county
clerk shall submit the proposition in accordance with the general election law.
 The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the office of township collector be     discontinued in (name of county) under Section 50-30 of the Township Code?
		The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of
the discontinuance of the office of township collector, no township collectors
shall thereafter be elected in the county unless there has again been submitted
to the voters of the county and approved by them a proposition to establish the
office of township collector.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-32)
Sec. 50-32. Sangamon County township collectors.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the offices of township collector in Sangamon County are discontinued on January 1, 2022. On January 1, 2022, the Sangamon County Treasurer assumes the duties of each township collector in Sangamon County.
(b)   If a township collector's office becomes  vacant in Sangamon County before January 1, 2022, the vacancy may not be filled and the Sangamon County Treasurer shall assume the duties of that township collector.
(Source: P.A. 100-187, eff. 8-18-17.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-35)
Sec. 50-35. 
		Further submission of proposition. 
		The result of any vote on any
referendum under Section 50-25 or 50-30 shall not be deemed a bar to the
further submission of any proposition authorized in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-40)
Sec. 50-40. Township trustees; time of election and terms. Except in
townships organized under Article 15, at the regular township election provided
in the general election law there shall be elected 4 members to serve on the
township board.  They shall be known as township trustees  and shall hold their
office for a term of 4 years beginning the third Monday of May following
their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 93-847, eff. 7-30-04.)
(60 ILCS 1/50-45)
Sec. 50-45. 
		General election law; definitions.
(a) The general election law applies to the conduct of all township
elections and referenda except those held at an annual or special township
meeting, which shall be under the jurisdiction of the township clerk and rules
covering the annual township meeting or a special township meeting.
(b) As used in this Code in connection with elections of township
officers and referenda, the following election definitions apply:
(1) "Voter" or "legal voter" or "elector" means a     person qualified and registered to vote under the general election law.
(2) "Certify" and "certification", when used in     connection with elections of officers or referenda, refer to the certification, in accordance with the general election law, of offices, candidates, or propositions to county clerks and boards of election commissioners for inclusion on one ballot at an election.
(3) "Submit" and "submission", when used in     connection with a referendum on a proposition or question, refer to the submission to the voters, in accordance with the general election law, of the proposition or question by county clerks and boards of election commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 87-738; 88-62.)