60 ILCS 1/170-15

(60 ILCS 1/170-15)

Sec. 170-15.

Board of directors; appointment; conflict of interest;
vacancy.

(a) The township clerk shall file a petition with the county clerk of the
county in which the township is located, reciting that the township clerk
certified the proposition to the proper election officials, who submitted the
proposition at an election in and for the township in response to a petition
signed by 25 voters for the purpose of submitting the proposition of
establishing a public hospital as provided in this Article, and that the
election carried by a majority of the voters voting at the election on the
question.  The township clerk's petition also shall request the township
board to appoint a board of directors for the management and operation of the
hospital.

(b) The township board shall appoint 5 persons to serve without
compensation. The first directors appointed shall hold office respectively for
one, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years from the first Monday in the month following their
appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified. On or after
the first Monday in May of each succeeding year, the township board shall
appoint one director whose term shall be for 5 years, commencing the first
Monday in May of the year he or she is appointed. Each appointment of a
successor director shall be made in the same manner and under the same
conditions as the appointment of his or her predecessor. The
length of the term of the first directors appointed shall be determined
by lot at their first meeting, which shall be held not less than 30 days
after their appointment. A majority of the board of directors shall
constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day.

The township board may, by resolution, increase the membership of the
board to 7 directors. The resolution shall not affect the terms of the
incumbent directors.  Before the first Monday in May following the adoption of
the resolution, the township board shall appoint 3 directors, one to succeed
the incumbent whose term expires and the 2 additional directors provided for in
the resolution, for terms of 3, 4, and 5 years from the first Monday in May of
the year of the appointment.  Thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of
any director, his or her successor shall be appointed for a term of 5 years and
until a successor is appointed and qualified for a like term.

If the township board has, by previous resolution, increased the
membership of the board to 7 directors, the township board may by new
resolution increase the membership of the board by 2 new members in any one
year up to a maximum of 11 directors. The new resolution shall not affect
the terms of the incumbent directors.  Before the first Monday in May following
the adoption of the new resolution, the township board shall appoint a
sufficient number of directors so that there will be (i) a successor for the
full term of each incumbent whose term expires and (ii) the 2 additional
directors provided for in the new resolution for terms of 4 and 5 years from
the first Monday in May of the year of appointment.  Thereafter, upon the
expiration of the term of any director, his or her successor shall be appointed
for a term of 5 years and until a successor is appointed and qualified for a
like term.

(c) No director or employee of the township shall be directly or indirectly
interested (i) in any contract, work, or business of the township, (ii) in the
sale of any article whose expense, price, or consideration is paid by the
township, or (iii) in the purchase of any real estate or property for or
belonging to the township.

(d) Whenever a vacancy in the board of directors occurs from a director's
death, resignation, or refusal to qualify, or for any other reason including without limitation the conviction in any court of the State of Illinois or of the United States of a director for an infamous crime, the
township board may fill the vacancy by appointment. The person appointed or
qualified for office under this Section shall assume the duties of that person
for whose unexpired term he or she was appointed.

For purposes of this subsection (d), a conviction for an offense that disqualifies a director from membership on the board occurs on the date of (i) the entry of a plea of guilty in court, (ii) the return of a guilty verdict, or (iii) in the case of a trial by the court, the entry of a finding of guilt.

(Source: P.A. 97-295, eff. 1-1-12.)