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TOWNSHIPS
(60 ILCS 1/) Township Code.

60 ILCS 1/90-20

    (60 ILCS 1/90-20)
    Sec. 90-20. Application to new township. Whenever, by the annexation of new territory or otherwise, any new or additional township comes to lie wholly within the boundaries of any city to which this Article applies, all the provisions of this Article shall at once apply to that township.
(Source: Laws 1901, p. 314; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/90-25

    (60 ILCS 1/90-25)
    Sec. 90-25. Election to adopt Article.
    (a) The electors of a township described in Section 90-5 may adopt and become entitled to the benefits of this Article as provided in this Section.
    (b) Whenever 1,000 of the legal voters of the township who voted at the preceding election petition the circuit court for the county in which the township is located to submit to a vote of the electors of the township the proposition whether the township and the electors of it shall adopt and become entitled to the benefits of this Article, the court shall consider the petition and enter appropriate orders in accordance with the general election law. If the petition is found sufficient and the court orders the referendum, the clerk of the circuit court shall certify the proposition and the court order to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law.
    (c) An election under this Article shall be conducted in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition are for the proposition, this Article shall thereby be adopted by the township, and the mayor of the city shall promptly issue a proclamation declaring this Article in force in the township.
    (d) If the proposition is not adopted at the election, it shall, upon a similar petition, be submitted to a vote of the electors of the township by the court at any subsequent general State, county, city, or township election. An order shall be entered of record in the court submitting the proposition as provided in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 84-1308; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/90-30

    (60 ILCS 1/90-30)
    Sec. 90-30. Application. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Article to the contrary, this Article has no application to the office of township assessor in townships described in this Article that are situated in counties of 500,000 or more.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1733; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 95

 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 95 heading)
ARTICLE 95.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN FAVOR OF
AND AGAINST TOWNSHIPS

60 ILCS 1/95-5

    (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

    (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

    (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

    (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

    (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

    (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.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 100

 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 100 heading)
ARTICLE 100. TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES

60 ILCS 1/100-5

    (60 ILCS 1/100-5)
    Sec. 100-5. Township attorney and other employees; compensation.
    (a) The township board may employ and fix the compensation of township employees that the board deems necessary, excluding the employees of the offices of supervisor of general assistance, township collector, and township assessor. The township board shall fix the compensation of a township attorney appointed by the township supervisor under Section 70-37. The township attorney shall not be considered a township employee for purposes of the first sentence of this subsection.
    (b) The board shall set and adopt rules concerning all benefits available to employees of the board if the board employs 5 or more employees. The rules shall include, without limitation, the following benefits to the extent they are applicable: insurance coverage, compensation, overtime pay, compensatory time off, holidays, vacations, sick leave, and maternity leave. The rules shall be adopted and filed with the township clerk within 6 months after July 1, 1992. Amendments to the rules shall be filed with the township clerk on or before their effective date.
    (c) Unless otherwise provided and if approved by the highway commissioner, the township board of trustees may employ and fix the compensation of a separate township attorney who shall represent the highway commissioner. Such compensation shall be paid out of the township road fund.
(Source: P.A. 90-190, eff. 7-24-97.)

60 ILCS 1/100-10

    (60 ILCS 1/100-10)
    Sec. 100-10. Township enforcement officer.
    (a) The township board may appoint one or more township enforcement officers to serve for a term of one year and may remove an officer with or without cause. Every person appointed to the office of township enforcement officer, before entering on the duties of the office and within 10 days after being notified of the 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.
    (b) The sheriff of the county in which the township is situated may disapprove any such appointment within 30 days after the notice is filed. The disapproval precludes that person from serving as a township enforcement officer, and the township board may appoint another person to that position subject to approval by the sheriff.
    (c) Every person appointed to the office of township enforcement officer, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall execute, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the supervisor or clerk of the township, an instrument in writing by which the township enforcement officer and his or her sureties shall jointly and severally agree to pay to each and every person who may be entitled thereto all sums of money as the township enforcement officer may become liable to pay on account of any neglect or default of the township enforcement officer or on account of any misfeasance of the township enforcement officer in the discharge of, or failure to faithfully perform, any of the duties of the office.
    (d) The township enforcement officers shall have the same power and authority within the township as a deputy sheriff but only for the purpose of enforcing township ordinances. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, township enforcement officers are authorized to enforce county ordinances within areas of a county located within the township pursuant to intergovernmental agreements between the respective county and township to the extent authorized by the agreement. The township enforcement officer shall not carry firearms and will not be required to comply with the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act. The officer shall attend law enforcement training classes conducted by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board. The township board shall appropriate all necessary monies for the training.
    (d-5) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, in all actions for the violation of any township ordinance, township enforcement officers shall be authorized to issue and to serve upon any person who the township enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe is guilty of a violation of a township ordinance a notice of violation that shall constitute a summons and complaint. A copy of such notice of violation shall be forwarded to the circuit court having jurisdiction over the township where the violation is alleged to have been committed. Every person who has been issued a summons shall appear for trial, and the action shall be prosecuted in the corporate name of the township. Enforcement of county ordinances shall be in accordance with procedures adopted by the county and any applicable State law.
    (2) In all actions for violation of any township ordinance when the fine would not be in excess of $500 and no jail term could be imposed, service of summons may be made by the township clerk by certified mail, return receipt requested, whether service is to be within or without the State.
    (e) The township enforcement officers shall carry identification documents provided by the township board identifying him or her as a township enforcement officer. The officers shall notify the township clerk of any violations of township ordinances.
    (f) Nothing in this Code precludes a county auxiliary deputy or deputy sheriff, or a municipal policeman or auxiliary police officer from serving as a township enforcement officer during off-duty hours.
    (g) The township board may provide compensation for the township enforcement officer on either a per diem or a salary basis.
    (h) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 97-330, eff. 8-12-11; 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)

60 ILCS 1/100-10.5

    (60 ILCS 1/100-10.5)
    Sec. 100-10.5. Summons; violation of township ordinances. In a township that does not have a township enforcement officer appointed under Section 100-10, and the township board has contracted with the county sheriff or one or more municipalities to furnish police protection in an unincorporated area of the township as provided in Sections 30-150, 30-155, and 30-160, the county sheriff or a peace officer of the municipal police department of a municipality that has entered into the contract with the township board has the power to issue summons for violations of township ordinances in the same manner as a township enforcement officer under subsection (d-5) of Section 100-10.
(Source: P.A. 89-589, eff. 1-1-97.)

60 ILCS 1/100-15

    (60 ILCS 1/100-15)
    Sec. 100-15. Group insurance. In addition to any powers that it may exercise under the Government Salary Withholding Act, the township board may provide, for the benefit of the township's employees, officials, or retired officials and their dependents, group life, health, accident, hospital, or dental insurance or any combination of those types of insurance. The insurance may include provision for employees, officials, retired officials, and their dependents who rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual means alone for healing in accordance with the tenets and practice of a well recognized religious denomination. The township board may provide for payment by the township of all or a portion of the premium or charge for the insurance for covered persons, except that the township may not pay all or a portion of the premium or charge for the insurance for retired officials and their dependents. If the township board undertakes a plan under which the township does not pay the entire amount of premiums or charges for the insurance, the board may provide for withholding and deducting from the compensation of its employees or officers amounts required to pay the balance of the premiums or charges.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-326, eff. 1-1-96.)

60 ILCS 1/100-20

    (60 ILCS 1/100-20)
    Sec. 100-20. Prevailing wage. The wages of laborers, mechanics, and other workers employed in any public works by the township and the wages of anyone under contracts for township public works shall be subject to the Prevailing Wage Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/100-25

    (60 ILCS 1/100-25)
    Sec. 100-25. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A township must comply with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP). A township may not submit employment information for the ITAP in a manner that is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 97-744, eff. 1-1-13.)