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TOWNSHIPS (60 ILCS 1/) Township Code. 60 ILCS 1/135-50
(60 ILCS 1/135-50)
Sec. 135-50.
Tax; petition and referendum.
(a) When 50 legal voters of each township or road district present a
petition to the board of managers asking that an annual tax be levied for the
control and maintenance of cemeteries under this Article, the board
shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall
submit the proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the
general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following
form: "For the levy of a tax to control and maintain cemeteries" or "Against
the levy of a tax to control and maintain cemeteries".
(b) If a majority of all the votes cast in each township or road district
upon the proposition is for a levy of the tax, the board of managers shall
thereafter annually levy a tax, upon all property taxable by the townships or
road districts, of not more than 0.10% of value, as equalized or assessed by
the Department of Revenue, in each township or road district.
(c) The tax shall be collected in the same manner as other general
taxes in the townships and road districts and, when collected, shall be
deposited into a separate fund known as the Cemetery Fund.
(d) The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes that the townships or
road districts are authorized to levy and collect.
(e) The limitations upon tax rates in subsection (b) are subject to the
provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/135-55
(60 ILCS 1/135-55)
Sec. 135-55.
Ordinances; violation; jurors.
(a) The board of managers may pass ordinances for the government of the
cemeteries, including ordinances relating to the operating and speed of motor
vehicles and the use of lots, walks, ponds, water courses, vaults, buildings,
and other places within the cemeteries, and for the maintenance of good order
and quiet in the cemeteries. A person found guilty of violating any ordinance
is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than
$100.
(b) No person shall be disqualified from acting as a juror in a cause under
subsection (a) because of any interest or ownership he or she may have in the
lots of the cemeteries.
(Source: P.A. 77-2341; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/135-60
(60 ILCS 1/135-60)
Sec. 135-60.
Policemen.
The board of managers may appoint policemen
to protect the cemeteries and preserve order in the cemeteries. The policemen
have the same power with respect to any offenses committed in the cemeteries,
or any violation of Section 135-55, that city marshals or policemen in cities
have with respect to maintaining order in those cities or arresting persons for
offenses committed in those cities.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 284; P.A. 88-62 .)
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60 ILCS 1/135-65
(60 ILCS 1/135-65)
Sec. 135-65.
Transfer of funds.
When a multi-township
cemetery
district takes over a cemetery or cemetery authority, the care fund of the
cemetery or cemetery authority shall be transferred into the cemetery district
fund of the multi-township cemetery district.
(Source: P.A. 91-181, eff. 1-1-00.)
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60 ILCS 1/Art. 140
(60 ILCS 1/Art. 140 heading)
ARTICLE 140.
TOWNSHIP HALLS
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60 ILCS 1/140-5 (60 ILCS 1/140-5)
Sec. 140-5. Petition and referendum for township hall.
(a) Whenever it is desired to build, purchase, or lease, for a longer period
than 10 years, a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a
combined
township hall and multi-purpose senior center in any township, at least 25
electors of the township may, before the time of giving notice of the annual
township meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in writing that the
proposition of building, purchasing, or leasing a township hall, a
multi-purpose senior center, or a combination township hall and multi-purpose
senior center and issuing bonds for the building, purchase, or lease be
submitted to the voters of the township at the next ensuing general election.
The proposition shall be clearly stated in the petition substantially as
follows: "Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to (build, purchase, or
lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination
multi-purpose township hall and senior center) and issue bonds for the
(building, purchase, or lease)?" The petition shall be filed in the office of
the township clerk.
(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election
officials, who shall submit the proposition to the legal voters of the township
at an election in accordance with the general election law. The form of the
proposition shall be substantially as follows:
Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to (build, | | purchase, or lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination township hall and multi-purpose senior center) and issue bonds for the (building, purchase, or lease)?
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The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution, build, purchase, or lease a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center within the township without referendum approval, if the building, purchasing, or leasing of the township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96-1397, eff. 7-29-10.)
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60 ILCS 1/140-10
(60 ILCS 1/140-10)
Sec. 140-10.
Issuance of bonds; terms.
(a) If a majority of the votes on the question under Section 140-5 are in
favor of the question, the township may issue the bonds. To effectuate the
issuance of the bonds, the township board shall adopt a resolution authorizing
the issuance of the bonds, prescribing all the details of the issuance and
stating when the principal and interest shall become payable and the place of
payment. These bonds shall be sold in a manner, at a price, and in
denominations determined by the township board. The amount of the bonds issued
shall not exceed 2.3% of the value of the taxable property of the township as
ascertained by the assessment for the State and county taxes for the preceding
year or, until January 1, 1983, if greater, the sum that is produced by
multiplying the township's 1978 equalized assessed valuation by the debt
limitation percentage in effect on January 1, 1979, nor shall the amount of the
bonds issued exceed, including the then existing indebtedness of the township,
5.75% of the value of the taxable property of the township as ascertained by
the assessment for the State and county taxes for the preceding year.
(b) If a majority of the legal voters voting on the proposition at an
election held under this Article vote in favor of issuing the bonds, the
township board may thereafter issue bonds in an amount not to exceed that
approved by the voters at the election. The bonds shall be signed and executed
in the name of the township by the members of the township board or by a
majority of those members, shall mature not later than 20 years from the date
of
issuance, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate
authorized by the Bond Authorization Act as amended at the time of the making
of the contract. The bonds shall be sold at not less than par.
(c) With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after June 6, 1989, it is and always has been the
intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always
have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with
the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Article that may
appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the
provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority
granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this
Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are
not invalid because of any provision of this Article that may appear to be or
to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 86-4; 87-1254; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/140-15
(60 ILCS 1/140-15)
Sec. 140-15.
Tax.
The township board shall, in the resolution authorizing
the bonds, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay
the interest and principal of the bonds as each falls due. A certified copy of
the resolution authorizing the bonds and levying the tax shall be filed in the
office of the county clerk of the county in which the township is located, and
the county clerk shall extend annually against the property in the township a
tax sufficient to raise in each year the amount provided in the resolution for
the payment of principal and interest in that year.
(Source: P.A. 86-4; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/Art. 145
(60 ILCS 1/Art. 145 heading)
ARTICLE 145.
TOWNSHIP HALL, TOWNSHIP
COEXTENSIVE WITH CITY
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60 ILCS 1/145-5
(60 ILCS 1/145-5)
Sec. 145-5. Petition and referendum to build or purchase township hall.
(a) Whenever it is desired to build or purchase a township hall in any
township whose boundaries are coextensive with the limits of an incorporated
city, 25 electors of the township may, before the time of giving notice of the
annual township meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in writing
that the proposition of building or purchasing a township hall, as the case may
be, and the issuing of bonds for the building or purchase be submitted to the
voters of the township at an election. The proposition shall be clearly stated
in the petition substantially as follows: "Shall (name of township) borrow
$(amount) to build or purchase a township hall and issue bonds for the building
or purchase?" The petition shall be filed in the office of the township clerk.
(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election
officials, who shall submit the proposition to the legal voters of the township
at an election held in accordance with the general election law. The form of
the proposition shall be substantially as follows:
Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to build or | | purchase a township hall and issue bonds for the building or purchase?
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The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township whose boundaries are coextensive with the limits of an incorporated city may, by ordinance or resolution, build or purchase a township hall without referendum approval, if the building or purchasing of the township hall is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96-1397, eff. 7-29-10.)
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60 ILCS 1/145-10
(60 ILCS 1/145-10)
Sec. 145-10.
Issuance of bonds; terms.
(a) If a majority of the votes cast on the question under Section 145-5 are
in favor of the question, the township may issue bonds in denominations of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000 each, payable respectively in not less than
one nor more than 20 years, with interest payable annually of not more than 6%
per annum. The amount of the bonds issued shall not exceed 2.3% of the value of
taxable property of the township as ascertained by the assessment for the State
and county tax for the preceding year or, until January 1, 1983, if greater,
the sum that is produced by multiplying the township's 1978 equalized assessed
valuation by the debt limitation percentage in effect on January 1, 1979, nor
shall the amount of the bonds exceed, including the then existing indebtedness
of the township, 5.75% of the value of the taxable property of the township as
ascertained by the assessment for the State and county tax for the preceding
year.
(b) If a majority of the legal voters voting on the proposition are in favor
of the proposition, the supervisor and township clerk shall issue a sufficient
amount, in the aggregate, of the bonds of the township for the purpose of
building or purchasing, as the case may be, a township hall, not to exceed the
amount voted upon under Section 145-5. The bonds shall not be sold or disposed
of for less than their par value.
(Source: Laws 1907, p. 572; P.A. 81-1550; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/145-15
(60 ILCS 1/145-15)
Sec. 145-15.
City tax.
The city council of the city whose territory is
coextensive with the township shall provide for the collection of a direct
annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on the debt as it falls due and also
to pay and discharge the principal within 20 years from the time of contracting
the debt. The amount of the tax shall be certified to the county clerk by the
township clerk annually at the time required by law, shall be extended by the
county clerk against the taxable property of the township as other taxes, and
shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are
collected. The tax, when collected, shall be held by the township collector as
a fund out of which shall be paid the bonds and the interest on the bonds
according to the tenor and effect of the bonds, upon the order of the
supervisor and township clerk.
(Source: Laws 1907, p. 572; P.A. 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/145-20
(60 ILCS 1/145-20)
Sec. 145-20.
"Building" or "purchasing" a township hall, as used in this
Article, means the purchasing of real estate upon which to build the township
hall or upon which the township hall is situated, as well as to build
or
purchase the township hall.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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60 ILCS 1/Art. 150
(60 ILCS 1/Art. 150 heading)
ARTICLE 150.
TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY
BUILDINGS
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60 ILCS 1/150-5
(60 ILCS 1/150-5)
Sec. 150-5.
Bonds for community buildings.
Subject to the provisions of this
Article, any township having a population of not more than 25,000 may issue
bonds for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, equipping, remodeling, or
renovating community buildings.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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60 ILCS 1/150-10
(60 ILCS 1/150-10)
Sec. 150-10. Resolution for bond issuance; referendum. Beginning August 16,
1993, the board of managers elected under Section 150-15 in a township having a
population of not more than 25,000 (according to the last preceding federal
census) shall initiate proceedings for the issuance of bonds under this Article
by adopting a resolution proposing the issuance of bonds and describing briefly
the authority under which the bonds are to be issued, the nature of the project
to be financed, the estimated total cost of the project, and the maximum amount
of bonds authorized to be issued. The resolution shall direct that the
proposition to issue the bonds be submitted to the electors of the township.
The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election
officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with
the general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall bonds for community building purposes be issued | | to the amount of $(amount)?
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The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in the affirmative,
the bonds may be issued.
The provisions of Public Act 88-360 incorporated into this Section by this
amendatory Act of 1994 do not affect the obligations of a township or the
rights of bondholders with respect to bonds issued under this Article or its
predecessor Act before August 16, 1993.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution, purchase, erect, equip, remodel, or renovate a community building without referendum approval, if the purchasing, erecting, equipping, remodeling, or renovating of the community building is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96-1397, eff. 7-29-10.)
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60 ILCS 1/150-15
(60 ILCS 1/150-15)
Sec. 150-15.
Board of managers; election; organization; salary.
(a) The community building or buildings, if authorized at an election, shall
be under the care and supervision of a board of managers. The board of
managers shall consist of 3 persons who are registered to vote from a
residence in the township. Each member of the board of managers may
be paid a salary not to exceed $25 per day or $500 per year, as determined
by the township board, for attendance at township meetings and business travel
pertaining to official duties.
(b) The first board of managers shall be elected at the regular election at
which the referendum for the first issue of bonds for the establishment of a
community building or buildings is authorized by the voters. Three managers
shall be elected at the time of the regular township election provided in the
general election law and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(c) Candidates for the board of managers shall be nominated by a petition
signed by 10 registered voters of the township and filed with the township
clerk within the time prescribed by the general election law. The township
clerk shall certify the names of the candidates to the proper election
authorities. The election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the
general election law. The 3 candidates receiving the highest number of votes,
respectively, shall be declared elected and shall assume the duties of their
office on the first Monday of the month following their election.
(d) Within 10 days after assuming office, the board of managers shall meet
and organize. One member shall be elected chairman and one member shall be
elected clerk of the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. If a vacancy occurs on the board, the vacancy
shall be filled by the remaining managers within 60 days by the appointment of
a person who is qualified to be a manager. The person appointed shall serve the
remainder of the unexpired term.
(Source: P.A. 86-283; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/150-20
(60 ILCS 1/150-20)
Sec. 150-20.
Issuance of bonds.
(a) If a majority of the legal voters voting on the question at an election
held under this Article, vote in favor of issuing bonds for community building
purposes, the board of managers may thereafter issue bonds in an amount not to
exceed that approved by the voters at the election. The bonds shall be signed
and executed in the name of the township by the members of the board of
managers or a majority of those members, shall mature not later than 20 years
from the date of issuance, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the
maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the
time of the making of the contract, payable annually or semi-annually as the
board of managers determines. The bonds shall be sold at not less than par.
(b) With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after June 6, 1989, it is and always has been the
intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always
have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with
the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Article that may
appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the
provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority
granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this
Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are
not invalid because of any provision of this Article that may appear to be or
to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 86-4; 88-62.)
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