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TOWNSHIPS
(60 ILCS 1/) Township Code.

60 ILCS 1/175-5

    (60 ILCS 1/175-5)
    Sec. 175-5. Petition and referendum to establish hospital.
    (a) Whenever not less than 5% of the registered voters (according to the voting registration records at the time the petition is filed) of a township file a petition with the township clerk requesting that an annual tax, not to exceed one and two-thirds mills on the dollar, be levied each year on all the taxable property of the township for the maintenance and operation of a public nonsectarian hospital described in the petition and located within or without the township, the township clerk shall give notice that at the next annual township election, or at an election in accordance with the general election law if one is requested, a referendum will be held on the question. If a referendum is ordered to be held at the township meeting, notice shall be given by posting notices in at least 10 of the most public places in the township at least 10 days before the day of the meeting. If an election is requested, the township clerk shall certify that proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition in accordance with the general election law.
    (b) The proposition at a referendum authorized by this Section shall be substantially as follows:
        Shall (name of township) levy an annual tax of not
    
more than one and two-thirds mills on the dollar for the maintenance and operation of the following described public nonsectarian hospital under Article 175 of the Township Code?
        (Description of hospital.)
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
    (c) If a majority of all votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, the township shall annually levy a tax of not more than one and two-thirds mills on the dollar on all the taxable property of the township for the maintenance and operation of the hospital. The proceeds of the tax shall be paid into a fund known as the Hospital Fund. The county collector or the supervisor of the township shall pay all money in the Hospital Fund to the treasurer of the public nonsectarian hospital within 30 days after receiving the money.
    (d) For purposes of this Article, "public nonsectarian hospital" means any nonsectarian hospital operated by a nonprofit corporation or any nonsectarian hospital operated by any political subdivision of the State or by any municipal corporation in the State to which patients are admitted regardless of race, color, creed, sex, or national origin.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/175-10

    (60 ILCS 1/175-10)
    Sec. 175-10. Discontinuance of hospital.
    (a) Whenever at least 10% of the voters of a township that has adopted the provisions of this Article presents a petition to the township clerk requesting that the maintenance and operation of the public nonsectarian hospital be discontinued, the township clerk shall give notice, in the manner provided in Section 175-5, that at the next annual township election, or at a referendum in accordance with the general election law, an election will be held on the question. If the referendum is ordered to be held at an election, the clerk shall certify that proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition in accordance with the general election law.
    (b) The proposition at the referendum shall be substantially as follows:
        Shall (name of township) discontinue the maintenance
    
and operation of the following described public nonsectarian hospital under Article 175 of the Township Code?
        (Description of hospital.)
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
    (c) If a majority of the votes upon the proposition is in favor of the discontinuance of the maintenance and operation of the public nonsectarian hospital, the township shall not thereafter levy a tax for the maintenance and operation of the hospital unless the proposition is again submitted to and approved by the voters as provided in Section 175-5.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/175-15

    (60 ILCS 1/175-15)
    Sec. 175-15. Use of money; annual report.
    (a) Any moneys paid over by a township from the hospital fund to a public non-sectarian hospital shall be used solely for its maintenance and operation under the sole control of the management of the hospital.
    (b) The management of the hospital shall file with the clerk of each township that has paid money into the hospital fund, within 60 days after the close of its fiscal year, a report stating the financial affairs of the hospital, showing (i), the balance (if any) received by the management from its predecessor or from any other source; (ii) the amount of tax levied the preceding year for the hospital; (iii) the amount collected and paid over to it; (iv) the amount paid out by it and on what account, including any amount paid out on indebtedness (specifying the nature and amount of the indebtedness, the amount paid on the indebtedness, the amount paid on principal, and the amount paid on interest account); and (v) the amount and kind of all outstanding indebtedness due and unpaid, the amount and kind of indebtedness not yet due, and when the indebtedness not yet due will mature.
    (c) The township clerk shall record the report in the record book of the township as soon as it is filed and shall post a copy of the report at the place of holding the annual township meeting 2 days before the meeting is held. The clerk shall read the report aloud to the electors at the meeting. The township clerk shall cause the report to be published in a newspaper of general circulation published within the township in which the hospital is situated. If no newspaper of general circulation is published in the township, the report shall be published in any newspaper generally circulated in the township.
    (d) Any manager or township clerk who wilfully neglects to comply with this Section shall forfeit and pay to the township the sum of not less than $50 nor more than $200, to be sued for and recovered by the township in its corporate name and appropriated for repairs of highways and bridges in the township.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 110; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/175-20

    (60 ILCS 1/175-20)
    Sec. 175-20. The provisions of this Article do not apply to any township that avails itself of the provisions of Article 170.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1739; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 180

 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 180 heading)
ARTICLE 180. LEASE OF
COUNTY HOME OR HOSPITAL

60 ILCS 1/180-5

    (60 ILCS 1/180-5)
    Sec. 180-5. Lease of county home or hospital. A township having a population of more than 125,000 and situated within a county having a population between 150,000 and 500,000, where the county operates and maintains a county home, infirmary, or hospital under Division 5-21 of the Counties Code, may lease the home, infirmary, or hospital from the county in a manner and upon terms it deems best for the interest of the township. The township may thereafter operate, maintain, improve, or expand the institution for the care and treatment of infirm or chronically ill persons or persons afflicted with dangerously communicable diseases, including poliomyelitis.
(Source: P.A. 76-907; 86-1475; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/180-10

    (60 ILCS 1/180-10)
    Sec. 180-10. Township board powers. In any township that avails itself of this Article, the township board has the same powers and restrictions as are conferred or enjoined upon a county board under paragraphs 2 through 7 of Section 5-21001 of the Counties Code.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/182-5

    (60 ILCS 1/182-5)
    Sec. 182-5. Primary health care special district; tax.
    (a) In any township in a county with a population of 25,000 or less containing a federally designated health manpower shortage area, the township board may provide for primary health care under an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with another unit of local government or under contract with physicians, a physician group, a professional service corporation, a medical corporation, a health maintenance organization, a voluntary health service plan, a limited health service plan, a hospital for out-patient services, or a federally qualified health center.
    (b) For purposes described in subsection (a), the township board may levy an annual tax of not more than 0.095% of the value of all the taxable property in the township, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, upon that property. Before a tax may be levied under this Section, the township board shall certify that question to the proper election officials in accordance with General Election Law, who shall submit the proposition by referendum to all the voters in the area to be served. The referendum shall be in substantially the following form:
    Shall (name of township) be authorized to levy an annual tax of not more than 0.095% of the value of all the taxable property in the township to provide primary health care to its citizens?
    The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
    If the majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of it, the tax levy is authorized. If a majority of the vote is against the proposition, the tax levy is not authorized. No tax may be levied under this Section, however, with respect to any property that is subject to any other tax levied for the sole purpose of providing primary health care.
    (c) Any territory of a special primary health care district that is annexed to a municipality that provides primary health care within its corporate limits shall be automatically disconnected from the township primary health care district.
(Source: P.A. 90-439, eff. 8-16-97; 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 185

 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 185 heading)
ARTICLE 185. FACILITIES AND SERVICES
FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

60 ILCS 1/185-5

    (60 ILCS 1/185-5)
    Sec. 185-5. Facilities and services; tax.
    (a) A township may provide facilities or services for the benefit of its residents who are persons with a developmental disability and who are not eligible to participate in any program conducted under Article 14 of the School Code, or a township may contract for those facilities or services with any privately or publicly operated entity that provides facilities or services either in or outside the township.
    (b) For the purpose described in subsection (a), the township board may, pursuant to the referendum requirements in Section 185-10, levy an annual tax of not more than 0.1% of the value of all the taxable property in the township, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, upon that property. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other township taxes but shall not be included in any limitation otherwise prescribed as to the rate or amount of township taxes and shall be in addition to and in excess of other township taxes. When collected, the tax shall be paid into a special fund in the township treasury, designated the "Fund for Persons with a Developmental Disability", and shall, together with any interest earned, be used only for the purpose specified in this Article.
(Source: P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)