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TOWNSHIPS
(60 ILCS 1/) Township Code.

60 ILCS 1/30-205

    (60 ILCS 1/30-205)
    Sec. 30-205. Advisory referenda. Any group of registered voters may request an advisory question of public policy for consideration by the electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of the specific advisory question to the township clerk in the same manner as required for an agenda item under subsection (b) of Section 30-10. The agenda published by the township board shall include any such advisory question if the request is timely filed. By a vote of the majority of electors present at a town meeting, the electors may authorize that an advisory question of public policy, for which notice has been given as required by this Section, be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election in the township. The township board shall certify the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question in accordance with the general election law.
(Source: P.A. 98-653, eff. 6-18-14.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 35

 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 35 heading)
ARTICLE 35. SPECIAL
TOWNSHIP MEETINGS

60 ILCS 1/35-5

    (60 ILCS 1/35-5)
    Sec. 35-5. Special township meeting. Special township meetings shall be held when the township board (or at least 15 voters of the township) file in the office of the township clerk a written statement that a special meeting is necessary for the interests of the township. The statement also shall set forth the objects of the meeting, which must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code. The special township meeting shall be held no less than 14 nor more than 45 days after the written request is filed in the office of the township clerk. Special township meetings may not begin before 6 p.m.
(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

60 ILCS 1/35-10

    (60 ILCS 1/35-10)
    Sec. 35-10. Notice of special meeting; business at meeting.
    (a) Notice of a special township meeting shall be given in the same manner and for the same length of time as for regular township meetings.
    (b) The notice shall set forth the object of the meeting as contained in the statement filed with the township clerk, which must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code. No business shall be done at a special meeting except the business that is embraced in the statement and notice.
(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

60 ILCS 1/35-15

    (60 ILCS 1/35-15)
    Sec. 35-15. Quorum and powers of electors at special meeting. No special township meeting shall be convened unless 15 or more electors are present at the meeting. The electors at special township meetings when convened have the powers enumerated in this Article. An elector is a person registered to vote within the township no less than 28 days before the date of the special meeting. If a special township meeting is not convened because of an absence of 15 or more electors, that special township meeting shall not be re-convened unless all procedures for a special township meeting are again completed.
(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

60 ILCS 1/35-20

    (60 ILCS 1/35-20)
    Sec. 35-20. Matters postponed from annual meeting. The electors may act upon any subject within the powers of the electors at any annual township meeting that may have been postponed for want of time at the preceding annual meeting to be considered at a future township meeting.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/35-25

    (60 ILCS 1/35-25)
    Sec. 35-25. Exercise of annual meeting powers. When the special meeting is called by the township board in the manner provided by this Article, the electors may take any action authorized by Article 30 that could have been taken at an annual township meeting.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)