60 ILCS 1/ Township Code.

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60 ILCS 1/80-30

(60 ILCS 1/80-30)

Sec. 80-30.

Certification of claim or charge.

(a) The township board shall make a certificate, to be signed by a majority
of the board, specifying the nature of the claim or charge and to whom the
amount is allowed.  The board shall cause the certificate to be delivered to
the township clerk, who shall keep it on file for the inspection of the
inhabitants of the township.

(b) The aggregate amount of claims or charges that have been reduced to
judgment shall be certified to the county clerk at the same time and in the
same manner as the other amounts required to be raised for township purposes,
which shall be levied and collected as other township taxes, except that in the
townships mentioned in Section 30-180, the amount shall be certified to the
county board, who shall include the amount in their estimate of the township's
expenses.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-35

(60 ILCS 1/80-35)

Sec. 80-35.

Township charges.

The following shall be deemed township
charges:

(1) The compensation of township officers for

services rendered their respective townships.

(2) Contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the

use and benefit of the township.

(3) The moneys authorized to be raised by the vote of

a township meeting for any township purpose.

(4) Every sum directed by law to be raised for any

township purpose.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-40

(60 ILCS 1/80-40)

Sec. 80-40.

Levy to defray township charges.

The moneys necessary to defray
the township charges of each township shall be levied on the taxable property
in the township in the manner prescribed in the Property Tax Code.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

60 ILCS 1/80-45

(60 ILCS 1/80-45)

Sec. 80-45.

Township clerk as clerk of board.

The township clerk shall act
as clerk of the township board and shall record the proceedings of each meeting
of the board in a book which he or she shall provide for that purpose at the
expense of the township.  The record shall include all certificates of accounts
audited by the board.

(Source: P.A. 83-380; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-50

(60 ILCS 1/80-50)

Sec. 80-50.

Payment of accounts; forfeiture for failure to pay.

(a) Accounts audited shall be paid by the supervisor within 20 days after
presentation of a certificate of the township clerk stating the amount and to
whom it is allowed, the account, and the date the account was audited.  The
certificate shall be countersigned by the supervisor before payment of the
amount.

(b) Payments of wages to township employees, however, shall be made at least
once a month in accordance with a pay period schedule established by the
township board.  The schedule shall provide for employee compensation for all
wages earned during the pay period, with payment to be made no later than 15
days after the end of the pay period.

(c) Failure by the supervisor to pay accounts audited as provided in this
Section, if the necessary funds are available and the account is a proper
expenditure, shall be grounds for forfeiture of his or her bond.

(Source: P.A. 83-380; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-55

(60 ILCS 1/80-55)

Sec. 80-55.

Multi-township board.

A multi-township board shall be organized
as provided in the Property Tax Code, and shall
have only the powers, duties, and responsibilities provided by law. Members of
a multi-township board may receive additional pay for their service, determined
by the multi-township board under Section 65-10, in an amount not to exceed $25
per day for each day of service and may be reimbursed for any actual expense
incurred in the discharge of their duties as members of the multi-township
board.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

60 ILCS 1/80-60

(60 ILCS 1/80-60)

Sec. 80-60.

Annual budget and appropriation ordinance.

The
township board shall comply with the Illinois Municipal Budget Law.
The township board must, at least 30 days before the public hearing required
by Section 3
of the Illinois Municipal Budget Law, prepare or cause to be prepared a
tentative budget
and appropriation ordinance and file the ordinance with the township clerk.
The township clerk must make the tentative budget and appropriation ordinance
available for public
inspection for
at least 30 days before final action on the ordinance.  The required public
hearing must be held on or
before the last
day of the first quarter of the fiscal year before the township board.  Notice
of the hearing
must be given by publication in a newspaper published in the township at least
30 days
before the time of the hearing.  If there is no newspaper published in the
township, notice
of the public hearing may be given by posting notices in 5 of the most public
places in the
township.  It is the duty of the township clerk to arrange for the public
hearing.  The
township board at the public hearing may adopt all or part of the tentative
budget and
appropriation
ordinance, as the township board deems
necessary.

(Source: P.A. 91-286, eff. 1-1-00.)