60 ILCS 1/ Township Code.

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60 ILCS 1/80-65

(60 ILCS 1/80-65)

Sec. 80-65.

Annual audit.

The township board shall comply with the
Governmental Account Audit Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-70

(60 ILCS 1/80-70)

Sec. 80-70.

Fence viewers.

The township board shall be ex officio
fence viewers as provided in the Fence Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-75

(60 ILCS 1/80-75)

Sec. 80-75.

Donation of surplus property to a historical society or other
specified not-for-profit corporation.  Any property declared to be surplus by
the electors under Section 30-53 may by resolution of the town board of
trustees be donated to a historical society or other not-for-profit
corporation.  The resolution shall set forth the historical society or other
not-for-profit corporation's intended use of the property, and the board of
trustees may require that the transfer be subject to a reversion of the
property if the property is no longer used for its original intended use by the
historical society or other not-for-profit corporation.  The resolution shall
authorize the township supervisor to execute all documents necessary to
complete the transfer of the property.

(Source: P.A. 89-100, eff. 7-7-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

60 ILCS 1/80-80

(60 ILCS 1/80-80)

Sec. 80-80.

Advisory referenda.

By a vote of a majority of
the township board, the township board may authorize that an advisory question
of public policy 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. 89-331, eff. 8-17-95; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 85

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 85 heading) ARTICLE 85.

TOWNSHIP

CORPORATE POWERS, GENERALLY

60 ILCS 1/85-5

(60 ILCS 1/85-5)

Sec. 85-5.

Corporate name.

The corporate name of each township shall be
either ".... Township" or "The Town of .... (name of township)". All acts done
by the township and all actions by or against the township shall be in its
corporate name.

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

60 ILCS 1/85-10

(60 ILCS 1/85-10)

Sec. 85-10. Township corporate powers.

(a) Every township has the corporate capacity to exercise the
powers granted to it, or necessarily implied, and no
others. Every township has the powers specified in this Section.

(b) A township may sue and be sued.

(c) A township may acquire (by purchase, gift, or legacy) and hold property,
both real and personal, for the use of its inhabitants and may sell and
convey that property. A township may purchase any real estate or personal
property for public purposes under contracts providing for payment in
installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal property.
A township may finance the purchase of any real estate or personal property
for public purpose under finance contracts providing for payment in
installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal property.
A township may construct a township hall under contracts providing for payment
over a period of time of not more than 20 years. The interest on the unpaid
balance shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.

(d) A township may make all contracts necessary in the exercise of the
township's powers.

(e) A township may expend or contract for the expenditure of any federal
funds made available to the township by law for any purpose for which taxes
imposed upon township property or property within the township may be expended.

(f) A township may acquire (singly or jointly with a municipality or
municipalities) land or any interest in land located within its township
limits.  The township may acquire the land or interest by gift, purchase, or
otherwise, but not by condemnation.  A township may (singly or jointly) improve
or arrange for the improvement of the land for industrial  or commercial
purposes and may donate and convey the land or interest in land so acquired
and so improved to the Illinois Finance Authority.

(g) (Blank)

(h) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted either expressly
or by necessary implication by this Code, any other Illinois statute, or the
Illinois Constitution to townships may be exercised by those
townships notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of the
General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application of
federal antitrust statutes be fully available to townships to the extent
their activities are authorized by law as stated in this Code.

(i) A township may receive funds under the federal Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 and may expend or contract for the
expenditure of those funds and other township funds for the
activities specified in Section 105 of that Act.  The powers granted under this
subsection (i) are in addition to powers otherwise possessed by a township and
shall not be construed as a limitation of those other powers.

(j) A township may establish reasonable fees for recreation and
instructional programs sponsored by the township.

(Source: P.A. 97-549, eff. 8-25-11.)