Public Act 93-0398

HB1447 Enrolled                      LRB093 05926 MKM 06023 b

    AN ACT in relation to townships.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  Township  Code  is amended by changing
Section 215-5 as follows:

    (60 ILCS 1/215-5)
    Sec. 215-5.  Township committee on youth.
    (a)  The township board may appoint a township  committee
on  youth  comprised  of  not  less than 5 members. The board
shall fix the length of the committee members' terms at  one,
2,  and 3 years initially, staggering the terms so that after
the initial appointments, the term of each  member  shall  be
for  3 years and so that the smallest possible portion of the
terms on the committee will expire  in  any  single  calendar
year.
    (b)  The township committee on youth may provide programs
to  combat  and  prevent juvenile delinquency and to meet the
needs of local youth.
    (c)  The township committee on youth may  cooperate  with
other governmental entities and with any other organizations,
associations,  agencies, or persons in fostering, developing,
and providing local programs designed to combat  and  prevent
juvenile delinquency and to meet the needs of local youth.
    (d)  The  township  committee on youth, with the approval
of the township board, may contract with  other  governmental
entities  and  with  any  other  organizations, associations,
agencies, or  persons  to  provide  programs  to  combat  and
prevent  juvenile  delinquency, to provide needed or required
transportation services, and  to  meet  the  needs  of  local
youth.
    (e)  Members  of  the  township  committee on youth shall
serve without compensation but  shall  be  allowed  necessary
expenses  incurred  in  the performance of their duties under
this Section.
    (f)  The members of the township committee on youth shall
select one of their number to serve as  chairperson  and  may
elect other officers they deem necessary.
(Source: P.A. 83-1090; 88-62.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 07/31/03