98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2980
 
Introduced 2/4/2014, by Sen. David Koehler
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
60 ILCS 1/70-15

     Amends the Township Code. Provides that a copy of the full statement of the financial affairs of the township may be provided to the electors at the annual township meeting in lieu of the township clerk reading the statement aloud.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by changing Section 
570-15 as follows:
 



6    (60 ILCS 1/70-15)



7    Sec. 70-15. Chief executive officer; fiscal duties; 
8penalty for neglect. 

9    (a) The supervisor is the chief executive officer of the 
10township.

11    (b) The supervisor shall receive and pay out all moneys 
12raised in the
township for defraying township charges, except 
13those raised for the support of
highways and bridges, and for 
14township library purposes.

15    (c) The supervisor shall, within 30 days before the annual 
16township
meeting, prepare and file with the township clerk a 
17full statement
of the financial affairs of the township, 
18showing (i) the balance (if any)
received by the supervisor 
19from his or her predecessor in office or from any
other source; 
20(ii) the amount of tax levied the preceding year for the 
21payment
of township indebtedness and charges; (iii) the amount 
22collected and paid over
to the supervisor as supervisor; (iv) 
23the amount paid out by the supervisor and
on what account, 
 
 
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1including any amount paid out on township indebtedness,

2specifying the nature and amount of the township indebtedness, 
3the amount paid
on the indebtedness, the amount paid on 
4principal, and the amount paid on
interest account; and (v) the 
5amount and kind of all outstanding indebtedness
due and unpaid, 
6the amount and kind of indebtedness not yet due, and when the

7indebtedness not yet due will mature. The township clerk shall 
8record the
statement in the record book of the township as soon 
9as it is filed and
shall post
a copy of the statement at the 
10place of holding the annual township meeting 2
days before the 
11meeting is held. The clerk shall also read aloud the statement 
12or provide a copy of the statement
to the electors at the 
13annual township meeting.

14    (d) Any supervisor or township clerk who wilfully neglects 
15to comply with
this Section shall forfeit and pay to the 
16township the sum of not less than $50
nor more than $200. The 
17amount forfeited shall be sued for and recovered by the

18township in its corporate name and shall be appropriated to 
19repairs of highways
and bridges in the township.

20(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)