Sen. Christine Radogno

Filed: 5/30/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2416

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2416 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
55-1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/5-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 5-1)
7    Sec. 5-1. County school units.
8    (a) The territory in each county, exclusive of any school
9district governed by any special act which requires the
10district to appoint its own school treasurer, shall constitute
11a county school unit. County school units of less than
122,000,000 inhabitants shall be known as Class I county school
13units and the office of township trustees, where existing on
14July 1, 1962, in such units shall be abolished on that date and
15all books and records of such former township trustees shall be
16forthwith thereafter transferred to the county board of school

 

 

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1trustees. County school units of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
2shall be known as Class II county school units and shall retain
3the office of township trustees unless otherwise provided in
4subsection (b) or (c).
5    (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school
6board of any elementary school district having a fall, 1989
7aggregate enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500
8pupils and having boundaries that are coterminous with the
9boundaries of a high school district, and the school board of
10any high school district having a fall, 1989 aggregate
11enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500 pupils and
12having boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of
13an elementary school district, may, whenever the territory of
14such school district forms a part of a Class II county school
15unit, by proper resolution withdraw such school district from
16the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of
17the township in which such school district is located and from
18the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer in
19such Class II county school unit; provided that the school
20board of any such school district shall, upon the adoption and
21passage of such resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own
22school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1. Upon the adoption
23and passage of such resolution and the election or appointment
24by the school board of its own school treasurer: (1) the
25trustees of schools in such township shall no longer have or
26exercise any powers and duties with respect to the school

 

 

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1district governed by such school board or with respect to the
2school business, operations or assets of such school district;
3and (2) all books and records of the township trustees relating
4to the school business and affairs of such school district
5shall be transferred and delivered to the school board of such
6school district. Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act
7of 1993, the legal title to, and all right, title and interest
8formerly held by the township trustees in any school buildings
9and school sites used and occupied by the school board of such
10school district for school purposes, that legal title, right,
11title and interest thereafter having been transferred to and
12vested in the regional board of school trustees under P.A.
1387-473 until the abolition of that regional board of school
14trustees by P.A. 87-969, shall be deemed transferred by
15operation of law to and shall vest in the school board of that
16school district.
17    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards
18of Oak Park & River Forest District 200, Oak Park Elementary
19School District 97, and River Forest School District 90 may, by
20proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
21authority of the trustees of schools of Proviso and Cicero
22Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school
23board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution,
24elect or appoint its own school treasurer as provided in
25Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the
26resolution and the election or appointment by the school board

 

 

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1of its own school treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the
2township or townships shall no longer have or exercise any
3powers or duties with respect to the school district or with
4respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the
5school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of
6schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
7assets relating to the school business and affairs of the
8school district shall be transferred and delivered to the
9school board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title,
10and interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any
11common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used and
12occupied by the school board and all rights of property and
13causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the
14common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed
15transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school
16board.
17    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the respective
18school boards of Berwyn North School District 98, Berwyn South
19School District 100, Cicero School District 99, and J.S. Morton
20High School District 201 may, by proper resolution, withdraw
21from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools
22of Cicero Township and the township treasurer, provided that
23the school board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the
24resolution, elect or appoint its own school treasurer as
25provided in Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the adoption and
26passage of the resolution and the election or appointment by

 

 

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1the school board of its own school treasurer: (1) the trustees
2of schools in the township shall no longer have or exercise any
3powers or duties with respect to the school district or with
4respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the
5school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of
6schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
7assets relating to the school business and affairs of the
8school district shall be transferred and delivered to the
9school board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title,
10and interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any
11common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used and
12occupied by the school board and all rights of property and
13causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the
14common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed
15transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school
16board.
17    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section,
18the school board of Lyons Township High School District 204
19may, by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
20authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the
21township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon
22the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint
23its own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this
24Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
25election or appointment by the school board of its own school
26treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no

 

 

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1longer have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to
2the school district or with respect to the school business,
3operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books and
4records of the trustees of schools and all moneys, securities,
5loanable funds, and other assets relating to the school
6business and affairs of the school district shall be
7transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) all
8legal title to and all right, title, and interest formerly held
9by the trustees of schools in any common school lands, school
10buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the school
11board and all rights of property and causes of action
12pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
13lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
14operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
15changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 99th
16General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
17effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
18Assembly, and shall not affect any legal action pending on the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
20Assembly in the Illinois courts in which Lyons Township High
21School District 204 is a listed party.
22    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the
23offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of any
24township located in a Class II county school unit shall be
25abolished as provided in this subsection if all of the
26following conditions are met:

 

 

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1        (1) During the same 30 day period, each school board of
2    each elementary and unit school district that is subject to
3    the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer
4    and trustees of schools of the township in which those
5    offices are sought to be abolished gives written notice by
6    certified mail, return receipt requested to the township
7    treasurer and trustees of schools of that township of the
8    date of a meeting of the school board, to be held not more
9    than 90 nor less than 60 days after the date when the
10    notice is given, at which meeting the school board is to
11    consider and vote upon the question of whether there shall
12    be submitted to the electors of the school district a
13    proposition to abolish the offices of township treasurer
14    and trustee of schools of that township. None of the
15    notices given under this paragraph to the township
16    treasurer and trustees of schools of a township shall be
17    deemed sufficient or in compliance with the requirements of
18    this paragraph unless all of those notices are given within
19    the same 30 day period.
20        (2) Each school board of each elementary and unit
21    school district that is subject to the jurisdiction and
22    authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools
23    of the township in which those offices are sought to be
24    abolished, by the affirmative vote of at least 5 members of
25    the school board at a school board meeting of which notice
26    is given as required by paragraph (1) of this subsection,

 

 

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1    adopts a resolution requiring the secretary of the school
2    board to certify to the proper election authorities for
3    submission to the electors of the school district at the
4    next consolidated election in accordance with the general
5    election law a proposition to abolish the offices of
6    township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township.
7    None of the resolutions adopted under this paragraph by any
8    elementary or unit school districts that are subject to the
9    jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
10    trustees of schools of the township in which those offices
11    are sought to be abolished shall be deemed in compliance
12    with the requirements of this paragraph or sufficient to
13    authorize submission of the proposition to abolish those
14    offices to a referendum of the electors in any such school
15    district unless all of the school boards of all of the
16    elementary and unit school districts that are subject to
17    the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer
18    and trustees of schools of that township adopt such a
19    resolution in accordance with the provisions of this
20    paragraph.
21        (3) The school boards of all of the elementary and unit
22    school districts that are subject to the jurisdiction and
23    authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools
24    of the township in which those offices are sought to be
25    abolished submit a proposition to abolish the offices of
26    township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township

 

 

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1    to the electors of their respective school districts at the
2    same consolidated election in accordance with the general
3    election law, the ballot in each such district to be in
4    substantially the following form:
5    -------------------------------------------------------------
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OFFICIAL BALLOT
7            Shall the offices of township
8            treasurer and                       YES
9            trustee of                      -------------
10            schools of Township .....           NO
11            Range ..... be abolished?
12    -------------------------------------------------------------
13        (4) At the consolidated election at which the
14    proposition to abolish the offices of township treasurer
15    and trustee of schools of a township is submitted to the
16    electors of each elementary and unit school district that
17    is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the
18    township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township,
19    a majority of the electors voting on the proposition in
20    each such elementary and unit school district votes in
21    favor of the proposition as submitted to them.
22    If in each elementary and unit school district that is
23subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
24treasurer and trustees of schools of the township in which
25those offices are sought to be abolished a majority of the
26electors in each such district voting at the consolidated

 

 

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1election on the proposition to abolish the offices of township
2treasurer and trustee of schools of that township votes in
3favor of the proposition as submitted to them, the proposition
4shall be deemed to have passed; but if in any such elementary
5or unit school district a majority of the electors voting on
6that proposition in that district fails to vote in favor of the
7proposition as submitted to them, then notwithstanding the vote
8of the electors in any other such elementary or unit school
9district on that proposition the proposition shall not be
10deemed to have passed in any of those elementary or unit school
11districts, and the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
12schools of the township in which those offices were sought to
13be abolished shall not be abolished, unless in each of those
14elementary and unit school districts remaining subject to the
15jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
16trustees of schools of that township proceedings are again
17initiated to abolish those offices and all of the proceedings
18and conditions prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this
19subsection are repeated and met in each of those elementary and
20unit school districts.
21    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
22or any other provision of the School Code, the offices of
23township treasurer and trustee of schools of a township that
24has a population of less than 200,000 and that contains a unit
25school district and is located in a Class II county school unit
26shall also be abolished as provided in this subsection if all

 

 

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1of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
2this subsection are met and if the following additional
3condition is met:
4        The electors in all of the school districts subject to
5    the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer
6    and trustees of schools of the township in which those
7    offices are sought to be abolished shall vote at the
8    consolidated election on the proposition to abolish the
9    offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of
10    that township. If a majority of the electors in all of the
11    school districts combined voting on the proposition vote in
12    favor of the proposition, then the proposition shall be
13    deemed to have passed; but if a majority of the electors
14    voting on the proposition in all of the school district
15    fails to vote in favor of the proposition as submitted to
16    them, then the proposition shall not be deemed to have
17    passed and the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
18    schools of the township in which those offices were sought
19    to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless and until
20    the proceedings detailed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of
21    this subsection and the conditions set forth in this
22    paragraph are met.
23    If the proposition to abolish the offices of township
24treasurer and trustee of schools of a township is deemed to
25have passed at the consolidated election as provided in this
26subsection, those offices shall be deemed abolished by

 

 

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1operation of law effective on January 1 of the calendar year
2immediately following the calendar year in which that
3consolidated election is held, provided that if after the
4election, the trustees of schools by resolution elect to
5abolish the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
6schools effective on July 1 immediately following the election,
7then the offices shall be abolished on July 1 immediately
8following the election. On the date that the offices of
9township treasurer and trustee of schools of a township are
10deemed abolished by operation of law, the school board of each
11elementary and unit school district and the school board of
12each high school district that is subject to the jurisdiction
13and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools
14of that township at the time those offices are abolished: (i)
15shall appoint its own school treasurer as provided in Section
168-1; and (ii) unless the term of the contract of a township
17treasurer expires on the date that the office of township
18treasurer is abolished, shall pay to the former township
19treasurer its proportionate share of any aggregate
20compensation that, were the office of township treasurer not
21abolished at that time, would have been payable to the former
22township treasurer after that date over the remainder of the
23term of the contract of the former township treasurer that
24began prior to but ends after that date. In addition, on the
25date that the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
26schools of a township are deemed abolished as provided in this

 

 

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1subsection, the school board of each elementary school, high
2school and unit school district that until that date is subject
3to the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
4trustees of schools of that township shall be deemed by
5operation of law to have agreed and assumed to pay and, when
6determined, shall pay to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
7a proportionate share of the unfunded liability existing in
8that Fund at the time these offices are abolished in that
9calendar year for all annuities or other benefits then or
10thereafter to become payable from that Fund with respect to all
11periods of service performed prior to that date as a
12participating employee in that Fund by persons serving during
13those periods of service as a trustee of schools, township
14treasurer or regular employee in the office of the township
15treasurer of that township. That unfunded liability shall be
16actuarially determined by the board of trustees of the Illinois
17Municipal Retirement Fund, and the board of trustees shall
18thereupon notify each school board required to pay a
19proportionate share of that unfunded liability of the aggregate
20amount of the unfunded liability so determined. The amount so
21paid to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund by each of those
22school districts shall be credited to the account of the
23township in that Fund. For each elementary school, high school
24and unit school district under the jurisdiction and authority
25of a township treasurer and trustees of schools of a township
26in which those offices are abolished as provided in this

 

 

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1subsection, each such district's proportionate share of the
2aggregate compensation payable to the former township
3treasurer as provided in this paragraph and each such
4district's proportionate share of the aggregate amount of the
5unfunded liability payable to the Illinois Municipal
6Retirement Fund as provided in this paragraph shall be computed
7in accordance with the ratio that the number of pupils in
8average daily attendance in each such district for the school
9year last ending prior to the date on which the offices of
10township treasurer and trustee of schools of that township are
11abolished bears to the aggregate number of pupils in average
12daily attendance in all of those districts as so reported for
13that school year.
14    Upon abolition of the offices of township treasurer and
15trustee of schools of a township as provided in this
16subsection: (i) the regional board of school trustees, in its
17corporate capacity, shall be deemed the successor in interest
18to the former trustees of schools of that township with respect
19to the common school lands and township loanable funds of the
20township; (ii) all right, title and interest existing or vested
21in the former trustees of schools of that township in the
22common school lands and township loanable funds of the
23township, and all records, moneys, securities and other assets,
24rights of property and causes of action pertaining to or
25constituting a part of those common school lands or township
26loanable funds, shall be transferred to and deemed vested by

 

 

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1operation of law in the regional board of school trustees,
2which shall hold legal title to, manage and operate all common
3school lands and township loanable funds of the township,
4receive the rents, issues and profits therefrom, and have and
5exercise with respect thereto the same powers and duties as are
6provided by this Code to be exercised by regional boards of
7school trustees when acting as township land commissioners in
8counties having at least 220,000 but fewer than 2,000,000
9inhabitants; (iii) the regional board of school trustees shall
10select to serve as its treasurer with respect to the common
11school lands and township loanable funds of the township a
12person from time to time also serving as the appointed school
13treasurer of any school district that was subject to the
14jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
15trustees of schools of that township at the time those offices
16were abolished, and the person selected to also serve as
17treasurer of the regional board of school trustees shall have
18his compensation for services in that capacity fixed by the
19regional board of school trustees, to be paid from the township
20loanable funds, and shall make to the regional board of school
21trustees the reports required to be made by treasurers of
22township land commissioners, give bond as required by
23treasurers of township land commissioners, and perform the
24duties and exercise the powers of treasurers of township land
25commissioners; (iv) the regional board of school trustees shall
26designate in the manner provided by Section 8-7, insofar as

 

 

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1applicable, a depositary for its treasurer, and the proceeds of
2all rents, issues and profits from the common school lands and
3township loanable funds of that township shall be deposited and
4held in the account maintained for those purposes with that
5depositary and shall be expended and distributed therefrom as
6provided in Section 15-24 and other applicable provisions of
7this Code; and (v) whenever there is vested in the trustees of
8schools of a township at the time that office is abolished
9under this subsection the legal title to any school buildings
10or school sites used or occupied for school purposes by any
11elementary school, high school or unit school district subject
12to the jurisdiction and authority of those trustees of school
13at the time that office is abolished, the legal title to those
14school buildings and school sites shall be deemed transferred
15by operation of law to and invested in the school board of that
16school district, in its corporate capacity Section 7-28, the
17same to be held, sold, exchanged leased or otherwise
18transferred in accordance with applicable provisions of this
19Code.
20    Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g of this Code, a waiver of a
21mandate established under this Section may not be requested.
22(Source: P.A. 94-1078, eff. 1-9-07; 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07; 95-4,
23eff. 5-31-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
251, 2016.".