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1 | | ARTICLE 28. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP |
2 | | ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS |
3 | | MUNICIPALITY: SPECIFIED TOWNSHIPS |
4 | | (60 ILCS 1/28-5 new) |
5 | | Sec. 28-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to |
6 | | a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially |
7 | | coterminous, municipality, (2) is located within St. Clair |
8 | | County, and (3) contains a territory of 23 square miles or |
9 | | more. |
10 | | (60 ILCS 1/28-10 new) |
11 | | Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township |
12 | | organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of |
13 | | township organization. |
14 | | (a) The township board of a township described under |
15 | | Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a |
16 | | majority of the votes of the township board, providing that, |
17 | | upon the approval of a coterminous, or substantially |
18 | | coterminous, municipality's corporate authorities, (1) that |
19 | | the township organization shall discontinue and be abolished; |
20 | | and (2) that the township shall transfer all the rights, |
21 | | powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, |
22 | | and responsibilities of the township organization to the |
23 | | coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality. The |
24 | | corporate authorities of the coterminous, or substantially |
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1 | | coterminous, municipality shall adopt an ordinance by a |
2 | | majority vote approving such transfer to the municipality. |
3 | | (b) On the later date of either the (i) approval of an |
4 | | ordinance by a municipality under subsection (a) of this |
5 | | Section, or (ii) expiration of the township officers' terms |
6 | | after passing an ordinance under subsection (a) of this |
7 | | Section, the township is discontinued and abolished and all the |
8 | | rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, |
9 | | obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall by |
10 | | operation of law vest in and be assumed by the municipality, |
11 | | including the authority to levy property taxes for township |
12 | | purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township. |
13 | | (60 ILCS 1/28-15 new) |
14 | | Sec. 28-15. Coterminous municipality's duties and |
15 | | responsibilities. Upon the effective date of discontinuance |
16 | | and abolishment of the township organization, the coterminous |
17 | | municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of |
18 | | the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the |
19 | | Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the |
20 | | Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. The coterminous |
21 | | municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or |
22 | | contract with the county or the State to administer the duties |
23 | | and responsibilities of the township officers for services |
24 | | under its jurisdiction. |
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1 | | (60 ILCS 1/28-20 new) |
2 | | Sec. 28-20. Business, records, and property of |
3 | | discontinued township organization. The records of a township |
4 | | organization discontinued under this Article shall be |
5 | | deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's |
6 | | office. The coterminous municipality may close up all |
7 | | unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any |
8 | | of the property belonging to the township for benefit of the |
9 | | inhabitants of the coterminous municipality. |
10 | | Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended by |
11 | | changing Section 25 as follows: |
12 | | (70 ILCS 905/25) |
13 | | Sec. 25. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. If the |
14 | | office of Township Assessor in a coterminous township is |
15 | | discontinued as provided in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the |
16 | | Township Code, then the coterminous municipality's Council |
17 | | members shall be the board of health for the public health |
18 | | district under this Act.
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19 | | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.) |
20 | | Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
21 | | changing Section 12-3.1 as follows: |
22 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1) |
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1 | | Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. |
2 | | Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township under Articles |
3 | | Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, the coterminous |
4 | | municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public |
5 | | aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code.
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6 | | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.) |
7 | | Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by |
8 | | changing Section 5-205.10 as follows: |
9 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-205.10) |
10 | | Sec. 5-205.10. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. |
11 | | If township organization is discontinued as provided in |
12 | | Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the |
13 | | coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of highway |
14 | | commissioner under this Code.
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15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
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16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
17 | | becoming law.
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