Full Text of HB1981 97th General Assembly
HB1981sam003 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John J. Cullerton Filed: 5/9/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1981
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1981 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding | 5 | | Sections 3-70 and 19-85 as follows: | 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/3-70 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | 8 | | Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided | 9 | | in Section 25-30 of the Township Code, then the coterminous | 10 | | municipality shall assume the duties of the Township Assessor | 11 | | under this Code. | 12 | | (35 ILCS 200/19-85 new) | 13 | | Sec. 19-85. Cessation of Township Collector. If the office | 14 | | of Township Collector in a coterminous township ceases as | 15 | | provided in Section 25-30 of the Township Code, then the |
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| 1 | | coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of Township | 2 | | Collector under this Code. | 3 | | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing | 4 | | Section 50-20 and by adding Section 25-30 as follows: | 5 | | (60 ILCS 1/25-30 new) | 6 | | Sec. 25-30. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | 7 | | (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 25-10 to the | 8 | | contrary, the board of trustees of a coterminous township may, | 9 | | by ordinance, submit a proposition to discontinue township | 10 | | organization to the electors of the township at a general | 11 | | election or consolidated election in accordance with general | 12 | | election law. The proposition must be approved by the corporate | 13 | | authorities of the coterminous municipality prior to placement | 14 | | on a ballot. | 15 | | The proposition shall be in substantially the following | 16 | | form: | 17 | | Shall the township organization be continued in (name | 18 | | of township)? | 19 | | The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". | 20 | | If it appears by the returns of the election that a | 21 | | three-fifths majority of the votes of the township cast on the | 22 | | question of the continuance of township organization at the | 23 | | election are against the proposed option for continuance, then | 24 | | township organization shall cease in the township on January 1 |
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| 1 | | of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year | 2 | | that the proposition was approved by the electors. Upon | 3 | | discontinuance of township organization, all powers, duties, | 4 | | assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and | 5 | | responsibilities of the township shall be assumed by the | 6 | | coterminous municipality. | 7 | | (b) If it appears by the returns of the election that a | 8 | | three-fifths majority of the votes of the township cast on the | 9 | | question of the continuance of township organization are | 10 | | against continuance, then all elected township offices shall | 11 | | cease in the township at the next January 1 after the | 12 | | proposition was approved. If township organization ceases, | 13 | | then the coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of | 14 | | all elected township offices. | 15 | | (c) The coterminous municipality shall not assume taxing | 16 | | authority of the township abolished under this Section. In the | 17 | | event that a coterminous township is discontinued under this | 18 | | Section, all township revenues as of the next January 1 after | 19 | | the proposition was approved shall be transferred to the | 20 | | coterminous municipality. | 21 | | (d) Upon discontinuance of township organization, the | 22 | | records of the township shall be deposited in the city or | 23 | | village clerk's office, as applicable. The coterminous | 24 | | municipality may close up all unfinished business of the | 25 | | township and sell and dispose of any of the property belonging | 26 | | to the township, as fully as might have been done by the |
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| 1 | | township itself, for benefit of the inhabitants of the | 2 | | municipality. | 3 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the coterminous | 4 | | municipality from entering into an intergovernmental agreement | 5 | | or contract to provide for general assistance or property | 6 | | assessment duties for services under its jurisdiction.
| 7 | | (60 ILCS 1/50-20)
| 8 | | Sec. 50-20. Counties with no township collector. No | 9 | | collector in counties under 100,000. | 10 | | (a) No collector in counties under 100,000. In counties | 11 | | under
township organization, having a population of less than | 12 | | 100,000, there shall be
no township collector elected. The | 13 | | county collector shall be ex-officio
township collector, and | 14 | | all the duties of the township collector shall devolve
upon and | 15 | | be performed by the county collector.
| 16 | | (b) No collector in counties over 2,000,000. In counties | 17 | | having a population of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants there | 18 | | shall be no township collector elected on and after the | 19 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 20 | | Assembly. Upon the completion of the terms of office of | 21 | | township collectors holding office on the effective date of | 22 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the township | 23 | | assessor shall be the ex-officio township collector, and all | 24 | | the duties of the township collector shall devolve upon and be | 25 | | performed by the township assessor. |
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
| 2 | | Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended by | 3 | | adding Section 25 as follows: | 4 | | (70 ILCS 905/25 new) | 5 | | Sec. 25. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | 6 | | Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided | 7 | | in Section 25-30 of the Township Code, then the city council or | 8 | | village board members of the coterminous municipality shall be | 9 | | the board of health for the public health district under this | 10 | | Act. | 11 | | Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 12 | | adding Section 12-3.1 as follows: | 13 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1 new) | 14 | | Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | 15 | | Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township as provided in | 16 | | Section 25-30 of the Township Code, the coterminous | 17 | | municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public | 18 | | aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code. | 19 | | Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding | 20 | | Section 5-210 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-210 new) | 2 | | Sec. 5-210. Cessation of Township Highway Commissioner. If | 3 | | the office of Highway Commissioner ceases in a coterminous | 4 | | township as provided in Section 25-30 of the Township Code, | 5 | | then the coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of | 6 | | Highway Commissioner under this Code.
| 7 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 8 | | becoming law.".
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