Full Text of HB3693 99th General Assembly
HB3693eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 3-70 as follows: | 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/3-70) | 7 | | Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of | 8 | | Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided | 9 | | in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the | 10 | | coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of the | 11 | | Township Assessor under this Code.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.) | 13 | | Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing the | 14 | | heading of Article 27 and by adding Article 28 as follows: | 15 | | (60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading) | 16 | | ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP | 17 | | ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY :
| 18 | | COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.) | 20 | | (60 ILCS 1/Art. 28 heading new) |
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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 a county with | 8 | | a population of 270,000 or more determined using the most | 9 | | recent federal decennial census, and (3) contains a territory | 10 | | of 23 square miles or more. | 11 | | (60 ILCS 1/28-10 new) | 12 | | Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township | 13 | | organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of | 14 | | township organization. | 15 | | (a) The township board of a township described under | 16 | | Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a | 17 | | majority of the votes of the township board, providing that, | 18 | | upon the approval of a coterminous, or substantially | 19 | | coterminous, municipality's corporate authorities, (1) that | 20 | | the township organization shall discontinue and be abolished; | 21 | | and (2) that the township shall transfer all the rights, | 22 | | powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, | 23 | | and responsibilities of the township organization to the | 24 | | coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality. The |
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| 1 | | corporate authorities of the coterminous, or substantially | 2 | | coterminous, municipality shall adopt an ordinance by a | 3 | | majority vote approving such transfer to the municipality. | 4 | | (b) On the later date of either the (i) approval of an | 5 | | ordinance by a municipality under subsection (a) of this | 6 | | Section, or (ii) expiration of the township officers' terms | 7 | | after passing an ordinance under subsection (a) of this | 8 | | Section, the township is discontinued and abolished and all the | 9 | | rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, | 10 | | obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall by | 11 | | operation of law vest in and be assumed by the municipality, | 12 | | including the authority to levy property taxes for township | 13 | | purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township. | 14 | | (60 ILCS 1/28-15 new) | 15 | | Sec. 28-15. Coterminous municipality's duties and | 16 | | responsibilities. Upon the effective date of discontinuance | 17 | | and abolishment of the township organization, the coterminous | 18 | | municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of | 19 | | the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the | 20 | | Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the | 21 | | Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. The coterminous | 22 | | municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or | 23 | | contract with the county or the State to administer the duties | 24 | | and responsibilities of the township officers for services | 25 | | 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.
| 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: |
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| 1 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1) | 2 | | Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | 3 | | Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township under Articles | 4 | | Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, the coterminous | 5 | | municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public | 6 | | aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.) | 8 | | Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | 9 | | changing Section 5-205.10 as follows: | 10 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-205.10) | 11 | | Sec. 5-205.10. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. | 12 | | If township organization is discontinued as provided in | 13 | | Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the | 14 | | coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of highway | 15 | | commissioner under this Code.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.
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