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TOWNSHIPS (60 ILCS 1/) Township Code. 60 ILCS 1/30-65
(60 ILCS 1/30-65)
Sec. 30-65.
Graves of former armed forces members.
The electors may provide
for the decoration and maintenance of graves of persons who at any time served
in the armed forces of the United States that are within the township.
(Source: P.A. 84-371; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-70
(60 ILCS 1/30-70)
Sec. 30-70.
Court room and office space.
The electors at any annual or
special township meeting may set aside and maintain space in any township
buildings or may obtain and maintain space in privately owned buildings for
court room and office use by the circuit court of the county in which the
township is located. The electors may supply all maintenance employees and
supplies needed to maintain the court room and office space to assist the court
in any way the court deems fit in conducting its business. The appearance and
furnishings of the court rooms established under this Section shall meet
reasonable minimum standards as prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois.
The standards shall be substantially the same as those generally accepted in
court rooms as to general furnishings, arrangement of bench, tables, and
chairs, cleanliness, convenience to litigants, decorations, lighting, and other
matters relating to the physical appearance of the court room.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-75
(60 ILCS 1/30-75)
Sec. 30-75.
Zoning.
The electors may authorize the township board to
exercise the zoning powers conferred by Article 110.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-80
(60 ILCS 1/30-80)
Sec. 30-80.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 88-62. Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-85
(60 ILCS 1/30-85)
Sec. 30-85.
Trees.
The electors may offer premiums and take actions to
induce the planting and cultivating of trees along the highways in the
township. The electors may protect and preserve trees standing along or on
highways and may purchase, plant, and cultivate trees along the streets and
highways in the township.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-90
(60 ILCS 1/30-90)
Sec. 30-90.
Fences.
The electors may make rules and regulations for
ascertaining the sufficiency of all fences in the township and may determine
what is a lawful fence within the township except as otherwise provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-95
(60 ILCS 1/30-95)
Sec. 30-95. Livestock running at large. The electors may restrain, regulate,
or prohibit the running at large of poultry, cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine, sheep,
or goats and may determine the time and manner in which those animals may go at
large, unless they are restrained from running at large in some manner provided
by law.
(Source: P.A. 94-453, eff. 1-1-06.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-100
(60 ILCS 1/30-100)
Sec. 30-100.
Pounds.
The electors may establish and maintain pounds at
places within the township that are deemed necessary and convenient and may
discontinue any pounds within the township. When a pound is erected, it shall
be under the care and direction of a poundmaster.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-105
(60 ILCS 1/30-105)
Sec. 30-105.
Poundmasters.
The electors may determine the number of
poundmasters, prescribe their duties, and elect poundmasters, either by ballot
or in another manner that they determine. Alternatively, the electors may
provide for the appointment of poundmasters.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-110
(60 ILCS 1/30-110)
Sec. 30-110.
Impounding and sale of animals.
The electors may authorize the
distraining, impounding, and sale of cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine,
sheep, and goats for penalties incurred and the costs of the proceeding. The
sale of animals distrained or impounded shall be conducted, as near as may be
practicable, according to the law regulating sales of property by sheriffs for
the satisfaction of a judgment of the circuit court. The owner of the animals
may redeem them from the purchaser at any time within 3 months from the date of
the sale by paying the amount of the purchaser's bid, with reasonable costs for
their keeping and interest upon the amount bid at the rate of 10% per annum.
The electors may also authorize the impounding of dogs found running at large
and provide for their destruction at the end of a reasonable period of time if
they are not claimed and the cost of impounding paid.
(Source: P.A. 83-341; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-115
(60 ILCS 1/30-115)
Sec. 30-115.
Public wells.
The electors may construct and keep in repair
public wells or other watering places and may regulate the use of those wells
and watering places.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-117 (60 ILCS 1/30-117)
Sec. 30-117. Special services; disaster relief. The corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, authorize
the use
of permanent
road funds, general road and bridge funds, or
town funds for the purpose of
collecting, transporting, and disposing of brush and leaves generated from
those
properties that are contiguous to roads as defined by Section 2-103 of the Illinois Highway Code or located within the unincorporated areas of the township. The
electors may allow general road and bridge or town funds to also be used for
the
purpose of providing disaster relief and support services approved by
the Township Board of Trustees at a regularly scheduled or special meeting.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-417, eff. 1-1-12.) |
60 ILCS 1/30-120
(60 ILCS 1/30-120)
Sec. 30-120.
Garbage.
The electors may prevent the deposit of night soil,
garbage, or other offensive substances within the limits of the township. This
Section does apply to refuse disposal facilities regulated by the Illinois
Department of Public Health and the county in which the facilities are located.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-125
(60 ILCS 1/30-125)
Sec. 30-125.
Recreational vehicle parking.
The electors may adopt ordinances
regulating the standing or parking of recreational vehicles on township roads
within each township.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-130
(60 ILCS 1/30-130)
Sec. 30-130.
Inoperable motor vehicles.
(a) The electors may by ordinance declare inoperable motor vehicles, whether
on public or private property, to be a nuisance and may authorize fines to be
levied for the failure of any person to obey a notice from the township stating
that the person is to dispose of any inoperable motor vehicles under his or her
control. The electors may authorize a law enforcement agency with applicable
jurisdiction to remove, after 7 days from the issuance of the township notice,
any inoperable motor vehicle or parts of such a vehicle.
(b) Nothing in this Section applies to any motor vehicle that is kept within
a building when not in use, to an operable historic vehicle over 25 years of
age, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged in
the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles.
(c) As used in this Section, "inoperable motor vehicle" means any motor
vehicle from which, for a period of at least 7 days or any longer period of
time fixed by ordinance, the engine, wheels, or other parts have been removed,
or on which the engine, wheels, or other parts have been altered, damaged, or
otherwise treated so that the vehicle is incapable of being driven under its
own motor power. "Inoperable motor vehicle" does not include a motor vehicle
that has been rendered temporarily incapable of being driven under its own
motor power in order to perform ordinary service or repair operations.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-135
(60 ILCS 1/30-135)
Sec. 30-135.
Dealers in second hand articles.
The electors may authorize the
licensing and regulation and direct the location of all places of business of
purchasers, traders, and dealers in junk, rags, and any second hand article,
including motor vehicles, except in cities, villages, and incorporated towns in
the township that by ordinance provide for the licensing, regulation, or
location of places of business of those purchasers, traders, and dealers.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-140
(60 ILCS 1/30-140)
Sec. 30-140.
Regulation of certain occupations.
In counties with a
population of less than 3,000,000, the electors may regulate hawkers, peddlers,
pawnbrokers, itinerant merchants, and transient vendors of merchandise. The
township board in those counties may require that any such person register his
or her name and the name of any firm he or she represents with the township
clerk and may make reasonable restrictions of the hours during which he or she
may engage in door-to-door solicitation. The township board in those counties
also may prohibit the activities of any categories of persons as it determines
to be in the best interest of township residents. Any regulation under this
Section shall not apply within the boundaries of a city, village, or
incorporated town.
(Source: P.A. 84-822; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-145
(60 ILCS 1/30-145)
Sec. 30-145. Mental health services. If a township is not included in a
mental health district organized under the Community Mental Health Act, the
electors may authorize the board of trustees to provide mental health
services (including services for the
alcoholic and the drug addicted, and for persons with intellectual disabilities) for residents of the
township by disbursing existing funds if available by contracting
with mental health agencies
approved by the Department of Human Services,
alcoholism treatment programs licensed by the Department of Public Health, and
treatment facilities and other services for substance use disorders approved by the
Department of Human Services. To be
eligible to receive
township funds, an agency, program, facility, or other service provider must
have been in existence for more than one year and must serve the township
area.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-759, eff. 1-1-19 .)
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60 ILCS 1/30-150
(60 ILCS 1/30-150)
Sec. 30-150.
Police protection by municipality; county under 1,000,000.
In
counties having a population of less than 1,000,000, the electors may authorize
the township board to contract with one or more incorporated municipalities
lying wholly or partly within the boundaries of the township, or with advice
and
consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request
for contract services is made, based upon a determination of law enforcement
needs of the area in which contract services are sought with the county
within which the township is located
to furnish police protection in
the area of the township that is not within the incorporated area of any
municipality having a regular police department.
(Source: P.A. 91-633, eff. 12-1-99.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-155
(60 ILCS 1/30-155)
Sec. 30-155.
Police protection by county in county under 1,000,000; special
taxing district.
(a) In counties having a population of less than 1,000,000, the electors may
authorize the township board to contract with the county sheriff within which
the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area
of the township.
(b) The township board may adopt a resolution declaring the unincorporated
area of the township a special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the
adoption of the resolution authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the
special police district in the amount specified in the annual township tax
levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of the value of taxable property as
equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
(c) Whenever a resolution creating a special police district has been
adopted, the township board shall order the proposition submitted to the voters
within the territory of the proposed special police district at an election.
The clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials.
Notice shall be given and the election conducted in accordance with the general
election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall a special police district be created to serve | | the unincorporated areas of (name of township), and shall a tax be levied at a rate of not more than 0.10% of the value of taxable property in the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?
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The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(d) If a majority of votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the
special police district, the district shall be created.
(Source: P.A. 83-209; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-160
(60 ILCS 1/30-160)
Sec. 30-160.
Police protection by municipality or county; county of
1,000,000 or more; special taxing district.
(a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, the electors may
authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the
township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish
police protection in the unincorporated area of the township.
(b) The township board may declare the unincorporated area of the
township a special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the declaration
authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the special police
district in the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not to
exceed a rate of .10% of the value of taxable property as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-165
(60 ILCS 1/30-165)
Sec. 30-165.
Fire protection; special taxing district.
(a) The electors may authorize the township board to contract with one or
more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the
township is located to furnish fire protection in the unincorporated area of
the township.
(b) With the approval of a majority of the voters in the unincorporated area
of a township, the township board may declare the unincorporated area of the
township a special fire district for tax purposes. Proof of that declaration
authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the special fire district in
the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not more than a rate
of 0.40% of the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue.
(c) Any territory within a special fire district that is annexed to a
municipality that provides fire protection services within its corporate limits
shall be automatically disconnected from the township fire protection taxing
district.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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60 ILCS 1/30-166
(60 ILCS 1/30-166)
Sec. 30-166. Civil penalties for false fire alarms. The township board of
any township providing fire protection services may impose reasonable civil
penalties on individuals who repeatedly cause false fire alarms.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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