60 ILCS 1/ Township Code.

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60 ILCS 1/75-25

(60 ILCS 1/75-25)

Sec. 75-25.

Failure to make return; petty offense.

If a township clerk
wilfully omits to make a return required by this Article, he or she is guilty
of a petty offense and shall be fined, for each offense, not more than $10.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/75-30

(60 ILCS 1/75-30)

Sec. 75-30.

Deputy registration officer.

The township clerk, upon
appointment as a deputy registration officer by the county clerk under
the Election Code, shall have the powers and duties provided in the Election
Code.

(Source: P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/75-35

(60 ILCS 1/75-35)

Sec. 75-35.

Member of board of health.

The township clerk shall be
a member of the board of health for a public health district as provided in
the Public Health District Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/75-40

(60 ILCS 1/75-40)

Sec. 75-40.

Road district clerk.

In each road district comprised
of a single township, the township clerk shall be ex officio clerk for
the highway commissioner and shall have the powers and duties as provided in
Article 6 of the Illinois Highway Code.

(Source: P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/75-45

(60 ILCS 1/75-45)

Sec. 75-45.

Deputy clerk.

(a) The township clerk, when authorized by the township board, may appoint
one deputy clerk.

(b) The deputy clerk has the power and duty to do the following:

(1) Execute all documents required by law to be

executed by the township clerk and affix the township clerk's seal to those documents when required by law.  In signing a document, the deputy clerk shall sign the name of the clerk followed with the word "By" and the deputy clerk's own name and the words "Deputy Clerk".

(2) Attend bid openings with respect to the sale,

purchase, or lease of goods or services by the township or the road district comprised of that township.

(3) Attend township meetings and township board

meetings and take minutes of those meetings.

(c) The deputy clerk shall exercise the powers authorized under this Section
only in the absence of the township clerk from the place where the clerk's
office is maintained (in the case of powers described in paragraphs (1) and (2)
of subsection (b)) and only when (i) the clerk has directed the deputy clerk,
in writing, to exercise that power or (ii) the township board has determined by
resolution that the township clerk is temporarily or permanently incapacitated
to perform that function.

(Source: Incorporates P.A. 88-360; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 77

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 77 heading) ARTICLE 77.

TOWNSHIP

ASSESSOR

60 ILCS 1/77-5

(60 ILCS 1/77-5)

Sec. 77-5.

Election; powers and duties.

The township assessor shall
be elected and have powers and duties as provided in the Property Tax Code. The
township assessor also shall be a member of the board of health for a public
health district as provided in the Public Health District Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 78

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 78 heading) ARTICLE 78.

TOWNSHIP

COLLECTOR

60 ILCS 1/78-5

(60 ILCS 1/78-5)

Sec. 78-5.

Bond; powers and duties.

The township collector shall
execute a bond and have powers and duties as provided in the Property Tax
Code.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 80

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 80 heading) ARTICLE 80.

TOWNSHIP BOARD

60 ILCS 1/80-5

(60 ILCS 1/80-5)

Sec. 80-5.

Township board membership; officers.

(a) In each township, the township board shall consist of the supervisor and
4 other members elected at large from the township under Section 50-5. The
township clerk shall be the clerk of the township board but not a voting
member, except that in the case of a tie vote to fill a vacancy in a township
office, the clerk shall be entitled to cast one vote.  Each person on the
township board shall cast but one vote. The supervisor shall be the chairman
of the board.

(b) In towns organized under Article 15, all the powers vested by law in the
township board shall be exercised by the city council.

(c) The designations "town auditors", "board of trustees", "board of town
trustees", "board of township trustees", and "town board" are changed to
"township board". Wherever the terms "auditors", "board of trustees", "board of
town trustees", board of township trustees", or "town board" are used in this
or any other Act to refer to township officers provided for by this Section,
they mean the township board. Wherever the term "trustees" is used in this or
any other Act to refer to township officers provided for by this Section, it
means the members of the township board other than the township supervisor.

(d) The change made by Public Act 79-341 does not reduce the term of any
member of a town board of auditors elected before its effective date (October
1, 1975) nor does it invalidate any action taken by a board of town auditors or
town trustees by reason of the designation used for the board in relation to
the action taken.

(Source: P.A. 85-694; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-10

(60 ILCS 1/80-10)

Sec. 80-10. Board meetings; township and road district accounts.

(a) The township board shall meet at the township clerk's office for the
purpose of examining and auditing the township and road district accounts
before any bills (other than general assistance, obligations for Social
Security taxes as required by the Social Security Enabling Act, and wages that
are subject to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, or other expenses determined by the township board by resolution) are paid, provided that payments made pursuant to a board resolution shall be reviewed and verified at the next meeting.  The
board may meet at other times as they determine. The township board may
consider and approve bills individually or in a  summary statement of any
number of bills.

(b) Upon the request of the supervisor or of any 2 board members, the
township clerk shall call a meeting at the time requested and shall furnish to
the board members at least 48 hours' notice of the meeting.

(c) The township board may declare a vacancy in the office of township
supervisor or trustee if the supervisor or a trustee has 5 or more consecutive
unexcused absences from regularly scheduled township board meetings.

(d) The township board may adopt rules not inconsistent with this Code to
govern its meetings.  The rules may provide for excused absences of
the supervisor or trustees from township board meetings.

(e) All meetings of the township board shall be open to the
public as provided in the Open Meetings Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-1174, eff. 1-12-15.)

60 ILCS 1/80-15

(60 ILCS 1/80-15)

Sec. 80-15.

Supervisor and highway commissioner accounts.

(a) The township board shall, at the same time and place as stated in Section
80-10, examine the accounts of the supervisor (including all contingent
expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the township and
including the supervisor's accounts as supervisor of general assistance) and of
the commissioner of highways of the township for all moneys received and
distributed by them.  The board shall also examine and audit (i) all charges
and claims against their township and against their road district (if not part
of a consolidated township road district) and (ii) the compensation of all
township officers (except the compensation of supervisors for county services).

(b) The examination and audit of the accounts of the supervisor as the
supervisor of general assistance and the accounts pertaining to Social Security
tax payments are not required to be conducted before payments for Social
Security taxes and general assistance are made by the supervisor. No
examination and audit is required before the payment of wages that are subject
to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.

(Source: P.A. 85-526; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-20

(60 ILCS 1/80-20)

Sec. 80-20.

Independent audit of accounts.

(a) All accounts audited under this Article (and those rejected, if any)
shall be delivered with the certificate of the trustees (or a majority of
them) to the township clerk, who shall keep them on file for the inspection
of any of the inhabitants of the township. They shall also be produced by
the township clerk at the next annual meeting and shall be read at the
meeting by the clerk.

(b) In townships that receive revenue of $850,000 or more during any fiscal
year, exclusive of road funds, the township board shall have the
accounts and all records of the township thoroughly audited by a certified
public accountant within 6 months after the close of each fiscal year.  The
board shall have a copy of the accountant's report and recommendations filed
with the township clerk and another copy filed with the county clerk for public
inspection.

(c) In townships that receive revenue of less than $850,000 during any fiscal
year, exclusive of road funds, the township board shall have the
accounts and all records of the township audited and inspected by an
independent auditing committee composed of 3 township electors chosen by
the board.  The audit shall be completed within 6 months after the close of
each fiscal year. A copy of the auditing committee's report and
recommendations shall be filed with the township clerk and another copy shall
be filed with the county clerk for public inspection.  The auditing
committee shall not contain any member of the township board or
any person related to a trustee.  Members of the auditing committee shall
be proficient in accounting principles and practices and shall be
compensated at a rate determined by the township board but not to exceed
$50 per day.  In addition to the other audit requirements
imposed by law, in townships subject to this subsection, the township board
shall have the accounts and all records of the township thoroughly
audited by a certified public accountant within 6 months after (i) the end
of each term of office of the township supervisor and (ii) a vacancy occurs
in the office of township supervisor.
A copy of the accountant's report and recommendations shall be filed with the
township clerk and another copy shall be filed with the county clerk for public
inspection.

(Source: P.A. 92-582, eff. 7-1-02.)

60 ILCS 1/80-25

(60 ILCS 1/80-25)

Sec. 80-25.

Verification of accounts.

The township board may require any
account presented to be verified by an affidavit setting forth that the account
is correct and reasonable and is unpaid (or, if any part of the account has
been paid, setting forth the amount that has been paid).

(Source: P.A. 84-947; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-30

(60 ILCS 1/80-30)

Sec. 80-30.

Certification of claim or charge.

(a) The township board shall make a certificate, to be signed by a majority
of the board, specifying the nature of the claim or charge and to whom the
amount is allowed.  The board shall cause the certificate to be delivered to
the township clerk, who shall keep it on file for the inspection of the
inhabitants of the township.

(b) The aggregate amount of claims or charges that have been reduced to
judgment shall be certified to the county clerk at the same time and in the
same manner as the other amounts required to be raised for township purposes,
which shall be levied and collected as other township taxes, except that in the
townships mentioned in Section 30-180, the amount shall be certified to the
county board, who shall include the amount in their estimate of the township's
expenses.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/80-35

(60 ILCS 1/80-35)

Sec. 80-35.

Township charges.

The following shall be deemed township
charges:

(1) The compensation of township officers for

services rendered their respective townships.

(2) Contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the

use and benefit of the township.

(3) The moneys authorized to be raised by the vote of

a township meeting for any township purpose.

(4) Every sum directed by law to be raised for any

township purpose.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)