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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  Public  Graveyards  Act  is amended by
 5    changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (50 ILCS 610/1) (from Ch. 21, par. 13)
 7        Sec. 1.  (a) Public graveyards in this State,  not  under
 8    the control of any corporation sole, organization or society,
 9    and  located  within  the limits of townships or counties not
10    under township organization, shall and may be  controlled  or
11    vacated  by  the  corporate  authorities  of such township or
12    county in such manner as such authorities  may  deem  proper,
13    and in the case of townships, such control may be vested in 3
14    trustees.
15        (b)  Vacancies created by the expiration occurring at any
16    time  after  the  effective date of the amendatory Act of the
17    Seventy-eighth General Assembly and after this amendatory Act
18    of the  83rd  General  Assembly  of  the  terms  of  cemetery
19    trustees  of a township (except a township coterminous with a
20    municipality) or of a county not under township  organization
21    elected  under  this Act shall be filled only by appointment.
22    Such appointment shall be made by the  county  board  of  any
23    county  not  under  township  organization or by the Township
24    Board of Trustees in counties under township organization, as
25    the case may be, for a term of 6 years. Until  the  effective
26    date   of   this  amendatory  Act  of  1983,  in  a  township
27    coterminous with  a  municipality,  cemetery  trustees  shall
28    continue to be elected by ballot, with one trustee elected in
29    each  odd-numbered year, in accordance with the provisions of
30    the general election law, for a term of  6  years  and  until
31    their respective successors are elected and qualified.  After
 
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 1    the  effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act of 1983, in a
 2    township coterminous with a municipality,  cemetery  trustees
 3    shall   be  appointed  by  the  governing  authority  of  the
 4    municipality with one trustee appointed in each  odd-numbered
 5    year  for  a  term of 6 years and until his or her respective
 6    successors are appointed and qualified.
 7        Such trustees may  be  paid  such  compensation,  not  to
 8    exceed  $2,000 $500 per year, as may be fixed by the Township
 9    Board of Trustees. If the cemetery trustees also act  as  the
10    cemetery  caretakers,  then the cemetery trustees may be paid
11    compensation not to exceed $5,000 per year, as may  be  fixed
12    by the Township Board of Trustees.
13        (c)  Not  more than one of the trustees shall be from any
14    one city or village or incorporated town or section  of  land
15    within  such township unless such city, village, incorporated
16    town or section of land shall  have  more  than  50%  of  the
17    population  of  the  township according to the last preceding
18    Federal census in  which  are  included  2  or  more  cities,
19    villages, incorporated towns or sections of land.
20    (Source: P.A. 83-712.)

21        Section  10.   The  Township  Code is amended by changing
22    Sections 80-55 and 150-15 as follows:

23        (60 ILCS 1/80-55)
24        Sec. 80-55.  Multi-township board. A multi-township board
25    shall be organized as provided in the Property Tax Code,  and
26    shall  have  only  the  powers,  duties, and responsibilities
27    provided by  law.  Members  of  a  multi-township  board  may
28    receive  additional  pay for their service, determined by the
29    multi-township board under Section 65-10, in an amount not to
30    exceed $50 $25 per day for each day of  service  and  may  be
31    reimbursed  for  any actual expense incurred in the discharge
32    of their duties as members of the multi-township board.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

 2        (60 ILCS 1/150-15)
 3        Sec. 150-15.  Board of managers; election;  organization;
 4    salary.
 5        (a)  The  community  building or buildings, if authorized
 6    at an election, shall be under the care and supervision of  a
 7    board  of managers.  The board of managers shall consist of 3
 8    persons who are registered to vote from a  residence  in  the
 9    township.  Each member of the board of managers may be paid a
10    salary not to exceed $50 $25 per day or $2,000 $500 per year,
11    as  determined  by  the  township  board,  for  attendance at
12    township meetings and business travel pertaining to  official
13    duties.
14        (b)  The  first board of managers shall be elected at the
15    regular election at which the referendum for the first  issue
16    of  bonds  for  the  establishment of a community building or
17    buildings is authorized by the voters. Three  managers  shall
18    be  elected  at  the  time  of  the regular township election
19    provided  in  the  general  election  law  and  until   their
20    successors are elected and qualified.
21        (c)  Candidates  for  the  board  of  managers  shall  be
22    nominated by a petition signed by 10 registered voters of the
23    township  and  filed  with the township clerk within the time
24    prescribed by the general election law.  The  township  clerk
25    shall  certify  the  names  of  the  candidates to the proper
26    election authorities.  The election shall be conducted in the
27    manner  prescribed  by  the  general  election  law.  The   3
28    candidates   receiving   the   highest   number   of   votes,
29    respectively,  shall be declared elected and shall assume the
30    duties of their office on  the  first  Monday  of  the  month
31    following their election.
32        (d)  Within  10  days after assuming office, the board of
33    managers shall meet  and  organize.   One   member  shall  be
 
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 1    elected chairman and one member shall be elected clerk of the
 2    board.  A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for
 3    the  transaction  of  business.  If  a  vacancy occurs on the
 4    board, the vacancy shall be filled by the remaining  managers
 5    within  60  days  by  the  appointment  of  a  person  who is
 6    qualified to be a manager. The person appointed  shall  serve
 7    the remainder of the unexpired term.
 8    (Source: P.A. 86-283; 88-62.)

 9        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
10    becoming law.

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