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Public Act 093-0743


 

Public Act 0743 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 093-0743
 
HB4026 Enrolled LRB093 15637 MKM 41245 b

    AN ACT in relation to townships.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
Sections 85-10, 140-5, and 240-5 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/85-10)
    Sec. 85-10. Township corporate powers.
    (a) Every township has the corporate capacity to exercise
the powers granted to it, or necessarily implied, and no
others. Every township has the powers specified in this
Section.
    (b) A township may sue and be sued.
    (c) A township may acquire (by purchase, gift, or legacy)
and hold property, both real and personal, for the use of its
inhabitants and may sell and convey that property. A township
may purchase any real estate or personal property for public
purposes under contracts providing for payment in installments
over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal
property. A township may finance the purchase of any real
estate or personal property for public purpose under finance
contracts providing for payment in installments over a period
of time of not more than 20 years in the case of real estate and
not more than 10 years in the case of personal property. A
township may construct a township hall under contracts
providing for payment over a period of time of not more than 10
5 years. The interest on the unpaid balance shall not exceed
that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.
    (d) A township may make all contracts necessary in the
exercise of the township's powers.
    (e) A township may expend or contract for the expenditure
of any federal funds made available to the township by law for
any purpose for which taxes imposed upon township property or
property within the township may be expended.
    (f) A township may acquire (singly or jointly with a
municipality or municipalities) land or any interest in land
located within its township limits. The township may acquire
the land or interest by gift, purchase, or otherwise, but not
by condemnation. A township may (singly or jointly) improve or
arrange for the improvement of the land for industrial or
commercial purposes and may donate and convey the land or
interest in land so acquired and so improved to the Illinois
Finance Authority.
    (g) (Blank)
    (h) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted
either expressly or by necessary implication by this Code, any
other Illinois statute, or the Illinois Constitution to
townships may be exercised by those townships notwithstanding
effects on competition. It is the intention of the General
Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application
of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to townships
to the extent their activities are authorized by law as stated
in this Code.
    (i) A township may receive funds under the federal Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974 and may expend or
contract for the expenditure of those funds and other township
funds for the activities specified in Section 105 of that Act.
The powers granted under this subsection (i) are in addition to
powers otherwise possessed by a township and shall not be
construed as a limitation of those other powers.
    (j) A township may establish reasonable fees for recreation
and instructional programs sponsored by the township.
(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
    (60 ILCS 1/140-5)
    Sec. 140-5. Petition and referendum for township hall.
    (a) Whenever it is desired to build, purchase, or lease, for a
longer period than 10 5 years, a township hall, a multi-purpose
senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose
senior center in any township, at least 25 electors of the
township may, before the time of giving notice of the annual
township meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in
writing that the proposition of building, purchasing, or
leasing a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a
combination township hall and multi-purpose senior center and
issuing bonds for the building, purchase, or lease be submitted
to the voters of the township at the next ensuing general
election. The proposition shall be clearly stated in the
petition substantially as follows: "Shall (name of township)
borrow $(amount) to (build, purchase, or lease) a (township
hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination
multi-purpose township hall and senior center) and issue bonds
for the (building, purchase, or lease)?" The petition shall be
filed in the office of the township clerk.
    (b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to
the legal voters of the township at an election in accordance
with the general election law. The form of the proposition
shall be substantially as follows:
        Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to (build,
    purchase, or lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior
    center, or combination township hall and multi-purpose
    senior center) and issue bonds for the (building, purchase,
    or lease)?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(Source: P.A. 87-1254; 88-62.)
 
    (60 ILCS 1/240-5)
    Sec. 240-5. Borrowing money. The township board may borrow
money (i) from any bank or financial institution if the money
is to be repaid within 10 years from the time it is borrowed or
(ii) , with the approval of the highway commissioner, from a
township road district fund, if the money is to be repaid
within one year from the time it is borrowed. "Financial
institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois Banking
Act, any savings and loan association subject to the Illinois
Savings and Loan Act of 1985, and any federally chartered
commercial bank or savings and loan association organized and
operated in this State under the laws of the United States.
(Source: P.A. 86-1179; 88-62.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
changing Section 6-107.1 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/6-107.1)  (from Ch. 121, par. 6-107.1)
    Sec. 6-107.1. Road districts may borrow money from any bank
or other financial institution or, in a township road district
and with the approval of the town board of trustees, from the
town fund, provided such money shall be repaid within 10 years
one year from the time the money is borrowed. "Financial
institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois Banking
Act, any savings and loan association subject to the Illinois
Savings and Loan Act of 1985, and any federally chartered
commercial bank or savings and loan association organized and
operated in this State pursuant to the laws of the United
States.
(Source: P.A. 85-514; 86-1179.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/15/2004