Chapter 60 — TOWNSHIPS

(60 ILCS 1/153-5) Sec. 153-5. Establishment and maintenance of library. A township may establish and maintain a public library as provided in the Illinois Local Library Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/153-50) Sec. 153-50. Township committee on literacy. (a) The township board of trustees may appoint a township committee on literacy of at least 5 members, and shall initially establish the length of the members' terms for one, 2, and 3 years, staggering the terms so t…

(60 ILCS 1/155-10) Sec. 155-10. Definition. A public comfort station, within the meaning of this Article, is an institution where waiting rooms, rest rooms, toilet rooms for men and women, lavatories, check rooms, drinking water, and similar facilities are freely available for th…

(60 ILCS 1/155-15) Sec. 155-15. Acquisition of buildings and equipment. In establishing, equipping, and maintaining public comfort stations, the township may construct, purchase, lease, or accept donations of ground sites, buildings, rooms, and the necessary equipment, and may em…

(60 ILCS 1/155-20) Sec. 155-20. Tax. A tax of not more than 0.03% or the rate limit in effect on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater, of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property within each township that has established a public com…

(60 ILCS 1/155-25) Sec. 155-25. Referendum. None of the powers conferred by this Article shall be exercised unless the question of establishing public comfort stations has been submitted to the electors of the township and approved by a majority of the voters voting upon the prop…

(60 ILCS 1/155-5) Sec. 155-5. Public comfort stations. Subject to Section 155-25, a township board may provide for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of public comfort stations. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/160-5) Sec. 160-5. Township monuments; petition and referendum. (a) Upon the petition of 100 or more legal voters of a township being filed with the township clerk praying that the proposition of erecting or completing a monument or memorial in honor of its soldiers an…

(60 ILCS 1/170-10) Sec. 170-10. Petition and referendum. (a) On the petition of not less than 5% of the registered voters (according to the voting registration records at the time the petition is filed) of any township having a population of less than 500,000 (according to the la…

(60 ILCS 1/170-15) Sec. 170-15. Board of directors; appointment; conflict of interest; vacancy. (a) The township clerk shall file a petition with the county clerk of the county in which the township is located, reciting that the township clerk certified the proposition to the pro…

(60 ILCS 1/170-20) Sec. 170-20. Board powers; annual financial statement; forfeiture. (a) The board of directors constitute the governing body of the public hospital; they are the corporate authorities of the township for that purpose and constitute a body corporate and politic s…

(60 ILCS 1/170-25) Sec. 170-25. Transfer of hospital; public hearing; recognition of labor organization. (a) The board of directors by resolution may enter into contracts for the transfer, sale, or lease of the public hospital and its facilities to a responsible corporation, hosp…

(60 ILCS 1/170-30) Sec. 170-30. Tax; annual appropriation ordinance. (a) The board of directors may levy a tax on all the taxable property within the township for the purpose of maintaining and operating the public hospital and for the purpose of repairing, improving, extending, …

(60 ILCS 1/170-35) Sec. 170-35. Bonds; referendum. (a) The board of directors may borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring by purchase, constructing, improving, extending, repairing, or equipping any public hospital in and for the township in any amount not to ex…

(60 ILCS 1/170-40) Sec. 170-40. Rules and regulations for operation of hospital. (a) Every public hospital established under this Article shall be maintained for the benefit of the inhabitants of the township by which it is established who are sick, injured, or maimed, but every …

(60 ILCS 1/170-45) Sec. 170-45. Donated property. Any person desiring to donate property for the benefit of a public hospital may vest title to the property donated in the board of directors. The board of directors shall hold and control the property according to the terms of the…

(60 ILCS 1/170-5) Sec. 170-5. Public hospital. Any township having a population of less than 500,000 may establish, acquire by purchase or otherwise, construct, improve, extend, repair, equip, maintain, and operate a public hospital under this Article. If a township utilizes its …

(60 ILCS 1/170-50) Sec. 170-50. Revenue bonds. (a) The board of directors may issue and sell revenue bonds payable from the revenue derived from the operation of the hospital for the purpose of (i) constructing, reconstructing, repairing, remodeling, extending, equipping, improvi…

(60 ILCS 1/170-55) Sec. 170-55. Resolution describing building and site. (a) The board of directors of any hospital availing itself of the provisions of Section 170-50 shall adopt a resolution describing in a general way the building or buildings (or addition or extension to the …

(60 ILCS 1/170-60) Sec. 170-60. Redemption of bonds. Revenue bonds issued under Section 170-50 may be redeemed by the hospital issuing them on terms, at a time, upon notice and with or without a premium as provided in the resolution authorizing them. (Source: P.A. 82-230; 88-62.)…

(60 ILCS 1/170-65) Sec. 170-65. Dissolution of the Wood River Township Hospital. (a) Dissolution. (1) The Wood River Township Hospital is dissolved 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. (2) In the 180-day period prior to dissolutio…

(60 ILCS 1/175-10) Sec. 175-10. Discontinuance of hospital. (a) Whenever at least 10% of the voters of a township that has adopted the provisions of this Article presents a petition to the township clerk requesting that the maintenance and operation of the public nonsectarian hos…

(60 ILCS 1/175-15) Sec. 175-15. Use of money; annual report. (a) Any moneys paid over by a township from the hospital fund to a public non-sectarian hospital shall be used solely for its maintenance and operation under the sole control of the management of the hospital. (b) The m…

(60 ILCS 1/175-20) Sec. 175-20. The provisions of this Article do not apply to any township that avails itself of the provisions of Article 170. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 1739; P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/175-5) Sec. 175-5. Petition and referendum to establish hospital. (a) Whenever not less than 5% of the registered voters (according to the voting registration records at the time the petition is filed) of a township file a petition with the township clerk requesting th…

(60 ILCS 1/180-10) Sec. 180-10. Township board powers. In any township that avails itself of this Article, the township board has the same powers and restrictions as are conferred or enjoined upon a county board under paragraphs 2 through 7 of Section 5-21001 of the Counties Code…

(60 ILCS 1/180-5) Sec. 180-5. Lease of county home or hospital. A township having a population of more than 125,000 and situated within a county having a population between 150,000 and 500,000, where the county operates and maintains a county home, infirmary, or hospital under Di…

(60 ILCS 1/182-5) Sec. 182-5. Primary health care special district; tax. (a) In any township in a county with a population of 25,000 or less containing a federally designated health manpower shortage area, the township board may provide for primary health care under an intergover…

(60 ILCS 1/185-10) Sec. 185-10. Referendum. (a) Before a tax may be levied under Section 185-5, the township board shall certify that question to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election under the general election law. The proposition shall b…

(60 ILCS 1/185-15) Sec. 185-15. Board of directors to administer Article. When a township has authority to levy a tax for the purpose of this Article, the township supervisor, with the advice and consent of the township board, shall appoint a board of 3 directors who shall admini…

(60 ILCS 1/185-20) Sec. 185-20. Directors' meetings and powers. (a) The directors shall meet annually in July and shall elect one of their number as president and one as secretary. They shall adopt rules deemed proper and expedient for the administration of this Article. They sha…

(60 ILCS 1/185-25) Sec. 185-25. Donations. The board of directors may accept any donation of property for the purpose specified in Section 185-5 and shall pay over to the township treasurer any money received within 30 days of its receipt. (Source: P.A. 85-989; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/185-30) Sec. 185-30. Maintenance charge. The board of directors may impose a maintenance charge upon the estate of any person with a developmental disability receiving the benefits of the facilities or services described in Section 185-5. If the person's estate is insu…

(60 ILCS 1/185-35) Sec. 185-35. Rate of maintenance charge. The rate at which the board of directors shall calculate the sums to be charged under Section 185-30 is the average per capita operating cost for all persons receiving the benefit of the facilities or services computed f…

(60 ILCS 1/185-40) Sec. 185-40. Financial investigation. The board of directors may investigate the financial condition of each person liable under Section 185-30 and may make determinations of the ability of each person to pay the sums representing maintenance charges. For those…

(60 ILCS 1/185-45) Sec. 185-45. Use of facilities and services; records confidential. (a) The use of the facilities or services described in Section 185-5 shall not be limited or conditioned in any manner by the financial status or ability to pay of any recipient or person respon…

(60 ILCS 1/185-5) Sec. 185-5. Facilities and services; tax. (a) A township may provide facilities or services for the benefit of its residents who are persons with a developmental disability and who are not eligible to participate in any program conducted under Article 14 of the …

(60 ILCS 1/185-50) Sec. 185-50. Petition for modifying maintenance charge. Any person who has been issued a statement of any sum due for maintenance charges for a person with a developmental disability may petition the board of directors for a modification of the statement, and t…

(60 ILCS 1/185-55) Sec. 185-55. Suit to collect maintenance charge. (a) Upon the request of the board of directors, the state's attorney of the county in which a person who is liable for payment of maintenance charges resides shall file suit in the circuit court to collect the am…

(60 ILCS 1/185-60) Sec. 185-60. Claim against estate. Upon the death of a person who is liable for maintenance charges imposed by Section 185-30 and who is possessed of property, the executor or administrator of the person's estate shall ascertain from the board of directors the …

(60 ILCS 1/185-65) Sec. 185-65. Department of Human Services powers. (a) The Department of Human Services ("Department") may adopt rules for the guidance of any board of directors, prescribing reasonable standards concerning programs, facilities, and services for persons with a d…

(60 ILCS 1/190-10) Sec. 190-10. Mental health services. If a township is not included in a mental health district organized under the Community Mental Health Act, the township board may provide mental health services (including services for the alcoholic and the drug addicted, an…

(60 ILCS 1/190-5) Sec. 190-5. Agreements with community mental health board. The township board may enter into contractual agreements with a community mental health board having jurisdiction within the township. The agreements shall be written and shall provide for the rendition …

(60 ILCS 1/195-5) Sec. 195-5. Ambulance services special district; tax. (a) In any township with a population between 10,000 and 35,000 that lies within a county with a population between 275,000 and 400,000, the township board may provide for ambulance services pursuant to an in…

(60 ILCS 1/20-10) Sec. 20-10. Election results. (a) The county clerk shall enter an abstract of the returns of the election held under Section 20-5, made out and certified as in an election for county officers, and shall record the abstract at length upon the records of the count…

(60 ILCS 1/20-15) Sec. 20-15. Assessor. For purposes of the election or appointment of a township or multi-township assessor, a township organized under this Article is subject to Sections 2-5 through 2-30 and Sections 2-70 and 9-30 of the Property Tax Code. (Source: P.A. 88-62; …

(60 ILCS 1/20-5) Sec. 20-5. Consolidation of townships within city; petition and referendum. When the territory of any city in a county under township organization is composed of 5 or more congressional townships or fractional parts of congressional townships and the legal voters…

(60 ILCS 1/200-10) Sec. 200-10. Tax. For the purposes of this Article, any township having a population of less than 100,000 may levy annually a tax extendable at rate of not more than 0.02% of the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the township as equalized for State …

(60 ILCS 1/200-12) Sec. 200-12. Tax increase; referendum. (a) A township with a population of less than 100,000 may levy taxes at a rate in excess of 0.02% of the value of all taxable property within the township as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue if the increa…

(60 ILCS 1/200-13) Sec. 200-13. Board authority. The township board of any township operating a fire department has the power and it is its legal duty and obligation to provide as nearly adequate protection from fire for all persons and property within the township as possible an…