Chapter 60, TOWNSHIPS

(60 ILCS 1/40-15) Sec. 40-15. Voting. (a) All questions upon motions made at township meetings shall be determined by a majority of the electors present and voting, and the moderator shall ascertain and declare the result of the vote upon each question. (b) When the result of any…

(60 ILCS 1/40-20) Sec. 40-20. Conclusion of business. When the business of the meeting is concluded, the moderator shall announce that fact. After the announcement is made, all miscellaneous business shall be deemed concluded for that day unless the electors shall, at the time of…

(60 ILCS 1/40-25) Sec. 40-25. Disorderly conduct. If any person acts in a disorderly manner at any meeting and, after notice from the moderator, persists in that conduct, the moderator may order the person to withdraw from the meeting. If the person refuses to withdraw, the moder…

(60 ILCS 1/40-30) Sec. 40-30. Notice of township regulations. The township clerk shall cause all by-laws, rules, and regulations of the township to be published within 20 days after their adoption by posting them in 3 public places in the town. The clerk also shall cause the by-l…

(60 ILCS 1/40-5) Sec. 40-5. Time of township meeting; moderator. (a) The annual township meeting and any special township meeting shall not be held earlier than 6 p.m., unless the time is changed by the electors at a duly convened meeting. (b) At an hour fixed by the electors, bu…

(60 ILCS 1/45-10) Sec. 45-10. Political party caucus in township; notice. (a) On the first Tuesday in December preceding the date of the regular township election, a caucus shall be held by the voters of each established political party in a township to nominate its candidates fo…

(60 ILCS 1/45-15) Sec. 45-15. Township central committee. The township central committee of the township, which is hereby created for the purposes of this Code, shall consist of (i) in all counties of 3,000,000 or less, the elected or appointed precinct committeemen of each estab…

(60 ILCS 1/45-20) Sec. 45-20. Caucus result; filing nomination papers; certifying candidates. (a) The township central committee shall canvass and declare the result of the caucus. (b) The chairman of the township central committee shall, not more than 113 nor less than 106 days …

(60 ILCS 1/45-25) Sec. 45-25. Caucus in multi-township district. (a) On the first Wednesday in December preceding the date of any election at which township officers are to be elected, a caucus shall be held by the voters of each established political party in a multi-township di…

(60 ILCS 1/45-30) Sec. 45-30. Validity of nomination papers. (a) Nomination papers filed under this Article are not valid unless the candidate named in the papers files with the township clerk or the board of election commissioners, as the case may be, a receipt from the county c…

(60 ILCS 1/45-35) Sec. 45-35. Notice to candidates to file reports. The township clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may be, shall notify the person for whom such nomination papers are filed of the obligation to file statements of organization, reports of campai…

(60 ILCS 1/45-40) Sec. 45-40. Assessor candidates; notice to file proof of qualifications. (a) In the case of candidates for the office of township or multi-township assessor, the township clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may be, shall notify the candidates o…

(60 ILCS 1/45-45) Sec. 45-45. Costs of caucus elections. The costs of caucus elections shall be borne by the township. (Source: P.A. 85-694; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/45-5) Sec. 45-5. Nominations by political parties. In all townships (other than townships of over 5,000 population that are co-extensive with or included wholly within incorporated towns, villages, or cities not under the commission form of government), nominations by …

(60 ILCS 1/45-50) Sec. 45-50. Caucus procedures. (a) The rules of procedure for conducting a township or multi-township caucus must be approved and may be amended by a majority vote of the qualified participants attending the caucus. No participant shall be able to participate or…

(60 ILCS 1/45-55) Sec. 45-55. Nomination by primary election. In (i) counties having a population of more than 3,000,000, the township central committee of a political party composed of the elected township committeeman and his or her appointed precinct committeemen and (ii) town…

(60 ILCS 1/45-60) Sec. 45-60. Nominations in certain other cases. Certain candidates for township offices may be nominated as provided in Article 10 of the Election Code. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/50-10) Sec. 50-10. Time of election and terms in Cook County. (a) Township supervisors, township clerks, and township collectors shall be elected in their respective townships in Cook County at the time of the regular township election provided in the general election …

(60 ILCS 1/50-15) Sec. 50-15. Time of entering upon duties. (a) In all counties, the township collectors elected at the township election shall enter upon their duties on January 1 next following their election and qualification. (b) In all counties, township supervisors and town…

(60 ILCS 1/50-20) Sec. 50-20. Counties with no township collector. (a) No collector in counties under 100,000. In counties under township organization, having a population of less than 100,000, there shall be no township collector elected. The county collector shall be ex-officio…

(60 ILCS 1/50-25) Sec. 50-25. Referendum to elect township collector. (a) In counties under township organization having a population of more than 100,000 as determined by the last preceding federal census (except Cook County) in which no township collectors were elected in the y…

(60 ILCS 1/50-30) Sec. 50-30. Referendum to discontinue office of township collector. (a) Each county under township organization having a population of more than 100,000 according to the last preceding federal census (except Cook County) in which township collectors were elected…

(60 ILCS 1/50-32) Sec. 50-32. Sangamon County township collectors. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the offices of township collector in Sangamon County are discontinued on January 1, 2022. On January 1, 2022, the Sangamon County Treasurer assumes the duti…

(60 ILCS 1/50-35) Sec. 50-35. Further submission of proposition. The result of any vote on any referendum under Section 50-25 or 50-30 shall not be deemed a bar to the further submission of any proposition authorized in this Section. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/50-40) Sec. 50-40. Township trustees; time of election and terms. Except in townships organized under Article 15, at the regular township election provided in the general election law there shall be elected 4 members to serve on the township board. They shall be known …

(60 ILCS 1/50-45) Sec. 50-45. General election law; definitions. (a) The general election law applies to the conduct of all township elections and referenda except those held at an annual or special township meeting, which shall be under the jurisdiction of the township clerk and…

(60 ILCS 1/50-5) Sec. 50-5. Time of election and terms outside Cook County. (a) Except as provided for Cook County in Section 50-10, and subject to the requirements of the general election law and the referendum provisions in Sections 50-25 and 50-30, at the time of the regular t…

(60 ILCS 1/55-10) Sec. 55-10. Oath or affirmation. Every person elected or appointed to the office of supervisor, township clerk, assessor, trustee, commissioner of highways, township enforcement officer, or collector, before entering upon the duties of that office, shall take an…

(60 ILCS 1/55-15) Sec. 55-15. Neglect to take oath or affirmation. If any person elected or appointed to any of the offices specified in Section 55-10 neglects to take and subscribe the oath or affirmation and cause the certificate to be filed as required in Section 55-10, the ne…

(60 ILCS 1/55-20) Sec. 55-20. Pound master; acceptance of office. Every person appointed to the office of pound master, before he or she enters on the duties of the office and within 10 days after being notified of his or her election or appointment, shall cause to be filed in th…

(60 ILCS 1/55-25) Sec. 55-25. Collector; bond; oath. Every person elected to the office of collector, before he or she enters upon the duties of the office, shall give the bond required by law. If any person elected to the office of collector does not give the security and take t…

(60 ILCS 1/55-30) Sec. 55-30. Refusal to serve; forfeiture. If any person elected to the office of supervisor, township clerk, assessor, or commissioner of highways refuses to serve, he or she shall forfeit to the township the sum of $25. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/55-35) Sec. 55-35. Entering upon duties of office before taking oath; forfeiture. If any township officer who is required by law to take the oath of office enters upon the duties of his or her office before taking the oath, he or she shall forfeit to the township the s…

(60 ILCS 1/55-37) Sec. 55-37. Misconduct of officers; penalty. Every township officer who is guilty of a palpable omission of duty, or who is guilty of willful and corrupt oppression, malconduct, or misfeasance in discharging the duties of the office, shall be guilty of a busines…

(60 ILCS 1/55-40) Sec. 55-40. Demand for books and papers by successor upon expiration of predecessor's term. Whenever the term of any supervisor, township clerk, or commissioner of highways expires and another person is elected or appointed to that office, the successor, immedia…

(60 ILCS 1/55-45) Sec. 55-45. Demand for books and papers by successor upon vacancy. Whenever any officer named in Section 55-40 resigns or the office becomes vacant in any way, and another person is elected or appointed in the officer's stead, the person so elected or appointed …

(60 ILCS 1/55-5) Sec. 55-5. Legal voter and resident. No person is eligible to hold any office unless he or she is a legal voter and has been a resident of the township for one year. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/55-50) Sec. 55-50. Demand on executor or administrator of deceased officer. Upon the death of any of the officers named in Section 55-40, the successor of the officer shall make the demand required under that Section of the executors or administrators of the deceased o…

(60 ILCS 1/55-55) Sec. 55-55. Delivery of records. It is the duty of every person going out of office, whenever required under Section 55-45 or 55-50, to deliver up, on oath, all the records, books, and papers in his or her possession or in his or her control belonging to that of…

(60 ILCS 1/55-6) Sec. 55-6. Criminal conviction. A person is not eligible to hold any office if that person, at the time required for taking the oath of office, has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. …

(60 ILCS 1/55-65) Sec. 55-65. Prohibited activities. All township officers shall be subject to the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/60-15) Sec. 60-15. Warrant of appointment. When any appointment is made under Section 60-5 or 60-10, the officers making the appointment shall cause the warrant of appointment to be promptly filed in the office of the township clerk, who shall immediately give notice t…

(60 ILCS 1/60-20) Sec. 60-20. Resignation of officer. (a) The township board may, for sufficient cause shown to them, accept the resignation of any officer of their township. Whenever they accept a resignation, the township clerk shall make a minute of the acceptance upon the tow…

(60 ILCS 1/60-5) Sec. 60-5. Filling vacancies in township offices. (a) Except for the office of township or multi-township assessor, if a township fails to elect the number of township officers that the township is entitled to by law, or a person elected to any township office fa…

(60 ILCS 1/65-20) Sec. 65-20. Road district treasurer; new township; multi-township officers. (a) Compensation of township officers shall be set by the township board at least 180 days before the beginning of the terms of officers, including compensation of the road district trea…

(60 ILCS 1/65-25) Sec. 65-25. Township assessor compensation. The township assessor shall receive for his or her services as assessor a sum as provided in the Property Tax Code as full compensation for services performed by township assessors in making assessments of property. (S…

(60 ILCS 1/65-30) Sec. 65-30. Poundmaster fees. (a) The poundmaster shall be allowed the following fees for his services: for taking into and discharging from the pound horses, asses, mules, and neat cattle, 10¢ each; sheep or lambs, 3¢ each; and swine, 5¢ each. (b) The poundmast…

(60 ILCS 1/65-35) Sec. 65-35. Township collector commission. (a) The township or district collector shall be allowed a commission of 2% of all moneys collected by him or her, to be paid out of the respective moneys collected. From that commission, the township or district collect…

(60 ILCS 1/65-5) Sec. 65-5. Compensation of township officers. Township officers are entitled to compensation at the rates specified in this Article for each day necessarily devoted by them to the services of the township in the duties of their respective offices. Compensation se…

(60 ILCS 1/70-10) Sec. 70-10. Depository for township moneys. (a) The township board shall from time to time, when requested by the supervisor, designate one or more banks or savings and loan associations in which the funds and moneys of the township in the custody of the supervi…