Chapter 60 — TOWNSHIPS

(60 ILCS 1/210-25) Sec. 210-25. Rules and regulations; penalties. The township board, when authorized by the electors of the unincorporated area of the township to exercise the powers conferred by this Article, may adopt by ordinance rules and regulations relating to the collecti…

(60 ILCS 1/210-5) Sec. 210-5. Application of Article; referendum. (a) This Article applies only in those townships in which the electors of the unincorporated area of the township, at any regularly scheduled election held within the township, by majority vote, authorize the towns…

(60 ILCS 1/210-7) Sec. 210-7. Disposal of brush and leaves. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the contrary, the corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, provide for the collection, transport, disposal, and recycling of brush, wood chips, and leaves wi…

(60 ILCS 1/215-10) Sec. 215-10. Youth service bureaus. (a) The township board may provide for the establishment or maintenance (or may enter into contractual agreements with other townships, municipalities, or counties for the establishment or maintenance) of youth service bureau…

(60 ILCS 1/215-15) Sec. 215-15. Runaway or homeless youths. The township board annually may appropriate funds to private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing services to runaway or homeless youths and their families. The services may include temporary shelter, foo…

(60 ILCS 1/215-5) Sec. 215-5. Township committee on youth. (a) The township board may appoint a township committee on youth comprised of not less than 5 members. The board shall fix the length of the committee members' terms at one, 2, and 3 years initially, staggering the terms …

(60 ILCS 1/22-10) Sec. 22-10. Referendum. (a) Upon the adoption of resolutions under Section 22-5 by each township, the township boards shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of each township at the general…

(60 ILCS 1/22-15) Sec. 22-15. Transition. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon the approval of a referendum under Section 22-10: (a) There shall be no further nominations or elections for clerks, assessors, collectors, highway commissioners, supervisor…

(60 ILCS 1/22-20) Sec. 22-20. Consolidated township. (a) On the third Monday of May of the year in which township officials are elected following the approval of a referendum under Section 22-10, the following shall occur: (1) the separate townships cease and the consolidated tow…

(60 ILCS 1/22-5) Sec. 22-5. Resolution for consolidation; notice. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the township boards of any 2 or more adjacent townships may, by identical resolutions of each board, propose consolidation by referendum: (i) into a n…

(60 ILCS 1/220-10) Sec. 220-10. Township committee for senior citizens' services. (a) The township board may appoint a township committee for senior citizens' services comprised of not more than 9 members. A minimum of one-third of the committee shall be 55 years of age or older.…

(60 ILCS 1/220-15) Sec. 220-15. Distributions from township general fund for benefit of senior citizens. Whenever the electors attending an annual or special township meeting determine that the general township fund of the township contains funds not derived from a township tax l…

(60 ILCS 1/220-20) Sec. 220-20. Purpose of senior citizen services. Any service, activity, facility, or guidance center for which township funds are expended or distributed under this Article shall be maintained and operated, in addition to any other purpose, for the following pu…

(60 ILCS 1/220-25) Sec. 220-25. Limitation on action. No action under Section 220-15 shall be taken at any annual or special township meeting unless the notice of the meeting, published at least 10 days before the meeting, included notification that the matter of the expenditure …

(60 ILCS 1/220-30) Sec. 220-30. Notice. The township clerk or other township officer charged with posting notices of the annual or special township meeting shall include in the published notice of the annual or special township meeting a statement that the matter of the expenditu…

(60 ILCS 1/220-35) Sec. 220-35. Use of funds; financial statement. (a) Any funds paid over to a for profit (or not for profit) and non-sectarian organization or to the board of managers of a township community building under this Article shall be used solely for the operation and…

(60 ILCS 1/220-5) Sec. 220-5. Care for the elderly. Upon the request of the supervisor of general assistance, the township board may enter into contractual agreements with the operators of nursing homes, retirement homes, or other facilities for the care of the elderly for the pu…

(60 ILCS 1/225-5) Sec. 225-5. Township committee on persons with disabilities. (a) The township board may appoint a township committee on persons with disabilities, comprised of not more than 10 members, one of whom shall be a township trustee appointed by the chairman of the tow…

(60 ILCS 1/23-10) Sec. 23-10. Resolution for merger; notice. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the township boards of any 3 adjacent townships may, by identical resolutions of each board, propose that a township which borders the other 2 townships be…

(60 ILCS 1/23-15) Sec. 23-15. Referendum and notices. (a) Upon the adoption of resolutions under Section 23-10 by all townships, the township boards shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of all townships a…

(60 ILCS 1/23-20) Sec. 23-20. Transition. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon the approval of a referendum under Section 23-15: (1) there shall be no further nominations or elections for clerks, assessors, collectors, highway commissioners, superv…

(60 ILCS 1/23-25) Sec. 23-25. Merged township. On the third Monday of May of the year in which township officials are elected following the approval of a referendum under Section 23-15, the following shall occur: (a) The dissolving township ceases. (b) All rights, powers, duties,…

(60 ILCS 1/23-5) Sec. 23-5. Definitions. As used in this Article: "Dissolving road district" means a road district in a dissolving township, which is dissolved under subsection (c) of Section 23-25. "Dissolving township" means a township which is proposed to be dissolved into and…

(60 ILCS 1/230-10) Sec. 230-10. Job training; workers' compensation. The township board may expend monies for workers' compensation coverage of individuals who qualify for township general assistance and participate in a job training or work program. (Source: P.A. 85-1209; 88-62.…

(60 ILCS 1/230-5) Sec. 230-5. CETA funds. The township board in counties with a population of less than 1,000,000 may receive funds from the United States under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, Public Law 93-203, and may disburse those funds together with an…

(60 ILCS 1/235-10) Sec. 235-10. Rate of tax; referendum to increase maximum rate. (a) In townships having an equalized assessed valuation of $36,000,000 or more, taxes authorized by subsection (a) may be extended at a rate not exceeding 0.25% of value, as equalized or assessed by…

(60 ILCS 1/235-13) Sec. 235-13. Truth in taxation. Tax levies by a township shall be subject to the Truth in Taxation Act to the extent that Act applies. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/235-15) Sec. 235-15. Special tax for sidewalks, street lighting, or traffic control devices. (a) The township board of a township in a county with a population between 300,000 and 3,000,000 may provide for the construction or installation and repair of sidewalks or str…

(60 ILCS 1/235-16) Sec. 235-16. Special tax for sidewalks, street lighting, street repairs, or traffic control devices; counties of 3,000,000 or more. (a) The township board of a township in a county with a population of more than 3,000,000 may provide for the construction or ins…

(60 ILCS 1/235-20) Sec. 235-20. General assistance tax. (a) The township board may raise money by taxation deemed necessary to be expended to provide general assistance in the township to persons needing that assistance as provided in the Illinois Public Aid Code, including perso…

(60 ILCS 1/235-25) Sec. 235-25. Tentative budget and appropriation ordinance and tax for road purposes. In each road district comprised of a single township, the township board shall adopt a tentative budget and appropriation ordinance for road purposes and shall levy the amount …

(60 ILCS 1/235-5) Sec. 235-5. Township taxes for various purposes. The township board may raise money, by taxation not exceeding the rates established in Section 235-10, for the following purposes: (1) Prosecuting or defending suits by or against the township or in which the town…

(60 ILCS 1/24-10) Sec. 24-10. Definition. As used in this Article, "electors" means the registered voters of any single township in McHenry County. (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)

(60 ILCS 1/24-15) Sec. 24-15. Dissolving a township in McHenry County. By resolution, the board of trustees of any township located in McHenry County may submit a proposition to dissolve the township to the electors of that township at the election next following in accordance wi…

(60 ILCS 1/24-20) Sec. 24-20. Petition requirements; notice. (a) Subject to the petition requirements of Section 28-3 of the Election Code, petitions for a referendum to dissolve a township located in McHenry County must be filed with the governing board of the township, the coun…

(60 ILCS 1/24-25) Sec. 24-25. Ballot placement. A petition that meets the requirements of Section 24-20 shall be placed on the ballot in the form provided for in Section 24-30 at the election next following. (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)

(60 ILCS 1/24-30) Sec. 24-30. Referendum; voting. (a) Subject to the requirements of Section 16-7 of the Election Code, the referendum described in Section 24-25 shall be in substantially the following form on the ballot: ----------------------------------------------------------…

(60 ILCS 1/24-35) Sec. 24-35. Dissolution; transfer of rights and duties. When the dissolution of a township has been approved under Section 24-30: (1) On or before the date of dissolution, all real and personal property, and any other assets, together with all personnel, contrac…

(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 dist…

(60 ILCS 1/245-10) Sec. 245-10. Treasurer; payment of funds. Whenever the legal voters at an annual township meeting or a special township meeting direct the transfer and payment of any surplus township fund or funds into some other township fund or funds or into the treasury of …

(60 ILCS 1/245-15) Sec. 245-15. Claim against transferred surplus. Whenever any surplus township fund or funds are paid into the treasury of the road and bridge fund or into another township fund under this Article, any valid and enforceable claim that any individual, firm, or co…

(60 ILCS 1/245-20) Sec. 245-20. Transfer of interest income. The township board of any township, when requested by the treasurer, may authorize the transfer of interest earned on any of the moneys of the township into the fund of the township that is most in need of the interest.…

(60 ILCS 1/245-5) Sec. 245-5. Resolution at township meeting for transfer among township funds. (a) The legal voters of a township at an annual township meeting or at a special township meeting called for that purpose may, by written resolution by a majority vote of the legal vot…

(60 ILCS 1/25-10) Sec. 25-10. Cessation of township organization. If it appears by the returns of the election that a majority of the votes in at least three-fourths of the townships, containing at least a majority of the population in the county, cast on the question of the cont…

(60 ILCS 1/25-15) Sec. 25-15. Selection of county governing body; election. When township organization ceases in any county as provided in this Article, the county board may by ordinance or resolution restructure into a commission form of government on or before 180 days after a …

(60 ILCS 1/25-20) Sec. 25-20. County commissioners' assumption of duties. The county commissioners elected under Section 25-15 shall assume the duties of their office on the first Monday of the month following their election. They shall be the legal successors to the county board…

(60 ILCS 1/25-25) Sec. 25-25. Disposal of township records and property. When township organization is discontinued in any county, the records of the several townships shall be deposited in the county clerk's office. The county board or board of county commissioners of the county…

(60 ILCS 1/25-5) Sec. 25-5. Petition and referendum to discontinue township organization. Upon the petition of at least 10% of the registered voters of each township of a county, as determined on the date registration closed before the regular election next preceding the last day…

(60 ILCS 1/250-5) Sec. 250-5. Transfers from general fund to general assistance fund. The township board may direct the transfer of any amount from the township general fund to the township general assistance fund that is not appropriated for purposes other than general assistanc…

(60 ILCS 1/255-10) Sec. 255-10. Treasurer; payment of balance. Whenever the legal voters at an annual township meeting or a special township meeting direct the transfer and payment of any balance in the road and bridge fund to the general township fund or to any other township fu…