549 sections in this chapter.
60 ILCS 1/255-15 Claim against transferred funds
0.4K chars
(60 ILCS 1/255-15) Sec. 255-15. Claim against transferred funds. Whenever any balance from the road and bridge fund is paid into the general township fund or into any other township fund or funds under this Article, any valid and enforceable claim that any person has against fund…
60 ILCS 1/255-5 Transfer from road and bridge fund
1.1K chars
(60 ILCS 1/255-5) Sec. 255-5. Transfer from road and bridge fund. Whenever the road and bridge fund of any township in a county with a population of 50,000 or more contains a balance no longer needed for road and bridge purposes, occasioned by the fact that the township no longer…
60 ILCS 1/260-5 Sec. 260-5
0.9K chars
(60 ILCS 1/260-5) Sec. 260-5. Distributions from general fund, generally. To the extent that moneys in the township general fund have not been appropriated for other purposes, the township board may direct that distributions be made from that fund as follows: (1) To (i) school di…
60 ILCS 1/265-10 Limitation on action
0.7K chars
(60 ILCS 1/265-10) Sec. 265-10. Limitation on action. No action shall be taken under Section 265-5 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 distribution of e…
60 ILCS 1/265-15 Notice of meeting
0.7K chars
(60 ILCS 1/265-15) Sec. 265-15. Notice of meeting. 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 th…
60 ILCS 1/265-5 Distribution to school districts
1.3K chars
(60 ILCS 1/265-5) Sec. 265-5. Distribution to school districts. (a) Whenever the electors attending an annual or special township meeting of a township in a county with a population of more than 1,000,000 (counties of the third class) determine that the general township fund of t…
60 ILCS 1/27-10 Sec. 27-10
1.8K chars
(60 ILCS 1/27-10) Sec. 27-10. Petition and referendum to discontinue and abolish a township organization within a coterminous municipality. Upon adoption of an ordinance by the city council of a township described under Section 27-5 of this Article, or upon petition of at least 1…
60 ILCS 1/27-15 Sec. 27-15
0.6K chars
(60 ILCS 1/27-15) Sec. 27-15. Cessation of township organization. If a majority of the votes of the township cast are in favor of the proposition to discontinue and abolish the township organization, then the township organization in that township shall cease. On the effective da…
60 ILCS 1/27-20 Sec. 27-20
0.6K chars
(60 ILCS 1/27-20) Sec. 27-20. Township officers. Upon the effective date of discontinuance, the coterminous municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of that township officer as provided in the Township Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, Property Tax Code, and …
60 ILCS 1/27-25 Sec. 27-25
0.5K chars
(60 ILCS 1/27-25) Sec. 27-25. Business, records, and property of discontinued township organization. The records of a township organization discontinued under this Article shall be deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's office. The coterminous municipality may c…
60 ILCS 1/27-5 Sec. 27-5
0.5K chars
(60 ILCS 1/27-5) Sec. 27-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality in which the city council exercises the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or more municipal …
60 ILCS 1/275-10 Purposes of museum or historical society
0.7K chars
(60 ILCS 1/275-10) Sec. 275-10. Purposes of museum or historical society. Any museum or historical society for which township funds are distributed under this Article shall be maintained and operated, in addition to any other purposes, for the following purposes: (1) To foster an…
60 ILCS 1/275-15 Use of funds; financial statement
1.3K chars
(60 ILCS 1/275-15) Sec. 275-15. Use of funds; financial statement. (a) Any funds paid to a not for profit museum or historical society must be used solely for the maintenance and operation of the museum or historical society. (b) Within 60 days after the close of the fiscal year …
60 ILCS 1/275-5 Distribution to museum or historical society
0.6K chars
(60 ILCS 1/275-5) Sec. 275-5. Distribution to museum or historical society. Whenever a township board determines that the general township fund of the township contains funds not derived from a township tax levy that are not needed for township purposes during the remainder of th…
60 ILCS 1/28-10 Sec. 28-10
1.5K chars
(60 ILCS 1/28-10) Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of township organization. (a) The township board of a township described under Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a major…
60 ILCS 1/28-15 Sec. 28-15
0.7K chars
(60 ILCS 1/28-15) Sec. 28-15. Coterminous municipality's duties and responsibilities. Upon the effective date of discontinuance and abolishment of the township organization, the coterminous municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the township officers as pr…
60 ILCS 1/28-20 Sec. 28-20
0.5K chars
(60 ILCS 1/28-20) Sec. 28-20. Business, records, and property of discontinued township organization. The records of a township organization discontinued under this Article shall be deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's office. The coterminous municipality may c…
60 ILCS 1/28-5 Sec. 28-5
0.3K chars
(60 ILCS 1/28-5) Sec. 28-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality, (2) is located within St. Clair County, and (3) contains a territory of 23 square miles or more. (Source: P.A. 99-…
60 ILCS 1/280-10 Refunding bond ordinance; tax rate
1.0K chars
(60 ILCS 1/280-10) Sec. 280-10. Refunding bond ordinance; tax rate. (a) The ordinance authorizing the refunding bonds shall prescribe all details of the refunding bonds and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property within the t…
60 ILCS 1/280-15 Exchange or sale of refunding bonds
0.9K chars
(60 ILCS 1/280-15) Sec. 280-15. Exchange or sale of refunding bonds. (a) The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on the basis of dollar for dollar for the par value of the bonds, interest coupons, and interest not represented by coupons, if any. Instead …
60 ILCS 1/280-20 Form of refunding bonds; use of tax proceeds
1.9K chars
(60 ILCS 1/280-20) Sec. 280-20. Form of refunding bonds; use of tax proceeds. (a) The refunding bonds shall be of a form and denomination, payable at a place, bear a date, and be executed by officials as provided by the corporate authorities of the township in the bond ordinance.…
60 ILCS 1/280-25 Abatement of taxes
1.1K chars
(60 ILCS 1/280-25) Sec. 280-25. Abatement of taxes. (a) Whenever any refunding bonds are purchased and cancelled under Section 280-20, the taxes thereafter to be extended for payment of the principal of and interest on the remainder of the issue shall be reduced in an amount equa…
60 ILCS 1/280-30 Sinking fund
1.7K chars
(60 ILCS 1/280-30) Sec. 280-30. Sinking fund. (a) Money that becomes available from taxes that were levied for prior years for payment of bonds or interest coupons that were paid or refunded before those taxes were collected, after payment of all warrants that may have been issue…
60 ILCS 1/280-35 Notice to owners of unpaid bonds; refunding plan
0.8K chars
(60 ILCS 1/280-35) Sec. 280-35. Notice to owners of unpaid bonds; refunding plan. (a) The corporate authorities of a township may take any action that may be necessary to inform the owners of unpaid bonds regarding the financial condition of the township and the necessity of refu…
60 ILCS 1/280-40 Application and construction
0.5K chars
(60 ILCS 1/280-40) Sec. 280-40. Application and construction. This Article applies to any township, regardless of the law under which it is organized and operating, and constitutes complete authority for issuing refunding bonds under this Article without reference to other laws. …
60 ILCS 1/280-5 Refunding bonds
1.2K chars
(60 ILCS 1/280-5) Sec. 280-5. Refunding bonds. (a) The corporate authorities of any township, without submitting the question to the electors of the township for approval, may authorize by ordinance the issuance of refunding bonds (i) to refund its bonds before their maturity; (i…
60 ILCS 1/285-10 Use of moneys
0.9K chars
(60 ILCS 1/285-10) Sec. 285-10. Use of moneys. (a) Moneys paid to the township supervisor under subsection (a) of Section 285-5, may be appropriated and expended for defraying the general charges and expenses of the township; for laying out, making, and repairing the roads and br…
60 ILCS 1/285-15 Payment to highway commissioner
0.5K chars
(60 ILCS 1/285-15) Sec. 285-15. Payment to highway commissioner. Whenever a township board that obtains or receives surplus moneys under Section 285-5 determines by resolution that a particular amount or portion of the surplus moneys be paid to the highway commissioner of the tow…
60 ILCS 1/285-5 Payment of bond fund balance to township
1.2K chars
(60 ILCS 1/285-5) Sec. 285-5. Payment of bond fund balance to township. (a) Whenever all the bonds of any township have been fully paid and canceled and there remains in the hands of the county collector of taxes or county treasurer, after the payment, any balance to the credit o…
60 ILCS 1/29-10 Notice
1.3K chars
(60 ILCS 1/29-10) Sec. 29-10. Notice. (a) Before passing resolutions under Section 29-5, the township board and the corporate authorities of the municipality shall hold public hearings on those matters after notice of the hearing has been published on the main page of the respect…
60 ILCS 1/29-15 Sec. 29-15
1.3K chars
(60 ILCS 1/29-15) Sec. 29-15. Referendum for cessation of township. Upon the adoption of resolutions under Section 29-5 by both the township and municipality, the township board and corporate authorities of the municipality shall certify the question to the election authority and…
60 ILCS 1/29-20 Sec. 29-20
2.1K chars
(60 ILCS 1/29-20) Sec. 29-20. Cessation of township. On the third Monday in May in the year of the consolidated election in which township officials are elected next following the approval of a referendum under Section 29-15: (1) the township is discontinued and abolished and all…
60 ILCS 1/29-25 Sec. 29-25
0.4K chars
(60 ILCS 1/29-25) Sec. 29-25. Business, records, and property of discontinued township. The records of a township discontinued under this Article shall be deposited in the municipality's city clerk's office. The municipality may close up all unfinished business of the township an…
60 ILCS 1/29-5 Sec. 29-5
0.7K chars
(60 ILCS 1/29-5) Sec. 29-5. Resolutions to discontinue and abolish a township. The township board and the corporate authorities of a coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality may by resolutions of the board and corporate authorities, and after referendum of the vote…
60 ILCS 1/290-5 Severability
0.3K chars
(60 ILCS 1/290-5) Sec. 290-5. Severability. If any Section, paragraph, clause, or provision of this Code is held invalid, the invalidity of that Section, paragraph, clause, or provision shall not affect any other provision of this Code. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 1735; P.A. 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-10 Notice of meeting; agenda
1.6K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-10) Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting; agenda. (a) Notice of the time and place of holding the annual and any special township meetings shall be given by the township clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the supervisor, assessor, or collector) by posting written or printe…
60 ILCS 1/30-100 Pounds
0.3K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-100) Sec. 30-100. Pounds. The electors may establish and maintain pounds at places within the township that are deemed necessary and convenient and may discontinue any pounds within the township. When a pound is erected, it shall be under the care and direction of a…
60 ILCS 1/30-105 Poundmasters
0.3K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-105) Sec. 30-105. Poundmasters. The electors may determine the number of poundmasters, prescribe their duties, and elect poundmasters, either by ballot or in another manner that they determine. Alternatively, the electors may provide for the appointment of poundmast…
60 ILCS 1/30-110 Impounding and sale of animals
1.0K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-110) Sec. 30-110. Impounding and sale of animals. The electors may authorize the distraining, impounding, and sale of cattle, horses, mules, asses, swine, sheep, and goats for penalties incurred and the costs of the proceeding. The sale of animals distrained or impo…
60 ILCS 1/30-115 Public wells
0.2K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-115) Sec. 30-115. Public wells. The electors may construct and keep in repair public wells or other watering places and may regulate the use of those wells and watering places. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-117 Sec. 30-117
0.8K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-117) Sec. 30-117. Special services; disaster relief. The corporate authorities of a township may, by ordinance, authorize the use of permanent road funds, general road and bridge funds, or town funds for the purpose of collecting, transporting, and disposing of brus…
60 ILCS 1/30-120 Garbage
0.4K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-120) Sec. 30-120. Garbage. The electors may prevent the deposit of night soil, garbage, or other offensive substances within the limits of the township. This Section does apply to refuse disposal facilities regulated by the Illinois Department of Public Health and t…
60 ILCS 1/30-125 Recreational vehicle parking
0.2K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-125) Sec. 30-125. Recreational vehicle parking. The electors may adopt ordinances regulating the standing or parking of recreational vehicles on township roads within each township. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-130 Inoperable motor vehicles
1.5K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-130) Sec. 30-130. Inoperable motor vehicles. (a) The electors may by ordinance declare inoperable motor vehicles, whether on public or private property, to be a nuisance and may authorize fines to be levied for the failure of any person to obey a notice from the tow…
60 ILCS 1/30-135 Dealers in second hand articles
0.5K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-135) Sec. 30-135. Dealers in second hand articles. The electors may authorize the licensing and regulation and direct the location of all places of business of purchasers, traders, and dealers in junk, rags, and any second hand article, including motor vehicles, exc…
60 ILCS 1/30-140 Regulation of certain occupations
0.8K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-140) Sec. 30-140. Regulation of certain occupations. In counties with a population of less than 3,000,000, the electors may regulate hawkers, peddlers, pawnbrokers, itinerant merchants, and transient vendors of merchandise. The township board in those counties may r…
60 ILCS 1/30-145 Sec. 30-145
1.0K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-145) Sec. 30-145. Mental health services. If a township is not included in a mental health district organized under the Community Mental Health Act, the electors may authorize the board of trustees to provide mental health services (including services for the alcoho…
60 ILCS 1/30-15 Place of meeting
0.2K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-15) Sec. 30-15. Place of meeting. The place of holding township meetings shall be some convenient place in the township fixed by the township board. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
60 ILCS 1/30-150 Police protection by municipality; county under 1,000,000
0.8K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-150) Sec. 30-150. Police protection by municipality; county under 1,000,000. In counties having a population of less than 1,000,000, the electors may authorize the township board to contract with one or more incorporated municipalities lying wholly or partly within …
60 ILCS 1/30-155 Sec. 30-155
1.7K chars
(60 ILCS 1/30-155) Sec. 30-155. Police protection by county in county under 1,000,000; special taxing district. (a) In counties having a population of less than 1,000,000, the electors may authorize the township board to contract with the county sheriff within which the township …