Chapter 60, TOWNSHIPS

(60 ILCS 1/135-10) Sec. 135-10. Joint agreement; referendum; board of managers. (a) The supervisors of any townships or the highway commissioners of any road districts desiring to unite to establish and maintain cemeteries under this Article may provide by agreement for the joint…

(60 ILCS 1/135-15) Sec. 135-15. Vacancies in board of managers. Vacancies in the board of managers occasioned by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise shall be reported by the board to the township supervisors or highway commissioners and shall be filled, in the same manner a…

(60 ILCS 1/135-20) Sec. 135-20. Powers of board of managers. The board of managers shall control and manage the cemeteries jointly acquired by the townships or road districts. The board of managers may receive in trust from the proprietors or owners of any lot in the cemeteries, …

(60 ILCS 1/135-25) Sec. 135-25. Vesting of gift or legacy. Every gift or legacy for any of the purposes set forth in Section 135-20 made to a cemetery by its name, if the cemetery has a board of managers appointed under this Article, shall vest in that board and take effect for a…

(60 ILCS 1/135-30) Sec. 135-30. Organization of board; treasurer and bond. (a) The board of managers, as soon as may be convenient after appointment, shall meet and organize by selecting one of its members to be president and another of its members to be clerk. (b) The board shal…

(60 ILCS 1/135-35) Sec. 135-35. Treasurer as custodian; annual report. (a) The treasurer shall have custody of all money and property received in trust by the board of managers and shall pay out the money and property only upon the written order of the board, signed by at least 4…

(60 ILCS 1/135-40) Sec. 135-40. Clerk's records; annual report. (a) The clerk of the board of managers, in a book provided for that purpose, shall keep a permanent record of the proceedings of the board, signed by the president and attested by the clerk, and shall also keep a per…

(60 ILCS 1/135-45) Sec. 135-45. Removal of officers; accounting. The township supervisors or highway commissioners may remove from office any or all of the members of the board of managers or the treasurer of the board for nonperformance of duties or for misappropriation or wrong…

(60 ILCS 1/135-5) Sec. 135-5. Joint township cemeteries. Any 2 or more townships or road districts, within or without the same county, may jointly unite in establishing and maintaining cemeteries within and without their corporate limits, may acquire lands for cemeteries in commo…

(60 ILCS 1/135-50) Sec. 135-50. Tax; petition and referendum. (a) When 50 legal voters of each township or road district present a petition to the board of managers asking that an annual tax be levied for the control and maintenance of cemeteries under this Article, the board sha…

(60 ILCS 1/135-55) Sec. 135-55. Ordinances; violation; jurors. (a) The board of managers may pass ordinances for the government of the cemeteries, including ordinances relating to the operating and speed of motor vehicles and the use of lots, walks, ponds, water courses, vaults, …

(60 ILCS 1/135-60) Sec. 135-60. Policemen. The board of managers may appoint policemen to protect the cemeteries and preserve order in the cemeteries. The policemen have the same power with respect to any offenses committed in the cemeteries, or any violation of Section 135-55, t…

(60 ILCS 1/135-65) Sec. 135-65. Transfer of funds. When a multi-township cemetery district takes over a cemetery or cemetery authority, the care fund of the cemetery or cemetery authority shall be transferred into the cemetery district fund of the multi-township cemetery district…

(60 ILCS 1/140-10) Sec. 140-10. Issuance of bonds; terms. (a) If a majority of the votes on the question under Section 140-5 are in favor of the question, the township may issue the bonds. To effectuate the issuance of the bonds, the township board shall adopt a resolution author…

(60 ILCS 1/140-15) Sec. 140-15. Tax. The township board shall, in the resolution authorizing the bonds, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the bonds as each falls due. A certified copy of the resolution authorizing th…

(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 years, a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center in any …

(60 ILCS 1/145-10) Sec. 145-10. Issuance of bonds; terms. (a) If a majority of the votes cast on the question under Section 145-5 are in favor of the question, the township may issue bonds in denominations of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 each, payable respectively in n…

(60 ILCS 1/145-15) Sec. 145-15. City tax. The city council of the city whose territory is coextensive with the township shall provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on the debt as it falls due and also to pay and discharge the principal w…

(60 ILCS 1/145-20) Sec. 145-20. "Building" or "purchasing" a township hall, as used in this Article, means the purchasing of real estate upon which to build the township hall or upon which the township hall is situated, as well as to build or purchase the township hall. (Source: …

(60 ILCS 1/145-5) Sec. 145-5. Petition and referendum to build or purchase township hall. (a) Whenever it is desired to build or purchase a township hall in any township whose boundaries are coextensive with the limits of an incorporated city, 25 electors of the township may, bef…

(60 ILCS 1/150-10) Sec. 150-10. Resolution for bond issuance; referendum. Beginning August 16, 1993, the board of managers elected under Section 150-15 in a township having a population of not more than 25,000 (according to the last preceding federal census) shall initiate procee…

(60 ILCS 1/150-15) Sec. 150-15. Board of managers; election; organization; salary. (a) The community building or buildings, if authorized at an election, shall be under the care and supervision of a board of managers. The board of managers shall consist of 3 persons who are regis…

(60 ILCS 1/150-20) Sec. 150-20. Issuance of bonds. (a) If a majority of the legal voters voting on the question at an election held under this Article, vote in favor of issuing bonds for community building purposes, the board of managers may thereafter issue bonds in an amount no…

(60 ILCS 1/150-25) Sec. 150-25. Tax. The board of managers shall, in the resolution authorizing the bonds, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest and principal of the bonds as each falls due. A certified copy of the resolution authorizing…

(60 ILCS 1/150-30) Sec. 150-30. Use of bond sale proceeds. The proceeds of the sale of bonds shall be expended by the board of managers for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, or equipping a community building or buildings or acquiring a site for a community building or building…

(60 ILCS 1/150-35) Sec. 150-35. Acquisition of property or funds. A township may acquire, by dedication or gift, property or funds for community buildings. If community buildings or funds are acquired by dedication or gift, a board of managers shall be elected at the next succeed…

(60 ILCS 1/150-40) Sec. 150-40. Maintenance tax; referendum. (a) Any township that acquires community buildings by dedication, gift, purchase, or erection may levy annually a maintenance tax of not more than 0.05% of the value of all taxable property in the township, as equalized…

(60 ILCS 1/150-45) Sec. 150-45. Supervisor's bond. The supervisor of the township, before receiving any funds under this Article, shall execute (i) a good and sufficient bond with 2 or more sureties approved by the board of managers and filed with the board for the benefit of the…

(60 ILCS 1/150-5) Sec. 150-5. Bonds for community buildings. Subject to the provisions of this Article, any township having a population of not more than 25,000 may issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, equipping, remodeling, or renovating community buildings. (Sou…

(60 ILCS 1/150-50) Sec. 150-50. Certain townships under 5,000 population. (a) Any township (i) in which a majority of those voting on the question voted in favor of levying a tax for the establishment, erection, and maintenance of a community building under the provisions of "An …

(60 ILCS 1/150-55) Sec. 150-55. Dedication to soldiers and sailors. The community buildings of a township may be dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the township, and bronze tablets or other memorials in honor of those soldiers and sailors may be placed in the buildings by t…

(60 ILCS 1/150-60) Sec. 150-60. Use of buildings; private lessees. Subject to the reasonable rules and regulations of the board of managers, the community buildings shall be for the free use and benefit of the inhabitants of the township for lectures, concerts, free amusements an…

(60 ILCS 1/150-65) Sec. 150-65. Annual report. The board of managers shall make a full and complete annual report of all its actions to the township board. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/150-70) Sec. 150-70. Abandoning community building project; petition; referendum; transfer of moneys. (a) Upon the petition of not fewer than 50 owners or life tenants of real estate of any township that has adopted the provisions of this Article and provided a fund fo…

(60 ILCS 1/150-75) Sec. 150-75. Sale of community building, generally; petition and referendum; notice of sale. (a) Not fewer than 50 electors of any township that has adopted the provisions of this Article may file with the clerk of the board of managers a petition signed by the…

(60 ILCS 1/150-80) Sec. 150-80. Sale of community building to school district or municipality. (a) Not fewer than 50 electors of a township that has adopted the provisions of this Article may present to the clerk of the board of managers a petition requesting the sale of a commun…

(60 ILCS 1/150-85) Sec. 150-85. Deed. When any conveyance of real estate is made by the board of managers under Section 150-75 or 150-80, the deed shall recite the date and result of the election authorizing the sale and shall be signed by the president of the board of managers i…

(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, …