Chapter 60 — TOWNSHIPS

(60 ILCS 1/35-50.3) Sec. 35-50.3. Ordinance describing project; submission to voters. A township board shall initiate proceedings for the issuance of bonds under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 by adopting an election ordinance describing briefly the authority under which the bo…

(60 ILCS 1/35-50.4) Sec. 35-50.4. Security for bonds. To secure payment of any or all of the bonds, any additional ordinance supplementing or amending the election ordinance shall set forth the covenants and undertakings of the township in connection with (i) the issuance of the …

(60 ILCS 1/35-50.5) Sec. 35-50.5. Rules and regulations; rates and charges; use of revenues from operation. (a) The township board of any township availing itself of Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 may (i) make, enact, and enforce all needful rules and regulations for the acquis…

(60 ILCS 1/35-50.6) Sec. 35-50.6. Supervisor; bond proceeds and revenues. (a) The township supervisor shall be ex officio treasurer and the custodian of all funds derived from the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 and of all income and revenue deri…

(60 ILCS 1/35-55) Sec. 35-55. Senior citizens services; authorization of tax levy. (a) The electors may authorize the township board to levy a tax (at a rate of not more than 0.15% of the value, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in th…

(60 ILCS 1/35-60) Sec. 35-60. Youth service programs; authorization of tax levy. The electors may authorize the township board to levy a tax (at a rate of not more than 0.15% of the value, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the town…

(60 ILCS 1/35-65) Sec. 35-65. General assistance tax. If the electors at the annual township meeting fail in any year to levy any tax for general assistance to persons needing that assistance, or a tax for general assistance of an amount sufficient to meet those needs, or a tax o…

(60 ILCS 1/35-70) Sec. 35-70. Township library tax. The electors may levy a tax for the support and maintenance of a township library under the Illinois Local Library Act. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-75) Sec. 35-75. Cemetery tax. The electors may authorize the board of managers to levy a tax for the establishment and maintenance of cemeteries under Article 135. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-80) Sec. 35-80. Participation in Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The electors may elect to have the township and all other bodies politic established by or under the control of the electors participate as a single municipality in the Illinois Municipal Retiremen…

(60 ILCS 1/40-10) Sec. 40-10. Clerk of the meeting. (a) The township clerk, if there is one and he or she is present, shall act as clerk of the meeting and shall keep faithful minutes of the proceedings in a book to be known as the township record. The clerk shall enter at length…

(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 1/5-10) Sec. 5-10. Referendum. Whenever a proposition or public question is required to be submitted under this Code for approval or rejection by the electors at an election, the time and manner of conducting the referendum shall be in accordance with the general electio…

(60 ILCS 1/5-15) Sec. 5-15. Form of proposition. The county board, on the petition of 10% or more of the legal voters of the county, shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the county the question of township organization under this Article. The proposition shall…

(60 ILCS 1/5-20) Sec. 5-20. Abstract of election returns. The county clerk shall enter an abstract of the returns of the election, prepared and certified as in elections for county officers, file the abstract in the records of the county, and certify an exact copy of the abstract…

(60 ILCS 1/5-25) Sec. 5-25. Effect of vote. If it appears by the returns of the election that a majority of the legal voters of the county are for township organization, then, the county so voting in favor of adopting township organization shall be governed by and subject to the …

(60 ILCS 1/5-30) Sec. 5-30. Appointment of commissioners to divide county into townships. The presiding officer of the county board, with the advice and consent of the county board, shall at the next session of the county board appoint 3 commissioners to divide the county into to…

(60 ILCS 1/5-35) Sec. 5-35. Division of county into townships. The commissioners shall proceed to divide the county into townships, making them conform to the townships according to government surveys. Fractional townships may be attached to adjoining townships if the number of t…

(60 ILCS 1/5-40) Sec. 5-40. Township names. Townships shall be named in accordance with the express wish of the inhabitants of the township. If there is not a degree of unanimity as to the name, the commissioners may designate the name. The county board may change the name of any…

(60 ILCS 1/5-45) Sec. 5-45. Commissioners' report. The commissioners shall make a written report of their proceedings, giving the names and bounds of each township. They shall present the report to the county clerk on or before the first day of March next succeeding. (Source: P.A…

(60 ILCS 1/5-5) Sec. 5-5. Vote on organization. At any general election held in the several counties in this State, the qualified voters in any county may vote for or against township organization in the county. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/5-50) Sec. 5-50. Abstract of commissioners' report. The county clerk shall, within 30 days after receiving the commissioners' report, transmit by mail to the Secretary of State an abstract of the report. The abstract shall give the bounds of each township and the name …

(60 ILCS 1/5-55) Sec. 5-55. Duplicate township names. If the Secretary of State, on comparing the abstracts of the reports from the several counties, finds that any 2 or more townships within a single county are named alike, he or she shall so inform the clerk of the county. The …

(60 ILCS 1/5-60) Sec. 5-60. Record of township names and boundaries. The Secretary of State shall keep a record of the names and boundaries of the several townships. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/5-65) Sec. 5-65. Township election. The township election shall be scheduled in accordance with and conducted in the manner required by the Election Code. (Source: P.A. 87-471; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/5-70) Sec. 5-70. Refusal to organize township; annexation. (a) If any township refuses or neglects to organize and elect township officers, the county board of the county may order another election for that purpose at the time of the next regular election scheduled und…

(60 ILCS 1/5-75) Sec. 5-75. Township co-extensive with city or village. When, in any county under township organization, there is any territory co-extensive with the limits of a city or village situated in the county and not included within any organized township, that territory …

(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.)