Chapter 60 — TOWNSHIPS

(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 1/65-10) Sec. 65-10. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-670; predecessor Section repealed by P.A. 88-360.)

(60 ILCS 1/65-15) Sec. 65-15. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-62. Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)

(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 1/7-27) (This Section was renumbered Section 70-27 in P.A. 101-81) Sec. 7-27. (Renumbered). (Source: P.A. 100-983, eff. 1-1-19. Renumbered by P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)

(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…

(60 ILCS 1/70-15) Sec. 70-15. Chief executive officer; fiscal duties; penalty for neglect. (a) The supervisor is the chief executive officer of the township. (b) The supervisor shall receive and pay out all moneys raised in the township for defraying township charges, except thos…

(60 ILCS 1/70-20) Sec. 70-20. Prosecution for penalties and forfeitures. The supervisor shall prosecute in the name of the township or otherwise, as may be necessary, for all penalties or forfeitures given by law to the township or for its use and for which no other officer is es…

(60 ILCS 1/70-25) Sec. 70-25. Account of receipts and expenditures. (a) The supervisor shall keep a just and true account of the receipts and expenditures of all moneys that come into the supervisor's hands by virtue of the office, in a book to be provided for that purpose at the…

(60 ILCS 1/70-27) Sec. 70-27. Attestation to funds endorsed by the supervisor. If a township supervisor issues a payout of funds from the township treasury, the township clerk shall attest to such payment. A township board may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this Secti…

(60 ILCS 1/70-30) Sec. 70-30. Annual accounting to township board; certificate of board. (a) Within 30 days before the annual township meeting, the supervisor shall account to the township board for all moneys received and disbursed by the supervisor in his or her official capaci…

(60 ILCS 1/70-35) Sec. 70-35. Periodic presentation of accounts to township board. The supervisor shall receive all accounts that may be presented to him or her against the township and shall lay them before the township board at or before their next meeting. (Source: P.A. 82-783…

(60 ILCS 1/70-37) Sec. 70-37. Township attorney. The supervisor, with the advice and consent of the township board, may appoint a township attorney. The township attorney's compensation shall be fixed as provided in Section 100-5. (Source P.A. 87-708; 88-62; 88-360; 88-572, eff. …

(60 ILCS 1/70-40) Sec. 70-40. Failure to perform duties; forfeiture and disqualification. If any supervisor refuses or wilfully neglects to perform any of the duties of the office under the preceding Sections of this Article, he or she shall forfeit to the township the sum of $50…

(60 ILCS 1/70-45) Sec. 70-45. Supervisors in Cook County. The supervisors of townships in Cook County shall perform the same duties as supervisors of townships in other counties under township organization, except that they shall not be members of the county board or exercise any…

(60 ILCS 1/70-5) Sec. 70-5. Supervisor; bond. (a) The supervisor, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall give bond to the township, with one or more sureties, (i) in at least double the amount of money that may come into the supervisor's hands, if individuals act as…

(60 ILCS 1/70-50) Sec. 70-50. Supervisor of general assistance. The township supervisor shall be ex officio supervisor of general assistance in the township and shall administer the general assistance program in the township as provided in Articles VI, XI, and XII of the Illinois…

(60 ILCS 1/70-55) Sec. 70-55. Member of board of health. The township supervisor shall be a member of the board of health for a public health district as provided in the Public Health District Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/70-60) Sec. 70-60. Road district treasurer. In each road district comprised of a single township, the township supervisor shall be ex officio treasurer for the road district and shall execute a bond and have powers and duties as provided in Article 6 of the Illinois Hi…

(60 ILCS 1/73-5) Sec. 73-5. Officer of township; election; powers and duties. The highway commissioner of each road district comprised of a single township shall have powers and duties as provided in Article 6 of the Illinois Highway Code. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75-10) Sec. 75-10. Township meeting records. The township clerk shall record in the book of records of the township the minutes of the proceedings of every township meeting held in the township and shall enter in the book every order or direction and all by-laws, rules…

(60 ILCS 1/75-15) Sec. 75-15. Copies of vote entries. The township clerk shall deliver to the supervisor, before the annual meeting of the county board of the county, in each year, certified copies of all entries of votes for raising money made since the last annual meeting of th…

(60 ILCS 1/75-20) Sec. 75-20. Certification of taxes. The township clerk shall annually, at the time required by Section 18-15 of the Property Tax Code, certify to the county clerk the amount of taxes required to be raised for all township purposes. (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, e…

(60 ILCS 1/75-25) Sec. 75-25. Failure to make return; petty offense. If a township clerk wilfully omits to make a return required by this Article, he or she is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined, for each offense, not more than $10. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75-30) Sec. 75-30. Deputy registration officer. The township clerk, upon appointment as a deputy registration officer by the county clerk under the Election Code, shall have the powers and duties provided in the Election Code. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75-35) Sec. 75-35. Member of board of health. The township clerk shall be a member of the board of health for a public health district as provided in the Public Health District Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/75-40) Sec. 75-40. Road district clerk. In each road district comprised of a single township, the township clerk shall be ex officio clerk for the highway commissioner and shall have the powers and duties as provided in Article 6 of the Illinois Highway Code. (Source: …