Chapter 60 — TOWNSHIPS

(60 ILCS 1/75-45) Sec. 75-45. Deputy clerk. (a) The township clerk, when authorized by the township board, may appoint one deputy clerk. (b) The deputy clerk has the power and duty to do the following: (1) Execute all documents required by law to be executed by the township clerk…

(60 ILCS 1/75-5) Sec. 75-5. Custodian of records. (a) The township clerk shall have the custody of all records, books, and papers of the township and shall duly file all certificates or oaths and other papers required by law to be filed in the clerk's office. This Section is subj…

(60 ILCS 1/77-5) Sec. 77-5. Election; powers and duties. The township assessor shall be elected and have powers and duties as provided in the Property Tax Code. The township assessor also shall be a member of the board of health for a public health district as provided in the Pub…

(60 ILCS 1/78-5) Sec. 78-5. Bond; powers and duties. The township collector shall execute a bond and have powers and duties as provided in the Property Tax Code. (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

(60 ILCS 1/80-10) Sec. 80-10. Board meetings; township and road district accounts. (a) The township board shall meet at the township clerk's office for the purpose of examining and auditing the township and road district accounts before any bills (other than general assistance, o…

(60 ILCS 1/80-15) Sec. 80-15. Supervisor and highway commissioner accounts. (a) The township board shall, at the same time and place as stated in Section 80-10, examine the accounts of the supervisor (including all contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit …

(60 ILCS 1/80-20) Sec. 80-20. Independent audit of accounts. (a) All accounts audited under this Article (and those rejected, if any) shall be delivered with the certificate of the trustees (or a majority of them) to the township clerk, who shall keep them on file for the inspect…

(60 ILCS 1/80-25) Sec. 80-25. Verification of accounts. The township board may require any account presented to be verified by an affidavit setting forth that the account is correct and reasonable and is unpaid (or, if any part of the account has been paid, setting forth the amou…

(60 ILCS 1/80-30) Sec. 80-30. Certification of claim or charge. (a) The township board shall make a certificate, to be signed by a majority of the board, specifying the nature of the claim or charge and to whom the amount is allowed. The board shall cause the certificate to be de…

(60 ILCS 1/80-35) Sec. 80-35. Township charges. The following shall be deemed township charges: (1) The compensation of township officers for services rendered their respective townships. (2) Contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the township. (3) Th…

(60 ILCS 1/80-40) Sec. 80-40. Levy to defray township charges. The moneys necessary to defray the township charges of each township shall be levied on the taxable property in the township in the manner prescribed in the Property Tax Code. (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94…

(60 ILCS 1/80-45) Sec. 80-45. Township clerk as clerk of board. The township clerk shall act as clerk of the township board and shall record the proceedings of each meeting of the board in a book which he or she shall provide for that purpose at the expense of the township. The r…

(60 ILCS 1/80-5) Sec. 80-5. Township board membership; officers. (a) In each township, the township board shall consist of the supervisor and 4 other members elected at large from the township under Section 50-5. The township clerk shall be the clerk of the township board but not…

(60 ILCS 1/80-50) Sec. 80-50. Payment of accounts; forfeiture for failure to pay. (a) Accounts audited shall be paid by the supervisor within 20 days after presentation of a certificate of the township clerk stating the amount and to whom it is allowed, the account, and the date …

(60 ILCS 1/80-55) Sec. 80-55. Multi-township board. A multi-township board shall be organized as provided in the Property Tax Code, and shall have only the powers, duties, and responsibilities provided by law. Members of a multi-township board may receive additional pay for their…

(60 ILCS 1/80-60) Sec. 80-60. Annual budget and appropriation ordinance. The township board shall comply with the Illinois Municipal Budget Law. The township board must, at least 30 days before the public hearing required by Section 3 of the Illinois Municipal Budget Law, prepare…

(60 ILCS 1/80-65) Sec. 80-65. Annual audit. The township board shall comply with the Governmental Account Audit Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/80-70) Sec. 80-70. Fence viewers. The township board shall be ex officio fence viewers as provided in the Fence Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/80-75) Sec. 80-75. Donation of surplus property to a historical society or other specified not-for-profit corporation. Any property declared to be surplus by the electors under Section 30-53 may by resolution of the town board of trustees be donated to a historical soc…

(60 ILCS 1/80-80) Sec. 80-80. Advisory referenda. By a vote of a majority of the township board, the township board may authorize that an advisory question of public policy be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election in the township. The township board shall …

(60 ILCS 1/85-10) Sec. 85-10. Township corporate powers. (a) Every township has the corporate capacity to exercise the powers granted to it, or necessarily implied, and no others. Every township has the powers specified in this Section. (b) A township may sue and be sued. (c) A t…

(60 ILCS 1/85-12) Sec. 85-12. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any power granted under this Code to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. …

(60 ILCS 1/85-13) Sec. 85-13. Township services, generally. (a) The township board may either expend funds directly or may enter into any cooperative agreement or contract with any other governmental entity, not-for-profit corporation, non-profit community service association, or…

(60 ILCS 1/85-14) Sec. 85-14. Nondiscriminatory use of township funds. A township official may not prohibit an organization from receiving township funds based upon the perceived citizenship or immigration status of the person who would receive those funds from the organization. …

(60 ILCS 1/85-15) Sec. 85-15. Township Officials of Illinois. The township board may provide for joining the township in an association of townships or a not-for-profit corporation with membership consisting of, townships and may provide for the payment of annual membership dues …

(60 ILCS 1/85-20) Sec. 85-20. Merger of special district into township. A special district may be merged into a township as provided in Section 3.6 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. (Source: P.A. 85-672; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/85-25) Sec. 85-25. Prompt payment. Purchases made under this Code shall be made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act. (Source: P.A. 84-731; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/85-30) Sec. 85-30. Purchases; bids. Any purchase by a township for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of $30,000 (other than professional services) shall be contracted for in one of the following ways: (1) By a contract let to the lowest responsible …

(60 ILCS 1/85-35) Sec. 85-35. Retaining percentage of contract price; trust agreement. (a) Whenever any township has entered into a contract for the repair, remodeling, renovation, or construction of a building or structure or the construction or maintenance of a road or highway …

(60 ILCS 1/85-40) Sec. 85-40. Investment of public funds. All funds of the township shall be invested as provided in the Public Funds Investment Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/85-45) Sec. 85-45. Pecuniary interest in contracts. (a) Except as provided in this Section, no township officer or employee shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in his or her own name or in the name of any other person, association, trust, or corporation, in an…

(60 ILCS 1/85-5) Sec. 85-5. Corporate name. The corporate name of each township shall be either ".... Township" or "The Town of .... (name of township)". All acts done by the township and all actions by or against the township shall be in its corporate name. (Source: P.A. 82-783;…

(60 ILCS 1/85-50) Sec. 85-50. Demolition, repair, or enclosure of buildings. (a) The township board of any township may formally request the county board to commence specified proceedings with respect to property located within the township but outside the territory of any munici…

(60 ILCS 1/85-55) Sec. 85-55. Horse-drawn vehicles. The township board may, by ordinance, license and regulate horse-drawn vehicles operating within the township. The ordinance may also (i) prescribe regulations for the safe operation of horse-drawn vehicles and (ii) require the …

(60 ILCS 1/85-60) Sec. 85-60. Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator; posting and publication. (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each township that maintains a website must post on the township's website the foll…

(60 ILCS 1/85-65) Sec. 85-65. Accumulation of funds. Township funds, including, but not limited to, general assistance funds and excluding the township's capital fund, shall not exceed an amount equal to or greater than 2.5 times the annual average expenditure of the previous 3 f…

(60 ILCS 1/85-70) Sec. 85-70. Web-based signature. A township may allow a person to sign any document with a web-based signature if the township uses a secure web-based platform. This Section does not apply to a nominating or candidate petition or a referendum petition. (Source: …

(60 ILCS 1/90-10) Sec. 90-10. County clerk and treasurer as township officers. (a) The county clerk of the county in which a township described in Section 90-5 lies shall be ex officio township clerk and township assessor of each such township, and the treasurer of the county sha…

(60 ILCS 1/90-15) Sec. 90-15. Highway commissioner abolished. The office of highway commissioner is abolished in townships described in Section 90-5. (Source: Laws 1901, p. 314; P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/90-20) Sec. 90-20. Application to new township. Whenever, by the annexation of new territory or otherwise, any new or additional township comes to lie wholly within the boundaries of any city to which this Article applies, all the provisions of this Article shall at on…

(60 ILCS 1/90-25) Sec. 90-25. Election to adopt Article. (a) The electors of a township described in Section 90-5 may adopt and become entitled to the benefits of this Article as provided in this Section. (b) Whenever 1,000 of the legal voters of the township who voted at the pre…

(60 ILCS 1/90-30) Sec. 90-30. Application. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Article to the contrary, this Article has no application to the office of township assessor in townships described in this Article that are situated in counties of 500,000 or more. (Source: Laws 194…

(60 ILCS 1/90-5) Sec. 90-5. Township wholly within city. In every township lying wholly within any city of more than 50,000 population, all the powers vested in the township shall be exercised by the county board of the county in which the township is located, including all the p…

(60 ILCS 1/95-10) Sec. 95-10. Suit in township name. In all suits or proceedings, the township shall sue and be sued by its name, except where township officers are authorized by law to sue in their name of office for the benefit of the township. (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/95-15) Sec. 95-15. Witnesses and jurors. On the trial of every action in which the township is a party or interested, the electors and inhabitants of the township shall be competent witnesses and jurors, except that in suits and proceedings by one township against anot…

(60 ILCS 1/95-20) Sec. 95-20. Township common property. Whenever, by any order or decision in any civil action or proceeding brought to settle any controversy concerning township commons or other lands or the common property of a township, or for the partition of township lands, …

(60 ILCS 1/95-25) Sec. 95-25. Costs. In all suits or proceedings prosecuted by or against township officers in their name of office, costs shall be recovered as in similar cases between individuals. Judgments recovered against a township or against township officers in actions pr…

(60 ILCS 1/95-30) Sec. 95-30. Tort immunity. Civil actions against a township or township employee shall be subject to the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/95-5) Sec. 95-5. Civil action. Whenever any controversy or cause of action exists between any townships of this State or between any township and an individual or corporation, the proceedings may be had in civil actions for the purpose of trying and finally settling th…