Article 145 - Township Hall, Township Coextensive With City
(60 ILCS 1/Art. 145 heading) ARTICLE 145. TOWNSHIP HALL, TOWNSHIP COEXTENSIVE WITH CITY
(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, before the time of giving notice of the annual township meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in writing that the proposition of building or purchasing a township hall, as the case may be, and the issuing of bonds for the building or purchase be submitted to the voters of the township at an election. The proposition shall be clearly stated in the petition substantially as follows: "Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to build or purchase a township hall and issue bonds for the building or purchase?" The petition shall be filed in the office of the township clerk.
(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the legal voters of the township at an election held in accordance with the general election law. The form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:
Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to build or |
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The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, any township whose boundaries are coextensive with the limits of an incorporated city may, by ordinance or resolution, build or purchase a township hall without referendum approval, if the building or purchasing of the township hall is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 96‑1397, eff. 7‑29‑10.) |
(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 not less than one nor more than 20 years, with interest payable annually of not more than 6% per annum. The amount of the bonds issued shall not exceed 2.3% of the value of taxable property of the township as ascertained by the assessment for the State and county tax for the preceding year or, until January 1, 1983, if greater, the sum that is produced by multiplying the township's 1978 equalized assessed valuation by the debt limitation percentage in effect on January 1, 1979, nor shall the amount of the bonds exceed, including the then existing indebtedness of the township, 5.75% of the value of the taxable property of the township as ascertained by the assessment for the State and county tax for the preceding year.
(b) If a majority of the legal voters voting on the proposition are in favor of the proposition, the supervisor and township clerk shall issue a sufficient amount, in the aggregate, of the bonds of the township for the purpose of building or purchasing, as the case may be, a township hall, not to exceed the amount voted upon under Section 145‑5. The bonds shall not be sold or disposed of for less than their par value.
(Source: Laws 1907, p. 572; P.A. 81‑1550; 88‑62.) |
(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 within 20 years from the time of contracting the debt. The amount of the tax shall be certified to the county clerk by the township clerk annually at the time required by law, shall be extended by the county clerk against the taxable property of the township as other taxes, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are collected. The tax, when collected, shall be held by the township collector as a fund out of which shall be paid the bonds and the interest on the bonds according to the tenor and effect of the bonds, upon the order of the supervisor and township clerk.
(Source: Laws 1907, p. 572; P.A. 88‑62.) |
(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: P.A. 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.) |