(105 ILCS 5/8-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 8-17)
Sec. 8-17.
Duties of treasurer.
(a) It is also the duty of the township
treasurer to:
1. Return to the county clerk, on or before the first Tuesday in October in each year, |
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2. Pay all lawful orders issued by the school board of any district
in his township.
3. Collect from the township and county collectors the full amount of taxes levied by
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| the school boards in his township.
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4. Examine the official records of each district in the township on the first Mondays
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5. Keep a record account between districts when pupils are transferred from one district
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6. Give notice of the election of trustees, and in case of the formation of a new school
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| district, of the election of school directors or school board members.
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7. Give notice of any regular district election when the directors or school board
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| members fail or refuse to do so.
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8. Publish in some English language newspaper of his county an annual statement of the
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| finances of the township.
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9. Be responsible for receipts, disbursements and investments arising out of the
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| operation of the school district under his supervision.
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(b) The duties of the township treasurer set forth in subsection (a)
shall not be deemed or construed to extend or apply with respect to any
school district in his township which has withdrawn from the jurisdiction
and authority of the township trustees and from the jurisdiction and
authority of the township treasurer as provided in subsection (b) of
Section 5-1, nor to the school business, tax levies, tax revenues, payment
orders, records, elections, annual statements, receipts, disbursements,
investments or other financial or business activities or affairs of any
such school district or of the school board of any such district, other
than the duty to account in accordance with law for any balance of the
income from the permanent township fund required to be apportioned and
distributed to any such district pursuant to Section 5-17 after payment of
all valid claims as provided in that Section, and except as otherwise
provided with respect to the distribution and apportionment of funds
pursuant to Sections 15-31 and 19-28.
(Source: P.A. 86-1441.)
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