Public Act 098-0127
 
SB1585 EnrolledLRB098 07311 OMW 37374 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding 
Section 3-70 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 200/3-70 new)
    Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of 
Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided 
in Article 27 of the Township Code, then the coterminous 
municipality shall assume the duties of the Township Assessor 
under this Code.
 
    Section 10. The Township Code is amended  by adding Article 
27 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading new)
ARTICLE 27.  DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION WITHIN  
COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY
 
 
    (60 ILCS 1/27-5 new)
    Sec. 27-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to 
a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially 
coterminous, municipality in which the city council exercises 
the powers and duties of the township board, or in which one or 
more municipal officials serve as an officer or trustee of the 
township; (2) is located within a county with a population of 3 
million or more; and (3) contains a territory of 7 square miles 
or more.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/27-10 new)
    Sec. 27-10. Petition and referendum to discontinue and 
abolish a township organization within a coterminous 
municipality. Upon ordinance adopted by the city council of a 
township described under Section 27-5 of this Article, or upon 
petition of at least 10% of the registered voters of that 
township, the city council shall certify and cause to be 
submitted to the voters of the township, at the next election 
or consolidated election, a proposition to discontinue and 
abolish the township organization and to transfer all the 
rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, 
obligations, and responsibilities of the township organization 
to the coterminous municipality.
    A signature on a petition shall not be valid or counted in 
considering the petition unless the form requirements are 
complied with and the date of each signature is less than 90 
days before the last day for filing the petition. The statement 
of the person who circulates the petition must include an 
attestation (i) indicating the dates on which that sheet was 
circulated, (ii) indicating the first and last date on which 
that sheet was circulated, or (iii) certifying that none of the 
signatures on the sheet was signed more than 90 days before the 
last day for filing the petition. The petition shall be treated 
and the proposition certified in the manner provided by the 
general election law. After the proposition has once been 
submitted to the electorate, the proposition shall not be 
resubmitted for 4 years.
    The proposition shall be in substantially the following 
form:
        Shall the township organization be continued in [Name 
    of Township] Township?
    The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
 
    (60 ILCS 1/27-15 new)
    Sec. 27-15. Cessation of township organization. If a 
majority of the votes of the township cast are in favor of the 
proposition to discontinue and abolish the township 
organization, then the township organization in that township 
shall cease.
    On the effective date of the discontinuance and abolishment 
of the township organization, all the rights, powers, duties, 
assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and 
responsibilities of the township shall by operation of law vest 
in and be assumed by the coterminous municipality.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/27-20 new)
    Sec. 27-20. Township officers.
    Upon the effective date of discontinuance, the coterminous 
municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of 
that township officer as provided in the Township Code, the 
Illinois Public Aid Code, Property Tax Code, and the Illinois 
Highway Code, as applicable. The coterminous municipality may 
enter into an intergovernmental agreement or contract with the 
county or the State to administer the duties and 
responsibilities of that township officer for services under 
its jurisdiction.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/27-25 new)
    Sec. 27-25. Business, records, and property of 
discontinued township organization. The records of a township 
organization discontinued under this Article shall be 
deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's 
office. The coterminous municipality may close up all 
unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any 
of the property belonging to the township for benefit of the 
inhabitants of the municipality.
 
    Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended by 
adding Section 25 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 905/25 new)
    Sec. 25. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. If the 
office of Township Assessor in a coterminous township is 
discontinued as provided in Article 27 of the Township Code, 
then the coterminous municipality's Council members shall be 
the board of health for the public health district under this 
Act.
 
    Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
adding Section 12-3.1 as follows:
 
    (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1 new)
    Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. 
Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township under Article 27 
of the Township Code, the coterminous municipality shall 
provide funds for and administer the public aid program 
provided for under Article VI of this Code.
 
    Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by adding 
Section 5-205.10 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/5-205.10 new)
    Sec. 5-205.10. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. 
If township organization is discontinued as provided in Article 
27 of the Township Code, then the coterminous municipality 
shall assume the duties of highway commissioner under this 
Code.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.