(60 ILCS 1/135-5)
Sec. 135-5.
Joint township cemeteries.
Any 2 or more townships or road
districts, within or without the same county, may jointly unite in establishing
and maintaining cemeteries within and without their corporate limits, may
acquire lands for cemeteries in common by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise,
and may lay out lots of convenient size for individuals or families and sell
those lots for burial purposes.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/135-10)
Sec. 135-10.
Joint agreement; referendum; board of managers.
(a) The supervisors of any townships or the highway commissioners of any
road districts desiring to unite to establish and maintain cemeteries under
this Article may provide by agreement for the joint establishment and
maintaining of cemeteries. The agreement shall specify the site of the proposed
cemeteries and the proportionate share of the cost of acquiring and maintaining
the cemeteries that shall be borne by each of the townships or road districts.
(b) The proposition for the joint acquisition and maintenance shall state
the proposed site of the cemeteries and the proportionate share of the cost of
acquisition and maintenance to be borne by the respective townships or road
districts. The township board shall certify the proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit the question to the voters at an election
in accordance with the general election law.
(c) If the proposition is approved by a majority of the voters in each of
the townships or road districts voting upon the proposition, the supervisor of
each township or the commissioners of highways of each road district shall
appoint 3 persons as managers of the cemeteries. Those persons shall be known
as the board of managers. They shall be residents of the respective townships
or road districts from which they are appointed and shall hold their office for
a term of 4 years and until their successors are appointed.
(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/135-15)
Sec. 135-15.
Vacancies in board of managers.
Vacancies in the board of
managers occasioned by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise shall be
reported by the board to the township supervisors or highway commissioners and
shall be filled, in the same manner as original appointments, by the supervisor
of the township or highway commissioner of the road district in which the
deceased, resigned, removed, or retiring member resided.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 388; P.A. 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/135-20)
Sec. 135-20. Powers of board of managers. The board of managers shall
control and manage the cemeteries jointly acquired by the townships or road
districts. The board of managers may receive in trust from the proprietors or
owners of any lot in the cemeteries, or any person, corporation, association,
or society interested in the maintenance of those cemeteries, any gift or
legacy of money or real, personal, or mixed property that is donated or
bequeathed to the board of managers for the use and maintenance of the lot or
cemeteries. The board of managers may convert the property into money, may
invest the money in securities in which trust funds may be invested under the Illinois Trust Code, and may apply the income perpetually for the care of
the lot or the care and maintenance of the cemeteries as specified in the gift
or legacy or as provided by the board of managers if the gift or legacy does
not specify the manner in which the income is to be expended.
(Source: P.A. 101-48, eff. 1-1-20.)
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