(60 ILCS 1/Art. 65 heading) ARTICLE 65.
COMPENSATION AND FEES
OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
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(60 ILCS 1/65-5)
Sec. 65-5. Compensation of township officers. Township officers are entitled
to compensation at the rates specified in this Article for each day necessarily
devoted by them to the services of the township in the duties of their
respective offices.
Compensation set by a multi-township board for the multi-township assessor
shall be set at least 150 days before the election of that officer.
Compensation set by a township board for the township assessor and collector
shall be set at the same time the compensation of its supervisor is set. Compensation shall be for time served, and no township officer may receive compensation for any future or anticipated days of duty.
(Source: P.A. 97-736, eff. 7-3-12.)
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(60 ILCS 1/65-10)
Sec. 65-10.
(Repealed).
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-670; predecessor Section repealed by P.A.
88-360.)
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(60 ILCS 1/65-15)
Sec. 65-15.
(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 88-62. Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
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(60 ILCS 1/65-20)
Sec. 65-20. Road district treasurer; new township; multi-township
officers. (a) Compensation of township officers shall be set by the township board
at least 180 days before the beginning of the terms of officers,
including compensation of the road district treasurer, which shall be not less
than $100 or more than $1,000 per year.
Compensation of a township assessor and collector shall be set at the same
time as the compensation of the township supervisor. Compensation of a
multi-township assessor shall be set at least 150 days before his or her
election.
(b) The compensation to be paid to each officer in a new township
established under Section 10-25 shall be determined under this Section by
the township board of the township the whole or a part of which
comprises the new township and that has the highest equalized assessed
valuation (as of December 31, 1972) of the old townships that comprise the new
township.
(c) At least 150 days before the
election of multi-township officers, the multi-township board may establish
additional pay of those board members for their services in an amount not to
exceed $25 per day for each day of services.
(d) For the first term of a township consolidated or merged under Article 22 or 23, compensation for township officers of the consolidated or merged township shall be set by the Transition Township Board no later than the first day in April before the consolidated election at which the township officers are to be elected. (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
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(60 ILCS 1/65-25)
Sec. 65-25.
Township assessor compensation.
The township assessor shall
receive for his or her services as assessor a sum as provided in the Property
Tax Code as full compensation for services performed by township assessors in
making assessments of property.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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(60 ILCS 1/65-30)
Sec. 65-30.
Poundmaster fees.
(a) The poundmaster shall be allowed the following fees for his
services: for taking into and discharging from the pound horses, asses, mules,
and neat cattle, 10¢ each; sheep or lambs, 3¢ each; and swine, 5¢ each.
(b) The poundmaster may receive reasonable charges for the keeping
of animals described in subsection (a). The amount of the charge may be
regulated by the electors at a township meeting.
(Source: P.A. 86-1028; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/65-35)
Sec. 65-35.
Township collector commission.
(a) The township or district collector shall be allowed a commission of
2% of all moneys collected by him or her, to be paid out of the respective
moneys collected. From that commission, the township or district collector
shall be allowed the following amounts of compensation for his or her services:
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(b) In addition, the township or district collector in townships other than
townships whose corporate limits are coextensive with cities or villages shall
be allowed, from the commission allowed under subsection (a), an amount
sufficient to pay his or her expenses necessarily incurred in the collection of
taxes, including office expenses, employees' salaries, and other necessary
expenses. This amount is payable only if the collector has submitted his or her
annual budget to the township board and the board has approved it.
(c) After payment of the amounts described in subsections (a) and (b) to the
township or district collector as compensation for his or her services, the
excess of the commission allowed shall be paid into the township treasury,
except that in a township comprised of only one village or city whose corporate
limits are coextensive with the corporate limits of the township, the excess
shall be paid into the village or city treasury. The township or village board
or city council may allow, to the township or district collector of a township
whose corporate limits are co-extensive with the corporate limits of a city or
village, expense money to cover costs of collection out of the excess
commission.
(Source: P.A. 86-1028; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/Art. 70 heading) ARTICLE 70.
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISOR
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(60 ILCS 1/70-5)
Sec. 70-5. Supervisor; bond.
(a) The supervisor, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall
give bond to the township, with one or more sureties, (i) in at least double
the amount of money that may come into the supervisor's hands, if individuals
act as sureties, or (ii) only in the amount of money that may come into the
supervisor's hands, if a surety company authorized to do business in this State
acts as surety. The bond shall be conditioned on the faithful discharge of his
or her duties as supervisor and require that he or she safely keep and pay over
all money entrusted to his or her keeping as supervisor. The bond shall be
approved by the township clerk and filed in the clerk's office with the clerk's
approval indorsed on it.
(b) Whenever the township clerk ascertains that the bond has been forfeited,
the clerk shall institute suit against the supervisor. If the clerk fails or
refuses to institute a suit, any person interested in the matter may institute
a suit.
(Source: P.A. 101-519, eff. 8-23-19.)
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(60 ILCS 1/70-10)
Sec. 70-10.
Depository for township moneys.
(a) The township board shall from time to time, when
requested by the supervisor, designate one or more banks or savings and
loan associations in which the funds and moneys of the township in the custody
of the supervisor shall be kept. When a bank or savings and loan association
has been designated as a depository, it shall continue as a depository until 10
days have elapsed after a new depository is designated and has qualified by
furnishing the statements of resources and liabilities required by Section 6 of
the Public Funds Investment Act.
(b) When a new depository is designated, the township board shall notify the
sureties of the supervisor of that fact, in writing, at least5 days before the
transfer of funds. The supervisor shall be discharged from responsibility for
all township funds and moneys which he or she deposits in a depository
designated under this Section while those funds and moneys are deposited.
(c) No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public
funds under this Section unless it has complied with Section 6 of the Public
Funds Investment Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-1362; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/70-15)
Sec. 70-15. Chief executive officer; fiscal duties; penalty for neglect.
(a) The supervisor is the chief executive officer of the township.
(b) The supervisor shall receive and pay out all moneys raised in the
township for defraying township charges, except those raised for the support of
highways and bridges, and for township library purposes.
(c) The supervisor shall, within 30 days before the annual township
meeting, prepare and file with the township clerk a full unaudited statement
of the financial affairs of the township, showing (i) the balance (if any)
received by the supervisor from his or her predecessor in office or from any
other source; (ii) the amount of tax levied the preceding year for the payment
of township indebtedness and charges; (iii) the amount collected and paid over
to the supervisor as supervisor; (iv) the amount paid out by the supervisor and
on what account, including any amount paid out on township indebtedness,
specifying the nature and amount of the township indebtedness, the amount paid
on the indebtedness, the amount paid on principal, and the amount paid on
interest account; and (v) the amount and kind of all outstanding indebtedness
due and unpaid, the amount and kind of indebtedness not yet due, and when the
indebtedness not yet due will mature. The township clerk shall record the
statement in the record book of the township as soon as it is filed and
shall post
a copy of the statement at the place of holding the annual township meeting 2
days before the meeting is held. The clerk shall also read aloud the unaudited statement or provide a copy of the unaudited statement
to the electors at the annual township meeting.
(d) Any supervisor or township clerk who wilfully neglects to comply with
this Section shall forfeit and pay to the township the sum of not less than $50
nor more than $200. The amount forfeited shall be sued for and recovered by the
township in its corporate name and shall be appropriated to repairs of highways
and bridges in the township.
(Source: P.A. 98-1108, eff. 1-1-15.)
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(60 ILCS 1/70-20)
Sec. 70-20.
Prosecution for penalties and forfeitures.
The supervisor shall
prosecute in the name of the township or otherwise, as may be necessary, for
all penalties or forfeitures given by law to the township or for its use and
for which no other officer is especially directed to prosecute, except as may
be otherwise directed by the electors at a township meeting.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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(60 ILCS 1/70-25)
Sec. 70-25.
Account of receipts and expenditures.
(a) The supervisor shall keep a just and true account of the receipts and
expenditures of all moneys that come into the supervisor's hands by virtue of
the office, in a book to be provided for that purpose at the expense of the
township. The book shall be delivered to the supervisor's successor in office.
(b) This Section is subject to the Local Records Act.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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