093_HB2316

 
                                     LRB093 08199 MKM 08406 b

 1        AN ACT concerning local government.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Public  Graveyards  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 1 as follows:

 6        (50 ILCS 610/1) (from Ch. 21, par. 13)
 7        Sec.  1.   (a) Public graveyards in this State, not under
 8    the control of any corporation sole, organization or society,
 9    and located within the limits of townships  or  counties  not
10    under  township  organization, shall and may be controlled or
11    vacated by the corporate  authorities  of  such  township  or
12    county  in  such  manner as such authorities may deem proper,
13    and in the case of townships, such control may be vested in 3
14    trustees.
15        (b)  Vacancies created by the expiration occurring at any
16    time after the effective date of the amendatory  Act  of  the
17    Seventy-eighth General Assembly and after this amendatory Act
18    of  the  83rd  General  Assembly  of  the  terms  of cemetery
19    trustees of a township (except a township coterminous with  a
20    municipality)  or of a county not under township organization
21    elected under this Act shall be filled only  by  appointment.
22    Such  appointment  shall  be  made by the county board of any
23    county not under township organization  or  by  the  Township
24    Board of Trustees in counties under township organization, as
25    the  case  may be, for a term of 6 years. Until the effective
26    date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1983,  in   a   township
27    coterminous  with  a  municipality,  cemetery  trustees shall
28    continue to be elected by ballot, with one trustee elected in
29    each odd-numbered year, in accordance with the provisions  of
30    the  general  election  law,  for a term of 6 years and until
31    their respective successors are elected and qualified.  After
 
                            -2-      LRB093 08199 MKM 08406 b
 1    the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of  1983,  in  a
 2    township  coterminous  with a municipality, cemetery trustees
 3    shall  be  appointed  by  the  governing  authority  of   the
 4    municipality  with one trustee appointed in each odd-numbered
 5    year for a term of 6 years and until his  or  her  respective
 6    successors are appointed and qualified.
 7        Such  trustees  may  be  paid  such  compensation, not to
 8    exceed $2,000 $500 per year, as may be fixed by the  Township
 9    Board  of  Trustees. If the cemetery trustees also act as the
10    cemetery caretakers, then the cemetery trustees may  be  paid
11    compensation  not  to exceed $5,000 per year, as may be fixed
12    by the Township Board of Trustees.
13        (c)  Not more than one of the trustees shall be from  any
14    one  city  or village or incorporated town or section of land
15    within such township unless such city, village,  incorporated
16    town  or  section  of  land  shall  have more than 50% of the
17    population of the township according to  the  last  preceding
18    Federal  census  in  which  are  included  2  or more cities,
19    villages, incorporated towns or sections of land.
20    (Source: P.A. 83-712.)

21        Section 10.  The Township Code  is  amended  by  changing
22    Sections 80-55 and 150-15 as follows:

23        (60 ILCS 1/80-55)
24        Sec. 80-55.  Multi-township board. A multi-township board
25    shall  be organized as provided in the Property Tax Code, and
26    shall have only  the  powers,  duties,  and  responsibilities
27    provided  by  law.  Members  of  a  multi-township  board may
28    receive additional pay for their service, determined  by  the
29    multi-township board under Section 65-10, in an amount not to
30    exceed  $50  $25  per  day for each day of service and may be
31    reimbursed for any actual expense incurred in  the  discharge
32    of their duties as members of the multi-township board.
 
                            -3-      LRB093 08199 MKM 08406 b
 1    (Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

 2        (60 ILCS 1/150-15)
 3        Sec.  150-15.  Board of managers; election; organization;
 4    salary.
 5        (a)  The community building or buildings,  if  authorized
 6    at  an election, shall be under the care and supervision of a
 7    board of managers.  The board of managers shall consist of  3
 8    persons  who  are  registered to vote from a residence in the
 9    township.  Each member of the board of managers may be paid a
10    salary not to exceed $50 $25 per day or $2,000 $500 per year,
11    as determined  by  the  township  board,  for  attendance  at
12    township  meetings and business travel pertaining to official
13    duties.
14        (b)  The first board of managers shall be elected at  the
15    regular  election at which the referendum for the first issue
16    of bonds for the establishment of  a  community  building  or
17    buildings  is  authorized by the voters. Three managers shall
18    be elected at the  time  of  the  regular  township  election
19    provided   in  the  general  election  law  and  until  their
20    successors are elected and qualified.
21        (c)  Candidates  for  the  board  of  managers  shall  be
22    nominated by a petition signed by 10 registered voters of the
23    township and filed with the township clerk  within  the  time
24    prescribed  by  the general election law.  The township clerk
25    shall certify the names  of  the  candidates  to  the  proper
26    election authorities.  The election shall be conducted in the
27    manner   prescribed  by  the  general  election  law.  The  3
28    candidates   receiving   the   highest   number   of   votes,
29    respectively, shall be declared elected and shall assume  the
30    duties  of  their  office  on  the  first Monday of the month
31    following their election.
32        (d)  Within 10 days after assuming office, the  board  of
33    managers  shall  meet  and  organize.   One   member shall be
 
                            -4-      LRB093 08199 MKM 08406 b
 1    elected chairman and one member shall be elected clerk of the
 2    board.  A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for
 3    the transaction of business.  If  a  vacancy  occurs  on  the
 4    board,  the vacancy shall be filled by the remaining managers
 5    within 60  days  by  the  appointment  of  a  person  who  is
 6    qualified  to  be a manager. The person appointed shall serve
 7    the remainder of the unexpired term.
 8    (Source: P.A. 86-283; 88-62.)

 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
10    becoming law.