HB4026eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4026 Engrossed LRB093 15637 MKM 41245 b

AN ACT in relation to townships.

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

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Sections 85-10, 140-5, and 240-5 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/85-10)

Sec. 85-10. Township corporate powers.

(a) Every township has the corporate capacity to exercise the powers granted to it, or necessarily implied, and no others. Every township has the powers specified in this Section.

(b) A township may sue and be sued.

(c) A township may acquire (by purchase, gift, or legacy) and hold property, both real and personal, for the use of its inhabitants and may sell and convey that property. A township may purchase any real estate or personal property for public purposes under contracts providing for payment in installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal property. A township may finance the purchase of any real estate or personal property for public purpose under finance contracts providing for payment in installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal property. A township may construct a township hall under contracts providing for payment over a period of time of not more than 10 5 years. The interest on the unpaid balance shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.

(d) A township may make all contracts necessary in the exercise of the township's powers.

(e) A township may expend or contract for the expenditure of any federal funds made available to the township by law for any purpose for which taxes imposed upon township property or property within the township may be expended.

(f) A township may acquire (singly or jointly with a municipality or municipalities) land or any interest in land located within its township limits. The township may acquire the land or interest by gift, purchase, or otherwise, but not by condemnation. A township may (singly or jointly) improve or arrange for the improvement of the land for industrial or commercial purposes and may donate and convey the land or interest in land so acquired and so improved to the Illinois Finance Authority.

(g) (Blank)

(h) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted either expressly or by necessary implication by this Code, any other Illinois statute, or the Illinois Constitution to townships may be exercised by those townships notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to townships to the extent their activities are authorized by law as stated in this Code.

(i) A township may receive funds under the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and may expend or contract for the expenditure of those funds and other township funds for the activities specified in Section 105 of that Act. The powers granted under this subsection (i) are in addition to powers otherwise possessed by a township and shall not be construed as a limitation of those other powers.

(j) A township may establish reasonable fees for recreation and instructional programs sponsored by the township.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(60 ILCS 1/140-5)

Sec. 140-5. Petition and referendum for township hall.

(a) Whenever it is desired to build, purchase, or lease, for a longer period than 10 5 years, a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center in any township, at least 25 electors of the township may, before the time of giving notice of the annual township meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in writing that the proposition of building, purchasing, or leasing a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combination township hall and multi-purpose senior center and issuing bonds for the building, purchase, or lease be submitted to the voters of the township at the next ensuing general election. The proposition shall be clearly stated in the petition substantially as follows: "Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to ( build, purchase, or lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination multi-purpose township hall and senior center) and issue bonds for the (building, purchase, or lease)?" The petition shall be filed in the office of the township clerk.

(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the legal voters of the township at an election in accordance with the general election law. The form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:

Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to ( build, purchase, or lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination township hall and multi-purpose senior center) and issue bonds for the (building, purchase, or lease)?

The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

(Source: P.A. 87-1254; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/240-5)

Sec. 240-5. Borrowing money. The township board may borrow money (i) from any bank or financial institution if the money is to be repaid within 10 years from the time it is borrowed or (ii) , with the approval of the highway commissioner, from a township road district fund, if the money is to be repaid within one year from the time it is borrowed. "Financial institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois Banking Act, any savings and loan association subject to the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, and any federally chartered commercial bank or savings and loan association organized and operated in this State under the laws of the United States.

(Source: P.A. 86-1179; 88-62.)

Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing Section 6-107.1 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/6-107.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-107.1)

Sec. 6-107.1. Road districts may borrow money from any bank or other financial institution or, in a township road district and with the approval of the town board of trustees, from the town fund, provided such money shall be repaid within 10 years one year from the time the money is borrowed. "Financial institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois Banking Act, any savings and loan association subject to the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, and any federally chartered commercial bank or savings and loan association organized and operated in this State pursuant to the laws of the United States.

(Source: P.A. 85-514; 86-1179.)

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