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Sen. David Koehler
Filed: 5/17/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 242
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 242 on page 13, |
| 3 | | immediately below line 19, by inserting the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 85-10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/85-10)
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| 7 | | Sec. 85-10. Township corporate powers.
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| 8 | | (a) Every township has the corporate capacity to exercise |
| 9 | | the
powers granted to it, or necessarily implied, and no
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| 10 | | others. Every township has the powers specified in this |
| 11 | | Section.
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| 12 | | (b) A township may sue and be sued.
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| 13 | | (c) A township may acquire (by purchase, gift, or legacy) |
| 14 | | and hold property,
both real and personal, for the use of its |
| 15 | | inhabitants and may sell and
convey that property. A township |
| 16 | | may purchase any real estate or personal
property for public |
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| 1 | | purposes under contracts providing for payment in
installments |
| 2 | | over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
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| 3 | | real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal |
| 4 | | property.
A township may finance the purchase of any real |
| 5 | | estate or personal property
for public purpose under finance |
| 6 | | contracts providing for payment in
installments over a period |
| 7 | | of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
real estate and |
| 8 | | not more than 10 years in the case of personal property.
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| 9 | | township may construct a township hall under contracts |
| 10 | | providing for payment
over a period of time of not more than 20 |
| 11 | | 10 years. The interest on the unpaid
balance shall not exceed |
| 12 | | that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.
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| 13 | | (d) A township may make all contracts necessary in the |
| 14 | | exercise of the
township's powers.
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| 15 | | (e) A township may expend or contract for the expenditure |
| 16 | | of any federal
funds made available to the township by law for |
| 17 | | any purpose for which taxes
imposed upon township property or |
| 18 | | property within the township may be expended.
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| 19 | | (f) A township may acquire (singly or jointly with a |
| 20 | | municipality or
municipalities) land or any interest in land |
| 21 | | located within its township
limits. The township may acquire |
| 22 | | the land or interest by gift, purchase, or
otherwise, but not |
| 23 | | by condemnation. A township may (singly or jointly) improve
or |
| 24 | | arrange for the improvement of the land for industrial or |
| 25 | | commercial
purposes and may donate and convey the land or |
| 26 | | interest in land so acquired
and so improved to the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Finance Authority.
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| 2 | | (g) (Blank)
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| 3 | | (h) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted |
| 4 | | either expressly
or by necessary implication by this Code, any |
| 5 | | other Illinois statute, or the
Illinois Constitution to |
| 6 | | townships may be exercised by those
townships notwithstanding |
| 7 | | effects on competition. It is the intention of the
General |
| 8 | | Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application |
| 9 | | of
federal antitrust statutes be fully available to townships |
| 10 | | to the extent
their activities are authorized by law as stated |
| 11 | | in this Code.
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| 12 | | (i) A township may receive funds under the federal Housing |
| 13 | | and
Community Development Act of 1974 and may expend or |
| 14 | | contract for the
expenditure of those funds and other township |
| 15 | | funds for the
activities specified in Section 105 of that Act. |
| 16 | | The powers granted under this
subsection (i) are in addition to |
| 17 | | powers otherwise possessed by a township and
shall not be |
| 18 | | construed as a limitation of those other powers.
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| 19 | | (j) A township may establish reasonable fees for recreation |
| 20 | | and
instructional programs sponsored by the township.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04; 93-743, eff. 7-15-04.)".
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