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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 70-15 as follows:
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| 6 | (60 ILCS 1/70-15)
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| 7 | Sec. 70-15. Chief executive officer; fiscal duties; | ||||||
| 8 | penalty for neglect.
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| 9 | (a) The supervisor is the chief executive officer of the | ||||||
| 10 | township.
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| 11 | (b) The supervisor shall receive and pay out all moneys | ||||||
| 12 | raised in the
township for defraying township charges, except | ||||||
| 13 | those raised for the support of
highways and bridges, and for | ||||||
| 14 | township library purposes.
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| 15 | (c) The supervisor shall, within 30 days before the annual | ||||||
| 16 | township
meeting, prepare and file with the township clerk a | ||||||
| 17 | full statement
of the financial affairs of the township, | ||||||
| 18 | showing (i) the balance (if any)
received by the supervisor | ||||||
| 19 | from his or her predecessor in office or from any
other source; | ||||||
| 20 | (ii) the amount of tax levied the preceding year for the | ||||||
| 21 | payment
of township indebtedness and charges; (iii) the amount | ||||||
| 22 | collected and paid over
to the supervisor as supervisor; (iv) | ||||||
| 23 | the amount paid out by the supervisor and
on what account, | ||||||
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| 1 | including any amount paid out on township indebtedness,
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| 2 | specifying the nature and amount of the township indebtedness, | ||||||
| 3 | the amount paid
on the indebtedness, the amount paid on | ||||||
| 4 | principal, and the amount paid on
interest account; and (v) the | ||||||
| 5 | amount and kind of all outstanding indebtedness
due and unpaid, | ||||||
| 6 | the amount and kind of indebtedness not yet due, and when the
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| 7 | indebtedness not yet due will mature. The township clerk shall | ||||||
| 8 | record the
statement in the record book of the township as soon | ||||||
| 9 | as it is filed and
shall post
a copy of the statement at the | ||||||
| 10 | place of holding the annual township meeting 2
days before the | ||||||
| 11 | meeting is held. The clerk shall also read aloud the statement | ||||||
| 12 | or provide a copy of the statement
to the electors at the | ||||||
| 13 | annual township meeting.
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| 14 | (d) Any supervisor or township clerk who wilfully neglects | ||||||
| 15 | to comply with
this Section shall forfeit and pay to the | ||||||
| 16 | township the sum of not less than $50
nor more than $200. The | ||||||
| 17 | amount forfeited shall be sued for and recovered by the
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| 18 | township in its corporate name and shall be appropriated to | ||||||
| 19 | repairs of highways
and bridges in the township.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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