SB0928eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0928 Engrossed LRB102 04776 RJF 14795 b

AN ACT concerning government.

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

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding Article 28A as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 28A heading new)

ARTICLE 28A. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP

ORGANIZATION: CENTREVILLE TOWNSHIP

(60 ILCS 1/28A-5 new)

Sec. 28A-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to Centreville Township in St. Clair County.

(60 ILCS 1/28A-10 new)

Sec. 28A-10. Cessation of township organization. On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, Centreville Township is discontinued and abolished and all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of Centreville Township shall by operation of law vest in and be assumed by the City of Cahokia Heights, including the authority to levy property taxes for township purposes in the same manner as the dissolved Township. On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the terms of office of all elected and appointed officers of Centreville Township are ended, and all such offices are discontinued and abolished.

(60 ILCS 1/28A-15 new)

Sec. 28A-15. Duties and responsibilities of Cahokia Heights. Upon the effective date of discontinuance and abolition of Centreville Township, Cahokia Heights shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. Cahokia Heights may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or contract with the county or the State to administer the duties and responsibilities of the township officers for services under its jurisdiction.

(60 ILCS 1/28A-20 new)

Sec. 28A-20. Business, records, and property of Centreville Township. The records of Centreville Township shall be deposited in the city clerk's office of Cahokia Heights. Cahokia Heights may close up all unfinished business of the Township and sell and dispose of any of the property belonging to the Township for benefit of the inhabitants of Cahokia Heights.