60 ILCS 1/ Township Code.

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60 ILCS 1/90-20

(60 ILCS 1/90-20)

Sec. 90-20.

Application to new township.

Whenever, by the annexation of new
territory or otherwise, any new or additional township comes to lie wholly
within the boundaries of any city to which this Article applies, all the
provisions of this Article shall at once apply to that township.

(Source: Laws 1901, p. 314; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/90-25

(60 ILCS 1/90-25)

Sec. 90-25.

Election to adopt Article.

(a) The electors of a township described in Section 90-5 may adopt and
become entitled to the benefits of this Article as provided in this Section.

(b) Whenever 1,000 of the legal voters of the township who voted at the
preceding election petition the circuit court for the county in which the
township is located to submit to a vote of the electors of the township the
proposition whether the township and the electors of it shall adopt and become
entitled to the benefits of this Article, the court shall consider the petition
and enter appropriate orders in accordance with the general election law. If
the petition is found sufficient and the court orders the referendum, the clerk
of the circuit court shall certify the proposition and the court order to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in
accordance with the general election law.

(c) An election under this Article shall be conducted
in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast
upon the proposition are for the proposition, this Article shall thereby be
adopted by the township, and the mayor of the city shall promptly issue a
proclamation declaring this Article in force in the township.

(d) If the proposition is not adopted at the election, it shall, upon a
similar petition, be submitted to a vote of the electors of the township by the
court at any subsequent general State, county, city, or township election.  An
order shall be entered of record in the court submitting the proposition as
provided in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 84-1308; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/90-30

(60 ILCS 1/90-30)

Sec. 90-30.

Application.

Notwithstanding any provisions of this Article to
the contrary, this Article has no application to the office of township
assessor in townships described in this Article that are situated in counties
of 500,000 or more.

(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1733; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 95

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 95 heading) ARTICLE 95.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN FAVOR OF

AND AGAINST TOWNSHIPS

60 ILCS 1/95-5

(60 ILCS 1/95-5)

Sec. 95-5.

Civil action.

Whenever any controversy or cause of action exists
between any townships of this State or between any township and an individual
or corporation, the proceedings may be had in civil actions for the purpose of
trying and finally settling the controversy.  The proceedings may be conducted
in the same manner, and the judgment or order in the proceedings shall have the
same effect, as in other civil actions or proceedings of a similar kind between
individuals and corporations.  All process shall be served by leaving a copy of
the process with the township supervisor.

(Source: P.A. 83-346; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/95-10

(60 ILCS 1/95-10)

Sec. 95-10.

Suit in township name.

In all suits or proceedings, the township
shall sue and be sued by its name, except where township officers are
authorized by law to sue in their name of office for the benefit of the
township.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/95-15

(60 ILCS 1/95-15)

Sec. 95-15.

Witnesses and jurors.

On the trial of every action in which the
township is a party or interested, the electors and inhabitants of the township
shall be competent witnesses and jurors, except that in suits and proceedings
by one township against another, no inhabitant of either township shall be a
juror.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)