60 ILCS 1/ Township Code.

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60 ILCS 1/150-80

(60 ILCS 1/150-80)

Sec. 150-80.

Sale of community building to school district or municipality.

(a) Not fewer than 50 electors of a township that has adopted the provisions
of this Article may present to the clerk of the board of managers a petition
requesting the sale of a community building or site with a community building
on it to a school district or municipality.  The petition shall set forth the
school district or municipality to which the proposed sale shall be made, the
sale price, and the township fund to which the proceeds of the sale shall be
transferred. The board of managers shall, if the sale price of the property
stated in the petition is equal to or greater than the fair market value
of the property as determined by the most recent township assessment,
certify that proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit
the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law to
decide whether the property shall be sold.  If the stated price of the building
or site is less than the fair market value of the property as determined by the
most recent township assessment, the board of managers shall approve the
submission of the proposition to the proper election officials before the
electors of the township may vote on the sale of the property.

(b) The proposition at the referendum shall be substantially as follows:

Shall the Board of Managers of (name of township)

sell to (name and number of school district or name of municipality) the following described property for the sum of $(amount), and shall the proceeds be transferred to (name of township fund)?

(Description of property.)

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

(c) If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition is in favor
of the sale, the board of managers, upon receipt of the purchase price,
shall convey the property to the school district or municipality.

(d) Upon the completion of the sale, the board of managers shall immediately
settle all outstanding obligations against the community building and pay over
any moneys pertaining to the building remaining in their hands to the proper
authorities in accordance with the proposition and election.

(e) If the building so disposed of was the only community building under
their care and management, no new member of the board of managers shall be
elected nor shall any community building maintenance tax be levied and
collected in the township.

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

60 ILCS 1/150-85

(60 ILCS 1/150-85)

Sec. 150-85.

Deed.

When any conveyance of real estate is made by the board
of managers under Section 150-75 or 150-80, the deed shall recite the date and
result of the election authorizing the sale and shall be signed by the
president of the board of managers in his or her official capacity and attested
by the clerk of the board of managers.

(Source: Laws 1955, p. 650; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 153

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 153 heading) ARTICLE 153.

TOWNSHIP LIBRARY

60 ILCS 1/153-5

(60 ILCS 1/153-5)

Sec. 153-5.

Establishment and maintenance of library.

A township
may establish and maintain a public library as provided in the Illinois
Local Library Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/153-50

(60 ILCS 1/153-50)

Sec. 153-50.

Township committee on literacy.

(a) The township board of trustees may appoint a township committee on
literacy of at least 5 members, and shall initially establish the length of the
members' terms for one, 2, and 3 years, staggering the terms so that after the
initial appointments, the term of each member shall be for 3 years, and that
the smallest possible portion of the terms on the committee will expire in any
single calendar year.

(b) The township committee on literacy may provide programs to combat
and prevent illiteracy and alliteracy and meet the basic skill needs of local
residents.

(c) The township committee on literacy shall cooperate with existing
alliteracy and literacy programs, libraries, other governmental entities, and
with any other organization, association, agency, or person in the fostering,
development, and provision of local programs designed to combat and prevent
illiteracy and alliteracy and to meet the basic skill needs of local residents.

(d) The township committee on literacy, with the approval of the
township board of trustees, may contract with other governmental entities
and with any other organization, association, agency, or person in order to
provide programs to combat and prevent illiteracy and alliteracy and to meet
the basic skill needs of local residents.

(e) Members of the township committee on literacy shall select one of
its members to serve as chairperson and may elect any other officers as
necessary.

(Source: Incorporates P.A. 88-356; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 155

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 155 heading) ARTICLE 155.

TOWNSHIP PUBLIC

COMFORT STATIONS

60 ILCS 1/155-5

(60 ILCS 1/155-5)

Sec. 155-5.

Public comfort stations.

Subject to Section 155-25, a township
board may provide for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of public
comfort stations.

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

60 ILCS 1/155-10

(60 ILCS 1/155-10)

Sec. 155-10.

Definition.

A public comfort station, within the meaning of
this Article, is an institution where waiting rooms, rest rooms, toilet rooms
for men and women, lavatories, check rooms, drinking water, and similar
facilities are freely available for the convenience of the public. In addition,
it may contain living quarters for attendants.

(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 488; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/155-15

(60 ILCS 1/155-15)

Sec. 155-15.

Acquisition of buildings and equipment.

In establishing,
equipping, and maintaining public comfort stations, the township may construct,
purchase, lease, or accept donations of ground sites, buildings, rooms, and the
necessary equipment, and may employ necessary attendants.

(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 488; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/155-20

(60 ILCS 1/155-20)

Sec. 155-20.

Tax.

A tax of not more than 0.03% or the rate limit in effect
on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater, of the value, as equalized or assessed
by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property within each township that
has established a public comfort station shall be assessed, levied, and
collected by the township in the manner provided for the assessment, levy, and
collection of other taxes for corporate purposes. The proceeds of this tax
shall be kept in a separate fund and shall be used for the establishment,
equipment, and maintenance of public comfort stations and for no other purpose.
The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may, however, be increased under
the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 81-1509; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/155-25

(60 ILCS 1/155-25)

Sec. 155-25.

Referendum.

None of the powers conferred by this Article shall
be exercised unless the question of establishing public comfort stations has
been submitted to the electors of the township and approved by a majority of
the voters voting upon the proposition.

(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 2, p. 488; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 160

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 160 heading) ARTICLE 160.

TOWNSHIP

MONUMENTS

60 ILCS 1/160-5

(60 ILCS 1/160-5)

Sec. 160-5. Township monuments; petition and referendum.

(a) Upon the petition of 100 or more legal voters of a township being filed
with the township clerk praying that the proposition of erecting or completing
a monument or memorial in honor of its soldiers and sailors or other notable
persons buried in the township be submitted to the voters of the township at an
election, the township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters of the
township at an election in accordance with the general election law.

(b) The form of the proposition shall be substantially as follows:

Shall a monument or memorial be erected in honor of

(the soldiers and sailors of the township or other notable person)?

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

(c) If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor of
it, the township supervisor, township clerk, and township treasurer, within one
year after the election, shall purchase or procure a site and erect the
monument or memorial.

(d) Provisions for the payment and maintenance for the monument or memorial shall be made by
the proper taxing and financial officers in the same manner as for other
township expenditures.

(Source: P.A. 98-312, eff. 8-12-13.)

60 ILCS 1/Art. 170

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 170 heading) ARTICLE 170.

TOWNSHIP

HOSPITALS