60 ILCS 1/ Township Code.

(60 ILCS 1/30-170)

Sec. 30-170. Mosquito abatement district.

(a) The electors may authorize the township board to contract for the furnishing of mosquito abatement services in the unincorporated area of the township.

(b) The township board may adopt a resolution declaring the unincorporated area of the township a mosquito abatement district for tax purposes. Proof of the resolution authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the mosquito abatement district in the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not more than a rate of 0.075% of the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.

(c) Whenever a resolution creating a mosquito abatement district has been adopted, the township board shall order the proposition submitted to the voters within the territory of the proposed district at an election. The clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials. Notice shall be given and the election conducted in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall a mosquito abatement district be created to serve the unincorporated areas of (name of township), and shall a tax be levied at a rate of not more than 0.075% of the value of taxable property in the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?

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

(d) If a majority of votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the mosquito abatement district, the district shall be created.

(e) Any territory within a mosquito abatement district that is annexed to a municipality that provides mosquito abatement services within its corporate limits shall be automatically disconnected from the township mosquito abatement taxing district.

(Source: P.A. 86-310; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/30-175)

Sec. 30-175. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 88-62. Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)

(60 ILCS 1/30-180)

Sec. 30-180. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The electors may authorize the supervisor to file an application for the township and all other bodies politic established by or subject to the control of the electors to participate in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under the Illinois Pension Code.

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

(60 ILCS 1/30-185)

Sec. 30-185. Transfer of money to city or village. In townships wholly within the limits of an incorporated city or village, the electors may transfer any money in the treasury of the township to the treasury of the city or village. The money shall be used by the city or village in its corporate capacity for (i) constructing or repairing roads, bridges, approaches, or causeways over which it has control, supervision, and jurisdiction, or (ii) planting and cultivating trees along the streets and highways in the city and township. The electors may give full power and authority to expend any money in the city or village treasury that it has to the credit of the township for any of the purposes designated in this Section as decided by the electors or by the township board.

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

(60 ILCS 1/30-190)

Sec. 30-190. Rules; fines. The electors may make all by-laws, rules, and regulations deemed necessary to carry into effect the powers granted in this Article 30 and may impose fines deemed proper, except when a fine or penalty is already allowed by law. No offense shall be classified in excess of a petty offense.

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

(60 ILCS 1/30-195)

Sec. 30-195. Use of penalties collected. The electors may apply all penalties, when collected, in the manner deemed most to the interest of the township.

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

(60 ILCS 1/30-200)

Sec. 30-200. Limitation in certain townships. In townships in which there are incorporated cities or villages, the boundaries of which are co-extensive with the limits of the township, and in townships that lie wholly within the limits of an incorporated city or village, the electors shall not exercise the several powers contained in Sections 30-80, 30-85, 30-90, 30-95, 30-100, 30-105, 30-110, 30-115, 30-120, and 30-135, and the powers and provisions of all cities and villages under their organic law are not repealed by any provision of this Article.

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

(60 ILCS 1/30-205)

Sec. 30-205. Advisory referenda. Any group of registered voters may request an advisory question of public policy for consideration by the electors at the annual meeting by giving written notice of the specific advisory question to the township clerk in the same manner as required for an agenda item under subsection (b) of Section 30-10. The agenda published by the township board shall include any such advisory question if the request is timely filed. By a vote of the majority of electors present at a town meeting, the electors may authorize that an advisory question of public policy, for which notice has been given as required by this Section, be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election in the township. The township board shall certify the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question in accordance with the general election law.

(Source: P.A. 98-653, eff. 6-18-14.)

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 35 heading) ARTICLE 35. SPECIAL TOWNSHIP MEETINGS

(60 ILCS 1/35-5)

Sec. 35-5. Special township meeting. Special township meetings shall be held when the township board (or at least 15 voters of the township) file in the office of the township clerk a written statement that a special meeting is necessary for the interests of the township. The statement also shall set forth the objects of the meeting, which must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code. The special township meeting shall be held no less than 14 nor more than 45 days after the written request is filed in the office of the township clerk. Special township meetings may not begin before 6 p.m.

(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-10)

Sec. 35-10. Notice of special meeting; business at meeting.

(a) Notice of a special township meeting shall be given in the same manner and for the same length of time as for regular township meetings.

(b) The notice shall set forth the object of the meeting as contained in the statement filed with the township clerk, which must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code. No business shall be done at a special meeting except the business that is embraced in the statement and notice.

(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-15)

Sec. 35-15. Quorum and powers of electors at special meeting. No special township meeting shall be convened unless 15 or more electors are present at the meeting. The electors at special township meetings when convened have the powers enumerated in this Article. An elector is a person registered to vote within the township no less than 28 days before the date of the special meeting. If a special township meeting is not convened because of an absence of 15 or more electors, that special township meeting shall not be re-convened unless all procedures for a special township meeting are again completed.

(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-20)

Sec. 35-20. Matters postponed from annual meeting. The electors may act upon any subject within the powers of the electors at any annual township meeting that may have been postponed for want of time at the preceding annual meeting to be considered at a future township meeting.

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

(60 ILCS 1/35-25)

Sec. 35-25. Exercise of annual meeting powers. When the special meeting is called by the township board in the manner provided by this Article, the electors may take any action authorized by Article 30 that could have been taken at an annual township meeting.

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

(60 ILCS 1/35-30)

Sec. 35-30. Hour of township meetings. The electors may fix the hour at which township meetings shall be held.

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

(60 ILCS 1/35-35)

Sec. 35-35. Filling vacancy in township offices. If a vacancy exists in any township office and the vacancy is not filled within 60 days, the electors at a special township meeting may select a qualified person to fill the vacancy and to serve until the expiration of that term. At the meeting, the electors may select the replacement officer by voice vote, and the person receiving the greatest number of votes shall be declared to be elected as the officer.

(Source: P.A. 92-194, eff. 8-1-01.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-40)

Sec. 35-40. Conveyance of land for highway purposes. The electors may convey any land or any interest in land held by the township to the county or State where the conveyance is made for highway purposes. The conveyance shall be made in the same manner and form as a conveyance of land made at the annual township meeting.

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

(60 ILCS 1/35-45)

Sec. 35-45. Control of public graveyards; tax.

(a) The electors may vest control of public graveyards not under the control of any corporation sole, organization, or society in 3 trustees and may elect the 3 trustees.

(b) The electors may authorize the cemetery trustees to levy a tax for the control, management, and maintenance of cemeteries under the Public Graveyards Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-50)

Sec. 35-50. Definitions. As used in Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6, unless the context requires otherwise:

"Township board" means the board of trustees, board of town auditors, board of township trustees, or town trustees provided for in the Township Law of 1874 (repealed) or the township board provided for in this Code.

"Supervisor" or "township supervisor" means the supervisor or township supervisor provided for in the Township Law of 1874 (repealed) or the township supervisor provided for in this Code.

"Township clerk" means the town clerk or township clerk provided for in the Township Law of 1874 (repealed) or the township clerk provided for in this Code.

"Voter" means a person qualified to vote under the general election law, including registration within the township no less than 28 days before the date of the special meeting.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-50.1)

Sec. 35-50.1. Senior citizens' housing. A township may construct, purchase, improve, extend, or equip senior citizens' housing. The township board shall have the power to do the following:

(1) Own and manage residential rental property for senior citizens.

(2) Donate township land for senior citizens' housing.

(3) Expend township funds for the construction, financing, purchase, improvement, equipping, or management of senior citizens' housing.

(4) Employ or contract with management firms to aid the township board in managing the senior citizens' housing.

(5) Make contracts necessary in the exercise of its powers under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6.

(6) Enter into agreements with other governmental units to finance residential rental property for senior citizens.

(7) Issue revenue bonds payable solely from the net revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing.

(Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-50.2)

Sec. 35-50.2. Construction of senior citizens' housing; revenue bonds.

(a) For the purpose of defraying the cost of the construction, purchase, improvement, extension, or equipping from time to time of senior citizens' housing, including feasibility, engineering, legal, and other expenses, together with interest on its revenue bonds, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of Section 9 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, the township board, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast on the proposition submitted in accordance with the general election law under Section 35-50.3, may issue and sell revenue bonds of the township payable solely from the net income and revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing, after payment of the costs of operation and maintenance of the senior citizens' housing and provision for an adequate depreciation fund (if a depreciation fund is deemed necessary by the township board). The township board may also from time to time issue revenue bonds to refund any such revenue bonds, at the redemption price authorized, at maturity or at any time before maturity, all as authorized in the ordinance of the township board authorizing the refunded bonds. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract for the sale of the bonds, the interest shall be payable semi-annually, and the bonds shall mature within the period of usefulness of the project involved, as determined in the sole discretion of the township board and in any event not more than 40 years from the dated date of the bonds.

(b) The bonds shall be sold in the manner determined by the township board and, whenever the bonds are sold at a price less than par, they shall be sold at a price and bear interest at a rate or rates such that either the true interest cost (yield) or the net interest rate, as selected by the township board, received on the sale of the bonds, does not exceed the maximum rate otherwise authorized by the Bond Authorization Act. If any officer whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons attached to the bonds ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his or her signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes to the same effect as if he or she had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.

(c) Notwithstanding the form or tenor of the bonds, and in the absence of expressed recitals on the face of the bonds that the bonds are non-negotiable, all bonds issued under this Section shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law of this State.

(d) With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6, including, without limitation, revenue bonds of a township, it is the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are supplementary grants of power to issue those instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 that may appear to be more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 that may appear to be more restrictive than those Acts.

(e) Revenue bonds issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 shall be payable solely from the net revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing on account of which the revenue bonds are issued. The revenue bonds shall not in any event constitute an indebtedness of the township within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, and it shall be so stated on the face of each bond.

(f) Not less than 30 days before the making of a contract for the sale of bonds to be issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6, the township board shall give written notice to the Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Within 30 days after receiving the notice the Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall give written notice to the township board stating whether it will finance the senior citizens' housing. If the Illinois Housing Development Authority notifies the township board that it will not finance the senior citizens' housing, the township may finance the senior citizens' housing or seek alternative financing from any other available source.

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-50.3)

Sec. 35-50.3. Ordinance describing project; submission to voters. A township board shall initiate proceedings for the issuance of bonds under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 by adopting an election ordinance describing briefly the authority under which the bonds are proposed to be issued, the nature of the project to be financed, the estimated total cost of the project, and the maximum amount of revenue bonds authorized to be issued. No further details or specifications shall be required in the election ordinance, except as otherwise required by the Election Code or Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 of this Act as described in this Section.

The election ordinance shall direct that a proposition to construct, purchase, improve, extend, or equip senior citizens' housing and to issue revenue bonds payable solely from the net revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing be submitted to the voters of the township at an election designated in the ordinance, to be held in accordance with the general election law. The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election authority for submission to the voters in accordance with the general election law. The election authority shall give notice of the election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall revenue bonds in the maximum amount of $ (amount) be issued by the Board of Trustees of (name of township), (name of county), Illinois for the purpose of constructing, purchasing, improving, extending, or equipping senior citizens' housing payable solely from net revenues to be derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing?

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

If a majority of the voters voting on the question at the election vote in favor of it, then the township board may adopt additional ordinances or proceedings supplementing or amending the election ordinance so long as the maximum amount of bonds as set forth in the election ordinance is not exceeded and there is no material change in the project described in the election ordinance. The additional ordinances shall fix the amount of revenue bonds to be issued, the maturity or maturities, the interest rate or rates, and all other details in connection with the bonds deemed advisable. The additional ordinances may contain covenants and restrictions on the issuance thereafter of additional revenue bonds as deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance of the payment of bonds thereby issued. Bonds issued pursuant to additional ordinances and proceedings shall bear a date or dates, may be in a form, may carry registration privileges, may be payable at a place or places, may be subject to redemption in a manner and on terms with or without premium, may be executed in a manner, and may contain terms and covenants, all as provided by the additional ordinances and proceedings. The additional ordinances or proceedings shall become effective immediately without publication or posting or any further act or requirement.

(Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/35-50.4)

Sec. 35-50.4. Security for bonds. To secure payment of any or all of the bonds, any additional ordinance supplementing or amending the election ordinance shall set forth the covenants and undertakings of the township in connection with (i) the issuance of the bonds and the issuance of additional bonds payable from the net revenue or income to be derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing and (ii) the use and operation of the senior citizens' housing. The additional ordinance may also provide that the bonds, or those that are specified, shall, to the extent and in the manner prescribed, be subordinate and junior with respect to the payment of principal and interest to other bonds designated in the ordinance. The additional ordinance may in the discretion of the township board provide that the bonds be secured by a trust agreement or depositary agreement by and between the township board and a corporate trustee, which may be a trust company or a bank having powers of a trust company within this State. The agreement may contain provisions for directing and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders deemed reasonable and proper, including the terms upon which the trustee and the bondholders, or either of them, may enforce their rights, but no trust agreement, depositary agreement, or other instrument securing the bonds shall convey, mortgage, or otherwise create any lien on the properties constituting the senior citizens' housing, other than the net revenues with respect thereto as described in Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6.

(Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)