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Authorizes the Kendall County Forest Preserve District to
make certain land transfers. Amends the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act. Provides that for purposes of a Municipal
Joint Action Water Agency the water supply may only be
derived from Lake Michigan, the Mississippi River, or the
Missouri River (now Lake Michigan or the Mississippi River).
Amends the Property Tax Code, the Township Code, and the
Illinois Municipal Code regarding the compensation of certain
township and municipal officials. Amends the Township Code
and the Public Aid Code to provide that township supervisors
may serve on the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee.
Amends the Township Code. Provides that items may be added
to the township meeting agenda only by a three-fifths
majority (now only by a majority) vote of the electors in
attendance at the meeting. Provides that the electors may
authorize the township board of trustees to provide (now the
electors may provide) mental health services by disbursing
existing funds, if available, by contracting with mental
health agencies (now by disbursing funds by an appropriation
to mental health agencies). Deletes provisions concerning
the employment of engineers, the prevention of weeds, audits
of township funds, and township clerk fees. Makes other
changes. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning local governments, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 15. The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act is
5 amended by changing Section 3.1 as follows:
6 (5 ILCS 220/3.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 743.1)
7 Sec. 3.1. Municipal Joint Action Water Agency.
8 (a) Any municipality or municipalities of this State, any
9 county or counties of this State, any township in a county
10 with a population under 700,000 of this State, any public
11 water district or districts of this State, or any combination
12 thereof may, by intergovernmental agreement, establish a
13 Municipal Joint Action Water Agency to provide adequate
14 supplies of water on an economical and efficient basis for
15 member municipalities, public water districts and other
16 incorporated and unincorporated areas within such counties.
17 For purposes of this Act, the water supply may only be
18 derived from Lake Michigan, or the Mississippi River, or the
19 Missouri River. Any such Agency shall itself be a municipal
20 corporation, public body politic and corporate. A Municipal
21 Joint Action Water Agency so created shall not itself have
22 taxing power except as hereinafter provided.
23 A Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall be
24 established by an intergovernmental agreement among the
25 various member municipalities, public water districts,
26 townships, and counties, upon approval by an ordinance
27 adopted by the corporate authorities of each member
28 municipality, public water district, township, or county.
29 This agreement may be amended at any time upon the adoption
30 of concurring ordinances by the corporate authorities of all
31 member municipalities, public water districts, townships, and
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1 counties. The agreement may provide for additional
2 municipalities, public water districts, townships in counties
3 with a population under 700,000, or counties to join the
4 Agency upon adoption of an ordinance by the corporate
5 authorities of the joining municipality, public water
6 district, township, or county, and upon such consents,
7 conditions and approvals of the governing body of the
8 Municipal Joint Action Water Agency and of existing member
9 municipalities, public water districts, townships, and
10 counties as shall be provided in the agreement. The
11 agreement shall provide the manner and terms on which any
12 municipality, public water district, township, or county may
13 withdraw from membership in the Municipal Joint Action Water
14 Agency and on which the Agency may terminate and dissolve in
15 whole or in part. The agreement shall set forth the
16 corporate name of the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency and
17 its duration. Promptly upon any agreement establishing a
18 Municipal Joint Action Water Agency being entered into, or
19 upon the amending of any such agreement, a copy of such
20 agreement or amendment shall be filed in the office of the
21 Secretary of State of Illinois. Promptly upon the addition
22 or withdrawal of any municipality, public water district,
23 township in a county with a population under 700,000, or
24 county, or upon the dissolution of a Municipal Joint Action
25 Water Agency, that fact shall be certified by an officer of
26 the Agency to the Secretary of State of Illinois.
27 (b) The governing body of any Municipal Joint Action
28 Water Agency established pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall
29 be a Board of Directors. There shall be one Director from
30 each member municipality, public water district, township,
31 and county of the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency
32 appointed by ordinance of the corporate authorities of the
33 municipality, public water district, township, or county.
34 Each Director shall have one vote. Each Director shall be the
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1 Mayor or President of the member municipality, or the
2 chairman of the board of trustees of the member public water
3 district, the supervisor of the member township, or the
4 chairman of the county board or chief executive officer of
5 the member county or a county board member appointed by the
6 chairman of the county board of the member county, appointing
7 the Director; an elected member of the corporate authorities
8 of that municipality, public water district, township, or
9 county; or other elected official of the appointing
10 municipality, public water district, township, or county.
11 Any agreement establishing a Municipal Joint Action Water
12 Agency shall specify the period during which a Director shall
13 hold office and may provide for the appointment of Alternate
14 Directors from member municipalities, public water districts,
15 townships, or counties. The Board of Directors shall elect
16 one Director to serve as Chairman, and shall elect persons,
17 who need not be Directors, to such other offices as shall be
18 designated in the agreement.
19 The Board of Directors shall determine the general policy
20 of the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency, shall approve the
21 annual budget, shall make all appropriations (which may
22 include appropriations made at any time in addition to those
23 made in any annual appropriation document), shall approve all
24 contracts for the purchase or sale of water, shall adopt any
25 resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds or notes by
26 the Agency, shall adopt its by-laws, rules and regulations,
27 and shall have such other powers and duties as may be
28 prescribed in the agreement. Such agreement may further
29 specify those powers and actions of the Municipal Joint
30 Action Water Agency which shall be authorized only upon votes
31 of greater than a majority of all Directors or only upon
32 consents of the corporate authorities of a certain number of
33 member municipalities, public water districts, townships, or
34 counties.
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1 The agreement may provide for the establishment of an
2 Executive Committee to consist of the municipal manager or
3 other elected or appointed official of each member
4 municipality, public water district, township, or county, as
5 designated by ordinance from time to time by the corporate
6 authorities of the member municipality, public water
7 district, township, or county, and may prescribe powers and
8 duties of the Executive Committee for the efficient
9 administration of the Agency.
10 (c) A Municipal Joint Action Water Agency established
11 pursuant to this Section 3.1 may plan, construct, improve,
12 extend, acquire, finance (including the issuance of revenue
13 bonds or notes as provided in this Section 3.1), operate,
14 maintain, and contract for a joint waterworks or water supply
15 system which may include, or may consist of, without
16 limitation, facilities for receiving, storing, and
17 transmitting water from any source for supplying water to
18 member municipalities, public water districts, townships, or
19 counties (including county special service areas created
20 under the Special Service Area Tax Act and county service
21 areas authorized under the Counties Code), or other public
22 agencies, persons, or corporations. Facilities of the
23 Municipal Joint Action Water Agency may be located within or
24 without the corporate limits of any member municipality.
25 A Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall have such
26 powers as shall be provided in the agreement establishing it,
27 which may include, but need not be limited to, the following
28 powers:
29 (i) to sue or be sued;
30 (ii) to apply for and accept gifts or grants or
31 loans of funds or property or financial or other aid from
32 any public agency or private entity;
33 (iii) to acquire, hold, sell, lease as lessor or
34 lessee, transfer or dispose of such real or personal
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1 property, or interests therein, as it deems appropriate
2 in the exercise of its powers, and to provide for the use
3 thereof by any member municipality, public water
4 district, township, or county;
5 (iv) to make and execute all contracts and other
6 instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of
7 its powers (including contracts with member
8 municipalities, with public water districts, with
9 townships, and with counties on behalf of county service
10 areas); and
11 (v) to employ agents and employees and to delegate
12 by resolution to one or more of its Directors or officers
13 such powers as it may deem proper.
14 Member municipalities, public water districts, townships,
15 or counties may, for the purposes of, and upon request by,
16 the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency, exercise the power
17 of eminent domain available to them, convey property so
18 acquired to the Agency for the cost of acquisition, and be
19 reimbursed for all expenses related to this exercise of
20 eminent domain power on behalf of the Agency.
21 All property, income and receipts of or transactions by a
22 Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall be exempt from all
23 taxation, the same as if it were the property, income or
24 receipts of or transaction by the member municipalities,
25 public water districts, townships, or counties.
26 (d) A Municipal Joint Action Water Agency established
27 pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall have the power to buy
28 water and to enter into contracts with any person,
29 corporation or public agency (including any member
30 municipality, public water district, township, or county) for
31 that purpose. Any such contract made by an Agency for a
32 supply of water may contain provisions whereby the Agency is
33 obligated to pay for the supply of water without setoff or
34 counterclaim and irrespective of whether the supply of water
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1 is ever furnished, made available or delivered to the Agency
2 or whether any project for the supply of water contemplated
3 by any such contract is completed, operable or operating and
4 notwithstanding any suspension, interruption, interference,
5 reduction or curtailment of the supply of water from such
6 project. Any such contract may provide that if one or more
7 of the other purchasers defaults in the payment of its
8 obligations under such contract or a similar contract made
9 with the supplier of the water one or more of the remaining
10 purchasers party to such contract or such similar contract
11 shall be required to pay for all or a portion of the
12 obligations of the defaulting purchasers. No such contract
13 may have a term in excess of 50 years.
14 A Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall have the
15 power to sell water and to enter into contracts with any
16 person, corporation or public agency (including any member
17 municipality, any public water district, any township, or any
18 county on behalf of a county service area as set forth in
19 this Section) for that purpose. No such contract may have a
20 term in excess of 50 years. Any such contract entered into
21 to sell water to a public agency may provide that the
22 payments to be made thereunder by such public agency shall be
23 made solely from revenues to be derived by such public agency
24 from the operation of its waterworks system or its combined
25 waterworks and sewerage system. Any public agency so
26 contracting to purchase water shall establish from time to
27 time such fees and charges for its water service or combined
28 water and sewer service as will produce revenues sufficient
29 at all times to pay its obligations to the Agency under the
30 purchase contract. Any such contract so providing shall not
31 constitute indebtedness of such public agency so contracting
32 to buy water within the meaning of any statutory or
33 constitutional limitation. Any such contract of a public
34 agency to buy water shall be a continuing, valid and binding
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1 obligation of such public agency payable from such revenues.
2 A Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall establish
3 fees and charges for the purchase of water from it or for the
4 use of its facilities. No prior appropriation shall be
5 required by either the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency or
6 any public agency before entering into any contract
7 authorized by this paragraph (d).
8 The changes in this Section made by this amendatory Act
9 of 1984 are intended to be declarative of existing law.
10 (e) 1. A Municipal Joint Action Water Agency established
11 pursuant to this Section 3.1 may, from time to time, borrow
12 money and, in evidence of its obligation to repay the
13 borrowing, issue its negotiable water revenue bonds or notes
14 pursuant to this paragraph (e) for any of the following
15 purposes: for paying costs of constructing, acquiring,
16 improving or extending a joint waterworks or water supply
17 system; for paying other expenses incident to or incurred in
18 connection with such construction, acquisition, improvement
19 or extension; for repaying advances made to or by the Agency
20 for such purposes; for paying interest on the bonds or notes
21 until the estimated date of completion of any such
22 construction, acquisition, improvement or extension and for
23 such period after the estimated completion date as the Board
24 of Directors of the Agency shall determine; for paying
25 financial, legal, administrative and other expenses of the
26 authorization, issuance, sale or delivery of bonds or notes;
27 for paying costs of insuring payment of the bonds or notes;
28 for providing or increasing a debt service reserve fund with
29 respect to any or all of the Agency's bonds or notes; and for
30 paying, refunding or redeeming any of the Agency's bonds or
31 notes before, after or at their maturity, including paying
32 redemption premiums or interest accruing or to accrue on such
33 bonds or notes being paid or redeemed or for paying any other
34 costs in connection with any such payment or redemption.
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1 2. Any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this paragraph
2 (e) by a Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall be
3 authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the
4 Agency adopted by the affirmative vote of Directors from a
5 majority of the member municipalities, public water
6 districts, townships, and counties, and any additional
7 requirements as may be set forth in the agreement
8 establishing the Agency. The authorizing resolution may be
9 effective immediately upon its adoption. The authorizing
10 resolution shall describe in a general way any project
11 contemplated to be financed by the bonds or notes, shall set
12 forth the estimated cost of the project and shall determine
13 its period of usefulness. The authorizing resolution shall
14 determine the maturity or maturities of the bonds or notes,
15 the rate or rates at which the bonds or notes are to bear
16 interest and all the other terms and details of the bonds or
17 notes. All such bonds or notes shall mature within the
18 period of estimated usefulness of the project with respect to
19 which such bonds or notes are issued, as determined by the
20 Board of Directors, but in any event not more than 50 years
21 from their date of issue. The bonds and notes may bear
22 interest, payable at such times, at a rate or rates not
23 exceeding the maximum rate established in the Bond
24 Authorization Act, as from time to time in effect. Bonds or
25 notes of a Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall be sold
26 in such manner as the Board of Directors of the Agency shall
27 determine, either at par or at a premium or discount, but
28 such that the effective interest cost (excluding any
29 redemption premium) to the Agency of the bonds or notes shall
30 not exceed a rate equal to the rate of interest specified in
31 the Act referred to in the preceding sentence.
32 The resolution authorizing the issuance of any bonds or
33 notes pursuant to this paragraph (e) shall constitute a
34 contract with the holders of the bonds and notes. The
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1 resolution may contain such covenants and restrictions with
2 respect to the purchase or sale of water by the Agency and
3 the contracts for such purchases or sales, the operation of
4 the joint waterworks system or water supply system, the
5 issuance of additional bonds or notes by the Agency, the
6 security for the bonds and notes, and any other matters, as
7 may be deemed necessary or advisable by the Board of
8 Directors to assure the payment of the bonds or notes of the
9 Agency.
10 3. The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or
11 notes by a Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall pledge
12 and provide for the application of revenues derived from the
13 operation of the Agency's joint waterworks or water supply
14 system (including from contracts for the sale of water by the
15 Agency) and investment earnings thereon to the payment of the
16 cost of operation and maintenance of the system (including
17 costs of purchasing water), to provision of adequate
18 depreciation, reserve or replacement funds with respect to
19 the system or the bonds or notes, and to the payment of
20 principal, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds or
21 notes of the Agency (including amounts for the purchase of
22 such bonds or notes). The resolution shall provide that
23 revenues of the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency so
24 derived from the operation of the system, sufficient
25 (together with other receipts of the Agency which may be
26 applied to such purposes) to provide for such purposes, shall
27 be set aside as collected in a separate fund or funds and
28 used for such purposes. The resolution may provide that
29 revenues not required for such purposes may be used for any
30 proper purpose of the Agency or may be returned to member
31 municipalities.
32 Any notes of a Municipal Joint Action Water Agency issued
33 in anticipation of the issuance of bonds by it may, in
34 addition, be secured by a pledge of proceeds of bonds to be
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1 issued by the Agency, as specified in the resolution
2 authorizing the issuance of such notes.
3 4. (i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of
4 this subparagraph 4 of this paragraph (e), all bonds and
5 notes of the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency issued
6 pursuant to this paragraph (e) shall be revenue bonds or
7 notes. Such revenue bonds or notes shall have no claim for
8 payment other than from revenues of the Agency derived from
9 the operation of its joint waterworks or water supply system
10 (including from contracts for the sale of water by the
11 Agency) and investment earnings thereon, from bond or note
12 proceeds and investment earnings thereon, or from such other
13 receipts of the Agency as the agreement establishing the
14 Agency may authorize to be pledged to the payment of revenue
15 bonds or notes, all as and to the extent as provided in the
16 resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing the issuance
17 of the revenue bonds or notes. Revenue bonds or notes issued
18 by a Municipal Joint Action Water Agency pursuant to this
19 paragraph (e) shall not constitute an indebtedness of the
20 Agency or of any member municipality, public water district,
21 township, or county within the meaning of any constitutional
22 or statutory limitation. It shall be plainly stated on each
23 revenue bond and note that it does not constitute an
24 indebtedness of the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency or of
25 any member municipality, public water district, township, or
26 county within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory
27 limitation.
28 (ii) If the Agreement so provides and subject to the
29 referendum provided for in clause (iii) of this subparagraph
30 4 of this paragraph (e), the Municipal Joint Action Water
31 Agency may borrow money for corporate purposes on the credit
32 of the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency, and issue general
33 obligation bonds therefor, in such amounts and form and on
34 such conditions as it shall prescribe, but shall not become
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1 indebted in any manner or for any purpose in an amount
2 including existing indebtedness in the aggregate which
3 exceeds 5.75% of the aggregate value of the taxable property
4 within the boundaries of the participating municipalities,
5 public water districts, townships, and county service areas
6 within a member county determined by the governing body of
7 the county by resolution to be served by the Municipal Joint
8 Action Water Agency (including any territory added to the
9 Agency after the issuance of such general obligation bonds),
10 collectively defined as the "Service Area", as equalized and
11 assessed by the Department of Revenue and as most recently
12 available at the time of the issue of said bonds. Before or
13 at the time of incurring any such general obligation
14 indebtedness, the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency shall
15 provide for the collection of a direct annual tax, which
16 shall be unlimited as to rate or amount, sufficient to pay
17 the interest on such debt as it falls due and also to pay and
18 discharge the principal thereof at maturity, which shall be
19 within 40 years after the date of issue thereof. Such tax
20 shall be levied upon and collected from all of the taxable
21 property within the territorial boundaries of such Service
22 Area at the time of the referendum provided for in clause
23 (iii) and shall be levied upon and collected from all taxable
24 property within the boundaries of any territory subsequently
25 added to the Service Area. Dissolution of the Municipal
26 Joint Action Water Agency for any reason shall not relieve
27 the taxable property within such Service Area from liability
28 for such tax. Liability for such tax for property transferred
29 to or released from such Service Area shall be determined in
30 the same manner as for general obligation bonds of such
31 county, if in an unincorporated area, and of such
32 municipality, if within the boundaries thereof. The clerk or
33 other officer of the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency
34 shall file a certified copy of the resolution or ordinance by
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1 which such bonds are authorized to be issued and such tax is
2 levied with the County Clerk or Clerks of the county or
3 counties containing the Service Area, and such filing shall
4 constitute, without the doing of any other act, full and
5 complete authority for such County Clerk or Clerks to extend
6 such tax for collection upon all the taxable property within
7 the Service Area subject to such tax in each and every year,
8 as required, in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of
9 and interest on such bonds, as aforesaid, without limit as to
10 rate or amount. Such tax shall be in addition to and in
11 excess of all other taxes authorized to be levied by the
12 Municipal Joint Action Water Agency or by such county,
13 municipality, township, or public water district. The
14 issuance of such general obligation bonds shall be subject to
15 the other provisions of this paragraph (e), except for the
16 provisions of clause (i) of this subparagraph 4.
17 (iii) No issue of general obligation bonds of the
18 Municipal Joint Action Water Agency (except bonds to refund
19 an existing bonded indebtedness) shall be authorized unless
20 the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency certifies the
21 proposition of issuing such bonds to the proper election
22 authorities, who shall submit the proposition to the voters
23 in the Service Area at an election in accordance with the
24 general election law, and the proposition has been approved
25 by a majority of those voting on the proposition.
26 The proposition shall be substantially in the following
27 form:
28 -------------------------------------------------------------
29 Shall general obligation
30 bonds for the purpose of (state
31 purpose), in the sum not to
32 exceed $....(insert amount), Yes
33 be issued by the ......... ------------------------
34 (insert corporate name of the No
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1 Municipal Joint Action Water
2 Agency)?
3 -------------------------------------------------------------
4 5. As long as any bonds or notes of a Municipal Joint
5 Action Water Agency created pursuant to this Section 3.1 are
6 outstanding and unpaid, the Agency shall not terminate or
7 dissolve and, except as permitted by the resolution or
8 resolutions authorizing outstanding bonds or notes, no member
9 municipality, public water district, township, or county may
10 withdraw from the Agency. While any such bonds or notes are
11 outstanding, all contracts for the sale of water by the
12 Agency to member municipalities, public water districts,
13 townships, or counties shall be irrevocable except as
14 permitted by the resolution or resolutions authorizing such
15 bonds or notes. The Agency shall establish fees and charges
16 for its operations sufficient to provide adequate revenues to
17 meet all of the requirements under its various resolutions
18 authorizing bonds or notes.
19 6. A holder of any bond or note issued pursuant to this
20 paragraph (e) may, in any civil action, mandamus or other
21 proceeding, enforce and compel performance of all duties
22 required to be performed by the Agency or such counties, as
23 provided in the authorizing resolution, or by any of the
24 public agencies contracting with the Agency to purchase
25 water, including the imposition of fees and charges, the
26 collection of sufficient revenues and the proper application
27 of revenues as provided in this paragraph (e) and the
28 levying, extension and collection of such taxes.
29 7. In addition, the resolution authorizing any bonds or
30 notes issued pursuant to this paragraph (e) may provide for a
31 pledge, assignment, lien or security interest, for the
32 benefit of the holders of any or all bonds or notes of the
33 Agency, (i) on any or all revenues derived from the operation
34 of the joint waterworks or water supply system (including
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1 from contracts for the sale of water) and investment earnings
2 thereon or (ii) on funds or accounts securing the payment of
3 the bonds or notes as provided in the authorizing resolution.
4 In addition, such a pledge, assignment, lien or security
5 interest may be made with respect to any receipts of the
6 Agency which the agreement establishing the Agency authorizes
7 it to apply to payment of bonds or notes. Any such pledge,
8 assignment, lien or security interest for the benefit of
9 holders of bonds or notes shall be valid and binding from the
10 time the bonds or notes are issued, without any physical
11 delivery or further act, and shall be valid and binding as
12 against or prior to any claims of any other party having any
13 claims of any kind against the Agency irrespective of whether
14 such other parties have notice of such pledge, assignment,
15 lien or security interest.
16 A resolution of a Municipal Joint Water Agency
17 authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to this
18 paragraph (e) may provide for the appointment of a corporate
19 trustee with respect to any or all of such bonds or notes
20 (which trustee may be any trust company or state or national
21 bank having the power of a trust company within Illinois).
22 In that event, the resolution shall prescribe the rights,
23 duties and powers of the trustee to be exercised for the
24 benefit of the Agency and the protection of the holders of
25 such bonds or notes. The resolution may provide for the
26 trustee to hold in trust, invest and use amounts in funds and
27 accounts created as provided in the resolution. The
28 resolution authorizing the bonds or notes may provide for the
29 assignment and direct payment to the trustee of amounts owed
30 by public agencies to the Municipal Joint Action Water Agency
31 under water sales contracts for application by the trustee to
32 the purposes for which such revenues are to be used as
33 provided in this paragraph (e) and as provided in the
34 authorizing resolution. Upon receipt of notice of such
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1 assignment, the public agency shall thereafter make the
2 assigned payments directly to such trustee.
3 Nothing in this Section authorizes a Joint Action Water
4 Agency to provide water service directly to residents within
5 a municipality or in territory within one mile or less of the
6 corporate limits of a municipality that operates a public
7 water supply unless the municipality has consented in writing
8 to such service being provided.
9 (Source: P.A. 87-1126.)
10 Section 20. The Property Tax Code is amended by
11 changing Section 2-70 as follows:
12 (35 ILCS 200/2-70)
13 Sec. 2-70. Salary. Each multi-township or township
14 board of trustees shall set the salary of its multi-township
15 or township assessor at least 150 days before his or her
16 election. Each township board of trustees shall set the
17 salary of its township assessor at the same time it sets the
18 compensation of its township supervisor.
19 (Source: P.A. 82-554; 88-455.)
20 Section 25. The Bi-State Development Agency Act is
21 amended by adding Section 9 as follows:
22 (45 ILCS 105/9 new)
23 Sec. 9. Conference by communications equipment. The
24 commissioners of the Bi-State Development Agency may
25 participate in a committee or board meeting by conference
26 telephone or other communication equipment if all persons
27 attending the meeting, including the general public, can hear
28 and communicate with the commissioners when appropriate.
29 Participation in a committee or board meeting in this manner
30 by a commissioner shall constitute presence in person at the
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1 meeting.
2 Section 30. The Township Code is amended by changing
3 Sections 30-10, 30-145, 50-15, 50-40, 65-5, 65-20, 70-45,
4 80-20, 185-5, 185-10, 185-15, 185-20, 185-30, 185-35, 185-50,
5 and 185-65 and the heading of Article 185 as follows:
6 (60 ILCS 1/30-10)
7 Sec. 30-10. Notice of meeting. Notice of the time and
8 place of holding township meetings and the agenda approved by
9 the township board at their prior meeting shall be given by
10 the township clerk (or, in the clerk's absence, the
11 supervisor, assessor, or collector) by posting written or
12 printed notices in 3 of the most public places in the
13 township at least 10 days before the meeting and, if there is
14 an English language newspaper published in the township, by
15 at least one publication in that newspaper before the
16 meeting. The notice shall set forth the agenda as approved
17 by the township board. Additional agenda items may be added
18 only by a three-fifths majority vote of the electors in
19 attendance at the meeting.
20 (Source: P.A. 87-738; 88-62.)
21 (60 ILCS 1/30-145)
22 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
23 Sec. 30-145. Mental health services. If a township is
24 not included in a mental health district organized under the
25 Community Mental Health Act, the electors may authorize the
26 township board of trustees to provide mental health services,
27 including services for the alcoholic, the drug addicted, and
28 the mentally retarded, for residents of the township by
29 disbursing existing funds if available by contracting with an
30 appropriation to mental health agencies approved by the
31 Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities,
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1 alcoholism treatment programs licensed by the Department of
2 Public Health, and drug abuse facilities and other alcohol
3 and drug abuse services approved by the Department of
4 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. To be eligible to receive
5 township funds, an agency, program, facility, or other
6 service provider must have been in existence for more than
7 one year and must serve the township area.
8 (Source: P.A. 83-969; 88-62.)
9 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
10 Sec. 30-145. Mental health services. If a township is
11 not included in a mental health district organized under the
12 Community Mental Health Act, the electors may authorize the
13 board of trustees to provide mental health services,
14 including services for the alcoholic, the drug addicted, and
15 the mentally retarded, for residents of the township by
16 disbursing existing funds if available by contracting with an
17 appropriation to mental health agencies approved by the
18 Department of Human Services, alcoholism treatment programs
19 licensed by the Department of Public Health, and drug abuse
20 facilities and other alcohol and drug abuse services approved
21 by the Department of Human Services. To be eligible to
22 receive township funds, an agency, program, facility, or
23 other service provider must have been in existence for more
24 than one year and must serve the township area.
25 (Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
26 (60 ILCS 1/50-15)
27 Sec. 50-15. Time of entering upon duties.
28 (a) In all counties, the township collectors elected at
29 the township election shall enter upon their duties on
30 January 1 next following their election and qualification.
31 (b) In all counties, township supervisors and township
32 clerks, in counties having a population less than 500,000
33 shall enter upon their duties on the first Monday of May the
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1 month following their election.
2 (c) Beginning with elections in 1981 in all counties,
3 the township and multi-township assessors shall enter upon
4 their duties on January 1 next following their election.
5 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
6 (60 ILCS 1/50-40)
7 Sec. 50-40. Township trustees; time of election and
8 terms. Except in townships organized under Article 15, at the
9 regular township election provided in the general election
10 law there shall be elected 4 members to serve on the township
11 board. They shall be known as township trustees and shall
12 hold their office for a term of 4 years beginning the first
13 Monday of May the month following their election and until
14 their successors are elected and qualified.
15 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
16 (60 ILCS 1/65-5)
17 Sec. 65-5. Compensation of township officers. Township
18 officers are entitled to compensation at the rates specified
19 in this Article for each day necessarily devoted by them to
20 the services of the township in the duties of their
21 respective offices. Compensation set by a multi-township
22 board for the multi-township assessor shall be set at least
23 150 days before the election of that officer. Compensation
24 set by a township board for the township assessor and
25 collector shall be set at the same time the compensation of
26 its supervisor is set.
27 (Source: P.A. 86-1028; 88-62.)
28 (60 ILCS 1/65-20)
29 Sec. 65-20. Road district treasurer; new township;
30 multi-township officers.
31 (a) Compensation of township officers shall be set by
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1 the township board at least 180 days before the beginning of
2 the terms of officers On or before the last Tuesday of March
3 immediately preceding the election of township officers, the
4 township board shall establish the compensation to be paid
5 each township officer elected at that election, including
6 compensation of the road district treasurer, which whose
7 compensation shall be not less than $100 or more than $1,000
8 per year. Compensation of a township assessor and collector
9 shall be set at the same time as the compensation of the
10 township supervisor. Compensation of a multi-township
11 assessor shall be set at least 150 days before his or her
12 election.
13 (b) The compensation to be paid to each officer in a new
14 township established under Section 10-25 shall be determined
15 under this Section by the township board of the township the
16 whole or a part of which comprises the new township and that
17 has the highest equalized assessed valuation (as of December
18 31, 1972) of the old townships that comprise the new
19 township.
20 (c) At least 150 days before On or before the last
21 Tuesday of March immediately preceding the election of
22 multi-township officers, the multi-township board may
23 establish additional pay of those board members for their
24 services in an amount not to exceed $25 per day for each day
25 of services.
26 (Source: P.A. 84-277; 88-62.)
27 (60 ILCS 1/70-45)
28 Sec. 70-45. Supervisors in Cook County. The supervisors
29 of townships in Cook County shall perform the same duties as
30 supervisors of townships in other counties under township
31 organization, except that they shall not be members of the
32 county board or exercise any of the powers of county board
33 members. They shall have the same compensation for their
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1 services prescribed by law for similar services rendered by
2 other township supervisors.
3 Township supervisors may serve as members of the Cook
4 County Townships Public Aid Committee. The supervisors shall
5 not receive additional compensation for duties associated
6 with the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee but shall
7 be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses related to
8 service on the Committee.
9 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
10 (60 ILCS 1/80-20)
11 Sec. 80-20. Independent audit of accounts.
12 (a) All accounts audited under this Article (and those
13 rejected, if any) shall be delivered with the certificate of
14 the trustees (or a majority of them) to the township clerk,
15 who shall keep them on file for the inspection of any of the
16 inhabitants of the township. They shall also be produced by
17 the township clerk at the next annual meeting and shall be
18 read at the meeting by the clerk.
19 (b) In townships that appropriate $200,000 or more
20 during any fiscal year, exclusive of road funds, the township
21 board shall have the accounts and all records of the township
22 thoroughly audited by a certified public accountant within 6
23 months after the close of each fiscal year. The board shall
24 have a copy of the accountant's report and recommendations
25 filed with the township clerk and another copy filed with the
26 county clerk for public inspection.
27 (c) In townships that appropriate less than $200,000
28 during any fiscal year, exclusive of road funds, the township
29 board shall have the accounts and all records of the township
30 audited and inspected by an independent auditing committee
31 composed of 3 township electors chosen by the board. The
32 audit shall be completed within 6 months after the close of
33 each fiscal year. A copy of the auditing committee's report
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1 and recommendations shall be filed with the township clerk
2 and another copy shall be filed with the county clerk for
3 public inspection. The auditing committee shall not contain
4 any member of the township board or any person related to a
5 trustee. Members of the auditing committee shall be
6 proficient in accounting principles and practices and shall
7 be compensated at a rate determined by the township board but
8 not to exceed $50 per day. Audits performed by an auditing
9 committee under this subsection do not fulfill the obligation
10 of the township electors to order an audit under Section
11 30-175. In addition to the other audit requirements imposed
12 by law, in townships subject to this subsection, the township
13 board shall have the accounts and all records of the township
14 thoroughly audited by a certified public accountant within 6
15 months after (i) the end of each term of office of the
16 township supervisor and (ii) a vacancy occurs in the office
17 of township supervisor. A copy of the accountant's report and
18 recommendations shall be filed with the township clerk and
19 another copy shall be filed with the county clerk for public
20 inspection.
21 (Source: P.A. 87-388; 87-847; 88-62; incorporates 88-360;
22 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
23 (60 ILCS 1/Art. 185 heading)
24 ARTICLE 185. FACILITIES AND SERVICES
25 FOR MENTALLY RETARDED AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS
26 (60 ILCS 1/185-5)
27 Sec. 185-5. Facilities and services; tax.
28 (a) A township may provide facilities or services for
29 the benefit of its residents who are persons with a mental
30 illness or developmental disability and who are not eligible
31 to participate in any program conducted under Article 14 of
32 the School Code, or a township may contract for those
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1 facilities or services with any privately or publicly
2 operated entity that provides facilities or services either
3 in or outside the township.
4 (b) For the purpose described in subsection (a), the
5 township board may, pursuant to the referendum requirements
6 in Section 185-10, levy an annual tax of not more than 0.1%
7 of the value of all the taxable property in the township, as
8 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, upon that
9 property. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same
10 manner as other township taxes but shall not be included in
11 any limitation otherwise prescribed as to the rate or amount
12 of township taxes and shall be in addition to and in excess
13 of other township taxes. When collected, the tax shall be
14 paid into a special fund in the township treasury, designated
15 the "Fund for Persons with a Mental Illness or Developmental
16 Disability", and shall, together with any interest earned, be
17 used only for the purpose specified in this Article.
18 (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670, eff.
19 12-2-94.)
20 (60 ILCS 1/185-10)
21 Sec. 185-10. Referendum.
22 (a) Before a tax may be levied under Section 185-5, the
23 township board shall certify that question to the proper
24 election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an
25 election under the general election law. The proposition
26 shall be in substantially the following form:
27 Shall (name of township) be authorized to levy an
28 annual tax of not more than 0.1% of the value of all the
29 taxable property in the township for the purpose of
30 providing services and facilities to residents who are
31 persons with a mental illness or developmental
32 disability?
33 The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
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1 (b) If a majority of the voters voting on the
2 proposition vote in favor of it, the tax levy is authorized.
3 If a majority of the vote is against the proposition, the tax
4 levy is not authorized.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-895; 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670,
6 eff. 12-2-94.)
7 (60 ILCS 1/185-15)
8 Sec. 185-15. Board of directors to administer Article.
9 When a township has authority to levy a tax for the purpose
10 of this Article, the township supervisor, with the advice and
11 consent of the township board, shall appoint a board of 3
12 directors who shall administer this Article. The board shall
13 be designated the "(name of township) Board for Care and
14 Treatment of Persons with a Mental Illness or Developmental
15 Disability". The initial appointees shall be appointed for
16 terms expiring, respectively, on June 30 in the first,
17 second, and third years following their appointment as
18 designated by the appointing authority. All succeeding terms
19 shall be for 3 years, and successors shall be appointed in
20 the same manner as the initial appointees. Vacancies shall
21 be filled in the same manner for the balance of the unexpired
22 term. Each director shall serve until his or her successor
23 is appointed. Directors shall serve without compensation but
24 shall be reimbursed for expenses reasonably incurred in the
25 performance of their duties.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670, eff.
27 12-2-94.)
28 (60 ILCS 1/185-20)
29 Sec. 185-20. Directors' meetings and powers.
30 (a) The directors shall meet annually in July and shall
31 elect one of their number as president and one as secretary.
32 They shall adopt rules deemed proper and expedient for the
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1 administration of this Article. They shall report annually
2 to the township board, giving a detailed statement of their
3 administration.
4 (b) The board shall have exclusive control of all money
5 paid into the Fund for Persons with a Mental Illness or
6 Developmental Disability and shall draw upon the township
7 treasurer for all or any part of that fund required by the
8 board in the performance of its duties and exercise of its
9 powers under this Article.
10 (c) The board may establish, maintain, and equip
11 facilities within the township for the care and treatment of
12 persons with a mental illness or developmental disability,
13 together with auxiliary facilities connected with those
14 facilities that the board finds necessary. For those
15 purposes, the board may acquire, to be held in its name, real
16 and personal property within the township by gift, grant,
17 legacy, purchase, or lease and may occupy, purchase, lease,
18 or erect an appropriate building or buildings for the use of
19 the facilities and all related facilities and activities.
20 (d) The board may provide for the care and treatment of
21 persons with a developmental disability who are not residents
22 of the township and may establish and collect reasonable
23 charges for those services.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670, eff.
25 12-2-94.)
26 (60 ILCS 1/185-30)
27 Sec. 185-30. Maintenance charge. The board of directors
28 may impose a maintenance charge upon the estate of any person
29 with a mental illness or developmental disability receiving
30 the benefits of the facilities or services described in
31 Section 185-5. If the person's estate is insufficient, the
32 parent or parents of the person are liable for payment and
33 the amount due.
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1 (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670, eff.
2 12-2-94.)
3 (60 ILCS 1/185-35)
4 Sec. 185-35. Rate of maintenance charge. The rate at
5 which the board of directors shall calculate the sums to be
6 charged under Section 185-30 is the average per capita
7 operating cost for all persons receiving the benefit of the
8 facilities or services computed for each fiscal year. The
9 board may, however, in its discretion, set the rate at a
10 lesser amount than the average per capita cost. Lesser
11 amounts may be accepted by the board when conditions warrant
12 that action or when money is offered by persons not liable
13 under Section 185-30. Any money received under this Section
14 shall be paid into the township Fund for Persons with a
15 Mental Illness or Developmental Disability.
16 (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670, eff.
17 12-2-94.)
18 (60 ILCS 1/185-50)
19 Sec. 185-50. Petition for modifying maintenance charge.
20 Any person who has been issued a statement of any sum due for
21 maintenance charges for a person with a mental illness or
22 developmental disability may petition the board of directors
23 for a modification of the statement, and the board shall
24 provide for a hearing on the petition. The board may, after
25 a hearing, grant relief it deems proper.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670, eff.
27 12-2-94.)
28 (60 ILCS 1/185-65)
29 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
30 Sec. 185-65. Department of Mental Health and
31 Developmental Disabilities powers.
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1 (a) The Department of Mental Health and Developmental
2 Disabilities ("Department") may adopt rules for the guidance
3 of any board of directors, prescribing reasonable standards
4 concerning programs, facilities, and services for persons
5 with a mental illness or developmental disability.
6 (b) The provisions of the Illinois Administrative
7 Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and apply to all
8 administrative rules and procedures of the Department under
9 this Article, except that in case of conflict between the
10 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and this Article the
11 provisions of this Article shall control, and except that
12 Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
13 relating to procedures for rulemaking does not apply to the
14 adoption of any rule required by federal law in connection
15 with which the Department is precluded by law from exercising
16 any discretion.
17 (c) The Department may conduct any investigation
18 necessary to ascertain compliance with rules adopted under
19 this Article.
20 (d) If a board of directors fails to comply with the
21 Department's rules, the Department shall withhold
22 distribution of any State grant in aid until the board
23 complies with the rules.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670, eff.
25 12-2-94.)
26 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
27 Sec. 185-65. Department of Human Services powers.
28 (a) The Department of Human Services ("Department") may
29 adopt rules for the guidance of any board of directors,
30 prescribing reasonable standards concerning programs,
31 facilities, and services for persons with a mental illness or
32 developmental disability.
33 (b) The provisions of the Illinois Administrative
34 Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and apply to all
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1 administrative rules and procedures of the Department under
2 this Article, except that in case of conflict between the
3 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and this Article the
4 provisions of this Article shall control, and except that
5 Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
6 relating to procedures for rulemaking does not apply to the
7 adoption of any rule required by federal law in connection
8 with which the Department is precluded by law from exercising
9 any discretion.
10 (c) The Department may conduct any investigation
11 necessary to ascertain compliance with rules adopted under
12 this Article.
13 (d) If a board of directors fails to comply with the
14 Department's rules, the Department shall withhold
15 distribution of any State grant in aid until the board
16 complies with the rules.
17 (Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-380; 88-670, eff.
18 12-2-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
19 Section 35. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
20 changing Section 3.1-50-10 as follows:
21 (65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-50-10)
22 Sec. 3.1-50-10. Fixing salaries. The corporate
23 authorities of a municipality may fix the salaries of all
24 municipal officers and employees in the annual appropriation
25 or budget ordinance. They may fix the salary of all officers
26 who hold elective office for a definite term in an ordinance
27 other than the appropriation or budget ordinance. The
28 salaries that are fixed in the annual appropriation ordinance
29 shall neither be increased nor diminished during the fiscal
30 year for which the appropriation is made. The salaries that
31 are fixed by ordinance for those officers who hold elective
32 office for a definite term shall neither be increased nor
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1 diminished during that term and shall be fixed at least 180
2 days before the beginning of the terms of the officers whose
3 compensation is to be fixed 2 months before to a general
4 municipal election in which voting is held for those offices.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-1119.)
6 Section 40. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
7 changing Section 11-8 as follows:
8 (305 ILCS 5/11-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8)
9 Sec. 11-8. Appeals - To Whom taken. Applicants or
10 recipients of aid may, at any time within 60 days after the
11 decision of the County Department or local governmental unit,
12 as the case may be, appeal a decision denying or terminating
13 aid, or granting aid in an amount which is deemed inadequate,
14 or changing, cancelling, revoking or suspending grants as
15 provided in Section 11-16, or determining to make a
16 protective payment under the provisions of Sections 3-5a or
17 4-9, or a decision by an administrative review board to
18 impose administrative safeguards as provided in Section 8A-8.
19 An appeal shall also lie when an application is not acted
20 upon within 30 days after the filing of the application, or
21 within a different time period as provided by rule of the
22 Illinois Department, if an adjustment is necessary to conform
23 with Federal requirements.
24 If an appeal is not made, the action of the County
25 Department or local governmental unit shall be final.
26 Appeals by applicants or recipients under Articles III,
27 IV, V or VII shall be taken to the Illinois Department.
28 Appeals by applicants or recipients under Article VI
29 shall be taken as follows:
30 (1) In counties under township organization (except
31 such counties in which the governing authority is a Board
32 of Commissioners) appeals shall be to a Public Aid
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1 Committee consisting of the Chairman of the County Board,
2 and 4 members who are township supervisors of general
3 assistance, appointed by the Chairman, with the advice
4 and consent of the county board.
5 (2) In counties in excess of 3,000,000 population
6 and under township organization in which the governing
7 authority is a Board of Commissioners, appeals of persons
8 from government units outside the corporate limits of a
9 city, village or incorporated town of more than 500,000
10 population, and of persons from incorporated towns which
11 have superseded civil townships in respect to aid under
12 Article VI, shall be to the Cook County Townships a
13 Public Aid Committee consisting of 2 township supervisors
14 and 3 persons knowledgeable in the area of General
15 Assistance and the regulations of the Illinois Department
16 pertaining thereto and who are not officers, agents or
17 employees of any township, except that township
18 supervisors may serve as members of the Cook County
19 Township Public Aid and Committee. The 5 member
20 committee shall be appointed by the township supervisors.
21 The first appointments shall be made with one person
22 serving a one year term, 2 persons serving a 2 year term,
23 and 2 persons serving a 3 year term. Committee members
24 shall thereafter serve 3 year terms. In any appeal
25 involving a local governmental unit whose supervisor of
26 general assistance is a member of the Committee, such
27 supervisor shall not act as a member of the Committee for
28 the purposes of such appeal. The township whose action,
29 inaction, or decision is being appealed shall bear the
30 expenses related to the appeal as determined by the Cook
31 County Townships Public Aid Committee. A township
32 supervisor's compensation for general assistance or
33 township related duties shall not be considered an
34 expense related to the appeal except for expenses related
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1 to service on the Committee.
2 (3) In counties described in paragraph (2) appeals
3 of persons from a city, village or incorporated town of
4 more than 500,000 population shall be to a Commissioner
5 of Appeals, appointed as an employee of the County
6 Department of Public Aid in accordance with and subject
7 to the provisions of Section 12-21.3.
8 (4) In counties not under township organization,
9 appeals shall be to the County Board of Commissioners
10 which shall for this purpose be the Public Aid Committee
11 of the County.
12 In counties designated in paragraph (1) the Chairman or
13 President of the County Board shall appoint, with the advice
14 and consent of the county board, one or more alternate
15 members of the Public Aid Committee. All regular and
16 alternate members shall be Supervisors of General Assistance.
17 In any appeal involving a local governmental unit whose
18 Supervisor of General Assistance is a member of the
19 Committee, he shall be replaced for that appeal by an
20 alternate member designated by the Chairman or President of
21 the County Board, with the advice and consent of the county
22 board. In these counties not more than 3 of the 5 regular
23 appointees shall be members of the same political party
24 unless the political composition of the Supervisors of the
25 General Assistance precludes such a limitation. In these
26 counties at least one member of the Public Aid Committee
27 shall be a person knowledgeable in the area of general
28 assistance and the regulations of the Illinois Department
29 pertaining thereto. If no member of the Committee possesses
30 such knowledge, the Illinois Department shall designate an
31 employee of the Illinois Department having such knowledge to
32 be present at the Committee hearings to advise the Committee.
33 In every county the County Board shall provide facilities
34 for the conduct of hearings on appeals under Article VI. All
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1 expenses incident to such hearings shall be borne by the
2 county except that in counties under township organization in
3 which the governing authority is a Board of Commissioners (1)
4 the salary and other expenses of the Commissioner of Appeals
5 shall be paid from General Assistance funds available for
6 administrative purposes, and (2) all expenses incident to
7 such hearings shall be borne by the township and the per diem
8 and traveling expenses of the township supervisors serving on
9 the Public Aid Committee shall be fixed and paid by their
10 respective townships. In all other counties the members of
11 the Public Aid Committee shall receive the compensation and
12 expenses provided by law for attendance at meetings of the
13 County Board.
14 In appeals under Article VI involving a governmental unit
15 receiving State funds, the Public Aid Committee and the
16 Commissioner of Appeals shall be bound by the rules and
17 regulations of the Illinois Department which are relevant to
18 the issues on appeal, and shall file such reports concerning
19 appeals as the Illinois Department requests.
20 An appeal shall be without cost to the appellant and
21 shall be made, at the option of the appellant, either upon
22 forms provided and prescribed by the Illinois Department or,
23 for appeals to a Public Aid Committee, upon forms prescribed
24 by the County Board; or an appeal may be made by calling a
25 toll-free number provided for that purpose by the Illinois
26 Department and providing the necessary information. The
27 Illinois Department may assist County Boards or a
28 Commissioner of Appeals in the preparation of appeal forms,
29 or upon request of a County Board or Commissioner of Appeals
30 may furnish such forms. County Departments and local
31 governmental units shall render all possible aid to persons
32 desiring to make an appeal. The provisions of Sections 11-8.1
33 to 11-8.7, inclusive, shall apply to all such appeals.
34 (Source: P.A. 87-630.)
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1 (60 ILCS 1/30-55 rep.)
2 (60 ILCS 1/30-80 rep.)
3 (60 ILCS 1/30-175 rep.)
4 (60 ILCS 1/65-15 rep.)
5 Section 45. The Township Code is amended by repealing
6 Sections 30-55, 30-80, 30-175, and 65-15.
7 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
8 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
9 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
10 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that
11 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
12 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
13 any other Public Act.
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3 5 ILCS 220/3.1 from Ch. 127, par. 743.1
4 35 ILCS 200/2-70
5 45 ILCS 105/9 new
6 60 ILCS 1/30-10
7 60 ILCS 1/30-145
8 60 ILCS 1/50-15
9 60 ILCS 1/50-40
10 60 ILCS 1/65-5
11 60 ILCS 1/65-20
12 60 ILCS 1/70-45
13 60 ILCS 1/80-20
14 65 ILCS 5/3.1-50-10 from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-50-10
15 305 ILCS 5/11-8 from Ch. 23, par. 11-8
16 60 ILCS 1/30-55 rep.
17 60 ILCS 1/30-80 rep.
18 60 ILCS 1/30-175 rep.
19 60 ILCS 1/65-15 rep.