Public Act 099-0474
 
HB3693 EnrolledLRB099 11128 AWJ 31575 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Section 3-70 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 200/3-70)
    Sec. 3-70. Cessation of Township Assessor. If the office of
Township Assessor in a coterminous township ceases as provided
in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the
coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of the
Township Assessor under this Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing the
heading of Article 27 and by adding Article 28 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 27 heading)
ARTICLE 27. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP
ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS MUNICIPALITY :
COUNTY POPULATION OF 3 MILLION OR MORE
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    (60 ILCS 1/Art. 28 heading new)
ARTICLE 28. DISCONTINUANCE OF TOWNSHIP
ORGANIZATION WITHIN COTERMINOUS
MUNICIPALITY: SPECIFIED TOWNSHIPS

 
    (60 ILCS 1/28-5 new)
    Sec. 28-5. Applicability. This Article shall apply only to
a township that: (1) is within a coterminous, or substantially
coterminous, municipality, (2) is located within St. Clair
County, and (3) contains a territory of 23 square miles or
more.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/28-10 new)
    Sec. 28-10. Ordinance to discontinue and abolish a township
organization within a coterminous municipality; cessation of
township organization.
    (a) The township board of a township described under
Section 28-5 of this Article may adopt an ordinance, with a
majority of the votes of the township board, providing that,
upon the approval of a coterminous, or substantially
coterminous, municipality's corporate authorities, (1) that
the township organization shall discontinue and be abolished;
and (2) that the township shall transfer all the rights,
powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations,
and responsibilities of the township organization to the
coterminous, or substantially coterminous, municipality. The
corporate authorities of the coterminous, or substantially
coterminous, municipality shall adopt an ordinance by a
majority vote approving such transfer to the municipality.
    (b) On the later date of either the (i) approval of an
ordinance by a municipality under subsection (a) of this
Section, or (ii) expiration of the township officers' terms
after passing an ordinance under subsection (a) of this
Section, the township is discontinued and abolished and all the
rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities,
obligations, and responsibilities of the township shall by
operation of law vest in and be assumed by the municipality,
including the authority to levy property taxes for township
purposes in the same manner as the dissolved township.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/28-15 new)
    Sec. 28-15. Coterminous municipality's duties and
responsibilities. Upon the effective date of discontinuance
and abolishment of the township organization, the coterminous
municipality shall exercise all duties and responsibilities of
the township officers as provided in the Township Code, the
Illinois Public Aid Code, the Property Tax Code, and the
Illinois Highway Code, as applicable. The coterminous
municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement or
contract with the county or the State to administer the duties
and responsibilities of the township officers for services
under its jurisdiction.
 
    (60 ILCS 1/28-20 new)
    Sec. 28-20. Business, records, and property of
discontinued township organization. The records of a township
organization discontinued under this Article shall be
deposited in the coterminous municipality's city clerk's
office. The coterminous municipality may close up all
unfinished business of the township and sell and dispose of any
of the property belonging to the township for benefit of the
inhabitants of the coterminous municipality.
 
    Section 15. The Public Health District Act is amended by
changing Section 25 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 905/25)
    Sec. 25. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. If the
office of Township Assessor in a coterminous township is
discontinued as provided in Articles Article 27 and 28 of the
Township Code, then the coterminous municipality's Council
members shall be the board of health for the public health
district under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 12-3.1 as follows:
 
    (305 ILCS 5/12-3.1)
    Sec. 12-3.1. Discontinuance of a coterminous township.
Upon discontinuance of a coterminous township under Articles
Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, the coterminous
municipality shall provide funds for and administer the public
aid program provided for under Article VI of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    Section 25. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
changing Section 5-205.10 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/5-205.10)
    Sec. 5-205.10. Discontinuance of a coterminous township.
If township organization is discontinued as provided in
Articles Article 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the
coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of highway
commissioner under this Code.
(Source: P.A. 98-127, eff. 8-2-13.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.