Public Act 100-0983
 
SB2923 EnrolledLRB100 20406 AWJ 35730 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 Public Graveyards Act is amended  by changing 
Section 2c as follows:
 



    (50 ILCS 610/2c)  (from Ch. 21, par. 14c)



    Sec. 2c. Use of township funds. 

    (a) The board of trustees of any
township may appropriate 
funds
from the township treasury to be used for the purpose of 
putting any old,
neglected graves and cemeteries controlled, 
managed, and owned by the township
in a cleaner and more 
respectable condition. 

    (b) The board of trustees of any township may appropriate 
funds from the
township treasury to be used for the maintenance 
of a
cemetery owned by the State or another unit of local 
government.
The board of trustees of any township may 
appropriate funds from the
township treasury to be used for the 
maintenance of non-profit cemeteries,
but not for religious or 
sectarian purposes.

    (c) If a township supervisor issues a payout from the 
township treasury for any purpose described in this Act, the 
township clerk shall attest to all moneys paid out. 
(Source: P.A. 92-551, eff. 1-1-03.)

 
    Section 10. The Township Code is amended  by adding Section 
7-27 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/7-27 new)
    Sec. 7-27. Attestation to funds endorsed by the supervisor. 
If a township supervisor issues a payout of funds from the 
township treasury, the township clerk shall attest to such 
payment.
 
    Section 15. The Illinois Highway Code is amended  by adding 
Section 6-114.5 as follows:
 
    (605 ILCS 5/6-114.5 new)
    Sec. 6-114.5. Attestation to funds endorsed by the 
treasurer. If a road district treasurer issues a payout from 
the road district's treasury or the township treasury, the road 
district clerk shall attest to all moneys paid out.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2019. 
  


Effective Date:  1/1/2019