Illinois House Bill 4975 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Township Modernization and Consolidation Act. Provides that all townships in a county may be dissolved by referendum, through either citizen petition or county board ordinance. Provides for petition, ordinance, and notice requirements. Provides for transfer of property, assets, personnel, contractual obligations, liabilities, tax levies, records, and rights and duties from the township to county. Further provides for procedures the county board may employ if a township has outstanding debt on the date of dissolution of the township. Amends the Township Code. Abolishes of office of township collector and transfers all powers and duties to the county collector. Provides that counties who dissolve all townships may retain their current form of governance (currently, required to form a commission form). Further provides that all townships within a coterminous municipality may dissolve (currently, only selected townships may). Amends the Election Code, Public Funds Statement Publication Act, the Property Tax Code, Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act, and Counties Code making conforming changes.

TWP CD-DISSOLVE TWPS

Rep. Sam Yingling [D]

Rep. Deborah Conroy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
2016-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-02-08	House	First Reading
2016-02-05	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sam Yingling

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	28-7	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	15	3a	Amended Code	Citation Text
35	200	1-151	New Code	See Bill Text
35	200	3-70	Amended Code	Citation Text
35	516	320	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	2-4006	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	5-1005	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	5-32028	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	Div. 2-4 heading	Amended Code	Citation Text
60	1	235-20	Amended Code	Citation Text
60	1	25-15	Amended Code	Citation Text
60	1	25-25	Amended Code	Citation Text
60	1	27-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
60	1	27-15	Amended Code	Citation Text
60	1	27-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
60	1	78-10	New Code	See Bill Text
60	1	78-5	Repealed Code	Citation Text
60	1	Art. 27 heading	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4975&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB4975.htm