Bill Text: IL HB2552 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning contracts relating to insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2552 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2552-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2552
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2552 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 85-10 as follows:
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| 6 | (60 ILCS 1/85-10)
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| 7 | Sec. 85-10. Township corporate powers.
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| 8 | (a) Every township has the corporate capacity to exercise | ||||||
| 9 | the
powers granted to it, or necessarily implied, and no
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| 10 | others. Every township has the powers specified in this | ||||||
| 11 | Section.
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| 12 | (b) A township may sue and be sued.
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| 13 | (c) A township may acquire (by purchase, gift, or legacy) | ||||||
| 14 | and hold property,
both real and personal, for the use of its | ||||||
| 15 | inhabitants and may sell and
convey that property. A township | ||||||
| 16 | may purchase any real estate or personal
property for public | ||||||
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| 1 | purposes under contracts providing for payment in
installments | ||||||
| 2 | over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
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| 3 | real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal | ||||||
| 4 | property.
A township may finance the purchase of any real | ||||||
| 5 | estate or personal property
for public purpose under finance | ||||||
| 6 | contracts providing for payment in
installments over a period | ||||||
| 7 | of time of not more than 20 years in the case of
real estate and | ||||||
| 8 | not more than 10 years in the case of personal property.
A | ||||||
| 9 | township may construct a township hall under contracts | ||||||
| 10 | providing for payment
over a period of time of not more than 20 | ||||||
| 11 | 10 years. The interest on the unpaid
balance shall not exceed | ||||||
| 12 | that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act.
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| 13 | (d) A township may make all contracts necessary in the | ||||||
| 14 | exercise of the
township's powers.
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| 15 | (e) A township may expend or contract for the expenditure | ||||||
| 16 | of any federal
funds made available to the township by law for | ||||||
| 17 | any purpose for which taxes
imposed upon township property or | ||||||
| 18 | property within the township may be expended.
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| 19 | (f) A township may acquire (singly or jointly with a | ||||||
| 20 | municipality or
municipalities) land or any interest in land | ||||||
| 21 | located within its township
limits. The township may acquire | ||||||
| 22 | the land or interest by gift, purchase, or
otherwise, but not | ||||||
| 23 | by condemnation. A township may (singly or jointly) improve
or | ||||||
| 24 | arrange for the improvement of the land for industrial or | ||||||
| 25 | commercial
purposes and may donate and convey the land or | ||||||
| 26 | interest in land so acquired
and so improved to the Illinois | ||||||
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| 1 | Finance Authority.
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| 2 | (g) (Blank)
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| 3 | (h) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted | ||||||
| 4 | either expressly
or by necessary implication by this Code, any | ||||||
| 5 | other Illinois statute, or the
Illinois Constitution to | ||||||
| 6 | townships may be exercised by those
townships notwithstanding | ||||||
| 7 | effects on competition. It is the intention of the
General | ||||||
| 8 | Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application | ||||||
| 9 | of
federal antitrust statutes be fully available to townships | ||||||
| 10 | to the extent
their activities are authorized by law as stated | ||||||
| 11 | in this Code.
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| 12 | (i) A township may receive funds under the federal Housing | ||||||
| 13 | and
Community Development Act of 1974 and may expend or | ||||||
| 14 | contract for the
expenditure of those funds and other township | ||||||
| 15 | funds for the
activities specified in Section 105 of that Act. | ||||||
| 16 | The powers granted under this
subsection (i) are in addition to | ||||||
| 17 | powers otherwise possessed by a township and
shall not be | ||||||
| 18 | construed as a limitation of those other powers.
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| 19 | (j) A township may establish reasonable fees for recreation | ||||||
| 20 | and
instructional programs sponsored by the township.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04; 93-743, eff. 7-15-04.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.".
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