Bill Text: IL SB3010 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Authorizes a township, by ordinance or resolution, to build, purchase, or lease a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center within the township without referendum approval, if the township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of specified bonds. Authorizes any township whose boundaries are coextensive with the limits of an incorporated city, by ordinance or resolution, to build or purchase a township hall without referendum approval, if the township hall is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of specified bonds. Authorizes a township, by ordinance or resolution, to purchase, erect, equip, remodel, or renovate a community building without referendum approval, if the community building is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of specified bonds. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1397 [SB3010 Detail]

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3010 Introduced 2/4/2010, by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/140-5
60 ILCS 1/145-5
60 ILCS 1/150-10
Amends the Township Code. Authorizes a township, by ordinance or resolution, to build, purchase, or lease a township hall, a multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center within the township without referendum approval, if the township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combined township hall and multi-purpose senior center is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of specified bonds. Authorizes any township whose boundaries are coextensive with the limits of an incorporated city, by ordinance or resolution, to build or purchase a township hall without referendum approval, if the township hall is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of specified bonds. Authorizes a township, by ordinance or resolution, to purchase, erect, equip, remodel, or renovate a community building without referendum approval, if the community building is paid or provided for with funds that are not the proceeds of specified bonds. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
Sections 140-5, 145-5, and 150-10 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/140-5)
Sec. 140-5. Petition and referendum for township hall.
(a) Whenever it is desired to build, purchase, or lease,
for a longer period than 10 years, a township hall, a
multi-purpose senior center, or a combined township hall and
multi-purpose senior center in any township, at least 25
electors of the township may, before the time of giving notice
of the annual township meeting, file with the township clerk a
petition in writing that the proposition of building,
purchasing, or leasing a township hall, a multi-purpose senior
center, or a combination township hall and multi-purpose senior
center and issuing bonds for the building, purchase, or lease
be submitted to the voters of the township at the next ensuing
general election. The proposition shall be clearly stated in
the petition substantially as follows: "Shall (name of
township) borrow $(amount) to (build, purchase, or lease) a
(township hall, multi-purpose senior center, or combination
multi-purpose township hall and senior center) and issue bonds

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for the (building, purchase, or lease)?" The petition shall be
filed in the office of the township clerk.
(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to
the legal voters of the township at an election in accordance
with the general election law. The form of the proposition
shall be substantially as follows:
Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to (build,
purchase, or lease) a (township hall, multi-purpose senior
center, or combination township hall and multi-purpose
senior center) and issue bonds for the (building, purchase,
or lease)?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution, build,
purchase, or lease a township hall, a multi-purpose senior
center, or a combined township hall and multi-purpose senior
center within the township without referendum approval, if the
building, purchasing, or leasing of the township hall,
multi-purpose senior center, or combined township hall and
multi-purpose senior center is paid or provided for with funds
that are not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this
Article.
(Source: P.A. 93-743, eff. 7-15-04.)
(60 ILCS 1/145-5)

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Sec. 145-5. Petition and referendum to build or purchase
township hall.
(a) Whenever it is desired to build or purchase a township
hall in any township whose boundaries are coextensive with the
limits of an incorporated city, 25 electors of the township
may, before the time of giving notice of the annual township
meeting, file with the township clerk a petition in writing
that the proposition of building or purchasing a township hall,
as the case may be, and the issuing of bonds for the building
or purchase be submitted to the voters of the township at an
election. The proposition shall be clearly stated in the
petition substantially as follows: "Shall (name of township)
borrow $(amount) to build or purchase a township hall and issue
bonds for the building or purchase?" The petition shall be
filed in the office of the township clerk.
(b) The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to
the legal voters of the township at an election held in
accordance with the general election law. The form of the
proposition shall be substantially as follows:
Shall (name of township) borrow $(amount) to build or
purchase a township hall and issue bonds for the building
or purchase?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
contrary, any township whose boundaries are coextensive with

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the limits of an incorporated city may, by ordinance or
resolution, build or purchase a township hall without
referendum approval, if the building or purchasing of the
township hall is paid or provided for with funds that are not
the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 81-1550; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/150-10)
Sec. 150-10. Resolution for bond issuance; referendum.
Beginning August 16, 1993, the board of managers elected under
Section 150-15 in a township having a population of not more
than 25,000 (according to the last preceding federal census)
shall initiate proceedings for the issuance of bonds under this
Article by adopting a resolution proposing the issuance of
bonds and describing briefly the authority under which the
bonds are to be issued, the nature of the project to be
financed, the estimated total cost of the project, and the
maximum amount of bonds authorized to be issued. The resolution
shall direct that the proposition to issue the bonds be
submitted to the electors of the township. The township clerk
shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials,
who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance
with the general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following
form:
Shall bonds for community building purposes be issued

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to the amount of $(amount)?
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in
the affirmative, the bonds may be issued.
The provisions of Public Act 88-360 incorporated into this
Section by this amendatory Act of 1994 do not affect the
obligations of a township or the rights of bondholders with
respect to bonds issued under this Article or its predecessor
Act before August 16, 1993.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
contrary, any township may, by ordinance or resolution,
purchase, erect, equip, remodel, or renovate a community
building without referendum approval, if the purchasing,
erecting, equipping, remodeling, or renovating of the
community building is paid or provided for with funds that are
not the proceeds of bonds authorized under this Article.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670, eff.
12-2-94.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.