Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB0053 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0053 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 122, par. 5-1 Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that the school boards of Glenbrook High School District 225, Northbrook Elementary School District 27, Northbrook School District 28, Sunset Ridge School District 29, Northbrook/Glenview School District 30, West Northfield School District 31, and Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 may, by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of Northfield and Maine Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its own school treasurer. Effective immediately. LRB103 05853 RJT 50874 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0053 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 122, par. 5-1 105 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 122, par. 5-1 Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that the school boards of Glenbrook High School District 225, Northbrook Elementary School District 27, Northbrook School District 28, Sunset Ridge School District 29, Northbrook/Glenview School District 30, West Northfield School District 31, and Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 may, by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of Northfield and Maine Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its own school treasurer. Effective immediately. LRB103 05853 RJT 50874 b LRB103 05853 RJT 50874 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0053 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that the school boards of Glenbrook High School District 225, Northbrook Elementary School District 27, Northbrook School District 28, Sunset Ridge School District 29, Northbrook/Glenview School District 30, West Northfield School District 31, and Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 may, by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of Northfield and Maine Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its own school treasurer. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning education.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
15	15	5 5-1 as follows:
16	16	6 (105 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-1)
17	17	7 Sec. 5-1. County school units.
18	18	8 (a) The territory in each county, exclusive of any school
19	19	9 district governed by any special act which requires the
20	20	10 district to appoint its own school treasurer, shall constitute
21	21	11 a county school unit. County school units of less than
22	22	12 2,000,000 inhabitants shall be known as Class I county school
23	23	13 units and the office of township trustees, where existing on
24	24	14 July 1, 1962, in such units shall be abolished on that date and
25	25	15 all books and records of such former township trustees shall
26	26	16 be forthwith thereafter transferred to the county board of
27	27	17 school trustees. County school units of 2,000,000 or more
28	28	18 inhabitants shall be known as Class II county school units and
29	29	19 shall retain the office of township trustees unless otherwise
30	30	20 provided in subsection (b) or (c).
31	31	21 (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school
32	32	22 board of any elementary school district having a fall, 1989
33	33	23 aggregate enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0053 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	105 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 122, par. 5-1 105 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 122, par. 5-1
39	39	105 ILCS 5/5-1 from Ch. 122, par. 5-1
40	40	Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. Provides that the school boards of Glenbrook High School District 225, Northbrook Elementary School District 27, Northbrook School District 28, Sunset Ridge School District 29, Northbrook/Glenview School District 30, West Northfield School District 31, and Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 may, by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of Northfield and Maine Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its own school treasurer. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 pupils and having boundaries that are coterminous with the
69	69	2 boundaries of a high school district, and the school board of
70	70	3 any high school district having a fall, 1989 aggregate
71	71	4 enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500 pupils and
72	72	5 having boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of
73	73	6 an elementary school district, may, whenever the territory of
74	74	7 such school district forms a part of a Class II county school
75	75	8 unit, by proper resolution withdraw such school district from
76	76	9 the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of
77	77	10 the township in which such school district is located and from
78	78	11 the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer in
79	79	12 such Class II county school unit; provided that the school
80	80	13 board of any such school district shall, upon the adoption and
81	81	14 passage of such resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own
82	82	15 school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1. Upon the adoption
83	83	16 and passage of such resolution and the election or appointment
84	84	17 by the school board of its own school treasurer: (1) the
85	85	18 trustees of schools in such township shall no longer have or
86	86	19 exercise any powers and duties with respect to the school
87	87	20 district governed by such school board or with respect to the
88	88	21 school business, operations or assets of such school district;
89	89	22 and (2) all books and records of the township trustees
90	90	23 relating to the school business and affairs of such school
91	91	24 district shall be transferred and delivered to the school
92	92	25 board of such school district. Upon the effective date of this
93	93	26 amendatory Act of 1993, the legal title to, and all right,
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104	104	1 title and interest formerly held by the township trustees in
105	105	2 any school buildings and school sites used and occupied by the
106	106	3 school board of such school district for school purposes, that
107	107	4 legal title, right, title and interest thereafter having been
108	108	5 transferred to and vested in the regional board of school
109	109	6 trustees under P.A. 87-473 until the abolition of that
110	110	7 regional board of school trustees by P.A. 87-969, shall be
111	111	8 deemed transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the
112	112	9 school board of that school district.
113	113	10 Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards
114	114	11 of Oak Park & River Forest District 200, Oak Park Elementary
115	115	12 School District 97, and River Forest School District 90 may,
116	116	13 by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and
117	117	14 authority of the trustees of schools of Proviso and Cicero
118	118	15 Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school
119	119	16 board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution,
120	120	17 elect or appoint its own school treasurer as provided in
121	121	18 Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the
122	122	19 resolution and the election or appointment by the school board
123	123	20 of its own school treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the
124	124	21 township or townships shall no longer have or exercise any
125	125	22 powers or duties with respect to the school district or with
126	126	23 respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the
127	127	24 school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of
128	128	25 schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
129	129	26 assets relating to the school business and affairs of the
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140	140	1 school district shall be transferred and delivered to the
141	141	2 school board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title,
142	142	3 and interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any
143	143	4 common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used
144	144	5 and occupied by the school board and all rights of property and
145	145	6 causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the
146	146	7 common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed
147	147	8 transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school
148	148	9 board.
149	149	10 Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the respective
150	150	11 school boards of Berwyn North School District 98, Berwyn South
151	151	12 School District 100, Cicero School District 99, and J.S.
152	152	13 Morton High School District 201 may, by proper resolution,
153	153	14 withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees
154	154	15 of schools of Cicero Township and the township treasurer,
155	155	16 provided that the school board shall, upon the adoption and
156	156	17 passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its own school
157	157	18 treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the
158	158	19 adoption and passage of the resolution and the election or
159	159	20 appointment by the school board of its own school treasurer:
160	160	21 (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no longer
161	161	22 have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to the
162	162	23 school district or with respect to the school business,
163	163	24 operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books
164	164	25 and records of the trustees of schools and all moneys,
165	165	26 securities, loanable funds, and other assets relating to the
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176	176	1 school business and affairs of the school district shall be
177	177	2 transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) all
178	178	3 legal title to and all right, title, and interest formerly
179	179	4 held by the trustees of schools in any common school lands,
180	180	5 school buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the
181	181	6 school board and all rights of property and causes of action
182	182	7 pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
183	183	8 lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
184	184	9 operation of law to and shall vest in the school board.
185	185	10 Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section
186	186	11 and upon final judgment, including the exhaustion of all
187	187	12 appeals or a settlement between all parties, regarding claims
188	188	13 set forth in the case of Township Trustees of Schools Township
189	189	14 38 North, Range 12 East v. Lyons Township High School District
190	190	15 No. 204 case N. 13 CH 23386 pending in 2018 in the Circuit
191	191	16 Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery
192	192	17 Division, and all related pending claims, the school board of
193	193	18 Lyons Township High School District 204 may commence, by
194	194	19 proper resolution, to withdraw from the jurisdiction and
195	195	20 authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the
196	196	21 township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon
197	197	22 the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint
198	198	23 its own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this
199	199	24 Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
200	200	25 election or appointment by the school board of its own school
201	201	26 treasurer commencing with the first day of the succeeding
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212	212	1 fiscal year, but not prior to July 1, 2019: (1) the trustees of
213	213	2 schools in the township shall no longer have or exercise any
214	214	3 powers or duties with respect to the school district or with
215	215	4 respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the
216	216	5 school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of
217	217	6 schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other
218	218	7 assets relating to the school business and affairs of the
219	219	8 school district shall be transferred and delivered to the
220	220	9 school board, allowing for a reasonable period of time not to
221	221	10 exceed 90 days to liquidate any pooled investments; and (3)
222	222	11 all legal title to and all right, title, and interest formerly
223	223	12 held by the trustees of schools in any common school lands,
224	224	13 school buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the
225	225	14 school board and all rights of property and causes of action
226	226	15 pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school
227	227	16 lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by
228	228	17 operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The
229	229	18 changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
230	230	19 100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the
231	231	20 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
232	232	21 Assembly, and shall not affect any legal action pending on the
233	233	22 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
234	234	23 Assembly in the Illinois courts in which Lyons Township High
235	235	24 School District 204 is a listed party.
236	236	25 Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards
237	237	26 of Glenbrook High School District 225, Northbrook Elementary
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248	248	1 School District 27, Northbrook School District 28, Sunset
249	249	2 Ridge School District 29, Northbrook/Glenview School District
250	250	3 30, West Northfield School District 31, and Glenview Community
251	251	4 Consolidated School District 34 may, by proper resolution,
252	252	5 withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees
253	253	6 of schools of Northfield and Maine Townships and the township
254	254	7 treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the
255	255	8 adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its
256	256	9 own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code.
257	257	10 Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the
258	258	11 election or appointment by the school board of its own school
259	259	12 treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township or
260	260	13 townships shall no longer have or exercise any powers or
261	261	14 duties with respect to the school district or with respect to
262	262	15 the school business, operations, or assets of the school
263	263	16 district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of schools
264	264	17 and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other assets
265	265	18 relating to the school business and affairs of the school
266	266	19 district shall be transferred and delivered to the school
267	267	20 board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title, and
268	268	21 interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any
269	269	22 common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used
270	270	23 and occupied by the school board and all rights of property and
271	271	24 causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the
272	272	25 common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed
273	273	26 transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school
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285	285	2 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the
286	286	3 offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of any
287	287	4 township located in a Class II county school unit shall be
288	288	5 abolished as provided in this subsection if all of the
289	289	6 following conditions are met:
290	290	7 (1) During the same 30 day period, each school board
291	291	8 of each elementary and unit school district that is
292	292	9 subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
293	293	10 treasurer and trustees of schools of the township in which
294	294	11 those offices are sought to be abolished gives written
295	295	12 notice by certified mail, return receipt requested to the
296	296	13 township treasurer and trustees of schools of that
297	297	14 township of the date of a meeting of the school board, to
298	298	15 be held not more than 90 nor less than 60 days after the
299	299	16 date when the notice is given, at which meeting the school
300	300	17 board is to consider and vote upon the question of whether
301	301	18 there shall be submitted to the electors of the school
302	302	19 district a proposition to abolish the offices of township
303	303	20 treasurer and trustee of schools of that township. None of
304	304	21 the notices given under this paragraph to the township
305	305	22 treasurer and trustees of schools of a township shall be
306	306	23 deemed sufficient or in compliance with the requirements
307	307	24 of this paragraph unless all of those notices are given
308	308	25 within the same 30 day period.
309	309	26 (2) Each school board of each elementary and unit
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320	320	1 school district that is subject to the jurisdiction and
321	321	2 authority of the township treasurer and trustees of
322	322	3 schools of the township in which those offices are sought
323	323	4 to be abolished, by the affirmative vote of at least 5
324	324	5 members of the school board at a school board meeting of
325	325	6 which notice is given as required by paragraph (1) of this
326	326	7 subsection, adopts a resolution requiring the secretary of
327	327	8 the school board to certify to the proper election
328	328	9 authorities for submission to the electors of the school
329	329	10 district at the next consolidated election in accordance
330	330	11 with the general election law a proposition to abolish the
331	331	12 offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of
332	332	13 that township. None of the resolutions adopted under this
333	333	14 paragraph by any elementary or unit school districts that
334	334	15 are subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the
335	335	16 township treasurer and trustees of schools of the township
336	336	17 in which those offices are sought to be abolished shall be
337	337	18 deemed in compliance with the requirements of this
338	338	19 paragraph or sufficient to authorize submission of the
339	339	20 proposition to abolish those offices to a referendum of
340	340	21 the electors in any such school district unless all of the
341	341	22 school boards of all of the elementary and unit school
342	342	23 districts that are subject to the jurisdiction and
343	343	24 authority of the township treasurer and trustees of
344	344	25 schools of that township adopt such a resolution in
345	345	26 accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
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356	356	1 (3) The school boards of all of the elementary and
357	357	2 unit school districts that are subject to the jurisdiction
358	358	3 and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of
359	359	4 schools of the township in which those offices are sought
360	360	5 to be abolished submit a proposition to abolish the
361	361	6 offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of
362	362	7 that township to the electors of their respective school
363	363	8 districts at the same consolidated election in accordance
364	364	9 with the general election law, the ballot in each such
365	365	10 district to be in substantially the following form:
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368	368	13 Shall the offices of township
369	369	14 treasurer and YES
370	370	15 trustee of -------------
371	371	16 schools of Township ..... NO
372	372	17 Range ..... be abolished?
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374	374	19 (4) At the consolidated election at which the
375	375	20 proposition to abolish the offices of township treasurer
376	376	21 and trustee of schools of a township is submitted to the
377	377	22 electors of each elementary and unit school district that
378	378	23 is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the
379	379	24 township treasurer and trustee of schools of that
380	380	25 township, a majority of the electors voting on the
381	381	26 proposition in each such elementary and unit school
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392	392	1 district votes in favor of the proposition as submitted to
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394	394	3 If in each elementary and unit school district that is
395	395	4 subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
396	396	5 treasurer and trustees of schools of the township in which
397	397	6 those offices are sought to be abolished a majority of the
398	398	7 electors in each such district voting at the consolidated
399	399	8 election on the proposition to abolish the offices of township
400	400	9 treasurer and trustee of schools of that township votes in
401	401	10 favor of the proposition as submitted to them, the proposition
402	402	11 shall be deemed to have passed; but if in any such elementary
403	403	12 or unit school district a majority of the electors voting on
404	404	13 that proposition in that district fails to vote in favor of the
405	405	14 proposition as submitted to them, then notwithstanding the
406	406	15 vote of the electors in any other such elementary or unit
407	407	16 school district on that proposition the proposition shall not
408	408	17 be deemed to have passed in any of those elementary or unit
409	409	18 school districts, and the offices of township treasurer and
410	410	19 trustee of schools of the township in which those offices were
411	411	20 sought to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless in each
412	412	21 of those elementary and unit school districts remaining
413	413	22 subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
414	414	23 treasurer and trustees of schools of that township proceedings
415	415	24 are again initiated to abolish those offices and all of the
416	416	25 proceedings and conditions prescribed in paragraphs (1)
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428	428	1 those elementary and unit school districts.
429	429	2 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
430	430	3 or any other provision of the School Code, the offices of
431	431	4 township treasurer and trustee of schools of a township that
432	432	5 has a population of less than 200,000 and that contains a unit
433	433	6 school district and is located in a Class II county school unit
434	434	7 shall also be abolished as provided in this subsection if all
435	435	8 of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
436	436	9 this subsection are met and if the following additional
437	437	10 condition is met:
438	438	11 The electors in all of the school districts subject to
439	439	12 the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer
440	440	13 and trustees of schools of the township in which those
441	441	14 offices are sought to be abolished shall vote at the
442	442	15 consolidated election on the proposition to abolish the
443	443	16 offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of
444	444	17 that township. If a majority of the electors in all of the
445	445	18 school districts combined voting on the proposition vote
446	446	19 in favor of the proposition, then the proposition shall be
447	447	20 deemed to have passed; but if a majority of the electors
448	448	21 voting on the proposition in all of the school district
449	449	22 fails to vote in favor of the proposition as submitted to
450	450	23 them, then the proposition shall not be deemed to have
451	451	24 passed and the offices of township treasurer and trustee
452	452	25 of schools of the township in which those offices were
453	453	26 sought to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless and
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464	464	1 until the proceedings detailed in paragraphs (1) through
465	465	2 (3) of this subsection and the conditions set forth in
466	466	3 this paragraph are met.
467	467	4 If the proposition to abolish the offices of township
468	468	5 treasurer and trustee of schools of a township is deemed to
469	469	6 have passed at the consolidated election as provided in this
470	470	7 subsection, those offices shall be deemed abolished by
471	471	8 operation of law effective on January 1 of the calendar year
472	472	9 immediately following the calendar year in which that
473	473	10 consolidated election is held, provided that if after the
474	474	11 election, the trustees of schools by resolution elect to
475	475	12 abolish the offices of township treasurer and trustee of
476	476	13 schools effective on July 1 immediately following the
477	477	14 election, then the offices shall be abolished on July 1
478	478	15 immediately following the election. On the date that the
479	479	16 offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of a
480	480	17 township are deemed abolished by operation of law, the school
481	481	18 board of each elementary and unit school district and the
482	482	19 school board of each high school district that is subject to
483	483	20 the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
484	484	21 trustees of schools of that township at the time those offices
485	485	22 are abolished: (i) shall appoint its own school treasurer as
486	486	23 provided in Section 8-1; and (ii) unless the term of the
487	487	24 contract of a township treasurer expires on the date that the
488	488	25 office of township treasurer is abolished, shall pay to the
489	489	26 former township treasurer its proportionate share of any
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500	500	1 aggregate compensation that, were the office of township
501	501	2 treasurer not abolished at that time, would have been payable
502	502	3 to the former township treasurer after that date over the
503	503	4 remainder of the term of the contract of the former township
504	504	5 treasurer that began prior to but ends after that date. In
505	505	6 addition, on the date that the offices of township treasurer
506	506	7 and trustee of schools of a township are deemed abolished as
507	507	8 provided in this subsection, the school board of each
508	508	9 elementary school, high school and unit school district that
509	509	10 until that date is subject to the jurisdiction and authority
510	510	11 of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of that
511	511	12 township shall be deemed by operation of law to have agreed and
512	512	13 assumed to pay and, when determined, shall pay to the Illinois
513	513	14 Municipal Retirement Fund a proportionate share of the
514	514	15 unfunded liability existing in that Fund at the time these
515	515	16 offices are abolished in that calendar year for all annuities
516	516	17 or other benefits then or thereafter to become payable from
517	517	18 that Fund with respect to all periods of service performed
518	518	19 prior to that date as a participating employee in that Fund by
519	519	20 persons serving during those periods of service as a trustee
520	520	21 of schools, township treasurer or regular employee in the
521	521	22 office of the township treasurer of that township. That
522	522	23 unfunded liability shall be actuarially determined by the
523	523	24 board of trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund,
524	524	25 and the board of trustees shall thereupon notify each school
525	525	26 board required to pay a proportionate share of that unfunded
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536	536	1 liability of the aggregate amount of the unfunded liability so
537	537	2 determined. The amount so paid to the Illinois Municipal
538	538	3 Retirement Fund by each of those school districts shall be
539	539	4 credited to the account of the township in that Fund. For each
540	540	5 elementary school, high school and unit school district under
541	541	6 the jurisdiction and authority of a township treasurer and
542	542	7 trustees of schools of a township in which those offices are
543	543	8 abolished as provided in this subsection, each such district's
544	544	9 proportionate share of the aggregate compensation payable to
545	545	10 the former township treasurer as provided in this paragraph
546	546	11 and each such district's proportionate share of the aggregate
547	547	12 amount of the unfunded liability payable to the Illinois
548	548	13 Municipal Retirement Fund as provided in this paragraph shall
549	549	14 be computed in accordance with the ratio that the number of
550	550	15 pupils in average daily attendance in each such district for
551	551	16 the school year last ending prior to the date on which the
552	552	17 offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of that
553	553	18 township are abolished bears to the aggregate number of pupils
554	554	19 in average daily attendance in all of those districts as so
555	555	20 reported for that school year.
556	556	21 Upon abolition of the offices of township treasurer and
557	557	22 trustee of schools of a township as provided in this
558	558	23 subsection: (i) the regional board of school trustees, in its
559	559	24 corporate capacity, shall be deemed the successor in interest
560	560	25 to the former trustees of schools of that township with
561	561	26 respect to the common school lands and township loanable funds
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572	572	1 of the township; (ii) all right, title and interest existing
573	573	2 or vested in the former trustees of schools of that township in
574	574	3 the common school lands and township loanable funds of the
575	575	4 township, and all records, moneys, securities and other
576	576	5 assets, rights of property and causes of action pertaining to
577	577	6 or constituting a part of those common school lands or
578	578	7 township loanable funds, shall be transferred to and deemed
579	579	8 vested by operation of law in the regional board of school
580	580	9 trustees, which shall hold legal title to, manage and operate
581	581	10 all common school lands and township loanable funds of the
582	582	11 township, receive the rents, issues and profits therefrom, and
583	583	12 have and exercise with respect thereto the same powers and
584	584	13 duties as are provided by this Code to be exercised by regional
585	585	14 boards of school trustees when acting as township land
586	586	15 commissioners in counties having at least 220,000 but fewer
587	587	16 than 2,000,000 inhabitants; (iii) the regional board of school
588	588	17 trustees shall select to serve as its treasurer with respect
589	589	18 to the common school lands and township loanable funds of the
590	590	19 township a person from time to time also serving as the
591	591	20 appointed school treasurer of any school district that was
592	592	21 subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township
593	593	22 treasurer and trustees of schools of that township at the time
594	594	23 those offices were abolished, and the person selected to also
595	595	24 serve as treasurer of the regional board of school trustees
596	596	25 shall have his compensation for services in that capacity
597	597	26 fixed by the regional board of school trustees, to be paid from
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608	608	1 the township loanable funds, and shall make to the regional
609	609	2 board of school trustees the reports required to be made by
610	610	3 treasurers of township land commissioners, give bond as
611	611	4 required by treasurers of township land commissioners, and
612	612	5 perform the duties and exercise the powers of treasurers of
613	613	6 township land commissioners; (iv) the regional board of school
614	614	7 trustees shall designate in the manner provided by Section
615	615	8 8-7, insofar as applicable, a depositary for its treasurer,
616	616	9 and the proceeds of all rents, issues and profits from the
617	617	10 common school lands and township loanable funds of that
618	618	11 township shall be deposited and held in the account maintained
619	619	12 for those purposes with that depositary and shall be expended
620	620	13 and distributed therefrom as provided in Section 15-24 and
621	621	14 other applicable provisions of this Code; and (v) whenever
622	622	15 there is vested in the trustees of schools of a township at the
623	623	16 time that office is abolished under this subsection the legal
624	624	17 title to any school buildings or school sites used or occupied
625	625	18 for school purposes by any elementary school, high school or
626	626	19 unit school district subject to the jurisdiction and authority
627	627	20 of those trustees of school at the time that office is
628	628	21 abolished, the legal title to those school buildings and
629	629	22 school sites shall be deemed transferred by operation of law
630	630	23 to and invested in the school board of that school district, in
631	631	24 its corporate capacity under Section 10-22.35B of this Code,
632	632	25 the same to be held, sold, exchanged leased or otherwise
633	633	26 transferred in accordance with applicable provisions of this
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644	644	1 Code.
645	645	2 Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g of this Code, a waiver of
646	646	3 a mandate established under this Section may not be requested.
647	647	4 (Source: P.A. 100-374, eff. 8-25-17; 100-921, eff. 8-17-18.)
648	648	5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
649	649	6 becoming law.
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