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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2504 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of less than 50,000, the offices of township assessor and multi-township assessor are abolished upon the expiration of the term of a township assessor or multi-township assessor. Provides that the county assessor in a county with a population of less than 50,000 shall assume all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of township assessors or multi-township assessors within the county. Amends the Dissolution of Townships in McHenry County Article of the Township Code. Renames the Article and makes it applicable to all counties under township organization. Provides that, upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township election immediately preceding the petition, the township board and corporate authorities of the municipality shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of the township and municipality at the next election a referendum to discontinue the township and to transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township to the municipality. Provides that, upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township election immediately preceding the petition in each adjacent township subject to proposed consolidation, each township board shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the township, at the next election or consolidated election, a proposition to consolidate the existing townships. Amends the Counties Code and the Motor Fuel Tax Law making conforming changes. LRB104 12238 RTM 22345 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2504 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: See Index See Index Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of less than 50,000, the offices of township assessor and multi-township assessor are abolished upon the expiration of the term of a township assessor or multi-township assessor. Provides that the county assessor in a county with a population of less than 50,000 shall assume all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of township assessors or multi-township assessors within the county. Amends the Dissolution of Townships in McHenry County Article of the Township Code. Renames the Article and makes it applicable to all counties under township organization. Provides that, upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township election immediately preceding the petition, the township board and corporate authorities of the municipality shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of the township and municipality at the next election a referendum to discontinue the township and to transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township to the municipality. Provides that, upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township election immediately preceding the petition in each adjacent township subject to proposed consolidation, each township board shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the township, at the next election or consolidated election, a proposition to consolidate the existing townships. Amends the Counties Code and the Motor Fuel Tax Law making conforming changes. LRB104 12238 RTM 22345 b LRB104 12238 RTM 22345 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of less than 50,000, the offices of township assessor and multi-township assessor are abolished upon the expiration of the term of a township assessor or multi-township assessor. Provides that the county assessor in a county with a population of less than 50,000 shall assume all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of township assessors or multi-township assessors within the county. Amends the Dissolution of Townships in McHenry County Article of the Township Code. Renames the Article and makes it applicable to all counties under township organization. Provides that, upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township election immediately preceding the petition, the township board and corporate authorities of the municipality shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of the township and municipality at the next election a referendum to discontinue the township and to transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township to the municipality. Provides that, upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township election immediately preceding the petition in each adjacent township subject to proposed consolidation, each township board shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the township, at the next election or consolidated election, a proposition to consolidate the existing townships. Amends the Counties Code and the Motor Fuel Tax Law making conforming changes.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
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 Property Tax Code is amended by adding
15	15	5 Section 2-85 as follows:
16	16	6 (35 ILCS 200/2-85 new)
17	17	7 Sec. 2-85. Counties with a population of less than 50,000.
18	18	8 (a) In counties with a population of less than 50,000, the
19	19	9 offices of township assessor and multi-township assessor are
20	20	10 abolished upon the expiration of the term of a township
21	21	11 assessor or multi-township assessor.
22	22	12 (b) The county assessor in a county with a population of
23	23	13 less than 50,000 shall assume all the rights, powers, duties,
24	24	14 assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
25	25	15 responsibilities of township assessors or multi-township
26	26	16 assessors within the county.
27	27	17 (c) No later than the beginning of December of the year
28	28	18 immediately preceding the year the offices are abolished, the
29	29	19 township assessor and multi-township assessors in a county
30	30	20 with a population of less than 50,000 shall deliver all public
31	31	21 records, as defined in the Local Records Act, relating to the
32	32	22 assessment of the township to the county assessor. The
33	33	23 township supervisors within the county shall transfer to the
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40	40	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with a population of less than 50,000, the offices of township assessor and multi-township assessor are abolished upon the expiration of the term of a township assessor or multi-township assessor. Provides that the county assessor in a county with a population of less than 50,000 shall assume all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of township assessors or multi-township assessors within the county. Amends the Dissolution of Townships in McHenry County Article of the Township Code. Renames the Article and makes it applicable to all counties under township organization. Provides that, upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township election immediately preceding the petition, the township board and corporate authorities of the municipality shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of the township and municipality at the next election a referendum to discontinue the township and to transfer all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of the township to the municipality. Provides that, upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township election immediately preceding the petition in each adjacent township subject to proposed consolidation, each township board shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of the township, at the next election or consolidated election, a proposition to consolidate the existing townships. Amends the Counties Code and the Motor Fuel Tax Law making conforming changes.
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68	68	1 county treasurer all funds relating to or budgeted for
69	69	2 purposes of township assessments. All accounts or tax moneys
70	70	3 for township assessment shall be paid to the county assessor
71	71	4 on or before the date the township assessor or multi-township
72	72	5 assessor is abolished.
73	73	6 Section 10. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by changing
74	74	7 Section 8 as follows:
75	75	8 (35 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 120, par. 424)
76	76	9 Sec. 8. Distribution of proceeds of tax. Except as
77	77	10 provided in subsection (a-1) of this Section, Section 8a,
78	78	11 subdivision (h)(1) of Section 12a, Section 13a.6, and items
79	79	12 13, 14, 15, and 16 of Section 15, all money received by the
80	80	13 Department under this Act, including payments made to the
81	81	14 Department by member jurisdictions participating in the
82	82	15 International Fuel Tax Agreement, shall be deposited into a
83	83	16 special fund in the State treasury, to be known as the Motor
84	84	17 Fuel Tax Fund, and shall be used as follows:
85	85	18 (a) 2 1/2 cents per gallon of the tax collected on special
86	86	19 fuel under paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 13a of this
87	87	20 Act shall be transferred to the State Construction Account
88	88	21 Fund in the State Treasury; the remainder of the tax collected
89	89	22 on special fuel under paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section
90	90	23 13a of this Act shall be deposited into the Road Fund;
91	91	24 (a-1) Beginning on July 1, 2019, an amount equal to the
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102	102	1 amount of tax collected under subsection (a) of Section 2 and
103	103	2 Section 13a as a result of the increase in the tax rate under
104	104	3 subsection (a) of Section 2 authorized by Public Act 101-32
105	105	4 shall be deposited each month into the Transportation Renewal
106	106	5 Fund; provided, however, that the amount that represents the
107	107	6 part (b) portion of the rate under Section 13a shall be
108	108	7 deposited each month into the Motor Fuel Tax Fund and the
109	109	8 Transportation Renewal Fund in the same proportion as the
110	110	9 amount collected under subsection (a) of Section 2;
111	111	10 (b) $420,000 shall be transferred each month to the State
112	112	11 Boating Act Fund to be used by the Department of Natural
113	113	12 Resources for the purposes specified in Article X of the Boat
114	114	13 Registration and Safety Act;
115	115	14 (c) $3,500,000 shall be transferred each month to the
116	116	15 Grade Crossing Protection Fund to be used as follows: not less
117	117	16 than $12,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used for the
118	118	17 construction or reconstruction of rail highway grade
119	119	18 separation structures; $5,500,000 in fiscal year 2022 and each
120	120	19 fiscal year thereafter shall be transferred to the
121	121	20 Transportation Regulatory Fund and shall be used to pay the
122	122	21 cost of administration of the Illinois Commerce Commission's
123	123	22 railroad safety program in connection with its duties under
124	124	23 subsection (3) of Section 18c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle
125	125	24 Code, with the remainder to be used by the Department of
126	126	25 Transportation upon order of the Illinois Commerce Commission,
127	127	26 to pay that part of the cost apportioned by such Commission to
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138	138	1 the State to cover the interest of the public in the use of
139	139	2 highways, roads, streets, or pedestrian walkways in the county
140	140	3 highway system, township and district road system, or
141	141	4 municipal street system as defined in the Illinois Highway
142	142	5 Code, as the same may from time to time be amended, for
143	143	6 separation of grades, for installation, construction or
144	144	7 reconstruction of crossing protection or reconstruction,
145	145	8 alteration, relocation including construction or improvement
146	146	9 of any existing highway necessary for access to property or
147	147	10 improvement of any grade crossing and grade crossing surface
148	148	11 including the necessary highway approaches thereto of any
149	149	12 railroad across the highway or public road, or for the
150	150	13 installation, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of
151	151	14 safety treatments to deter trespassing or a pedestrian walkway
152	152	15 over or under a railroad right-of-way, as provided for in and
153	153	16 in accordance with Section 18c-7401 of the Illinois Vehicle
154	154	17 Code. The Commission may order up to $2,000,000 per year in
155	155	18 Grade Crossing Protection Fund moneys for the improvement of
156	156	19 grade crossing surfaces and up to $300,000 per year for the
157	157	20 maintenance and renewal of 4-quadrant gate vehicle detection
158	158	21 systems located at non-high speed rail grade crossings. In
159	159	22 entering orders for projects for which payments from the Grade
160	160	23 Crossing Protection Fund will be made, the Commission shall
161	161	24 account for expenditures authorized by the orders on a cash
162	162	25 rather than an accrual basis. For purposes of this requirement
163	163	26 an "accrual basis" assumes that the total cost of the project
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175	175	2 while a "cash basis" allocates the cost of the project among
176	176	3 fiscal years as expenditures are actually made. To meet the
177	177	4 requirements of this subsection, the Illinois Commerce
178	178	5 Commission shall develop annual and 5-year project plans of
179	179	6 rail crossing capital improvements that will be paid for with
180	180	7 moneys from the Grade Crossing Protection Fund. The annual
181	181	8 project plan shall identify projects for the succeeding fiscal
182	182	9 year and the 5-year project plan shall identify projects for
183	183	10 the 5 directly succeeding fiscal years. The Commission shall
184	184	11 submit the annual and 5-year project plans for this Fund to the
185	185	12 Governor, the President of the Senate, the Senate Minority
186	186	13 Leader, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
187	187	14 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives on the first
188	188	15 Wednesday in April of each year;
189	189	16 (d) of the amount remaining after allocations provided for
190	190	17 in subsections (a), (a-1), (b), and (c), a sufficient amount
191	191	18 shall be reserved to pay all of the following:
192	192	19 (1) the costs of the Department of Revenue in
193	193	20 administering this Act;
194	194	21 (2) the costs of the Department of Transportation in
195	195	22 performing its duties imposed by the Illinois Highway Code
196	196	23 for supervising the use of motor fuel tax funds
197	197	24 apportioned to municipalities, counties and road
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210	210	1 overpayment of decal fees paid under Section 13a.4 of this
211	211	2 Act, and refunds provided for under the terms of the
212	212	3 International Fuel Tax Agreement referenced in Section
213	213	4 14a;
214	214	5 (4) from October 1, 1985 until June 30, 1994, the
215	215	6 administration of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law,
216	216	7 which amount shall be certified monthly by the
217	217	8 Environmental Protection Agency to the State Comptroller
218	218	9 and shall promptly be transferred by the State Comptroller
219	219	10 and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to the Vehicle
220	220	11 Inspection Fund, and for the period July 1, 1994 through
221	221	12 June 30, 2000, one-twelfth of $25,000,000 each month, for
222	222	13 the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003, one-twelfth
223	223	14 of $30,000,000 each month, and $15,000,000 on July 1,
224	224	15 2003, and $15,000,000 on January 1, 2004, and $15,000,000
225	225	16 on each July 1 and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may
226	226	17 be practical, during the period July 1, 2004 through June
227	227	18 30, 2012, and $30,000,000 on June 1, 2013, or as soon
228	228	19 thereafter as may be practical, and $15,000,000 on July 1
229	229	20 and October 1, or as soon thereafter as may be practical,
230	230	21 during the period of July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015,
231	231	22 for the administration of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection
232	232	23 Law of 2005, to be transferred by the State Comptroller
233	233	24 and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund into the
234	234	25 Vehicle Inspection Fund;
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246	246	1 Environmental Protection Agency for the administration of
247	247	2 the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 shall be
248	248	3 paid, subject to appropriation, from the Motor Fuel Tax
249	249	4 Fund into the Vehicle Inspection Fund; beginning in 2019,
250	250	5 no later than December 31 of each year, or as soon
251	251	6 thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller shall
252	252	7 direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer from the
253	253	8 Vehicle Inspection Fund to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund any
254	254	9 balance remaining in the Vehicle Inspection Fund in excess
255	255	10 of $2,000,000;
256	256	11 (5) amounts ordered paid by the Court of Claims; and
257	257	12 (6) payment of motor fuel use taxes due to member
258	258	13 jurisdictions under the terms of the International Fuel
259	259	14 Tax Agreement. The Department shall certify these amounts
260	260	15 to the Comptroller by the 15th day of each month; the
261	261	16 Comptroller shall cause orders to be drawn for such
262	262	17 amounts, and the Treasurer shall administer those amounts
263	263	18 on or before the last day of each month;
264	264	19 (e) after allocations for the purposes set forth in
265	265	20 subsections (a), (a-1), (b), (c), and (d), the remaining
266	266	21 amount shall be apportioned as follows:
267	267	22 (1) Until January 1, 2000, 58.4%, and beginning
268	268	23 January 1, 2000, 45.6% shall be deposited as follows:
269	269	24 (A) 37% into the State Construction Account Fund,
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271	271	26 (B) 63% into the Road Fund, $1,250,000 of which
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282	282	1 shall be reserved each month for the Department of
283	283	2 Transportation to be used in accordance with the
284	284	3 provisions of Sections 6-901 through 6-906 of the
285	285	4 Illinois Highway Code;
286	286	5 (2) Until January 1, 2000, 41.6%, and beginning
287	287	6 January 1, 2000, 54.4% shall be transferred to the
288	288	7 Department of Transportation to be distributed as follows:
289	289	8 (A) 49.10% to the municipalities of the State,
290	290	9 (B) 16.74% to the counties of the State having
291	291	10 1,000,000 or more inhabitants,
292	292	11 (C) 18.27% to the counties of the State having
293	293	12 less than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
294	294	13 (D) 15.89% to the road districts of the State.
295	295	14 If a township is dissolved under Article 24 of the
296	296	15 Township Code, the county in which the township lies
297	297	16 McHenry County shall receive any moneys that would have
298	298	17 been distributed to the township under this subparagraph,
299	299	18 except that a municipality that assumes the powers and
300	300	19 responsibilities of a road district under paragraph (6) of
301	301	20 Section 24-35 of the Township Code shall receive any
302	302	21 moneys that would have been distributed to the township in
303	303	22 a percent equal to the area of the dissolved road district
304	304	23 or portion of the dissolved road district over which the
305	305	24 municipality assumed the powers and responsibilities
306	306	25 compared to the total area of the dissolved township. The
307	307	26 moneys received under this subparagraph shall be used in
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318	318	1 the geographic area of the dissolved township. If a
319	319	2 township is reconstituted as provided under Section 24-45
320	320	3 of the Township Code, the county in which the township or a
321	321	4 municipality lies McHenry County or a municipality shall
322	322	5 no longer be distributed moneys under this subparagraph.
323	323	6 As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the
324	324	7 Department of Transportation shall allot to each municipality
325	325	8 its share of the amount apportioned to the several
326	326	9 municipalities which shall be in proportion to the population
327	327	10 of such municipalities as determined by the last preceding
328	328	11 municipal census if conducted by the Federal Government or
329	329	12 Federal census. If territory is annexed to any municipality
330	330	13 subsequent to the time of the last preceding census the
331	331	14 corporate authorities of such municipality may cause a census
332	332	15 to be taken of such annexed territory and the population so
333	333	16 ascertained for such territory shall be added to the
334	334	17 population of the municipality as determined by the last
335	335	18 preceding census for the purpose of determining the allotment
336	336	19 for that municipality. If the population of any municipality
337	337	20 was not determined by the last Federal census preceding any
338	338	21 apportionment, the apportionment to such municipality shall be
339	339	22 in accordance with any census taken by such municipality. Any
340	340	23 municipal census used in accordance with this Section shall be
341	341	24 certified to the Department of Transportation by the clerk of
342	342	25 such municipality, and the accuracy thereof shall be subject
343	343	26 to approval of the Department which may make such corrections
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354	354	1 as it ascertains to be necessary.
355	355	2 As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the
356	356	3 Department of Transportation shall allot to each county its
357	357	4 share of the amount apportioned to the several counties of the
358	358	5 State as herein provided. Each allotment to the several
359	359	6 counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall be in
360	360	7 proportion to the amount of motor vehicle license fees
361	361	8 received from the residents of such counties, respectively,
362	362	9 during the preceding calendar year. The Secretary of State
363	363	10 shall, on or before April 15 of each year, transmit to the
364	364	11 Department of Transportation a full and complete report
365	365	12 showing the amount of motor vehicle license fees received from
366	366	13 the residents of each county, respectively, during the
367	367	14 preceding calendar year. The Department of Transportation
368	368	15 shall, each month, use for allotment purposes the last such
369	369	16 report received from the Secretary of State.
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371	371	18 Department of Transportation shall allot to the several
372	372	19 counties their share of the amount apportioned for the use of
373	373	20 road districts. The allotment shall be apportioned among the
374	374	21 several counties in the State in the proportion which the
375	375	22 total mileage of township or district roads in the respective
376	376	23 counties bears to the total mileage of all township and
377	377	24 district roads in the State. Funds allotted to the respective
378	378	25 counties for the use of road districts therein shall be
379	379	26 allocated to the several road districts in the county in the
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390	390	1 proportion which the total mileage of such township or
391	391	2 district roads in the respective road districts bears to the
392	392	3 total mileage of all such township or district roads in the
393	393	4 county. After July 1 of any year prior to 2011, no allocation
394	394	5 shall be made for any road district unless it levied a tax for
395	395	6 road and bridge purposes in an amount which will require the
396	396	7 extension of such tax against the taxable property in any such
397	397	8 road district at a rate of not less than either .08% of the
398	398	9 value thereof, based upon the assessment for the year
399	399	10 immediately prior to the year in which such tax was levied and
400	400	11 as equalized by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage
401	401	12 County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of
402	402	13 road under the jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is
403	403	14 less. Beginning July 1, 2011 and each July 1 thereafter, an
404	404	15 allocation shall be made for any road district if it levied a
405	405	16 tax for road and bridge purposes. In counties other than
406	406	17 DuPage County, if the amount of the tax levy requires the
407	407	18 extension of the tax against the taxable property in the road
408	408	19 district at a rate that is less than 0.08% of the value
409	409	20 thereof, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
410	410	21 prior to the year in which the tax was levied and as equalized
411	411	22 by the Department of Revenue, then the amount of the
412	412	23 allocation for that road district shall be a percentage of the
413	413	24 maximum allocation equal to the percentage obtained by
414	414	25 dividing the rate extended by the district by 0.08%. In DuPage
415	415	26 County, if the amount of the tax levy requires the extension of
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426	426	1 the tax against the taxable property in the road district at a
427	427	2 rate that is less than the lesser of (i) 0.08% of the value of
428	428	3 the taxable property in the road district, based upon the
429	429	4 assessment for the year immediately prior to the year in which
430	430	5 such tax was levied and as equalized by the Department of
431	431	6 Revenue, or (ii) a rate that will yield an amount equal to
432	432	7 $12,000 per mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road
433	433	8 district, then the amount of the allocation for the road
434	434	9 district shall be a percentage of the maximum allocation equal
435	435	10 to the percentage obtained by dividing the rate extended by
436	436	11 the district by the lesser of (i) 0.08% or (ii) the rate that
437	437	12 will yield an amount equal to $12,000 per mile of road under
438	438	13 the jurisdiction of the road district.
439	439	14 Prior to 2011, if any road district has levied a special
440	440	15 tax for road purposes pursuant to Sections 6-601, 6-602, and
441	441	16 6-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and such tax was levied in
442	442	17 an amount which would require extension at a rate of not less
443	443	18 than .08% of the value of the taxable property thereof, as
444	444	19 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, or, in
445	445	20 DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
446	446	21 mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
447	447	22 whichever is less, such levy shall, however, be deemed a
448	448	23 proper compliance with this Section and shall qualify such
449	449	24 road district for an allotment under this Section. Beginning
450	450	25 in 2011 and thereafter, if any road district has levied a
451	451	26 special tax for road purposes under Sections 6-601, 6-602, and
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462	462	1 6-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and the tax was levied in
463	463	2 an amount that would require extension at a rate of not less
464	464	3 than 0.08% of the value of the taxable property of that road
465	465	4 district, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
466	466	5 Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater
467	467	6 than $12,000 per mile of road under the jurisdiction of the
468	468	7 road district, whichever is less, that levy shall be deemed a
469	469	8 proper compliance with this Section and shall qualify such
470	470	9 road district for a full, rather than proportionate, allotment
471	471	10 under this Section. If the levy for the special tax is less
472	472	11 than 0.08% of the value of the taxable property, or, in DuPage
473	473	12 County if the levy for the special tax is less than the lesser
474	474	13 of (i) 0.08% or (ii) $12,000 per mile of road under the
475	475	14 jurisdiction of the road district, and if the levy for the
476	476	15 special tax is more than any other levy for road and bridge
477	477	16 purposes, then the levy for the special tax qualifies the road
478	478	17 district for a proportionate, rather than full, allotment
479	479	18 under this Section. If the levy for the special tax is equal to
480	480	19 or less than any other levy for road and bridge purposes, then
481	481	20 any allotment under this Section shall be determined by the
482	482	21 other levy for road and bridge purposes.
483	483	22 Prior to 2011, if a township has transferred to the road
484	484	23 and bridge fund money which, when added to the amount of any
485	485	24 tax levy of the road district would be the equivalent of a tax
486	486	25 levy requiring extension at a rate of at least .08%, or, in
487	487	26 DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
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498	498	1 mile of road under the jurisdiction of the road district,
499	499	2 whichever is less, such transfer, together with any such tax
500	500	3 levy, shall be deemed a proper compliance with this Section
501	501	4 and shall qualify the road district for an allotment under
502	502	5 this Section.
503	503	6 In counties in which a property tax extension limitation
504	504	7 is imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law,
505	505	8 road districts may retain their entitlement to a motor fuel
506	506	9 tax allotment or, beginning in 2011, their entitlement to a
507	507	10 full allotment if, at the time the property tax extension
508	508	11 limitation was imposed, the road district was levying a road
509	509	12 and bridge tax at a rate sufficient to entitle it to a motor
510	510	13 fuel tax allotment and continues to levy the maximum allowable
511	511	14 amount after the imposition of the property tax extension
512	512	15 limitation. Any road district may in all circumstances retain
513	513	16 its entitlement to a motor fuel tax allotment or, beginning in
514	514	17 2011, its entitlement to a full allotment if it levied a road
515	515	18 and bridge tax in an amount that will require the extension of
516	516	19 the tax against the taxable property in the road district at a
517	517	20 rate of not less than 0.08% of the assessed value of the
518	518	21 property, based upon the assessment for the year immediately
519	519	22 preceding the year in which the tax was levied and as equalized
520	520	23 by the Department of Revenue or, in DuPage County, an amount
521	521	24 equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road under the
522	522	25 jurisdiction of the road district, whichever is less.
523	523	26 As used in this Section, the term "road district" means
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534	534	1 any road district, including a county unit road district,
535	535	2 provided for by the Illinois Highway Code; and the term
536	536	3 "township or district road" means any road in the township and
537	537	4 district road system as defined in the Illinois Highway Code.
538	538	5 For the purposes of this Section, "township or district road"
539	539	6 also includes such roads as are maintained by park districts,
540	540	7 forest preserve districts and conservation districts. The
541	541	8 Department of Transportation shall determine the mileage of
542	542	9 all township and district roads for the purposes of making
543	543	10 allotments and allocations of motor fuel tax funds for use in
544	544	11 road districts.
545	545	12 Payment of motor fuel tax moneys to municipalities and
546	546	13 counties shall be made as soon as possible after the allotment
547	547	14 is made. The treasurer of the municipality or county may
548	548	15 invest these funds until their use is required and the
549	549	16 interest earned by these investments shall be limited to the
550	550	17 same uses as the principal funds.
551	551	18 (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21;
552	552	19 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)
553	553	20 Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing
554	554	21 Section 5-1185 as follows:
555	555	22 (55 ILCS 5/5-1185)
556	556	23 Sec. 5-1185. Dissolution of townships in McHenry County.
557	557	24 If a township in McHenry County dissolves as provided in
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568	568	1 Article 24 of the Township Code, the county McHenry County
569	569	2 shall assume the powers, duties, and obligations of each
570	570	3 dissolved township as provided in Article 24 of the Township
571	571	4 Code.
572	572	5 (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
573	573	6 Section 20. The Township Code is amended by changing the
574	574	7 heading of Article 24 and Sections 22-10, 24-10, 24-15, 24-20,
575	575	8 24-25, 24-30, 24-35, 25-5, and 29-15 and by adding Section
576	576	9 22-5.1 as follows:
577	577	10 (60 ILCS 1/22-5.1 new)
578	578	11 Sec. 22-5.1. Consolidation Of Multiple Townships
579	579	12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
580	580	13 upon petition of at least 5% of the voters in the township
581	581	14 election immediately preceding the petition in each adjacent
582	582	15 township subject to proposed consolidation, each township
583	583	16 board shall certify and cause to be submitted to the voters of
584	584	17 the township, at the next election or consolidated election, a
585	585	18 proposition to consolidate the existing townships into either:
586	586	19 (i) a new township; or (ii) an existing township. Each
587	587	20 petition shall include, but is not limited to:
588	588	21 (1) the name of the proposed new consolidated township
589	589	22 or the name of the existing township into which the
590	590	23 township shall be consolidated;
591	591	24 (2) a description of how each road district of a
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602	602	1 dissolving township shall comply with subsection (c) of
603	603	2 Section 22-20 if a township shall be consolidating into an
604	604	3 existing township;
605	605	4 (3) the names of all townships that shall be
606	606	5 consolidating and a description of the area of
607	607	6 consolidation; and
608	608	7 (4) the date of the general election at which the
609	609	8 referendum shall be held.
610	610	9 For purposes of this Section, 3 or more townships are
611	611	10 adjacent when each township shares a boundary with at least
612	612	11 one of the other townships which are to be consolidated.
613	613	12 A signature on a petition shall not be valid or counted in
614	614	13 considering the petition unless the petition complies with the
615	615	14 form requirements and the date of each signature is less than
616	616	15 90 days before the last day for filing the petition. The
617	617	16 statement of the person who circulates the petition must
618	618	17 include an attestation (i) indicating the dates on which that
619	619	18 sheet was circulated, (ii) indicating the first and last date
620	620	19 on which that sheet was circulated, or (iii) certifying that
621	621	20 none of the signatures on the sheet was signed more than 90
622	622	21 days before the last day for filing the petition. The petition
623	623	22 shall be treated and the proposition certified in the manner
624	624	23 provided by the general election law. After the proposition
625	625	24 has been submitted to the electorate, the proposition shall
626	626	25 not be resubmitted for 4 years.
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637	637	1 (60 ILCS 1/22-10)
638	638	2 Sec. 22-10. Referendum.
639	639	3 (a) Upon the adoption of resolutions under Section 22-5 by
640	640	4 each township, or upon receipt of petitions under Section
641	641	5 22-5.1 the township boards shall certify the question to the
642	642	6 election authority and the authority shall cause to be
643	643	7 submitted to the voters of each township at the general
644	644	8 election specified in the resolutions a referendum to
645	645	9 consolidate the townships. The referendum shall be
646	646	10 substantially in the following form:
647	647	11 Shall (names of townships) be consolidated into [a new
648	648	12 township called (name of proposed consolidated
649	649	13 township)/the township of (name of existing township)]?
650	650	14 The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
651	651	15 The referendum is approved when a majority of the voters,
652	652	16 in each of the affected townships, approve the referendum.
653	653	17 (b) Before a referendum appears on the ballot under
654	654	18 subsection (a), each township board shall publish a copy of
655	655	19 the adopted resolution on the main page of the townships'
656	656	20 websites, if any, and in a newspaper having a general
657	657	21 circulation in each of the townships affected. The notice
658	658	22 shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the
659	659	23 general election in which the referendum will appear.
660	660	24 Each township board shall additionally mail a copy of the
661	661	25 adopted resolution, along with a copy of the referendum
662	662	26 language and a list of all taxes levied for general township
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673	673	1 purposes in the affected townships, to every registered voter
674	674	2 in each township affected. The notice shall be mailed at least
675	675	3 30 days before the date of the general election in which the
676	676	4 referendum will appear.
677	677	5 (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
678	678	6 no tax rate may be extended for any fund of the consolidated
679	679	7 district for the first levy year of the consolidated district
680	680	8 that exceeds any statutory maximum set forth for that fund,
681	681	9 unless the referendum also conforms to the requirements of the
682	682	10 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law or other statutory
683	683	11 provision setting forth that limitation.
684	684	12 (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
685	685	13 (60 ILCS 1/Art. 24 heading)
686	686	14 ARTICLE 24. DISSOLUTION OF
687	687	15 TOWNSHIPS IN MCHENRY COUNTY
688	688	16 (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)
689	689	17 (60 ILCS 1/24-10)
690	690	18 Sec. 24-10. Definition. As used in this Article,
691	691	19 "electors" means the registered voters of any single township
692	692	20 in McHenry County.
693	693	21 (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)
694	694	22 (60 ILCS 1/24-15)
695	695	23 Sec. 24-15. Dissolving a township in McHenry County. By
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706	706	1 resolution, the board of trustees of any township located in
707	707	2 McHenry County may submit a proposition to dissolve the
708	708	3 township to the electors of that township at the election next
709	709	4 following in accordance with the general election law. The
710	710	5 ballot shall be as provided for in Section 24-30.
711	711	6 (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)
712	712	7 (60 ILCS 1/24-20)
713	713	8 Sec. 24-20. Petition requirements; notice.
714	714	9 (a) Subject to the petition requirements of Section 28-3
715	715	10 of the Election Code, petitions for a referendum to dissolve a
716	716	11 township located in McHenry County must be filed with the
717	717	12 governing board of the township, the county board of McHenry
718	718	13 County, and the McHenry County Clerk not less than 122 days
719	719	14 prior to any election held throughout the township. Petitions
720	720	15 must include:
721	721	16 (1) the name of the dissolving township;
722	722	17 (2) the date of dissolution; and
723	723	18 (3) signatures of a number of electors as follows: (A)
724	724	19 for any township, the number of signatures shall be the
725	725	20 larger of (i) 5% of the total ballots cast in the township
726	726	21 in the immediately preceding election that is of an
727	727	22 election type comparable to the election for which the
728	728	23 petition is being filed, or (ii) 250 signatures. All
729	729	24 signatures gathered under this paragraph (3) must be
730	730	25 signed within 180 days prior to the filing of a petition.
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741	741	1 (b) The proposed date of dissolution shall be at least 90
742	742	2 days after the date of the election at which the referendum is
743	743	3 to be voted upon.
744	744	4 (c) If a valid petition is filed under subsection (a),
745	745	5 then the McHenry County Clerk shall, by publication in one or
746	746	6 more newspapers of general circulation within the county and
747	747	7 on the county's website, not less than 90 days prior to the
748	748	8 election at which the referendum is to be voted on, give notice
749	749	9 in substantially the following form:
750	750	10 NOTICE OF PETITION TO DISSOLVE (dissolving township).
751	751	11 Residents of (dissolving township) and McHenry (County)
752	752	12 are notified that a petition has been filed with
753	753	13 (dissolving township) and McHenry (County) requesting a
754	754	14 referendum to dissolve (dissolving township) on (date of
755	755	15 dissolution) with all real and personal property, and any
756	756	16 other assets, together with all personnel, contractual
757	757	17 obligations, and liabilities being transferred to McHenry
758	758	18 County.
759	759	19 (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)
760	760	20 (60 ILCS 1/24-30)
761	761	21 Sec. 24-30. Referendum; voting.
762	762	22 (a) Subject to the requirements of Section 16-7 of the
763	763	23 Election Code, the referendum described in Section 24-25 shall
764	764	24 be in substantially the following form on the ballot:
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776	776	2 Shall the (dissolving
777	777	3 township), together with any road
778	778	4 districts wholly within the YES
779	779	5 boundaries of (dissolving
780	780	6 township), be dissolved on (date --------------
781	781	7 of dissolution) with all of
782	782	8 the township and road district
783	783	9 property, assets, personnel, NO
784	784	10 obligations, and liabilities being
785	785	11 transferred to McHenry (County)?
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787	787	13 (b) The referendum is approved when a majority of those
788	788	14 voting in the election from the dissolving township approve
789	789	15 the referendum.
790	790	16 (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)
791	791	17 (60 ILCS 1/24-35)
792	792	18 Sec. 24-35. Dissolution; transfer of rights and duties.
793	793	19 When the dissolution of a township has been approved under
794	794	20 Section 24-30:
795	795	21 (1) On or before the date of dissolution, all real and
796	796	22 personal property, and any other assets, together with all
797	797	23 personnel, contractual obligations, and liabilities of the
798	798	24 dissolving township and road districts wholly within the
799	799	25 boundaries of the dissolving township shall be transferred
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810	810	1 to the McHenry County. All funds of the dissolved township
811	811	2 and dissolved road districts shall be used solely on
812	812	3 behalf of the residents of the geographic area within the
813	813	4 boundaries of the dissolved township.
814	814	5 After the transfer of property to the county under
815	815	6 this paragraph, all park land, cemetery land, buildings,
816	816	7 and facilities within the geographic area of the
817	817	8 dissolving township must be utilized for the primary
818	818	9 benefit of the geographic area of the dissolving township.
819	819	10 Proceeds from the sale of the park land, cemetery land,
820	820	11 buildings, or facilities after transfer to the county must
821	821	12 be utilized for the sole benefit of the geographic area of
822	822	13 the dissolved township.
823	823	14 (2) On the date of dissolution, the dissolving
824	824	15 township is dissolved.
825	825	16 (3) On and after the date of dissolution, all rights
826	826	17 and duties of the dissolved township may be exercised by
827	827	18 the McHenry County Board solely on behalf of the residents
828	828	19 of the geographic area within the boundaries of the
829	829	20 dissolved township. The duties that may be exercised by
830	830	21 the county include, but are not limited to, the
831	831	22 administration of a dissolved township's general
832	832	23 assistance program, maintenance and operation of a
833	833	24 dissolved township's cemeteries, and the Chief County
834	834	25 Assessment officer of the McHenry County exercising the
835	835	26 duties of the township assessor.
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846	846	1 (4) The McHenry County Board shall not extend a
847	847	2 property tax levy that is greater than 90% of the property
848	848	3 tax levy extended by the dissolved township or road
849	849	4 districts for the duties taken on by the McHenry County.
850	850	5 This property tax levy may not be extended outside the
851	851	6 boundaries of the dissolved township. In all subsequent
852	852	7 years, this levy shall be bound by the provisions of the
853	853	8 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
854	854	9 A tax levy extended under this paragraph may be used
855	855	10 for the purposes allowed by the statute authorizing the
856	856	11 tax levy or to pay liabilities of the dissolved township
857	857	12 or dissolved road districts that were transferred to the
858	858	13 county under paragraph (1). The taxpayers within the
859	859	14 boundaries of the dissolved township are responsible to
860	860	15 pay any liabilities transferred to the county: the county
861	861	16 shall reduce spending within the boundaries of the former
862	862	17 township in the amount necessary to pay off any
863	863	18 liabilities transferred to the county under paragraph (1)
864	864	19 that are not covered by the assets enumerated in paragraph
865	865	20 (1) or taxes under this paragraph.
866	866	21 (5) All road districts wholly within the boundaries of
867	867	22 the dissolving township are dissolved on the date of
868	868	23 dissolution of the dissolving township, and all powers and
869	869	24 responsibilities of each road district are transferred to
870	870	25 the McHenry County except as provided in paragraph (6).
871	871	26 (6) The county board of McHenry County shall give
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882	882	1 written notice to each municipality whose governing board
883	883	2 meets within the boundaries of a dissolving township that
884	884	3 the municipality may make an offer, on or before 60 days
885	885	4 after the date of dissolution of the dissolving township,
886	886	5 that the municipality will assume all of the powers and
887	887	6 responsibilities of a road district or road districts
888	888	7 wholly inside the dissolving township. The notice shall be
889	889	8 sent to each municipality on or before 30 days after the
890	890	9 date of dissolution of the township. Any eligible
891	891	10 municipality may, with consent of its governing board,
892	892	11 make an offer to assume all of the powers and
893	893	12 responsibilities of the dissolving township's road
894	894	13 district or road districts. A municipality may offer to
895	895	14 assume the powers and responsibilities only for a limited
896	896	15 period of time. If one or more offers are received by the
897	897	16 McHenry County on or before 60 days after the date of
898	898	17 dissolution of the dissolving township, the county board
899	899	18 of McHenry County shall select the best offer or offers
900	900	19 that the board determines would be in the best interest
901	901	20 and welfare of the affected resident population. If no
902	902	21 municipality makes an offer or if no satisfactory offer is
903	903	22 made, the powers and duties of the dissolving township's
904	904	23 road district or road districts are retained by the
905	905	24 McHenry County. The municipality that assumes the powers
906	906	25 and duties of the dissolving township's road district or
907	907	26 road districts shall not extend a road district property
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918	918	1 tax levy under Division 5 of Article 6 of the Illinois
919	919	2 Highway Code that is greater than 90% of the road district
920	920	3 property tax levy that was extended by the county on
921	921	4 behalf of the dissolving township's road district or road
922	922	5 districts for the duties taken on by the municipality.
923	923	6 (7) On the date of dissolution of the township or road
924	924	7 district, elected and appointed township officers and road
925	925	8 commissioners shall cease to hold office. An elected or
926	926	9 appointed township official or township road commissioner
927	927	10 shall not be compensated for any other duties performed
928	928	11 after the dissolution of the township or road district
929	929	12 that they represented. An elected township official or
930	930	13 township road commissioner shall not have legal recourse
931	931	14 relating to the ceasing of their elected or appointed
932	932	15 positions upon the ceasing of their position.
933	933	16 (Source: P.A. 101-230, eff. 8-9-19.)
934	934	17 (60 ILCS 1/25-5)
935	935	18 Sec. 25-5. Referendum Petition and referendum to
936	936	19 discontinue township organization. Upon the adoption of an
937	937	20 ordinance or resolution of the county board, or upon the
938	938	21 petition of at least 5% 10% of the registered voters in the
939	939	22 township election immediately preceding the petition of each
940	940	23 township of a county, as determined on the date registration
941	941	24 closed before the regular election next preceding the last day
942	942	25 on which the petition may be filed, that has adopted township
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953	953	1 organization, the county board shall certify and cause to be
954	954	2 submitted to the voters of the county, at the next general
955	955	3 election, the question of the continuance of township
956	956	4 organization. A signature on a petition shall not be valid or
957	957	5 counted in considering the petition unless the form
958	958	6 requirements are complied with and the date of each signature
959	959	7 is less than 90 days before the last day for filing the
960	960	8 petition. The statement of the person who circulates the
961	961	9 petition must include an attestation (i) indicating the dates
962	962	10 on which that sheet was circulated, (ii) indicating the first
963	963	11 and last date on which that sheet was circulated, or (iii)
964	964	12 certifying that none of the signatures on the sheet was signed
965	965	13 more than 90 days before the last day for filing the petition.
966	966	14 The proposition shall be substantially in the form:
967	967	15 Shall township organization be continued in (name of
968	968	16 county)?
969	969	17 The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
970	970	18 The petition shall be treated and the proposition
971	971	19 certified in the manner provided by the general election law.
972	972	20 After the proposition has once been submitted to the
973	973	21 electorate, the proposition shall not be resubmitted for 4
974	974	22 years.
975	975	23 (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 90-112, eff. 1-1-98.)
976	976	24 (60 ILCS 1/29-15)
977	977	25 Sec. 29-15. Referendum for cessation of township. Upon the
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988	988	1 adoption of resolutions under Section 29-5 by both the
989	989	2 township and municipality, or upon petition of at least 5% of
990	990	3 the voters in the township election immediately preceding the
991	991	4 petition, the township board and corporate authorities of the
992	992	5 municipality shall certify the question to the election
993	993	6 authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the
994	994	7 voters of the township and municipality at the next election a
995	995	8 referendum to discontinue the township and to transfer all the
996	996	9 rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities,
997	997	10 obligations, and responsibilities of the township to the
998	998	11 municipality. The referendum shall be substantially in the
999	999	12 following form:
1000	1000	13 Shall the Township of (name of township) cease?
1001	1001	14 The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". The
1002	1002	15 referendum is approved when a majority of the voters, in both
1003	1003	16 the township and municipality, approve the referendum.
1004	1004	17 If the referendum is approved, there shall be no further
1005	1005	18 nominations or elections for clerks, assessors, collectors,
1006	1006	19 highway commissioners, supervisors, or trustees of the
1007	1007	20 township or highway commission, and the terms of all such
1008	1008	21 officers currently serving shall continue until the third
1009	1009	22 Monday of May of the year of the consolidated election in which
1010	1010	23 township officials are elected next following the approval of
1011	1011	24 a referendum under this Section.
1012	1012	25 (Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
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