Illinois Compiled Statutes
60 ILCS 1/ - Township Code.
Article 23 - Merger Of A Single Township Into 2 Other Townships

(60 ILCS 1/Art. 23 heading)

 
(60 ILCS 1/23-5)
Sec. 23-5. Definitions. As used in this Article:
"Dissolving road district" means a road district in a dissolving township, which is dissolved under subsection (c) of Section 23-25.
"Dissolving township" means a township which is proposed to be dissolved into and be merged with 2 other adjacent townships.
"Equalized assessed value" has the meaning provided in Section 18-213 of the Property Tax Code.
"Debt" means indebtedness incurred by a dissolving township including, but not limited to, mortgages, judgments, and moneys due through the issuance and sale of bonds, or through an equivalent manner of borrowing for which notes or other evidences of indebtedness are issued fixing the amount of principal and interest from time to time payable to retire the indebtedness.
"Receiving township" means a township into which a portion of the dissolving township will be merged.

(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
(60 ILCS 1/23-10)
Sec. 23-10. Resolution for merger; notice.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the township boards of any 3 adjacent townships may, by identical resolutions of each board, propose that a township which borders the other 2 townships be dissolved by referendum and all rights, powers, duties, assets, and property, together with all personnel, contractual obligations, other obligations, responsibilities, and liabilities of the dissolving township transferred to the receiving townships. Each resolution shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
All resolutions shall be passed not less than 79 days before the general election stated in the resolutions.
(b) Before passing a resolution under this Section, each township board shall hold a public hearing on those matters after notice of the hearing has been published on the main page of the townships' websites, if any, and in a newspaper having a general circulation in the townships affected. The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the hearing. The notice shall contain, at a minimum, the name of the dissolving township and receiving townships and a description of the area each receiving township will receive from the dissolving township.

(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
(60 ILCS 1/23-15)
Sec. 23-15. Referendum and notices.
(a) Upon the adoption of resolutions under Section 23-10 by all townships, the township boards shall certify the question to the election authority and the authority shall cause to be submitted to the voters of all townships at the general election specified in the resolutions a referendum to consolidate the townships. The referendum shall be substantially in the following form:
The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
The referendum is approved when a majority of the voters, in each of the affected townships, approve the referendum.
(b) Before a referendum appears on the ballot under subsection (a), the township boards shall publish a copy of the adopted resolution on the main page of the townships' websites, if any, and in a newspaper having a general circulation in each of the townships affected. The notice shall be published at least 30 days before the date of the general election.
Each township board shall additionally mail a copy of the adopted resolution, along with a copy of the referendum language and a list of all taxes levied for general township purposes in the affected townships, to every registered voter in each township affected. The notice shall be mailed at least 30 days before the date of the general election in which the referendum will appear.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no tax rate may be extended for any fund of the consolidated district for the first levy year of the consolidated district that exceeds any statutory maximum set forth for that fund, unless the referendum also conforms to the requirements of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law or other statutory provision setting forth that limitation.

(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
(60 ILCS 1/23-20)
Sec. 23-20. Transition.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon the approval of a referendum under Section 23-15:
(b) Upon the approval of a referendum under Section 23-15, the receiving townships may enter into an intergovernmental agreement under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act for any lawful purpose relating to the land or property contained in the dissolving township after the township is dissolved.

(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
(60 ILCS 1/23-25)
Sec. 23-25. Merged township. On the third Monday of May of the year in which township officials are elected following the approval of a referendum under Section 23-15, the following shall occur:
(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)

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