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Chapter 01 - Establishment, Division, Organization And Disorganization Of Townships
Section 8-1-1 - Continuation of existing townships. - 8-1-1. Continuation of existing townships. The civil townships heretofore established...
Section 8-1-2 - Division of county into townships--Boundaries--Alterations. - 8-1-2. Division of county into townships--Boundaries--Alterations. The board of county...
Section 8-1-3 - Maximum size and minimum number of voters in civil township. - 8-1-3. Maximum size and minimum number of voters in civil...
Section 8-1-4 - Boundary descriptions recorded by county commissioners--Alterations in boundaries. - 8-1-4. Boundary descriptions recorded by county commissioners--Alterations in boundaries. A...
Section 8-1-5 - Organization of civil township on petition of voters. - 8-1-5. Organization of civil township on petition of voters. Whenever...
Section 8-1-6 - Name of organized township. - 8-1-6. Name of organized township. The township so organized shall...
Section 8-1-7 - Reorganization, division or merger of civil townships authorized. - 8-1-7. Reorganization, division or merger of civil townships authorized. Any...
Section 8-1-8 - Conditions for reorganization, division or merger of townships or of fractions of townships--Petition by voters. - 8-1-8. Conditions for reorganization, division or merger of townships or...
Section 8-1-9 - Hearing to consider proposed reorganization, division or merger of township or fraction of township--Notice. - 8-1-9. Hearing to consider proposed reorganization, division or merger of...
Section 8-1-10 - Election to decide reorganization, division, or merger of townships. - 8-1-10. Election to decide reorganization, division, or merger of townships....
Section 8-1-11 - Name of merged township or newly separated township. - 8-1-11. Name of merged township or newly separated township. Any...
Section 8-1-12 - First annual meeting in newly separated township. - 8-1-12. First annual meeting in newly separated township. The board...
Section 8-1-13 - Continuation of civil township from which separation made. - 8-1-13. Continuation of civil township from which separation made. The...
Section 8-1-14 - Adjustment of assets and indebtedness after division, reorganization or merger of townships. - 8-1-14. Adjustment of assets and indebtedness after division, reorganization or...
Section 8-1-15 - Board for adjustment and settlement after reorganization, division or merger of township. - 8-1-15. Board for adjustment and settlement after reorganization, division or...
Section 8-1-16 - First meeting of board of adjustment. - 8-1-16. First meeting of board of adjustment. The first meeting...
Section 8-1-17 - Powers of board of adjustment--Criteria for adjustment. - 8-1-17. Powers of board of adjustment--Criteria for adjustment. The board...
Section 8-1-18 - Filing of determination by board of adjustment--Binding effect. - 8-1-18. Filing of determination by board of adjustment--Binding effect. A...
Section 8-1-19 - Compensation of board of adjustment. - 8-1-19. Compensation of board of adjustment. Each member of the...
Section 8-1-20 - Petition for separation of village from civil township--Contents and number of signers. - 8-1-20. Petition for separation of village from civil township--Contents and...
Section 8-1-21 - Notice of consideration by county commissioners of petition for separation of village. - 8-1-21. Notice of consideration by county commissioners of petition for...
Section 8-1-22 - Hearing by county commissioners on separation of village from township--Decision and determination of boundaries. - 8-1-22. Hearing by county commissioners on separation of village from...
Section 8-1-23 - Petition and election on abolition of township organization. - 8-1-23. Petition and election on abolition of township organization. Except...
Section 8-1-23.1 - Waiting period for filing petition of abolition. - 8-1-23.1. Waiting period for filing petition of abolition. No petition...
Section 8-1-24 - Abolition of township organization on approval by voters--Abstract of votes--Delivery of township property to county auditor. - 8-1-24. Abolition of township organization on approval by voters--Abstract of...
Section 8-1-25 - Deposit of money and property after abolition of township organization. - 8-1-25. Deposit of money and property after abolition of township...
Section 8-1-26 - Payment of indebtedness after abolition of township organization--Disposition of property--Tax levy for outstanding indebtedness. - 8-1-26. Payment of indebtedness after abolition of township organization--Disposition of...
Section 8-1-27 - Surplus funds expended for road work after abolition of township organization. - 8-1-27. Surplus funds expended for road work after abolition of...
Section 8-1-28 - Township with real property or bonded indebtedness not permitted to abolish organization. - 8-1-28. Township with real property or bonded indebtedness not permitted...
Section 8-1-29 - Reestablishment of township--Reestablishment defined. - 8-1-29. Reestablishment of township--Reestablishment defined. Any township may be reestablished...
Section 8-1-30 - Reestablishment of township proposed by county commissioners or petition of voters. - 8-1-30. Reestablishment of township proposed by county commissioners or petition...
Section 8-1-31 - Public hearing on reestablishment of township--Notice. - 8-1-31. Public hearing on reestablishment of township--Notice. If one of...
Section 8-1-32 - Election on reestablishment of township. - 8-1-32. Election on reestablishment of township. Following the hearing required...
Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships
Section 8-2-1 - General corporate and regulatory powers. - 8-2-1. General corporate and regulatory powers. Each organized township in...
Section 8-2-2 - Transactions and conveyances in township name. - 8-2-2. Transactions and conveyances in township name. All transactions by...
Section 8-2-3 - Proceedings by and against township in township name. - 8-2-3. Proceedings by and against township in township name. In...
Section 8-2-6 - Township public library services. - 8-2-6. Township public library services. Each organized township in the...
Section 8-2-7 - Liability insurance purchased by township. - 8-2-7. Liability insurance purchased by township. Any township in this...
Section 8-2-8 - Regulatory powers of township containing unincorporated town. - 8-2-8. Regulatory powers of township containing unincorporated town. Each organized...
Section 8-2-9 - Regulatory powers of township adjacent to large municipality--Subordination to powers of county or municipality. - 8-2-9. Regulatory powers of township adjacent to large municipality--Subordination to...
Section 8-2-10 - Powers restricted to those expressly granted. - 8-2-10. Powers restricted to those expressly granted. No organized township...
Section 8-2-11 - Publication of township bylaws and changes--Effect. - 8-2-11. Publication of township bylaws and changes--Effect. No bylaw made...
Section 8-2-12 - Remedies for trespass on township lands. - 8-2-12. Remedies for trespass on township lands. Whenever any action...
Section 8-2-14 - Deferred compensation program for volunteer firefighters--Establishment and management--Participation optional. - 8-2-14. Deferred compensation program for volunteer firefighters--Establishment and management--Participation optional....
Section 8-2-14.1 - Deferred compensation program for volunteer advanced life support personnel. - 8-2-14.1. Deferred compensation program for volunteer advanced life support personnel....
Section 8-2-15 - Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries. - 8-2-15. Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries. The township board...
Section 8-2-16 - Enrollment in group health, life, and disability income insurance plans--Premiums. - 8-2-16. Enrollment in group health, life, and disability income insurance...
Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections
Section 8-3-1 - Time and place of annual meeting--Publication of notice. - 8-3-1. Time and place of annual meeting--Publication of notice. The...
Section 8-3-1.1 - Authority to require nominating petition. - 8-3-1.1. Authority to require nominating petition. The board of supervisors...
Section 8-3-1.2 - Filing nominating petition--Contents--Circulation prior to meeting. - 8-3-1.2. Filing nominating petition--Contents--Circulation prior to meeting. If the board...
Section 8-3-1.3 - Publication of election notice. - 8-3-1.3. Publication of election notice. If the board of supervisors...
Section 8-3-1.4 - Notice in township of twenty or fewer resident voters. - 8-3-1.4. Notice in township of twenty or fewer resident voters....
Section 8-3-2 - Powers of voters at annual meeting. - 8-3-2. Powers of voters at annual meeting. The voters of...
Section 8-3-3 - Special meetings of township electors--Statement calling meeting. - 8-3-3. Special meetings of township electors--Statement calling meeting. Special meetings...
Section 8-3-4 - Recording and publication of notice of special meeting--Exception. - 8-3-4. Recording and publication of notice of special meeting--Exception. Every...
Section 8-3-5 - Contents of notice of special meeting--Business restricted to stated purposes. - 8-3-5. Contents of notice of special meeting--Business restricted to stated...
Section 8-3-6 - Organization and officers of township meeting. - 8-3-6. Organization and officers of township meeting. The voters present...
Section 8-3-7 - Registration and residence required to vote at township meeting. - 8-3-7. Registration and residence required to vote at township meeting....
Section 8-3-8 - Unlawful voting at meeting as misdemeanor. - 8-3-8. Unlawful voting at meeting as misdemeanor. Every person who...
Section 8-3-9 - Determination of challenge to voter. - 8-3-9. Determination of challenge to voter. If any person offering...
Section 8-3-10 - Order of business at meeting--Procedural rules. - 8-3-10. Order of business at meeting--Procedural rules. At the opening...
Section 8-3-11 - Filing of minutes of meeting. - 8-3-11. Filing of minutes of meeting. The minutes of the...
Section 8-3-12 - Supervisor elected at annual meeting--Representation of county seat town. - 8-3-12. Supervisor elected at annual meeting--Representation of county seat town....
Section 8-3-13 - Additional officers elected at annual meeting--Term of constable. - 8-3-13. Additional officers elected at annual meeting--Term of constable. At...
Section 8-3-13.1 - Offices of the clerk and treasurer combined--Nomination and election--Powers and responsibilities. - 8-3-13.1. Offices of the clerk and treasurer combined--Nomination and election--Powers...
Section 8-3-14 - Proclamation of opening of polls, adjournment and closing of polls. - 8-3-14. Proclamation of opening of polls, adjournment and closing of...
Section 8-3-15 - Method of electing officers. - 8-3-15. Method of electing officers. The supervisors, treasurer, clerk, and...
Section 8-3-16 - Conduct of voting by ballot. - 8-3-16. Conduct of voting by ballot. When the voters vote...
Section 8-3-17 - Canvass and return of voting by ballot. - 8-3-17. Canvass and return of voting by ballot. At the...
Section 8-3-17.1 - Absentee voting. - 8-3-17.1. Absentee voting. If nominating petitions are required pursuant to...
Section 8-3-18 - Notice to persons elected to township office. - 8-3-18. Notice to persons elected to township office. The clerk...
Section 8-3-19 - Special meeting called by resident voters after failure to elect officers at annual meeting. - 8-3-19. Special meeting called by resident voters after failure to...
Section 8-3-20 - Appointment of officers by county commissioners after failure of township to elect. - 8-3-20. Appointment of officers by county commissioners after failure of...
Section 8-3-21 - Option to adopt campaign finance law. - 8-3-21. Option to adopt campaign finance law. The township governing...
Chapter 04 - Township Officers
Section 8-4-1 - Eligibility to township office. - 8-4-1. Eligibility to township office. Any person qualified to vote...
Section 8-4-3 - Oath of office of township officers. - 8-4-3. Oath of office of township officers. Each person elected...
Section 8-4-4 - Clerk to require elected officers to qualify--Refusal or neglect as petty offense. - 8-4-4. Clerk to require elected officers to qualify--Refusal or neglect...
Section 8-4-5 - Failure to file oath or bond as refusal of office. - 8-4-5. Failure to file oath or bond as refusal of...
Section 8-4-6 - Forfeiture for entry on office without taking oath. - 8-4-6. Forfeiture for entry on office without taking oath. If...
Section 8-4-7 - Term of office of officers. - 8-4-7. Term of office of officers. All township officers, except...
Section 8-4-8 - Salary and compensation of clerk, treasurer, and supervisors. - 8-4-8. Salary and compensation of clerk, treasurer, and supervisors. Except...
Section 8-4-10 - Acceptance and notice of resignation by township officer. - 8-4-10. Acceptance and notice of resignation by township officer. The...
Section 8-4-11 - Filling of vacancy in township office. - 8-4-11. Filling of vacancy in township office. If any township...
Section 8-4-12 - Vacancy in board filling vacancies. - 8-4-12. Vacancy in board filling vacancies. If for any cause...
Chapter 05 - Township Board Of Supervisors
Section 8-5-1 - Time and place of regular meetings. - 8-5-1. Time and place of regular meetings. The township board...
Section 8-5-2 - Business at board meetings--Special meetings--Filing of business with clerk. - 8-5-2. Business at board meetings--Special meetings--Filing of business with clerk....
Section 8-5-3 - Quorum at meetings of board. - 8-5-3. Quorum at meetings of board. Except as otherwise specifically...
Section 8-5-4 - General powers of board--Orders for disbursement of funds. - 8-5-4. General powers of board--Orders for disbursement of funds. The...
Section 8-5-5 - Prosecution of actions for benefit of township--Trespass on township property. - 8-5-5. Prosecution of actions for benefit of township--Trespass on township...
Section 8-5-6 - Equalization of township assessments. - 8-5-6. Equalization of township assessments. The township board of supervisors...
Section 8-5-8 - Appeals from board of supervisors--Time of taking--Service and filing of notice. - 8-5-8. Appeals from board of supervisors--Time for taking--Service and filing...
Section 8-5-9 - Transcript filed by board on appeals--Settlement and framing of issues. - 8-5-9. Transcript filed by board on appeals--Settlement and framing of...
Section 8-5-10 - Hearing de novo on appeals--Judgment and order of circuit court. - 8-5-10. Hearing de novo on appeals--Judgment and order of circuit...
Section 8-5-11 - Appeals to Supreme Court. - 8-5-11. Appeals to Supreme Court. An appeal to the Supreme...
Section 8-5-12 - Appeal cumulative to other remedies. - 8-5-12. Appeal cumulative to other remedies. The provisions of ยงยง8-5-8...
Section 8-5-13 - Firearms regulation prohibited--Action by attorney general. - 8-5-13. Firearms regulation prohibited--Action by attorney general. No township may...
Section 8-5-14 - Supervisor names and phone numbers to be posted on township website. - 8-5-14. Supervisor names and phone numbers to be posted on...
Chapter 06 - Township Clerk
Section 8-6-1 - Bond required of clerk. - 8-6-1. Bond required of clerk. Any person elected or appointed...
Section 8-6-2 - Appointment of deputy clerk--Oath of office. - 8-6-2. Appointment of deputy clerk--Oath of office. The township clerk...
Section 8-6-3 - Minutes of township meetings--Orders, rules, and regulations and accounts--Preservation--Destruction. - 8-6-3. Minutes of township meetings--Orders, rules, and regulations and accounts--Preservation--Destruction....
Section 8-6-4 - Record of proceedings of supervisors--Preservation--Destruction. - 8-6-4. Record of proceedings of supervisors--Preservation--Destruction. The township clerk shall...
Section 8-6-5 - Custody, preservation, and destruction of township records. - 8-6-5. Custody, preservation, and destruction of township records. If no...
Section 8-6-6 - Oaths administered and acknowledgments taken by clerk. - 8-6-6. Oaths administered and acknowledgments taken by clerk. The township...
Section 8-6-7 - Filing annual fiscal report. - 8-6-7. Filing annual fiscal report. The township clerk shall file...
Section 8-6-8 - Filing record of notice of injury. - 8-6-8. Filing record of notice of injury. The township clerk...
Chapter 07 - Township Treasurer
Section 8-7-1 - Bond required of treasurer. - 8-7-1. Bond required of treasurer. Any person elected or appointed...
Section 8-7-2 - Custody of township money--Accounting. - 8-7-2. Custody of township money--Accounting. The township treasurer shall receive...
Section 8-7-3 - Forfeiture of costs and expenses for failure to comply with law. - 8-7-3. Forfeiture of costs and expenses for failure to comply...
Chapter 09 - Township Contracts And Purchases
Section 8-9-1 - Contracts unlawful unless made at board meeting. - 8-9-1. Contracts unlawful unless made at board meeting. All contracts...
Section 8-9-2 - Contract with township officer void--Removal from office. - 8-9-2. Contract with township officer void--Removal from office. No township...
Section 8-9-3 - Purchase, lease, or lease purchase of equipment--Approval of voters. - 8-9-3. Purchase, lease, or lease purchase of equipment--Approval of voters....
Section 8-9-4 - Fire protection contracts--Maximum term--Cost negotiated--Estimated costs--Amount of contract. - 8-9-4. Fire protection contracts--Maximum term--Cost negotiated--Estimated costs--Amount of contract. Every...
Section 8-9-6 - Nonprofit fire protection corporation or association defined. - 8-9-6. Nonprofit fire protection corporation or association defined. The term,...
Section 8-9-7 - Ambulance service contracts authorized--Maximum term and expenditures. - 8-9-7. Ambulance service contracts authorized--Maximum term and expenditures. Any civil...
Chapter 10 - Township Fiscal Affairs
Section 8-10-1 - Property tax levy. - 8-10-1. Property tax levy. Taxes necessary to defray the township...
Section 8-10-2 - Notice to county auditor of township tax levy--Entry on tax list. - 8-10-2. Notice to county auditor of township tax levy--Entry on...
Section 8-10-3 - Township funds remitted by county treasurer. - 8-10-3. Township funds remitted by county treasurer. The county treasurer...
Section 8-10-5 - Selection of township depository--Exoneration of treasurer for losses in deposited funds. - 8-10-5. Selection of township depository--Exoneration of treasurer for losses in...
Section 8-10-6 - Purposes for which township funds expended. - 8-10-6. Purposes for which township funds expended. The following shall...
Section 8-10-7 - Expenditures exceeding maximum tax levy unlawful--Contracts void--Liability of officer authorizing contract--Recording of dissent. - 8-10-7. Expenditures exceeding maximum tax levy unlawful--Contracts void--Liability of officer...
Section 8-10-8 - Township expenditures limited by annual tax levy. - 8-10-8. Township expenditures limited by annual tax levy. No township...
Section 8-10-9 - Proration of appropriations for more than one year. - 8-10-9. Proration of appropriations for more than one year. In...
Section 8-10-10 - Verified statement required for claim against township--False verification as perjury. - 8-10-10. Verified statement required for claim against township--False verification as...
Section 8-10-11 - Officer before whom verification made--Personal representatives not required to verify. - 8-10-11. Officer before whom verification made--Personal representatives not required to...
Section 8-10-12 - Examination and allowance of verified claims by township board. - 8-10-12. Examination and allowance of verified claims by township board....
Section 8-10-13 - Verification not required for salaries and jurors' and witnesses' claims. - 8-10-13. Verification not required for salaries and jurors' and witnesses'...
Section 8-10-14 - Allowance of claim without verification as misdemeanor. - 8-10-14. Allowance of claim without verification as misdemeanor. Any member...
Section 8-10-15 - Auditing of accounts payable--Clerk of the township replacing absent supervisor. - 8-10-15. Auditing of accounts payable--Clerk of the township replacing absent...
Section 8-10-16 - Time of meetings for allowance of accounts--Statement of amount allowed. - 8-10-16. Time of meetings for allowance of accounts--Statement of amount...
Section 8-10-17 - Warrants for accounts allowed. - 8-10-17. Warrants for accounts allowed. The amount of any account...
Section 8-10-18 - Endorsement of warrant for payment by depository. - 8-10-18. Endorsement of warrant for payment by depository. Every warrant...
Section 8-10-19 - Register of warrants not paid on presentation--Data entered. - 8-10-19. Register of warrants not paid on presentation--Data entered. The...
Section 8-10-20 - Warrants paid in order of presentation--Endorsement of warrants not paid--Interest rate. - 8-10-20. Warrants paid in order of presentation--Endorsement of warrants not...
Section 8-10-21 - Call of registered warrants for payment--Termination of interest. - 8-10-21. Call of registered warrants for payment--Termination of interest. All...
Section 8-10-22 - Tax levy for annual payment of interest on warrants. - 8-10-22. Tax levy for annual payment of interest on warrants....
Section 8-10-23 - Call of warrants for annual payment of interest. - 8-10-23. Call of warrants for annual payment of interest. As...
Section 8-10-24 - Loss of priority by failure to present warrant for annual interest. - 8-10-24. Loss of priority by failure to present warrant for...
Section 8-10-26 - Township exempt from execution--Payment of judgment by treasurer--Tax levy for payment of judgment. - 8-10-26. Township exempt from execution--Payment of judgment by treasurer--Tax levy...
Section 8-10-27 - Accounts maintained by treasurer--Exhibition to township board. - 8-10-27. Accounts maintained by treasurer--Exhibition to township board. The township...
Section 8-10-28 - Examination by board of accounts of treasurer and officers handling money. - 8-10-28. Examination by board of accounts of treasurer and officers...
Section 8-10-29 - Report of fiscal affairs by board--Reading and publication of report. - 8-10-29. Report of fiscal affairs by board--Reading and publication of...
Section 8-10-30 - Treasurer's annual financial statement--Contents--Filing. - 8-10-30. Treasurer's annual financial statement--Contents--Filing. The township treasurer, within five...
Section 8-10-31 - Forfeiture by treasurer for neglect of duty. - 8-10-31. Forfeiture by treasurer for neglect of duty. Every township...
Section 8-10-32 - Township authorized to enter lease-purchase agreement to lease real or personal property. - 8-10-32. Township authorized to enter lease-purchase agreement to lease real...
Chapter 11 - Township Bonds
Section 8-11-3 - Authorization, issuance and sale--Vote required. - 8-11-3. Authorization, issuance and sale--Vote required. The governing body of...
Section 8-11-4 - Refunding bonds issued on judgment against township--Compromise with judgment creditor. - 8-11-4. Refunding bonds issued on judgment against township--Compromise with judgment...
Section 8-11-7 - Tax levy for retirement of bonds--Special fund. - 8-11-7. Tax levy for retirement of bonds--Special fund. It shall...
Section 8-11-8 - Investment of township debt service funds--Tax levy for bonds in debt service fund. - 8-11-8. Investment of township debt service funds--Tax levy for bonds...