Article 35. Special Township Meetings  

    (60 ILCS 1/35-5)
    Sec. 35-5. Special township meeting. Special township meetings shall be held when the township board (or at least 15 voters of the township) file in the office of the township clerk a written statement that a special meeting is necessary for the interests of the township. The statement also shall set forth the objects of the meeting, which must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code. The special township meeting shall be held no less than 14 nor more than 45 days after the written request is filed in the office of the township clerk. Special township meetings may not begin before 6 p.m.
(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-10)
    Sec. 35-10. Notice of special meeting; business at meeting.
    (a) Notice of a special township meeting shall be given in the same manner and for the same length of time as for regular township meetings.
    (b) The notice shall set forth the object of the meeting as contained in the statement filed with the township clerk, which must be relevant to powers granted to electors under this Code. No business shall be done at a special meeting except the business that is embraced in the statement and notice.
(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-15)
    Sec. 35-15. Quorum and powers of electors at special meeting. No special township meeting shall be convened unless 15 or more electors are present at the meeting. The electors at special township meetings when convened have the powers enumerated in this Article. An elector is a person registered to vote within the township no less than 28 days before the date of the special meeting. If a special township meeting is not convened because of an absence of 15 or more electors, that special township meeting shall not be re-convened unless all procedures for a special township meeting are again completed.
(Source: P.A. 95-761, eff. 7-28-08.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-20)
    Sec. 35-20. Matters postponed from annual meeting. The electors may act upon any subject within the powers of the electors at any annual township meeting that may have been postponed for want of time at the preceding annual meeting to be considered at a future township meeting.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-25)
    Sec. 35-25. Exercise of annual meeting powers. When the special meeting is called by the township board in the manner provided by this Article, the electors may take any action authorized by Article 30 that could have been taken at an annual township meeting.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-30)
    Sec. 35-30. Hour of township meetings. The electors may fix the hour at which township meetings shall be held.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-35)
    Sec. 35-35. Filling vacancy in township offices. If a vacancy exists in any township office and the vacancy is not filled within 60 days, the electors at a special township meeting may select a qualified person to fill the vacancy and to serve until the expiration of that term. At the meeting, the electors may select the replacement officer by voice vote, and the person receiving the greatest number of votes shall be declared to be elected as the officer.
(Source: P.A. 92-194, eff. 8-1-01.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-40)
    Sec. 35-40. Conveyance of land for highway purposes. The electors may convey any land or any interest in land held by the township to the county or State where the conveyance is made for highway purposes. The conveyance shall be made in the same manner and form as a conveyance of land made at the annual township meeting.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-45)
    Sec. 35-45. Control of public graveyards; tax.
    (a) The electors may vest control of public graveyards not under the control of any corporation sole, organization, or society in 3 trustees and may elect the 3 trustees.
    (b) The electors may authorize the cemetery trustees to levy a tax for the control, management, and maintenance of cemeteries under the Public Graveyards Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; incorporates 88-360; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-50)
    Sec. 35-50. Definitions. As used in Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6, unless the context requires otherwise:
    "Township board" means the board of trustees, board of town auditors, board of township trustees, or town trustees provided for in the Township Law of 1874 (repealed) or the township board provided for in this Code.
    "Supervisor" or "township supervisor" means the supervisor or township supervisor provided for in the Township Law of 1874 (repealed) or the township supervisor provided for in this Code.
    "Township clerk" means the town clerk or township clerk provided for in the Township Law of 1874 (repealed) or the township clerk provided for in this Code.
    "Voter" means a person qualified to vote under the general election law, including registration within the township no less than 28 days before the date of the special meeting.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-50.1)
    Sec. 35-50.1. Senior citizens' housing. A township may construct, purchase, improve, extend, or equip senior citizens' housing. The township board shall have the power to do the following:
        (1) Own and manage residential rental property for

    (60 ILCS 1/35-50.2)
    Sec. 35-50.2. Construction of senior citizens' housing; revenue bonds.
    (a) For the purpose of defraying the cost of the construction, purchase, improvement, extension, or equipping from time to time of senior citizens' housing, including feasibility, engineering, legal, and other expenses, together with interest on its revenue bonds, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of Section 9 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, the township board, when authorized by a majority of the votes cast on the proposition submitted in accordance with the general election law under Section 35-50.3, may issue and sell revenue bonds of the township payable solely from the net income and revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing, after payment of the costs of operation and maintenance of the senior citizens' housing and provision for an adequate depreciation fund (if a depreciation fund is deemed necessary by the township board). The township board may also from time to time issue revenue bonds to refund any such revenue bonds, at the redemption price authorized, at maturity or at any time before maturity, all as authorized in the ordinance of the township board authorizing the refunded bonds. The bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract for the sale of the bonds, the interest shall be payable semi-annually, and the bonds shall mature within the period of usefulness of the project involved, as determined in the sole discretion of the township board and in any event not more than 40 years from the dated date of the bonds.
    (b) The bonds shall be sold in the manner determined by the township board and, whenever the bonds are sold at a price less than par, they shall be sold at a price and bear interest at a rate or rates such that either the true interest cost (yield) or the net interest rate, as selected by the township board, received on the sale of the bonds, does not exceed the maximum rate otherwise authorized by the Bond Authorization Act. If any officer whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons attached to the bonds ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his or her signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes to the same effect as if he or she had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds.
    (c) Notwithstanding the form or tenor of the bonds, and in the absence of expressed recitals on the face of the bonds that the bonds are non-negotiable, all bonds issued under this Section shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law of this State.
    (d) With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6, including, without limitation, revenue bonds of a township, it is the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are supplementary grants of power to issue those instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 that may appear to be more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 that may appear to be more restrictive than those Acts.
    (e) Revenue bonds issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 shall be payable solely from the net revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing on account of which the revenue bonds are issued. The revenue bonds shall not in any event constitute an indebtedness of the township within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, and it shall be so stated on the face of each bond.
    (f) Not less than 30 days before the making of a contract for the sale of bonds to be issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6, the township board shall give written notice to the Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Within 30 days after receiving the notice the Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall give written notice to the township board stating whether it will finance the senior citizens' housing. If the Illinois Housing Development Authority notifies the township board that it will not finance the senior citizens' housing, the township may finance the senior citizens' housing or seek alternative financing from any other available source.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-50.3)
    Sec. 35-50.3. Ordinance describing project; submission to voters. A township board shall initiate proceedings for the issuance of bonds under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 by adopting an election ordinance describing briefly the authority under which the bonds are proposed to be issued, the nature of the project to be financed, the estimated total cost of the project, and the maximum amount of revenue bonds authorized to be issued. No further details or specifications shall be required in the election ordinance, except as otherwise required by the Election Code or Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 of this Act as described in this Section.
    The election ordinance shall direct that a proposition to construct, purchase, improve, extend, or equip senior citizens' housing and to issue revenue bonds payable solely from the net revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing be submitted to the voters of the township at an election designated in the ordinance, to be held in accordance with the general election law. The township clerk shall certify the proposition to the proper election authority for submission to the voters in accordance with the general election law. The election authority shall give notice of the election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
        Shall revenue bonds in the maximum amount of $

    (60 ILCS 1/35-50.4)
    Sec. 35-50.4. Security for bonds. To secure payment of any or all of the bonds, any additional ordinance supplementing or amending the election ordinance shall set forth the covenants and undertakings of the township in connection with (i) the issuance of the bonds and the issuance of additional bonds payable from the net revenue or income to be derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing and (ii) the use and operation of the senior citizens' housing. The additional ordinance may also provide that the bonds, or those that are specified, shall, to the extent and in the manner prescribed, be subordinate and junior with respect to the payment of principal and interest to other bonds designated in the ordinance. The additional ordinance may in the discretion of the township board provide that the bonds be secured by a trust agreement or depositary agreement by and between the township board and a corporate trustee, which may be a trust company or a bank having powers of a trust company within this State. The agreement may contain provisions for directing and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders deemed reasonable and proper, including the terms upon which the trustee and the bondholders, or either of them, may enforce their rights, but no trust agreement, depositary agreement, or other instrument securing the bonds shall convey, mortgage, or otherwise create any lien on the properties constituting the senior citizens' housing, other than the net revenues with respect thereto as described in Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6.
(Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-50.5)
    Sec. 35-50.5. Rules and regulations; rates and charges; use of revenues from operation.
    (a) The township board of any township availing itself of Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 may (i) make, enact, and enforce all needful rules and regulations for the acquisition, construction, extension, improvement, equipping, management, and maintenance of the senior citizens' housing of the township and for the use thereof, (ii) make, enact, and enforce all needful rules, regulations, and ordinances for the care and protection of the senior citizens' housing that may be conducive to the preservation of the public health, comfort, and convenience and to providing the senior citizens' housing, and (iii) charge the residents of the senior citizens' housing a reasonable rent, rate, or charge for the privilege of residing in or using the senior citizens' housing.
    (b) The rents, rates, or charges shall be sufficient at all times to (i) pay the cost of operating and maintaining the senior citizens' housing, (ii) provide an adequate depreciation fund if deemed necessary by the township board, and (iii) pay the principal of and interest on all revenue bonds issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6. Rents, rates, and charges shall be established, revised, and maintained by ordinance and become payable as the township board determines by ordinance.
    (c) Whenever revenue bonds are issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6, sufficient revenue derived from the operation of senior citizens' housing shall be deposited into a separate fund, designated as the Senior Citizens' Housing Fund of the township. It shall be used only (i) to pay the cost of maintenance and operation of the senior citizens' housing, (ii) to provide an adequate depreciation fund if deemed necessary by the township board, and (iii) to pay the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds of the township issued under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6.
(Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-50.6)
    Sec. 35-50.6. Supervisor; bond proceeds and revenues.
    (a) The township supervisor shall be ex officio treasurer and the custodian of all funds derived from the issuance and sale of bonds under Sections 35-50.1 through 35-50.6 and of all income and revenue derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing. Before the supervisor receives any funds, he or she shall post with the township board, subject to their approval, a separate corporate surety bond in an amount determined by resolution of the township board. The supervisor shall keep the proceeds of bonds issued and revenues derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing separate and apart from all other funds that come into his or her hands as supervisor and ex officio treasurer of the township. The supervisor shall deposit the proceeds derived from the sale of bonds and the income and revenues derived from the operation of the senior citizens' housing in separate bank or savings and loan association accounts in a depositary designated by the township board for that purpose; provided, however, that any funds not so deposited shall be invested only in investments that are permitted for the township under the Public Funds Investment Act, as then amended.
    (b) No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds under this Section unless it has complied with the provisions of Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act.
(Source: P.A. 87-922; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-55)
    Sec. 35-55. Senior citizens services; authorization of tax levy.
    (a) The electors may authorize the township board to levy a tax (at a rate of not more than 0.15% of the value, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the township) for the sole and exclusive purpose of providing services to senior citizens under Article 220 including, but not limited to, the construction, maintenance, repair, and operation of a senior citizens center. If the board desires to levy the tax, it shall order a referendum on the proposition to be held at an election in accordance with the general election law. The board shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, the board may annually levy the tax in addition to any other taxes and not subject to the tax rate limitations set forth in Article 235 of this Act, but subject to the extension limitations in the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law of the Property Tax Code.
    (b) If the township board of any township authorized to levy a tax under this Section pursuant to a referendum held before January 1, 1987, desires to increase the maximum rate of the tax to 0.15% of the value, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the township, it shall order a referendum on that proposition to be held at an election in accordance with the general election law. The board shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, the maximum tax rate shall be so increased.
(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-781, eff. 1-1-03.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-60)
    Sec. 35-60. Youth service programs; authorization of tax levy. The electors may authorize the township board to levy a tax (at a rate of not more than 0.15% of the value, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property in the township) for the sole purpose of providing service programs for youths under Section 215-5. The tax may not be levied, however, unless the tax is approved by the voters at a referendum held in accordance with the general election law. The township board shall certify the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the proposition, the board may annually levy the tax.
(Source: P.A. 85-583; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-65)
    Sec. 35-65. General assistance tax. If the electors at the annual township meeting fail in any year to levy any tax for general assistance to persons needing that assistance, or a tax for general assistance of an amount sufficient to meet those needs, or a tax of an amount sufficient to qualify the township for an allocation of State funds appropriated for that purpose, the electors may levy the tax, additional tax, or qualifying tax, as the case may be, as may be necessary. In no event, however, shall the total of the taxes levied at the annual and special township meetings for general assistance exceed the statutory rate limit prescribed in Section 235-15.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-70)
    Sec. 35-70. Township library tax. The electors may levy a tax for the support and maintenance of a township library under the Illinois Local Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-75)
    Sec. 35-75. Cemetery tax. The electors may authorize the board of managers to levy a tax for the establishment and maintenance of cemeteries under Article 135.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

    (60 ILCS 1/35-80)
    Sec. 35-80. Participation in Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The electors may elect to have the township and all other bodies politic established by or under the control of the electors participate as a single municipality in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under the provisions of the Illinois Pension Code.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)