Illinois Compiled Statutes 60 Townships: Article 55 - Qualification And Tenure Of Township Officers

• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-5
  Legal voter and resident. No person is eligible to hold any office unless he or she is a legal voter and has been a...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-10
  Oath or affirmation. Every person elected or appointed to the office of supervisor, township clerk, assessor, trustee, commissioner of highways, township enforcement officer, or...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-15
  Neglect to take oath or affirmation. If any person elected or appointed to any of the offices specified in Section 55-10 neglects to take...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-20
  Pound master; acceptance of office. Every person appointed to the office of pound master, before he or she enters on the duties of the...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-25
  Collector; bond; oath. Every person elected to the office of collector, before he or she enters upon the duties of the office, shall give...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-30
  Refusal to serve; forfeiture. If any person elected to the office of supervisor, township clerk, assessor, or commissioner of highways refuses to serve, he...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-35
  Entering upon duties of office before taking oath; forfeiture. If any township officer who is required by law to take the oath of office...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-37
  Misconduct of officers; penalty. Every township officer who is guilty of a palpable omission of duty, or who is guilty of willful and corrupt...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-40
  Demand for books and papers by successor upon expiration of predecessor's term. Whenever the term of any supervisor, township clerk, or commissioner of highways...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-45
  Demand for books and papers by successor upon vacancy. Whenever any officer named in Section 55-40 resigns or the office becomes vacant in any...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-50
  Demand on executor or administrator of deceased officer. Upon the death of any of the officers named in Section 55-40, the successor of the...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-55
  Delivery of records. It is the duty of every person going out of office, whenever required under Section 55-45 or 55-50, to deliver up,...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 55-65
  Prohibited activities. All township officers shall be subject to the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. (Source: P.A. 88-62.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015