Illinois Compiled Statutes 60 Townships: Article 5 - Adoption Of Township Organization

• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-5
  Vote on organization. At any general election held in the several counties in this State, the qualified voters in any county may vote for...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-10
  Referendum. Whenever a proposition or public question is required to be submitted under this Code for approval or rejection by the electors at an...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-15
  Form of proposition. The county board, on the petition of 10% or more of the legal voters of the county, shall certify and cause...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-20
  Abstract of election returns. The county clerk shall enter an abstract of the returns of the election, prepared and certified as in elections for...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-25
  Effect of vote. If it appears by the returns of the election that a majority of the legal voters of the county are for...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-30
  Appointment of commissioners to divide county into townships. The presiding officer of the county board, with the advice and consent of the county board,...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-35
  Division of county into townships. The commissioners shall proceed to divide the county into townships, making them conform to the townships according to government...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-40
  Township names. Townships shall be named in accordance with the express wish of the inhabitants of the township. If there is not a degree...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-45
  Commissioners' report. The commissioners shall make a written report of their proceedings, giving the names and bounds of each township. They shall present the...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-50
  Abstract of commissioners' report. The county clerk shall, within 30 days after receiving the commissioners' report, transmit by mail to the Secretary of State...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-55
  Duplicate township names. If the Secretary of State, on comparing the abstracts of the reports from the several counties, finds that any 2 or...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-60
  Record of township names and boundaries. The Secretary of State shall keep a record of the names and boundaries of the several townships. (Source:...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-65
  Township election. The township election shall be scheduled in accordance with and conducted in the manner required by the Election Code. (Source: P.A. 87-471;
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-70
  Refusal to organize township; annexation. (a) If any township refuses or neglects to organize and elect township officers, the county board of the county...
• Illinois Township Code. - 60 ILCS 1, Section 5-75
  Township co-extensive with city or village. When, in any county under township organization, there is any territory co-extensive with the limits of a city...

Last modified: February 18, 2015