Bill Amendment: IL HB0305 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
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Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2024-06-21 - Sent to the Governor [HB0305 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0305-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH
Status: 2024-06-21 - Sent to the Governor [HB0305 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0305-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 305 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 305 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 5-1 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/5-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 5-1) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5-1. County school units. | ||||||
8 | (a) The territory in each county, exclusive of any school | ||||||
9 | district governed by any special act which requires the | ||||||
10 | district to appoint its own school treasurer, shall constitute | ||||||
11 | a county school unit. County school units of less than | ||||||
12 | 2,000,000 inhabitants shall be known as Class I county school | ||||||
13 | units and the office of township trustees, where existing on | ||||||
14 | July 1, 1962, in such units shall be abolished on that date and | ||||||
15 | all books and records of such former township trustees shall | ||||||
16 | be forthwith thereafter transferred to the county board of |
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1 | school trustees. County school units of 2,000,000 or more | ||||||
2 | inhabitants shall be known as Class II county school units and | ||||||
3 | the office of township trustees in such units shall be | ||||||
4 | dissolved as provided shall retain the office of township | ||||||
5 | trustees unless otherwise provided in subsection (b) , or (c) , | ||||||
6 | or (d) . | ||||||
7 | (b) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school | ||||||
8 | board of any elementary school district having a fall, 1989 | ||||||
9 | aggregate enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500 | ||||||
10 | pupils and having boundaries that are coterminous with the | ||||||
11 | boundaries of a high school district, and the school board of | ||||||
12 | any high school district having a fall, 1989 aggregate | ||||||
13 | enrollment of at least 2,500 but less than 6,500 pupils and | ||||||
14 | having boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of | ||||||
15 | an elementary school district, may, whenever the territory of | ||||||
16 | such school district forms a part of a Class II county school | ||||||
17 | unit, by proper resolution withdraw such school district from | ||||||
18 | the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of | ||||||
19 | the township in which such school district is located and from | ||||||
20 | the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer in | ||||||
21 | such Class II county school unit; provided that the school | ||||||
22 | board of any such school district shall, upon the adoption and | ||||||
23 | passage of such resolution, thereupon elect or appoint its own | ||||||
24 | school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1. Upon the adoption | ||||||
25 | and passage of such resolution and the election or appointment | ||||||
26 | by the school board of its own school treasurer: (1) the |
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1 | trustees of schools in such township shall no longer have or | ||||||
2 | exercise any powers and duties with respect to the school | ||||||
3 | district governed by such school board or with respect to the | ||||||
4 | school business, operations or assets of such school district; | ||||||
5 | and (2) all books and records of the township trustees | ||||||
6 | relating to the school business and affairs of such school | ||||||
7 | district shall be transferred and delivered to the school | ||||||
8 | board of such school district. Upon the effective date of this | ||||||
9 | amendatory Act of 1993, the legal title to, and all right, | ||||||
10 | title and interest formerly held by the township trustees in | ||||||
11 | any school buildings and school sites used and occupied by the | ||||||
12 | school board of such school district for school purposes, that | ||||||
13 | legal title, right, title and interest thereafter having been | ||||||
14 | transferred to and vested in the regional board of school | ||||||
15 | trustees under P.A. 87-473 until the abolition of that | ||||||
16 | regional board of school trustees by P.A. 87-969, shall be | ||||||
17 | deemed transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the | ||||||
18 | school board of that school district. | ||||||
19 | Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards | ||||||
20 | of Oak Park & River Forest District 200, Oak Park Elementary | ||||||
21 | School District 97, and River Forest School District 90 may, | ||||||
22 | by proper resolution, withdraw from the jurisdiction and | ||||||
23 | authority of the trustees of schools of Proviso and Cicero | ||||||
24 | Townships and the township treasurer, provided that the school | ||||||
25 | board shall, upon the adoption and passage of the resolution, | ||||||
26 | elect or appoint its own school treasurer as provided in |
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1 | Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the | ||||||
2 | resolution and the election or appointment by the school board | ||||||
3 | of its own school treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the | ||||||
4 | township or townships shall no longer have or exercise any | ||||||
5 | powers or duties with respect to the school district or with | ||||||
6 | respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the | ||||||
7 | school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of | ||||||
8 | schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other | ||||||
9 | assets relating to the school business and affairs of the | ||||||
10 | school district shall be transferred and delivered to the | ||||||
11 | school board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title, | ||||||
12 | and interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any | ||||||
13 | common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used | ||||||
14 | and occupied by the school board and all rights of property and | ||||||
15 | causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the | ||||||
16 | common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed | ||||||
17 | transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school | ||||||
18 | board. | ||||||
19 | Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the respective | ||||||
20 | school boards of Berwyn North School District 98, Berwyn South | ||||||
21 | School District 100, Cicero School District 99, and J.S. | ||||||
22 | Morton High School District 201 may, by proper resolution, | ||||||
23 | withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees | ||||||
24 | of schools of Cicero Township and the township treasurer, | ||||||
25 | provided that the school board shall, upon the adoption and | ||||||
26 | passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its own school |
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1 | treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code. Upon the | ||||||
2 | adoption and passage of the resolution and the election or | ||||||
3 | appointment by the school board of its own school treasurer: | ||||||
4 | (1) the trustees of schools in the township shall no longer | ||||||
5 | have or exercise any powers or duties with respect to the | ||||||
6 | school district or with respect to the school business, | ||||||
7 | operations, or assets of the school district; (2) all books | ||||||
8 | and records of the trustees of schools and all moneys, | ||||||
9 | securities, loanable funds, and other assets relating to the | ||||||
10 | school business and affairs of the school district shall be | ||||||
11 | transferred and delivered to the school board; and (3) all | ||||||
12 | legal title to and all right, title, and interest formerly | ||||||
13 | held by the trustees of schools in any common school lands, | ||||||
14 | school buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the | ||||||
15 | school board and all rights of property and causes of action | ||||||
16 | pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school | ||||||
17 | lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by | ||||||
18 | operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. | ||||||
19 | Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c) of this Section | ||||||
20 | and upon final judgment, including the exhaustion of all | ||||||
21 | appeals or a settlement between all parties, regarding claims | ||||||
22 | set forth in the case of Township Trustees of Schools Township | ||||||
23 | 38 North, Range 12 East v. Lyons Township High School District | ||||||
24 | No. 204 case N. 13 CH 23386 pending in 2018 in the Circuit | ||||||
25 | Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery | ||||||
26 | Division, and all related pending claims, the school board of |
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1 | Lyons Township High School District 204 may commence, by | ||||||
2 | proper resolution, to withdraw from the jurisdiction and | ||||||
3 | authority of the trustees of schools of Lyons Township and the | ||||||
4 | township treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon | ||||||
5 | the adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint | ||||||
6 | its own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this | ||||||
7 | Code. Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the | ||||||
8 | election or appointment by the school board of its own school | ||||||
9 | treasurer commencing with the first day of the succeeding | ||||||
10 | fiscal year, but not prior to July 1, 2019: (1) the trustees of | ||||||
11 | schools in the township shall no longer have or exercise any | ||||||
12 | powers or duties with respect to the school district or with | ||||||
13 | respect to the school business, operations, or assets of the | ||||||
14 | school district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of | ||||||
15 | schools and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other | ||||||
16 | assets relating to the school business and affairs of the | ||||||
17 | school district shall be transferred and delivered to the | ||||||
18 | school board, allowing for a reasonable period of time not to | ||||||
19 | exceed 90 days to liquidate any pooled investments; and (3) | ||||||
20 | all legal title to and all right, title, and interest formerly | ||||||
21 | held by the trustees of schools in any common school lands, | ||||||
22 | school buildings, or school sites used and occupied by the | ||||||
23 | school board and all rights of property and causes of action | ||||||
24 | pertaining to or constituting a part of the common school | ||||||
25 | lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed transferred by | ||||||
26 | operation of law to and shall vest in the school board. The |
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1 | changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
2 | 100th General Assembly are prospective only, starting from the | ||||||
3 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
4 | Assembly, and shall not affect any legal action pending on the | ||||||
5 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
6 | Assembly in the Illinois courts in which Lyons Township High | ||||||
7 | School District 204 is a listed party. | ||||||
8 | Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c), the school boards | ||||||
9 | of Glenbrook High School District 225, Northbrook Elementary | ||||||
10 | School District 27, Northbrook School District 28, Sunset | ||||||
11 | Ridge School District 29, Northbrook/Glenview School District | ||||||
12 | 30, West Northfield School District 31, and Glenview Community | ||||||
13 | Consolidated School District 34 may, by proper resolution, | ||||||
14 | withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees | ||||||
15 | of schools of Northfield and Maine Townships and the township | ||||||
16 | treasurer, provided that the school board shall, upon the | ||||||
17 | adoption and passage of the resolution, elect or appoint its | ||||||
18 | own school treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code. | ||||||
19 | Upon the adoption and passage of the resolution and the | ||||||
20 | election or appointment by the school board of its own school | ||||||
21 | treasurer: (1) the trustees of schools in the township or | ||||||
22 | townships shall no longer have or exercise any powers or | ||||||
23 | duties with respect to the school district or with respect to | ||||||
24 | the school business, operations, or assets of the school | ||||||
25 | district; (2) all books and records of the trustees of schools | ||||||
26 | and all moneys, securities, loanable funds, and other assets |
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1 | relating to the school business and affairs of the school | ||||||
2 | district shall be transferred and delivered to the school | ||||||
3 | board; and (3) all legal title to and all right, title, and | ||||||
4 | interest formerly held by the trustees of schools in any | ||||||
5 | common school lands, school buildings, or school sites used | ||||||
6 | and occupied by the school board and all rights of property and | ||||||
7 | causes of action pertaining to or constituting a part of the | ||||||
8 | common school lands, buildings, or sites shall be deemed | ||||||
9 | transferred by operation of law to and shall vest in the school | ||||||
10 | board. | ||||||
11 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the | ||||||
12 | offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of any | ||||||
13 | township located in a Class II county school unit shall be | ||||||
14 | abolished as provided in this subsection if all of the | ||||||
15 | following conditions are met: | ||||||
16 | (1) During the same 30 day period, each school board | ||||||
17 | of each elementary and unit school district that is | ||||||
18 | subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township | ||||||
19 | treasurer and trustees of schools of the township in which | ||||||
20 | those offices are sought to be abolished gives written | ||||||
21 | notice by certified mail, return receipt requested to the | ||||||
22 | township treasurer and trustees of schools of that | ||||||
23 | township of the date of a meeting of the school board, to | ||||||
24 | be held not more than 90 nor less than 60 days after the | ||||||
25 | date when the notice is given, at which meeting the school | ||||||
26 | board is to consider and vote upon the question of whether |
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1 | there shall be submitted to the electors of the school | ||||||
2 | district a proposition to abolish the offices of township | ||||||
3 | treasurer and trustee of schools of that township. None of | ||||||
4 | the notices given under this paragraph to the township | ||||||
5 | treasurer and trustees of schools of a township shall be | ||||||
6 | deemed sufficient or in compliance with the requirements | ||||||
7 | of this paragraph unless all of those notices are given | ||||||
8 | within the same 30 day period. | ||||||
9 | (2) Each school board of each elementary and unit | ||||||
10 | school district that is subject to the jurisdiction and | ||||||
11 | authority of the township treasurer and trustees of | ||||||
12 | schools of the township in which those offices are sought | ||||||
13 | to be abolished, by the affirmative vote of at least 5 | ||||||
14 | members of the school board at a school board meeting of | ||||||
15 | which notice is given as required by paragraph (1) of this | ||||||
16 | subsection, adopts a resolution requiring the secretary of | ||||||
17 | the school board to certify to the proper election | ||||||
18 | authorities for submission to the electors of the school | ||||||
19 | district at the next consolidated election in accordance | ||||||
20 | with the general election law a proposition to abolish the | ||||||
21 | offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of | ||||||
22 | that township. None of the resolutions adopted under this | ||||||
23 | paragraph by any elementary or unit school districts that | ||||||
24 | are subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the | ||||||
25 | township treasurer and trustees of schools of the township | ||||||
26 | in which those offices are sought to be abolished shall be |
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1 | deemed in compliance with the requirements of this | ||||||
2 | paragraph or sufficient to authorize submission of the | ||||||
3 | proposition to abolish those offices to a referendum of | ||||||
4 | the electors in any such school district unless all of the | ||||||
5 | school boards of all of the elementary and unit school | ||||||
6 | districts that are subject to the jurisdiction and | ||||||
7 | authority of the township treasurer and trustees of | ||||||
8 | schools of that township adopt such a resolution in | ||||||
9 | accordance with the provisions of this paragraph. | ||||||
10 | (3) The school boards of all of the elementary and | ||||||
11 | unit school districts that are subject to the jurisdiction | ||||||
12 | and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of | ||||||
13 | schools of the township in which those offices are sought | ||||||
14 | to be abolished submit a proposition to abolish the | ||||||
15 | offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of | ||||||
16 | that township to the electors of their respective school | ||||||
17 | districts at the same consolidated election in accordance | ||||||
18 | with the general election law, the ballot in each such | ||||||
19 | district to be in substantially the following form: | ||||||
20 | ---------------------------------------------- | ||||||
21 | OFFICIAL BALLOT | ||||||
22 | Shall the offices of township
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23 | treasurer and YES
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24 | trustee of -------------
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25 | schools of Township ..... NO
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26 | Range ..... be abolished?
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2 | (4) At the consolidated election at which the | ||||||
3 | proposition to abolish the offices of township treasurer | ||||||
4 | and trustee of schools of a township is submitted to the | ||||||
5 | electors of each elementary and unit school district that | ||||||
6 | is subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the | ||||||
7 | township treasurer and trustee of schools of that | ||||||
8 | township, a majority of the electors voting on the | ||||||
9 | proposition in each such elementary and unit school | ||||||
10 | district votes in favor of the proposition as submitted to | ||||||
11 | them. | ||||||
12 | If in each elementary and unit school district that is | ||||||
13 | subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township | ||||||
14 | treasurer and trustees of schools of the township in which | ||||||
15 | those offices are sought to be abolished a majority of the | ||||||
16 | electors in each such district voting at the consolidated | ||||||
17 | election on the proposition to abolish the offices of township | ||||||
18 | treasurer and trustee of schools of that township votes in | ||||||
19 | favor of the proposition as submitted to them, the proposition | ||||||
20 | shall be deemed to have passed; but if in any such elementary | ||||||
21 | or unit school district a majority of the electors voting on | ||||||
22 | that proposition in that district fails to vote in favor of the | ||||||
23 | proposition as submitted to them, then notwithstanding the | ||||||
24 | vote of the electors in any other such elementary or unit | ||||||
25 | school district on that proposition the proposition shall not | ||||||
26 | be deemed to have passed in any of those elementary or unit |
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1 | school districts, and the offices of township treasurer and | ||||||
2 | trustee of schools of the township in which those offices were | ||||||
3 | sought to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless in each | ||||||
4 | of those elementary and unit school districts remaining | ||||||
5 | subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township | ||||||
6 | treasurer and trustees of schools of that township proceedings | ||||||
7 | are again initiated to abolish those offices and all of the | ||||||
8 | proceedings and conditions prescribed in paragraphs (1) | ||||||
9 | through (4) of this subsection are repeated and met in each of | ||||||
10 | those elementary and unit school districts. | ||||||
11 | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section | ||||||
12 | or any other provision of the School Code, the offices of | ||||||
13 | township treasurer and trustee of schools of a township that | ||||||
14 | has a population of less than 200,000 and that contains a unit | ||||||
15 | school district and is located in a Class II county school unit | ||||||
16 | shall also be abolished as provided in this subsection if all | ||||||
17 | of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of | ||||||
18 | this subsection are met and if the following additional | ||||||
19 | condition is met: | ||||||
20 | The electors in all of the school districts subject to | ||||||
21 | the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer | ||||||
22 | and trustees of schools of the township in which those | ||||||
23 | offices are sought to be abolished shall vote at the | ||||||
24 | consolidated election on the proposition to abolish the | ||||||
25 | offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of | ||||||
26 | that township. If a majority of the electors in all of the |
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1 | school districts combined voting on the proposition vote | ||||||
2 | in favor of the proposition, then the proposition shall be | ||||||
3 | deemed to have passed; but if a majority of the electors | ||||||
4 | voting on the proposition in all of the school district | ||||||
5 | fails to vote in favor of the proposition as submitted to | ||||||
6 | them, then the proposition shall not be deemed to have | ||||||
7 | passed and the offices of township treasurer and trustee | ||||||
8 | of schools of the township in which those offices were | ||||||
9 | sought to be abolished shall not be abolished, unless and | ||||||
10 | until the proceedings detailed in paragraphs (1) through | ||||||
11 | (3) of this subsection and the conditions set forth in | ||||||
12 | this paragraph are met. | ||||||
13 | If the proposition to abolish the offices of township | ||||||
14 | treasurer and trustee of schools of a township is deemed to | ||||||
15 | have passed at the consolidated election as provided in this | ||||||
16 | subsection, those offices shall be deemed abolished by | ||||||
17 | operation of law effective on January 1 of the calendar year | ||||||
18 | immediately following the calendar year in which that | ||||||
19 | consolidated election is held, provided that if after the | ||||||
20 | election, the trustees of schools by resolution elect to | ||||||
21 | abolish the offices of township treasurer and trustee of | ||||||
22 | schools effective on July 1 immediately following the | ||||||
23 | election, then the offices shall be abolished on July 1 | ||||||
24 | immediately following the election. On the date that the | ||||||
25 | offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of a | ||||||
26 | township are deemed abolished by operation of law, the school |
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1 | board of each elementary and unit school district and the | ||||||
2 | school board of each high school district that is subject to | ||||||
3 | the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and | ||||||
4 | trustees of schools of that township at the time those offices | ||||||
5 | are abolished: (i) shall appoint its own school treasurer as | ||||||
6 | provided in Section 8-1; and (ii) unless the term of the | ||||||
7 | contract of a township treasurer expires on the date that the | ||||||
8 | office of township treasurer is abolished, shall pay to the | ||||||
9 | former township treasurer its proportionate share of any | ||||||
10 | aggregate compensation that, were the office of township | ||||||
11 | treasurer not abolished at that time, would have been payable | ||||||
12 | to the former township treasurer after that date over the | ||||||
13 | remainder of the term of the contract of the former township | ||||||
14 | treasurer that began prior to but ends after that date. In | ||||||
15 | addition, on the date that the offices of township treasurer | ||||||
16 | and trustee of schools of a township are deemed abolished as | ||||||
17 | provided in this subsection, the school board of each | ||||||
18 | elementary school, high school and unit school district that | ||||||
19 | until that date is subject to the jurisdiction and authority | ||||||
20 | of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of that | ||||||
21 | township shall be deemed by operation of law to have agreed and | ||||||
22 | assumed to pay and, when determined, shall pay to the Illinois | ||||||
23 | Municipal Retirement Fund a proportionate share of the | ||||||
24 | unfunded liability existing in that Fund at the time these | ||||||
25 | offices are abolished in that calendar year for all annuities | ||||||
26 | or other benefits then or thereafter to become payable from |
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1 | that Fund with respect to all periods of service performed | ||||||
2 | prior to that date as a participating employee in that Fund by | ||||||
3 | persons serving during those periods of service as a trustee | ||||||
4 | of schools, township treasurer or regular employee in the | ||||||
5 | office of the township treasurer of that township. That | ||||||
6 | unfunded liability shall be actuarially determined by the | ||||||
7 | board of trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, | ||||||
8 | and the board of trustees shall thereupon notify each school | ||||||
9 | board required to pay a proportionate share of that unfunded | ||||||
10 | liability of the aggregate amount of the unfunded liability so | ||||||
11 | determined. The amount so paid to the Illinois Municipal | ||||||
12 | Retirement Fund by each of those school districts shall be | ||||||
13 | credited to the account of the township in that Fund. For each | ||||||
14 | elementary school, high school and unit school district under | ||||||
15 | the jurisdiction and authority of a township treasurer and | ||||||
16 | trustees of schools of a township in which those offices are | ||||||
17 | abolished as provided in this subsection, each such district's | ||||||
18 | proportionate share of the aggregate compensation payable to | ||||||
19 | the former township treasurer as provided in this paragraph | ||||||
20 | and each such district's proportionate share of the aggregate | ||||||
21 | amount of the unfunded liability payable to the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Municipal Retirement Fund as provided in this paragraph shall | ||||||
23 | be computed in accordance with the ratio that the number of | ||||||
24 | pupils in average daily attendance in each such district for | ||||||
25 | the school year last ending prior to the date on which the | ||||||
26 | offices of township treasurer and trustee of schools of that |
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1 | township are abolished bears to the aggregate number of pupils | ||||||
2 | in average daily attendance in all of those districts as so | ||||||
3 | reported for that school year. | ||||||
4 | Upon abolition of the offices of township treasurer and | ||||||
5 | trustee of schools of a township as provided in this | ||||||
6 | subsection: (i) the regional board of school trustees, in its | ||||||
7 | corporate capacity, shall be deemed the successor in interest | ||||||
8 | to the former trustees of schools of that township with | ||||||
9 | respect to the common school lands and township loanable funds | ||||||
10 | of the township; (ii) all right, title and interest existing | ||||||
11 | or vested in the former trustees of schools of that township in | ||||||
12 | the common school lands and township loanable funds of the | ||||||
13 | township, and all records, moneys, securities and other | ||||||
14 | assets, rights of property and causes of action pertaining to | ||||||
15 | or constituting a part of those common school lands or | ||||||
16 | township loanable funds, shall be transferred to and deemed | ||||||
17 | vested by operation of law in the regional board of school | ||||||
18 | trustees, which shall hold legal title to, manage and operate | ||||||
19 | all common school lands and township loanable funds of the | ||||||
20 | township, receive the rents, issues and profits therefrom, and | ||||||
21 | have and exercise with respect thereto the same powers and | ||||||
22 | duties as are provided by this Code to be exercised by regional | ||||||
23 | boards of school trustees when acting as township land | ||||||
24 | commissioners in counties having at least 220,000 but fewer | ||||||
25 | than 2,000,000 inhabitants; (iii) the regional board of school | ||||||
26 | trustees shall select to serve as its treasurer with respect |
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1 | to the common school lands and township loanable funds of the | ||||||
2 | township a person from time to time also serving as the | ||||||
3 | appointed school treasurer of any school district that was | ||||||
4 | subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the township | ||||||
5 | treasurer and trustees of schools of that township at the time | ||||||
6 | those offices were abolished, and the person selected to also | ||||||
7 | serve as treasurer of the regional board of school trustees | ||||||
8 | shall have his compensation for services in that capacity | ||||||
9 | fixed by the regional board of school trustees, to be paid from | ||||||
10 | the township loanable funds, and shall make to the regional | ||||||
11 | board of school trustees the reports required to be made by | ||||||
12 | treasurers of township land commissioners, give bond as | ||||||
13 | required by treasurers of township land commissioners, and | ||||||
14 | perform the duties and exercise the powers of treasurers of | ||||||
15 | township land commissioners; (iv) the regional board of school | ||||||
16 | trustees shall designate in the manner provided by Section | ||||||
17 | 8-7, insofar as applicable, a depositary for its treasurer, | ||||||
18 | and the proceeds of all rents, issues and profits from the | ||||||
19 | common school lands and township loanable funds of that | ||||||
20 | township shall be deposited and held in the account maintained | ||||||
21 | for those purposes with that depositary and shall be expended | ||||||
22 | and distributed therefrom as provided in Section 15-24 and | ||||||
23 | other applicable provisions of this Code; and (v) whenever | ||||||
24 | there is vested in the trustees of schools of a township at the | ||||||
25 | time that office is abolished under this subsection the legal | ||||||
26 | title to any school buildings or school sites used or occupied |
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1 | for school purposes by any elementary school, high school or | ||||||
2 | unit school district subject to the jurisdiction and authority | ||||||
3 | of those trustees of school at the time that office is | ||||||
4 | abolished, the legal title to those school buildings and | ||||||
5 | school sites shall be deemed transferred by operation of law | ||||||
6 | to and invested in the school board of that school district, in | ||||||
7 | its corporate capacity under Section 10-22.35B of this Code, | ||||||
8 | the same to be held, sold, exchanged leased or otherwise | ||||||
9 | transferred in accordance with applicable provisions of this | ||||||
10 | Code. | ||||||
11 | Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g of this Code, a waiver of | ||||||
12 | a mandate established under this Section may not be requested. | ||||||
13 | (d) Within 3 years after the effective date of this | ||||||
14 | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, all remaining | ||||||
15 | Class II county school units shall, by proper resolution, | ||||||
16 | withdraw from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees | ||||||
17 | of schools of the township and the township treasurer. Each | ||||||
18 | school board shall, upon the adoption and passage of this | ||||||
19 | resolution, either (1) elect or appoint its own school | ||||||
20 | treasurer as provided in Section 8-1 of this Code, or (2) enter | ||||||
21 | into a contractual or intergovernmental agreement for these | ||||||
22 | services. The office of township trustees shall dissolve upon | ||||||
23 | the passage of the school board resolution or, if no action is | ||||||
24 | taken, 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
25 | of the 103rd General Assembly. | ||||||
26 | Upon adoption and passage of the resolution and the |
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