96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1009

Introduced 2/11/2009, by Rep. Karen May

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/1-5

Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of terms.
LRB096 09792 RLJ 19955 b

A BILL FOR

HB1009 LRB096 09792 RLJ 19955 b
1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
5 1-5 as follows:
6 (60 ILCS 1/1-5)
7 Sec. 1-5. Use of terms.
8 (a) A reference in another Act to a town (other than an
9 incorporated town) shall be deemed a reference to a township as
10 that that term is used in this Code.
11 (b) A reference in another Act to the board of trustees of
12 a town (other than an incorporated town) or township, the board
13 of town trustees, or the board of township trustees shall be
14 deemed a reference to the township board as that term is used
15 in this Code.
16 (c) A reference in another Act to an officer of a town
17 (other than an incorporated town) shall be deemed a reference
18 to a township officer as that term is used in this Code.
19 (Source: P.A. 88-62.)