Illinois Code § 85-10

§ 85-10.

Township corporate powers. (a) Every township has the corporate capacity to exercise the powers granted to it, or necessarily implied, and no others. Every township has the powers specified in this Section. (b) A township may sue and be sued. (c) A township may acquire (by purchase, gift, or legacy) and hold property, both real and personal, for the use of its inhabitants and may sell and convey that property. A township may purchase any real estate or personal property for public purposes under contracts providing for payment in installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal property. A township may finance the purchase of any real estate or personal property for public purpose under finance contracts providing for payment in installments over a period of time of not more than 20 years in the case of real estate and not more than 10 years in the case of personal property. A township may construct a township hall under contracts providing for payment over a period of time of not more than 20 years. The interest on the unpaid balance shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act. (d) A township may make all contracts necessary in the exercise of the township's powers. (e) A township may expend or contract for the expenditure of any federal funds made available to the township by law for any purpose for which taxes imposed upon township property or property within the township may be expended. (f) A township may acquire (singly or jointly with a municipality or municipalities) land or any interest in land located within its township limits. The township may acquire the land or interest by gift, purchase, or otherwise, but not by condemnation. A township may (singly or jointly) improve or arrange for the improvement of the land for industrial or commercial purposes and may donate and convey the land or interest in land so acquired and so improved to the Illinois Finance Authority. (g) (Blank) (h) It is the policy of this State that all powers granted either expressly or by necessary implication by this Code, any other Illinois statute, or the Illinois Constitution to townships may be exercised by those townships notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to townships to the extent their activities are authorized by law as stated in this Code. (i) A township may receive funds under the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and may expend or contract for the expenditure of those funds and other township funds for the activities specified in Section 105 of that Act. The powers granted under this subsection (i) are in addition to powers otherwise possessed by a township and shall not be construed as a limitation of those other powers. (j) A township may establish reasonable fees for recreation and instructional programs sponsored by the township. (Source: P.A. 97-549, eff. 8-25-11.)