(60 ILCS 1/Art. 65 heading)
(60 ILCS 1/65-5)
Sec. 65-5. Compensation of township officers. Township officers are entitled to compensation at the rates specified in this Article for each day necessarily devoted by them to the services of the township in the duties of their respective offices. Compensation set by a multi-township board for the multi-township assessor shall be set at least 150 days before the election of that officer. Compensation set by a township board for the township assessor and collector shall be set at the same time the compensation of its supervisor is set. Compensation shall be for time served, and no township officer may receive compensation for any future or anticipated days of duty.
(Source: P.A. 97-736, eff. 7-3-12.)
(60 ILCS 1/65-10)
Sec. 65-10. (Repealed).
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-670; predecessor Section repealed by P.A. 88-360.)
(60 ILCS 1/65-15)
Sec. 65-15. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 88-62. Repealed by P.A. 90-210, eff. 7-25-97.)
(60 ILCS 1/65-20)
Sec. 65-20. Road district treasurer; new township; multi-township officers.
(a) Compensation of township officers shall be set by the township board at least 180 days before the beginning of the terms of officers, including compensation of the road district treasurer, which shall be not less than $100 or more than $1,000 per year. Compensation of a township assessor and collector shall be set at the same time as the compensation of the township supervisor. Compensation of a multi-township assessor shall be set at least 150 days before his or her election.
(b) The compensation to be paid to each officer in a new township established under Section 10-25 shall be determined under this Section by the township board of the township the whole or a part of which comprises the new township and that has the highest equalized assessed valuation (as of December 31, 1972) of the old townships that comprise the new township.
(c) At least 150 days before the election of multi-township officers, the multi-township board may establish additional pay of those board members for their services in an amount not to exceed $25 per day for each day of services.
(d) For the first term of a township consolidated or merged under Article 22 or 23, compensation for township officers of the consolidated or merged township shall be set by the Transition Township Board no later than the first day in April before the consolidated election at which the township officers are to be elected.
(Source: P.A. 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)
(60 ILCS 1/65-25)
Sec. 65-25. Township assessor compensation. The township assessor shall receive for his or her services as assessor a sum as provided in the Property Tax Code as full compensation for services performed by township assessors in making assessments of property.
(Source: P.A. 88-62; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
(60 ILCS 1/65-30)
Sec. 65-30. Poundmaster fees.
(a) The poundmaster shall be allowed the following fees for his services: for taking into and discharging from the pound horses, asses, mules, and neat cattle, 10¢ each; sheep or lambs, 3¢ each; and swine, 5¢ each.
(b) The poundmaster may receive reasonable charges for the keeping of animals described in subsection (a). The amount of the charge may be regulated by the electors at a township meeting.
(Source: P.A. 86-1028; 88-62.)
(60 ILCS 1/65-35)
Sec. 65-35. Township collector commission.
(a) The township or district collector shall be allowed a commission of 2% of all moneys collected by him or her, to be paid out of the respective moneys collected. From that commission, the township or district collector shall be allowed the following amounts of compensation for his or her services:
(b) In addition, the township or district collector in townships other than townships whose corporate limits are coextensive with cities or villages shall be allowed, from the commission allowed under subsection (a), an amount sufficient to pay his or her expenses necessarily incurred in the collection of taxes, including office expenses, employees' salaries, and other necessary expenses. This amount is payable only if the collector has submitted his or her annual budget to the township board and the board has approved it.
(c) After payment of the amounts described in subsections (a) and (b) to the township or district collector as compensation for his or her services, the excess of the commission allowed shall be paid into the township treasury, except that in a township comprised of only one village or city whose corporate limits are coextensive with the corporate limits of the township, the excess shall be paid into the village or city treasury. The township or village board or city council may allow, to the township or district collector of a township whose corporate limits are co-extensive with the corporate limits of a city or village, expense money to cover costs of collection out of the excess commission.
(Source: P.A. 86-1028; 88-62.)