(60 ILCS 1/Art. 265 heading)

(60 ILCS 1/265-5) Sec. 265-5. Distribution to school districts. (a) Whenever the electors attending an annual or special township meeting of a township in a county with a population of more than 1,000,000 (counties of the third class) determine that the general township fund of the township is in excess of the amount needed for township purposes during the remainder of the then current fiscal year, the electors may, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the electors attending the meeting, direct that all or any portion of the excess funds be distributed ratably to the various school districts maintaining grades 1 through 8 that are wholly or partly located in the township. In any distribution to school districts, the share of each school district wholly or partly located within the township shall be the proportion that the assessed valuation of all property within the school district or part of the school district in the township bears to the total assessed valuation of all property in the township. (b) For purposes of distribution ratably to school districts under this Section, the township supervisor shall determine the ratable distribution on the basis of the most recent assessment figures as supplied to him or her by the county assessor. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 684; P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/265-10) Sec. 265-10. Limitation on action. No action shall be taken under Section 265-5 at any annual or special township meeting unless the notice of the meeting, published at least 10 days before the meeting, included notification that the matter of distribution of excess funds to the school districts would be raised at the meeting. The electors of a township shall not take any action under Section 265-5 unless, for a period of 3 calendar years before the time the action is proposed to be taken, no taxes other than a tax for road purposes were levied in the township for township purposes. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 762; P.A. 88-62.)

(60 ILCS 1/265-15) Sec. 265-15. Notice of meeting. The township clerk or other township officer charged with posting notices of the annual or special township meeting shall include in the published notice of the annual or special township meeting a statement that the matter of the distribution of excess funds to the school districts will be considered at the meeting if, at least 20 days before the meeting, there is filed with the township officer a written statement, signed by at least 15 voters of the township, requesting that the notice of the meeting so state that the matter of the distribution of excess funds to the school districts will be considered at the meeting. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 684; P.A. 88-62.)