Sale of community building to school district or municipality.
(a)Not fewer than 50 electors of a township that has adopted the provisions of this Article may present to the clerk of the board of managers a petition requesting the sale of a community building or site with a community building on it to a school district or municipality. The petition shall set forth the school district or municipality to which the proposed sale shall be made, the sale price, and the township fund to which the proceeds of the sale shall be transferred. The board of managers shall, if the sale price of the property stated in the petition is equal to or greater than the fair market value of the property as determined by the most recent township assessment, certify that proposition to the proper election offici
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Sale of community building to school district or municipality. (a) Not fewer than 50 electors of a township that has adopted the provisions of this Article may present to the clerk of the board of managers a petition requesting the sale of a community building or site with a community building on it to a school district or municipality. The petition shall set forth the school district or municipality to which the proposed sale shall be made, the sale price, and the township fund to which the proceeds of the sale shall be transferred. The board of managers shall, if the sale price of the property stated in the petition is equal to or greater than the fair market value of the property as determined by the most recent township assessment, certify that proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law to decide whether the property shall be sold. If the stated price of the building or site is less than the fair market value of the property as determined by the most recent township assessment, the board of managers shall approve the submission of the proposition to the proper election officials before the electors of the township may vote on the sale of the property. (b) The proposition at the referendum shall be substantially as follows: Shall the Board of Managers of (name of township) sell to (name and number of school district or name of municipality) the following described property for the sum of $(amount), and shall the proceeds be transferred to (name of township fund)? (Description of property.) The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". (c) If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition is in favor of the sale, the board of managers, upon receipt of the purchase price, shall convey the property to the school district or municipality. (d) Upon the completion of the sale, the board of managers shall immediately settle all outstanding obligations against the community building and pay over any moneys pertaining to the building remaining in their hands to the proper authorities in accordance with the proposition and election. (e) If the building so disposed of was the only community building under their care and management, no new member of the board of managers shall be elected nor shall any community building maintenance tax be levied and collected in the township.