§ 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.

Legislative History

(Source: Laws 1959, p. 684; P.A. 88-62.)