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65 ILCS 5/1-5-1 (2026)

A suit may be brought by any taxpayer, in the name and for the benefit of the municipality, against any person to recover any money or property belonging to the municipality, or for any money which may have been paid, expended, or released without authority of law

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(65 ILCS 5/1-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-5-1)
    Sec. 1-5-1. A suit may be brought by any taxpayer, in the name and for the benefit of the municipality, against any person to recover any money or property belonging to the municipality, or for any money which may have been paid, expended, or released without authority of law. But such a taxpayer shall file a bond for all costs, and shall be liable for all costs in case the municipality is defeated in the suit, and judgment shall be rendered accordingly.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)


 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 1 Div. 6 heading)
DIVISION 6. COMPETENCY OF MUNICIPAL
INHABITANTS TO SERVE AS JUDGE OR JUROR
(Heading amended by P.A. 79-1361)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2016–2016 · leading case: Veazey v. Rich Twp. High Sch. Dist. 227, 2016 IL App (1st) 151795 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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Veazey v. Rich Twp. High Sch. Dist. 227, 2016 IL App (1st) 151795 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Veazey withdrew a previously pled count asserting a taxpayer claim to recover funds improperly expended belonging to a municipality (65 ILCS 5/1-5-1 (West 2014)) in recognition of the fact that the Board was not a municipality.”
Veazey v. Rich Twp. High Sch. Dist. 227, 2016 IL App (1st) 151795 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Veazey withdrew a previously pled count asserting a taxpayer claim to recover funds improperly expended belonging to a municipality (65 ILCS 5/1-5-1 (West 2014)) in recognition of the fact that the Board was not a municipality.”
Veazey v. Rich Twp. High Sch. Dist. 227, 2016 IL App (1st) 151795 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Veazey withdrew a previously pled count asserting a taxpayer claim to recover funds improperly expended belonging to a municipality (65 ILCS 5/1-5-1 (West 2014)) in recognition of the fact that the Board was not a municipality.”
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