Chapter 5 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

(5 ILCS 220/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 748) Sec. 8. Separability. If any section, subsection, sentence or clause of this Act shall be adjudged unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Act as a whole or of any part not adjudged unconstitutional. (Source…

(5 ILCS 220/9) (from Ch. 127, par. 749) Sec. 9. County participation. Any county may participate in an intergovernmental agreement under this Act notwithstanding the absence of specific authority under State law to perform the action involved provided that the unit of local gover…

(5 ILCS 225/1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 601) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Transportation Cooperation Act of 1971." (Source: P.A. 77-182.)

(5 ILCS 225/2) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 602) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act: (a) "Railroad passenger service" means any railroad passenger service within the State of Illinois, including the equipment and facilities used in …

(5 ILCS 225/3) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 603) Sec. 3. For the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, operating, extending, reconstructing, maintaining, improving, and subsidizing railroad passenger service, and promoting efficient transportation systems within the State, two o…

(5 ILCS 225/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 604) Sec. 4. Any two or more units of local government and universities may, at their option, by contract, create a Transportation Service Association through which they shall exercise all powers conferred by this Act. The powers of any Asso…

(5 ILCS 225/4.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 604.1) Sec. 4.1. Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)

(5 ILCS 225/5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 605) Sec. 5. The Contracting Parties or the Board of Directors of any Association may, from time to time, enter into agreements or contracts with the Federal Railroad Corporation, the Department of Transportation and any other carrier, or an…

(5 ILCS 225/6) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 606) Sec. 6. Whenever an agreement or contract is entered into between or among the Federal Railroad Corporation, the Department of Transportation, and any Contracting Parties, or any Association or Associations created pursuant to this Act …

(5 ILCS 225/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 607) Sec. 7. (a) The Contracting Parties or the Board of Directors of every Association may take such action alone, or by agreement or contract with any other university or unit of local government as shall be necessary or appropriate to mai…

(5 ILCS 225/7.5) Sec. 7.5. Rail safety recommendation report. (a) A railroad passenger service or Association shall issue an annual report on or before December 31 of each year containing all rail safety recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board during the …

(5 ILCS 225/8) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 608) Sec. 8. If any provision of this Act should be held to be invalid, such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this Act, and the invalidity thereof shall not affect any other provision of this Act. If the application of any provis…

(5 ILCS 230/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Consular Identification Document Act. (Source: P.A. 94-389, eff. 1-1-06.)

(5 ILCS 230/10) Sec. 10. Acceptance of consular identification document. (a) When requiring members of the public to provide identification, each State agency and officer and unit of local government shall accept a consular identification document as valid identification of a per…

(5 ILCS 230/15) Sec. 15. Privacy and disclosure limitations. Use by a State agency or officer or a unit of local government of information collected from, or appearing on, a consular identification document is subject to the same privacy and disclosure limitations that apply to t…

(5 ILCS 230/5) Sec. 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "consular identification document" means an official identification card issued by a foreign government that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The consular identification document is issued through the foreign gov…

(5 ILCS 235/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Interstate Mutual Emergency Aid Act. (Source: P.A. 98-309, eff. 8-12-13.)

(5 ILCS 235/10) Sec. 10. Mutual aid agreements. In order to more adequately address emergencies that extend or exceed a jurisdiction's emergency response capabilities, either without rising to the level of a state or local declaration of a state of emergency, or in the initial st…

(5 ILCS 235/12) Sec. 12. Emergency aid to bordering states. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, any public safety agency, including, but not limited to, a fire department, a fire protection district, emergency medical services, a municipal police department…

(5 ILCS 235/15) Sec. 15. Licenses, certifications, and permits. An emergency responder from outside this State who holds a license, certificate, or other permit recognized or issued by another state shall be deemed licensed, certified, and permitted to render mutual aid during a …

(5 ILCS 235/20) Sec. 20. Governmental functions; liability; emergency responders. Any function performed by an emergency responder that is (i) acting within the scope of his or her license, certificate, or permit and within the scope of what an equivalent license, certificate, or…

(5 ILCS 235/25) Sec. 25. Employee benefits. Emergency responders from outside this State, while rendering mutual aid within this State pursuant to a mutual aid agreement authorized by this Act, remain employees and agents of their respective employers and jurisdictions. Nothing i…

(5 ILCS 235/30) Sec. 30. Limitations. This Act does not limit, modify, or abridge the emergency management compact entered into under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act. (Source: P.A. 98-309, eff. 8-12-13.)

(5 ILCS 235/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: (a) "Emergency responder" includes emergency medical services personnel and firefighters, including firefighters trained in the areas of hazardous materials, specialized rescue, extrication, water rescue, and other speciali…

(5 ILCS 235/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 98-309, eff. 8-12-13.)

(5 ILCS 250/0.01) (from Ch. 101, par. 100) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Gubernatorial Appointee Oath Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(5 ILCS 250/10) (from Ch. 101, par. 101) Sec. 10. Any officer appointed by the Governor shall before entering into the duties of his office, qualify for the office by taking and subscribing the constitutional oath of office and filing the signed oath with the Secretary of State. …

(5 ILCS 255/0.01) (from Ch. 101, par. 0.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Oaths and Affirmations Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(5 ILCS 255/1) (from Ch. 101, par. 1) Sec. 1. Oaths and affirmations. All courts, and all judges and the clerk thereof, the county clerk, deputy county clerk, notaries public, and persons certified under the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984 have the power to adm…

(5 ILCS 255/2) (from Ch. 101, par. 2) Sec. 2. Affidavits and depositions. All courts, and judges, and the clerks thereof, the county clerk, deputy county clerk, the Secretary of State, notaries public, and persons certified under the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of …

(5 ILCS 255/3) (from Ch. 101, par. 3) Sec. 3. Whenever any person shall be required to take an oath before he enters upon the discharge of any office, place or business, or on any other lawful occasion, it shall be lawful for any person empowered to administer the oath to adminis…

(5 ILCS 255/4) (from Ch. 101, par. 4) Sec. 4. Whenever any person required to take or subscribe an oath, as aforesaid, and in all cases where an oath is upon any lawful occasion to be administered, and such person shall have conscientious scruples against taking an oath, he shall…

(5 ILCS 255/5) (from Ch. 101, par. 5) Sec. 5. All oaths, affirmations, affidavits and depositions, administered or taken as provided in this act, shall subject any person who shall so swear or affirm willfully and falsely, in matter material to any issue or point in question, to …

(5 ILCS 255/6) (from Ch. 101, par. 6) Sec. 6. When any oath authorized or required by law to be made is made out of the state, it may be administered by any officer authorized by the laws of the state in which it is so administered, and if such officer have a seal, his certificat…

(5 ILCS 255/7) Sec. 7. Definition of judge. For the purposes of this Act, "judge" means (i) an incumbent judge of the Illinois Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Court, whether elected or appointed, (ii) a retired judge of the Illinois Supreme, Appellate, or Circuit Court, and (iii) …

(5 ILCS 260/0.01) (from Ch. 103, par. 0.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Official Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(5 ILCS 260/1) (from Ch. 103, par. 1) Sec. 1. All official bonds required by law to be given by any public officer or public employee, excluding executors, administrators and guardians, in this State shall be signed by that officer or employee, and his or her securities, and ackn…

(5 ILCS 260/10) (from Ch. 103, par. 10) Sec. 10. When a surety upon the official bond of any state officer or agent, county, town, city, village, incorporated town or other public officer, or the heir, executor or administrator of such surety, desires to be released from such bon…

(5 ILCS 260/11) (from Ch. 103, par. 11) Sec. 11. If a new bond is given by any officer, as provided in the foregoing Sections of this Act, then the former sureties shall be entirely released and discharged from all liabilities incurred by such officer in consequence of business w…

(5 ILCS 260/12) (from Ch. 103, par. 12) Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of such officer, if he shall fail to give bond as provided for in this act, forthwith to deliver over to his sureties all books, moneys, vouchers, papers, and every description of property whatever pertaining t…

(5 ILCS 260/13) (from Ch. 103, par. 13) Sec. 13. Whenever the condition of the bond of any public officer is violated, action may be instituted on the bond, and prosecuted to final judgment against the officer, and any or all of the sureties, or against one or more of them, joint…

(5 ILCS 260/14) (from Ch. 103, par. 14) Sec. 14. Enforcement may be had on any judgment so entered as in other civil cases, but the officer executing the same shall not levy upon the property of the sureties until he shall fail to find sufficient property of the principal to sati…

(5 ILCS 260/14.1) (from Ch. 103, par. 14.1) Sec. 14.1. Wherever State officers, State employees or officers, trustees, members or employees of any department, board, bureau, commission, university, authority, or other unit of State government are required by law, now or hereinaft…

(5 ILCS 260/14.2) (from Ch. 103, par. 14.2) Sec. 14.2. The penal sum of the blanket bond or bonds shall be fixed by the Director of Central Management Services with the approval of the Governor and shall satisfy the bonding requirements of other laws, heretofore or hereinafter en…

(5 ILCS 260/14.3) (from Ch. 103, par. 14.3) Sec. 14.3. All departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, authorities, or other units of State government except the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of Trust…

(5 ILCS 260/14.4) (from Ch. 103, par. 14.4) Sec. 14.4. The blanket bond or bonds provided for in Sections 14.1 and 14.2 of this Act shall be payable to the People of the State of Illinois for the use and benefit of the agency employing the bonded officer or employee and shall be …

(5 ILCS 260/14.5) (from Ch. 103, par. 14.5) Sec. 14.5. The Department of Central Management Services shall make an equitable distribution of the cost of the blanket bond or bonds or self-insurance program provided for in Sections 14.1 and 14.2 of this Act between the agencies who…

(5 ILCS 260/2) (from Ch. 103, par. 2) Sec. 2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)

(5 ILCS 260/3) (from Ch. 103, par. 3) Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the judge of the circuit court of each county, except of the County of Cook, and of the Chief Justice of said court in Cook County, during the months of January and July in each year, in open court, to examine …

(5 ILCS 260/5) (from Ch. 103, par. 5) Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the circuit courts to cause to be entered of record in the respective courts, at the time hereinbefore prescribed for the making of such examinations, orders stating that an examination and inquiry into the suf…