Chapter 5, GENERAL PROVISIONS

(5 ILCS 560/2) (from Ch. 1, par. 4552) Sec. 2. Acceptance of retrocession. Retrocession of partial or full jurisdiction shall be effected upon written acceptance by the Governor, or someone authorized to act for him, to the principal officer of the United States Veteran's Adminis…

(5 ILCS 312/2-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-101) Sec. 2-101. Appointment. (a) The Secretary of State may appoint and commission as notaries public for a 4-year term as many persons resident in a county in this State as he deems necessary. The Secretary of State may appoint and com…

(5 ILCS 312/2-101.5) Sec. 2-101.5. Course of study and examination. (a) Except as required in subsection (c), applicants applying for the first time as a notary public or as an electronic notary public or applying to renew his or her appointment as a notary public or as an electr…

(5 ILCS 312/2-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-102) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-486) Sec. 2-102. Application. (a) Application for notary public commission. Every applicant for appointment and commission as a notary shall complete an application in a format prescribe…

(5 ILCS 312/2-102.5) Sec. 2-102.5. Online application system. (a) The Secretary of State may establish and maintain an online application system that permits an Illinois resident to apply for appointment and commission as a notary public or electronic notary public. (b) Any such …

(5 ILCS 312/2-102.6) Sec. 2-102.6. Database of notaries public. The Secretary of State may maintain a database of notaries public on a publicly-accessible website which: (1) any interested person may use to verify the authority and good standing of a listed individual to perform …

(5 ILCS 312/2-102.7) Sec. 2-102.7. Registration of electronic notarization technology. (a) Notaries holding an electronic notary public commission shall register the capability to notarize electronically before performing any electronic notarial acts with the Secretary of State. …

(5 ILCS 312/2-103) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-103) Sec. 2-103. Appointment fee. (a) Every applicant for appointment and commission as a notary public shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $15. Ten dollars from each applicant fee shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.…

(5 ILCS 312/2-104) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-104) Sec. 2-104. Oath. (a) Every applicant for appointment and commission as a notary public shall take the following oath: "I, (name of applicant), solemnly affirm, under the penalty of perjury, that the answers to all questions in this…

(5 ILCS 312/2-105) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-105) Sec. 2-105. Bond. (a) Every application for appointment and commission as a notary public shall be accompanied by or logically associated with an executed bond commencing on the date of the appointment with a term of 4 years, in the…

(5 ILCS 312/2-107) Sec. 2-107. Notary public remittance agent. (a) Every company, corporation, association, organization, or person that remits notary public applications to the Secretary of State on behalf of applicants for appointment and commission as a notary public, for comp…

(5 ILCS 120/2.01) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.01) Sec. 2.01. All meetings required by this Act to be public shall be held at specified times and places which are convenient and open to the public. No meeting required by this Act to be public shall be held on a legal holiday unless the…

(5 ILCS 120/2.02) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.02) Sec. 2.02. Public notice of all meetings, whether open or closed to the public, shall be given as follows: (a) Every public body shall give public notice of the schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar or fiscal y…

(5 ILCS 120/2.03) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.03) Sec. 2.03. In addition to the notice required by Section 2.02, each body subject to this Act must, at the beginning of each calendar or fiscal year, prepare and make available a schedule of all its regular meetings for such calendar or…

(5 ILCS 120/2.04) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.04) Sec. 2.04. The notice requirements of this Act are in addition to, and not in substitution of, any other notice required by law. Failure of any news medium to receive a notice provided for by this Act shall not invalidate any meeting p…

(5 ILCS 120/2.05) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.05) Sec. 2.05. Recording meetings. Subject to the provisions of Section 8-701 of the Code of Civil Procedure, any person may record the proceedings at meetings required to be open by this Act by tape, film or other means. The authority hol…

(5 ILCS 120/2.06) (from Ch. 102, par. 42.06) Sec. 2.06. Minutes; right to speak. (a) All public bodies shall keep written minutes of all their meetings, whether open or closed, and a verbatim record of all their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording. Minutes …

(5 ILCS 120/2.07) Sec. 2.07. Meetings on election days; prohibited. (a) A public body may not hold or schedule a regular or special meeting on the day of a general primary election, a general election, a consolidated primary election, or a consolidated election, as defined in the…

(5 ILCS 75/2.1) Sec. 2.1. Transitional provisions; bills passed in 1994. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2, a bill passed after June 30, 1994 but before January 1, 1995 shall become effective on July 1, 1995 unless the General Assembly by a vote of three-fifths of the members elected…

(5 ILCS 140/2.10) Sec. 2.10. Payrolls. Certified payroll records submitted to a public body under Section 5(a)(2) of the Prevailing Wage Act are public records subject to inspection and copying in accordance with the provisions of this Act; except that contractors' employees' add…

(5 ILCS 140/2.15) Sec. 2.15. Arrest reports and criminal history records. (a) Arrest reports. The following chronologically maintained arrest and criminal history information maintained by State or local criminal justice agencies shall be furnished as soon as practical, but in no…

(5 ILCS 140/2.20) Sec. 2.20. Settlement and severance agreements. All settlement and severance agreements entered into by or on behalf of a public body are public records subject to inspection and copying by the public, provided that information exempt from disclosure under Secti…

(5 ILCS 140/2.25) Sec. 2.25. Demolition, repair, enclosure, or remediation records. Demolition, repair, enclosure, or remediation records submitted to a county under Section 5-1121 of the Counties Code or a municipality under Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code are pub…

(5 ILCS 140/2.5) Sec. 2.5. Records of funds. All records relating to the obligation, receipt, and use of public funds of the State, units of local government, and school districts are public records subject to inspection and copying by the public. (Source: P.A. 96-542, eff. 1-1-1…

(5 ILCS 315/2.5) Sec. 2.5. Findings and declarations; court reporters. The General Assembly finds and declares: (1) It is the public policy of the State of Illinois and the intent of the General Assembly that State employees, including the Illinois official certified court report…

(5 ILCS 375/2.5) Sec. 2.5. Application to Northern Illinois Transit Authority Board members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Board who first becomes a member of that …

(5 ILCS 375/2.6) Sec. 2.6. Application to Suburban Bus Board members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the Suburban Bus Board who first becomes a member of that Board on or after the effective date of this a…

(5 ILCS 375/2.7) Sec. 2.7. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the Commuter Rail Board who first becomes a member of that Board on or after the effective date of this…

(5 ILCS 375/2.8) Sec. 2.8. Application to Chicago Transit Authority Board members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the Chicago Transit Authority Board who first becomes a member of that Board on or after th…

(5 ILCS 375/2.9) Sec. 2.9. State healthcare purchasing. On and after the date 6 months after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-488), as provided in the Executive Order 1 (2012) Implementation Act, all of the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related …

(5 ILCS 347/20) Sec. 20. Publicly posting a public official's personal information on the Internet by persons, businesses, and associations. (a) Prohibited Conduct. (1) All persons, businesses, and associations shall refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the Internet pub…

(5 ILCS 327/20) Sec. 20. Administration of Act. (a) A participating employee subject to this Act who wishes to donate blood, an organ, or bone marrow shall request in advance leave under this Act. (b) An employee may use (i) up to 30 days of organ donation leave in any 12-month p…

(5 ILCS 490/20) (from Ch. 1, par. 3051-20) Sec. 20. Chaplains Day. (a) Chaplains far from home in places scattered throughout the world give comfort and solace to Americans wherever they may be found; therefore, it is fitting and proper that America's and Illinois' Chaplains be o…

(5 ILCS 460/20) (from Ch. 1, par. 2901-20) Sec. 20. Official language. The official language of the State of Illinois is English. (Source: P.A. 87-273.)

(5 ILCS 315/20) (from Ch. 48, par. 1620) Sec. 20. Prohibitions. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require an individual employee to render labor or service without his consent, nor shall anything in this Act be construed to make the quitting of his labor by an individ…

(5 ILCS 160/20) (from Ch. 116, par. 43.23) Sec. 20. Nonrecord materials or materials not included within the definition of records as contained in this Act may be destroyed at any time by the agency in possession of such materials without the prior approval of the Commission. The…

(5 ILCS 815/20) Sec. 20. Compensation for investigations. Compensation for participation in an investigation of an officer-involved criminal sexual assault under Section 10 of this Act may be determined in an intergovernmental or interagency agreement. (Source: P.A. 100-515, eff.…

(5 ILCS 283/20) Sec. 20. Fines. (a) Whenever any person pleads guilty to or is found guilty of an offense under this Act, a fine may be levied in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court. (b) In determining whether to impose a fine under this Section and the amount, tim…

(5 ILCS 810/20) Sec. 20. Applicability. This Act and the changes made to this Act by Public Act 100-699 only apply to property seized on and after July 1, 2018. (Source: P.A. 100-699, eff. 8-3-18; 100-1163, eff. 12-20-18.)

(5 ILCS 615/20) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5020) Sec. 20. All leases shall provide that the lessee shall drill an offset well to any well on adjoining land which is within three hundred fifty (350) feet of any outer boundary of the land covered by the lease, and which well on adjoini…

(5 ILCS 179/20) Sec. 20. Applicability. (a) This Act does not apply to the collection, use, or disclosure of a social security number as required by State or federal law, rule, or regulation. (b) This Act does not apply to documents that are recorded with a county recorder or req…

(5 ILCS 177/20) Sec. 20. State agency Web site license application accessibility. An executive branch State agency shall make applications for licenses under the jurisdiction of that State agency accessible by means of a State agency Web site to the general public no later than J…

(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 805/20) Sec. 20. Law enforcement training. By January 1, 2018, every law enforcement agency shall provide guidance to its law enforcement officials on compliance with Section 15 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 100-463, eff. 8-28-17.)

(5 ILCS 590/20) (from Ch. 1, par. 7170) Sec. 20. Authority to accept retrocession of jurisdiction with respect to certain land within the Savanna Army Depot Activity. (a) Pursuant to the provisions of Title 10, United States Code, Section 2683, the State of Illinois hereby author…

(5 ILCS 855/20) Sec. 20. Information retention. If a law enforcement agency obtains household electronic data under paragraphs (1) through (3) of Section 15 and does not file criminal charges, the agency shall destroy all information obtained within 60 days after obtaining the da…

(5 ILCS 282/20) Sec. 20. Procedure. (a) The circuit court has jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, and remedy violations of Article 33 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or violations of a similar federal offense after a hearing or trial, as appropriate, by i…

(5 ILCS 860/20) Sec. 20. Exemptions to confidentiality of reported information. Information regarding a report or information submitted to the program under Section 10, including any identifying information, may be disclosed as follows: (1) By the Illinois State Police, a law enf…

(5 ILCS 825/20) Sec. 20. Reporting requirements. (a) In order to ensure compliance with this Act, starting on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, law enforcement agencies shall submit a report annually to the Attorney General. This report shal…

(5 ILCS 840/20) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-681) Sec. 20. Confidentiality; exemptions. (a) Any communication made by an employee of an emergency services provider or law enforcement agency or peer support advisor in a peer support counseling session and any oral…