Chapter 50 — LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(50 ILCS 5/0.01) (from Ch. 85, par. 50) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Government Relocation Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(50 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 51) Sec. 1. Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of enemy attack, or the anticipated effects of a threatened enemy attack, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regula…

(50 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 52) Sec. 2. During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location, or locations, the governing body and other officers of a political subdivision of this State shall have and possess and shall exercise, …

(50 ILCS 5/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 53) Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act shall control and be supreme in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding any statutory, charter or ordinance provision to the contrary or in conflict herewith. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 774.)

(50 ILCS 10/0.01) (from Ch. 85, par. 1010) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Regional Council Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(50 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1011) Sec. 1. Establishment. The governing bodies of any two or more governmental units, including, but not limited to: counties, cities, villages, school districts, townships, and special purpose districts, and private regional organizations, ma…

(50 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1012) Sec. 2. Membership. Membership of the council shall consist of one representative from each governmental unit or private regional organization entering into the agreement. Private regional organizations shall be selected by the elected publ…

(50 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 1013) Sec. 3. Powers and Duties. The council has power to: (1) study such area governmental problems common to two or more members of the council as it deems appropriate, including but not limited to matters affecting health, safety, welfare, edu…

(50 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 1014) Sec. 4. By-Laws. The council shall adopt by-laws designating the officers of the council and providing for the conduct of its business. (Source: P.A. 76-913.)

(50 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 1015) Sec. 5. Staff. The council may employ such staff, and consult and retain such experts, as it deems necessary. (Source: P.A. 76-913.)

(50 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 1016) Sec. 6. Finances; Annual Report. (a) The governing bodies of the member governments may appropriate funds to meet the expenses of the council. Services of personnel, use of equipment and office space, and other necessary services may be acc…

(50 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 1017) Sec. 7. Severability. If any provision of this Act, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the inv…

(50 ILCS 15/0.01) (from Ch. 85, par. 1020) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Regional Planning Commission Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(50 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1021) Sec. 1. Governing bodies of counties, cities, or other local governmental units, when authorized by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, may cooperate with the governing bodies of the counties and cities or other governing b…

(50 ILCS 20/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1031) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Public Building Commission Act. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 905.)

(50 ILCS 20/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 1040) Sec. 10. A Public Building Commission shall provide for the proper safekeeping of its records, subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act", enacted by the Seventy-second General Assembly, and shall keep a minute book for the recor…

(50 ILCS 20/11) (from Ch. 85, par. 1041) Sec. 11. The Treasurer of a Public Building Commission shall be the legal custodian of all funds derived from the issuance of bonds provided for under this Act and of all revenues derived from the operation of any project under this Act an…

(50 ILCS 20/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 1042) Sec. 12. The Board of Commissioners may employ such technical, professional, and clerical assistants as are necessary and expedient for the proper performance of its duties and for the accomplishment of the objects and purposes of the Comm…

(50 ILCS 20/12.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1042.1) Sec. 12.1. 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.)

(50 ILCS 20/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 1043) Sec. 13. This Act being designed to effect a public use and purpose, the corporate authorities of the municipal corporation or corporations creating the Public Building Commission and the corporate authorities of any other municipal corpor…

(50 ILCS 20/14) (from Ch. 85, par. 1044) Sec. 14. A Public Building Commission is a municipal corporation and constitutes a body both corporate and politic separate and apart from any other municipal corporation or any other public or governmental agency. It may sue and be sued, …

(50 ILCS 20/14.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1044.1) Sec. 14.1. In addition to the permanent financing authorized by Sections 14 and 15 of this Act, the board of commissioners of any public building commission may borrow money and issue interim notes in evidence thereof, in the manner fo…

(50 ILCS 20/14.2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1044.2) Sec. 14.2. Relocation assistance payment. In addition to all other powers authorized under this Act, a public building commission shall have the power to make the following relocation assistance payments where such relocation assistanc…

(50 ILCS 20/14.3) Sec. 14.3. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-…

(50 ILCS 20/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 1045) Sec. 15. Whenever and as often as the Board of Commissioners determines to issue bonds as provided in this Act, it shall adopt a resolution describing the area to be acquired, the nature of the improvements thereon, the disposition to be m…

(50 ILCS 20/16) (from Ch. 85, par. 1046) Sec. 16. Any trust agreement or agreements entered into with or for the benefit of the bondholders may prescribe by whom or on whose behalf action may be taken by the bondholders, and in the absence of any such provision in the trust agree…

(50 ILCS 20/16.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1046.1) Sec. 16.1. The total amount of outstanding bonds issued by any Public Building Commission of any municipality or county with a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall not exceed 5% of the total assessed value of taxable pro…

(50 ILCS 20/17) (from Ch. 85, par. 1047) Sec. 17. The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks an…

(50 ILCS 20/18) (from Ch. 85, par. 1048) Sec. 18. Whenever, and as often as, a municipal corporation having taxing power enters into a lease with a Public Building Commission, the governing body of such municipal corporation shall provide by ordinance or resolution, as the case m…

(50 ILCS 20/19) (from Ch. 85, par. 1049) Sec. 19. Any contract let for the construction, repair, alteration, or improvement of any building or buildings, the demolition thereof, or removal of debris resulting therefrom, or any other contract let for any other type of construction…

(50 ILCS 20/19.1) Sec. 19.1. Public Building Commission in municipality over 500,000. On or before December 1, 1995 and on or before the first day of May and first day of December of each subsequent calendar year, the Public Building Commission created and organized under this Ac…

(50 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1032) Sec. 2. It is hereby found and declared that there exist in many county seats and in many municipalities within this State inadequate and outmoded public improvements, buildings and facilities for the furnishing of essential governmental se…

(50 ILCS 20/2.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 2.5. Legislative policy; conditions for use of design-build. It is the intent of the General Assembly that a commission be allowed to use the design-build delivery method for public projects if it is shown t…

(50 ILCS 20/20) (from Ch. 85, par. 1050) Sec. 20. Contracts let to lowest responsible bidder; competitive bidding; advertisement for bids; design-build contracts. (a) All contracts to be let for the construction, alteration, improvement, repair, enlargement, demolition or removal…

(50 ILCS 20/20.10) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 20.10. Small design-build projects. In any case where the total overall cost of the project is estimated to be less than $12,000,000, the Commission may combine the two-phase procedure for design-build sel…

(50 ILCS 20/20.15) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 20.15. Submission of design-build proposals. Design-build proposals must be properly identified and sealed. Proposals may not be reviewed until after the deadline for submission has passed as set forth in …

(50 ILCS 20/20.20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 20.20. Design-build award. The Commission may award a design-build contract to the highest overall ranked entity. Notice of award shall be made in writing. Unsuccessful entities shall also be notified in w…

(50 ILCS 20/20.25) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 20.25. Minority and female owned enterprises; total construction budget. (a) Each year, within 60 days following the end of a commission's fiscal year, the commission shall provide a report to the General …

(50 ILCS 20/20.3) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 20.3. Solicitation of design-build proposals. (a) When the Commission elects to use the design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of intent to receive proposals for the project at least 14 days b…

(50 ILCS 20/20.4) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 20.4. Development of design-build scope and performance criteria. (a) The Commission shall develop, with the assistance of a licensed design professional, a request for proposal, which shall include scope a…

(50 ILCS 20/20.5) (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2027) Sec. 20.5. Procedures for design-build selection. (a) The Commission must use a two-phase procedure for the selection of the successful design-build entity. Phase I of the procedure will evaluate and shortlist t…

(50 ILCS 20/21) (from Ch. 85, par. 1051) Sec. 21. All leases, contracts, deeds of conveyance, or instruments in writing executed by the Commission, shall be executed in the name of the Commission by the Chairman and Secretary of the Commission, or by such other officers as the Bo…

(50 ILCS 20/22) (from Ch. 85, par. 1052) Sec. 22. All property of the Public Building Commission shall be exempt from taxation by the State or any taxing unit therein. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 905.)

(50 ILCS 20/22.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1052.1) Sec. 22.1. (a) Any Public Building Commission which has not issued any bonds, has no indebtedness, and has no operational leases may be dissolved upon the filing, by the presiding officer of the municipality, county seat or county boar…

(50 ILCS 20/23) (from Ch. 85, par. 1053) Sec. 23. The provisions of this Act and the applications thereof to any person or circumstance are declared to be severable. If any section, clause, sentence, paragraph, part or provision of this Act shall be held to be invalid by any Cour…

(50 ILCS 20/23.5) Sec. 23.5. Continuation of Sections 2.5, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.10, 20.15, 20.20, and 20.25 of this Act; validation. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) When Public Act 95-595 (effective June 1, 2008) amended the Public Building Commission Act, i…

(50 ILCS 20/23.6) Sec. 23.6. Continuation of Sections 2.5, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.10, 20.15, 20.20, and 20.25; validation under this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares all of the following: (1) Public Act 100-736, which took ef…

(50 ILCS 20/24) (from Ch. 85, par. 1054) Sec. 24. This Act being necessary for or desirable for and intended to secure the public convenience and welfare, the provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed to give effect to the provisions hereof. (Source: Laws 1955, p. 905.)…

(50 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 1033) Sec. 3. The following terms, wherever used, or referred to in this Act, mean unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (a) "Commission" means a Public Building Commission created pursuant to this Act. (b) "Commissioner" or "C…

(50 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 1034) Sec. 4. The governing body of any municipality with 3,000 or more inhabitants or any county seat or the county board of any county may, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members, determine that there is need and that it is in the b…