Chapter 55, COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/3-7004) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7004) Sec. 3-7004. Clerical and technical staff assistants and hearing officers. The Board is authorized to employ such clerical and technical staff assistants as may be necessary to enable the Board to transact its business and to fix thei…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7005) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7005) Sec. 3-7005. Meetings. As soon as practicable after the members of the Board have been appointed, they shall meet, upon the call of the Sheriff, and shall organize by selecting a chairman and a secretary. The initial chairman and secr…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7006) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7006) Sec. 3-7006. Rules, regulations and procedures; ranks. Pursuant to recognized merit principles of public employment, the Board shall formulate, adopt, and put into effect rules, regulations and procedures for its operation and the tra…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7008) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-578) Sec. 3-7008. Appointments. The appointment of deputy sheriffs in the Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs not employed as county police officers or county corrections officers…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7009) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7009) Sec. 3-7009. Promotions. Promotion of deputy sheriffs in the County Police Department, full-time deputy sheriffs not employed as county police officers or county corrections officers, and of employees in the County Department of Corre…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7010) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7010) Sec. 3-7010. Rules governing appointments and promotions. All appointments and promotions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Division and the rules and regulations of the Board without considering the political af…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7011) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7011) Sec. 3-7011. Disciplinary measures. Disciplinary measures prescribed by the Board may be taken by the sheriff for the punishment of infractions of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Board. Such disciplinary measures may incl…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7012) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7012) Sec. 3-7012. Removal, demotion or suspension. Except as is otherwise provided in this Division, no deputy sheriff in the County Police Department, no full-time deputy sheriff not employed as a county police officer or county correctio…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7013) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7013) Sec. 3-7013. Political activities. No deputy sheriff in the County Police Department and no employee in the County Department of Corrections shall participate in any manner in the activities or interests of any political party or of a…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7014) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7014) Sec. 3-7014. Appropriations. A sufficient sum of money shall be appropriated each year by the county board to carry out the provisions of this Division in the county. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-7015) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7015) Sec. 3-7015. Investigations by Board. The Board shall investigate the enforcement of this Division and its rules, and the conduct and action of the appointees herein provided for. In the course of such investigation each member of the…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7016) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7016) Sec. 3-7016. Certification of appointments, vacancies and findings. The Board shall certify to the county clerk or other auditing officers, all appointments to offices and places as may be classified, and all vacancies occurring there…

(55 ILCS 5/3-7017) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7017) Sec. 3-7017. Payments of salaries or wages. No county clerk, comptroller or other auditing officer of the county shall approve the payment of, or be in any manner concerned in paying salary or wages to any person for services as an of…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8001) Sec. 3-8001. Subtitle. This Division shall be subtitled the "Sheriff's Merit System Law". (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/3-8002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8002) Sec. 3-8002. Applicability and adoption. The county board of every county having a county police department merit board established under the County Police Department Act (repealed) or a merit commission for sheriff's personnel establ…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8003) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8003) Sec. 3-8003. Appointment of Merit Commission. Any ordinance providing for the adoption and implementation of a merit system under this Division shall provide for the appointment of a Sheriff's Office Merit Commission consisting of 3 o…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8004) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8004) Sec. 3-8004. Removal of Merit Commission. No member of a Merit Commission shall be removed except for palpable incompetence or malfeasance in office upon written charges filed by or at the direction of the sheriff or the county board …

(55 ILCS 5/3-8005) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8005) Sec. 3-8005. Meetings; officers. As soon as practicable after the members of the Merit Commission have been appointed, the sheriff shall call the first meeting and they shall meet and organize by selecting a chairman, a vice chairman …

(55 ILCS 5/3-8006) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8006) Sec. 3-8006. Appropriations. A sufficient sum of money shall be provided each year by the county board to carry out the provisions of this Division. The county board may establish per diem compensation for members of the Commission an…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8007) Sec. 3-8007. Duties and jurisdiction of commission. The Merit Commission shall have the duties, pursuant to recognized merit principles of public employment, of certification for employment and promotion, and, upon complaint of the sh…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8008) Sec. 3-8008. Prior appointments. Notwithstanding anything in this Division to the contrary, any person certified pursuant to a merit system in effect before January 1, 1981 shall remain under the jurisdiction of the Commission. Any ce…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8009) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8009) Sec. 3-8009. Rules and regulations. Pursuant to recognized merit principles of public employment, the Commission shall formulate, adopt and put into effect, rules, regulations and procedures for its operation and the transaction of it…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8010) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8010) Sec. 3-8010. Certification of applicants. The appointment of all personnel subject to the jurisdiction of the Merit Commission shall be made by the sheriff from those applicants who have been certified by the Commission as being quali…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8011) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8011) Sec. 3-8011. Certification for promotion. Whenever a position in a higher rank is to be filled, the Merit Commission shall certify to the sheriff the names of eligible persons who stand highest upon the promotional register for the ra…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8012) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8012) Sec. 3-8012. Political affiliation. All appointments and promotions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Division and the rules and regulations of the Commission, without consideration of the political affiliation o…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8013) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8013) Sec. 3-8013. Disciplinary measures. Disciplinary measures for actions violating either the rules and regulations of the Commission or the internal procedures of the sheriff's office may be taken by the sheriff. Such disciplinary measu…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8014) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8014) Sec. 3-8014. Removal, demotion or suspension. Except as is otherwise provided in this Division, no certified person shall be removed, demoted or suspended except for cause, upon written charges filed with the Merit Commission by the s…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8015) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8015) Sec. 3-8015. Subpoenas; witnesses' fees; perjury. Any person who shall be served with a subpoena to appear and testify, or to produce books and papers, issued by the Merit Commission, or by any member thereof, and who shall refuse or …

(55 ILCS 5/3-8016) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8016) Sec. 3-8016. Reports to Merit Commission. The sheriff shall promptly notify the Merit Commission of all appointments, permanent or temporary, all promotions, suspensions, resignations or vacancies from any cause, and a record of the s…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8017) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8017) Sec. 3-8017. Enforcement of orders. If any provision of this Division or any order of the Merit Commission is violated by any person, regardless of whether that person's employment is under the jurisdiction of the Division, the Commis…

(55 ILCS 5/3-8018) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-8018) Sec. 3-8018. Multi-county operation. The county boards of 2 or more counties may, by enactment of uniform reciprocal ordinances consistent with this Division create a multi-county Merit Commission which shall be subject to this Divisi…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9001) Sec. 3-9001. Oath; bond. Before entering upon the respective duties of their office, the state's attorneys shall each be commissioned by the governor, and shall take the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear (or affirm, a…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9002) Sec. 3-9002. Commencement of duties. The State's attorney shall enter upon the duties of the office on the first day in the month of December following the election of the State's Attorney on which the State's attorney's office is req…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9003) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9003) Sec. 3-9003. Additional bond. Whenever the circuit court shall deem the bond filed by any State's attorney insufficient, the circuit court may require additional bond, in any penalty not exceeding that specified in Section 3-9001. (So…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9004) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9004) Sec. 3-9004. Failure to give bond or take oath. If any person elected to the office of State's attorney shall fail to give bond, or take the oath required of the State's Attorney, within twenty days after the person is declared electe…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9005) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005) Sec. 3-9005. Powers and duties of State's Attorney. (a) The duty of each State's Attorney shall be: (1) To commence and prosecute all actions, suits, indictments and prosecutions, civil and criminal, in the circuit court for the count…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9006) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9006) Sec. 3-9006. Internal operations of office; simultaneous county board tenure. (a) Internal operations of the office. The State's Attorney shall control the internal operations of the State's Attorney's office and procure the necessary…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9007) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9007) Sec. 3-9007. Home rule unit liquor tax ordinance; prosecutions. Where any county, municipality or other unit of local government has adopted any ordinance or other regulation imposing a tax upon the privilege of engaging in business a…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9008) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9008) Sec. 3-9008. Appointment of attorney to perform duties. (a) (Blank). (a-5) The court on its own motion, or an interested person in a cause or proceeding, civil or criminal, may file a petition alleging that the State's Attorney is sic…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9009) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9009) Sec. 3-9009. Private fee and employment prohibited. The State's attorney shall not receive any fee or reward from or in behalf of any private person for any services within the State's Attorney's official duties and shall not be retai…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9010) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9010) Sec. 3-9010. State's Attorney serving 2 or more counties. Whenever the county boards of 2 or more counties desire that one State's attorney be elected to serve such counties, as authorized in Section 19 of Article VI of the Constituti…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9011) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9011) Sec. 3-9011. Form of proposition; election. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall one State's Attorney YES be elected to serve the counties -…

(55 ILCS 5/3-9012) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9012) Sec. 3-9012. Compensation. A State's attorney who serves 2 or more counties shall receive such compensation from the State Treasury as is provided by law for the State's attorney of a single county. The State's Attorney shall be paid …

(55 ILCS 5/3-9013) Sec. 3-9013. Pension funds; job-related felony. If an employee who is covered under a retirement system or pension fund created under the Illinois Pension Code is convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with the employment for which…

(55 ILCS 5/4-10001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-10001) Sec. 4-10001. County board members. County board members elected pursuant to Division 2-3 shall receive such compensation as is fixed by the county board in accordance with the method of compensation selected by the county board. Su…

(55 ILCS 5/4-10005) Sec. 4-10005. County board salaries. (a) Notwithstanding Section 4-10001, a member of a county board shall not receive any salary or other compensation from the county if the member is receiving pension benefits from the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund unde…

(55 ILCS 5/4-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-1001) Sec. 4-1001. Counties classified. For the purpose of fixing the fees and compensation of county and township officers in this State, the several counties therein are hereby divided into 3 classes, according to population as ascertaine…

(55 ILCS 5/4-11001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-11001) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-1132, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 4-11001. Juror fees. Each county shall pay to grand and petit jurors for their services in attending courts the sums of $25 for the f…

(55 ILCS 5/4-11002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-11002) Sec. 4-11002. Juror's fees on inquest. The fees of each juror attending an inquest shall be fixed by the county board at a sum not to exceed $10 per inquest and not to exceed $40 per day, payable out of the county treasury, upon the…

(55 ILCS 5/4-12001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12001) Sec. 4-12001. Fees of sheriff in third class counties. The officers herein named, in counties of the third class, shall be entitled to receive the fees herein specified, for the services mentioned and such other fees as may be provi…