Chapter 55, COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-1010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1010) Sec. 5-1010. Time of fixing compensation of county officers. The time of fixing the compensation of county officers, which compensation is to be fixed by the county board, shall be at a meeting of such board held before the regular el…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1011) Sec. 5-1011. Separation of funds. Whenever a tax is levied for the payment of a specific debt, the amount of such tax collected shall be kept as a separate fund in the county treasury, and expended only in the liquidation of such inde…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1012) Sec. 5-1012. Issuance of county bonds. When the county board of any county deems it necessary to issue county bonds to enable them to perform any of the duties imposed upon them by law, they may, by an order, entered of record, specif…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1013) Sec. 5-1013. Neglect of duty. If any member of the county board of any county in this State shall wilfully neglect to perform any of the duties which are or shall be required of him by law, as a member of the county board, he shall, f…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1014) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1014) Sec. 5-1014. Powers generally. The county board of each county has the powers enumerated in the Sections following this Section and preceding Section 5-1105, subject to conditions therein stated. Powers conferred on counties are in ad…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1014.3) Sec. 5-1014.3. Agreements to share or rebate occupation taxes. (a) On and after June 1, 2004, a county board shall not enter into any agreement to share or rebate any portion of retailers' occupation taxes generated by retail sales of tangible personal proper…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1014.5) Sec. 5-1014.5. County board chairman; veto; procedure. In counties with a population between 700,000 and 3,000,000, (i) each county appropriation ordinance that is passed that includes appropriations for the county or multiple-county health department and (ii…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1015) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1015) Sec. 5-1015. Care and custody of property. A county board may take and have the care and custody of all the real and personal estate owned by the county. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1016) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1016) Sec. 5-1016. Management of county funds and business. A county board may manage the county funds and county business, except as otherwise specifically provided. A county board may invest any trust fund, subject to its control and not …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1017) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1017) Sec. 5-1017. Coordinator of Federal and State Aid. A county board may create an office of Coordinator of Federal and State Aid reporting to the county board and assisting the board with development programs for which State or federal …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1018) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1018) Sec. 5-1018. Reimbursement for expenses; employment of personnel. A county board may reimburse the chairman and other members of the county board for travel and other expenses necessarily incurred while in the conduct of the business …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1018.5) Sec. 5-1018.5. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A county must comply with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the Illinois Transparency and Accounta…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1019) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1019) Sec. 5-1019. Examination and settlement of accounts. A county board may examine and settle all accounts against the county, and all accounts concerning the receipts and expenditures of the county, to issue purchase orders and make pay…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1020) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1020) Sec. 5-1020. Trust agreements for funds retained pending construction completion. Whenever any county has entered into a contract for the repair, remodeling, renovation or construction of a building or structure or the construction or…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1021) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1021) Sec. 5-1021. Prompt payment. Purchases made pursuant to this Code shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act". (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1022) Sec. 5-1022. Competitive bids. (a) Any purchase by a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants, or an elected official in a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants, including an elected official with control of the internal operations of the office, of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1023) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1023) Sec. 5-1023. Workhouse. A county board may: cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, a suitable workhouse, in which persons convicted of offenses punishable by imprisonment in the county jail may be confined and employed; make rule…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1024) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1024) Sec. 5-1024. Taxes. A county board may cause to be levied and collected annually, except as hereinafter provided, taxes for county purposes, including all purposes for which money may be raised by the county by taxation, in counties h…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1025) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1025) Sec. 5-1025. Tax for expense of conducting elections and maintaining system of permanent registration of voters. In counties of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a county board may levy and collect, in odd numbered years, a tax of not …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1026) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1026) Sec. 5-1026. Accumulation of surplus of general taxes for building purposes; referendum. Within the rate limitations set out in Section 5-1024 and subject to the referendum provisions of this Section, a county of less than 500,000 inh…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1027) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1027) Sec. 5-1027. Bonds for purchase of voting machines. A county board may issue bonds, in such amounts as may be required for the purpose of acquiring voting machines or electronic voting systems as required by the general election law a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1028) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1028) Sec. 5-1028. Tax for emergency ambulance service; referendum. In any county which is not a home rule county, a county board may levy and collect, annually, a tax of not to exceed .25% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Depa…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1028.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1028.1) Sec. 5-1028.1. Distribution of tax receipts balance. Any unobligated balance remaining in the County Retailers' Occupation Tax Fund on December 31, 1989, which fund was abolished by Public Act 85-1135, and all receipts of county t…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1028.2) Sec. 5-1028.2. Emergency ambulance service. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may, by ordinance, agree to provide emergency ambulance service to any portion of a fire protection district that the county is already providing emergency ambula…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1029) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1029) Sec. 5-1029. Stream clearing and brush removal. A county board may undertake stream clearing and brush removal on free flowing streams in the county, with the consent of adjacent landowners holding title to the stream bed or to land n…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1030) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1030) Sec. 5-1030. Hotel rooms, tax on gross rental receipts. (a) The corporate authorities of any county may by ordinance impose a tax upon all persons engaged in such county in the business of renting, leasing or letting rooms in a hotel …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1031) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1031) Sec. 5-1031. County real estate transfer tax. (a) The county board of a county may impose a tax upon the privilege of transferring title to real estate, as represented by the deed that is filed for recordation, and upon the privilege …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1031.1) Sec. 5-1031.1. Home rule real estate transfer taxes. (a) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and subject to this Section, a home rule county may impose or increase a tax or other fee on the privilege of transferring ti…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1032) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1032) Sec. 5-1032. County Automobile Renting Occupation Tax. The corporate authorities of a county may impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the business of renting automobiles in the county, but outside any municipality, at the rate of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1033) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1033) Sec. 5-1033. County Automobile Renting Use Tax. The corporate authorities of a county may impose a tax upon the privilege of using, in such county an automobile which is rented from a rentor outside Illinois, and which is titled or re…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1034) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1034) Sec. 5-1034. Tax for provision of social services for senior citizens. The county board may annually impose a tax of not to exceed .025 percent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the taxable pr…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1035.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1035.1) Sec. 5-1035.1. County Motor Fuel Tax Law. (a) The county board of the counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, Will, and McHenry may, by an ordinance or resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected or appo…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1035.2) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1035.2) Sec. 5-1035.2. County economic development tax. (a) A county with a population under 100,000 may levy an annual tax on all the taxable property in the county, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for the purpose …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1036) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1036) Sec. 5-1036. Vacation of town plats. A county board may authorize the vacation of any town plat when the same is not within any incorporated town, village or city, on the petition of two-thirds of the owners thereof: Provided, that an…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1037) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1037) Sec. 5-1037. Change of names of town plats. A county board may change the name of any town plat on the petition of a majority of the legal voters residing therein when the inhabitants thereof have not become a body corporate. (Source:…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1038) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1038) Sec. 5-1038. Historical museums; tourism grants. A county board may own and operate historical museums and may make grants to not-for-profit tourism organizations from federal, State or any other monies available. (Source: P.A. 86-962…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1039) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1039) Sec. 5-1039. Tuberculosis sanitarium. A county board may cause to be erected, or otherwise provided and maintained, all suitable buildings for a sanitarium for the care and treatment of all persons suffering from tuberculosis who may …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1040) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1040) Sec. 5-1040. Transfer, sale or lease of hospital. With regard to any hospital operated by a county, a county board may transfer, sell or lease such hospital, pursuant to an ordinance or resolution, to a responsible corporation, hospit…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1041) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1041) Sec. 5-1041. Maps, plats and subdivisions. A county board may prescribe, by resolution or ordinance, reasonable rules and regulations governing the location, width and course of streets and highways and of floodplain, stormwater and f…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1041.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1041.1) Sec. 5-1041.1. School land donations. The governing board of a school district that is located in a county having a population of less than 3,000,000 may submit to the county board a written request that a meeting be held to discu…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1042) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1042) Sec. 5-1042. Maps, plats and subdivisions in certain counties. In any county with a population not in excess of 500,000 located in the area served by the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Planning Commission, a county board may estab…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1043) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1043) Sec. 5-1043. Water and sanitary facilities. Whenever a county resolution or ordinance requires the installation of water mains, sanitary sewers, drains, or other facilities for sewers and drains, the construction of any roadways or th…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1044) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1044) Sec. 5-1044. Recording of contracts. Any contract entered into between the county board and a subdivider pursuant to Section 5-1043 shall be filed with the recorder of the county. The recording of the contract in this manner shall ser…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1045) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1045) Sec. 5-1045. Home rule counties. Sections 5-1043 and 5-1044 do not apply to any county which is a home rule unit. This and the foregoing Sections 5-1043 and 5-1044 are not a prohibition upon the contractual and associational powers gr…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1046) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1046) Sec. 5-1046. Radio stations for police and fire protection purposes. A county board may purchase, lease or otherwise acquire and maintain and operate, a radio broadcasting station, for police and fire protection purposes only, in its …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1047) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1047) Sec. 5-1047. Garbage, waste and refuse facilities. A county board may furnish grounds or other facilities for the disposal, treatment or recycling of garbage, waste and refuse by sanitary landfill methods or other appropriate technolo…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1048) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1048) Sec. 5-1048. Contracts for garbage disposal or recycling. A county board may contract with any city, village, incorporated town, or any person, corporation, or other county, or any agency created by intergovernmental agreement, for a …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1049) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049) Sec. 5-1049. Public grounds. A county board may accept or receive through gift, grant, legacy, dedication in plats of subdivision or otherwise, parks, playgrounds, areas enclosing flood plains, floodwater runoff channels and detention…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1049.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1049.1) Sec. 5-1049.1. Lease of public lands. The county board may enter into agreements to lease lands owned by the county for $1 per year if the county board determines that the lease will serve public health purposes or public safety p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2) Sec. 5-1049.2. Lease of county property. (a) The county board may lease real estate acquired or held by the county for any term not exceeding 99 years and may lease the real estate when, in the opinion of the county board, the real estate is no longer necessa…