Chapter 55 — COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-10003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-10003) Sec. 5-10003. Operation without license. Any person or persons operating or maintaining a dance hall, or road house at the time this Division takes effect, shall be privileged to continue the operation and maintenance of such dance …

(55 ILCS 5/5-10004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-10004) Sec. 5-10004. Qualifications for license. A license to operate or maintain a dance hall may be issued by the county board to any citizen, firm, or corporation of the State: (1) who submits a written application for a license, which …

(55 ILCS 5/5-10004a) Sec. 5-10004a. Applicant convictions. (a) Applicants shall not be required to report the following information and the following information shall not be considered in connection with an application for a license under this Act: (1) Juvenile adjudications of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-10005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-10005) Sec. 5-10005. Investigation of application; fee. The county board may make a thorough investigation to determine the fitness of the applicant and the truth of the statements made in and accompanying the application, but its decision…

(55 ILCS 5/5-10006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-10006) Sec. 5-10006. Hours of operation. All dance halls and road houses subject to the provisions of this Division shall be open to the public only during reasonable hours, and the county board may designate such reasonable hours and esta…

(55 ILCS 5/5-10007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-10007) Sec. 5-10007. Revocation of license. The president of the county board may revoke the license of any licensee: (1) Who knowingly permits any person under sixteen years of age to be present in or to frequent such dance hall or road h…

(55 ILCS 5/5-10008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-10008) Sec. 5-10008. Prohibited persons. It shall be unlawful for any known person engaged in the sex trade, male or female procurer, vagrant, or intoxicated person to be present at any dance hall or road house licensed under this Division…

(55 ILCS 5/5-10009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-10009) Sec. 5-10009. Violations. Any person who violates any provision of this Division, or who makes a false statement concerning any material fact in submitting an application for a license or for a renewal of a license or in any hearing…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1001) Sec. 5-1001. Corporate name of county. Each county which has been, or may be established in this State, according to the laws thereof, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The county of ....," and by that n…

(55 ILCS 5/5-10010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-10010) Sec. 5-10010. State property. The provisions of this Division shall have no application to dance halls or dance pavilions located upon any State property or within any State park, belonging to the State of Illinois, nor to any conce…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1002) Sec. 5-1002. Indemnity of sheriff or deputy. If any injury to the person or property of another is caused by a sheriff or any deputy sheriff, while the sheriff or deputy is engaged in the performance of his or her duties as such, and …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1002.5) Sec. 5-1002.5. Indemnity of regional superintendent of schools and assistants. A county may indemnify and protect the regional superintendent of schools and the assistant regional superintendents against civil rights damage claims and suits, constitutional ri…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1003) Sec. 5-1003. Indemnity of public defender or assistant public defender. If any injury to the person or property of another is caused by a public defender or any assistant public defender, while the public defender or assistant public …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1003.5) Sec. 5-1003.5. Indemnification for autopsies performed by physicians. A county shall indemnify and hold harmless a physician who has been appointed or designated by the county or the coroner's office to perform autopsies for all of the physician's acts, omiss…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1004) Sec. 5-1004. Exercise of corporate powers. The powers of the county as a body corporate or politic, shall be exercised by a county board, to wit: In counties under township organization (except the County of Cook), by the county board…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005) Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power: 1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate necessary for the uses of the county, and to purchase and hold, for the benefit of the county, real estate sold by virtue of judic…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1005.10) Sec. 5-1005.10. Ordinances penalizing tenants who contact police or other emergency services prohibited. (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: "Contact" includes any communication made by a tenant, landlord, guest, neighbor, or other individual to police…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1005.5) Sec. 5-1005.5. Advisory referenda. By a vote of the majority of the members of the county board, the board may authorize an advisory question of public policy to be placed on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election in the county. The county board …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1006) Sec. 5-1006. Home Rule County Retailers' Occupation Tax Law. Any county that is a home rule unit may impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property, other than an item of tangible personal …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5) Sec. 5-1006.5. Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax For Public Safety, Public Facilities, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation. (a) The county board of any county may impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1006.7) Sec. 5-1006.7. School facility and resources occupation taxes. (a) In any county, a tax shall be imposed upon all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property, other than personal property titled or registered with an agency of this S…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1006.8) Sec. 5-1006.8. County Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax Law. (a) This Section may be referred to as the County Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax Law. The corporate authorities of any county may, by ordinance, impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the bus…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1006.9) Sec. 5-1006.9. County Grocery Occupation Tax Law. (a) The corporate authorities of any county may, by ordinance or resolution that takes effect on or after January 1, 2026, impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the business of selling groceries at retail i…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1007) Sec. 5-1007. Home Rule County Service Occupation Tax Law. The corporate authorities of a home rule county may impose a tax upon all persons engaged, in such county, in the business of making sales of service at the same rate of tax im…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1008) Sec. 5-1008. Home Rule County Use Tax. The corporate authorities of a home rule county may impose a tax upon the privilege of using, in such county, any item of tangible personal property which is purchased at retail from a retailer, …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1008.5) Sec. 5-1008.5. Use and occupation taxes. (a) The Rock Island County Board may adopt a resolution that authorizes a referendum on the question of whether the county shall be authorized to impose a retailers' occupation tax, a service occupation tax, and a use …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1009) Sec. 5-1009. Limitation on home rule powers. Except as provided in Sections 5-1006, 5-1006.5, 5-1006.8, 5-1006.9, 5-1007, and 5-1008, on and after September 1, 1990, no home rule county has the authority to impose, pursuant to its hom…

(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…