Chapter 55 — COUNTIES

(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) Sec. 5-1035. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-962. Repealed by P.A. 98-584, eff. 8-27-13.)

(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…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1050) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1050) Sec. 5-1050. Acquisition and improvement of land for industrial or commercial purposes. For the public purposes set forth in the Illinois Finance Authority Act, a county board may (1) acquire, singly or jointly with other counties or …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1051) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1051) Sec. 5-1051. Charitable donations for aid to persons in need of assistance. A county board may accept or receive through unsolicited gift, grant or legacy any charitable donation of food, medical services or supplies, goods, services,…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1052) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1052) Sec. 5-1052. Public health. During the period that Division 5-25 is in force in the particular county, a county board may: (1) do all acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1052.5) Sec. 5-1052.5. Contracts to care for vacant residential real estate. (a) A person, except for the servicer of a mortgage loan acting in that capacity, who contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, including, without limitation, the Departm…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1053) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1053) Sec. 5-1053. Terms and conditions of emergency ambulance service. Under the terms and conditions hereinafter set out, a county board may provide emergency ambulance service to or from points within or without the county; may contract …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1054) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1054) Sec. 5-1054. Contracts with Community Mental Health Board. A county board may enter into contractual agreements with any Community Mental Health Board having jurisdiction within the county. Such agreements shall be written and shall p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1055) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1055) Sec. 5-1055. Agreements with governmental entities of adjoining states relating to personal injuries. A county board may enter into agreements and cooperate with governmental entities of adjoining states for purposes related to provid…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1055.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1055.1) Sec. 5-1055.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-597, eff. 8-28-94. Repealed internally, eff. 9-6-97.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1055.5) Sec. 5-1055.5. Sharing use and occupation tax receipts. A county with a population between 180,000 and 200,000 may, but shall not be required to, enter into an intergovernmental agreement and by that agreement transfer to a home rule municipality that is loca…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1056) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1056) Sec. 5-1056. Powers granted under Emergency Telephone System Act. A county board may exercise the powers granted to counties under the Emergency Telephone System Act. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1056.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1056.1) Sec. 5-1056.1. Annexation to fire protection district. A county board may exercise the powers granted to county boards under Section 3.1 of "An Act in relation to fire protection districts", approved July 8, 1927, as now or hereaf…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1057) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1057) Sec. 5-1057. Weed control and eradication. A county board may create and establish a county weed control department and may provide for the control and eradication of weeds in the county. (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1057.5) Sec. 5-1057.5. Milkweed classification. (a) For purposes of this Section, "milkweed" means Asclepias syriaca or other native Asclepias species. (b) A county may not classify milkweed as a noxious or exotic weed. (c) A county may not classify milkweed in a man…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1058) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1058) Sec. 5-1058. Hawkers, peddlers, itinerant merchants, and transient vendors. A county board may regulate, in the manner authorized by this Section hawkers, peddlers, itinerant merchants and transient vendors of merchandise in any area …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1059) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1059) Sec. 5-1059. Licenses for entertainment or recreation and other businesses. A county board may license and regulate persons engaged, within the boundaries of the County but outside the limits of cities, villages, and incorporated town…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1060) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1060) Sec. 5-1060. Contracts for regulation of traffic. A county board may contract with school boards, hospitals, commercial and industrial facilities, and owners of shopping centers or apartment complexes for the purpose of regulating tra…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1061) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1061) Sec. 5-1061. Air contamination control. For the purpose of lessening or preventing the discharge of air contaminants, a county board may prescribe by ordinance for the regulation of (1) the design and installation of accessory or appu…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1062) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1062) Sec. 5-1062. Stormwater management. (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow management and mitigation of the effects of urbanization on stormwater drainage in metropolitan counties located in the area served by the Chicago Metropo…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1062.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1062.1) Sec. 5-1062.1. Stormwater management planning councils in Cook County. (a) Stormwater management in Cook County shall be conducted as provided in Section 7h of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. As used in this Secti…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1062.2) Sec. 5-1062.2. Stormwater management. (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow management and mitigation of the effects of urbanization on stormwater drainage in the metropolitan counties of Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, DeKalb, Ke…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1062.3) Sec. 5-1062.3. Stormwater management; DuPage and Peoria Counties. (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow management and mitigation of the effects of urbanization on stormwater drainage in the metropolitan counties of DuPage and Peoria, and references to …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1063) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1063) Sec. 5-1063. Building construction, alteration and maintenance. For the purpose of promoting and safeguarding the public health, safety, comfort and welfare, a county board may prescribe by resolution or ordinance reasonable rules and…