Chapter 55, COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-1084) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1084) Sec. 5-1084. Regulation of water craft. In a county having less than 1,000,000 population, in public waters not under the jurisdiction of any municipality, the county board may regulate all water craft in a manner not inconsistent wit…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1085) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1085) Sec. 5-1085. Ambulances. In counties of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, a county board may license and regulate ambulances and ambulance drivers, attendants and equipment. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1085.5) Sec. 5-1085.5. Homicide and questionable death protocol. Each county, except home rule counties, must establish a written protocol to deal with homicides and questionable deaths. The protocol must be promulgated by the Coroner, Sheriff, State's Attorney, all …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1086) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1086) Sec. 5-1086. Clinic for alcoholics and substance abusers. A county board may cause to be erected, or otherwise provided and maintained, all suitable buildings for a clinic for the medical care, treatment and rehabilitation of all pers…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1086.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1086.1) Sec. 5-1086.1. Substance Abuse Services Fund. (a) In any county that has by county board action established a program of pretrial bond home supervision by use of an approved monitoring device, or a program using an approved monito…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1087) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1087) Sec. 5-1087. Alteration of duties, powers and functions of county officers. No county board may alter the duties, powers and functions of county officers that are specifically imposed by law. A county board may alter any other duties,…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1088) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1088) Sec. 5-1088. Grants to Community Action Agencies. A county board may make grants to Community Action Agencies which serve residents within the county from funds received by the county pursuant to the "State and Local Fiscal Assistance…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1089) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1089) Sec. 5-1089. Youth service bureaus. A county board may provide for the establishment or maintenance, or may enter into contractual agreements with other counties, townships or municipalities for the establishment or maintenance of you…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1090) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1090) Sec. 5-1090. Runaway or homeless youths. A county board may annually appropriate funds to private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing services to runaway or homeless youths and their families. The services may include…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1091) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1091) Sec. 5-1091. Transportation vehicles or services for senior citizens. A county board may expend funds or make grants or loans of funds derived either from taxes collected annually for county purposes or from funds received by the coun…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1092) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1092) Sec. 5-1092. Inoperable motor vehicles. A county board may declare by ordinance inoperable motor vehicles, whether on public or private property, to be a nuisance and authorize fines to be levied for the failure of any person to obey …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1093) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1093) Sec. 5-1093. Federal funds. A county board may receive funds from the United States government under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383; the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, Public Law 101-625…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1094) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1094) Sec. 5-1094. Funds received pursuant to Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973. A county board may receive funds from the United States pursuant to the "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973", Public Law 93-203,…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1095) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1095) Sec. 5-1095. Community antenna television systems; satellite transmitted television programming. (a) The County Board may license, tax or franchise the business of operating a community antenna television system or systems within the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1095.1) Sec. 5-1095.1. County franchise fee or service provider fee review; requests for information. (a) If pursuant to its franchise agreement with a community antenna television system (CATV) operator, a county imposes a franchise fee authorized by 47 U.S.C. 542 o…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1096) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1096) Sec. 5-1096. Community antenna television systems; interference with and payment for access. (a) In any instance in which a county has granted a franchise to any community antenna television company to construct, operate or maintain a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1096.5) Sec. 5-1096.5. Cable and video competition. (a) A person or entity seeking to provide cable service or video service in this State after June 30, 2007 (the effective date of Public Act 95-9) shall either (1) obtain a State-issued authorization pursuant to Sec…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1097) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1097) Sec. 5-1097. Massage parlors and bathhouses. A county board may regulate and license massage parlors and bathhouses in unincorporated areas of the county. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1097.5) Sec. 5-1097.5. Adult entertainment facility. It is prohibited within an unincorporated area of a county to locate an adult entertainment facility within 3,000 feet of the property boundaries of any school, early care and education center, cemetery, public par…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1097.7) Sec. 5-1097.7. Local ordinances to regulate adult entertainment facilities and obscenity. (a) Definitions. In this Act: "Specified anatomical area" means human genitals or pubic region, buttocks, anus, or the female breast below a point immediately above the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1098) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1098) Sec. 5-1098. Cooperation with Department on Aging. A county board may cooperate with the Department on Aging, created by the Illinois Act on the Aging, and appropriate county funds and provide in kind services to assist such departmen…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1099) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1099) Sec. 5-1099. Weed cutting on residential subdivision lots. In counties of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, a county board may provide for the cutting of weeds on lots in subdivisions in residential areas in the unincorporated area of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1100) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1100) Sec. 5-1100. Contracts for weather modification. A county board may contract or otherwise provide for weather modification. For purposes of this Section, "weather modification" means any activity intended to produce artificial changes…

(55 ILCS 5/5-11001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11001) Sec. 5-11001. Construction and maintenance of parking facilities. Any county is hereby authorized to: (a) Own, construct, equip, manage, control, erect, improve, extend, maintain and operate motor vehicle parking lots, garages, park…

(55 ILCS 5/5-11002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11002) Sec. 5-11002. Bonds. All bonds issued under authority of this Division shall bear interest at not more than the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, and may be …

(55 ILCS 5/5-11003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11003) Sec. 5-11003. Ordinances; publication. The county board availing of the provisions of this Division shall adopt an ordinance describing in a general way the contemplated project and refer to plans and specifications therefor, which …

(55 ILCS 5/5-11004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11004) Sec. 5-11004. Charges and fees. Whenever bonds are issued as provided by this Division it shall be the duty of the county board to establish charges and fees for the use of any such parking facilities sufficient at all times to pay …

(55 ILCS 5/5-11005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11005) Sec. 5-11005. Disposition of funds. Whenever revenue bonds are issued under this Division, the revenues derived from the operation of the project shall be set aside as collected and be deposited in a separate fund, separate and apar…

(55 ILCS 5/5-11006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11006) Sec. 5-11006. Contract with bondholders. The provisions of this Division, and of any ordinance or other proceeding authorizing the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Division, shall constitute a contract with the holders…

(55 ILCS 5/5-11007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11007) Sec. 5-11007. Regulation by county board. The county board is hereby granted authority to make all reasonable rules and regulations of the county regarding the management and control and use of any such parking facility or facilitie…

(55 ILCS 5/5-11008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-11008) Sec. 5-11008. Leases; disposition of revenue. The county board is hereby given the authority to lease all or any part of any such parking facilities, and to fix and collect the rentals therefor, and to fix, charge and collect rental…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1101.3) Sec. 5-1101.3. Additional fees to finance new judicial facilities. The county boards of Kane County, Kendall County, and Will County may by ordinance impose a judicial facilities fee to be used for the building of new judicial facilities. (a) In setting such …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1102) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1102) Sec. 5-1102. Injuries caused by regional board of school trustees member; indemnification. In case any injury to the person or property of another is caused by a member of the regional board of school trustees while the member is enga…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1103.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1103.1) Sec. 5-1103.1. Contract for police protection. In counties having fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants, the county board may contract, with advice and consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request for contract services is …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1104) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104) Sec. 5-1104. Removal of obstructions from streams, lakes, ponds, and other water courses-stream maintenance. The county boards of the several counties in this State which have adopted by ordinance a Storm Water Management Plan may, in…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1104.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104.1) Sec. 5-1104.1. If a forest preserve district organized under the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act has, either before or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, adopted a comprehensive policy for the manageme…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1105) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1105) Sec. 5-1105. Lease from public building commission. In addition to all the rights and powers conferred on any county board under this Code or any other Acts, a county board may acquire, under lease or otherwise, any real or personal p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1106) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1106) Sec. 5-1106. County offices, equipment and expenditures. It shall be the duty of the county board of each county: First--To erect or otherwise provide when necessary, and the finances of the county will justify it, and keep in repair,…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1106.1) Sec. 5-1106.1. Public records; Internet access. (a) Any county may provide Internet access to public records maintained in electronic form. This access shall be provided at no charge to the public. Any county that provides public Internet access to records ma…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1107) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1107) Sec. 5-1107. Rooms for persons reporting for jury duty. In providing the necessary court house facilities as required in Section 5-1106, the county board in any circuit composed of only one county with a population of over 300,000 inh…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1108) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1108) Sec. 5-1108. Additional duties of recorder in counties of less than 1,000,000. In counties with a population of less than 1,000,000, the county board, by ordinance or resolution, may authorize the recorder to (a) establish a map makin…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1109) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1109) Sec. 5-1109. Assessment maps in counties of less than 1,000,000. The county board of any county having a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants may whenever in the opinion of the board it becomes necessary, retain the services …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1110) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1110) Sec. 5-1110. Contents of building permit. Every county board which issues building or occupancy permits shall forward a copy of the building or occupancy permit to the township assessor and a copy to the county assessor, supervisor of…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1111) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1111) Sec. 5-1111. Application for building permit. The county board of every county containing 500,000 or more inhabitants which issues building permits shall require each applicant for such a building permit to include, in his application…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1112) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1112) Sec. 5-1112. Discontinuance of issuing of building permits. The county board of every county which issues building permits for the construction of buildings may discontinue the issuing of such permits within a prescribed area if it de…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1113) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1113) Sec. 5-1113. Ordinance and rules to execute powers; limitations on punishments. The county board may pass all ordinances and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary, to carry into effect the powers granted to counties, with…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1114) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1114) Sec. 5-1114. Violation of ordinance. (a) Except as provided in Section 10-302.5 of the Illinois Highway Code or subsection (b) of this Section, in all actions for the violation of any county ordinance, the first process shall be a sum…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1115) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1115) Sec. 5-1115. Retail food establishments. (a) The county board of any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants may license and regulate and impose license fees on all retail food establishments in the county except t…

(55 ILCS 5/5-1116) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1116) Sec. 5-1116. Rules and regulations. The county board may pass all ordinances or resolutions and make all rules and regulations proper or necessary to carry into effect the provisions of Section 5-1115 with such fines or penalties not …

(55 ILCS 5/5-1117) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1117) Sec. 5-1117. Discharge of firearms. (a) The county board of any county may, by ordinance, regulate or prohibit within unincorporated areas the discharge of firearms in any residential area where such discharge is likely to subject res…