Chapter 55, COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-18001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18001) Sec. 5-18001. Appointment of Judicial Advisory Council. In any county of this State containing more than five hundred thousand inhabitants, it shall be lawful for the County Board to provide by resolution for the creation of a body,…

(55 ILCS 5/5-18002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18002) Sec. 5-18002. Duties of Council. It shall be the duty of the Council, by continuous study of the problems involved, to devise means to effect the improvement of the administration of justice in and with relation to the county, and t…

(55 ILCS 5/5-18003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18003) Sec. 5-18003. Powers of Council. The Council is empowered to prepare and cause to be printed any and all drafts of bills intended to carry out its recommendations, as well as any and all reports, memoranda or other papers necessary …

(55 ILCS 5/5-18004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18004) Sec. 5-18004. Office quarters. The county board shall provide and maintain office quarters for the use of the Council in the transaction of its business. The number and compensation of the clerical, expert and other assistance to be…

(55 ILCS 5/5-18005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18005) Sec. 5-18005. Expenses. The County Board shall appropriate from the county treasury, from year to year, such sums as it may deem necessary and reasonable to defray the expenses of the Council in the performance of its duties. (Sourc…

(55 ILCS 5/5-19001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19001) Sec. 5-19001. Creation of safety council. The county board of any county may, by resolution, provide for the creation of a safety council for the county to consist of such number of members to serve for such terms as may be provided…

(55 ILCS 5/5-19002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19002) Sec. 5-19002. Powers and duties of council. The safety council shall conduct safety programs and safety educational campaigns to promote the protection and conservation of life and property and the prevention of accidents in the cou…

(55 ILCS 5/5-19003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19003) Sec. 5-19003. Appropriations. The county board may appropriate from the county treasury such sums as it may deem necessary to defray the expenses of the safety council in the performance of its duties. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-20001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20001) Sec. 5-20001. Powers and duties of board of health. The board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the supervisor, assessor and town clerk of every town in counties under township organization, sh…

(55 ILCS 5/5-20002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20002) Sec. 5-20002. Additional powers. The boards of health shall have the following powers: First--To do all acts, make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease. Second…

(55 ILCS 5/5-20003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20003) Sec. 5-20003. Violations. Any person who shall violate or refuse to obey, any rule or regulation of the said board of health, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. All fines collected under the provisions of this Division shall …

(55 ILCS 5/5-20004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20004) Sec. 5-20004. Record. The clerk of the board of county commissioners, or the town clerk, as the case may be, shall keep a full record of all the doings of said board and report the same to the annual meeting of such board of county …

(55 ILCS 5/5-20005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20005) Sec. 5-20005. Compensation. Except as hereinafter provided, the members of such boards of health shall be allowed for the time spent in the performance of their duties, each the sum of $1.50 per day, which together with all bills by…

(55 ILCS 5/5-2001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2001) Sec. 5-2001. Raising tax in addition to statutory limit. Whenever the county board deems it necessary to assess taxes the aggregate of which exceeds the taxes which are authorized to be levied without a vote of the people as provided …

(55 ILCS 5/5-2002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2002) Sec. 5-2002. Raising tax in addition to constitutional limit. Whenever the county board shall deem it necessary to assess taxes the aggregate of which shall exceed the constitutional limit of 75¢ per $100 valuation of the property of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-2003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2003) Sec. 5-2003. Duration of excess levy; submission to vote of question of discontinuing additional tax. In the event an excess tax has been voted as provided by Section 5-2001 and the order of the county board shall not have limited the…

(55 ILCS 5/5-2004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2004) Sec. 5-2004. Revocation of authority to levy excess tax; submission to vote. In the event an excess tax has been voted as provided by Section 5-2002 and the order of the county board shall not have limited the time such excess will be…

(55 ILCS 5/5-2005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2005) Sec. 5-2005. Inclusion of question of issuing bonds and raising tax. If it shall be deemed necessary to submit to a vote of the people at the same election, the question of issuing bonds and the raising of such additional tax, either …

(55 ILCS 5/5-2006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2006) Sec. 5-2006. Tax for Veterans Assistance Commission. The county board of each county having a population of less than 3 million in which there is a Veterans Assistance Commission as provided in Section 9 of the Military Veterans Assis…

(55 ILCS 5/5-2007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2007) Sec. 5-2007. Election; form of proposition; validation. Where, in any county prior to March 13, 1961, a majority of the legal voters voting on the proposition to issue county bonds and voting to levy an additional annual tax for the p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21001) Sec. 5-21001. Establishment and maintenance of county home. In any county which establishes and maintains a county sheltered care home or a county nursing home for the care of infirm or chronically ill persons, as provided in Sectio…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21002) Sec. 5-21002. Cemeteries connected with facility. Any county which, on January 1, 1980, operates a county sheltered care home, county nursing home or county home for the aged, and in connection therewith maintains a cemetery for ind…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21003) Sec. 5-21003. Management contracts for sheltered care or nursing homes. The county board may, pursuant to Section 5-21006, provide by contract for the management of a county sheltered care home or county nursing home, including the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-21004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21004) Sec. 5-21004. Joint county homes. Any county may contract with another county or counties jointly to secure, by purchase or otherwise, necessary lands, and to erect and maintain a county sheltered care home or county nursing home un…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21005) Sec. 5-21005. Management of home or farm. Each county sheltered care home or county nursing home shall be conducted by the county, or counties in the case of a joint home, through its or their officers or employees, except that mana…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21006) Sec. 5-21006. Rules governing county boards. When a county board has decided by majority vote to provide for the management of a county sheltered care home or county nursing home by contract, it shall comply with the following: (a) …

(55 ILCS 5/5-21007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21007) Sec. 5-21007. Name of joint home. The County Board of the county, or County Boards in the case of a joint home, shall select a suitable name for the home but no name shall employ any word or term indicating that the home is maintain…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21008) Sec. 5-21008. Licensing and regulation. Any county sheltered care home or county nursing home established under this Division shall be subject to the provisions of the "Nursing Home Care Act", as amended. (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-10…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21009) Sec. 5-21009. Purchase of care. Any infirm or chronically ill resident of the county, or resident of participating counties in the case of a joint home, who desires to purchase care and maintenance in the county home with his own fu…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21010) Sec. 5-21010. Admission of persons unable to purchase care and maintenance. Any infirm or chronically ill resident of the county, or of a participating county in the case of a joint home, who is unable to purchase care and maintenan…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21011) Sec. 5-21011. Payment of charges. The charge for care of each patient shall be paid to the superintendent of the home, or otherwise, as provided by the governing County Board or Boards. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-21012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21012) Sec. 5-21012. Reports by superintendent. The superintendent of the home shall annually, and at such other times as may be required by the governing County Board or Boards, make full and complete reports of all moneys received and ex…

(55 ILCS 5/5-21013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21013) Sec. 5-21013. Records pertaining to patients. The governing County Board or Boards shall keep or cause to be kept accurate records relating to the identification, residence, dates of admission and discharge, and medical history of a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22001) Sec. 5-22001. Establishment and maintenance of homes for the aged. Any county is authorized to purchase or construct, equip, operate and maintain one or more homes for the aged. In order to finance any such home, any county may borr…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22002) Sec. 5-22002. Rules and regulations; admissions. The county board, as the case may be, may make such reasonable rules and regulations regarding the management and control of any home for the aged as may be required to accomplish the…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22003) Sec. 5-22003. Bonds. All bonds issued under this Division shall bear interest of 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 sold by the i…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22004) Sec. 5-22004. Rentals. Whenever bonds are issued under this Division, the county board shall establish rentals for the use of any home sufficient at all times to pay maintenance and operation costs, and the principal of and interest…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22005) Sec. 5-22005. Deposit of revenues. Whenever revenue bonds are issued under this Division, the revenues derived from the operation of the home shall be set aside as collected and shall be deposited in a separate fund in the county tr…

(55 ILCS 5/5-22006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-22006) Sec. 5-22006. Redemption of bonds with federal funds. Bonds issued under this Division may be redeemed in whole or in part with any funds provided for such purpose by the government of the United States. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-23001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23001) Sec. 5-23001. Establishment of tuberculosis sanitarium. The county board of each county of this State shall have the power in the manner hereinafter provided, to establish and maintain a county tuberculosis sanitarium, and branches,…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23002) Sec. 5-23002. Abolishment of board of directors. The county board of each county which has appointed a board pursuant to this Division may, by resolution abolish such board provided such resolution also provides that: (a) in countie…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23003) Sec. 5-23003. Use of vacant facilities. When part of the facilities of a sanitarium established and maintained under this Division are vacant and not needed for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, the boar…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23004) Sec. 5-23004. Closure of unnecessary in-patient facility. If the board of directors finds that it is no longer necessary to provide an in-patient facility to serve the residents suffering from tuberculosis, it may recommend to the c…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23005) Sec. 5-23005. Out-patient and follow-up services upon closing of facility. A board of directors, upon whose recommendation the county board has closed its sanitarium as provided in Section 5-23004, shall continue in existence and pr…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23006) Sec. 5-23006. Referendum; joint facilities. When 100 legal voters of any county shall present a petition, to the County Board of such county asking that an annual tax may be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a county t…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23007) Sec. 5-23007. Appointment of board of directors. When in any county such a proposition, for the levy of a tax for a county tuberculosis sanitarium has been adopted as aforesaid, the chairman or president, as the case may be, of the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-23008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23008) Sec. 5-23008. Term of office; removal. Where the board of directors is to be composed of 3 directors, one of the directors shall hold office for one year, another for 2 years and another for 3 years from the first day of July follow…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23009) Sec. 5-23009. Vacancies; compensation. Vacancies in the board of directors, occasioned by removal, resignation, or otherwise, shall be reported to the county board, and be filled in like manner as original appointments; and no direc…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23010) Sec. 5-23010. Organization of board; powers. Said directors shall, immediately after appointment, meet and organize, by the election of one of their number as president and one as secretary, and by the election of such other officer…

(55 ILCS 5/5-23011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23011) Sec. 5-23011. Additional powers; severability. Said board of directors shall also have power to adapt and equip a sanitarium building or buildings or part thereof to fit the same for the accommodation, reception, detention, care and…