Chapter 55, COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-30004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30004) Sec. 5-30004. Authority to protect and preserve landmarks and preservation districts. The county board of each county shall have the following authority: (1) to establish and appoint by ordinance a preservation study committee and t…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30005) Sec. 5-30005. Appointment of preservation study committee. Prior to the establishment of a preservation commission the county board shall by ordinance or resolution appoint from nominations submitted by the chief executive officer o…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30006) Sec. 5-30006. Composition and term of preservation study committee. The preservation study committee shall consist of from 5 to 9 members who shall be residents of the county or of any incorporated municipality within it. Among the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-30007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30007) Sec. 5-30007. Compensation, expenses and funds. The county board may compensate the study committee on a per diem or per meeting basis with a mileage allowance for travel, and may appropriate to the study committee from any funds un…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30008) Sec. 5-30008. Authority of preservation study committee. The study committee shall have the following authority: (1) to review and evaluate any existing State, county or local surveys and to undertake a preliminary survey of incorpo…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30009) Sec. 5-30009. Presentation of preservation study committee report; termination of committee. The report and recommendations of the study committee, including the proposed preservation ordinance upon a recommendation that a preservat…

(55 ILCS 5/5-3001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-3001) Sec. 5-3001. Deeds and conveyances; validation. All deeds, grants and conveyances heretofore made, and duly acknowledged and recorded as other deeds, conveying any lands, tenements or hereditaments to any county or to the inhabitants …

(55 ILCS 5/5-30010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30010) Sec. 5-30010. Minimum content of preservation ordinance. Every preservation ordinance proposed by a preservation study committee and enacted by a county board pursuant to this Division is required, at a minimum, to contain the follo…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30011) Sec. 5-30011. Authority of preservation commission. Every preservation commission established by ordinance of the county board pursuant to the report and recommendations of the preservation study committee shall have the following p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30012) Sec. 5-30012. Appointment of preservation commission. The county board may by ordinance appoint a preservation commission from names submitted by the presiding officers of the county board. The preservation commission shall consist …

(55 ILCS 5/5-30013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30013) Sec. 5-30013. Meetings of preservation commission. Meetings of a preservation commission shall be held monthly, except in those months when no business is pending, and shall be held at such times and places within the county as the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-30014) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30014) Sec. 5-30014. Nomination of landmarks and preservation districts. The preservation commission or any person may propose landmarks of preservation districts for designation by the county board by filing a nomination with the preserva…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30015) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30015) Sec. 5-30015. Conduct of public hearing. Oral or written testimony shall be taken at the public hearing from any person concerning the nomination. The preservation commission may solicit expert testimony or present its own evidence …

(55 ILCS 5/5-30016) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30016) Sec. 5-30016. Recommendation of preservation commission. Within 60 days following close of the public hearing, the preservation commission shall make its determination upon the evidence whether the proposed landmark or preservation …

(55 ILCS 5/5-30017) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30017) Sec. 5-30017. Designation by ordinance; publication of map. The county board, upon a recommendation from the preservation commission that the proposed landmark or preservation district should be designated, shall review the report a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30018) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30018) Sec. 5-30018. Certificate of appropriateness. A certificate of appropriateness from a preservation commission established pursuant to this Division shall be required before any significant alteration, construction, demolition or rem…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30019) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30019) Sec. 5-30019. Certificate of economic hardship. A certificate of economic hardship shall be issued by a preservation commission established pursuant to this Division upon a determination by it that the failure to issue a certificate…

(55 ILCS 5/5-3002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-3002) Sec. 5-3002. Contractual rights of county; suits. All notes, bonds, bills, contracts, covenants, agreements or writings, made or to be made, whereby any person is or shall be bound to the People of the State of Illinois, or to any cou…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30020) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30020) Sec. 5-30020. Evidence of economic hardship. An applicant for a certificate of economic hardship may submit any or all of the following information in order to assist a preservation commission in its determination on the application…

(55 ILCS 5/5-30021) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30021) Sec. 5-30021. Determination of economic hardship. The preservation commission, upon a determination after review of all evidence and information that the denial of a certificate of appropriateness has denied, or will deny the owner …

(55 ILCS 5/5-30022) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30022) Sec. 5-30022. Appeals. The final denial of a certificate of appropriateness or a certificate of economic hardship by a preservation commission is an administrative decision as defined in Section 3-101 of the Administrative Review La…

(55 ILCS 5/5-3003) Sec. 5-3003. Contracts for goods and services valued at more than $30,000. (a) As used in this Section, "familial relationship" means an individual's father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, nie…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31001) Sec. 5-31001. Subtitle. This Division shall be subtitled the County Historical Museum District Law. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-31002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31002) Sec. 5-31002. Purpose. The purpose of this Division is to provide for the creation of county historical museum districts to acquire real property and collect and curate materials which help establish or illustrate the history of the…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31003) Sec. 5-31003. Definitions. As used in this Division unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "museum district" means a museum district organized under this Division. (b) "board" means the board of trustees of a museum district. (c…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31004) Sec. 5-31004. Election. (a) In any county having less than 1,000,000 population which is not organized as a forest preserve district and in which the county board has not in any 3 of the past 5 years levied taxes in support of an hi…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31005) Sec. 5-31005. Board of trustees. The affairs of a museum district shall be managed by a board of 5 trustees. If the museum district is composed of one county, the trustees shall be residents of the county. If the museum district is …

(55 ILCS 5/5-31006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31006) Sec. 5-31006. Organization of board. Within 60 days after their appointment, the trustees shall organize by selecting from their number a president, secretary, treasurer and such other officers as are deemed necessary who shall hold…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31007) Sec. 5-31007. Funds. The board of any museum district, when requested by the treasurer, shall designate a bank, banks or other depository in which the funds received by the treasurer may be placed. Each designated depository shall f…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31008) Sec. 5-31008. Ordinances. All ordinances of the board imposing any penalty or making any appropriations shall be published at least once a week for 2 weeks in at least one general circulation newspaper published in the museum distri…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31009) Sec. 5-31009. Judicial effect. The courts of this State shall take judicial notice of the existence of a museum district and its jurisdiction. A museum district shall constitute a body corporate and public and as such may sue and be…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31010) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31010) Sec. 5-31010. Consultation. Every museum district shall seek the guidance of and consult with the Illinois State Museum and related agencies on all matters relating to preservation and restoration policies and plans. (Source: P.A. 8…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31011) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31011) Sec. 5-31011. Preservation. Every museum district shall consider the preservation of natural conditions and protection of any material which may help to establish or illustrate the history of the county as part of its principal purp…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31012) Sec. 5-31012. Powers of district. To the extent necessary to carry out the purpose of this Division and in addition to any other powers, duties, and functions vested in museum districts by law, but subject to limitations and restric…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31013) Sec. 5-31013. Transfer of property. No personal or real property may be disposed of, sold, conveyed or otherwise transferred except upon approval of 3/5 of the district trustees. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-31014) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31014) Sec. 5-31014. Finance. The fiscal year of each museum district shall commence July 1 and extend through the following June 30. The board of each museum district shall, on or before the second Tuesday in September of each year, adopt…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31015) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31015) Sec. 5-31015. Donations. Gifts, contributions and bequests of money and all licenses, fees, charges and other revenue received or collected by the museum district shall be deposited in the treasury of the museum district to be used …

(55 ILCS 5/5-31016) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31016) Sec. 5-31016. Indebtedness. Whenever a museum district does not have sufficient money in its treasury to meet all necessary expenses and liabilities, it may issue tax anticipation warrants. Such issue of tax anticipation warrants sh…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31017) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31017) Sec. 5-31017. Historical buildings. Nothing in this Division shall prohibit the museum district from appropriating funds as otherwise provided in this Division for the construction, equipment, extension, improvement, operation or ma…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31018) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31018) Sec. 5-31018. Assistance. A museum district may apply for and receive the grant or loan of money or other financial aid necessary for the undertaking, performance or execution of any of its purposes from any department or agency of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-31019) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31019) Sec. 5-31019. Existing county museum tax levy. Nothing in this Division shall be construed to prohibit or modify existing tax levies for county museums as authorized by Division 6-23. (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-31020) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31020) Sec. 5-31020. Dissolution. At least 5% of the voters of a museum district which has been in existence for at least 3 years may file with the circuit clerk of the county comprising the museum district or the county within the museum …

(55 ILCS 5/5-31021) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-31021) Sec. 5-31021. Construction. This Division shall be construed as supplemental and in addition to existing statutory authority and as providing an independent method of financing the cost of acquiring lands or rights thereof and holdi…

(55 ILCS 5/5-31022) Sec. 5-31022. Cessation of district organization. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a majority vote of the board is in favor of the proposition to annex the district to another district whose boundaries are contiguous, or consolidate the district …

(55 ILCS 5/5-32001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-32001) Sec. 5-32001. Right to make local improvements. Any county may make a local improvement outside of a municipality, as defined in Section 1-1-2 of the "Illinois Municipal Code", whenever the public necessity requires such improvement…

(55 ILCS 5/5-32002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-32002) Sec. 5-32002. Definitions. In this Division the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context indicates otherwise: "Local improvements" means the constructing, installing, improving or extending of storm sewe…

(55 ILCS 5/5-32003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-32003) Sec. 5-32003. Committee of local improvements. There is created the Committee of Local Improvements consisting of the presiding officer of the County Board, or some person designated by him as his representative for the purposes of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-32004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-32004) Sec. 5-32004. Origination of local improvements. The Committee may originate a local improvement as defined in this Division anywhere in the county outside of a municipality, as defined in Section 1-1-2 of the "Illinois Municipal Co…

(55 ILCS 5/5-32005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-32005) Sec. 5-32005. Applicability of Division. The provisions of this Division may be made applicable to improvement of a private street or road upon petition signed by 3/5 of the owners of record of properties abutting or served by such …

(55 ILCS 5/5-32006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-32006) Sec. 5-32006. Public hearing on resolution. After the adoption of the resolution for a local improvement as provided for in this Division, the Committee by a resolution shall fix a day and hour for a public hearing thereon. The hear…