Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/11-24-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-24-2) Sec. 11-24-2. Every city of less than 100,000 inhabitants which has established and is supporting a public hospital may: (a) construct any public works project within or without the city or partially within and partially without the…

(65 ILCS 5/11-24-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-24-3) Sec. 11-24-3. Except in pursuance of any contract or agreement theretofore entered into by and between any municipality and any Federal Agency, no city specified in Section 11-24-2 shall borrow any money or deliver any bonds pursuan…

(65 ILCS 5/11-26-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-26-1) Sec. 11-26-1. The corporate authorities of any municipality with a population of 500,000 or more may establish, erect, and maintain maternity or lying-in hospitals, dispensaries, and other auxiliary institutions connected therewith …

(65 ILCS 5/11-26-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-26-2) Sec. 11-26-2. Every specified municipality which establishes such a hospital, dispensary, or other auxiliary institution has the power to charge to and collect from any person, who is able to pay, reasonable compensation for occupan…

(65 ILCS 5/11-26-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-26-3) Sec. 11-26-3. Every specified municipality has the power to accept donations of money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of such a hospital, dispensary, or other auxiliary institution, to be held, when accepted, acco…

(65 ILCS 5/11-26-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-26-4) Sec. 11-26-4. Every specified municipality may issue its bonds from time to time in anticipation of its revenue from its maternity or lying-in hospitals, dispensaries, and other auxiliary institutions. These bonds may be authorized …

(65 ILCS 5/11-26-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-26-5) Sec. 11-26-5. When revenue bonds are issued under Section 11-26-4, the entire revenue received from the operation of the specified hospitals, dispensaries, and other auxiliary institutions shall be deposited in a separate fund which…

(65 ILCS 5/11-26-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-26-6) Sec. 11-26-6. Every specified municipality has the power to secure grants and loans, or either, from the United States government, or any agency thereof, for financing the establishment and construction of any hospital, dispensary, …

(65 ILCS 5/11-27-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-27-1) Sec. 11-27-1. Any city may contribute such sums of money toward erecting, building, maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian public hospital located within its limits as the city council deems proper. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576…

(65 ILCS 5/11-28-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-28-1) Sec. 11-28-1. Whenever a city needs a lot or parcel of land as a site for a building to be erected for any hospital established and supported by the city, and the city cannot agree with the owners thereof upon the compensation there…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-1) Sec. 11-29.1-1. As used in this Division, "municipality" means any city, village or incorporated town; and "municipal" refers to any such municipality. Any municipality may provide facilities or services for the benefit of its m…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-10) Sec. 11-29.1-10. Any person who has been issued a statement of any sum due for maintenance charges for a mentally deficient person may petition the board of directors for a modification thereof, and the board shall provide for…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-11) Sec. 11-29.1-11. Upon request of the board of directors, the attorney for the municipality in which a person who is liable for payment of maintenance charges resides shall file suit to collect the amount due. The court may ord…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-12) Sec. 11-29.1-12. Upon the death of a person who is liable for maintenance charges imposed by Section 11-29.1-6 and who is possessed of property, the executor or administrator of his estate shall ascertain from the board of dir…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-13) Sec. 11-29.1-13. The Department of Human Services shall adopt general rules for the guidance of any board of directors, prescribing reasonable standards in regard to program, facilities and services for mentally deficient resi…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-2) Sec. 11-29.1-2. Whenever any municipality first levies the tax authorized in Section 11-29.1-1, it shall cause the ordinance levying the tax to be published in one or more newspapers published in the municipality within 10 days …

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-3) Sec. 11-29.1-3. When any municipality has authority to levy a tax for the purpose of this Division 29.1, the mayor or president of such municipality shall appoint a board of 3 directors who shall administer this Division 29.1. T…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-4) Sec. 11-29.1-4. The directors shall meet in July, annually, and elect one of their number as president and one as secretary, and shall elect such other officers as they deem necessary. They shall adopt such rules for the adminis…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-5) Sec. 11-29.1-5. The board of directors may accept any donation of property for the purpose specified in Section 11-29.1-1, and shall pay over to the municipal treasurer any money so received, within 30 days of the receipt thereo…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-6) Sec. 11-29.1-6. The board of directors may impose a maintenance charge upon the estate of any mentally deficient person receiving the benefits of the facilities or services prescribed in Section 11-29.1-1. If the estate of such …

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-7) Sec. 11-29.1-7. The rate at which the sums to be so charged as provided in Section 11-29.1-6 shall be calculated by the board of directors is the average per capita operating cost for all persons receiving the benefit of such fa…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-8) Sec. 11-29.1-8. The board of directors is authorized to investigate the financial condition of each person liable under Section 11-29.1-6 and is further authorized to make determinations of the ability of each such person to pay…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.1-9) Sec. 11-29.1-9. The use of the facilities or services specified in Section 11-29.1-1 shall not be limited or conditioned in any manner by the financial status or ability to pay of any recipient or person responsible. Records per…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.2-1) Sec. 11-29.2-1. Any city, village or incorporated town may enter into contractual agreements with any Community Mental Health Board having jurisdiction within the city, village or incorporated town. Such agreement shall be writt…

(65 ILCS 5/11-29.3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-29.3-1) Sec. 11-29.3-1. It being considered essential to the welfare of any municipality that decent, safe and sanitary housing be provided for senior citizens; any such municipality shall have the following powers with respect to senio…

(65 ILCS 5/11-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-3-1) Sec. 11-3-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish and erect correctional and penal institutions for the reformation or confinement of all persons convicted of violating any municipal ordinance, to make rules an…

(65 ILCS 5/11-3-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-3-2) Sec. 11-3-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may use the county jail, with the consent of the county board, for the confinement or punishment of offenders, subject to whatever conditions are imposed by law. (Source: Law…

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-1) Sec. 11-30-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate fences and party walls. Provisions of this act do not apply to railroad right of way fences which are regulated under Section 57 of the Public Utilities Act. …

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-10) Sec. 11-30-10. Municipality of 500,000 or more; landlord compliance program. (a) This Section applies only to municipalities having 500,000 or more inhabitants. (b) If a person is a legal or beneficial owner of a building containing rooms or groups of rooms u…

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-2) Sec. 11-30-2. For the purpose of lessening or avoiding the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from flooding, the corporate authorities of each municipality may prescribe rules and regulations for the construction an…

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-3) Sec. 11-30-3. In order to promote the public health and safety and the health and safety of the occupants of the premises herein defined, the corporate authorities may license, locate and regulate the use and construction of rooming…

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-4) Sec. 11-30-4. The corporate authorities of each municipality may prescribe the strength and manner of constructing all buildings, structures and their accessories and of the construction of fire escapes thereon. (Source: Laws 1961, …

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-5) Sec. 11-30-5. In order to promote the public health and safety and the health and safety of the occupants of the premises herein defined, the corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate and provide for supervision of eve…

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-6) Sec. 11-30-6. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate the lighting of stairs, vestibules, passageways and common ways in premises containing more than 2 flats or apartments and to require the owner, lessee, perso…

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-7) Sec. 11-30-7. In municipalities of 500,000 or more inhabitants or municipalities lying wholly or partly within a radius of 30 miles from the corporate limits of municipalities of 500,000 or more inhabitants, the corporate authoritie…

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-8) Sec. 11-30-8. The corporate authorities may prescribe rules and regulations for grading and draining of lots and construction of (1) paving for motor vehicle driveways and parking areas, (2) terraces, (3) retaining walls of masonry …

(65 ILCS 5/11-30-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-30-9) Sec. 11-30-9. The corporate authorities may prescribe rules and regulations for the construction of privately owned artificial basins of water used for swimming or wading, which use or need external buttresses or which are dug into …

(65 ILCS 5/11-31-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31-1) Sec. 11-31-1. Demolition, repair, enclosure, or remediation. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may demolish, repair, or enclose or cause the demolition, repair, or enclosure of dangerous and unsafe buildings or unco…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31-1.01) Sec. 11-31-1.01. Securing or enclosing abandoned residential property. (a) In the case of securing or enclosing an abandoned residential property as defined in Section 11-20-15.1, the municipality may elect to secure or enclose the exterior of a building or…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31-1.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31-1.1) Sec. 11-31-1.1. No owner of property who held title to the property when property taxes became delinquent and which taxes were still delinquent at the time of the foreclosure of a demolition lien by the corporate authorities of …

(65 ILCS 5/11-31-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31-2) Sec. 11-31-2. (a) If the appropriate official of any municipality determines, upon due investigation, that any building or structure therein fails to conform to the minimum standards of health and safety as set forth in the applicab…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31-2.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31-2.1) Sec. 11-31-2.1. (a) If a municipality petitions for appointment of a receiver pursuant to Section 11-31-2 of this Act and it clearly appears from specific facts shown by affidavit or by verified petition or verified complaint th…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31-2.2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31-2.2) Sec. 11-31-2.2. If a receiver is appointed pursuant to Section 11-31-2 of this Code, the receiver may file in the appointing Court an eviction action as provided in Article IX of the Code of Civil Procedure. Filing fees and cour…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31-2.3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31-2.3) Sec. 11-31-2.3. If a receiver is appointed pursuant to Section 11-31-2 of this Act, the applicant's bond shall be excused. The court also may excuse the surety on the receiver's bond upon a showing that the receiver is especiall…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-1) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-262) Sec. 11-31.1-1. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Code" means any municipal ordinance, law, housing or building code or zoning o…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-1.5) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 11-31.1-1.5. Building inspector requirements. A building inspector who performs inspections or examinations under this Division must: (1) hold one of the following certifi…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-10) Sec. 11-31.1-10. Findings, decision, order. At the conclusion of the hearing the hearing officer shall make a determination on the basis of the evidence presented at the hearing whether or not a code violation exists. The dete…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-11) Sec. 11-31.1-11. Administrative review. The findings, decision and order of the hearing officer shall be subject to review in the circuit court of the county where the municipality is located, and the provisions of the Adminis…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-11.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-11.1) Sec. 11-31.1-11.1. Judgment on findings, decision, order. (a) Any fine, other sanction or costs imposed, or part of any fine, other sanction or costs imposed remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exha…

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-12) Sec. 11-31.1-12. Sanctions applicable to owner - Property. The order to correct a code violation and the sanctions imposed by a municipality as the result of a finding of a code violation under this Division shall attach to th…