Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-11) Sec. 11-4-11. All provisions of law and ordinances authorizing the commitment and confinement of persons in jails, bridewells and other city prisons, are hereby made applicable to all persons who may or shall be, under the provision…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-12) Sec. 11-4-12. The inspectors of any such house of correction may establish in connection with the house of correction a department thereof, to be called a house of shelter, for the more complete reformation and education of females.…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-13) Sec. 11-4-13. The expenses of maintaining any such house of correction over and above all receipts for the labor of persons confined therein, and such sums of money as may be received from time to time by virtue of an agreement with…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-14) Sec. 11-4-14. The inspectors of any such house of correction may enter into an agreement with any officer of the United States authorized therefor to receive and keep in such house of correction any person sentenced thereto, or orde…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-15) Sec. 11-4-15. In any such city, which prior to July 1, 1871, established a bridewell for the confinement of convicted persons, such institution shall, immediately upon the appointment of the inspectors in this Division 4 contemplate…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-16) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-16) Sec. 11-4-16. The superintendent of any such house of correction shall receive a salary per annum, to be fixed by the corporate authorities of such city, to be paid quarterly. The superintendent shall keep a record of all infraction…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-17) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-17) Sec. 11-4-17. The inspectors of any such house of correction and the superintendent thereof, shall, before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the usual oath of office. The inspectors and superin…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-2) Sec. 11-4-2. The management and direction of any house of correction shall be under the control and authority of a board of inspectors, to be appointed for that purpose as in this section directed. The mayor of each city shall, by vir…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-3) Sec. 11-4-3. Whenever a board of inspectors has been organized, it may establish and adopt rules for the regulation and discipline of the house of correction, for which such board has been appointed. Upon the nomination of the superin…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-4) Sec. 11-4-4. The board of inspectors shall serve without fee or compensation. It shall be their duty to assure that the house of correction is operated in accordance with the minimum standards established by the Department of Correcti…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-5) Sec. 11-4-5. The books of the house of correction shall be kept so as to clearly exhibit the state of the prisoners, the number received and discharged, the number employed as servants or in cultivating or improving the premises, the …

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-6) Sec. 11-4-6. The corporate authorities of such city may require such further reports and exhibits of the condition and management of such institution as to them shall seem necessary and proper, and may, with the approval of the mayor,…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-7) Sec. 11-4-7. The superintendent of the house of correction shall have entire control and management of all its concerns, subject to the authority established by law, and the rules and regulations adopted for its government. The superi…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-8) Sec. 11-4-8. The county board and the board of trustees of any village or incorporated town, in any county in this state, in which a house of correction is established, may enter into an agreement with the corporate authorities of suc…

(65 ILCS 5/11-4-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-4-9) Sec. 11-4-9. In counties, incorporated towns and villages having such agreement with any such city, the circuit court for such county, incorporated town or village, by whom any person, for any crime or misdemeanor punishable by impris…

(65 ILCS 5/11-40-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-1) Sec. 11-40-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate, subject to the provisions of "The Illinois Vehicle Code", as now and hereafter amended, the speed of animals, vehicles, cars and locomotives. The corporate a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-40-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-2) Sec. 11-40-2. Any city, village or incorporated town having a population of 40,000 or over, may, by ordinance, require the resident owner of a motor vehicle to submit, not more often than semi-annually, such motor vehicle for inspec…

(65 ILCS 5/11-40-2a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-2a) Sec. 11-40-2a. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the corporate authorities of any city of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may, subject to the provisions of "The Illinois Vehicle Code", as now and hereafter amended regula…

(65 ILCS 5/11-40-2b) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-2b) Sec. 11-40-2b. No municipality with fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants may regulate or prescribe safety requirements for motor vehicles used to transport for hire students to or from a school where students are in attendance. This S…

(65 ILCS 5/11-40-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-3) Sec. 11-40-3. Subject to the provisions of Section 11-40-3.1 of this Code, the corporate authorities of each municipality may by ordinance declare all inoperable motor vehicles, whether on public or private property and in view of t…

(65 ILCS 5/11-40-3.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-40-3.1) Sec. 11-40-3.1. The General Assembly hereby finds that in municipalities of more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, the proliferation of hazardous dilapidated motor vehicles constitutes a hazard to the health, safety and welfare of the…

(65 ILCS 5/11-41-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-41-1) Sec. 11-41-1. Any city, village, or incorporated town incorporated under any special law of this state, except those having a population of more than 100,000 but less than 200,000 inhabitants, subject to "The Illinois Vehicle Code",…

(65 ILCS 5/11-41-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-41-2) Sec. 11-41-2. Any such city, village or incorporated town shall have power, by ordinance, to provide such rules, and make such regulations as are proper or necessary to carry into effect the powers granted by this Division 41, with …

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-1) Sec. 11-42-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license, tax, and regulate auctioneers, private detectives, demolition contractors, money changers, bankers, brokers other than insurance brokers, barbers, and the kee…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-10) Sec. 11-42-10. The corporate authorities of each municipality may compel the owner of any grocery, cellar, soap or tallow chandlery, tannery, stable, pigsty, privy, sewer, or other unwholesome or nauseous house or place, to cleans…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-10.1) Sec. 11-42-10.1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license or regulate businesses operating as a public accommodation that permit the consumption of alcoholic liquor on the business premises and that are not licensed under the Liquor Contro…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-10.2) Sec. 11-42-10.2. Regulation and licensure; adult entertainment facility. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality having a population of less than 750,000 may license or regulate any business (i) that is operating as an adult entertainment facilit…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-11) Sec. 11-42-11. Community antenna television systems; satellite transmitted television programming. (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality may license, franchise and tax the business of operating a community antenna tel…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-11.05) Sec. 11-42-11.05. Municipal 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 municipality imposes a franchise fee authorized by …

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-11.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-11.1) Sec. 11-42-11.1. (a) In any instance in which a municipality has (i) granted a franchise to any community antenna television company or (ii) decided for the municipality itself to construct, operate or maintain a cable televis…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-11.2) Sec. 11-42-11.2. 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…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-12) Sec. 11-42-12. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license and regulate parking garages, lots and ramps. They may require that the owner of a parking garage, lot or ramp post a bond in an amount established by ordin…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-13) Sec. 11-42-13. The corporate authorities of each municipality may require that an "arborist or tree expert", as defined in this Section, be registered by the municipality to do business within that municipality. As used in this Se…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-14) Sec. 11-42-14. Landscape waste. The corporate authorities of a municipality may register certain persons in the landscape maintenance business or in the business of generating landscape waste as defined in the Environmental Protec…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-15) Sec. 11-42-15. Wind energy systems. For electric generating wind devices other than those with a nameplate generating capacity of less than 100 kilowatts that are used primarily by an end user, a municipality may prohibit any electric generating wind device f…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-16) Sec. 11-42-16. Household goods recycling bins. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any municipality may by ordinance require that all household goods recycling bins have a permanent, written, printed label affixed to the bin that is prominently di…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-17) Sec. 11-42-17. COVID-19 business relief; waiver of business fees, costs, and licensing. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the corporate authorities of a municipality may, by resolution, waive or provide credit for any application or permit costs, fe…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-2) Sec. 11-42-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license, tax, regulate, or prohibit pinball, or bowling alleys, billiard, bagatelle, pigeon-hole, pool, or any other tables or implements kept for a similar purpose in…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-3) Sec. 11-42-3. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license, tax, locate, and regulate all places of business of dealers in junk, dismantled or wrecked motor vehicles or parts thereof, rags, and any second-hand article …

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-4) Sec. 11-42-4. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license, tax, regulate, and prohibit runners for cabs, busses, railroads, ships, hotels, public houses, and other similar businesses. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-5) Sec. 11-42-5. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license, tax, regulate, or prohibit hawkers, peddlers, pawnbrokers, itinerant merchants, transient vendors of merchandise, theatricals and other exhibitions, shows, an…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-6) Sec. 11-42-6. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license, tax, and regulate hackmen, draymen, omnibus drivers, carters, cabmen, porters, expressmen, and all others pursuing like occupations, and may prescribe their c…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-7) Sec. 11-42-7. The corporate authorities of each municipality may locate and regulate the use and construction of packing houses, factories for the making of tallow candles, fertilizers, or soap, and tanneries within the municipality…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-8) Sec. 11-42-8. The corporate authorities of each municipality may locate and regulate the use and construction of breweries, distilleries, livery, boarding, or sale stables, blacksmith shops, foundries, machine shops, garages, parkin…

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-8a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-8a) Sec. 11-42-8a. The provisions of Section 14 of the "Mobile Home Park Act", approved September 8, 1971, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof to the same extent as if such provisions were included …

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-8b) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-8b) Sec. 11-42-8b. For the purposes of Section 11-42-8a, "trailer coach park" shall include, in its meaning, "trailer park" and "camp accommodating persons in house trailers"; and "trailer coach" shall include, in its meaning, "house …

(65 ILCS 5/11-42-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42-9) Sec. 11-42-9. The corporate authorities of each municipality may prohibit any offensive or unwholesome business or establishment within the municipality and within the distance of one mile beyond the municipal limits. (Source: Laws …

(65 ILCS 5/11-42.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-42.1-1) Sec. 11-42.1-1. (a) Except as provided otherwise in this Section, a municipality may not enter into a contract or agreement with an individual or other entity that is delinquent in the payment of any tax administered by the Depa…

(65 ILCS 5/11-43-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-43-1) Sec. 11-43-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may levy taxes for and provide general assistance for persons in need thereof as provided in "The Illinois Public Aid Code" as now or hereafter amended, in municipalities …

(65 ILCS 5/11-43-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-43-2) Sec. 11-43-2. Taxes levied by any municipality having a population of 500,000 or more for general assistance for persons in need thereof as provided in The Illinois Public Aid Code, as now or hereafter amended, for each fiscal year …