Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/11-5.2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-5.2-4) Sec. 11-5.2-4. The corporate authorities of any municipality may enter into cooperative agreements with any other governmental entity or any nonprofit community service association with respect to the expenditure of municipal fund…

(65 ILCS 5/11-5.3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-5.3-1) Sec. 11-5.3-1. The corporate authorities of any municipality may exercise the powers granted to municipalities under the Emergency Telephone System Act. (Source: P.A. 85-978.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-50-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-50-1) Sec. 11-50-1. Cities and villages of less than 25,000 population may levy a tax annually of not to exceed .025% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in the city or village …

(65 ILCS 5/11-51-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-51-1) Sec. 11-51-1. Cemetery removal. Whenever any cemetery is embraced within the limits of any city, village, or incorporated town, the corporate authorities thereof, if, in their opinion, any good cause exists why such cemetery should …

(65 ILCS 5/11-52-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-52-1) Sec. 11-52-1. Public graveyards, not under the control of any corporation sole, organization or society, and located within the limits of cities, villages, or incorporated towns, shall and may be controlled or vacated by the corpora…

(65 ILCS 5/11-52-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-52-2) Sec. 11-52-2. The corporate authorities of any city, village or incorporated town may accept a conveyance from any person, corporation, association or society of any property within the limits of the city, village or incorporated to…

(65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-52.1-1) Sec. 11-52.1-1. Any city or village may establish and maintain cemeteries, within and without its corporate limits, and acquire lands therefor, by condemnation or otherwise, and may lay out lots of convenient size for families, …

(65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-52.1-2) Sec. 11-52.1-2. Any city or village owning or controlling a municipal cemetery lying within or without, or partly within or without, the corporate limits of such city or village, shall have the power to appoint by the mayor or p…

(65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-52.1-3) Sec. 11-52.1-3. Two or more cities, villages and townships may jointly unite in establishing and maintaining cemeteries within and without their territory or corporate limits, and acquire lands therefor in common, by purchase, c…

(65 ILCS 5/11-52.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-52.1-4) Sec. 11-52.1-4. Whenever any money or other property has been or may hereafter be given or bequeathed to the board of managers of any municipal cemetery owned or controlled by any city or village for the purpose of maintaining a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-52.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-52.2-1) Sec. 11-52.2-1. If the city council or board of trustees of any city, incorporated town or village, having the management and control of any public graveyard or public cemetery, elects to receive and hold money, funds and proper…

(65 ILCS 5/11-53-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-53-1) Sec. 11-53-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for and regulate the inspection, weighing, and measuring of brick, lumber, firewood, coal, hay, and any article of merchandise of the same kind. (Source: Laws …

(65 ILCS 5/11-53-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-53-2) Sec. 11-53-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the inspection and sealing of weights and measures. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-53-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-53-3) Sec. 11-53-3. The corporate authorities of each municipality may require the keeping and use of proper weights and measures by vendors. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-53-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-53-4) Sec. 11-53-4. The corporate authorities of each municipality may require all grain, flour, meal, hay, feed, seeds, fruits, nuts, vegetables and non-liquid vegetable products, meats and non-liquid animal products, fish, butter, chees…

(65 ILCS 5/11-54-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54-1) Sec. 11-54-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may license, tax, and regulate all athletic contests and exhibitions carried on for gain. This tax shall be based on the gross receipts derived from the sale of admission …

(65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54.1-1) Sec. 11-54.1-1. "Carnival" means and includes an aggregation of attractions, whether shows, acts, games, vending devices or amusement devices, whether conducted under one or more managements or independently, which are temporari…

(65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54.1-2) Sec. 11-54.1-2. No carnival shall be set up, run, operated or conducted within the limits of a city, village or incorporated town unless a written permit from the corporate authorities has been issued, setting forth the conditio…

(65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54.1-3) Sec. 11-54.1-3. No such permit shall be granted by the corporate authorities until they shall have investigated the carnival and are satisfied that, if permitted, it will be operated in accordance with the permit and the provisi…

(65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54.1-4) Sec. 11-54.1-4. The permit as provided for in this Division 54.1 shall be made in duplicate, one copy thereof being retained by the corporate authorities. The other copy shall be kept in the possession of the manager of the carn…

(65 ILCS 5/11-54.1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-54.1-5) Sec. 11-54.1-5. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Division 54.1 is guilty of a petty offense. (Source: P.A. 77-2500.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-55-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-55-1) Sec. 11-55-1. The right to tax the games or devices described in "An Act to provide for the taxation and licensing of certain coin-operated amusement devices and to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof", approved July 7, 19…

(65 ILCS 5/11-55-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-55-2) Sec. 11-55-2. No municipality with a population of less than 1,000,000, including a home rule unit, may increase the fee for a license to own or operate a vending machine or to dispense goods or services therefrom unless notice of a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-56-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-56-1) Sec. 11-56-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may grant permits to mine oil or gas, under such restrictions as will protect public and private property and insure proper remuneration for such grants. (Source: Laws 196…

(65 ILCS 5/11-57-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-57-1) Sec. 11-57-1. The corporate authorities may compel railroad companies to raise or lower their tracks to conform to any grade which, at any time, is established by a municipality. Where the tracks run lengthwise of any street or alle…

(65 ILCS 5/11-58-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-58-1) Sec. 11-58-1. Subject to the provisions of Section 11-58-3, the corporate authorities of any municipality with a population of less than 500,000 have the power to levy and collect a tax to provide for the payment of the costs impose…

(65 ILCS 5/11-58-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-58-2) Sec. 11-58-2. The corporate authorities of such a municipality shall exercise the power conferred by this Division 58 by passing an ordinance which (1) shall set forth the estimated total sum required to pay the prescribed proportio…

(65 ILCS 5/11-58-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-58-3) Sec. 11-58-3. No such tax shall be levied or collected by such a municipality unless the electors of the municipality have approved an ordinance providing therefor as provided in Section 2 of "An Act to enable cities, villages and i…

(65 ILCS 5/11-58-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-58-4) Sec. 11-58-4. The levy of such a grade separation tax is authorized if the majority of the votes cast on the specified proposition are in favor thereof. The county clerk thereafter shall extend the tax upon the books of the collecto…

(65 ILCS 5/11-58-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-58-5) Sec. 11-58-5. The tax levied and collected as provided in this Division 58 shall be deposited in a special municipal fund to be used solely for the purpose of paying the proportion that is lawfully imposed upon the municipality, of …

(65 ILCS 5/11-58-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-58-6) Sec. 11-58-6. If at any time during the making of such grade separations, it appears to the satisfaction of the corporate authorities of the municipality, that the total sum of the tax authorized by the specified ordinance to be lev…

(65 ILCS 5/11-58-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-58-7) Sec. 11-58-7. The word "costs", as used in this Division 58 means sums paid by way of compensation to any property owner for the actual taking or damaging of his property, and attorney's fees and court costs incurred as a result of,…

(65 ILCS 5/11-59-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-59-1) Sec. 11-59-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the continuity of the administrative and legislative functions of the municipality in the event of attack upon the United States. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 57…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-6-1) Sec. 11-6-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide and operate fire stations, and all material and equipment that is needed for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and may enter into contracts or agreement…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-1.1) Sec. 11-6-1.1. Firefighting services outside corporate limits. A municipality may choose to provide firefighting services to property outside its corporate limits. The corporate authorities of each municipality may fix, charge, and collect firefighting servic…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-10) Sec. 11-6-10. Reimbursement of volunteer fire protection assistance. (a) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services rendered by a volunteer municipal fire department or a volunteer firefig…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-11) Sec. 11-6-11. Mental health specialists; fire. The corporate authorities of each municipality which has established firefighting services shall ensure that mental health resources, including counselors or therapists, are available to that fire department's emp…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-12) Sec. 11-6-12. Reimbursement for lift-assist services. (a) As used in this Section, "lift-assist service" means a response to an assisted living facility or nursing home facility by personnel of a fire department, an emergency response unit, or a unit of anothe…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-6-2) Sec. 11-6-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may contract with fire protection districts organized under "An Act to create Fire Protection Districts," approved July 8, 1927, as now or hereafter amended, which are adjace…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-6-3) Sec. 11-6-3. The corporate authorities of a municipality may contract with the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities or the Board of Regents of Regency Universities to provide fire protection to any university under th…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-6-4) Sec. 11-6-4. The corporate authorities of any municipality may contract with the board of any public community college district to reimburse the municipality for any additional costs for fire protection service, including equipment, a…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-5) Sec. 11-6-5. Reimbursement for specialized rescue services. The corporate authorities of a municipality that operates a fire department may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for specialized rescue services provided by the department. The total amount col…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-6) Sec. 11-6-6. Technical rescue services. The corporate authorities of a municipality that operates a fire department may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for technical rescue services provided by the department. The total amount collected may not exceed …

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-8) Sec. 11-6-8. Notification of sale of or changes to private or semi-private water systems. (a) For purposes of this Section, "private water system" and "semi-private water system" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in subsection (a) of Section 9 of the Ill…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-9) Sec. 11-6-9. Purchase of tires under joint purchasing authority. (a) As used in this Section: "Vehicle" has the meaning provided in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. "Volunteer firefighter" means a firefighter who does not receive monetary compensatio…

(65 ILCS 5/11-6.1.5) Sec. 11-6.1.5. Minimum funding requirements for ambulances, fire engines, and other vehicles used to provide emergency services. A municipality with a population of more than 500,000 must set aside 10% of the funds the municipality receives from private insur…

(65 ILCS 5/11-60-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-60-1) Sec. 11-60-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may fix the amount, terms, and manner of issuing and revoking licenses. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-60-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-60-2) Sec. 11-60-2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may define, prevent, and abate nuisances. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-61-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-61-1) Sec. 11-61-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may exercise the right of eminent domain by condemnation proceedings in conformity with the provisions of the constitution and statutes of the State of Illinois for the ac…

(65 ILCS 5/11-61-1.5) Sec. 11-61-1.5. Acquiring property by gift, legacy, or grant. Every municipality has the power to acquire by gift, legacy, or grant any real estate or personal property, or rights therein, for purposes authorized under this Code as its governing body may dee…