Chapter 65, MUNICIPALITIES

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-45) Sec. 1-2.2-45. Findings, decision, and order. At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall make a determination on the basis of the evidence presented at the hearing as to whether or not a code violation exists. The determination shall be in wr…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-5) Sec. 1-2.2-5. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless the context requires otherwise: "Code" means any municipal ordinance except for (i) building code violations that must be adjudicated pursuant to Division 31.1 of Article 11 of this Act and (ii) any o…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-50) Sec. 1-2.2-50. Review under Administrative Review Law. The findings, decision, and order of the hearing officer shall be subject to review in the circuit court of the county in which the municipality is located. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-55) Sec. 1-2.2-55. Judgment on findings, decision, and 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 exhaust, judicial review procedures un…

(65 ILCS 5/1-2.2-60) Sec. 1-2.2-60. Adoption of Division by municipality. This Division may be adopted by a non-home rule municipality by incorporating the provisions of this Division in an ordinance and by passing and publishing the ordinance in the manner provided in Division 2…

(65 ILCS 5/1-3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-3-1) Sec. 1-3-1. As used in the text of this Division 3, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated as follows, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Municipality" means any city, village or incorporated town having power to…

(65 ILCS 5/1-3-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-3-2) Sec. 1-3-2. Adoption by reference; regulations and public records. A municipality may adopt by reference, as criteria for the issuance of construction, reconstruction, alteration, or installation permits, all or part of the provisions o…

(65 ILCS 5/1-3-2a) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-3-2a) Sec. 1-3-2a. Any municipality is authorized to adopt by reference the county subdivision code of the county wherein such municipality is situated, without setting forth the provisions of such code in full, provided that at least 3 cop…

(65 ILCS 5/1-3-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-3-3) Sec. 1-3-3. Nothing contained in this Division 3 shall be deemed to relieve any municipality from the requirement of publishing the ordinance in full which adopts such regulations or public record by reference, and all provisions applic…

(65 ILCS 5/1-3-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-3-4) Sec. 1-3-4. Nothing contained in this Division 3 shall be deemed to permit the adoption of the penalty clauses by reference which may be established in the regulations or public record which is being incorporated by reference, and such …

(65 ILCS 5/1-3-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-3-5) Sec. 1-3-5. Any amendment which may be made to any regulations or public record incorporated by reference by a municipality hereunder, may be likewise adopted by reference provided that the required number of amended or corrected copies…

(65 ILCS 5/1-3-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-3-6) Sec. 1-3-6. Any municipality which has heretofore enacted a regulation or public record by reference thereto shall not be required to re-enact such regulation or public record by reason of this Division 3, and all previous incorporation…

(65 ILCS 5/1-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-4-5) Sec. 1-4-5. In case any injury to the person or property of another is caused by a member of the police department of a municipality having a population of 500,000 or over, while the member is engaged in the performance of his or her du…

(65 ILCS 5/1-4-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-4-6) Sec. 1-4-6. In case any injury to the person or property of another is caused by a member of the police department of a municipality having a population of less than 500,000 while the member is engaged in the performance of his or her d…

(65 ILCS 5/1-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-4-7) Sec. 1-4-7. The municipality shall be liable for any injury occasioned by actionable wrong to property by the removal, destruction or vacation, in whole or in part, of any unsafe or unsanitary building, by any municipal officer, board o…

(65 ILCS 5/1-4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-4-8) Sec. 1-4-8. In addition to the powers of the police of any municipality under Section 7-4-8 of this Act, the corporate authorities of any municipality under 500,000 population may request of any other such municipality or municipalities…

(65 ILCS 5/1-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-5-1) Sec. 1-5-1. A suit may be brought by any taxpayer, in the name and for the benefit of the municipality, against any person to recover any money or property belonging to the municipality, or for any money which may have been paid, expend…

(65 ILCS 5/1-6-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-6-1) Sec. 1-6-1. No person shall be incompetent to serve as judge or juror by reason of his or her being an inhabitant or owner or life tenant in real estate in a municipality, in any action or proceeding in which that municipality may be a …

(65 ILCS 5/1-7-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-7-1) Sec. 1-7-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for the taking of a municipal census, not oftener than once each year provided such census is conducted by the Federal Government. (Source: P.A. 76-985.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-7-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-7-2) Sec. 1-7-2. Whenever in this Code any provision thereof is based upon the number of inhabitants, the number of inhabitants of the municipality shall be determined by reference to the latest census taken by authority of the United States…

(65 ILCS 5/1-8-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-8-1) Sec. 1-8-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide for joining the municipality in membership in the Illinois Municipal League, an unincorporated, nonprofit, nonpolitical association of Illinois cities, villages and …

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-1) Sec. 1-9-1. The provisions of this Code shall be cumulative in effect and if any provision is inconsistent with another provision of this Code or with any other Act not expressly repealed by Section 1-9-8, it shall be considered as an a…

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-2) Sec. 1-9-2. The repeal of the acts or parts thereof specified in Section 1-9-8 shall not (1) affect suits pending or rights existing immediately prior to the effective date of this Code; (2) impair, avoid, or affect any grant or conveya…

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-3) Sec. 1-9-3. The provisions of this Code insofar as they are the same or substantially the same as those of any prior statute, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior statute and not as a new enactment. If in any other statute…

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-4) Sec. 1-9-4. Any bond or other evidence of indebtedness issued under the provisions of any act repealed by this Code which is outstanding and unpaid on the effective date of this Code shall be amortized and retired by taxation or revenue…

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-5) Sec. 1-9-5. Article, division or section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any article, division or section hereof. (Source: …

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-6) Sec. 1-9-6. The invalidity of any provision of this Code shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Code. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-7) Sec. 1-9-7. Where, in this Code, reference is made to a section, division or article by its number and no act is specified, the reference is to the correspondingly numbered section, division or article of this Code. Where reference is m…

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-8) Sec. 1-9-8. The following acts and parts of acts are repealed except as provided in Section 1-9-9: "An Act authorizing any city of this State having a population of less than 100,000 inhabitants, which has established and is supporting …

(65 ILCS 5/1-9-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-9-9) Sec. 1-9-9. Nothing in this Code shall be construed to repeal any section of the various laws of which this Code is comprised when such section is the subject of an amendment enacted by the Seventy-Second General Assembly and which beco…

(65 ILCS 5/2-1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-1-1) Sec. 2-1-1. All courts shall take judicial notice of the existence of all cities and villages incorporated under this Code, of the changes made in their territory, and of the change of incorporation of any municipality from its former i…

(65 ILCS 5/2-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-1-2) Sec. 2-1-2. No municipality shall incorporate under any other general law which may be in force for the incorporation of municipalities. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/2-1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-1-3) Sec. 2-1-3. All ordinances, resolutions, and by-laws in force in any municipality when it incorporates under this Code, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed or amended, notwithstanding the change in corporate organizat…

(65 ILCS 5/2-1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-1-4) Sec. 2-1-4. All rights and property of every kind and description, which were vested in any municipality, shall vest in the same city or village upon its incorporation under this Code. No change in corporate organization shall affect ad…

(65 ILCS 5/2-1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-1-5) Sec. 2-1-5. The chief executive officer of any city or village which has incorporated under this Code, within 3 months after incorporation, shall file with the recorder of the county specified in Section 2-2-6, a certified copy of the r…

(65 ILCS 5/2-1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-1-6) Sec. 2-1-6. Any existing municipality which, more than 75 years prior to July 1, 1955, changed its corporate organization under the provisions of "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages", approved April 10, 1872,…

(65 ILCS 5/2-1-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-1-7) Sec. 2-1-7. Before action is had upon any petition for incorporation of a city or village, the name proposed to be given to such municipality shall be filed with the Secretary of State. If it appears from information in his office that …

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-1) Sec. 2-2-1. Whenever a number of electors of a city equal to 1/8 of the electors of the city voting at the last preceding municipal election petition for the submission of the question whether the city shall incorporate under this Code …

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-1.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-1.1) Sec. 2-2-1.1. As used in this Division 2, "immobile dwelling" means any dwelling place except a tent, camp trailer, house car or house trailer whether or not such tent, camp trailer, house car or house trailer is placed on a foundat…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-10) Sec. 2-2-10. Where cities are incorporated under Sections 2-2-5 through 2-2-8, the court, specified in such sections, shall cause the circuit court clerk to perform the same duties relating thereto as are required of the municipal cle…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-11) Sec. 2-2-11. The city officers elected at the initial election under either Section 2-2-9 or Section 2-2-10 shall hold their respective offices for such terms as are otherwise provided in this Code and until the next general municipal…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-12) Sec. 2-2-12. Cities incorporated under this Code shall be bodies politic and corporate under the name of "City of (name)," and under that name may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real and personal pr…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-13) Sec. 2-2-13. Any city office, in which deeds, mortgages, or other instruments were required or authorized to be recorded by the city's special charter in lieu of recording the instruments in the office of the recorder in the county wh…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-14) Sec. 2-2-14. In any county of between 150,000 and 1,000,000 population which has adopted an official plan under "An Act to provide for regional planning and for the creation, organization and powers of regional planning commissions", …

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-15) Sec. 2-2-15. Each boundary of the municipality shall extend to the far side of any adjacent highway not included in any other municipality and shall include all of every highway within the area incorporated. These highways shall be co…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-3) Sec. 2-2-3. The question shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall the city of.... YES incorporate as a city under -------------------------------- the general law…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-4) Sec. 2-2-4. Any incorporated town or village having a population of not less than 2,500 persons including 2,000 living in immobile dwellings, may incorporate as a city in like manner as is provided in Sections 2-2-1 through 2-2-3. In al…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-5) Sec. 2-2-5. Whenever any area of contiguous territory, not exceeding 4 square miles, and not already included within the corporate limits of any municipality has residing thereon a population of not less than 2,500 persons, including 2,…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-6) Sec. 2-2-6. Any 200 electors residing within the area may file with the circuit clerk of the county in which the area is situated, a petition addressed to the circuit court. The petition shall set forth (1) a definite description of the…

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-7) Sec. 2-2-7. After the filing of the petition but not less than 5 days prior to the date fixed for hearing, any person owning real property or residing within the territory described in the petition or any other interested person may fil…