55 ILCS 5/5-1106
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1106)Sec. 5-1106. County offices, equipment and expenditures. It  shall be the duty of the county board of each county:First--To erect or otherwise provide when necessary, and the finances of  the county will justify it, and keep in repair, a suitable court house,  jail and other necessary county buildings, and to provide proper rooms and  offices for the accommodation of the county board, State's attorney, county  clerk, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff, and to provide suitable  furniture therefor. But in counties not under township organization, no  appropriations shall be made for the erection of public buildings, without  first submitting the proposition to a vote of the people of the county, and  the vote shall be submitted in the same manner and under the same  restrictions as provided for in like cases in Section 5-2001; and the  votes therefor shall be "For taxation," specifying the object, and those  against shall be "Against taxation," specifying the object.Second--To provide and keep in repair, when the finances of the county  permit, suitable fireproof safes or offices for the county clerk, State's  attorney, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff.Third--To provide reasonable and necessary expenses for the use of the  county board, county clerk, county treasurer, recorder, sheriff, coroner,  State's attorney, superintendent of schools, judges and clerks of courts,  and supervisor of assessment.Fourth--To cause to be published at the close of each annual, regular or  special meeting of the board, a brief statement of the proceedings thereof  in one or more newspapers published in the county, in which shall be set  forth the name of every individual who shall have had any account audited  and allowed by the board and the amount of such claim as allowed, and the  amount claimed, and also their proceedings upon the equalization of the  assessment roll: Provided, that no publication in a newspaper shall be  required unless the same can be done without unreasonable expense.Fifth--To make out at its meeting in September, annually, a full and  accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the preceding year,  which statement shall contain a full and correct description of each item,  from whom and on what account received, to whom paid, and on what account  expended, together with an accurate statement of the finances of the county  at the end of the fiscal year, including all debts and liabilities of every  description, and the assets and other means to discharge the same; and  within 30 days thereafter to cause the same to be posted up at the court  house door, and at 2 other places in the county, and published for one week  in some newspaper therein, if there is one, and the same can be done  without unreasonable expense.Sixth--To provide proper rooms and offices, and for the repair thereof,  for the accommodation of the circuit court of the county and for the clerks  for such court, and to provide suitable furnishings for such rooms and  offices, and to furnish fire proof safes, and the repair thereof, for the  offices of the clerks of the circuit court of the county. On or before June 1, 2019, every facility that houses a circuit court room shall include at least one lactation room or area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that is located outside the confines of a restroom and includes, at minimum, a chair, a table, and an electrical outlet, as well as a sink with running water where possible. The court rooms  and furnishings thereof shall meet with reasonable minimum standards  prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois. Such standards shall be  substantially the same as those generally accepted in court rooms as to  general furnishings, arrangement of bench, tables and chairs, cleanliness,  convenience to litigants, decorations, lighting and other such matters  relating to the physical appearance of the court room. The lactation rooms and areas shall also meet with reasonable minimum standards prescribed by the Supreme Court, which the Supreme Court is respectfully requested to create, including requirements for posting of notice to the public regarding location and access to lactation rooms and areas, as well as requirements for the addition of a sink with running water in the event of renovation to such facilities. The Supreme Court is also respectfully requested to create minimum standards for training of courthouse staff and personnel regarding location and access to lactation rooms and areas for all people present in the courthouse who need to use lactation rooms and areas.   (Source: P.A. 100-947, eff. 1-1-19.)