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55 ILCS 5/5-37008
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37008)Sec. 5-37008.     Operation plans.     The Board of Commissioners shall  submit to the General Assembly on or before May 1, 1980 a plan by which the  facilities and programs under this Division can be operated in a fiscally  responsible manner. The plan shall consider both short-term and long-term  expenditures necessary for operations and capital developments.  In  addition the plan shall contain an assessment of the level of health care  which the facilities and programs are able to deliver and an estimate of  any additional revenues the Board might deem necessary to provide  continuous, quality health care for the residents of Cook County.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-37009
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37009)Sec. 5-37009.     Exemptions.     This Division shall not apply to  sanitariums or other facilities established under Division 5-23, nor under  "AN ACT to provide for the creation and management of tuberculosis  sanitarium districts", approved May 21, 1937, as amended.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-37010
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37010)Sec. 5-37010.     Audit of accounts.     The accounts and records of  financial transactions of the hospitals, facilities and programs managed  pursuant to this Division shall be subject to audit by the County Auditor  of Cook County and by the Auditor General of the State of Illinois and the  Board of Commissioners shall in addition authorize at least annually an  official or certified audit.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-37011
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37011)Sec. 5-37011. Hospital security police force. The board of  commissioners, subject to the applicable merit system rules, may establish  and maintain a Hospital Security Police Force and may define and prescribe  all such peace officers' duties and compensation. Every security police  officer appointed by the board to such Security Police Force, as the same  shall be from time to time hereafter constituted, shall have and is hereby  vested with police powers, and is hereby authorized to act as a conservator  of the peace within and upon any and all hospital facilities operated and  hospital premises controlled by such board, and shall have power to make  arrests or cause to be arrested, with or without process, any person who  breaks the peace, or may be found violating any State statutes or city or  county ordinances within or upon such facilities or premises.The board may establish reasonable eligibility requirements for appointment  to such Security Police Force relating to residence, health, habits and  moral character.  However, no person may be appointed hereunder unless that  person is at least 21 years of age.  No person may be appointed to or be  retained in the Hospital Security Police Force unless that person is of  good character and not a habitual drunkard, gambler or a person convicted  of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.  All Security Police Force  personnel authorized to carry weapons within or upon hospital facilities  or premises while on-duty shall receive a course of training in the legal  and practical use of such weapons as is required of a police officer under  the Peace Officer and Probation Officer Firearm Training Act and all such Security Police Force personnel  shall also have received the training and certification required by the  "Illinois Police Training Act" as now or hereafter amended.  Security Police  Force personnel shall not carry weapons while off-duty and all weapons shall  be checked and secured on the hospital premises while such personnel remain  off-duty.  (Source: P.A. 98-725, eff. 1-1-15.)
55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-38 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 Division 5-38.      Public County Library Service
55 ILCS 5/5-38001
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38001)Sec. 5-38001.     Establishment, equipment and maintenance.     Subject  to the provisions of Section 5-38012, every county board shall establish,  equip and maintain a public county library service.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38002
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38002)Sec. 5-38002.     Contract with existing library.     In  performing this duty, the county board may, if it is deemed  advisable, contract in writing, with an existing library or libraries in  any county, to establish, equip and maintain a public county library  service. The contract shall contain provisions requiring the contracting  library or libraries to (a) establish, equip and maintain a county library;  (b) establish, equip and maintain such branches and stations of the county  library in the various parts of the county as may be deemed necessary by  the county board; (c) acquire and circulate books, periodicals, pamphlets,  musical scores and records, pictures, stereopticon slides, motion picture  films and other educational material, (d) do all other things necessary to  carry on an efficient public county library service; also such contract  shall contain provisions specifying that one or more representatives of  each party to the contract, may participate in and vote at all meetings in  which matters relating to the library service, furnished under the  contract, are considered.The making and performance of any such contract shall be under the  supervision of the county board.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38003
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38003)Sec. 5-38003.     County library board.     The public  county library service except in counties where such a  service is maintained by contract with an existing library or libraries,  shall be under the direct supervision and control of a county library  board. This board shall consist of five members, who shall be appointed by  the presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of  the county board. Of the first members to be appointed, one member shall be  appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a  term of three years, one for a term of four years, and another for a term  of five years. Thereafter, upon the expiration of each of these terms, the  members of the county library board shall be appointed for terms of five  years each. A vacancy upon the county library board shall be filled for the  unexpired portion of the term in like manner. In counties where the public  county library service is maintained by contract with an existing library  or libraries, the making and performance of any such contract shall be  under the supervision of the county board.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38004
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38004)Sec. 5-38004.     Expenses of board members.     The members of  the county library board shall serve without  compensation but their actual and necessary expenses shall be a proper and  legitimate charge against the library fund.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38005
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38005)Sec. 5-38005.     Prompt payment.     Purchases made  pursuant to this Division shall be made in compliance with the  "Local Government Prompt Payment Act".    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38006
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38006)Sec. 5-38006.     Officers of board.     Immediately after their appointment  the members of the county library board shall elect a president and a  secretary-treasurer from among their number.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38007
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38007)Sec. 5-38007.     Powers and duties of board.     The county library  board shall (a) establish, equip and maintain a  county library; (b) establish, equip and maintain branches and stations of  the county library in the various parts of the county; (c) acquire and  circulate books, periodicals, pamphlets, musical scores and records,  pictures, stereopticon slides, motion picture films, and other educational  material; (d) receive and administer legacies and gifts of real  and personal property; (e) appoint a county librarian and necessary  assistants and employees, and fix their compensation; (f) make, alter and  amend, from time to time, reasonable by-laws, rules and regulations for the  operation of the public county library service; and (g) do all other things  necessary to carry on an efficient public county library service.In establishing, equipping and maintaining branches or stations of the  county library, the county library board may, if deemed advisable,  contract, in writing, with existing libraries to serve as such branches or  stations.Whenever a county library board which has been duly appointed may desire  to erect a library building, or to purchase a building or a site, or both,  for a library, or to accumulate a fund for either or both of these  purposes, it shall proceed in the manner provided for the carrying out of  similar purposes in "An Act in relation to free public libraries for  cities, villages, incorporated towns and townships and to repeal Acts and  parts of Acts therein named", approved July 12, 1965, as amended.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38009
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38009)Sec. 5-38009.     Proceeds of tax in separate fund.     In counties having a population of 25,000 or more, the proceeds of  this tax shall be deposited in the treasury of the county in a separate  library fund. In counties having a population of less than 25,000, the  proceeds thereof, shall be paid over by the person charged with the  collection thereof to the county library board and deposited by it in a  fund to be known as the county library fund; and in counties of such  population such library board shall require the treasurer of such board or  such other person as may be designated as the custodian of the moneys paid  over to such board to give a bond to be approved by it and in such amount,  not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 as the board may determine,  conditioned that he will safely keep and will pay over upon the order of  such board all funds received and held by him for such board.No part of this fund shall be expended except upon warrants certified to  as correct by the county librarian and approved by the president of the  county library board. In cases where the public county library service is  maintained by contract with an existing library or libraries, no part of  the library fund shall be expended except upon warrants certified to as  correct by the librarian or two (2) members of the board of any such  library and approved by the president of the board of trustees of any such  library.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38010
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38010)Sec. 5-38010.     Fiscal year.     The fiscal year of any  public county library service shall be  co-extensive with the fiscal year of that county.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38011
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38011)Sec. 5-38011.     Report of board.     Within 30 days  after the close of each fiscal year, the county  library board shall make a written report to the county board. In cases  where a public county library service is maintained by contract with an  existing library or libraries, a report shall be made to the county board  at the same time by the librarian or the secretary or some other officer of  the county library board of such library or libraries. A copy of each  report shall be filed at the same time with the Illinois State library.It shall contain (a), an itemized statement of the various sums of money  received from the library fund, or from other sources; (b), an itemized  statement of the objects and purposes to which those sums of money have  been devoted; (c), a statement of the number of books and periodicals  available for use, and the number thereof circulated during the fiscal  year; (d), a statement of the real and personal property acquired by  legacy, purchase, gift or otherwise, during the fiscal year; (e),  a statement of the number, location and character of the branches or  stations of the public county library service, if any, established during  the fiscal year; (f), a statement of the character of any other extensions  of public county library service undertaken during the fiscal year; and  (g), any other statistics or information that may be required by the county  board.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38012
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38012)Sec. 5-38012.         Referendum on establishment of county library  service. None of the foregoing powers or duties shall be exercised,  however, unless the question of establishing a public county library  service shall have been submitted to the voters of the county, at a regular  election, and unless a majority of the votes cast upon the question at  any such election within the limits of the cities, villages and  incorporated towns in the county and a majority of those cast upon the  question outside the limits of such cities, villages or incorporated  towns shall be in favor of the establishment of a public county library  service.This question shall not be submitted to the voters, however, unless  there shall have been filed a petition therefor, signed by  not less than one hundred legal voters of the county.The proposition of establishing a public county library service shall be  in substantially the following form:  FOR the establishment of a public  county library service.  AGAINST  the establishment of a public county  library service.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/5-38013
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-38013)Sec. 5-38013.     Inapplicability to counties of 500,000 or more.     This Division shall not apply to counties having a population of  500,000 or more.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-39 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 Division 5-39.      County Law Libraries
55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-40 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 Division 5-40.      Floodplain Regulation
55 ILCS 5/5-40001
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-40001)Sec. 5-40001.     Floodplain regulations.     Counties are authorized to adopt and  enforce floodplain regulations consistent with Federal Emergency Management  Agency regulations that implement the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as  amended.  For the purposes of preventing flood damages and preserving the flood  carrying capacity of streams, floodplain regulations shall apply to all  buildings, structures, construction, excavation, and filling in the floodplain  whether or not the land, buildings, structures, construction, excavation, or  filling are for agricultural purposes.  The Department of Natural Resources  shall prepare manuals and model ordinances and shall advise  counties on achieving floodplain regulation purposes without unnecessarily  interfering with land uses.    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-41 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 Division 5-41.      Administrative Adjudication of  Ordinance Violations
55 ILCS 5/5-41003
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

Sec. 5-41003. Applicability. This Division 5-41 applies to all counties except for the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will.  (Source: P.A. 96-1386, eff. 7-29-10.)
55 ILCS 5/5-41005
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

Sec. 5-41005.     Definitions.     In this Division 5-41, unless the context  requires otherwise:"Code" means any county ordinance that pertains to or regulates  any of the following:  animal  control; the definition, identification, and abatement of public nuisances; the  accumulation, disposal, and transportation of garbage, refuse, and other forms  of solid waste; the construction and maintenance of buildings and structures;  sanitation practices; or zoning."Code enforcement officer" means a county employee authorized to issue  citations for county code violations and to conduct inspections of public or  private real property to determine whether code violations exist.  However, nothing in this Division 5-41 shall be construed to allow for  administrative adjudication of an ordinance violation in the case where a State  statute or administrative rule provides for a specific method or procedure to  be followed, other than administrative adjudication, in enforcing a county  ordinance."Hearing officer" means a person other than a code enforcement officer  or  law enforcement officer having the following powers and duties:(1) To preside at an administrative hearing called to     determine whether a code violation exists.(2) To hear testimony and accept evidence from the     code enforcement officer, the respondent, and all interested parties relevant to the existence of a code violation.(3) To preserve and authenticate the record of the     hearing and all exhibits and evidence introduced at the hearing.(4) To issue and sign written findings and a decision     and order stating whether a code violation exists.(5) To impose penalties consistent with applicable     code provisions and to assess costs reasonably related to instituting the proceedings upon finding the respondent liable for the charged violation.  In no event, however, shall the hearing officer have the authority to impose a penalty of incarceration."Property owner" means the legal or beneficial owner of an improved or  unimproved parcel of real estate."Respondent" means a property owner, waste hauler, or other person charged  with liability for an alleged code violation and the person to whom the notice  of violation is directed."Solid waste" means demolition materials, food and industrial  processing wastes, garden trash, land cleaning waste, mixed refuse,  non-combustible refuse, and trash as defined in the Solid Waste  Disposal District Act."Waste hauler" means any person owning or controlling any vehicle used to  carry or transport garbage, refuse, or other forms of solid waste.    (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)
55 ILCS 5/5-41010
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

Sec. 5-41010. Code hearing unit. The county board in any county         may establish by ordinance a code hearing unit  within an existing code enforcement agency or as a separate and independent  agency in county government.  A county may establish a code hearing unit and administrative adjudication  process only under the provisions of this Division 5-41.   The function of the code hearing unit  shall be to expedite the prosecution and correction of code violations  as provided in this Division 5-41.       (Source: P.A. 95-471, eff. 8-27-07.)
55 ILCS 5/5-41012
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

Sec. 5-41012. Fine schedule. The county board of any  county that establishes a code hearing unit pursuant to this Division 5-41 may, by ordinance, establish a fine schedule for code violations. The fine schedule must include (i) a determinate fine for each code violation that may be voluntarily paid by a respondent prior to his or her hearing date and (ii) the fine that may otherwise be imposed for each code violation. The amount of each fine must be based upon the nature of the offense and the number of previous code violations a respondent was convicted of committing for the same or a related offense.  (Source: P.A. 96-1157, eff. 7-21-10.)
55 ILCS 5/5-41015
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

Sec. 5-41015.     Hearing procedure not exclusive.     In any county that  establishes a code  hearing unit pursuant to the provisions of this Division 5-41, the county  is not precluded from using other methods to enforce the provisions of its  codes.    (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)
55 ILCS 5/5-41025
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

Sec. 5-41025.     Subpoenas; default.(a) At any time prior to the hearing date,  at the request of the code enforcement officer, the  attorney for the county, the respondent, or the attorney for the respondent,  the hearing officer assigned to  hear the case may  issue subpoenas directing witnesses to appear and give testimony at the  hearing.(b) If  the respondent or the respondent's attorney fails to  appear  on the date set for the hearing,  the hearing officer may find the respondent in default and shall  proceed with the hearing and accept evidence relating to the existence of a  code violation.    (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)
55 ILCS 5/5-41030
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

Sec. 5-41030.           Representation at hearings.  The case for the county may be presented  by the code enforcement officer or by the State's Attorney.  In no  event,  however, may  the case for the county be presented by an employee of the code  hearing unit.  The case for the respondent may be presented by the respondent  or the respondent's  attorney.  If the respondent is a corporation, it may appear through any  officer, director, manager, or supervisor of the corporation.    (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)