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55 ILCS 5/2-6001
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6001)Sec. 2-6001.     Election of Cook County commissioners.     There shall  be elected every 4 years by the legal voters of Cook County 17  county commissioners who shall hold their office respectively for the term  of 4 years and until their successors are elected and qualified.  Elections  shall be held at the time provided by the general election law.  Their term of office shall commence on the first Monday of the month  following the month of their election. Ten of the commissioners shall be  elected from the city of Chicago by the legal voters of that city, and 7  of the commissioners shall be elected from the towns outside of the city  by the legal voters of those towns. If a vacancy occurs in the office of a  commissioner from the city of Chicago, the remaining commissioners from the  city of Chicago shall appoint a suitable person from the city of Chicago to  fill the vacancy. If a vacancy occurs in the office of a commissioner from  the towns outside the city of Chicago, the remaining commissioners from  those towns shall appoint a suitable person from those towns to fill the  vacancy.    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-570.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6002
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6002)Sec. 2-6002.     Election of president of board.     Every  legal voter in said county may vote for and designate (upon  his ballot cast for county commissioners) one of the candidates for  commissioner to be president of the county board, and the person who shall  receive the highest number of such votes shall be declared elected  president of said board.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6003
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6003)Sec. 2-6003. Vacancy in office of president. In case of the death,  resignation, removal from office or other inability to act of the president  so elected, the board of commissioners shall within 30 days appoint, by election, one of their number to serve as president. If more than 28 months of the unexpired term remain, a special election shall be held at the next general election to elect a person to serve the unexpired term of the president. In the case of a special election under this Section, the appointed officer shall serve until the election results are certified and the person elected at the special election is qualified. If 28 months or less of the unexpired term remain, the appointed officer shall serve for the remainder of the term.  (Source: P.A. 101-188, eff. 8-2-19.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6004
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6004)Sec. 2-6004.     Terms of office of commissioners.     The terms of office of  such commissioners shall begin on the first Monday of the month following  the month of their election, and they shall hold their office respectively  until their successors are elected and qualified.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6005
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6005)Sec. 2-6005.     Oath of commissioners.     The said commissioners shall  severally, before they enter upon the discharge of their duties, take the  oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, and they shall be known as  the board of commissioners of Cook County, and as such board shall possess  the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the rules, regulations and  restrictions hereinafter specified.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6006
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6006)Sec. 2-6006.     Meetings of board of commissioners.     The board of  commissioners shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday of December,  January, February, March, June and September in each year, except that when  such a regularly scheduled meeting would fall on a legal holiday under  Section 17 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to promissory notes,  bonds, due bills and other instruments in writing", approved March 18,  1874, as amended, the board shall hold the meeting on the day immediately  following such a holiday. It shall be the duty of the president of the  board of commissioners to call special meetings of the board whenever, in  his opinion, the same may be necessary; and he shall preside at all the  meetings of the board, and generally perform the duties usually performed  by a presiding officer; provided, that in the absence of the president, or  of his inability to act, a president pro tempore may be elected, who shall,  during such absence or inability possess all the powers and perform all the  duties by law vested in and required of the president.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6007
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6007)Sec. 2-6007.     Voting by president.     The president of the board of  commissioners shall have the same privilege of voting as any other  commissioner; but he shall not have a casting vote upon any question upon  which he has voted as commissioner.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6008
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6008)Sec. 2-6008. Approval of ordinances. All ordinances, resolutions or  motions shall be submitted to  said board of commissioners in writing, or reduced to writing before any  vote shall be taken thereon; and if adopted by the board, the same shall  not take effect until after the same shall have been approved in writing by  the president of said board, except as hereinafter provided. It shall be  the duty of the clerk of said board to deliver to the president thereof,  upon his request, the original (or a copy) of each ordinance, resolution or  motion, so passed or adopted by said board as aforesaid, within one day  after its passage or adoption; and in case the president approves thereof,  he shall sign the same, and it shall thereupon be in full force and effect.  In case the president shall not approve any such ordinance, resolution or  motion, he shall, within five days after the receipt of the same as  aforesaid, return it to the clerk of said board, with his objections  thereto in writing. Such veto by the president may extend to any one or  more items or appropriations contained in any resolution making an  appropriation, or to the entire resolution; and in case the veto only  extends to a part of such resolution making an appropriation, the residue  thereof not embraced within the veto shall take effect and be in force from  the time of the receipt by said clerk of such veto of such part. Upon the  return of any such ordinance, resolution or motion by the president, with  his objections thereto as aforesaid, the vote by which the same was passed  shall be reconsidered by the board of commissioners as to so much thereof  as may have been vetoed; and if, after such reconsideration, three-fifths   of  all the members elected to the board shall agree to pass the same by yeas  and nays, to be entered on the journal, the same shall take effect,  notwithstanding the president may have refused to approve thereof. In case  the president shall fail or omit to either sign and approve or return, with  his objections as aforesaid, any such ordinance, motion or resolution which  shall have been passed or adopted by the board within six days after it  shall have been so passed or adopted, the same shall take effect without  the approval of the president.  (Source: P.A. 96-816, eff. 11-9-09.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6009
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

 (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6009)Sec. 2-6009.     Powers and duties of commissioners.     Said board of  commissioners shall have the management of the affairs of said Cook County,  in the manner provided by law, and may exercise the same powers, perform  the same duties, and shall be subject to the same rules, regulations and  penalties prescribed by law for the county board in other counties, except  as herein otherwise provided; and shall also be subject to the rules,  regulations and restrictions herein provided.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/2-6010
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 2 - Governing Bodies

(55 ILCS 5/2-6010) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-6010)Sec. 2-6010.     Delegation of powers; appropriations; indebtedness.     The  said board of commissioners shall have no power or authority to delegate to  any committee or other person or persons the "power to act", when such  "power to act" shall involve the letting of any contract or the expenditure  of public money exceeding the sum of $2,500; and any action of said board,  or of any committee thereof, or of any other person or persons in violation  of this Section shall be null and void. No money shall be appropriated or  ordered paid by said county commissioners beyond the sum of $2,500, unless  such appropriation shall have been authorized by a vote of at least  two-thirds of the members elected to the said county board. And no officer  of Cook County, or other person, shall incur any indebtedness on behalf of  the county, unless first authorized by said board of commissioners.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/Art. 3 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 ARTICLE 3.      OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-1 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 Division 3-1.      Auditor
55 ILCS 5/3-1001
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1001)Sec. 3-1001.     Auditors in counties of 75,000 to 3,000,000.     In all  counties containing less than 3,000,000 and over 75,000 inhabitants by the  last federal census, there is created the office of county auditor, whose  term of office shall be 4 years and until his successor is elected and  qualified. The nomination and election shall be subject to the general  election laws of the State. Each county auditor shall take office the first  day of the month following the month of his election on which the office of  the county auditor is required, by statute or by action of the county  board, to be open. The qualifications and oath of office shall be the same  as apply to other county officers. Each county auditor shall, before  entering upon the duties of the office, give bond (or, if the county is  self-insured, the county through its self-insurance program may provide  bonding) in such penalty and with such security as the county board deems  sufficient, which bond shall be substantially in the form required by law to be  given by the county clerk. Such bond shall be filed with the county clerk on or  before the day the county auditor takes office. In case of a vacancy in the  office of county auditor caused by death, resignation, or removal from office,  the vacancy shall be filled as provided for filling vacancies of other county  offices. If the auditor is temporarily unable to perform his or her duties for  any reason, the deputy auditor, if there is one, shall assume the duties of the  auditor until the auditor is able to resume his or her duties or until a  replacement for the auditor is chosen.    (Source: P.A. 87-401; 88-387.)
55 ILCS 5/3-1002
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1002)Sec. 3-1002.     Auditors in counties of 75,000 population or less.     In counties of 75,000 population or less, as determined by the  last federal census preceding the date of appointment, the presiding  officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board  may appoint and employ a county auditor whose term of office shall be 4  years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Every county  auditor appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall hold  office until the first Tuesday of May, 1961, and until a successor is  appointed and qualified. A successor shall be appointed and take office  on the first Tuesday of May, 1961, and every 4 years thereafter, for a term  of 4 years and until another successor is appointed and qualified. The  qualifications and oath of office of such county auditor shall be the same  as apply to other county officers. Each county auditor shall, before  entering upon the duties of the office, give bond in such penalty and with  such security as the county board shall deem sufficient, which bond shall  be substantially in the form required by law to be given by the county  clerk. Said bond shall be filed with the county clerk on or before the date  the county auditor enters into the duties of the office. In case of a  vacancy in the office of county auditor caused by death, resignation, or  removal from office, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the  presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the  county board. If the auditor is temporarily unable to perform his or her  duties for any reason, the deputy auditor, if there is one, shall assume  the duties of the auditor until the auditor is able to resume his or her  duties or until a replacement for the auditor is chosen.    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-401.)
55 ILCS 5/3-1003
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1003)Sec. 3-1003.     Commissions.     Every county auditor whose office is  established under Section 3-1001 shall be commissioned by the Governor.  No  commission shall issue except upon the certification by the county clerk of  the appropriate county that the county auditor was duly elected or  appointed, and that such county auditor has filed the bond and taken the  oath of office as heretofore provided.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/3-1004
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1004)Sec. 3-1004.     Internal operations of office.     The county auditor shall  control the internal operations of the office and procure equipment,  materials and services necessary to perform the duties of the office,  subject to the budgetary limitations established by the county board.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/3-1005
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1005)Sec. 3-1005.     Duties of auditor.     The duties of the county auditor  shall be to:(a) Audit all claims against the county, and recommend to the county  board the payment or rejection of all claims presented.(b) Collect, analyze and preserve statistical and financial  information with respect to the cost of operation of the various  institutions and facilities maintained, operated or owned by the county.(c) Approve all orders for supplies issued by the various county  officers, before the orders are to be placed with the parties to whom the  same are to be given.(d) Maintain a file of all contracts entered into by the county board  and all authorized county officers, for or on behalf of the county.(e) Report quarterly to the county board the entire financial operations  of the county including revenues anticipated and received, expenditures  estimated and paid, obligations unpaid, the condition of all funds and  appropriations and other pertinent information. The county auditor shall  cause to be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in  the county, a notice of the availability of the quarterly report for public  inspection in the office of the county auditor. Such notice shall be  published within 30 days of the date of the scheduled release of the report.(f) Audit the receipts of all county officers and departments presented  for deposit with the county treasurer.(g) Maintain a continuous internal audit of the operations and financial  records of the officers, agents or divisions of the county. The county  auditor shall have access to all records, documents, and resources  necessary for the discharge of this responsibility.(h) Audit the inventory of all real and personal property  owned by the county under the control and management of the various  officers and departments of the county.(i) Audit the documentation, records, and bases for the amounts billed  to the county, as maintained by county vendors, under agreements between  the county and its vendors, when those agreements provide that the amounts  billed to the county are based upon actual costs incurred by the vendor, or  when those agreements include the requirement that the county provide a  reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs incurred by the vendors.  The county  auditor shall audit the documentation, records, and bases for the amounts  required to be paid to the county under agreements with outside parties,  when those amounts are based upon records and documentation generated,  compiled, and maintained by the outside party.  The vendors and outside  parties affected by this Section shall provide to the county auditor, on a  timely basis, all records and documents required by the county auditor  relative to the county auditor's duties under this subsection.    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1358.)
55 ILCS 5/3-1006
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1006)Sec. 3-1006.     Additional duties in counties of 275,000 or less.     In counties of 275,000 population or less, as determined by the last  federal decennial census, the county auditor, in addition to the duties  prescribed in Section 3-1005, shall:(a) Be the general accountant of the county and keep its general accounts.(b) Devise and install a system of financial records in the offices and  divisions of the county, to be followed in such offices and divisions.  Such a system shall be suitable to the needs of the office and in  accordance with generally accepted principles of accounting for  governmental bodies.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/3-1007
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1007)Sec. 3-1007.     Deputies and employees.     The county auditor shall appoint  deputies and employees.  The deputies shall take and subscribe the same  oath of office as is required of other county officers. Any such oath shall  be filed with the county clerk and entered of record by such clerk.  Compensation of deputies and employees not otherwise provided for by law  shall be fixed by the county auditor subject to budgetary limitations  established by the county board.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/3-1008
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1008)Sec. 3-1008.     Continuing education.     Each county auditor shall obtain  at least 20 hours of continuing professional education related to the  operation of the auditor's office each  year.   Reasonable  expenses incurred  by the auditor in obtaining that education shall be reimbursed by the county.    (Source: P.A. 86-1358.)
55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-2 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 Division 3-2.      Clerk
55 ILCS 5/3-2001
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2001)Sec. 3-2001. Election of county clerk. In all counties there shall be  an elected county clerk who shall hold office until the clerk's successor is  qualified. The functions and powers of the county clerks shall be uniform  in the various counties of this State. The clerk shall enter upon the duties of  the clerk's office on the first day in the month of December following the clerk's election  on which the office of the county clerk is required, by statute or by  action of the county board, to be open.  (Source: P.A. 101-253, eff. 8-9-19.)
55 ILCS 5/3-2002
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2002)Sec. 3-2002. Oath. Each county clerk, before entering upon the duties  of the clerk's office, shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation  prescribed by Section 3, Article XIII of the Constitution which shall be  entered at large upon the records of the clerk's office.  (Source: P.A. 101-253, eff. 8-9-19.)
55 ILCS 5/3-2003
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2003)Sec. 3-2003.     Functions, powers and duties of clerk.     The county clerk  shall have those functions, powers and duties as provided in the Sections  following this Section and preceding Section 3-2004.    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
55 ILCS 5/3-2003.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2003.1)Sec. 3-2003.1. Appointment of deputies, assistants and personnel. The county clerk shall appoint deputies, assistants and personnel to  assist in the performance of the clerk's duties.  (Source: P.A. 101-253, eff. 8-9-19.)
55 ILCS 5/3-2003.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2003.2)Sec. 3-2003.2. Internal operations of office. The county clerk shall  have the right to control the internal operations of the clerk's office and to procure  necessary equipment, materials and services to perform the duties of the clerk's   office.  (Source: P.A. 101-253, eff. 8-9-19.)
55 ILCS 5/3-2003.3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2003.3)Sec. 3-2003.3. Monthly report of financial status. The county clerk  shall file a monthly report summarizing the financial status of the clerk's office  in such form as shall be determined by the county board.  (Source: P.A. 101-253, eff. 8-9-19.)
55 ILCS 5/3-2003.4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 3 - Officers And Employees

 (from Ch. 34, par. 3-2003.4)Sec. 3-2003.4. Deposit of fee income; special funds. The county clerk shall deposit in the office of the county treasurer  monthly by the 10th day of the month following, all fee income. The county  clerk may maintain the following special funds from which the county board  shall authorize payments by voucher between board meetings:(a) Overpayments.(b) Reasonable amount needed during the succeeding     accounting period to pay office expenses, postage, freight, express or similar charges.(c) Excess earnings from the sale of revenue stamps     to be maintained in a fund to be used for the purchase of additional stamps from the Illinois Department of Revenue.(d) Fund to pay necessary travel, dues and other     expenses incurred in attending workshops, educational seminars and organizational meetings established for the purpose of providing in-service training.(e) Trust funds, for tax redemptions, or for such     other purposes as may be provided for by law.(f) Such other funds as may be authorized by the     county board.The county clerk shall make accounting monthly to the county board of  all special funds maintained by the clerk in the discharge of the clerk's duties.  (Source: P.A. 101-253, eff. 8-9-19.)