(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-1)

Sec. 11-31.1-1. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless the context requires otherwise:

(a) "Code" means any municipal ordinance, law, housing or building code or zoning ordinance that establishes construction, plumbing, heating, electrical, fire prevention, sanitation or other health and safety standards that are applicable to structures in a municipality or any municipal ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of weeds, the removal of garbage and debris, the removal of inoperable motor vehicles, or the abatement of nuisances from private property;

(b) "Building inspector" means a full time state, county or municipal employee whose duties include the inspection or examination of structures or property in a municipality to determine if zoning or other code violations exist;

(c) "Property owner" means the legal or beneficial owner of a structure;

(d) "Hearing officer" means a municipal employee or an officer or agent of a municipality, other than a building inspector or law enforcement officer, whose duty it is to:

(1) preside at an administrative hearing called to determine whether or not a code violation exists;

(2) hear testimony and accept evidence from the building inspector, the building owner and all interested parties relevant to the existence of a code violation;

(3) preserve and authenticate the transcript and record of the hearing and all exhibits and evidence introduced at the hearing;

(4) issue and sign a written finding, decision and order stating whether a code violation exists.

(Source: P.A. 91-162, eff. 7-16-99.)