96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5760


 
Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














55 ILCS 5/5-1114
  from Ch. 34, par. 5-1114







    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in actions for the violation of any county ordinance, the first process shall be a summons, "a notice to appear", or
a warrant. Provides that the county sheriff of the county where the violation occurs may issue a notice to appear. In the case of a violation of a county's building code or property maintenance code, the county's code enforcement officer may issue the notice to appear.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB5760

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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
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5-1114 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/5-1114)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1114)



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    Sec. 5-1114. Violation of ordinance. Except as provided in 
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Section
10-302.5 of the Illinois Highway Code, in all actions 
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for
the violation of any county ordinance, the first process 
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shall be a summons, a notice to appear, or
a warrant.  A warrant 
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or summons for the arrest of an accused person may issue
from 
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the circuit court upon the affidavit of any person that an 
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ordinance has
been violated, and that the person making the 
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complaint has reasonable grounds
to believe that the party 
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charged is guilty thereof. Every person arrested upon
a warrant 
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or summons shall be taken, without unnecessary delay, before 
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the
proper judicial officer for trial. The county sheriff of 
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the county where the violation occurs may issue a notice to 
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appear.  In the case of a violation of a county building code or 
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property maintenance code, the county code enforcement officer 
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provided for by the county in its respective building or 
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property maintenance code may issue the notice to appear. 

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(Source: P.A. 89-120, eff. 7-7-95.)