Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/29/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 42 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 42 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 
5Section 5-1005 as follows:
 



6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)


7    Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:

8        1.  To purchase and
and hold the real and personal 
9    estate necessary for the
uses of the county, and to 
10    purchase and hold, for the benefit of the
county, real 
11    estate sold by virtue of judicial proceedings in which the

12    county is plaintiff.
13        2.  To sell and convey or lease any real or personal 
14    estate owned
by the county.

15        3.  To make all contracts and do all other acts in 
16    relation to the
property and concerns of the county 
 
 
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1    necessary to the exercise of its
corporate powers.

2        4.  To take all necessary measures and institute 
3    proceedings to
enforce all laws for the prevention of 
4    cruelty to animals.

5        5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which 
6    may be
erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for 
7    purposes of
agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold 
8    and use personal property
for the care and maintenance of 
9    such real estate in connection with such
experimental 
10    purposes.

11        6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, 
12    suitable
buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and 
13    necessary branch
hospitals and/or a county sheltered care 
14    home or county nursing home for
the care of such sick, 
15    chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law
be proper 
16    charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units, 
17    and
to provide for the management of the same.  The county 
18    board may
establish rates to be paid by persons seeking 
19    care and treatment in such
hospital or home in accordance 
20    with their financial ability to meet such
charges, either 
21    personally or through a hospital plan or hospital

22    insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units, 
23    including the
State, for the care of sick, chronically ill 
24    or infirm persons admitted
therein upon the request of such 
25    governmental units. Any hospital
maintained by a county 
26    under this Section is authorized to provide any
service and 
 
 
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1    enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited 
2    for
a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital 
3    Licensing Act, incorporated
under the General 
4    Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation

5    under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the 
6    Internal Revenue Code.

7        7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting, 
8    building,
maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian 
9    public hospital located
within its limits as the county 
10    board of the county shall deem proper.

11        8. To purchase and hold real estate for the 
12    preservation of forests,
prairies and other natural areas 
13    and to maintain and regulate the use thereof.

14        9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of 
15    preserving
historical spots in the county, to restore, 
16    maintain and regulate the
use thereof and to donate any 
17    historical spot to the State.

18        10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be 
19    used in
any manner to be determined by the board for the 
20    suppression,
eradication and control of tuberculosis among 
21    domestic cattle in such county.

22        11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest 
23    fires and encourage
the maintenance and planting of trees 
24    and the preservation of forests.

25        12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of 
26    all
offices of all county officers at the county seat of 
 
 
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1    each county, and to
otherwise regulate and fix the days and 
2    the hours of opening and closing
of such offices, except 
3    when the days and the hours of opening and
closing of the 
4    office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;

5    but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the 
6    office of State's
Attorney and the offices of judges and 
7    clerks of courts and, in counties of
500,000 or more 
8    population, the offices of county clerk.

9        13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and

10    propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure 
11    of funds
provided for such purpose.

12        14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and 
13    expend
the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis 
14    residents.

15        15. In counties having less than 1,000,000 
16    inhabitants, to
take all necessary or proper steps for the 
17    extermination of mosquitoes,
flies or other insects within 
18    the county.

19        16. To install an adequate system of accounts and 
20    financial
records in the offices and divisions of the 
21    county, suitable to the
needs of the office and in 
22    accordance with generally accepted principles
of 
23    accounting for governmental bodies, which system may 
24    include such
reports as the county board may determine.

25        17. To purchase and hold real estate for the 
26    construction and
maintenance of motor vehicle parking 
 
 
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1    facilities for persons using county
buildings, but the 
2    purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for

3    revenue producing purposes.

4        18. To acquire and hold title to real property located 
5    within
the county, or partly within and partly outside the 
6    county by
dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for 
7    park and recreational
purposes and to charge reasonable 
8    fees for the use of or admission to
any such park or 
9    recreational area and to provide police protection for
such 
10    park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide 
11    such
police protection shall be conservators of the peace 
12    within such park or
recreational area and shall have power 
13    to make arrests on view of the
offense or upon warrants for 
14    violation of any of the ordinances
governing such park or 
15    recreational area or for any breach of the peace
in the 
16    same manner as the police in municipalities organized and

17    existing under the general laws of the State. All such real 
18    property outside
the county shall be contiguous to the 
19    county and within the boundaries of
the State of Illinois.

20        19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be 
21    used
to provide supportive social services designed to 
22    prevent the unnecessary
institutionalization of elderly 
23    residents, or, for operation of, and
equipment for, senior 
24    citizen centers providing social services to elderly

25    residents.

26        20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and 
 
 
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1    loan such funds
to a county water commission created under 
2    the "Water Commission Act",
approved June 30, 1984, as now 
3    or hereafter amended, in such amounts and
upon such terms 
4    as the county may determine or the county and the

5    commission may agree.  The county shall not under any 
6    circumstances be
obligated to make such loans.  The county 
7    shall not be required to charge
interest on any such loans.

8        21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county 
9    treasury for economic development purposes, including the 
10    making of grants to any other governmental entity or 
11    commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for 
12    the promotion of economic development in the county.

13        22.  To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a 
14    public or private entity. 
15        23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less 
16    and a public building commission organized by the county 
17    seat of the county, to cause to be erected or otherwise 
18    provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained, 
19    suitable facilities to house students pursuing a 
20    post-secondary education at an academic institution 
21    located within the county. The county may provide for the 
22    management of the facilities. 
23    All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section 
24shall be
subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the 
25use of Illinois mined
coal in certain plants and institutions", 
26filed July 13, 1937, as amended.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09; 
296-622, eff. 8-24-09.)".