Full Text of HB0310 95th General Assembly
HB0310eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| 5-1005 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
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| Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
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| 1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate | 9 |
| necessary for the
uses of the county, and to purchase and hold, | 10 |
| for the benefit of the
county, real estate sold by virtue of | 11 |
| judicial proceedings in which the
county is plaintiff.
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| 2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal estate | 13 |
| owned
by the county.
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| 3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in relation | 15 |
| to the
property and concerns of the county necessary to the | 16 |
| exercise of its
corporate powers.
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| 4. To take all necessary measures and institute proceedings | 18 |
| to
enforce all laws for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
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| 5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which may | 20 |
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erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for purposes | 21 |
| of
agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold and use | 22 |
| personal property
for the care and maintenance of such real | 23 |
| estate in connection with such
experimental purposes.
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| 6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, suitable
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| buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and necessary | 3 |
| branch
hospitals and/or a county sheltered care home or county | 4 |
| nursing home for
the care of such sick, chronically ill or | 5 |
| infirm persons as may by law
be proper charges upon the county, | 6 |
| or upon other governmental units, and
to provide for the | 7 |
| management of the same. The county board may
establish rates to | 8 |
| be paid by persons seeking care and treatment in such
hospital | 9 |
| or home in accordance with their financial ability to meet such
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| charges, either personally or through a hospital plan or | 11 |
| hospital
insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental | 12 |
| units, including the
State, for the care of sick, chronically | 13 |
| ill or infirm persons admitted
therein upon the request of such | 14 |
| governmental units. Any hospital
maintained by a county under | 15 |
| this Section is authorized to provide any
service and enter | 16 |
| into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited for
a | 17 |
| hospital that is licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, | 18 |
| incorporated
under the General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, | 19 |
| and exempt from taxation
under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) | 20 |
| of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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| 7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting, | 22 |
| building,
maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian public | 23 |
| hospital located
within its limits as the county board of the | 24 |
| county shall deem proper.
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| 8. To purchase and hold real estate for the preservation of | 26 |
| forests,
prairies and other natural areas and to maintain and |
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| regulate the use thereof.
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| 9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of | 3 |
| preserving
historical spots in the county, to restore, maintain | 4 |
| and regulate the
use thereof and to donate any historical spot | 5 |
| to the State.
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| 10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | 7 |
| used in
any manner to be determined by the board for the | 8 |
| suppression,
eradication and control of tuberculosis among | 9 |
| domestic cattle in such county.
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| 11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest fires | 11 |
| and encourage
the maintenance and planting of trees and the | 12 |
| preservation of forests.
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| 12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of all
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| offices of all county officers at the county seat of each | 15 |
| county, and to
otherwise regulate and fix the days and the | 16 |
| hours of opening and closing
of such offices, except when the | 17 |
| days and the hours of opening and
closing of the office of any | 18 |
| county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
but the power herein | 19 |
| conferred shall not apply to the office of State's
Attorney and | 20 |
| the offices of judges and clerks of courts and, in counties of
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| 500,000 or more population, the offices of county clerk.
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| 13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
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| propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure of | 24 |
| funds
provided for such purpose.
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| 14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and | 26 |
| expend
the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis |
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| residents.
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| 15. In counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, to
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| take all necessary or proper steps for the extermination of | 4 |
| mosquitoes,
flies or other insects within the county.
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| 16. To install an adequate system of accounts and financial
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| records in the offices and divisions of the county, suitable to | 7 |
| the
needs of the office and in accordance with generally | 8 |
| accepted principles
of accounting for governmental bodies, | 9 |
| which system may include such
reports as the county board may | 10 |
| determine.
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| 17. To purchase and hold real estate for the construction | 12 |
| and
maintenance of motor vehicle parking facilities for persons | 13 |
| using county
buildings, but the purchase and use of such real | 14 |
| estate shall not be for
revenue producing purposes.
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| 18. To acquire and hold title to real property located | 16 |
| within
the county, or partly within and partly outside the | 17 |
| county by
dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for park | 18 |
| and recreational
purposes and to charge reasonable fees for the | 19 |
| use of or admission to
any such park or recreational area and | 20 |
| to provide police protection for
such park or recreational | 21 |
| area. Personnel employed to provide such
police protection | 22 |
| shall be conservators of the peace within such park or
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| recreational area and shall have power to make arrests on view | 24 |
| of the
offense or upon warrants for violation of any of the | 25 |
| ordinances
governing such park or recreational area or for any | 26 |
| breach of the peace
in the same manner as the police in |
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| municipalities organized and
existing under the general laws of | 2 |
| the State. All such real property outside
the county shall be | 3 |
| contiguous to the county and within the boundaries of
the State | 4 |
| of Illinois.
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| 19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | 6 |
| used
to provide supportive social services designed to prevent | 7 |
| the unnecessary
institutionalization of elderly residents, or, | 8 |
| for operation of, and
equipment for, senior citizen centers | 9 |
| providing social services to elderly
residents.
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| 20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and loan | 11 |
| such funds
to a county water commission created under the | 12 |
| "Water Commission Act",
approved June 30, 1984, as now or | 13 |
| hereafter amended, in such amounts and
upon such terms as the | 14 |
| county may determine or the county and the
commission may | 15 |
| agree. The county shall not under any circumstances be
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| obligated to make such loans. The county shall not be required | 17 |
| to charge
interest on any such loans.
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| 21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county | 19 |
| treasury for economic development purposes, including the | 20 |
| making of grants to any other governmental entity or commercial | 21 |
| enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for the promotion of | 22 |
| economic development in the county.
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| All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section | 24 |
| shall be
subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the | 25 |
| use of Illinois mined
coal in certain plants and institutions", | 26 |
| filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 |
| becoming law.
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