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55 ILCS 5/5-18004

(55 ILCS 5/5-18004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18004)

Sec. 5-18004.

Office quarters.

The county board shall provide and
maintain office quarters for the use of the Council in the transaction of
its business. The number and compensation of the clerical, expert and other
assistance to be engaged by the Council and the amount of expenses to be
incurred by the Council shall annually be fixed by the county board.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-18005

(55 ILCS 5/5-18005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-18005)

Sec. 5-18005.

Expenses.

The County Board shall appropriate from
the county treasury, from year to year, such sums as it may deem necessary
and reasonable to defray the expenses of the Council in the performance of
its duties.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-19

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-19 heading) Division 5-19.

Safety Council

55 ILCS 5/5-19001

(55 ILCS 5/5-19001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19001)

Sec. 5-19001.

Creation of safety council.

The county
board of any county may, by resolution, provide for the creation
of a safety council for the county to consist of such number of
members to serve for such terms as may be provided in such
resolution or any amendment thereof. The council may be authorized
to appoint and fix the salary of a safety director and such other
employees as the county board designates. The members of the safety
council shall receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for any
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-19002

(55 ILCS 5/5-19002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19002)

Sec. 5-19002.

Powers and duties of council.

The safety council shall
conduct safety programs and safety educational campaigns to promote the
protection and conservation of life and property and the prevention of
accidents in the county. The council may cooperate with State agencies,
other political subdivisions, municipal corporations and private
organizations in the conduct of such programs and campaigns.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-19003

(55 ILCS 5/5-19003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-19003)

Sec. 5-19003.

Appropriations.

The county board may appropriate from
the county treasury such sums as it may deem necessary to defray the
expenses of the safety council in the performance of its duties.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-20

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-20 heading) Division 5-20.

Board of Health

55 ILCS 5/5-20001

(55 ILCS 5/5-20001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20001)

Sec. 5-20001.

Powers and duties of board of health.

The board
of county commissioners in counties not under township
organization, and the supervisor, assessor and town clerk of every town in
counties under township organization, shall constitute a board of health,
and on the breaking out of any dangerously communicable diseases in their
county or town, or in the immediate vicinity thereof, it may make and
enforce such rules and regulations tending to check the spread of the
disease within the limits of the county or town as may be necessary; and
for this purpose the board may quarantine any house or houses or place where
any infected person may be, and cause notices of warning to be put thereon,
and require the disinfection of the house or place: Provided, that nothing
in this Division shall apply to any territory lying within the corporate
limits of any city or village: Provided, further, that in case the board of
health in any county not under township organization, or of any township in
counties under township organization fails, refuses or neglects to promptly
take the necessary measures to preserve the public health, or in case any
such board of health refuses or neglects to carry out the rules and
regulations of the Department of Public Health, that thereupon the
Department of Public Health may discharge such duties and collect from the
county or township, as the case may be, the reasonable costs, charges and
expenses incurred thereby.

No board of health constituted under this Division shall
function in any county during the period that Division 5-25 is in force
in that county.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-20002

(55 ILCS 5/5-20002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20002)

Sec. 5-20002.

Additional powers.

The boards of health shall
have the following powers:

First--To do all acts, make all regulations which may be necessary or
expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease.

Second--To appoint physicians as health officers and prescribe their
duties.

Third--To incur the expenses necessary for the performance of the duties
and powers enjoined upon the board.

Fourth--To provide gratuitous vaccination and disinfection.

Fifth--To require reports of dangerously communicable diseases.

No board of health constituted under this Division shall
function in any county during the period that Division 5-25 is in force
in that county.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-20003

(55 ILCS 5/5-20003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20003)

Sec. 5-20003.

Violations.

Any person who shall violate or refuse to
obey, any rule or regulation of the said board of health, shall be guilty
of a Class B misdemeanor.

All fines collected under the provisions of this Division
shall be paid into the county treasury of the county in which the suit is
brought, to be used for county purposes, and it shall be the duty of the
State's Attorney in the respective counties to prosecute all persons
violating, or refusing to obey, the rules of said local boards of health.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-20004

(55 ILCS 5/5-20004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20004)

Sec. 5-20004.

Record.

The clerk of the board of county
commissioners, or the town clerk, as the case may be, shall keep a full
record of all the doings of said board and report the same to the annual
meeting of such board of county commissioners, or town board.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-20005

(55 ILCS 5/5-20005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-20005)

Sec. 5-20005.

Compensation.

Except as hereinafter provided, the
members of such boards of health shall be allowed for the time spent in the
performance of their duties, each the sum of $1.50 per day, which together
with all bills by them contracted and all sums of money by them expended,
shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other county and town
expenses. Members of boards of county commissioners elected after July 1,
1965, shall receive no per diem, for serving as a member of a board of health.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-21

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-21 heading) Division 5-21.

County Homes

55 ILCS 5/5-21001

(55 ILCS 5/5-21001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21001)

Sec. 5-21001. Establishment and maintenance of county home.

In any county
which establishes and maintains a county sheltered care home or a county
nursing home for the care of infirm or chronically ill persons, as provided
in Section 5-1005, the County Board shall have power:

1. To acquire in the name of the county by purchase, grant, gift, or
legacy, a suitable tract or tracts of land upon which to erect and
maintain the home, and in connection therewith a farm or acreage for the
purpose of providing supplies for the home and employment for such
patients as are able to work and benefit thereby.

The board shall expend not more than $20,000 for the purchase of any
such land or the erection of buildings without a 2/3 vote of all its
 members in counties of 300,000 or more population, or a favorable
vote of at least a majority of all its members in counties under 300,000
population.

2. To receive in the name of the county, gifts and
legacies to aid in the erection or maintenance of the home.

3. To appoint a superintendent and all necessary employees for the
management and control of the home and to prescribe their compensation
and duties.

4. To arrange for physicians' or other health care professionals' services and other medical care for
the patients in the home and prescribe the compensation and duties of
physicians so designated.

5. To control the admission and discharge of patients in the home.

6. To fix the rate per day, week, or month which it will charge for
care and maintenance of the patients. Rates so established may vary
according to the amount of care required, but the rates shall be uniform
for all persons or agencies purchasing care in the home except rates for
persons who are able to purchase their own care may approximate actual cost.

7. To make all rules and regulations for the management of the home
and of the patients therein.

8. To make appropriations from the county treasury for the purchase
of land and the erection of buildings for the home, and to defray the
expenses necessary for the care and maintenance of the home and for
providing maintenance, personal care and nursing services to the
patients therein, and to cause an amount sufficient for those purposes
to be levied upon the taxable property of the counties and collected as
other taxes and further providing that in counties with a population of
not more than 1,000,000 to levy and collect
annually a tax of not to exceed .1% of the value, as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the
taxable property in the county for these purposes.  The tax shall be in
addition to all other taxes which the county is authorized to levy on
the aggregate valuation of the property within the county and shall not
be included in any limitation of the tax rate upon which taxes are
required to be extended, but shall be excluded therefrom and in addition
thereto.  The tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the
general taxes of the county, and when collected, shall be paid into a
special fund in the county treasury and used only as herein authorized. No
such tax shall be levied or increased from a rate lower than the maximum
rate in any such county until the question of levying
such tax has first been submitted to the voters of such county at an
election held in such county, and has been approved by a majority of such
voters voting thereon.  The corporate authorities shall certify the
question of levying such tax to the proper election officials, who shall
submit the question to the voters at an election held in accordance with
the general election law.

The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

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    Shall ........ County be authorized
to levy and collect a tax at a rate not            YES
to exceed .1% for the purpose of          --------------------
   ........ (purchasing, maintaining) a            NO
county nursing home?
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If a majority of votes cast on the question are in favor, the county shall
be authorized to levy the tax.

If the county has levied such tax at a rate lower than the maximum
rate set forth in this Section, the county board may increase the rate of
the tax, but not to exceed such maximum rate, by certifying the proposition
of such increase
to the proper election officials for submission to the voters of the county
at a regular election in accordance with the general election law.  The
proposition shall be in substantially the following form:

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    Shall the maximum rate
of the tax levied by........            YES
County for the purpose of.......
(purchasing, maintaining) a      -----------------------------
county nursing home be
increased from........ to               NO
........ (not to exceed .1%)
--------------------------------------------------------------

If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are in favor
thereof, the county board may levy the tax at a rate not to exceed the rate
set forth in this Section.

9. Upon the vote of a 2/3 majority of all the members of the
board, to sell, dispose of or lease for any term, any part of the home
properties in such manner and upon such terms as it deems best for the
interest of the county, and to make and execute all necessary
conveyances thereof in the same manner as other conveyances of real
estate may be made by a county.  However, if the home was erected after
referendum approval by the voters of the county, it shall not be sold
or
disposed of except after referendum approval thereof by a
majority of the voters of the county voting thereon.

If the home was erected after referendum approval by the voters of the
county, the county nursing home may be leased upon the vote of a 3/5 majority
of
all the members of the board.

10. To operate a sheltered care home as a part of a county nursing
home provided that a license to do so is obtained pursuant to the
Nursing Home Care Act, as amended.

(Source: P.A. 99-581, eff. 1-1-17.)