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55 ILCS 5/5-41025

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41025)
    Sec. 5-41025. Subpoenas; default.
    (a) At any time prior to the hearing date, at the request of the code enforcement officer, the attorney for the county, the respondent, or the attorney for the respondent, the hearing officer assigned to hear the case may issue subpoenas directing witnesses to appear and give testimony at the hearing.
    (b) If the respondent or the respondent's attorney fails to appear on the date set for the hearing, the hearing officer may find the respondent in default and shall proceed with the hearing and accept evidence relating to the existence of a code violation.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

55 ILCS 5/5-41030

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41030)
    Sec. 5-41030. Representation at hearings. The case for the county may be presented by the code enforcement officer or by the State's Attorney. In no event, however, may the case for the county be presented by an employee of the code hearing unit. The case for the respondent may be presented by the respondent or the respondent's attorney. If the respondent is a corporation, it may appear through any officer, director, manager, or supervisor of the corporation.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

55 ILCS 5/5-41035

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41035)
    Sec. 5-41035. Evidence at hearings. The hearing officer shall preside at the hearing, shall hear testimony, and shall accept any evidence relevant to the existence or non-existence of a code violation on the property indicated. The code enforcement officer's signed violation notice and report form shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of the code violation described in the form. The strict rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedings do not apply to hearings authorized under this Division 5-41.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

55 ILCS 5/5-41040

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41040)
    Sec. 5-41040. Findings, decision, and order. At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall make a determination on the basis of the evidence presented at the hearing as to whether a code violation exists. The determination shall be in writing and shall be designated as the hearing officer's findings, decision, and order. The findings, decision, and order shall include the hearing officer's findings of fact, a determination of whether a code violation exists based on the findings of fact, and an order imposing a fine or other penalty, directing the respondent to correct the violation, or dismissing the case if the violation is not proved. If the hearing officer determines that the respondent is liable for the cited violation, the hearing officer shall enter an order imposing sanctions that are provided in the code for the violations proved, including the imposition of fines and the recovery of the costs of the proceedings. Costs may be recovered in the same manner as fines and penalties. A copy of the findings, decision, and order shall be served by personal service or by any method provided for service of the violation notice and report form under Section 5-41020. The payment of any penalty or fine or costs of the proceedings and the disposition of that money shall be in the manner provided in this Code, unless the county board provides otherwise when establishing the code hearing unit.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

55 ILCS 5/5-41045

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41045)
    Sec. 5-41045. Administrative review. The findings, decision, and order of the hearing officer shall be subject to review in the circuit court of the county. The Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to and govern every action for the judicial review of the final findings, decision, and order of a hearing officer under this Division 5-41.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

55 ILCS 5/5-41050

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41050)
    Sec. 5-41050. Sanctions; transfer or conveyance of property. The order to correct a code violation and the sanctions imposed by a county against a respondent property owner as the result of a finding of a code violation under this Division 5-41 shall attach to the property, subject to the interests of all lien holders of record, as well as to the owner of the property, so that the owner cannot avoid the finding of a code violation against the owner by conveying or transferring the property to another. Any subsequent transferee or owner of property takes the property subject to the findings, decision, and order of a hearing officer under this Division 5-41 if a notice consisting of a copy of the order to correct a code violation and imposing any sanctions and costs, if applicable, and a description of the real estate affected that is sufficient to identify the real estate has been filed in the office of the Recorder or the office of the Registrar of Titles by the county prior to the transfer or conveyance to the subsequent transferee or owner.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

55 ILCS 5/5-41055

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41055)
    Sec. 5-41055. Collection of unpaid fines or other sanctions.
    (a) Any fine or other sanction or costs imposed, or any part of any fine or other sanction or costs imposed, remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust procedures for judicial review under the Administrative Review Law is a debt due and owed to the county and, as such, may be collected in accordance with applicable law. Any subsequent owner or transferee of property takes subject to this debt if a notice has been filed pursuant to Section 5-41050.
    (b) After expiration of the period within which judicial review under the Administrative Review Law may be sought for a final determination of the code violation, the county may commence a proceeding in the circuit court of the county for purposes of obtaining a judgment on the hearing officer's findings, decision, and order. Nothing in this Section prevents a county from consolidating multiple findings, decisions, and orders against a person or property in such a proceeding.
    (c) Upon commencement of the action, the county shall file a certified copy of the findings, decision, and order, which shall be accompanied by a certification that recites facts sufficient to show that the findings, decision, and order were issued in accordance with this Division 5-41 and the applicable county ordinance. Service of the summons and a copy of the petition may be by any method provided by Section 2-203 of the Code of Civil Procedure or by certified mail, return receipt requested, provided that the total amount of fines or other sanctions and costs imposed by the findings, decision, and order does not exceed $5,000.
    (d) If the court is satisfied that the findings, decision, and order were entered within the requirements of this Division 5-41 and the applicable county ordinance and that the respondent had an opportunity for a hearing under this Division 5-41 and for judicial review as provided in Section 5-41045:
        (1) The court shall render judgment in favor of the
    
county and against the respondent for the amount indicated in the findings, decision, and order plus court costs. The judgment has the same effect and may be enforced in the same manner as other judgments for the recovery of money.
        (2) The court may issue other orders or injunctions,
    
or both, requested by the county to enforce the order of the hearing officer or to correct a code violation.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

55 ILCS 5/5-41060

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41060)
    Sec. 5-41060. Adoption of other necessary provisions by county. Any county establishing a code hearing unit by ordinance under this Division 5-41 may adopt other provisions necessary and proper to carry into effect the powers granted and the purposes stated in this Division.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

55 ILCS 5/5-41065

    (55 ILCS 5/5-41065)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
    Sec. 5-41065. Mechanics lien demand and referral adjudication.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Division, a county's code hearing unit must adjudicate an expired mechanics lien referred to the unit under Section 3-5010.8.
    (b) If a county does not have an administrative law judge in its code hearing unit who is familiar with the areas of law relating to mechanics liens, one may be appointed no later than 3 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly to adjudicate all referrals concerning mechanics liens under Section 3-5010.8.
    (c) If an administrative law judge familiar with the areas of law relating to mechanics liens has not been appointed as provided subsection (b) when a mechanics lien is referred under Section 3-5010.8 to the code hearing unit, the case shall be removed to the proper circuit court with jurisdiction.
    (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2026.
(Source: P.A. 102-671, eff. 11-30-21; 103-563, eff. 11-17-23.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-42

 
    (55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-42 heading)
Division 5-42. Wind Farms
(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)

55 ILCS 5/5-42000

    (55 ILCS 5/5-42000)
    Sec. 5-42000. Wind farms. A county may own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or jointly with another unit of local government, school district, or community college district that is authorized to own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, that directly or indirectly reduces the energy or other operating costs of the county. The county may ask for the assistance of any State agency, including without limitation the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois Power Agency, or the Environmental Protection Agency, in obtaining financing options for a wind generation turbine farm.
(Source: P.A. 95-805, eff. 8-12-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)