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Public Act 096-0749


 

Public Act 0749 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 096-0749
 
HB0926 Enrolled LRB096 09194 RLJ 19344 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5-1115 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/5-1115)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1115)
    Sec. 5-1115. Retail food Food service establishments.
    (a) The county board of any county having a population of
2,000,000 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may license and
regulate and impose license fees on all retail food service
establishments in the county except those retail food service
establishments which are located within any city, village or
incorporated town in such county not including, however,
establishments where food is sold only as merchandise and not
prepared to be consumed on the premises.
    (b) The county board of any county having a population of
less than 2,000,000 1,000,000 inhabitants and having a health
department created under Division 5-25 may license and regulate
and impose license fees on all retail food service
establishments within both the incorporated and unincorporated
areas of the county which fall within the jurisdiction of that
health department as set forth in Section 5-25008.
    (c) The license fees which may be imposed under this
Section must be reasonably related to the cost of inspecting
and regulating the retail food service establishments. License
fees for food establishments operated by a unit of local
government, school district, or not-for-profit organization
may be waived by ordinance of the county board.
    (d) A county and a municipality may enter into an
intergovernmental agreement that provides for the county's
certified local health department to perform any or all
inspection functions for the municipality. The municipality
must pay the county's reasonable costs. An intergovernmental
agreement shall not preclude a municipality from continuing to
license retail food establishments within its jurisdiction.
    (e) For the purpose of this Section, "retail food
establishment" includes a food service establishment, a
temporary food service establishment, and a retail food store
as defined in the Food Service Sanitation Code, 77 Ill. Adm.
Code Part 750, and the Retail Food Store Sanitation Code, 77
Ill. Adm. Code Part 760.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
adding Section 11-20-15 as follows:
 
    (65 ILCS 5/11-20-15 new)
    Sec. 11-20-15. Retail food establishments.
    (a) A municipality in a county having a population of
2,000,000 or more inhabitants must regulate and inspect retail
food establishments in the municipality. A municipality must
regulate and inspect retail food establishments in accordance
with applicable federal and State laws pertaining to the
operation of retail food establishments including but not
limited to the Illinois Food Handling Regulation Enforcement
Act, the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Sanitary
Food Preparation Act, the regulations of the Illinois
Department of Public Health, and local ordinances and
regulations. This subsection shall not apply to a municipality
that is served by a certified local health department other
than a county certified local health department.
    A home rule unit may not regulate retail food
establishments in a less restrictive manner than as provided in
this Section. This Section is a limitation of home rule powers
under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
units of the powers and functions exercised by the State.
    (b) A municipality may enter into an intergovernmental
agreement with a county that provides for the county's
certified local health department to perform any or all
inspection functions for the municipality. The municipality
must pay the county's reasonable costs. An intergovernmental
agreement shall not preclude a municipality from continuing to
license retail food establishments within its jurisdiction.
    (c) For the purpose of this Section, "retail food
establishment" includes a food service establishment, a
temporary food service establishment, and a retail food store
as defined in the Food Service Sanitation Code, 77 Ill. Adm.
Code Part 750, and the Retail Food Store Sanitation Code, 77
Ill. Adm. Code Part 760.
 
    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.33 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
    Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly.

Effective Date: 1/1/2010