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| Public Act 095-0197 |
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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 | ||||
5-1005 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 | ||||
necessary for the
uses of the county, and to purchase and hold, | ||||
for the benefit of the
county, real estate sold by virtue of | ||||
judicial proceedings in which the
county is plaintiff.
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2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal estate | ||||
owned
by the county.
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3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in relation | ||||
to the
property and concerns of the county necessary to the | ||||
exercise of its
corporate powers.
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4. To take all necessary measures and institute proceedings | ||||
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 | ||||
be
erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for purposes | ||||
of
agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold and use | ||||
personal property
for the care and maintenance of such real | ||||
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 | ||
branch
hospitals and/or a county sheltered care home or county | ||
nursing home for
the care of such sick, chronically ill or | ||
infirm persons as may by law
be proper charges upon the county, | ||
or upon other governmental units, and
to provide for the | ||
management of the same. The county board may
establish rates to | ||
be paid by persons seeking care and treatment in such
hospital | ||
or home in accordance with their financial ability to meet such
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charges, either personally or through a hospital plan or | ||
hospital
insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental | ||
units, including the
State, for the care of sick, chronically | ||
ill or infirm persons admitted
therein upon the request of such | ||
governmental units. Any hospital
maintained by a county under | ||
this Section is authorized to provide any
service and enter | ||
into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited for
a | ||
hospital that is licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, | ||
incorporated
under the General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, | ||
and exempt from taxation
under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) | ||
of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting, | ||
building,
maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian public | ||
hospital located
within its limits as the county board of the | ||
county shall deem proper.
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8. To purchase and hold real estate for the preservation of | ||
forests,
prairies and other natural areas and to maintain and | ||
regulate the use thereof.
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9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of | ||
preserving
historical spots in the county, to restore, maintain | ||
and regulate the
use thereof and to donate any historical spot | ||
to the State.
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10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | ||
used in
any manner to be determined by the board for the | ||
suppression,
eradication and control of tuberculosis among | ||
domestic cattle in such county.
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11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest fires | ||
and encourage
the maintenance and planting of trees and the | ||
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 | ||
county, and to
otherwise regulate and fix the days and the | ||
hours of opening and closing
of such offices, except when the | ||
days and the hours of opening and
closing of the office of any | ||
county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
but the power herein | ||
conferred shall not apply to the office of State's
Attorney and | ||
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 | ||
funds
provided for such purpose.
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14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and | ||
expend
the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
the
needs of the office and in accordance with generally | ||
accepted principles
of accounting for governmental bodies, | ||
which system may include such
reports as the county board may | ||
determine.
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17. To purchase and hold real estate for the construction | ||
and
maintenance of motor vehicle parking facilities for persons | ||
using county
buildings, but the purchase and use of such real | ||
estate shall not be for
revenue producing purposes.
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18. To acquire and hold title to real property located | ||
within
the county, or partly within and partly outside the | ||
county by
dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for park | ||
and recreational
purposes and to charge reasonable fees for the | ||
use of or admission to
any such park or recreational area and | ||
to provide police protection for
such park or recreational | ||
area. Personnel employed to provide such
police protection | ||
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 | ||
of the
offense or upon warrants for violation of any of the | ||
ordinances
governing such park or recreational area or for any | ||
breach of the peace
in the same manner as the police in | ||
municipalities organized and
existing under the general laws of | ||
the State. All such real property outside
the county shall be | ||
contiguous to the county and within the boundaries of
the State | ||
of Illinois.
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19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | ||
used
to provide supportive social services designed to prevent | ||
the unnecessary
institutionalization of elderly residents, or, | ||
for operation of, and
equipment for, senior citizen centers | ||
providing social services to elderly
residents.
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20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and loan | ||
such funds
to a county water commission created under the | ||
"Water Commission Act",
approved June 30, 1984, as now or | ||
hereafter amended, in such amounts and
upon such terms as the | ||
county may determine or the county and the
commission may | ||
agree. The county shall not under any circumstances be
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obligated to make such loans. The county shall not be required | ||
to charge
interest on any such loans.
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21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county | ||
treasury for economic development purposes, including the | ||
making of grants to any other governmental entity or commercial | ||
enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for the promotion of | ||
economic development in the county.
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All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section | ||
shall be
subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the | ||
use of Illinois mined
coal in certain plants and institutions", | ||
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 | ||
becoming law.
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