Public Act 095-0813
 		





HB4766 Enrolled
LRB095 16885 HLH 42928 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 
5-1005 as follows:
 



    (55 ILCS 5/5-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)



    Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:

        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.

        2.  To sell and convey or lease any real or personal 
    estate owned
by the county.

        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.

        4.  To take all necessary measures and institute 
    proceedings to
enforce all laws for the prevention of 
    cruelty to animals.

        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.

        6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, 
    suitable
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
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.

        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.

        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.

        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.

        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.

        11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest 
    fires and encourage
the maintenance and planting of trees 
    and the preservation of forests.

        12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of 
    all
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
500,000 or more 
    population, the offices of county clerk.

        13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and

    propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure 
    of funds
provided for such purpose.

        14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and 
    expend
the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis 
    residents.

        15. In counties having less than 1,000,000 
    inhabitants, to
take all necessary or proper steps for the 
    extermination of mosquitoes,
flies or other insects within 
    the county.

        16. To install an adequate system of accounts and 
    financial
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.

        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.

        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
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.

        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.

        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
obligated to make such loans.  The county 
    shall not be required to charge
interest on any such loans.

        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.

        22.  To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a 
    public or private entity. 
    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.

(Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07.)