100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3639

 

Introduced , by Rep. Peter Breen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-1014  from Ch. 34, par. 5-1014

    Amends the Counties Code. Gives non-home rule counties all of the powers provided to home rule units under Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, except for the powers to tax, impose fees, and to incur debt. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
55-1014 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1014)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1014)
7    Sec. 5-1014. Powers generally. The county board of each
8county has the powers enumerated in the Sections following this
9Section and preceding Section 5-1105, subject to conditions
10therein stated. Powers conferred on counties are in addition to
11and not in limitation of their existing powers.
12    It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
13either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Code,
14other Illinois statute, or the Illinois Constitution to
15non-home rule counties may be exercised by those counties
16notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of
17the General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the
18application of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to
19counties to the extent their activities are authorized by law
20as stated herein.
21    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
22except for the powers to tax, impose fees, and incur debt,
23non-home rule counties shall exercise all of the powers

 

 

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1provided to home rule units under Section 6 of Article VII of
2the Illinois Constitution, subject to the limitations set forth
3in that Section.
4(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.