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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 5-1005 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
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7 | Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
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8 | 1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate | ||||||
9 | necessary for the
uses of the county, and to purchase and hold, | ||||||
10 | for the benefit of the
county, real estate sold by virtue of | ||||||
11 | judicial proceedings in which the
county is plaintiff.
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12 | 2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal estate | ||||||
13 | owned
by the county.
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14 | 3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in relation | ||||||
15 | to the
property and concerns of the county necessary to the | ||||||
16 | exercise of its
corporate powers.
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17 | 4. To take all necessary measures and institute proceedings | ||||||
18 | to
enforce all laws for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
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19 | 5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which may | ||||||
20 | be
erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for purposes | ||||||
21 | of
agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold and use | ||||||
22 | personal property
for the care and maintenance of such real | ||||||
23 | estate in connection with such
experimental purposes.
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1 | 6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, suitable
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2 | buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and necessary | ||||||
3 | branch
hospitals and/or a county sheltered care home or county | ||||||
4 | nursing home for
the care of such sick, chronically ill or | ||||||
5 | infirm persons as may by law
be proper charges upon the county, | ||||||
6 | or upon other governmental units, and
to provide for the | ||||||
7 | management of the same. The county board may
establish rates to | ||||||
8 | be paid by persons seeking care and treatment in such
hospital | ||||||
9 | or home in accordance with their financial ability to meet such
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10 | charges, either personally or through a hospital plan or | ||||||
11 | hospital
insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental | ||||||
12 | units, including the
State, for the care of sick, chronically | ||||||
13 | ill or infirm persons admitted
therein upon the request of such | ||||||
14 | governmental units. Any hospital
maintained by a county under | ||||||
15 | this Section is authorized to provide any
service and enter | ||||||
16 | into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited for
a | ||||||
17 | hospital that is licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, | ||||||
18 | incorporated
under the General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, | ||||||
19 | and exempt from taxation
under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) | ||||||
20 | of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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21 | 7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting, | ||||||
22 | building,
maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian public | ||||||
23 | hospital located
within its limits as the county board of the | ||||||
24 | county shall deem proper.
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25 | 8. To purchase and hold real estate for the preservation of | ||||||
26 | forests,
prairies and other natural areas and to maintain and |
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1 | regulate the use thereof.
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2 | 9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of | ||||||
3 | preserving
historical spots in the county, to restore, maintain | ||||||
4 | and regulate the
use thereof and to donate any historical spot | ||||||
5 | to the State.
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6 | 10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | ||||||
7 | used in
any manner to be determined by the board for the | ||||||
8 | suppression,
eradication and control of tuberculosis among | ||||||
9 | domestic cattle in such county.
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10 | 11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest fires | ||||||
11 | and encourage
the maintenance and planting of trees and the | ||||||
12 | preservation of forests.
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13 | 12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of all
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14 | offices of all county officers at the county seat of each | ||||||
15 | county, and to
otherwise regulate and fix the days and the | ||||||
16 | hours of opening and closing
of such offices, except when the | ||||||
17 | days and the hours of opening and
closing of the office of any | ||||||
18 | county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
but the power herein | ||||||
19 | conferred shall not apply to the office of State's
Attorney and | ||||||
20 | the offices of judges and clerks of courts and, in counties of
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21 | 500,000 or more population, the offices of county clerk.
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22 | 13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
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23 | propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure of | ||||||
24 | funds
provided for such purpose.
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25 | 14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and | ||||||
26 | expend
the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis |
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1 | residents.
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2 | 15. In counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, to
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3 | take all necessary or proper steps for the extermination of | ||||||
4 | mosquitoes,
flies or other insects within the county.
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5 | 16. To install an adequate system of accounts and financial
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6 | records in the offices and divisions of the county, suitable to | ||||||
7 | the
needs of the office and in accordance with generally | ||||||
8 | accepted principles
of accounting for governmental bodies, | ||||||
9 | which system may include such
reports as the county board may | ||||||
10 | determine.
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11 | 17. To purchase and hold real estate for the construction | ||||||
12 | and
maintenance of motor vehicle parking facilities for persons | ||||||
13 | using county
buildings, but the purchase and use of such real | ||||||
14 | estate shall not be for
revenue producing purposes.
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15 | 18. To acquire and hold title to real property located | ||||||
16 | within
the county, or partly within and partly outside the | ||||||
17 | county by
dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for park | ||||||
18 | and recreational
purposes and to charge reasonable fees for the | ||||||
19 | use of or admission to
any such park or recreational area and | ||||||
20 | to provide police protection for
such park or recreational | ||||||
21 | area. Personnel employed to provide such
police protection | ||||||
22 | shall be conservators of the peace within such park or
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23 | recreational area and shall have power to make arrests on view | ||||||
24 | of the
offense or upon warrants for violation of any of the | ||||||
25 | ordinances
governing such park or recreational area or for any | ||||||
26 | breach of the peace
in the same manner as the police in |
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1 | municipalities organized and
existing under the general laws of | ||||||
2 | the State. All such real property outside
the county shall be | ||||||
3 | contiguous to the county and within the boundaries of
the State | ||||||
4 | of Illinois.
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5 | 19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | ||||||
6 | used
to provide supportive social services designed to prevent | ||||||
7 | the unnecessary
institutionalization of elderly residents, or, | ||||||
8 | for operation of, and
equipment for, senior citizen centers | ||||||
9 | providing social services to elderly
residents.
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10 | 20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and loan | ||||||
11 | such funds
to a county water commission created under the | ||||||
12 | "Water Commission Act",
approved June 30, 1984, as now or | ||||||
13 | hereafter amended, in such amounts and
upon such terms as the | ||||||
14 | county may determine or the county and the
commission may | ||||||
15 | agree. The county shall not under any circumstances be
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16 | obligated to make such loans. The county shall not be required | ||||||
17 | to charge
interest on any such loans.
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18 | 21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county | ||||||
19 | treasury for economic development purposes, including the | ||||||
20 | making of grants to any other governmental entity or commercial | ||||||
21 | enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for the promotion of | ||||||
22 | economic development in the county.
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23 | All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section | ||||||
24 | shall be
subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the | ||||||
25 | use of Illinois mined
coal in certain plants and institutions", | ||||||
26 | filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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