(55 ILCS 5/5-1124)
    Sec. 5-1124. Second-hand and junk stores.
    (a) The county board of a county may:
        (1) License, locate, and regulate all places of
    
business of dealers in junk, rags, and any second-hand article whatsoever.
        (2) Forbid any person or entity licensed or regulated
    
under this Section from purchasing or receiving from minors, without the written consent of their parents or guardians, any article whatsoever.
        (3) Impose the licensing and regulation of such
    
dealers as additional duties pursuant to Section 5-1087 of this Code.
    (b) Nothing in this Section shall apply to a licensee of the Secretary of State under Chapter 5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or to an insurer or self-insurer of motor vehicles.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)