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Public Act 095-0197
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LRB095 05363 HLH 25449 b |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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