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2010 Illinois Code
CHAPTER 55 COUNTIES
55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.
- Article 1 - General Provisions
- Division 1-1 - Short Title, Boundaries, Jurisdiction
- Division 1-2 - Alteration Of County Lines
- Division 1-3 - New Counties
- Division 1-4 - Uniting Counties
- Division 1-5 - County Seats
- Division 1-6 - Actions
- Article 2 - Governing Bodies
- Division 2-1 - Counties Under Township Organization
- Division 2-2 - New Towns - Names
- Division 2-3 - Reapportionment Of County For Election Of County Board
- Division 2-4 - Counties Not Under Township Organization
- Division 2-5 - County Executive Form Of Government
- Division 2-6 - Commissioners In Cook County
- Article 3 - Officers And Employees
- Division 3-1 - Auditor
- Division 3-2 - Clerk
- Division 3-3 - Coroner
- Division 3-4 - Public Defender And Appointed Counsel
- Division 3-5 - Recorder
- Division 3-6 - Sheriff
- Division 3-7 - Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board
- Division 3-8 - Sheriff's Merit System
- Division 3-9 - State's Attorney
- Division 3-10 - Treasurer
- Division 3-11 - County Treasurers In Counties Over 150,000 Population - Public Funds
- Division 3-12 - Merit Employment System
- Division 3-13 - Accounts And Annual Reports
- Division 3-14 - Officers And Employees In Cook County
- Division 3-15 - County Department Of Corrections
- Article 4 - Fees And Salaries
- Division 4-1 - Classification Of Counties
- Division 4-2 - State's Attorneys Salaries And Fees
- Division 4-3 - Cook County State's Attorney - Compensation
- Division 4-4 - County Clerk Fees - First And Second Class Counties
- Division 4-5 - Sheriff's Fees - First And Second Class Counties
- Division 4-6 - County Officers' Salaries In Counties Of Less Than 2,000,000 Inhabitants
- Division 4-7 - Coroner's Fees
- Division 4-8 - Officers' Salaries in Cook County
- Division 4-9 - County Commissioners' Salaries
- Division 4-10 - County Board Members' Salaries
- Division 4-11 - Jurors' Compensation
- Division 4-12 - Fees Of Sheriff, Recorder And Clerk In Third Class Counties
- Division 4-13 - Penalty For Violations
- Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards
- Division 5-1 - In General
- Division 5-2 - Excess Taxes
- Division 5-3 - Contracts In General
- Division 5-4 - Contracts For Heat And Electricity - Counties Over 500,000 Population
- Division 5-5 - Contracts For Police Protection
- Division 5-6 - Adoption Of Codes And Records By Reference
- Division 5-7 - Nonsectarian Hospitals
- Division 5-8 - Garbage Disposal
- Division 5-9 - Motor Vehicle Races And Stunts
- Division 5-10 - Dance Halls And Road Houses
- Division 5-11 - Parking Facilities
- Division 5-12 - Zoning
- Division 5-13 - Building Or Setback Lines
- Division 5-14 - Regional Planning
- Division 5-15 - Water Supply, Drainage And Flood Control
- Division 5-16 - Sanitary Districts
- Division 5-17 - Leasing Space In Court Houses
- Division 5-18 - Judicial Advisory Council
- Division 5-19 - Safety Council
- Division 5-20 - Board Of Health
- Division 5-21 - County Homes
- Division 5-22 - Homes For The Aged
- Division 5-23 - Tuberculosis Sanitariums
- Division 5-24 - Cancer And Tumor Relief
- Division 5-25 - County And Multi-County Health Departments
- Division 5-26 - Monuments In Honor Of Soldiers And Sailors
- Division 5-27 - Burial Of Indigent Veterans And Their Families
- Division 5-28 - Soldiers' And Sailors' Burial Fund
- Division 5-29 - Code Of Ordinances And Regulations
- Division 5-30 - County Historic Preservation
- Division 5-31 - County Historical Museum Districts
- Division 5-32 - Local Improvements
- Division 5-33 - Super Highways - Counties Over 500,000 Population
- Division 5-34 - Expressways - Counties Over 500,000 Population
- Division 5-35 - Committees On Finance And Public Service - Cook County
- Division 5-36 - Purchasing - Cook County
- Division 5-37 - County Hospitals - Counties Over 1,000,000 Population
- Division 5-38 - Public County Library Service
- Division 5-39 - County Law Libraries
- Division 5-40 - Floodplain Regulation
- Division 5-41 - Administrative Adjudication Of Ordinance Violations
- Division 5-42 - Wind Farms
- Article 6 - Finance
- Division 6-1 - Budget - Counties Not Required To Pass An Annual Appropriation Bill
- Division 6-2 - Tax Anticipation Notes - Counties Over 1,000,000 Population
- Division 6-3 - Bonds For County Buildings
- Division 6-4 - Bonds For Court Houses
- Division 6-5 - Bonds For Voting Machines
- Division 6-6 - Bonds For Hospitals, Police Equipment And Voting Machines
- Division 6-7 - Revenue Bonds - Hospitals
- Division 6-8 - Bonds - Payment Of Outstanding Indebtedness
- Division 6-9 - Refunding Bonds - Counties Under 200,000 Population
- Division 6-10 - Refunding Bonds - Tax Levy
- Division 6-11 - Funding Bonds - Counties Under 70,000 Population
- Division 6-12 - Funding Bonds - Counties Under 5,000 Population
- Division 6-13 - Bonds To Pay Claims - Counties Between 180,000 And 200,000 Population
- Division 6-14 - Bonds For Certain Unpaid Judgments - Counties Under 250,000 Population
- Division 6-15 - Bonds For Certain Unpaid Judgments Or Claims - Counties Over 500,000 Population
- Division 6-16 - Bonds To Pay Certain Judgments - Counties Under 500,000 Population
- Division 6-17 - Bonds To Pay Judgments - Counties Over 500,000 Population
- Division 6-18 - Bonds For Medical Services And Law Enforcement
- Division 6-19 - Appropriations For Farmers' Institutes
- Division 6-20 - Appropriations For Soil And Crop Improvement
- Division 6-21 - Appropriations And Taxes For County Fairs
- Division 6-22 - Appropriations For Poultry Exhibits
- Division 6-23 - Tax For County Historical Museum
- Division 6-24 - Cook County Appropriations
- Division 6-25 - Validation Of Certain Appropriation Bills And Tax Levy Ordinances
- Division 6-26 - Extension Of Tax To Pay Principal And Interest On Certain Bonds
- Division 6-27 - Working Cash Funds - Counties Over 500,000 Population
- Division 6-28 - County Highway Working Cash Fund
- Division 6-29 - Downstate Working Cash Funds
- Division 6-30 - State Disbursements To Counties
- Division 6-31 - Audits
- Division 6-32 - Emergency Disaster Fund
- Division 6-33 - Bonds For Forest Preserve District Facilities
- Division 6-34 - Report of RTA Occupation Taxes
- Article 7 - Continuation Of Prior Law - Statutes Amended And Repealed
- Division 7-1 - Continuation Of Prior Law
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