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
Division 5-43. Administrative Adjudication - Specified Counties
Division 5-44. Local Government Reduction and Efficiency
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
55 ILCS 40. Court Costs and Sheriff Fees Transfer Act.
55 ILCS 45. Fees and Salaries Act. (Part 4) (Repealed by P.A. 89-233)
55 ILCS 50. Habeas Corpus Reimbursement Act.
55 ILCS 55. County Officer Property Sale Act.
55 ILCS 60. County Official Bond Approval Act.
55 ILCS 65. County Cemetery Care Act.
55 ILCS 70. Grave and Cemetery Restoration Act.
55 ILCS 75. County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act.
55 ILCS 80. Children's Advocacy Center Act.
55 ILCS 82. Neutral Site Custody Exchange Funding Act.
55 ILCS 85. County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act.
55 ILCS 90. County Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991.
55 ILCS 95. County Historical Research Act.
55 ILCS 100. County Coal Processing Act.
55 ILCS 105. County Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act.
55 ILCS 110. Regional Ambulance Services Law.
55 ILCS 115. Junior Deputy Sheriff Act.
55 ILCS 120. Historical Document Preservation Act.
55 ILCS 125. County Surveyors Act.
55 ILCS 130. Drug School Act.