94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2803

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-41010

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that any county (now, applicable only to counties having a population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants) may establish by ordinance a code hearing unit for the adjudication of code violations. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5 5-41010 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-41010)
7     Sec. 5-41010. Code hearing unit. The county board in any
8 county having a population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants
9 may establish by ordinance a code hearing unit within an
10 existing code enforcement agency or as a separate and
11 independent agency in county government. A county may establish
12 a code hearing unit and administrative adjudication process
13 only under the provisions of this Division 5-41. The function
14 of the code hearing unit shall be to expedite the prosecution
15 and correction of code violations as provided in this Division
16 5-41.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.