SB2803 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 5-41010 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-41010)

Sec. 5-41010. Code hearing unit. The county board in any county having a population of less than 3,000,000 inhabitants may establish by ordinance a code hearing unit within an existing code enforcement agency or as a separate and independent agency in county government. A county may establish a code hearing unit and administrative adjudication process only under the provisions of this Division 5-41. The function of the code hearing unit shall be to expedite the prosecution and correction of code violations as provided in this Division 5-41.

(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.