(55 ILCS 5/6-29006) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-29006)
Sec. 6-29006.
Violations.
Any member of the county board of any
county to which this Division applies, or any other person holding any
other office, trust or employment under such county, who wilfully violates
this Division shall be guilty of a business offense, and shall be fined not
to exceed $10,000, and shall forfeit his right to his office, trust or
employment and shall be removed therefrom. Any such member or other person
is liable for any sum that is unlawfully diverted from the county working
cash fund, or otherwise used, to be recovered by the county or by any
taxpayer in the name and for the benefit of the county, in an appropriate
action. Such a taxpayer must, however, file a bond for all costs, and be
liable for all costs taxed against the county in suit, and judgment shall
be rendered accordingly. The remedies provided by this Section are in
addition to and not exclusive of any other remedy.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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