(55 ILCS 5/3-14048) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14048)
Sec. 3-14048.
County auditor.
In the County of Cook, there is hereby
created the office of auditor who shall be appointed by the President of
the County Board, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the law in
relation to civil service in said county, and whose compensation and
official bond shall be fixed by said board; and there shall be formulated,
installed and regulated by and under the direction and authority of the
County Board, and subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act", a
uniform system of books of account, forms, reports
and records to be used in the offices of every county officer of Cook
County which said system of books of account, forms, reports and records so
formulated under the direction of the said County Board and installed and
regulated shall be used by said county officers for the purpose of keeping
an accurate statement of moneys received by them and all the financial and
business transactions of their respective offices; and said auditor shall
audit or cause to be audited from day to day the receipts of the said
several offices and the reports of the said offices of the business
transactions of their respective offices and certify to their correctness
or incorrectness to the County Board. Said auditor shall report monthly to
the County Board a summarized and classified statement of the official
transactions of each of the said offices of each officer of Cook County for
each day of said month; and the said auditor shall further make a
semi-annual report to the County Board containing a recapitulation of the
receipts of the several offices for the preceding 6 months; such report to
include the period covered by the semi-annual report of the several
officers of the County of Cook to the County Board where a semi-annual
report is required by law from said officers.
For the purpose aforesaid the said County Board or any one authorized by
it in addition to the power and authority vested in them by Sections
3-13001 and 3-13002, as heretofore or hereafter amended, are vested with
power and authority to enter the office of any county officer of Cook
County at all times and to have free and unrestricted access to all the
books, papers, forms, reports, accounts and memoranda used by said officers
for the transaction of the business of their respective offices for the
purpose of auditing, checking or correcting the reports when reports to the
County Board are required from said offices by law, or compiling the
records provided herein to be made to the County Board, or auditing the
general business of the offices.
Said auditor may under the direction of the County Board prescribe new
forms, reports, accounts or records to be used by said officers in the
transaction of the said business of their several respective offices, or
change, alter or amend the same from time to time.
The said auditor may with the authority of the President of the County
Board employ assistants, the number and compensation of whom shall be fixed
by the County Board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/3-14049) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14049)
Sec. 3-14049. Appointment of physicians and nurses for the poor
and mentally ill persons. The appointment, employment and removal by the
Board of Commissioners of Cook County of all physicians and surgeons, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and
nurses for the care and treatment of the sick, poor, mentally ill or
persons in need of mental treatment of said county shall be made only in
conformity with rules prescribed by the County Civil Service Commission to
accomplish the purposes of this Section.
The Board of Commissioners of Cook County may provide that all such
physicians and surgeons who serve without compensation shall be appointed
for a term to be fixed by the Board, and that the physicians and surgeons
usually designated and known as interns shall be appointed for a term to
be fixed by the Board: Provided, that there may also, at the discretion of
the board, be a consulting staff of physicians and surgeons, which staff
may be appointed by the president, subject to the approval of the board,
and provided further, that the Board may contract with any recognized
training school or any program for health professionals for health care services of any or all of such sick or mentally ill
or persons in need of mental treatment.
(Source: P.A. 99-581, eff. 1-1-17; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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(55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-15 heading) Division 3-15.
County Department of Corrections
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(55 ILCS 5/3-15001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-15001)
Sec. 3-15001.
Subtitle.
This Division shall be subtitled
the County Department of Corrections Law.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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(55 ILCS 5/3-15002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-15002)
Sec. 3-15002.
Creation.
In any county having more than 1,000,000
inhabitants, there is created within the office of the Sheriff a Department
of Corrections, referred to in this Division as the "Department".
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-895.)
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(55 ILCS 5/3-15003) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-15003) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-745 ) Sec. 3-15003. Powers and duties. Under the direction of the Sheriff
the Department shall have the powers and duties enumerated as follows: (a) To operate and have jurisdiction over the county jail, municipal
houses of correction within the county and any other penal, corrections or
prisoner diagnostic center facility operated by either the county jail or
municipal houses of correction. (b) To have charge of all prisoners held in any institution, center or
other facility in the county over which it has jurisdiction under
subsection (a) of this Section, whether they are misdemeanants, felons,
persons held for trial, persons held in protective custody, persons held
for transfer to other detention facilities or persons held for non-payment
of fines, for violations of ordinances or any other quasi-criminal charges.
Nothing in this Division applies to minors subject to proceedings under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987. It may transfer or recommit any prisoner
from one institution, center or other such facility to any other
institution, center or other facility whenever it determines that such
transfer or recommitment would promote the welfare or rehabilitation of the
prisoner, or that such transfer or recommitment is necessary to relieve
overcrowding. (c) To establish diagnostic, classification and rehabilitation services
and programs at the county jail and such other facilities over which it has
jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this Section as may be appropriate. (d) To establish, whenever feasible, separate detention and commitment
facilities and utilize the facilities over which it has jurisdiction under
subsection (a) of this Section in a manner which provides separate
detention and commitment facilities. (Source: P.A. 86-962.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-745 ) Sec. 3-15003. Powers and duties. Under the direction of the Sheriff the Department shall have the powers and duties enumerated as follows: (a) To operate and have jurisdiction over the county jail, municipal houses of correction within the county and any other penal, corrections or committed person diagnostic center facility operated by either the county jail or municipal houses of correction. (b) To have charge of all committed persons held in any institution, center or other facility in the county over which it has jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this Section, whether they are misdemeanants, felons, persons held for trial, persons held in protective custody, persons held for transfer to other detention facilities or persons held for non-payment of fines, for violations of ordinances or any other quasi-criminal charges. Nothing in this Division applies to minors subject to proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. It may transfer or recommit any committed person from one institution, center or other such facility to any other institution, center or other facility whenever it determines that such transfer or recommitment would promote the welfare or rehabilitation of the committed person, or that such transfer or recommitment is necessary to relieve overcrowding. (c) To establish diagnostic, classification and rehabilitation services and programs at the county jail and such other facilities over which it has jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this Section as may be appropriate. (d) To establish, whenever feasible, separate detention and commitment facilities and utilize the facilities over which it has jurisdiction under subsection (a) of this Section in a manner which provides separate detention and commitment facilities. (Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.) |
(55 ILCS 5/3-15003.3) Sec. 3-15003.3. Voter registration; county jails. Upon discharge of a person who is eligible to vote from a county jail, the county jail shall provide the person with a voter registration application. Each election authority shall collaborate with the county jail within the jurisdiction of the election authority to facilitate voter registration for voters eligible to vote in that county who are confined or detained in the county jail. A county jail shall provide a voter registration application to any person in custody at the jail who requests an application and is eligible to vote.
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(55 ILCS 5/3-15003.4) Sec. 3-15003.4. Voting rights; county jails; probation offices. (a) Each county jail and county probation office shall make available current resource materials, maintained by the Illinois State Board of Elections, containing detailed information regarding the voting rights of a person with a criminal conviction in print. (b) The current resource materials described under subsection (a) shall be provided: (1) upon discharge of a person from a county jail; and (2) upon intake of a person by a county probation | ||
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(Source: P.A. 101-442, eff. 1-1-20 .) |