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COUNTIES
(55 ILCS 5/) Counties Code.

55 ILCS 5/3-14027

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14027) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14027)
    Sec. 3-14027. Report of commission. Said commission shall on or before the first Monday of September of each year make to the president for transmission to the board of commissioners a report showing its own action, the rules in force, the practical effects thereof, and any suggestions it may approve for the more effectual accomplishment of the purposes of this Division. The president may require a report from said commission at any time.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14028

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14028) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14028)
    Sec. 3-14028. Chairman and secretary. The civil service commission shall select one of their own number to act as chairman and one as secretary. The secretary shall keep the minutes of its proceedings, preserve all reports made to it, keep a record of all examinations held under its direction and perform such other duties as the commission shall require.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14029

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14029) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14029)
    Sec. 3-14029. County officers to aid commission. All officers of said county shall aid said commission in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this Division, and at any place where examinations are to be held shall allow the reasonable use of public buildings for holding such examinations. The board of county commissioners shall cause suitable rooms to be provided for said commission at the expense of said county.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14030

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14030) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14030)
    Sec. 3-14030. Salaries and expenses. Each of said civil service commissioners and the personnel director and chief examiner shall receive a salary to be fixed by the Board of Commissioners, and said commission may incur necessary expenses for printing, stationery and other incidental matters.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14031

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14031) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14031)
    Sec. 3-14031. Appropriations. A sufficient sum of money shall be appropriated each year by said board to carry out the provisions of this Division in said county. If the board shall have already made the annual appropriation for county purposes for the current fiscal year, the board is authorized and required to pay the salaries and expenses of the civil service commission for such fiscal year out of the moneys appropriated for contingent purposes of said board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14032

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14032) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14032)
    Sec. 3-14032. Frauds prohibited. No person or officer shall wilfully or corruptly, by himself or cooperation with any one or more other persons, defeat, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to his or her right of examination, or corruptly or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined hereunder, or aid in so doing, or wilfully or corruptly make any false representation concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or wilfully or corruptly furnish to any person any special or secret information for the purpose of improving or injuring the prospects or chances of any person so examined, or to be examined, being employed or promoted.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14033

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14033) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14033)
    Sec. 3-14033. Soliciting or receiving political contributions prohibited. No officer or employee in the classified civil service of said county, or named in Section 3-14022, shall solicit, orally or by letter, or receive or pay, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting, receiving or paying any assessments, subscriptions or contributions for any party or political purposes whatever.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14034

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14034) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14034)
    Sec. 3-14034. Solicitation of political contributions from officers or employees prohibited. No person shall solicit orally or by letter, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting any assessment, contribution or payment, for any party or for any political purpose whatever, from any officer or employee in the classified civil service of said county, or named in Section 3-14022.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14035

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14035) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14035)
    Sec. 3-14035. Soliciting or delivering political contributions in public offices forbidden. No person shall in any room or building occupied for the discharge of official duties by any officer or employee in the classified civil service of said county, or named in Section 3-14022, solicit, orally or by written communication, deliver therein or in any other manner, or receive any contribution of money or other thing of value, for any party or political purpose whatever. No officer, agent, clerk or employee in the classified civil service of said county, or named in Section 3-14022, who may have charge or control of any building, office or room occupied for any purpose of said government, shall permit any person to enter the same for the purpose of therein soliciting or delivering written solicitations for, or receiving or giving notice of any political assessments.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1475.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14036

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14036) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14036)
    Sec. 3-14036. Payments of political contributions to public officers prohibited. No officer or employee in the classified civil service of said county, or named in Section 3-14022, shall directly or indirectly, give or hand over to any officer or employee, or to any senator or representative or alderperson, councilman, or commissioner, any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any party or political object whatever.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14037

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14037) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14037)
    Sec. 3-14037. Abuse of political influence prohibited. No officer or employee in said classified service, or named in Section 3-14022, shall discharge or degrade, or promote, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any other officer or employee, or promise or threaten to do so, for giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money, or other valuable thing, for any party or political purpose, or for refusal or neglect to render any part or political service.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14038

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14038) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14038)
    Sec. 3-14038. Payment for appointment or promotion prohibited. No applicant for appointment in said classified civil service, or to a position named in Section 3-14022, either directly or indirectly, shall pay, or promise to pay any money or other valuable thing to any person whatever for or on account of his appointment, or proposed appointment, and no officer or employee in said civil service or named in said Section 3-14022 shall pay or promise to pay, either directly or indirectly, any person any money or other valuable thing whatever for or on account of his promotion.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14039

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14039) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14039)
    Sec. 3-14039. Recommendations in consideration of political service prohibited. No applicant for appointment or promotion in classified civil service shall ask for or receive a recommendation for assistance from any officer or employee in said service, or of any person upon the consideration of any political service to be rendered to or for such person or for the promotion of such person to any office or employment.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14040

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14040) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14040)
    Sec. 3-14040. Disallowance of certain claims. No accounting or auditing officer shall allow the claim of any public officer for services of any deputy or other person employed in the public service in violation of the provisions of the Division.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14041

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14041) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14041)
    Sec. 3-14041. Certification of appointments and vacancies. The commission shall certify to the county clerk or other auditing officers, all appointments to offices and places in the classified civil service, and all vacancies occurring therein, whether by dismissal, resignation or death, and all findings made or approved by the commission under the provisions of Section 3-14023, that a person shall be discharged from the classified service.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14042

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14042) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14042)
    Sec. 3-14042. Comptroller to pay salaries only after certification. No county clerk, comptroller or other auditing officer of said county shall approve the payment of, or be in any manner concerned in paying any salary or wages to any person for services as an officer or employee of said county unless such person is occupying an office or place of employment according to the provisions of law and is entitled to payment therefor.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14043

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14043) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14043)
    Sec. 3-14043. Subpoenas; witness fees. Any person who shall be served with a subpoena to appear and testify, or to produce books and papers, issued by the commission or by any commissioners, or by any board or person acting under the orders of the commission in the course of an investigation conducted either under the provisions of Section 3-14023 or Section 3-14026, and who shall refuse or neglect to appear or testify, or to produce books and papers relevant to the investigation as commanded in such subpoena, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished as provided in Section 3-14044. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before the circuit courts, and shall be paid from the appropriation for the expense of the commission. And any circuit court, upon application of any such commissioner or officer or board may, in its discretion, compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers, and giving of testimony before the commission, or before any such commissioner, investigating board or officer by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before such court. Every person who, having taken an oath or made affirmation before a commissioner or officer appointed by the commission authorized to administer oaths, shall swear or affirm wilfully, corruptly and falsely, shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction shall be punished accordingly.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14044

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14044) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14044)
    Sec. 3-14044. Penalties. Any person who shall wilfully, or through culpable negligence violate any of the provisions of this Division or any rule promulgated in accordance with the provisions thereof shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-14045

    (55 ILCS 5/3-14045) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-14045)
    Sec. 3-14045. Vacancy upon conviction; disqualification. If any person shall be convicted under the next preceding Section, any public office or place of public employment, which such person may hold shall, by force of such conviction, be rendered vacant, and such person shall be incapable of holding any office or place of public employment for the period of five years from the date of such conviction.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)