55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

(55 ILCS 5/5-3001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-3001)

Sec. 5-3001. Deeds and conveyances; validation. All deeds, grants and conveyances heretofore made, and duly acknowledged and recorded as other deeds, conveying any lands, tenements or hereditaments to any county or to the inhabitants of any county, or to the county commissioners, county board, or to the governor, or any other officer or person or persons, by whatever form of conveyance, for the use and benefit of any county, shall be good and valid, to all intents and purposes, to vest in such county, in fee simple, or otherwise, all such right, title, interest an estate as the grantor or grantors in any such deed or conveyance had, at the time of the execution thereof, in the land conveyed and intended thereby to be conveyed.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-3002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-3002)

Sec. 5-3002. Contractual rights of county; suits. All notes, bonds, bills, contracts, covenants, agreements or writings, made or to be made, whereby any person is or shall be bound to the People of the State of Illinois, or to any county or the inhabitants thereof, or to the county commissioners, or the county board, or to the governor, or any other officer or person, in whatever form, for the payment of money, or any debt or duty, or the performance of any matter or thing to or for the use of any county, shall be as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes, to vest in such county all the rights, interest and actions which would be vested in any individual, if any such contract had been made directly to him. Suits may be commenced, sued and prosecuted thereon in the name of the county, as is provided herein, or in the name of the officer or person to whom they are made, to the use of the county, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as any person may or can upon like notes, bills, bonds, contracts, agreements or writings made to him.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-3003)

Sec. 5-3003. Contracts for goods and services valued at more than $30,000.

(a) As used in this Section, "familial relationship" means an individual's father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, and the father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother of the individual's spouse and the individual's fiance or fiancee.

(b) A county may deny, suspend, or terminate the eligibility of a person, firm, corporation, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity to participate as a vendor of goods or services to the county if the vendor, for contracts greater than $30,000, fails to disclose to the county a familial relationship between a county elected official or county department director and any of the following individuals who have the authority to act on behalf of and with the power to bind the respective person, firm, corporation, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity: a corporate officer; a member of the corporate board of directors; a limited liability company manager; a member with management authority of a limited liability company; or a partner of a partnership.

(c) If a person, firm, corporation, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity seeking to contract with the county has a familial relationship required to be disclosed under subsection (b), then the contract may be approved or renewed by roll call vote of the county board following a recitation of the name of the county official and the nature of the familial relationship being disclosed.

(Source: P.A. 101-544, eff. 8-23-19.)

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-4 heading) Division 5-4. Contracts for Heat and Electricity - Counties over 500,000 Population

(55 ILCS 5/5-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-4001)

Sec. 5-4001. Contracts with municipality. In any county of 500,000 population or over having a public building or buildings owned by said county, adjacent or contiguous to a public building or buildings belonging to any municipality within such county, such county and municipal corporation may contract with each other, and they are hereby empowered to sell and deliver, one to the other, heat or electricity from the plant or plants located in the building or buildings of one for use in such building or buildings of the other, and it shall not be necessary to advertise for bids before entering into contracts hereunder: Provided, however, that a saving over previous expenditures must thereby be secured to either or both.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-5 heading) Division 5-5. Contracts for Police Protection

(55 ILCS 5/5-5001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-5001)

Sec. 5-5001. Police protection in townships outside incorporated municipalities. The county board of any county may contract, with advice and consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request for contract services is made, based upon a determination of law enforcement needs of the area in which contract services are sought, with any township in the county to furnish police protection outside of any incorporated municipality in the township.

(Source: P.A. 91-633, eff. 12-1-99.)

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-6 heading) Division 5-6. Adoption of Codes and Records by Reference

(55 ILCS 5/5-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6001)

Sec. 5-6001. Definitions. As used in the text of this Division, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated as follows, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Code" shall mean and include any published compilation of rules and regulations which have been prepared by various technical trade or service associations and shall include specifically, but shall not be limited to, building codes; plumbing codes; electrical wiring codes; fire prevention codes; codes for the slaughtering, processing, and selling of meats and meat products for human consumption; codes for the production, pasteurizing and sale of milk and milk products, together with any other code which embraces rules and regulations pertinent to a subject which is a proper county legislative matter;

"Public record" shall mean and include any county, state, or federal statute, rule, or regulation adopted prior to the exercise by any county of the authority to incorporate by reference herein granted; provided, however, that this definition shall not include the county ordinances or resolutions, rules or regulations of any county except those of the county which is exercising the right to incorporate by reference, nor shall this definition include the state laws, rules, or regulations of any state other than the State of Illinois;

"Published" shall mean printed, lithographed, multigraphed, mimeographed, or otherwise reproduced.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-6002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6002)

Sec. 5-6002. Adoption of codes and public records by reference. Any county is authorized to adopt by reference the provisions of any code or portions of any code as herein defined, without setting forth the provisions of such codes in full, provided that at least 3 copies of such code which is incorporated or adopted by reference are filed in the office of the county clerk and there kept available for public use, inspection, and examination. Any county is likewise authorized and empowered to adopt by reference the provisions of any public records, provided, likewise, that 3 copies of such public record are kept on file in the office of the county clerk as provided above for codes. The filing requirement herein prescribed shall not be deemed to be complied with unless the required copies of such code or public record are filed with the county clerk for a period of 15 days prior to adoption of the ordinance or resolution which incorporates such code or public record by reference.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-6003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6003)

Sec. 5-6003. Publication of adopting ordinance or resolution. Nothing contained in this Division shall be deemed to relieve any county from the requirement of publishing the ordinance or resolution in full which adopts such code or public record by reference, and all provisions applicable to such publication shall be fully and completely carried out as if no code or public record was incorporated therein.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-6004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6004)

Sec. 5-6004. Adoption of penalty clauses by reference prohibited. Nothing contained in this Division shall be deemed to permit the adoption of the penalty clauses by reference which may be established in the code or public record which is being incorporated by reference, and such penalty clauses shall be set forth in full in the adopting ordinance or resolution and be published along with and in the same manner as the adopting ordinance or resolution is required to be published.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)