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COUNTIES
(55 ILCS 5/) Counties Code.

55 ILCS 5/5-6006

    (55 ILCS 5/5-6006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-6006)
    Sec. 5-6006. Ratification of previous adoptions by reference. Any county which has heretofore enacted a code or public record by reference thereto shall not be required to re-enact such code or public record by reason of this Division, and all previous incorporations by reference which would have been valid if this Division had then been in effect, are hereby ratified and declared effective, provided, however, that the requisite number of copies are forthwith filed with the county clerk, if they have not already been so filed.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-6008

    (55 ILCS 5/5-6008)
    Sec. 5-6008. Building permits. Once a building permit is issued, the applicable building codes of any unit of local government that are in effect at the time of the issuance of the permit shall be the only building codes that apply for the duration of the building permit.
(Source: P.A. 95-512, eff. 1-1-08.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-7

 
    (55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-7 heading)
Division 5-7. Nonsectarian Hospitals

55 ILCS 5/5-7001

    (55 ILCS 5/5-7001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-7001)
    Sec. 5-7001. Tax for maintaining public nonsectarian hospitals. Each county board, subject to the provisions of Section 5-7002, has power to levy a tax of not to exceed .25%, or the rate limit in effect on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater, of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, annually on all taxable property of the county, for the purpose of maintaining public nonsectarian hospitals located in the county. Such tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the general taxes of the county, and shall, when collected, be paid into the "Hospital Fund", which fund is hereby created. Such tax shall be in addition to all other taxes which the county is now, or hereafter may be, authorized to levy on the aggregate valuation of the property within the county and shall not be included in any tax limitation of rate upon which taxes are required to be extended but shall be excluded therefrom and in addition thereto. The foregoing limitations upon tax rates, insofar as they are applicable to counties of less than 1,000,000 population, may be increased or decreased under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
    For the purposes of this Division the words, "public nonsectarian hospital", shall be construed to include community hospitals operated on a non-profit basis, which are required by the terms of any contract to receive and care for acutely ill patients up to 25 per cent of the service rendered by such hospital expressed in terms of patient-days, regardless of whether the hospital receives compensation from such patients for the services rendered.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-7002

    (55 ILCS 5/5-7002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-7002)
    Sec. 5-7002. Election for tax levy. When a county board passes a resolution asking that an annual tax may be levied for the purpose of maintaining public nonsectarian hospitals in the county, and so instructs the county clerk, the county board shall certify the resolution and the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall.... County levy an
annual tax of not to exceed           YES
.25 per cent for the purpose      ----------------------------
of maintaining public                 NO
nonsectarian hospitals?
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    If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are for the levy of such tax, the county board may thereafter annually levy such tax, and thereafter the county board shall, in the annual appropriation bill, appropriate from such fund such sum or sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray necessary expenses and liabilities of such hospitals.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-7003

    (55 ILCS 5/5-7003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-7003)
    Sec. 5-7003. Discontinuance of tax. When 100 legal voters of any county which has adopted the provisions of this Division presents a petition to the county clerk, requesting that the levying of a tax annually in such county for the purpose of maintaining public nonsectarian hospitals be discontinued, the county clerk shall certify the proposition to any board of election commissioners in the county and he and they shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form:
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    Shall .... County discontinue
 the levying of an annual                   YES
 tax for the purpose of                 ----------------------
 maintaining  public                        NO
 nonsectarian hospitals?
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    If a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition are for the discontinuance of the levying of such tax, the county board shall not thereafter levy such tax unless a proposition authorizing such levy again receives a majority of all the votes cast upon the proposition as prescribed by Section 5-7002.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-8

 
    (55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-8 heading)
Division 5-8. Garbage Disposal

55 ILCS 5/5-8001

    (55 ILCS 5/5-8001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8001)
    Sec. 5-8001. Definitions. As used in this Division: "Garbage" means any refuse products or materials including but not limited to the following: putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, sale or consumption of food; animal excretion; glass or metal containers, products or objects discarded as no longer useable; paper, wood, and cardboard waste; uprooted weeds, grass clippings, leaves and the like; ashes and cinders; discarded furniture or clothing; and dead animals. The term "garbage" does not include human excretion in the form of body waste.
    "Garbage disposal area" means any area within a county but outside any city, village or incorporated town in such county to which garbage is hauled for disposal. The term does not include the area on any person's land used for disposal of garbage from such person's own household, nor does it include areas maintained by any incorporated city, village or town.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-8002

    (55 ILCS 5/5-8002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-8002)
    Sec. 5-8002. Rules and regulations; licenses. The county board in any county is authorized to:
    (1) license annually garbage disposal areas. License forms shall be supplied by the county board and shall provide for the following information: name and address of the applicant; name and address of the owner of the land where the garbage disposal area is located; a description of the location of the property to be used; the method to be used in disposing of the garbage and the approximate amount of garbage to be disposed of weekly.
    (2) license annually vehicles of any kind which are used in hauling garbage to such disposal areas except such vehicles owned or operated by any incorporated city, village or town used in hauling garbage to any garbage disposal area maintained by such city, village or town. License forms shall be furnished by the county board and shall provide for the following information: name and address of hauler; a description of the vehicle; the place where such vehicle is kept when not in use.
    (3) make rules and regulations pertaining to and provide for inspections of garbage disposal areas and garbage hauling vehicles to insure reasonable health standards.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)