55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

(55 ILCS 5/5-1104) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104)

Sec. 5-1104. Removal of obstructions from streams, lakes, ponds, and other water courses-stream maintenance. The county boards of the several counties in this State which have adopted by ordinance a Storm Water Management Plan may, in their respective counties:

(1) Cause the removal of, in such manner as they may direct, the driftwood and other obstructions from streams, lakes, ponds, natural and other water courses or from the channel, the banks, or within 10 feet inland from the top of the banks thereof;

(2) Provide that streams and other water courses that have been cleared of debris and obstructions will be maintained so that the flow of water will not be further impeded by causing:

(A) The regular removal of accumulations of rocks, boulders, construction materials, beaver dams, dead or diseased trees, logs, branches, twigs, refuse, wastes, and debris of any kind from the channel, the banks, or within 10 feet inland from the top of the banks of any streams, lakes, ponds, or water courses;

(B) The regular removal of accumulations of rocks, boulders, construction materials, beaver dams, dead or diseased trees, logs, branches, twigs, vegetation, refuse, wastes, and debris of any kind from the openings of bridges, culverts, sewer outfalls or any other man-made obstruction; and

(C) The regular removal of accumulations of sediment by dredging or other means;

(3) Provide for any inspection or survey required to clear or maintain any streams, lakes, ponds, or water courses; and

(4) For all of these purposes, after notice in writing to the owner at least 30 days prior thereto, enter upon the lands, streams, lakes, ponds, or waters of any such person, but subject to responsibility for all damages which shall be occasioned thereby.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-847.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1104.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1104.1)

Sec. 5-1104.1. If a forest preserve district organized under the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act has, either before or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, adopted a comprehensive policy for the management and maintenance of the streams, lakes, ponds and water courses located on the property owned by the district, the power conferred on a county board under Section 5-1104 shall be exercised in a manner consistent with such comprehensive policy and only pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the forest preserve district and the county specifying in detail the respective obligations of the parties.

A county may, either before or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, enter into an intergovernmental agreement with any forest preserve district within the county that exempts the forest preserve district from compliance with county zoning ordinances.

(Source: P.A. 97-1016, eff. 8-17-12.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1105) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1105)

Sec. 5-1105. Lease from public building commission. In addition to all the rights and powers conferred on any county board under this Code or any other Acts, a county board may acquire, under lease or otherwise, any real or personal property for county purposes, the county board in every county shall have the power:

(1) To lease from any Public Building Commission created pursuant to the provisions of the Public Building Commission Act, approved July 5, 1955, as heretofore or hereafter amended, any real or personal property for any of its county purposes, for any period of time not exceeding 30 years.

(2) To pay for the use of the leased property in accordance with the terms of the lease and with the provisions of the Public Building Commission Act, approved July 5, 1955, as heretofore or hereafter amended.

(3) To enter into such lease without making a previous appropriation for the expense thereby incurred, notwithstanding the provisions, if any applicable, in any other Sections of this Code; provided however, that if any county board undertakes to pay all or any part of the costs of operating and maintaining the property of a Public Building Commission as authorized in subparagraph (4) of this Section, such expenses of operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual appropriation ordinance or annual budget, as the case may be, of such county annually during the term of such undertaking.

(4) In addition, any county board may undertake, either in the lease with a Public Building Commission or by separate agreement or contract with a Public Building Commission, to pay all or any part of the costs of maintaining and operating the property of a Public Building Commission for any period of time not exceeding twenty years.

(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1028.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1106) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1106)

Sec. 5-1106. County offices, equipment and expenditures. It shall be the duty of the county board of each county:

First--To erect or otherwise provide when necessary, and the finances of the county will justify it, and keep in repair, a suitable court house, jail and other necessary county buildings, and to provide proper rooms and offices for the accommodation of the county board, State's attorney, county clerk, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff, and to provide suitable furniture therefor. But in counties not under township organization, no appropriations shall be made for the erection of public buildings, without first submitting the proposition to a vote of the people of the county, and the vote shall be submitted in the same manner and under the same restrictions as provided for in like cases in Section 5-2001; and the votes therefor shall be "For taxation," specifying the object, and those against shall be "Against taxation," specifying the object.

Second--To provide and keep in repair, when the finances of the county permit, suitable fireproof safes or offices for the county clerk, State's attorney, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff.

Third--To provide reasonable and necessary expenses for the use of the county board, county clerk, county treasurer, recorder, sheriff, coroner, State's attorney, superintendent of schools, judges and clerks of courts, and supervisor of assessment.

Fourth--To cause to be published at the close of each annual, regular or special meeting of the board, a brief statement of the proceedings thereof in one or more newspapers published in the county, in which shall be set forth the name of every individual who shall have had any account audited and allowed by the board and the amount of such claim as allowed, and the amount claimed, and also their proceedings upon the equalization of the assessment roll: Provided, that no publication in a newspaper shall be required unless the same can be done without unreasonable expense.

Fifth--To make out at its meeting in September, annually, a full and accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the preceding year, which statement shall contain a full and correct description of each item, from whom and on what account received, to whom paid, and on what account expended, together with an accurate statement of the finances of the county at the end of the fiscal year, including all debts and liabilities of every description, and the assets and other means to discharge the same; and within 30 days thereafter to cause the same to be posted up at the court house door, and at 2 other places in the county, and published for one week in some newspaper therein, if there is one, and the same can be done without unreasonable expense.

Sixth--To provide proper rooms and offices, and for the repair thereof, for the accommodation of the circuit court of the county and for the clerks for such court, and to provide suitable furnishings for such rooms and offices, and to furnish fire proof safes, and the repair thereof, for the offices of the clerks of the circuit court of the county. On or before June 1, 2019, every facility that houses a circuit court room shall include at least one lactation room or area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that is located outside the confines of a restroom and includes, at minimum, a chair, a table, and an electrical outlet, as well as a sink with running water where possible. The court rooms and furnishings thereof shall meet with reasonable minimum standards prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois. Such standards shall be substantially the same as those generally accepted in court rooms as to general furnishings, arrangement of bench, tables and chairs, cleanliness, convenience to litigants, decorations, lighting and other such matters relating to the physical appearance of the court room. The lactation rooms and areas shall also meet with reasonable minimum standards prescribed by the Supreme Court, which the Supreme Court is respectfully requested to create, including requirements for posting of notice to the public regarding location and access to lactation rooms and areas, as well as requirements for the addition of a sink with running water in the event of renovation to such facilities. The Supreme Court is also respectfully requested to create minimum standards for training of courthouse staff and personnel regarding location and access to lactation rooms and areas for all people present in the courthouse who need to use lactation rooms and areas.

(Source: P.A. 100-947, eff. 1-1-19.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1106.1)

Sec. 5-1106.1. Public records; Internet access.

(a) Any county may provide Internet access to public records maintained in electronic form. This access shall be provided at no charge to the public. Any county that provides public Internet access to records maintained in electronic form may also enter into a contractual arrangement for the dissemination of the same electronic data in bulk or compiled form.

(b) For the purposes of this Section, "electronic data in bulk form" is defined as all, or a significant subset, of any records to which the public has free Internet access, as is and without modification or compilation; and "electronic data in compiled form" is defined as any records to which the public has free Internet access but that has been specifically selected, aggregated, or manipulated and is not maintained or used in the county's regular course of business.

(c) If, but only if, a county provides free Internet access to public records maintained in electronic form, the county may charge a fee for the dissemination of the electronic data in bulk or compiled form, but the fee may not exceed 110% of the actual cost, if any, of providing the electronic data in bulk or compiled form.

The fee must be paid to the county treasurer and deposited into a fund designated as the County Automation Fund; except that in counties with a population exceeding 3,000,000, the fee shall be paid into a fund designated as the Recorder's Automation Fund.

(d) The county must make available for public inspection and copying an itemization of the actual cost, if any, of providing electronic data in bulk or compiled form, including any and all supporting documents. The county is prohibited from granting to any person or entity, whether by contract, license, or otherwise, the exclusive right to access and disseminate any public record.

(Source: P.A. 93-362, eff. 7-24-03.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-1107) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1107)

Sec. 5-1107. Rooms for persons reporting for jury duty. In providing the necessary court house facilities as required in Section 5-1106, the county board in any circuit composed of only one county with a population of over 300,000 inhabitants shall also provide a room or rooms large enough to accommodate all who are reporting for jury duty so that such persons shall remain segregated from all others in the court house until the persons so reporting have been assigned to jury duty or have been excused.

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

(55 ILCS 5/5-1108) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1108)

Sec. 5-1108. Additional duties of recorder in counties of less than 1,000,000. In counties with a population of less than 1,000,000, the county board, by ordinance or resolution, may authorize the recorder to (a) establish a map making department with sole authority over the preparation, maintenance and designation of all maps required for use by the county, including but not limited to, those maps required for assessment purposes; (b) establish a permanent real estate index number system; or (c) prepare and maintain up-to-date lists of property owners names and addresses.

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

(55 ILCS 5/5-1109) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1109)

Sec. 5-1109. Assessment maps in counties of less than 1,000,000. The county board of any county having a population of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants may whenever in the opinion of the board it becomes necessary, retain the services of a surveyor who shall be registered under the provisions of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, as amended, or a person experienced in the preparation of assessment maps or plats, to prepare assessment maps or plats of all or any part of the real property in any or all of the townships in such county. Such maps shall show each separately assessed parcel of real estate together with the area thereof. Subdivided property in recorded plats shall be given the same designation as is contained in the plat recorded, except that the surveyor may designate by letter or number any assessed parcel within such recorded plat which cannot be identified without describing it by metes and bounds. Assessed parcels not within recorded plats shall be designated by lot numbers or letters. The county board in each county may make such further regulations concerning this work as are deemed necessary. A copy of the books containing such maps or plats shall be filed with the county assessor or supervisor of assessments, with the recorder and with the county clerk, and a copy of the maps or plats for each township shall be filed with the assessor of such township, all of whom shall maintain and preserve these copies subject to the provisions of the Local Records Act, as amended. Upon the filing of the books as aforesaid, the county clerk, the township or county assessor, the supervisor of assessments, the board of review, and all other persons whose duty it is to assess property within the area covered by the maps, shall, beginning with the next quadrennial assessment year as set forth in Section 9-95 of the Property Tax Code, assess the parcels of land by identifying them in accordance with the description and designation set forth in such assessment map or maps. All maps filed in accordance herewith shall be designated as "Supervisors' Assessment Maps .... Township".

In any county adopting the provisions of this Section, a surveyor, who shall be registered under the provisions of the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, as amended, or a person experienced in the preparation of assessment maps or plats, shall be retained by the county board and shall prepare supplemental or correction maps showing all changes in assessment descriptions made subsequent to the preceding maps and prior to November 15 of the year preceding each quadrennial assessment year. Supplemental or correction maps shall be prepared only of those pages upon which corrections or changes are to be made and shall conform to the original maps filed except as to such changes. Copies of such supplemental or correction maps or pages, properly indexed and identified, shall be bound in one volume, if practical; shall be filed in the same manner as is herein provided for copies of the original maps; and shall be known as "Supplemental Supervisors' Assessment Maps for the year (insert year)".

The expense of making such maps or plats and copies thereof shall be borne by the county.

(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)