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COUNTIES
(55 ILCS 5/) Counties Code.

55 ILCS 5/5-24013

    (55 ILCS 5/5-24013) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-24013)
    Sec. 5-24013. Discontinuance of treatment. Whenever a petition signed by 200 or more legal voters of a county which has adopted this Division, is presented to the county board, requesting the submission of a proposition whether or not the treatment of persons afflicted with cancer or tumor under the provisions of this Division be discontinued, the county board shall adopt a resolution providing for the submission of the proposition to the voters of the county in a similar manner as is hereinabove provided for the submission of the proposition for the adoption of the provisions of this Division. 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.
    If a majority of the voters of the county voting upon the proposition are in favor thereof the proposition shall be deemed adopted and the treatment of persons afflicted with cancer or tumor and any tax levied therefor shall be discontinued in the county. If any funds remain to the credit of the Cancer and Tumor Fund, after such a tax has been discontinued, and no outstanding indebtedness exists against the county for the purpose of the treatment of persons afflicted with cancer or tumor, the remaining funds shall be paid into the general fund for county purposes in the county treasury.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-25

 
    (55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-25 heading)
Division 5-25. County and Multi-county Health Departments

55 ILCS 5/5-25001

    (55 ILCS 5/5-25001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25001)
    Sec. 5-25001. County and multiple-county health departments. Any county or two or more adjacent counties may, by resolution of the county board or county boards of the respective counties, as the case may be, or upon approval by referendum as hereinafter provided, establish and maintain a full-time health department; provided, that four or more counties must obtain the approval of the State Department of Public Health prior to establishing a multiple-county health department. The approval may be obtained upon application by the county board of any county, containing such information as may be required by the State Department. Approval shall be granted if the State Department determines that the establishment of the multiple-county health department is essential to the health requirements of the area affected.
    A "consolidated health department" shall mean a health department which has resulted from the merging of two or more adjacent existing county or multiple-county health departments, as provided in Section 5-25019.
    A full-time health department is one whose personnel, other than consultants and clinicians, devote their full time during regular, standard working hours to health department duties. Reference hereinafter made to health departments means full-time health departments unless otherwise specified.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-25002

    (55 ILCS 5/5-25002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25002)
    Sec. 5-25002. Classification of departments. County and multiple county health departments established under this Division may be classified by the Director of Public Health in accordance with standards relating to programs, and performance. The State Department of Public Health is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations setting forth minimum standards for programs and performance, including regulations in which the State Department of Public Health shall require provision of home visitation and other services for pregnant women, new mothers and infants who are at risk as defined by that Department that encompass but are not limited to consultation for parental and child development, comprehensive health education, nutritional assessment, dental health, and periodic health screening, referral and follow-up; the services shall be provided through programs funded by grants from the Department of Public Health from appropriations to the Department for that purpose. The Department is further authorized to prescribe minimum qualifications for the professional, technical, and administrative staff.
(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1377; 87-395.)

55 ILCS 5/5-25003

    (55 ILCS 5/5-25003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25003)
    Sec. 5-25003. Election on establishment of county health department and annual levy of additional tax. Whenever a petition signed by voters representing not less than 10% of the votes cast at the last preceding general election of any county is presented to the county clerk requesting the establishment and maintenance of a county health department and the levy therefor, in excess of the statutory limit, of an additional annual tax of not to exceed .1% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property of the county, the county clerk shall certify the proposition for submission at an election in accordance with the general election law, and the proposition shall be so submitted. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall.... county levy
an annual tax of not to              YES
exceed .1% for the purpose      ------------------------------
of providing community health        NO
facilities and services?
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    If a majority of all votes cast upon the proposition is in favor thereof, the county board shall immediately proceed to establish a health department. In any county in which a county health department was established by a referendum prior to January 1, 1970, the county board may, by resolution and without subsequent referendum, levy a tax at a rate not to exceed the rate set forth in Section 5-25010. However, any levy in excess of .05% shall be approved by at least a three-fifths vote of the county board. 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.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-25004

    (55 ILCS 5/5-25004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25004)
    Sec. 5-25004. Election on establishment of multiple-county health department and annual levy of additional tax. Whenever a petition signed by voters representing not less than 10% of the votes cast at the last preceding general election in each of two or more adjacent counties is presented to their respective county clerks requesting the establishment and maintenance of a multiple-county health department and the levy therefor, in excess of the statutory limit, of an additional annual tax in each county of not to exceed .1% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property of the county, each county clerk shall certify the proposition to the county clerk of each of the other counties mentioned in the petition. Each such county clerk in accordance with the general election law shall make certification to any board of election commissioners in his county and shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election. If the petitions are so presented in 4 or more counties, the approval of the State Department of Public Health as provided in Section 5-25001, shall be obtained prior to the giving of notice. The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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    Shall.... counties levy an
annual tax of not to exceed .1%          YES
for the purpose of providing health --------------------------
facilities and services in their         NO
respective counties?
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    If a majority of all votes cast upon the proposition in each county is in favor thereof, the several county boards shall immediately proceed to organize a multiple-county health department and shall agree concerning the conditions governing the organization and operation of the department and for the apportionment of the cost thereof. In any county in which a multiple county health department was established and organized by a referendum prior to January 1, 1970, the county board may, by resolution and without subsequent referendum, levy a tax at a rate not to exceed the rate set forth in Section 5-25010. However, any levy in excess of .05% shall be approved by at least a three-fifths vote of the county board. 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.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-25005

    (55 ILCS 5/5-25005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25005)
    Sec. 5-25005. Canvass of votes. When the proposition is submitted to the voters of a county, the ballots shall be counted, the returns canvassed and the result declared as in the case of a regular county election.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-25006

    (55 ILCS 5/5-25006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25006)
    Sec. 5-25006. Canvass of votes in several counties. When the proposition is submitted to the voters of two or more adjacent counties, the ballots shall be counted and the returns made to the county clerk of each county, respectively, in the same manner as in the case of returns to the county clerk in a general election. The returns shall be opened and canvassed by a committee made up of the county clerk of each county in which the vote on the proposition was cast, and the chairman of the county board of each county. The committee will convene at the request of the chairman of the county board of any one of the counties in which the vote on the proposition was cast. The committee shall elect a chairman whose duty it will be to see that the returns are opened and canvassed by the committee and that the result is declared.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/5-25007

    (55 ILCS 5/5-25007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25007)
    Sec. 5-25007. County clerk to record vote. Each county clerk shall record the result of the vote upon the proposition in his county, and the result may be proved in all courts and in all proceedings by the record or by a certified copy thereof.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)