55 ILCS 5/ Counties Code.

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55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-29

(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-29 heading) Division 5-29.

Code of Ordinances and Regulations

55 ILCS 5/5-29001

(55 ILCS 5/5-29001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29001)

Sec. 5-29001. Authorization.

A county board may, by resolution,
authorize the compilation, publication and maintenance of a county code
consisting of ordinances and regulations duly adopted by the county board.

(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)

55 ILCS 5/5-29002

(55 ILCS 5/5-29002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29002)

Sec. 5-29002.

Compilation of ordinances and regulations;
index. A county board adopting this Division shall authorize the State's
attorney, or any person or persons deemed by the county board to be qualified
to compile existing ordinances and regulations and to organize and index
said ordinances and regulations.

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

55 ILCS 5/5-29003

(55 ILCS 5/5-29003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29003)

Sec. 5-29003.

Title of code.

The code of ordinances and regulations
shall be titled "The (County Name) County Code".

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

55 ILCS 5/5-29004

(55 ILCS 5/5-29004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29004)

Sec. 5-29004.

Adoption by resolution; effective date.

Once
the code has been compiled it shall be adopted by resolution
of the county board and shall be effective on the date so adopted.

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

55 ILCS 5/5-29005

(55 ILCS 5/5-29005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29005)

Sec. 5-29005.

Record and memorandum.

The county clerk shall record,
in a book used exclusively for that purpose, all ordinances passed by the
county board.  Immediately following each ordinance the county clerk shall
make a memorandum of the date of the passage and of the publication or
posting, where required, of the ordinance. This record and memorandum, or a
certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of the contents,
passage, and of the publication or posting of ordinances.  Such book or
pamphlet shall not relieve a county board from publication of notices as
otherwise required by statute or court order.

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

55 ILCS 5/5-29006

(55 ILCS 5/5-29006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29006)

Sec. 5-29006.

Certificate of county clerk.

The contents of county
ordinances, the date of passage, and the date of publication or posting,
where required, may be proved by the certificate of the county clerk.

Whenever county ordinances are printed in book or pamphlet form, and purport
to be published by authority of the county board, such book or pamphlet
shall be prima facie evidence of the contents, passage, and legal publication
of such ordinances, as of the dates mentioned in such book or pamphlet, in
all courts and administrative tribunals.

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

55 ILCS 5/5-29007

(55 ILCS 5/5-29007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29007)

Sec. 5-29007.

Public review and inspection; sale.

The duly approved
county code shall be made available for public review and inspection in the
office of the county clerk.  The county board may authorize the county
clerk to sell copies of the code to the public and may establish an
appropriate fee for that purpose.

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

55 ILCS 5/5-29008

(55 ILCS 5/5-29008) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29008)

Sec. 5-29008.

Republication of code.

The county code shall be updated
and republished annually or more frequently as the county board may direct.
 The county board may authorize the State's attorney, or any person or
persons deemed by the county board to be qualified, to update the county code.

The county clerk shall cooperate fully with the person or persons designated
by the county board to update the county code.

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

55 ILCS 5/5-29009

(55 ILCS 5/5-29009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-29009)

Sec. 5-29009.

Binding and effective as adopted by the county
board. Where ordinances or regulations are intentionally or inadvertently
omitted from the county code, such ordinances and regulations shall still
be binding and effective as adopted by the county board.  However, when
ordinances and regulations are included in the county code, provisions of
the county code shall be binding and effective.

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