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COUNTIES (55 ILCS 5/) Counties Code. 55 ILCS 5/5-2001
(55 ILCS 5/5-2001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2001)
Sec. 5-2001.
Raising tax in addition to statutory limit.
Whenever the county board deems it necessary to assess taxes
the aggregate of which exceeds the taxes which are authorized to be
levied without a vote of the people as provided in Section 5-1024, the
county board may, by an order entered of record, set forth substantially
the amount of such excess required, the purpose for which the same will be
required, and, if for a limited time, the number of years such excess will
be required to be levied, and if for the payment of interest or principal,
or both, upon bonds shall, in a general way designate the bonds and specify
the number of years such excess will be required to be levied, and provide
for the submission of the question of assessing the additional rate
required to a vote of the people of the county at the next election for
county officers held in such county after the adoption of the resolution.
The board shall certify the resolution and the proposition to the proper
election officials who shall submit the proposition at such general
election in accordance with the general election law. The
proposition shall be substantially in the following form: "For additional
tax in excess of statutory limit of ....% of valuation", and "Against
additional tax in excess of the statutory limit of ....% of valuation". If
a majority of the votes cast upon the question are for the additional tax,
then the county board shall have the power to cause such additional tax to
be levied and collected in accordance with the terms of such resolution,
and the money so collected shall be kept as a separate fund and disbursed
only for the purpose for which the same was raised.
Provided, any surplus that may remain after the payment of all
demands against said fund, may be used for other purposes.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/5-2002
(55 ILCS 5/5-2002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2002)
Sec. 5-2002.
Raising tax in addition to constitutional limit.
Whenever the county board shall deem it necessary to assess
taxes the aggregate of which shall exceed the constitutional limit of
75¢ per $100 valuation of the property of the county, the
county board may, by an order entered of record, set forth substantially
the amount of such excess required, the purpose for which the same shall
be required, and, if for a limited time, the number of years such excess
shall be required to be levied, and if for the payment of principal or
interest, or both, upon bonds, shall, in a general way, designate the
bonds, and provide for the submission of the question of assessing the
additional rate in excess of the constitutional limit of 75¢ per $100
valuation of the property of the county to a vote of the people at any
election held in such county. The board shall certify the question to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the question at an election
in accordance with the general election law.
In addition to the requirements of the general election law, it shall be
the duty of the county clerk in his election notice to give notice to the
voters of the county that the additional tax is in excess of the
constitutional limitation of 75¢ per $100 valuation, setting forth
substantially the amount of such excess to be required, the number of years
such expense shall be required to be levied, and the purpose for which the
tax is to be levied, with such particularity that the tax payer may know
what expenditure the tax is intended to cover. The proposition shall be
"For additional tax in excess of constitutional limit of 75¢ per $100
valuation," and "Against additional tax in excess of constitutional limit
of 75¢ per $100 valuation." If the vote on the proposition receives a
majority of all voters voting at the election at which such proposition is
submitted, the county board shall have the power to cause additional tax to
be levied and collected in accordance with the terms of such resolution,
and the moneys so collected shall be kept as a separate fund and disbursed
only for the purpose for which the same was raised.
Provided, any surplus that may remain after the payment of all demands
against said fund, may be used for other purposes.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/5-2003
(55 ILCS 5/5-2003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2003)
Sec. 5-2003.
Duration of excess levy; submission to vote of
question of discontinuing additional tax. In the event an
excess tax has been voted as provided by Section 5-2001 and the order of the
county board shall not have limited the time such excess will be required
to be levied, the county board may thereafter levy such excess tax until
such authority is revoked in manner hereinafter provided. However, no tax
so voted for the payment of interest or principal or both of any bonds
shall be discontinued by virtue of any of the provisions of this Division.
The authority to levy such excess tax (except taxes to pay bonds) may be
discontinued in the following manner: The County board may, by an order
entered of record, and shall, by an order entered of record whenever five
hundred legal voters of the County present petition to it asking that said
excess tax be discontinued, provide for the submission of the question of
discontinuing the additional tax at the next general election held in such
county after the adoption of the resolution. The board shall certify the
resolution and the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit
the question at such election in accordance with the general election law.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form: "For
discontinuing additional tax in excess of statutory limit of.... cents per
$100 valuation" and "Against discontinuing additional tax in excess of
statutory limit of.... cents per $100 valuation." The votes shall be
canvassed and returned the same as those for county officers, and if a
majority of the votes cast upon the question are for the discontinuing of
the additional tax, then such additional tax shall not be levied thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/5-2004
(55 ILCS 5/5-2004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2004)
Sec. 5-2004.
Revocation of authority to levy excess tax;
submission to vote. In the event an excess tax has been voted
as provided by Section 5-2002 and the order of
the county board shall not have limited
the time such excess will be required to be levied, the county board may
thereafter levy such excess tax until such authority is revoked in manner
hereinafter provided. However, no tax so voted for the payment of interest
or principal or both of any bonds shall be discontinued by virtue of any
of the provisions of this Division. The authority to levy such
excess tax (except taxes to pay bonds) may be discontinued in the following
manner: The county board may, by an order entered of record, and shall, by
an order entered of record whenever 500 legal voters of the County
present a petition to it asking that said excess tax be discontinued,
provide for the submission of the question of discontinuing the additional
tax at any regular election held in such county, after the adoption of the
resolution. The board shall certify the resolution and the question to the
proper election officials, who shall submit the question at a referendum in
accordance with the general election law. The question shall be in
substantially the following form: "For discontinuing additional tax in
excess of constitutional limit of 75¢ per $100 valuation" and
"Against discontinuing additional tax in excess of constitutional limit
of 75¢ per $100 valuation." If the vote on the proposition receives a
majority of all voters voting on the referendum such additional tax shall
not be levied thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/5-2005
(55 ILCS 5/5-2005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2005)
Sec. 5-2005.
Inclusion of question of issuing bonds and raising
tax. If it shall be deemed necessary to submit to a vote of the people at
the same election, the question of issuing bonds and the raising of such
additional tax, either in excess of the statutory or constitutional limit,
the same may be included in one referendum, and in that case the question
shall be in substantially the following form: "For bonds and additional tax
in excess of statutory limit" or "For bonds and additional tax in excess of
constitutional limit of 75¢ per $100 valuation," and "Against bonds and
additional tax in excess of statutory limit" or "Against bonds and
additional tax in excess of constitutional limit of 75¢ per $100 valuation."
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/5-2006
(55 ILCS 5/5-2006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2006)
Sec. 5-2006. Tax for Veterans Assistance Commission. The county
board of each county having a population of less than 3 million in which
there is a Veterans Assistance Commission as provided in Section 9 of the
Military Veterans Assistance Act may levy a tax of not to exceed .03% of
the assessed value annually on all taxable property of the county, for the
purpose of providing assistance to military veterans and their families
pursuant to such Act. Whenever not less than 10% of the electors of the
county petition the county board to levy the tax at not to exceed .04% of
the assessed value, the county board shall certify the proposition to the
proper election officials who shall submit the proposition at the next
general election in accordance with the general election law. If a majority
of the electors vote in favor of the proposition, the county board may,
annually, levy the tax as authorized. The proceeds of any tax so levied
shall be used exclusively for the assistance purposes authorized
thereunder, and a portion thereof may be expended for the salaries of any officers or employees of the Veterans Assistance Commission, for the authorized reimbursement of any officer or employee of the Veterans Assistance Commission, as provided in Section 10 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act, or for any other expenses incident to the administration of such assistance.
The tax shall be separate from all other taxes which the
county is authorized to levy on the aggregate valuation of the property within the
county and shall not be included in any tax limitation of the rate upon
which taxes are required to be extended, but shall be excluded therefrom
and in addition thereto. The tax shall be levied and collected in like
manner as the general taxes of the county, and, when collected, shall be
paid into a special fund in the county treasury and used only as herein
authorized, or disbursed from the county treasury of a county in which a properly organized Veterans Assistance Commission is authorized under Section 3-11008 of this Code.
The limitations on tax rates herein provided may be increased or decreased
under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
If a county has levied the tax herein authorized or otherwise meets the
conditions set out in Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code,
to qualify for State funds to supplement local funds for public purposes
under Articles III, IV, V, VI, and IX of that Code and otherwise meets the conditions
set out in Article XII of that Code for receipt of State aid, the Illinois
Department of Human Services shall allocate and pay to the
county such
additional sums as it determines to be necessary to meet the needs of
assistance to military veterans and their families in the county and
expenses incident to the administration of such assistance. In counties where a Veterans Assistance Commission has been properly
created, those County Veterans Assistance Commissions shall be in charge of the administration of such assistance provided under the Illinois Public Aid Code for military veterans and their families.
(Source: P.A. 102-732, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1132, eff. 2-10-23.)
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55 ILCS 5/5-2007
(55 ILCS 5/5-2007) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-2007)
Sec. 5-2007.
Election; form of proposition; validation.
Where,
in any county prior to March 13, 1961, a majority of the legal
voters voting on the proposition to issue county bonds and voting to levy
an additional annual tax for the payment thereof in excess of the statutory
limit of 12 1/2¢ per $100 valuation of taxable property and in excess of
all taxes levied by said county for general county purposes without a
referendum and in addition to and in excess of all other taxes authorized
or permitted to be levied by said county within the constitutional limit of
75¢ per $100 valuation of taxable property in said county, have voted for
bonds and additional tax in excess of statutory limit of 12 1/2¢ per $100
valuation at a referendum and held for such purpose, and notice of such
election contained a statement of the proposition to be voted upon, and the
proposition was substantially in the form as set out by statute, such
referendum is hereby validated in all respects, notwithstanding that the
proposition stated the statutory limit of 12 1/2¢ per $100 valuation
instead of such statutory limit as reduced by the applicable provisions of
the General Revenue Law of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-3
(55 ILCS 5/Div. 5-3 heading)
Division 5-3.
Contracts in General
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55 ILCS 5/5-3001
(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.)
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55 ILCS 5/5-3002
(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.)
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55 ILCS 5/5-3003 (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.
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