(35 ILCS 200/25-25)
Sec. 25-25.
Failure of officer to perform duties if no other penalty
provided. If any officer fails or neglects to perform any of the duties
required of him by this Code, upon being required so to do by any person
interested in the matter, and for the failure or neglect to perform that duty
there is no other or specific penalty provided in this Code, he shall be liable
to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $500, to be recovered in a civil
action in the circuit court of the proper county, and may be removed from
office at the discretion of the court. Any officer who
knowingly violates any of the provisions of this Code, for the violation of
which there is no other specific penalty provided in this Code, shall be
liable to a fine not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 to be recovered in a
civil action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, in any court
having jurisdiction and may be removed from office at the discretion of the
court. Fines when recovered shall be paid into the county treasury.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 886; P.A. 88-455.)
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