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COUNTIES
(55 ILCS 5/) Counties Code.

55 ILCS 5/3-11014

    (55 ILCS 5/3-11014) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-11014)
    Sec. 3-11014. Cost of bonds to be paid by county. The premium on all bonds required of the county treasurer in any official capacity by the provisions of this Division if the surety thereon shall be a surety company or companies authorized to do business in this State under the laws thereof, shall be paid out of the county treasury: Provided, however, that the amount of said premium shall not exceed one-half of one per cent per annum of the amount of said bond.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-11015

    (55 ILCS 5/3-11015) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-11015)
    Sec. 3-11015. Liability of treasurer. The county treasurer shall be discharged from responsibility for all moneys deposited by him pursuant to the terms of this Division, with any depository or depositories who may be named and shall qualify in accordance with the terms thereof: Provided, that nothing in this Division contained shall be construed in any manner to change or affect the liability of treasurers having depositories under and in accordance with the terms of this Division, except that such treasurers shall be discharged from liability for moneys so deposited by them in such depositories while such moneys so deposited are in the custody of any such depository.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-11016

    (55 ILCS 5/3-11016) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-11016)
    Sec. 3-11016. Expenses of suit by or against treasurer. All reasonable expenses incurred by the county treasurer in prosecuting or defending suits or actions brought by or against him in any official capacity shall be paid out of the county treasury.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-11017

    (55 ILCS 5/3-11017) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-11017)
    Sec. 3-11017. No retention of compensation other than salary. The county treasurer shall retain no fees, commissions or other compensation whatsoever, except his salary or other compensation fixed by law, for his services when acting as such county treasurer or in any other official capacity incident to his incumbency of that office. All fees, perquisites and emoluments (above the amount of such salary or other compensation fixed by law) shall be paid into the county treasury.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-11018

    (55 ILCS 5/3-11018) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-11018)
    Sec. 3-11018. Payment of interest or fees on deposits. No bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union holding county moneys deposited therewith by the county treasurer in accordance with the provisions in this Division, or otherwise, and no officer of any such bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union, or other person, shall pay to, withhold for the benefit of, or contract in any manner for the payment to such county treasurer, or to any other person for him, of any interest or other fee, perquisite or emolument, on account of the deposit of such county moneys, except such interest as shall be paid to such county treasurer for the benefit of the county.
(Source: P.A. 97-129, eff. 7-14-11.)

55 ILCS 5/3-11019

    (55 ILCS 5/3-11019) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-11019)
    Sec. 3-11019. No personal profit; penalty. The making of a personal profit or emolument by the incumbent of the office of county treasurer or by any other county officer out of any county moneys by loaning, depositing or otherwise using or disposing of the same in any manner whatsoever, shall be deemed a Class 3 felony. Any county officer or other person who wilfully violates any provision of this Division, other than that above specified in this Section, or who wilfully neglects or refuses to perform any duty imposed upon such person by the terms of this Division, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-11020

    (55 ILCS 5/3-11020) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-11020)
    Sec. 3-11020. Applicability to counties. This Division and all of the provisions thereof shall apply in every county of this State now containing, or which may hereafter contain, more than 150,000 inhabitants.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-11021

    (55 ILCS 5/3-11021)
    Sec. 3-11021. Cook County Housing Trust Fund.
    (a) The Cook County Treasurer shall maintain a special fund known as the Cook County Housing Trust Fund for which the Housing Authority of Cook County shall be the sole beneficiary.
    (b) The Fund may receive moneys from appropriations from the State for use by the Housing Authority of Cook County, as well as loan repayments, cash distributions from equity investments, and similar cash payments generated by a funded project that may be redeposited into the Fund and used for additional projects.
    (c) Moneys in the Fund may be used by the Housing Authority of Cook County for the following purposes:
        (1) eligible projects, including projects involving
    
multi-family rental housing, single family rental housing, and single family for-sale housing;
        (2) eligible costs, including the cost of: (i) real
    
property acquisition; (ii) new construction; (iii) rehabilitation of newly acquired property, including conversion of non-residential structures to residential use; (iv) necessary and related onsite and offsite improvements; (v) reasonable developer fees; (vi) reasonable consulting and legal fees; (vii) initial operating costs for housing units; and (viii) capitalized reserves for replacement and operation; and
        (3) other eligible Housing Authority uses,
    
including equity investment in project owners, loans to project owners with a term not to exceed 40 years, and direct acquisition of land to be leased to project owners.
    (d) The Cook County Treasurer, in consultation with the Housing Authority of Cook County, shall make accounting annually to the Cook County Board of Commissioners through the County Clerk of the use of moneys maintained in the Fund.
(Source: P.A. 102-793, eff. 1-1-23.)

55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-12

 
    (55 ILCS 5/Div. 3-12 heading)
Division 3-12. Merit Employment System

55 ILCS 5/3-12001

    (55 ILCS 5/3-12001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12001)
    Sec. 3-12001. Creation or abolition of Personnel Policy Commission. The County Board of any county having a population of 350,000 or more but less than 1,000,000 inhabitants as determined by the last preceding federal census, may by ordinance create a Personnel Policy Commission.
    If the county board does not by ordinance create a Personnel Policy Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Division, a petition may be filed with the county clerk, signed by not less than 1% of the registered voters of the county, requesting the submission to a referendum of the following proposition: shall the county board of..... county create a Personnel Policy Commission pursuant to the provisions of Division 3-12 of the Counties Code?
    If such a petition is filed, the county clerk shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election to be held in accordance with the general election law.
    If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of it, the county board shall, by ordinance, create a Personnel Policy Commission pursuant to the provisions of this Division.
    At any time after the creation of a Personnel Policy Commission pursuant to this Division, a petition may be filed with the county clerk, signed by not less than 1% of the registered voters of the county, requesting the submission to a referendum of the following proposition: shall the county board of..... county abolish the Personnel Policy Commission established pursuant to the provisions of Division 3-12 of the Counties Code?
    The election authority shall submit the proposition to the voters at an election to be held in accordance with the general election law.
    If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition vote in favor of it, the county board shall, by ordinance, abolish such Personnel Policy Commission.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-12002

    (55 ILCS 5/3-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12002)
    Sec. 3-12002. Definitions. The following words and terms found in this Division have the meaning defined in this Section unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.
    (a) Appointing authority: the officer, individual, board or group, who by law or legally delegated authority, has the authority to appoint or to remove personnel from positions as county employees.
    (b) Appointment: the offer and the acceptance of employment in the county service.
    (c) Board: a county board.
    (d) Class: one or more positions sufficiently similar with respect to duties and responsibilities that the same descriptive title may be used with clarity to designate each of said positions; that the same minimum qualifications are appropriate for the performance of each such position; that the same test of fitness may be used to rank applicants on the basis of merit; and that the same schedule of pay may be applied to all such similar positions.
    (e) Classification plan: a list of the classes in the classified service by official title. For each class, a specification shall be prepared which shall set forth the duties, responsibilities and authority thereof, and the minimum qualifications necessary for entry into any of the positions in the class.
    (f) Classified service: all positions and employees in the county service subject to the provisions of this Division.
    (g) Commission: the County Personnel Policy Commission established under this Division.
    (h) County: the County government.
    (i) Department: a county governmental unit under the control of an appointing authority which has a separate operating budget approved by the Board.
    (j) Director: Director of the County Personnel Department.
    (k) Eligible: a person who has attained a passing score on an examination for a specific class.
    (l) Employee: a person who is paid a wage, salary or stipend from public monies in accordance with official entries on a county payroll.
    (m) List of eligibles: the persons who have met the minimum requirements for entry into a class.
    (n) Part-time employee: an employee who works less than 30 hours per week.
    (o) Permanent employee: any employee in the classified service who has satisfactorily completed the probationary period and has been so certified by the appointing authority.
    (p) Personnel department: the personnel director and the employees under the director's supervision.
    (q) Position: a specific employment whether occupied or vacant, involving duties requiring the services of one person.
    (r) Probation: a specified period of employment following appointment, reemployment, transfer, promotion or demotion; it is the final step in the examination process during which work performance of an employee is evaluated.
    (s) Promotion: a change in the assignment of an employee from a position in one class to a position in another class having a higher range of pay.
    (t) Suspension: the temporary separation of an employee from his/her position for disciplinary reasons.
    (u) Temporary employee: an employee who by prearrangement works at a given position for not more than 4 months per year.
    (v) Unclassified service: all positions in the county service which are exempt from the provisions of this Division and from the rules pertaining thereto.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-12003

    (55 ILCS 5/3-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12003)
    Sec. 3-12003. Classified and unclassified service. The county service shall be divided into the classified and unclassified service. All offices and positions of the county shall be in the classified service unless specially designated as being in the unclassified service by this Division. Positions in the unclassified service shall include the following:
    (1) officials elected at large in the county and up to three chief assistants to each such elected official;
    (2) department managers;
    (3) officials and employees whose appointment and removal is otherwise provided by law;
    (4) attorneys;
    (5) chief deputies, assistant chief deputies, first assistants to department managers and second assistants to department managers, according to the following standards:
    a. in offices of fewer than 20 full time employees, one chief deputy or first assistant to the department manager;
    b. in offices of more than 20 people, the chief deputy or first assistant and the assistant chief deputy or second assistant;
    (6) private secretaries to all those exempted persons except attorneys below the rank of second assistant; and
    (7) all part-time or temporary employees.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-12004

    (55 ILCS 5/3-12004) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12004)
    Sec. 3-12004. Membership of commission. (a) There shall be a Personnel Policy Commission consisting of 5 members selected from the general public by the county board chairman with the consent of the county board.
    (b) From the membership of the Personnel Policy Commission the county board chairman shall select a chairman of the commission.
    (c) Appointments to the Personnel Policy Commission shall be made as follows:
    (1) two members shall be appointed for a term ending the first Monday of July, 1979;
    (2) two members shall be appointed for a term ending the first Monday of July, 1980;
    (3) one member shall be appointed for a term ending the first Monday of July, 1981;
    (4) thereafter, not later than the first Tuesday of June, each member shall be appointed in the same manner for a term of 3 years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of a term shall be appointed in the same manner for the remainder of the term. Each member of the commission shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. The Personnel Policy Commission shall meet at such time and place as shall be specified by call of the commission chairman. At least one meeting shall be held quarterly; three members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Commission members shall serve without compensation; however, they shall be reimbursed for travel and other necessary and reasonable expenses in accordance with the established procedures of the county.
    (d) Commission members shall be subject to the following qualifications restrictions:
    a. not more than 3 members shall be of the same political party;
    b. no commissioner shall hold another lucrative office or employment under the United States, the State of Illinois or any municipal corporation or political division thereof;
    c. no commissioner shall be a member of any local, state or national committee of a local political party or an officer or member of standing committees of any partisan political group or organization;
    d. no commissioner can be a candidate for any partisan elective public office;
    e. commissioners may be removed from office by the county board chairman, with the consent of the county board, for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
    (e) The county board shall make appropriations from the general fund to meet the estimated cost of administering the provisions of this resolution.
    (f) The Director of Personnel shall serve as executive secretary of the Personnel Policy Commission.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

55 ILCS 5/3-12005

    (55 ILCS 5/3-12005) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-12005)
    Sec. 3-12005. Powers and duties of commission. The commission shall:
    (a) be empowered to promulgate and amend rules, pertaining to the merit employment system, within the scope of Section 3-12007. Such rules and amendments thereto, upon adoption by majority vote of the commission, shall be submitted through the county board chairman to the county board and shall become effective 60 days thereafter unless the board enacts a resolution of non-acceptance within that time.
    (b) by its rules, provide for promotion on the basis of ascertained merit, examination and seniority, and provide, where practicable, that vacancies shall be filled by promotion. The commission shall submit to the appointing authority the names of not more than 5 applicants for each promotion.
    (c) review any grievance or disciplinary action concerning an employee where appealed by such employee, and issue a final determination.
    (d) investigate or require the Director of Personnel to investigate any matter, as it considers necessary, concerning the management of county personnel.
    (e) make periodic recommendations and reports as required by the county board.
    (f) perform such other duties as may be expressly set forth in this Division and in the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)