Bill Amendment: IL SB1262 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: MUNI-COUNTY CDS TAX & REG
Status: 2016-01-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0499 [SB1262 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1262-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: MUNI-COUNTY CDS TAX & REG
Status: 2016-01-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0499 [SB1262 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1262-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1262
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1262 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 5-1005 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
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7 | Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
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8 | 1. To purchase and
and hold the real and personal | ||||||
9 | estate necessary for the
uses of the county, and to | ||||||
10 | purchase and hold, for the benefit of the
county, real | ||||||
11 | estate sold by virtue of judicial proceedings in which the
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12 | county is plaintiff. | ||||||
13 | 2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal | ||||||
14 | estate owned
by the county.
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15 | 3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in | ||||||
16 | relation to the
property and concerns of the county |
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1 | necessary to the exercise of its
corporate powers.
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2 | 4. To take all necessary measures and institute | ||||||
3 | proceedings to
enforce all laws for the prevention of | ||||||
4 | cruelty to animals.
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5 | 5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which | ||||||
6 | may be
erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for | ||||||
7 | purposes of
agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold | ||||||
8 | and use personal property
for the care and maintenance of | ||||||
9 | such real estate in connection with such
experimental | ||||||
10 | purposes.
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11 | 6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, | ||||||
12 | suitable
buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and | ||||||
13 | necessary branch
hospitals and/or a county sheltered care | ||||||
14 | home or county nursing home for
the care of such sick, | ||||||
15 | chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law
be proper | ||||||
16 | charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units, | ||||||
17 | and
to provide for the management of the same. The county | ||||||
18 | board may
establish rates to be paid by persons seeking | ||||||
19 | care and treatment in such
hospital or home in accordance | ||||||
20 | with their financial ability to meet such
charges, either | ||||||
21 | personally or through a hospital plan or hospital
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22 | insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units, | ||||||
23 | including the
State, for the care of sick, chronically ill | ||||||
24 | or infirm persons admitted
therein upon the request of such | ||||||
25 | governmental units. Any hospital
maintained by a county | ||||||
26 | under this Section is authorized to provide any
service and |
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1 | enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited | ||||||
2 | for
a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital | ||||||
3 | Licensing Act, incorporated
under the General | ||||||
4 | Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation
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5 | under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the | ||||||
6 | Internal Revenue Code.
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7 | 7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting, | ||||||
8 | building,
maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian | ||||||
9 | public hospital located
within its limits as the county | ||||||
10 | board of the county shall deem proper.
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11 | 8. To purchase and hold real estate for the | ||||||
12 | preservation of forests,
prairies and other natural areas | ||||||
13 | and to maintain and regulate the use thereof.
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14 | 9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of | ||||||
15 | preserving
historical spots in the county, to restore, | ||||||
16 | maintain and regulate the
use thereof and to donate any | ||||||
17 | historical spot to the State.
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18 | 10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | ||||||
19 | used in
any manner to be determined by the board for the | ||||||
20 | suppression,
eradication and control of tuberculosis among | ||||||
21 | domestic cattle in such county.
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22 | 11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest | ||||||
23 | fires and encourage
the maintenance and planting of trees | ||||||
24 | and the preservation of forests.
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25 | 12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of | ||||||
26 | all
offices of all county officers at the county seat of |
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1 | each county, and to
otherwise regulate and fix the days and | ||||||
2 | the hours of opening and closing
of such offices, except | ||||||
3 | when the days and the hours of opening and
closing of the | ||||||
4 | office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
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5 | but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the | ||||||
6 | office of State's
Attorney and the offices of judges and | ||||||
7 | clerks of courts and, in counties of
500,000 or more | ||||||
8 | population, the offices of county clerk.
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9 | 13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
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10 | propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure | ||||||
11 | of funds
provided for such purpose.
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12 | 14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and | ||||||
13 | expend
the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis | ||||||
14 | residents.
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15 | 15. In counties having less than 1,000,000 | ||||||
16 | inhabitants, to
take all necessary or proper steps for the | ||||||
17 | extermination of mosquitoes,
flies or other insects within | ||||||
18 | the county.
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19 | 16. To install an adequate system of accounts and | ||||||
20 | financial
records in the offices and divisions of the | ||||||
21 | county, suitable to the
needs of the office and in | ||||||
22 | accordance with generally accepted principles
of | ||||||
23 | accounting for governmental bodies, which system may | ||||||
24 | include such
reports as the county board may determine.
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25 | 17. To purchase and hold real estate for the | ||||||
26 | construction and
maintenance of motor vehicle parking |
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1 | facilities for persons using county
buildings, but the | ||||||
2 | purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for
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3 | revenue producing purposes.
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4 | 18. To acquire and hold title to real property located | ||||||
5 | within
the county, or partly within and partly outside the | ||||||
6 | county by
dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for | ||||||
7 | park and recreational
purposes and to charge reasonable | ||||||
8 | fees for the use of or admission to
any such park or | ||||||
9 | recreational area and to provide police protection for
such | ||||||
10 | park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide | ||||||
11 | such
police protection shall be conservators of the peace | ||||||
12 | within such park or
recreational area and shall have power | ||||||
13 | to make arrests on view of the
offense or upon warrants for | ||||||
14 | violation of any of the ordinances
governing such park or | ||||||
15 | recreational area or for any breach of the peace
in the | ||||||
16 | same manner as the police in municipalities organized and
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17 | existing under the general laws of the State. All such real | ||||||
18 | property outside
the county shall be contiguous to the | ||||||
19 | county and within the boundaries of
the State of Illinois.
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20 | 19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | ||||||
21 | used
to provide supportive social services designed to | ||||||
22 | prevent the unnecessary
institutionalization of elderly | ||||||
23 | residents, or, for operation of, and
equipment for, senior | ||||||
24 | citizen centers providing social services to elderly
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25 | residents.
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26 | 20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and |
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1 | loan such funds
to a county water commission created under | ||||||
2 | the "Water Commission Act",
approved June 30, 1984, as now | ||||||
3 | or hereafter amended, in such amounts and
upon such terms | ||||||
4 | as the county may determine or the county and the
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5 | commission may agree. The county shall not under any | ||||||
6 | circumstances be
obligated to make such loans. The county | ||||||
7 | shall not be required to charge
interest on any such loans.
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8 | 21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county | ||||||
9 | treasury for economic development purposes, including the | ||||||
10 | making of grants to any other governmental entity or | ||||||
11 | commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for | ||||||
12 | the promotion of economic development in the county.
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13 | 22. To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a | ||||||
14 | public or private entity. | ||||||
15 | 23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less | ||||||
16 | and a public building commission organized by the county | ||||||
17 | seat of the county, to cause to be erected or otherwise | ||||||
18 | provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained, | ||||||
19 | suitable facilities to house students pursuing a | ||||||
20 | post-secondary education at an academic institution | ||||||
21 | located within the county. The county may provide for the | ||||||
22 | management of the facilities. | ||||||
23 | All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section | ||||||
24 | shall be
subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the | ||||||
25 | use of Illinois mined
coal in certain plants and institutions", | ||||||
26 | filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09; | ||||||
2 | 96-622, eff. 8-24-09.)".
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