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Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
Filed: 3/28/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2170
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2170 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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