E-filing comes to Cook CountyBy Helen W. GunnarssonJune 2011Lawpulse, Page 280The nation's largest unified court system offers the option of electronic filing in most civil cases.
Counties Code amended to address public facilities. PA 095-1002April 2009Illinois Law Update, Page 174The Illinois General Assembly amended section 5-1006.5 of the Counties Code by adding terms which address "public facilities" in the "Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax" provision.
Counties Code amended. PA 095-0805December 2008Illinois Law Update, Page 612The Counties Code has been amended by adding section 42000 dealing with county ownership of a wind farm. 55 ILCS 5/42000. This new section provides that a county may "own and operate a wind generation turbine farm [wind farm]."
Counties may regulate AM broadcast stations PA 094-728June 2006Illinois Law Update, Page 284In expanding the Counties Code, 55 ILCS 5/1-1001 et seq, the Illinois General Assembly has provided county boards or the "board of county commissioners of any county" with the authority to regulate "AM broadcast towers and facilities," in addition to the facilities of telecommunications carriers.
New guidelines for adult entertainment facilities PA 093-1056March 2005Illinois Law Update, Page 116Effective November 23, 2004, the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5) was amended by changing section 5-1097.5 to prohibit adult entertainment facilities from locating within 3,000 feet of the property boundaries of any school, day care center, cemetery, public park, forest preserve, public housing, and place of religious worship.
