(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑1) Sec. 11‑1‑1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may pass and enforce all necessary police ordinances. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑2) Sec. 11‑1‑2. Duties and powers of police officers. (a) Police officers in municipalities shall be conservators of the peace. They shall have the power (i) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to commit arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities. (b) All warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances or the State criminal law, directed to any person, may be served and executed within the limits of a municipality by any police officer of the municipality. For that purpose, police officers have all the common law and statutory powers of sheriffs. (c) The corporate authorities of each municipality may prescribe any additional duties and powers of the police officers. (Source: P.A. 90‑540, eff. 12‑1‑97.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑2.1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑2.1) Sec. 11‑1‑2.1. In addition to the powers of the police of any municipality under Section 7‑4‑8 of this Act, the corporate authorities of each municipality having a population of less than 500,000 may enter into agreements with any other such municipality or municipalities to furnish police assistance on request. Such agreements shall contain provisions in relation to any liability, including any liability or obligation to indemnify created by Section 1‑4‑5 or Section 1‑4‑6, which may occur as a result of any police assistance furnished under such agreements. Police officers furnishing assistance under such agreements have all of the powers of police officers of any requesting municipality and are subject to the direction of the chief of police of a requesting municipality. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3284.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑3)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑3) Sec. 11‑1‑3. The corporate authorities of any city or village containing less than 500,000 inhabitants may levy, annually, a tax not to exceed .075% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein, to provide revenue for the purpose of police protection in that municipality. This tax shall be in addition to and in excess of all taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in that city or village and shall be in addition to and in excess of the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by Section 8‑3‑1. However, municipalities authorized to levy this tax on July 1, 1967 shall have a rate limitation of .15% or the rate limitation in effect on July 31, 1969, whichever is greater. (Source: P.A. 81‑1509.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑5)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑5) Sec. 11‑1‑5. The corporate authorities of each municipality may by ordinance declare a curfew throughout all or any part of the municipality and establish the conditions and restrictions thereof. (Source: Laws 1968. p. 80.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑5.1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑5.1) Sec. 11‑1‑5.1. In any municipality which is authorized to levy a tax under Section 11‑1‑3 of this Division 1, the tax rate limit so authorized may be increased to not to exceed .40%, or beginning in taxable year 2000, .60%, of the value of all the taxable property in such municipality, provided the proposition for such tax rate increase has been submitted to the electors of that municipality and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. The corporate authorities may order the proposition submitted at any election. The municipal clerk shall certify the question to the proper election authority who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. (Source: P.A. 91‑299, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑6)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑6) Sec. 11‑1‑6. The corporate authorities of each municipality may by ordinance grant to the mayor the extraordinary power and authority to exercise, by executive order, during a state of emergency, such of the powers of the corporate authorities as may be reasonably necessary to respond to the emergency. Such ordinance shall establish standards for the determination by the mayor of when a state of emergency exists, and shall provide that the mayor shall not exercise such extraordinary power and authority except after his signing, under oath, a statement finding that such standards have been met, setting forth facts to substantiate such findings, describing the nature of the emergency, and declaring that a state of emergency exists. Such statement shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality as soon as practicable. A state of emergency, declared as provided in this section, shall expire not later than the adjournment of the first regular meeting of the corporate authorities after the state of emergency is declared. (Source: Laws 1968, p. 80.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑7)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑7) Sec. 11‑1‑7. The corporate authorities of any incorporated municipality, the boundaries of which are not co‑extensive with any township, may contract with any such township in the county within which the municipality is located to furnish police protection outside of the incorporated municipality in such township. The corporate authorities of any incorporated municipality situated in a county of fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants may contract, with advice and consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request for contract services is made, based upon a determination of law enforcement needs of the area in which contract services are sought, with the county in which the municipality is located to furnish police protection in the county outside of the incorporated municipality. (Source: P.A. 91‑633, eff. 12‑1‑99.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑8)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑8) Sec. 11‑1‑8. The corporate authorities of each municipality may: (a) Conduct programs and carry on and coordinate activities for the prevention, reduction or control of juvenile delinquency within the municipality; (b) Cooperate, coordinate or act jointly with the State of Illinois or any other municipality, county or public or private agency in conducting programs and carrying on and coordinating activities for the prevention, reduction or control of juvenile delinquency, including but not limited to the establishment, support and maintenance of individual or joint public or private agencies or neighborhood accountability boards to conduct such programs and carry on such activities in cooperation with law enforcement officers through referral of juvenile offenders; (c) Spend municipal funds appropriated for the purposes of this Section; (d) Make application for, accept and use money, financial grants or contributions of services from any public or private source made available for the purposes of this Section; (e) All officials, agencies and employees of a municipality, which has exercised the authority granted by this Section, shall cooperate in so far as possible with the corporate authorities in coordinating and conducting activities and programs to carry out the purposes of this Section. (Source: P.A. 80‑853.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑9)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑9) Sec. 11‑1‑9. The corporate authorities of each municipality may enter into agreements and cooperate with governmental entities of adjoining states for purposes related to providing services to injured individuals where such injury occurs at or near the dividing line of Illinois and an adjoining state. (Source: P.A. 81‑881.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑10)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑10) Sec. 11‑1‑10. The corporate authorities of each municipality which has established a police department shall require such police department to comply with the requirements of Section 3 of the Minor Identification and Protection Act, enacted by the 83rd General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 83‑508.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑11)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑11) Sec. 11‑1‑11. Agreement with another entity to enforce traffic ordinances. The corporate authorities of a municipality with a population greater than 1,000,000 may enter into an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority, created under the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, whereby Chicago Transit Authority supervisory employees are empowered to enforce certain traffic ordinances enacted by the municipality. (Source: P.A. 87‑597.)
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 3 heading)
DIVISION 3. PENAL INSTITUTIONS‑‑GENERAL POWERS
(65 ILCS 5/11‑3‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑3‑1) Sec. 11‑3‑1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish and erect correctional and penal institutions for the reformation or confinement of all persons convicted of violating any municipal ordinance, to make rules and regulations for the government of these institutions, and may provide for the appointment of the necessary officers and assistants to operate them. The corporate authorities of each municipality may require convicted persons committed to its correctional and penal institutions to reimburse the municipality for the expenses incurred by their confinement to the extent of the ability of such persons to pay for such expenses. The municipal attorney or corporation counsel, may, if authorized by the corporate authorities, institute civil actions in the circuit court of the county in which the correctional and penal institutions are located to recover from such confined convicted persons the expenses incurred by their confinement. Such expenses recovered shall be paid into the municipal treasury. (Source: P.A. 82‑717.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑3‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑3‑2) Sec. 11‑3‑2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may use the county jail, with the consent of the county board, for the confinement or punishment of offenders, subject to whatever conditions are imposed by law. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 4 heading)
DIVISION 4. HOUSES OF CORRECTION AND FARM
COLONIES
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑1) Sec. 11‑4‑1. Except in any county having a population of more than 1,000,000, the corporate authorities of any city may establish a house of correction, which shall be used for the confinement and punishment of criminals, or persons sentenced or committed thereto under the provisions of this Division 4, or any law of this state, or ordinance of any city or village authorizing the confinement of convicted persons in any such house of correction. The corporate authorities of any such city may purchase or otherwise acquire, own or control so much land within the incorporated limits of such city or outside and within the same county as such city may require, for the purpose of establishing thereon such house of correction and other buildings or appurtenances thereto, and for the purpose of establishing in connection therewith a farm colony. Any farm colony so established in connection with a house of correction shall also be used for the confinement and punishment of criminals or persons sentenced or committed thereto under the provisions of this Division 4, or any law of this state, or ordinance of any city or village, authorizing the confinement of convicted persons in any such house of correction or farm colony. When such land is purchased or acquired and house of correction or farm colony established by any such city outside of the corporate limits thereof, such city and the corporate authorities thereof shall have complete police powers, for the purpose of control and management of same and of the persons confined therein, over such lands and territory surrounding the same and highways leading thereto from such city as is now conferred by law upon cities, incorporated towns and villages within this state over territory lying within the corporate limits thereof. (Source: P. A. 76‑425.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑2) Sec. 11‑4‑2. The management and direction of any house of correction shall be under the control and authority of a board of inspectors, to be appointed for that purpose as in this section directed. The mayor of each city shall, by virtue of his office, be a member of such board, who, together with 3 persons to be appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of the city, shall constitute the board of inspectors. The term of office for the appointed members of the board shall be 3 years, but the members first appointed shall hold their office, respectively, as shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board, for one, 2 and 3 years from and after the first Monday in May, 1871, and thereafter one member shall be appointed each year for the full term of 3 years. The provisions of Divisions 9 and 10 of Article 8 shall apply in relation to letting of contracts and purchase orders by the board of inspectors in behalf of any such house of correction and the board of inspectors shall also be governed by the powers, functions and authority of the purchasing agent, board of standardization and the corporate authorities in such cities. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑3)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑3) Sec. 11‑4‑3. Whenever a board of inspectors has been organized, it may establish and adopt rules for the regulation and discipline of the house of correction, for which such board has been appointed. Upon the nomination of the superintendent thereof, the board may appoint the subordinate officers, guards and employees thereof, may fix their compensation and prescribe their duties generally, may make all such by‑laws and ordinances in relation to the management and government thereof as the board deems expedient. No appropriation shall be made by the board of inspectors for any purpose other than the ordinary and necessary expenses and repairs of the institution, except with the sanction of the corporate authorities of the city. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑4)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑4) Sec. 11‑4‑4. The board of inspectors shall serve without fee or compensation. It shall be their duty to assure that the house of correction is operated in accordance with the minimum standards established by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 3‑15‑2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. There shall be a meeting of the entire board, at the house of correction, once every 3 months. At such meeting the board shall fully examine into the management in every department, hear and determine all complaints or questions not within the province of the superintendent to determine, and make such further rules and regulations for the good government of the house of correction as to them shall seem proper and necessary. One of the appointed inspectors shall visit the house of correction at least once in each month. All rules, regulations or other orders of the board shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, which shall be deemed a public record, and, with the other books and records of the house of correction, shall be at all times subject to the examination of any member or committee of the corporate authorities, the comptroller, treasurer, corporation counsel or attorney of any such city. (Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑5)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑5) Sec. 11‑4‑5. The books of the house of correction shall be kept so as to clearly exhibit the state of the prisoners, the number received and discharged, the number employed as servants or in cultivating or improving the premises, the number employed in each branch of industry carried on, and the receipts from, and expenditures for, and on account of, each department of business, or for improvement of the premises. A quarterly statement shall be made out, which shall specify minutely, all receipts and expenditures, from whom received and to whom paid, and for what purpose, proper vouchers for each, to be audited and certified by the inspectors, and submitted to the comptroller of the city, and by him or her, to the corporate authorities thereof, for examination and approval. The accounts of the house of correction shall be annually closed and balanced on the first day of January of each year, and a full report of the operations of the preceding year shall be made out and submitted to the corporate authorities of the city, and to the Governor of the state, to be transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly. The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. (Source: P.A. 84‑1438.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑6)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑6) Sec. 11‑4‑6. The corporate authorities of such city may require such further reports and exhibits of the condition and management of such institution as to them shall seem necessary and proper, and may, with the approval of the mayor, remove any inspector of the institution. But any subordinate officer or employee may be removed by the superintendent at his discretion, but immediately upon the removal of such officer or employee, he shall report to the board the name of the person removed and the cause of such removal. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑7)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑7) Sec. 11‑4‑7. The superintendent of the house of correction shall have entire control and management of all its concerns, subject to the authority established by law, and the rules and regulations adopted for its government. The superintendent shall obey and carry out all written orders and instructions of the inspectors not inconsistent with the laws, rules and regulations relating to the government of the institution. The superintendent shall be appointed by the mayor by and with the consent of the board of inspectors, and shall hold his office for 4 years and until his successor is duly appointed and has qualified, but he may be removed by the inspectors at any time, when in their judgment it shall be advisable. He shall be responsible for the manner in which the house of correction is managed and conducted. He shall reside at the house of correction, devote all his time and attention to the business thereof, and visit and examine into the condition and management of every department thereof and of each prisoner therein confined, daily. The superintendent shall exercise a general supervision and direction in regard to the discipline, police and business of the house of correction. The deputy superintendent of the house of correction shall have and exercise the powers of the superintendent in his absence, so far as relates to the discipline thereof and the safe keeping of prisoners. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑8)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑8) Sec. 11‑4‑8. The county board and the board of trustees of any village or incorporated town, in any county in this state, in which a house of correction is established, may enter into an agreement with the corporate authorities of such city, or with any authorized agent or officer in behalf of such city, to receive and keep in the house of correction any person or persons who may be sentenced or committed thereto, by any court, in any of such counties. Whenever such agreement is made, the county board for any county in behalf of which such agreement is made, or of the trustees of the village or incorporated town, in behalf of which, such agreement is made, as the case may be, shall give public notice thereof in some newspaper printed and published within the county for a period not less than 4 weeks. Such notice shall state the period of time for which such agreement will remain in force. (Source: P. A. 77‑1295.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑9)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑9) Sec. 11‑4‑9. In counties, incorporated towns and villages having such agreement with any such city, the circuit court for such county, incorporated town or village, by whom any person, for any crime or misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, shall be convicted, shall commit such person to the house of correction in lieu of committing him to the county jail, village or incorporated town calaboose, there to be received and kept in the manner prescribed by law and the discipline in the house of correction. Such court, by warrant of commitment duly issued, shall cause such persons so sentenced to be forthwith conveyed by some proper officer to the house of correction. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 292.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑10)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑10) Sec. 11‑4‑10. The sheriff or other officer in and for any county having such agreement with any such city to whom any warrant of commitment for that purpose may be directed by the court for such county, shall convey such person so sentenced to the house of correction, and there deliver such person to the keeper or other proper officer of the house of correction, whose duty it shall be to receive such person so sentenced, and to safely keep and employ such person for the term mentioned in the warrant of commitment, according to the laws of the house of correction. The officers thus conveying and so delivering the person or persons so sentenced shall be allowed such fees, as compensation therefor, as shall be prescribed or allowed by the county board of such county. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 292.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑11)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑11) Sec. 11‑4‑11. All provisions of law and ordinances authorizing the commitment and confinement of persons in jails, bridewells and other city prisons, are hereby made applicable to all persons who may or shall be, under the provisions of this Division 4, sentenced to such house of correction. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑12)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑12) Sec. 11‑4‑12. The inspectors of any such house of correction may establish in connection with the house of correction a department thereof, to be called a house of shelter, for the more complete reformation and education of females. The inspectors shall adopt rules and regulations by which any female convict may be imprisoned in one or more separate apartments of the house of correction, or of the department thereof called the house of shelter. The superintendent of the house of correction shall appoint, by and with the advice of the board of inspectors, a matron and other teachers and employees for the house of shelter, whose compensation shall be fixed and provided for as in this Division 4 provided for the officers and other employees of the house of correction. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑13)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑13) Sec. 11‑4‑13. The expenses of maintaining any such house of correction over and above all receipts for the labor of persons confined therein, and such sums of money as may be received from time to time by virtue of an agreement with a county, as in this Division 4 contemplated, shall be audited and paid from time to time by the corporate authority of such city, and shall be raised, levied and collected as the ordinary expenses of the city. The corporate authorities of each municipality maintaining a house of correction may require convicted persons confined therein to pay for the expenses incurred by their incarceration to the extent of their ability to pay for such expenses. The municipal attorney or corporation counsel, if authorized by the corporate authorities, may institute civil actions in the circuit court of the county in which such house of corrections is located to recover from such convicted persons confined the expenses incurred by their incarceration. Such expenses recovered shall be paid into the municipal treasury. (Source: P.A. 82‑717.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑14)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑14) Sec. 11‑4‑14. The inspectors of any such house of correction may enter into an agreement with any officer of the United States authorized therefor to receive and keep in such house of correction any person sentenced thereto, or ordered to be imprisoned therein, by any court of the United States or other federal officer, until discharged by law. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑15)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑15) Sec. 11‑4‑15. In any such city, which prior to July 1, 1871, established a bridewell for the confinement of convicted persons, such institution shall, immediately upon the appointment of the inspectors in this Division 4 contemplated, be known and denominated as the house of correction of the city in which it is located. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑16)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑16) Sec. 11‑4‑16.
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑1) Sec. 11‑1‑1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may pass and enforce all necessary police ordinances. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑2) Sec. 11‑1‑2. Duties and powers of police officers. (a) Police officers in municipalities shall be conservators of the peace. They shall have the power (i) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to commit arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities. (b) All warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances or the State criminal law, directed to any person, may be served and executed within the limits of a municipality by any police officer of the municipality. For that purpose, police officers have all the common law and statutory powers of sheriffs. (c) The corporate authorities of each municipality may prescribe any additional duties and powers of the police officers. (Source: P.A. 90‑540, eff. 12‑1‑97.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑2.1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑2.1) Sec. 11‑1‑2.1. In addition to the powers of the police of any municipality under Section 7‑4‑8 of this Act, the corporate authorities of each municipality having a population of less than 500,000 may enter into agreements with any other such municipality or municipalities to furnish police assistance on request. Such agreements shall contain provisions in relation to any liability, including any liability or obligation to indemnify created by Section 1‑4‑5 or Section 1‑4‑6, which may occur as a result of any police assistance furnished under such agreements. Police officers furnishing assistance under such agreements have all of the powers of police officers of any requesting municipality and are subject to the direction of the chief of police of a requesting municipality. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3284.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑3)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑3) Sec. 11‑1‑3. The corporate authorities of any city or village containing less than 500,000 inhabitants may levy, annually, a tax not to exceed .075% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein, to provide revenue for the purpose of police protection in that municipality. This tax shall be in addition to and in excess of all taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in that city or village and shall be in addition to and in excess of the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by Section 8‑3‑1. However, municipalities authorized to levy this tax on July 1, 1967 shall have a rate limitation of .15% or the rate limitation in effect on July 31, 1969, whichever is greater. (Source: P.A. 81‑1509.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑5)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑5) Sec. 11‑1‑5. The corporate authorities of each municipality may by ordinance declare a curfew throughout all or any part of the municipality and establish the conditions and restrictions thereof. (Source: Laws 1968. p. 80.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑5.1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑5.1) Sec. 11‑1‑5.1. In any municipality which is authorized to levy a tax under Section 11‑1‑3 of this Division 1, the tax rate limit so authorized may be increased to not to exceed .40%, or beginning in taxable year 2000, .60%, of the value of all the taxable property in such municipality, provided the proposition for such tax rate increase has been submitted to the electors of that municipality and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. The corporate authorities may order the proposition submitted at any election. The municipal clerk shall certify the question to the proper election authority who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. (Source: P.A. 91‑299, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑6)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑6) Sec. 11‑1‑6. The corporate authorities of each municipality may by ordinance grant to the mayor the extraordinary power and authority to exercise, by executive order, during a state of emergency, such of the powers of the corporate authorities as may be reasonably necessary to respond to the emergency. Such ordinance shall establish standards for the determination by the mayor of when a state of emergency exists, and shall provide that the mayor shall not exercise such extraordinary power and authority except after his signing, under oath, a statement finding that such standards have been met, setting forth facts to substantiate such findings, describing the nature of the emergency, and declaring that a state of emergency exists. Such statement shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality as soon as practicable. A state of emergency, declared as provided in this section, shall expire not later than the adjournment of the first regular meeting of the corporate authorities after the state of emergency is declared. (Source: Laws 1968, p. 80.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑7)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑7) Sec. 11‑1‑7. The corporate authorities of any incorporated municipality, the boundaries of which are not co‑extensive with any township, may contract with any such township in the county within which the municipality is located to furnish police protection outside of the incorporated municipality in such township. The corporate authorities of any incorporated municipality situated in a county of fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants may contract, with advice and consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request for contract services is made, based upon a determination of law enforcement needs of the area in which contract services are sought, with the county in which the municipality is located to furnish police protection in the county outside of the incorporated municipality. (Source: P.A. 91‑633, eff. 12‑1‑99.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑8)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑8) Sec. 11‑1‑8. The corporate authorities of each municipality may: (a) Conduct programs and carry on and coordinate activities for the prevention, reduction or control of juvenile delinquency within the municipality; (b) Cooperate, coordinate or act jointly with the State of Illinois or any other municipality, county or public or private agency in conducting programs and carrying on and coordinating activities for the prevention, reduction or control of juvenile delinquency, including but not limited to the establishment, support and maintenance of individual or joint public or private agencies or neighborhood accountability boards to conduct such programs and carry on such activities in cooperation with law enforcement officers through referral of juvenile offenders; (c) Spend municipal funds appropriated for the purposes of this Section; (d) Make application for, accept and use money, financial grants or contributions of services from any public or private source made available for the purposes of this Section; (e) All officials, agencies and employees of a municipality, which has exercised the authority granted by this Section, shall cooperate in so far as possible with the corporate authorities in coordinating and conducting activities and programs to carry out the purposes of this Section. (Source: P.A. 80‑853.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑9)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑9) Sec. 11‑1‑9. The corporate authorities of each municipality may enter into agreements and cooperate with governmental entities of adjoining states for purposes related to providing services to injured individuals where such injury occurs at or near the dividing line of Illinois and an adjoining state. (Source: P.A. 81‑881.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑10)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑10) Sec. 11‑1‑10. The corporate authorities of each municipality which has established a police department shall require such police department to comply with the requirements of Section 3 of the Minor Identification and Protection Act, enacted by the 83rd General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 83‑508.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑11)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑11) Sec. 11‑1‑11. Agreement with another entity to enforce traffic ordinances. The corporate authorities of a municipality with a population greater than 1,000,000 may enter into an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority, created under the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, whereby Chicago Transit Authority supervisory employees are empowered to enforce certain traffic ordinances enacted by the municipality. (Source: P.A. 87‑597.)
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 3 heading)
DIVISION 3. PENAL INSTITUTIONS‑‑GENERAL POWERS
(65 ILCS 5/11‑3‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑3‑1) Sec. 11‑3‑1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish and erect correctional and penal institutions for the reformation or confinement of all persons convicted of violating any municipal ordinance, to make rules and regulations for the government of these institutions, and may provide for the appointment of the necessary officers and assistants to operate them. The corporate authorities of each municipality may require convicted persons committed to its correctional and penal institutions to reimburse the municipality for the expenses incurred by their confinement to the extent of the ability of such persons to pay for such expenses. The municipal attorney or corporation counsel, may, if authorized by the corporate authorities, institute civil actions in the circuit court of the county in which the correctional and penal institutions are located to recover from such confined convicted persons the expenses incurred by their confinement. Such expenses recovered shall be paid into the municipal treasury. (Source: P.A. 82‑717.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑3‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑3‑2) Sec. 11‑3‑2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may use the county jail, with the consent of the county board, for the confinement or punishment of offenders, subject to whatever conditions are imposed by law. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 4 heading)
DIVISION 4. HOUSES OF CORRECTION AND FARM
COLONIES
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑1) Sec. 11‑4‑1. Except in any county having a population of more than 1,000,000, the corporate authorities of any city may establish a house of correction, which shall be used for the confinement and punishment of criminals, or persons sentenced or committed thereto under the provisions of this Division 4, or any law of this state, or ordinance of any city or village authorizing the confinement of convicted persons in any such house of correction. The corporate authorities of any such city may purchase or otherwise acquire, own or control so much land within the incorporated limits of such city or outside and within the same county as such city may require, for the purpose of establishing thereon such house of correction and other buildings or appurtenances thereto, and for the purpose of establishing in connection therewith a farm colony. Any farm colony so established in connection with a house of correction shall also be used for the confinement and punishment of criminals or persons sentenced or committed thereto under the provisions of this Division 4, or any law of this state, or ordinance of any city or village, authorizing the confinement of convicted persons in any such house of correction or farm colony. When such land is purchased or acquired and house of correction or farm colony established by any such city outside of the corporate limits thereof, such city and the corporate authorities thereof shall have complete police powers, for the purpose of control and management of same and of the persons confined therein, over such lands and territory surrounding the same and highways leading thereto from such city as is now conferred by law upon cities, incorporated towns and villages within this state over territory lying within the corporate limits thereof. (Source: P. A. 76‑425.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑2) Sec. 11‑4‑2. The management and direction of any house of correction shall be under the control and authority of a board of inspectors, to be appointed for that purpose as in this section directed. The mayor of each city shall, by virtue of his office, be a member of such board, who, together with 3 persons to be appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of the city, shall constitute the board of inspectors. The term of office for the appointed members of the board shall be 3 years, but the members first appointed shall hold their office, respectively, as shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board, for one, 2 and 3 years from and after the first Monday in May, 1871, and thereafter one member shall be appointed each year for the full term of 3 years. The provisions of Divisions 9 and 10 of Article 8 shall apply in relation to letting of contracts and purchase orders by the board of inspectors in behalf of any such house of correction and the board of inspectors shall also be governed by the powers, functions and authority of the purchasing agent, board of standardization and the corporate authorities in such cities. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑3)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑3) Sec. 11‑4‑3. Whenever a board of inspectors has been organized, it may establish and adopt rules for the regulation and discipline of the house of correction, for which such board has been appointed. Upon the nomination of the superintendent thereof, the board may appoint the subordinate officers, guards and employees thereof, may fix their compensation and prescribe their duties generally, may make all such by‑laws and ordinances in relation to the management and government thereof as the board deems expedient. No appropriation shall be made by the board of inspectors for any purpose other than the ordinary and necessary expenses and repairs of the institution, except with the sanction of the corporate authorities of the city. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑4)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑4) Sec. 11‑4‑4. The board of inspectors shall serve without fee or compensation. It shall be their duty to assure that the house of correction is operated in accordance with the minimum standards established by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 3‑15‑2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. There shall be a meeting of the entire board, at the house of correction, once every 3 months. At such meeting the board shall fully examine into the management in every department, hear and determine all complaints or questions not within the province of the superintendent to determine, and make such further rules and regulations for the good government of the house of correction as to them shall seem proper and necessary. One of the appointed inspectors shall visit the house of correction at least once in each month. All rules, regulations or other orders of the board shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, which shall be deemed a public record, and, with the other books and records of the house of correction, shall be at all times subject to the examination of any member or committee of the corporate authorities, the comptroller, treasurer, corporation counsel or attorney of any such city. (Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑5)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑5) Sec. 11‑4‑5. The books of the house of correction shall be kept so as to clearly exhibit the state of the prisoners, the number received and discharged, the number employed as servants or in cultivating or improving the premises, the number employed in each branch of industry carried on, and the receipts from, and expenditures for, and on account of, each department of business, or for improvement of the premises. A quarterly statement shall be made out, which shall specify minutely, all receipts and expenditures, from whom received and to whom paid, and for what purpose, proper vouchers for each, to be audited and certified by the inspectors, and submitted to the comptroller of the city, and by him or her, to the corporate authorities thereof, for examination and approval. The accounts of the house of correction shall be annually closed and balanced on the first day of January of each year, and a full report of the operations of the preceding year shall be made out and submitted to the corporate authorities of the city, and to the Governor of the state, to be transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly. The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. (Source: P.A. 84‑1438.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑6)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑6) Sec. 11‑4‑6. The corporate authorities of such city may require such further reports and exhibits of the condition and management of such institution as to them shall seem necessary and proper, and may, with the approval of the mayor, remove any inspector of the institution. But any subordinate officer or employee may be removed by the superintendent at his discretion, but immediately upon the removal of such officer or employee, he shall report to the board the name of the person removed and the cause of such removal. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑7)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑7) Sec. 11‑4‑7. The superintendent of the house of correction shall have entire control and management of all its concerns, subject to the authority established by law, and the rules and regulations adopted for its government. The superintendent shall obey and carry out all written orders and instructions of the inspectors not inconsistent with the laws, rules and regulations relating to the government of the institution. The superintendent shall be appointed by the mayor by and with the consent of the board of inspectors, and shall hold his office for 4 years and until his successor is duly appointed and has qualified, but he may be removed by the inspectors at any time, when in their judgment it shall be advisable. He shall be responsible for the manner in which the house of correction is managed and conducted. He shall reside at the house of correction, devote all his time and attention to the business thereof, and visit and examine into the condition and management of every department thereof and of each prisoner therein confined, daily. The superintendent shall exercise a general supervision and direction in regard to the discipline, police and business of the house of correction. The deputy superintendent of the house of correction shall have and exercise the powers of the superintendent in his absence, so far as relates to the discipline thereof and the safe keeping of prisoners. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑8)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑8) Sec. 11‑4‑8. The county board and the board of trustees of any village or incorporated town, in any county in this state, in which a house of correction is established, may enter into an agreement with the corporate authorities of such city, or with any authorized agent or officer in behalf of such city, to receive and keep in the house of correction any person or persons who may be sentenced or committed thereto, by any court, in any of such counties. Whenever such agreement is made, the county board for any county in behalf of which such agreement is made, or of the trustees of the village or incorporated town, in behalf of which, such agreement is made, as the case may be, shall give public notice thereof in some newspaper printed and published within the county for a period not less than 4 weeks. Such notice shall state the period of time for which such agreement will remain in force. (Source: P. A. 77‑1295.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑9)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑9) Sec. 11‑4‑9. In counties, incorporated towns and villages having such agreement with any such city, the circuit court for such county, incorporated town or village, by whom any person, for any crime or misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, shall be convicted, shall commit such person to the house of correction in lieu of committing him to the county jail, village or incorporated town calaboose, there to be received and kept in the manner prescribed by law and the discipline in the house of correction. Such court, by warrant of commitment duly issued, shall cause such persons so sentenced to be forthwith conveyed by some proper officer to the house of correction. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 292.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑10)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑10) Sec. 11‑4‑10. The sheriff or other officer in and for any county having such agreement with any such city to whom any warrant of commitment for that purpose may be directed by the court for such county, shall convey such person so sentenced to the house of correction, and there deliver such person to the keeper or other proper officer of the house of correction, whose duty it shall be to receive such person so sentenced, and to safely keep and employ such person for the term mentioned in the warrant of commitment, according to the laws of the house of correction. The officers thus conveying and so delivering the person or persons so sentenced shall be allowed such fees, as compensation therefor, as shall be prescribed or allowed by the county board of such county. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 292.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑11)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑11) Sec. 11‑4‑11. All provisions of law and ordinances authorizing the commitment and confinement of persons in jails, bridewells and other city prisons, are hereby made applicable to all persons who may or shall be, under the provisions of this Division 4, sentenced to such house of correction. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑12)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑12) Sec. 11‑4‑12. The inspectors of any such house of correction may establish in connection with the house of correction a department thereof, to be called a house of shelter, for the more complete reformation and education of females. The inspectors shall adopt rules and regulations by which any female convict may be imprisoned in one or more separate apartments of the house of correction, or of the department thereof called the house of shelter. The superintendent of the house of correction shall appoint, by and with the advice of the board of inspectors, a matron and other teachers and employees for the house of shelter, whose compensation shall be fixed and provided for as in this Division 4 provided for the officers and other employees of the house of correction. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑13)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑13) Sec. 11‑4‑13. The expenses of maintaining any such house of correction over and above all receipts for the labor of persons confined therein, and such sums of money as may be received from time to time by virtue of an agreement with a county, as in this Division 4 contemplated, shall be audited and paid from time to time by the corporate authority of such city, and shall be raised, levied and collected as the ordinary expenses of the city. The corporate authorities of each municipality maintaining a house of correction may require convicted persons confined therein to pay for the expenses incurred by their incarceration to the extent of their ability to pay for such expenses. The municipal attorney or corporation counsel, if authorized by the corporate authorities, may institute civil actions in the circuit court of the county in which such house of corrections is located to recover from such convicted persons confined the expenses incurred by their incarceration. Such expenses recovered shall be paid into the municipal treasury. (Source: P.A. 82‑717.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑14)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑14) Sec. 11‑4‑14. The inspectors of any such house of correction may enter into an agreement with any officer of the United States authorized therefor to receive and keep in such house of correction any person sentenced thereto, or ordered to be imprisoned therein, by any court of the United States or other federal officer, until discharged by law. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑15)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑15) Sec. 11‑4‑15. In any such city, which prior to July 1, 1871, established a bridewell for the confinement of convicted persons, such institution shall, immediately upon the appointment of the inspectors in this Division 4 contemplated, be known and denominated as the house of correction of the city in which it is located. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑1) Sec. 11‑1‑1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may pass and enforce all necessary police ordinances. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑2) Sec. 11‑1‑2. Duties and powers of police officers. (a) Police officers in municipalities shall be conservators of the peace. They shall have the power (i) to arrest or cause to be arrested, with or without process, all persons who break the peace or are found violating any municipal ordinance or any criminal law of the State, (ii) to commit arrested persons for examination, (iii) if necessary, to detain arrested persons in custody over night or Sunday in any safe place or until they can be brought before the proper court, and (iv) to exercise all other powers as conservators of the peace prescribed by the corporate authorities. (b) All warrants for the violation of municipal ordinances or the State criminal law, directed to any person, may be served and executed within the limits of a municipality by any police officer of the municipality. For that purpose, police officers have all the common law and statutory powers of sheriffs. (c) The corporate authorities of each municipality may prescribe any additional duties and powers of the police officers. (Source: P.A. 90‑540, eff. 12‑1‑97.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑2.1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑2.1) Sec. 11‑1‑2.1. In addition to the powers of the police of any municipality under Section 7‑4‑8 of this Act, the corporate authorities of each municipality having a population of less than 500,000 may enter into agreements with any other such municipality or municipalities to furnish police assistance on request. Such agreements shall contain provisions in relation to any liability, including any liability or obligation to indemnify created by Section 1‑4‑5 or Section 1‑4‑6, which may occur as a result of any police assistance furnished under such agreements. Police officers furnishing assistance under such agreements have all of the powers of police officers of any requesting municipality and are subject to the direction of the chief of police of a requesting municipality. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3284.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑3)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑3) Sec. 11‑1‑3. The corporate authorities of any city or village containing less than 500,000 inhabitants may levy, annually, a tax not to exceed .075% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property therein, to provide revenue for the purpose of police protection in that municipality. This tax shall be in addition to and in excess of all taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in that city or village and shall be in addition to and in excess of the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by Section 8‑3‑1. However, municipalities authorized to levy this tax on July 1, 1967 shall have a rate limitation of .15% or the rate limitation in effect on July 31, 1969, whichever is greater. (Source: P.A. 81‑1509.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑5)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑5) Sec. 11‑1‑5. The corporate authorities of each municipality may by ordinance declare a curfew throughout all or any part of the municipality and establish the conditions and restrictions thereof. (Source: Laws 1968. p. 80.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑5.1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑5.1) Sec. 11‑1‑5.1. In any municipality which is authorized to levy a tax under Section 11‑1‑3 of this Division 1, the tax rate limit so authorized may be increased to not to exceed .40%, or beginning in taxable year 2000, .60%, of the value of all the taxable property in such municipality, provided the proposition for such tax rate increase has been submitted to the electors of that municipality and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. The corporate authorities may order the proposition submitted at any election. The municipal clerk shall certify the question to the proper election authority who shall submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the general election law. (Source: P.A. 91‑299, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑6)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑6) Sec. 11‑1‑6. The corporate authorities of each municipality may by ordinance grant to the mayor the extraordinary power and authority to exercise, by executive order, during a state of emergency, such of the powers of the corporate authorities as may be reasonably necessary to respond to the emergency. Such ordinance shall establish standards for the determination by the mayor of when a state of emergency exists, and shall provide that the mayor shall not exercise such extraordinary power and authority except after his signing, under oath, a statement finding that such standards have been met, setting forth facts to substantiate such findings, describing the nature of the emergency, and declaring that a state of emergency exists. Such statement shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality as soon as practicable. A state of emergency, declared as provided in this section, shall expire not later than the adjournment of the first regular meeting of the corporate authorities after the state of emergency is declared. (Source: Laws 1968, p. 80.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑7)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑7) Sec. 11‑1‑7. The corporate authorities of any incorporated municipality, the boundaries of which are not co‑extensive with any township, may contract with any such township in the county within which the municipality is located to furnish police protection outside of the incorporated municipality in such township. The corporate authorities of any incorporated municipality situated in a county of fewer than 1,000,000 inhabitants may contract, with advice and consent of the sheriff in the county in which the request for contract services is made, based upon a determination of law enforcement needs of the area in which contract services are sought, with the county in which the municipality is located to furnish police protection in the county outside of the incorporated municipality. (Source: P.A. 91‑633, eff. 12‑1‑99.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑8)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑8) Sec. 11‑1‑8. The corporate authorities of each municipality may: (a) Conduct programs and carry on and coordinate activities for the prevention, reduction or control of juvenile delinquency within the municipality; (b) Cooperate, coordinate or act jointly with the State of Illinois or any other municipality, county or public or private agency in conducting programs and carrying on and coordinating activities for the prevention, reduction or control of juvenile delinquency, including but not limited to the establishment, support and maintenance of individual or joint public or private agencies or neighborhood accountability boards to conduct such programs and carry on such activities in cooperation with law enforcement officers through referral of juvenile offenders; (c) Spend municipal funds appropriated for the purposes of this Section; (d) Make application for, accept and use money, financial grants or contributions of services from any public or private source made available for the purposes of this Section; (e) All officials, agencies and employees of a municipality, which has exercised the authority granted by this Section, shall cooperate in so far as possible with the corporate authorities in coordinating and conducting activities and programs to carry out the purposes of this Section. (Source: P.A. 80‑853.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑9)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑9) Sec. 11‑1‑9. The corporate authorities of each municipality may enter into agreements and cooperate with governmental entities of adjoining states for purposes related to providing services to injured individuals where such injury occurs at or near the dividing line of Illinois and an adjoining state. (Source: P.A. 81‑881.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑10)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑10) Sec. 11‑1‑10. The corporate authorities of each municipality which has established a police department shall require such police department to comply with the requirements of Section 3 of the Minor Identification and Protection Act, enacted by the 83rd General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 83‑508.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑1‑11)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑1‑11) Sec. 11‑1‑11. Agreement with another entity to enforce traffic ordinances. The corporate authorities of a municipality with a population greater than 1,000,000 may enter into an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority, created under the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, whereby Chicago Transit Authority supervisory employees are empowered to enforce certain traffic ordinances enacted by the municipality. (Source: P.A. 87‑597.)
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 3 heading)
DIVISION 3. PENAL INSTITUTIONS‑‑GENERAL POWERS
(65 ILCS 5/11‑3‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑3‑1) Sec. 11‑3‑1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish and erect correctional and penal institutions for the reformation or confinement of all persons convicted of violating any municipal ordinance, to make rules and regulations for the government of these institutions, and may provide for the appointment of the necessary officers and assistants to operate them. The corporate authorities of each municipality may require convicted persons committed to its correctional and penal institutions to reimburse the municipality for the expenses incurred by their confinement to the extent of the ability of such persons to pay for such expenses. The municipal attorney or corporation counsel, may, if authorized by the corporate authorities, institute civil actions in the circuit court of the county in which the correctional and penal institutions are located to recover from such confined convicted persons the expenses incurred by their confinement. Such expenses recovered shall be paid into the municipal treasury. (Source: P.A. 82‑717.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑3‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑3‑2) Sec. 11‑3‑2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may use the county jail, with the consent of the county board, for the confinement or punishment of offenders, subject to whatever conditions are imposed by law. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 4 heading)
DIVISION 4. HOUSES OF CORRECTION AND FARM
COLONIES
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑1) Sec. 11‑4‑1. Except in any county having a population of more than 1,000,000, the corporate authorities of any city may establish a house of correction, which shall be used for the confinement and punishment of criminals, or persons sentenced or committed thereto under the provisions of this Division 4, or any law of this state, or ordinance of any city or village authorizing the confinement of convicted persons in any such house of correction. The corporate authorities of any such city may purchase or otherwise acquire, own or control so much land within the incorporated limits of such city or outside and within the same county as such city may require, for the purpose of establishing thereon such house of correction and other buildings or appurtenances thereto, and for the purpose of establishing in connection therewith a farm colony. Any farm colony so established in connection with a house of correction shall also be used for the confinement and punishment of criminals or persons sentenced or committed thereto under the provisions of this Division 4, or any law of this state, or ordinance of any city or village, authorizing the confinement of convicted persons in any such house of correction or farm colony. When such land is purchased or acquired and house of correction or farm colony established by any such city outside of the corporate limits thereof, such city and the corporate authorities thereof shall have complete police powers, for the purpose of control and management of same and of the persons confined therein, over such lands and territory surrounding the same and highways leading thereto from such city as is now conferred by law upon cities, incorporated towns and villages within this state over territory lying within the corporate limits thereof. (Source: P. A. 76‑425.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑2) Sec. 11‑4‑2. The management and direction of any house of correction shall be under the control and authority of a board of inspectors, to be appointed for that purpose as in this section directed. The mayor of each city shall, by virtue of his office, be a member of such board, who, together with 3 persons to be appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of the city, shall constitute the board of inspectors. The term of office for the appointed members of the board shall be 3 years, but the members first appointed shall hold their office, respectively, as shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board, for one, 2 and 3 years from and after the first Monday in May, 1871, and thereafter one member shall be appointed each year for the full term of 3 years. The provisions of Divisions 9 and 10 of Article 8 shall apply in relation to letting of contracts and purchase orders by the board of inspectors in behalf of any such house of correction and the board of inspectors shall also be governed by the powers, functions and authority of the purchasing agent, board of standardization and the corporate authorities in such cities. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑3)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑3) Sec. 11‑4‑3. Whenever a board of inspectors has been organized, it may establish and adopt rules for the regulation and discipline of the house of correction, for which such board has been appointed. Upon the nomination of the superintendent thereof, the board may appoint the subordinate officers, guards and employees thereof, may fix their compensation and prescribe their duties generally, may make all such by‑laws and ordinances in relation to the management and government thereof as the board deems expedient. No appropriation shall be made by the board of inspectors for any purpose other than the ordinary and necessary expenses and repairs of the institution, except with the sanction of the corporate authorities of the city. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑4)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑4) Sec. 11‑4‑4. The board of inspectors shall serve without fee or compensation. It shall be their duty to assure that the house of correction is operated in accordance with the minimum standards established by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 3‑15‑2 of the Unified Code of Corrections. There shall be a meeting of the entire board, at the house of correction, once every 3 months. At such meeting the board shall fully examine into the management in every department, hear and determine all complaints or questions not within the province of the superintendent to determine, and make such further rules and regulations for the good government of the house of correction as to them shall seem proper and necessary. One of the appointed inspectors shall visit the house of correction at least once in each month. All rules, regulations or other orders of the board shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, which shall be deemed a public record, and, with the other books and records of the house of correction, shall be at all times subject to the examination of any member or committee of the corporate authorities, the comptroller, treasurer, corporation counsel or attorney of any such city. (Source: P.A. 91‑239, eff. 1‑1‑00.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑5)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑5) Sec. 11‑4‑5. The books of the house of correction shall be kept so as to clearly exhibit the state of the prisoners, the number received and discharged, the number employed as servants or in cultivating or improving the premises, the number employed in each branch of industry carried on, and the receipts from, and expenditures for, and on account of, each department of business, or for improvement of the premises. A quarterly statement shall be made out, which shall specify minutely, all receipts and expenditures, from whom received and to whom paid, and for what purpose, proper vouchers for each, to be audited and certified by the inspectors, and submitted to the comptroller of the city, and by him or her, to the corporate authorities thereof, for examination and approval. The accounts of the house of correction shall be annually closed and balanced on the first day of January of each year, and a full report of the operations of the preceding year shall be made out and submitted to the corporate authorities of the city, and to the Governor of the state, to be transmitted by the Governor to the General Assembly. The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. (Source: P.A. 84‑1438.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑6)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑6) Sec. 11‑4‑6. The corporate authorities of such city may require such further reports and exhibits of the condition and management of such institution as to them shall seem necessary and proper, and may, with the approval of the mayor, remove any inspector of the institution. But any subordinate officer or employee may be removed by the superintendent at his discretion, but immediately upon the removal of such officer or employee, he shall report to the board the name of the person removed and the cause of such removal. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑7)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑7) Sec. 11‑4‑7. The superintendent of the house of correction shall have entire control and management of all its concerns, subject to the authority established by law, and the rules and regulations adopted for its government. The superintendent shall obey and carry out all written orders and instructions of the inspectors not inconsistent with the laws, rules and regulations relating to the government of the institution. The superintendent shall be appointed by the mayor by and with the consent of the board of inspectors, and shall hold his office for 4 years and until his successor is duly appointed and has qualified, but he may be removed by the inspectors at any time, when in their judgment it shall be advisable. He shall be responsible for the manner in which the house of correction is managed and conducted. He shall reside at the house of correction, devote all his time and attention to the business thereof, and visit and examine into the condition and management of every department thereof and of each prisoner therein confined, daily. The superintendent shall exercise a general supervision and direction in regard to the discipline, police and business of the house of correction. The deputy superintendent of the house of correction shall have and exercise the powers of the superintendent in his absence, so far as relates to the discipline thereof and the safe keeping of prisoners. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑8)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑8) Sec. 11‑4‑8. The county board and the board of trustees of any village or incorporated town, in any county in this state, in which a house of correction is established, may enter into an agreement with the corporate authorities of such city, or with any authorized agent or officer in behalf of such city, to receive and keep in the house of correction any person or persons who may be sentenced or committed thereto, by any court, in any of such counties. Whenever such agreement is made, the county board for any county in behalf of which such agreement is made, or of the trustees of the village or incorporated town, in behalf of which, such agreement is made, as the case may be, shall give public notice thereof in some newspaper printed and published within the county for a period not less than 4 weeks. Such notice shall state the period of time for which such agreement will remain in force. (Source: P. A. 77‑1295.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑9)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑9) Sec. 11‑4‑9. In counties, incorporated towns and villages having such agreement with any such city, the circuit court for such county, incorporated town or village, by whom any person, for any crime or misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail, shall be convicted, shall commit such person to the house of correction in lieu of committing him to the county jail, village or incorporated town calaboose, there to be received and kept in the manner prescribed by law and the discipline in the house of correction. Such court, by warrant of commitment duly issued, shall cause such persons so sentenced to be forthwith conveyed by some proper officer to the house of correction. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 292.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑10)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑10) Sec. 11‑4‑10. The sheriff or other officer in and for any county having such agreement with any such city to whom any warrant of commitment for that purpose may be directed by the court for such county, shall convey such person so sentenced to the house of correction, and there deliver such person to the keeper or other proper officer of the house of correction, whose duty it shall be to receive such person so sentenced, and to safely keep and employ such person for the term mentioned in the warrant of commitment, according to the laws of the house of correction. The officers thus conveying and so delivering the person or persons so sentenced shall be allowed such fees, as compensation therefor, as shall be prescribed or allowed by the county board of such county. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 292.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑11)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑11) Sec. 11‑4‑11. All provisions of law and ordinances authorizing the commitment and confinement of persons in jails, bridewells and other city prisons, are hereby made applicable to all persons who may or shall be, under the provisions of this Division 4, sentenced to such house of correction. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑12)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑12) Sec. 11‑4‑12. The inspectors of any such house of correction may establish in connection with the house of correction a department thereof, to be called a house of shelter, for the more complete reformation and education of females. The inspectors shall adopt rules and regulations by which any female convict may be imprisoned in one or more separate apartments of the house of correction, or of the department thereof called the house of shelter. The superintendent of the house of correction shall appoint, by and with the advice of the board of inspectors, a matron and other teachers and employees for the house of shelter, whose compensation shall be fixed and provided for as in this Division 4 provided for the officers and other employees of the house of correction. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑13)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑13) Sec. 11‑4‑13. The expenses of maintaining any such house of correction over and above all receipts for the labor of persons confined therein, and such sums of money as may be received from time to time by virtue of an agreement with a county, as in this Division 4 contemplated, shall be audited and paid from time to time by the corporate authority of such city, and shall be raised, levied and collected as the ordinary expenses of the city. The corporate authorities of each municipality maintaining a house of correction may require convicted persons confined therein to pay for the expenses incurred by their incarceration to the extent of their ability to pay for such expenses. The municipal attorney or corporation counsel, if authorized by the corporate authorities, may institute civil actions in the circuit court of the county in which such house of corrections is located to recover from such convicted persons confined the expenses incurred by their incarceration. Such expenses recovered shall be paid into the municipal treasury. (Source: P.A. 82‑717.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑14)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑14) Sec. 11‑4‑14. The inspectors of any such house of correction may enter into an agreement with any officer of the United States authorized therefor to receive and keep in such house of correction any person sentenced thereto, or ordered to be imprisoned therein, by any court of the United States or other federal officer, until discharged by law. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑15)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑15) Sec. 11‑4‑15. In any such city, which prior to July 1, 1871, established a bridewell for the confinement of convicted persons, such institution shall, immediately upon the appointment of the inspectors in this Division 4 contemplated, be known and denominated as the house of correction of the city in which it is located. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑4‑16)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑4‑16) Sec. 11‑4‑16.
