ILCS » Chapter 20 · Act 5
Illinois Compiled Statutes

20 ILCS 5/5-20 (2026)

Heads of departments

✓ laws through the 2026 session (checked Sept. 2026)
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IL-ILGAilga.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
(20 ILCS 5/5-20) (was 20 ILCS 5/4)
    Sec. 5-20. Heads of departments. Each department shall have an officer as its head who shall be known as director or secretary and who shall, subject to the provisions of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, execute the powers and discharge the duties vested by law in his or her respective department.
    The following officers are hereby created:
        Director of Aging, for the Department on Aging.
        Director of Agriculture, for the Department of
    
Agriculture.
        Director of Central Management Services, for the
    
Department of Central Management Services.
        Director of Children and Family Services, for the
    
Department of Children and Family Services.
        Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, for
    
the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
        Director of Corrections, for the Department of
    
Corrections.
        Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency,
    
for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
        Secretary of Early Childhood, for the Department of
    
Early Childhood.
        Director of Employment Security, for the Department
    
of Employment Security.
        Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation,
    
for the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
        Director of Healthcare and Family Services, for the
    
Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
        Director of Human Rights, for the Department of Human
    
Rights.
        Secretary of Human Services, for the Department of
    
Human Services.
        Secretary of Innovation and Technology, for the
    
Department of Innovation and Technology.
        Director of Insurance, for the Department of
    
Insurance.
        Director of Juvenile Justice, for the Department of
    
Juvenile Justice.
        Director of Labor, for the Department of Labor.
        Director of the Lottery, for the Department of the
    
Lottery.
        Director of Natural Resources, for the Department of
    
Natural Resources.
        Director of Public Health, for the Department of
    
Public Health.
        Director of Revenue, for the Department of Revenue.
        Director of the Illinois State Police, for the
    
Illinois State Police.
        Secretary of Transportation, for the Department of
    
Transportation.
        Director of Veterans Affairs, for the Department of
    
Veterans Affairs.
(Source: P.A. 103-594, eff. 6-25-24; 104-234, eff. 8-15-25.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Dopkeen v. Whitaker, 926 N.E.2d 794 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2010).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Dopkeen v. Whitaker, 926 N.E.2d 794 (Ill. App. Ct. 1st Dist. 2010). “20 ILCS 5/5-20 (West 2006). Article 5 also creates assistant director positions for these departments, including the Assistant Director of Public Health, the office previously occupied by plaintiff.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.