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5 ILCS 220/3 (2026)

Intergovernmental cooperation

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(5 ILCS 220/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 743)
    Sec. 3. Intergovernmental cooperation. Any power or powers, privileges, functions, or authority exercised or which may be exercised by a public agency of this State may be exercised, combined, transferred, and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this State and jointly with any public agency of any other state or of the United States to the extent that laws of such other state or of the United States do not prohibit joint exercise or enjoyment and except where specifically and expressly prohibited by law. This includes, but is not limited to, (i) arrangements between the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and agencies in other states which issue professional licenses and (ii) agreements between the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department of Public Aid) and public agencies for the establishment and enforcement of child support orders and for the exchange of information that may be necessary for the enforcement of those child support orders.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2021 · leading case: Alarm Detection Sys., Inc. v. Vill. of Schaumburg, Corp., 930 F.3d 812 (7th Cir. 2019).
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Alarm Detection Sys., Inc. v. Vill. of Schaumburg, Corp., 930 F.3d 812 (7th Cir. 2019). “It is an "intergovernmental cooperation," see 5 ILCS 220/3, of which Schaumburg is a municipal member.”
I-57 & Curtis, LLC v. Urbana & Champaign Sanitary Dist., 2020 IL App (4th) 190850 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 4× “The Power of the Contracting Parties to Enter Into the Sewer Agreement ¶ 34 Plaintiff claims that the Sewer Agreement is illegal under section 3 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/3 (West 2018)), which provides as follows: “Any power or powers, privileges,…”
Rajterowski v. City of Sycamore, 940 N.E.2d 682 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “) 5 ILCS 220/3 (West 2008). “Any power or powers, privileges, functions, or authority exercised or which may be exercised by a public agency 6 of this State may be exercised, combined, transferred, and enjoyed jointly with any other public agency of this State and jointly with…”
Hahn v. Cnty. of Kane, 2012 IL App (2d) 110060 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “See 5 ILCS 220/3 (West 2008). Even if, as the City argues, the constitution and the Act encourage governmental bodies to transfer and share powers, neither the constitution nor the Act allows governmental bodies to transfer and share their powers with “adjacent development,”…”
I-57 & Curtis, LLC v. Urbana & Champaign Sanitary Dist., 2020 IL App (4th) 190850 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 5× “The Power of the Contracting Parties to Enter Into the Sewer Agreement ¶ 34 Plaintiff claims that the Sewer Agreement is illegal under section 3 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220/3 (West 2018)), which provides as follows: “Any power or powers, privileges,…”
Hahn v. Cnty. of Kane, 964 N.E.2d 1216 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “See 5 ILCS 220/3 (West 2008). Even if, as the City argues, the constitution and the Act encourage governmental bodies to transfer and share powers, neither the constitution nor the Act allows governmental bodies to transfer and share their powers with "adjacent development,"…”
Alarm Detection Sys., Incor v. Vill. of Schaumburg (7th Cir. 2019). “It is an “intergovernmental cooperation,” see 5 ILCS 220/3, of which Schaumburg is a mu‐ nicipal member.”
Alarm Detection Sys., Incor v. Vill. of Schaumburg (7th Cir. 2019). “It is an “intergovernmental cooperation,” see 5 ILCS 220/3, of which Schaumburg is a mu‐ nicipal member.”
Rajterowski v. The City of Sycamore (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “) 5 ILCS 220/3 (West 2008). The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act also permits intergovernmental contracts: "Any one or more public agencies may contract with any one or more other public agencies to perform any governmental service, activity or undertaking or to combine,…”
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