Illinois Compiled Statutes
55 ILCS 5/5-1004 (2026)
Exercise of corporate powers
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(55 ILCS 5/5-1004)
(from Ch. 34, par. 5-1004)
Sec. 5-1004.
Exercise of corporate powers.
The powers of the county
as a body corporate or politic, shall be exercised by a county board, to
wit: In counties under township organization (except the County of Cook),
by the county board members elected under Division 2-3; in the County of
Cook, by a board of county commissioners, pursuant to Section 3 of Article
VII of the Illinois Constitution; in counties not under township
organization, by the board of county commissioners.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Hoffman v. DeWitt Cnty., 176 F. Supp. 3d 795 (C.D. Ill. 2016).
Hoffman v. DeWitt Cnty., 176 F. Supp. 3d 795 (C.D. Ill. 2016). “” In this case, the Hoffman’s duties of participating in the “exercise” of “[t]he powers of the county as a body corporate or politic” provided by 55 ILCS 5/5-1004 are being unlawfully “altered” by Hoffman’s exclusion from exercising his duties in regard to certain subjects.”
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