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55 ILCS 5/5-1120 (2026)

Juvenile delinquency programs

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(55 ILCS 5/5-1120)
    Sec. 5-1120. Juvenile delinquency programs. The corporate authorities of a county may:
        (a) Conduct programs and carry on and coordinate
    
activities for the prevention, reduction, or control of juvenile delinquency within the county;
        (b) Cooperate, coordinate, or act jointly with the
    
State of Illinois or any other county, municipality, 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 the programs and carry on the activities in cooperation with law enforcement officers through referral of juvenile offenders;
        (c) Spend county funds appropriated for the purposes
    
of this Section; and
        (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.
    All officials, agencies, and employees of a county that 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. 94-154, eff. 7-8-05.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2001 · leading case: People v. Sypien, 763 N.E.2d 264 (Ill. 2001).
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People v. Sypien, 763 N.E.2d 264 (Ill. 2001). “See 55 ILCS 5/5-1120 (West 1996). We held that each of the above amendments and several others were logically related to crime, the purported subject of the Act.”
People v. Wooters, 722 N.E.2d 1102 (Ill. 1999). “55 ILCS 5/5-1120 (West 1996). Each of these amendments may logically be said to be related to crime, the subject of the Act.”
People v. Vazquez Nunc Pro Tunc to June 30, 2000 (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “1 (West 1996)), and the addition of a section to the Counties Code allowing counties to establish and fund programs to reduce, prevent or control juvenile delinquency (55 ILCS 5/5-1120 (West 1996)). Wooters , 188 Ill.”
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