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55 ILCS 75/3 (2026)

Administrator; necessary personnel; supplies or repairs

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(55 ILCS 75/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 2683)
    Sec. 3. Administrator; necessary personnel; supplies or repairs.
    (a) The administrator and all other necessary personnel of the shelter care home and detention home, shall be appointed by the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court or any Judge of that Circuit designated by the Chief Judge, to serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Each shall receive a monthly salary fixed by the county board. Personnel shall also be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The expenses shall be reimbursed at least monthly upon proper certification by the court.
    The supplies or repairs necessary to maintain, operate and conduct the shelter care home and the detention home shall be furnished upon the requisition of its administrator to the chairman of a committee as may be designated by the county board, and the bills therefor shall be audited, passed upon and paid as other bills for supplies furnished for county institutions.
    (b) Within 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, or any Judge of that Circuit designated by the Chief Judge, shall appoint an administrator to serve as the Superintendent of the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center. The Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, or any Judge of that Circuit designated by the Chief Judge shall appoint all other necessary personnel of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center and any other shelter care home or detention home in Cook County in accordance with subsections (a) and (d) of this Section. The term of the administrator and any personnel in office upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall terminate upon the appointment of his or her successor.
    (c) The Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, or any Judge of that Circuit designated by the Chief Judge, shall have administrative control over the budget of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center and any other shelter care home or detention home in Cook County, subject to the approval of the Cook County Board and in accordance with subsections (a) and (d) of this Section.
    (d) The supplies or repairs necessary to maintain, operate, and conduct the shelter care home and the detention home shall be furnished upon the requisition of its administrator to the chairman of a committee as may be designated by the county board, however in Cook County the administrator shall submit such requisitions to the County Board and Office of the Purchasing Agent in accordance with the ordinances established by the Cook County Board. Those bills shall be audited, passed upon and paid as other bills for supplies furnished for county institutions.
(Source: P.A. 95-194, eff. 1-1-08.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2015–2021 · leading case: Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
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Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 4× “55 ILCS 75/3(a), (d) (West 2018). In other words, the county has the authority to establish the JTDC and financially supports it, but the chief judge has the power to control the budget and appoint its personnel.”
Jimmy Doe v. Teamsters Local 700, 798 F.3d 558 (7th Cir. 2015). · cites it 2× “55 ILCS 75/3(b) (allowing the Chief Judge to appoint and remove an administrator to run the Center), 75/3(c) (giving the Chief Judge direct control over the Center’s budget).”
In re Mathias H., 2019 IL App (1st) 182250 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 55 ILCS 75/3(a), (c) (West 2018). ¶ 37 The Detention Act also is clear that “It shall be the duty of the administrator *** and the staff of the detention home to receive all children who are committed to the homes by the court, until further order of the court ***.”
Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 4× “55 ILCS 75/3(a), (d) (West 2018). In other words, the county has the authority to establish the JTDC and financially supports it, but the chief judge has the power to control the budget and appoint its personnel.”
T.S v. Twentieth Century Fox Television, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2020). · cites it 3× “2015) (citing 55 ILCS 75/3(b)). On May 20, 2015, the district court in Doe "terminated [Dunlap's] appointment as transitional administrator.”
Ahern v. Fleming (N.D. Ill. 2019). · cites it 2× “The county board fixes the salaries of appointed individuals, 55 ILCS 75/3(a), and upon the superintendent’s request, furnishes the supplies or repairs necessary to operate a detention center.”
McKinney v. Franklin Cnty. Illinois (S.D. Ill. 2019). “Relatedly, the Probation Act grants the Chief Judge of a judicial circuit general administrative and supervisory authority over administrators and necessary personnel, such as the Director of the Court Services Department.”
— 55 ILCS 75/3(a) — 4 cases
Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “55 ILCS 75/3(a), (d) (West 2018). In other words, the county has the authority to establish the JTDC and financially supports it, but the chief judge has the power to control the budget and appoint its personnel.”
In re Mathias H., 2019 IL App (1st) 182250 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 55 ILCS 75/3(a), (c) (West 2018). ¶ 37 The Detention Act also is clear that “It shall be the duty of the administrator *** and the staff of the detention home to receive all children who are committed to the homes by the court, until further order of the court ***.”
Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “55 ILCS 75/3(a), (d) (West 2018). In other words, the county has the authority to establish the JTDC and financially supports it, but the chief judge has the power to control the budget and appoint its personnel.”
Ahern v. Fleming (N.D. Ill. 2019). “The county board fixes the salaries of appointed individuals, 55 ILCS 75/3(a), and upon the superintendent’s request, furnishes the supplies or repairs necessary to operate a detention center.”
— 55 ILCS 75/3(b) — 4 cases
Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “55 ILCS 75/3(a), (d) (West 2018). In other words, the county has the authority to establish the JTDC and financially supports it, but the chief judge has the power to control the budget and appoint its personnel.”
Jimmy Doe v. Teamsters Local 700, 798 F.3d 558 (7th Cir. 2015). “55 ILCS 75/3(b) (allowing the Chief Judge to appoint and remove an administrator to run the Center), 75/3(c) (giving the Chief Judge direct control over the Center’s budget).”
Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “55 ILCS 75/3(a), (d) (West 2018). In other words, the county has the authority to establish the JTDC and financially supports it, but the chief judge has the power to control the budget and appoint its personnel.”
T.S v. Twentieth Century Fox Television, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2020). “2015) (citing 55 ILCS 75/3(b)). On May 20, 2015, the district court in Doe "terminated [Dunlap's] appointment as transitional administrator.”
— 55 ILCS 75/3(c) — 4 cases
Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “55 ILCS 75/3(a), (d) (West 2018). In other words, the county has the authority to establish the JTDC and financially supports it, but the chief judge has the power to control the budget and appoint its personnel.”
Mullins v. Evans, 2021 IL App (1st) 191962 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “55 ILCS 75/3(a), (d) (West 2018). In other words, the county has the authority to establish the JTDC and financially supports it, but the chief judge has the power to control the budget and appoint its personnel.”
T.S v. Twentieth Century Fox Television, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2020). “2015) (citing 55 ILCS 75/3(b)). On May 20, 2015, the district court in Doe "terminated [Dunlap's] appointment as transitional administrator.”
Ahern v. Fleming (N.D. Ill. 2019). “The county board fixes the salaries of appointed individuals, 55 ILCS 75/3(a), and upon the superintendent’s request, furnishes the supplies or repairs necessary to operate a detention center.”
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