(a) The county board of any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants may license and regulate and impose license fees on all retail food establishments in the county except those retail food establishments which are located within any city, village or incorporated town in such county.
     (b) The county board of any county having a population of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants and having a health department created under Division 5-25 may license and regulate and impose license fees on all retail food establishments within both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county which fall within the jurisdiction of that health department as set forth in Section 5-25008.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5/5-1115

  • County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

     (c) The license fees which may be imposed under this Section must be reasonably related to the cost of inspecting and regulating the retail food establishments. License fees for food establishments operated by a unit of local government, school district, or not-for-profit organization may be waived by ordinance of the county board.
     (d) A county and a municipality may enter into an intergovernmental agreement that provides for the county’s certified local health department to perform any or all inspection functions for the municipality. The municipality must pay the county’s reasonable costs. An intergovernmental agreement shall not preclude a municipality from continuing to license retail food establishments within its jurisdiction.
     (e) For the purpose of this Section, “retail food establishment” includes a food service establishment, a temporary food service establishment, and a retail food store as defined in the Food Service Sanitation Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 750, and the Retail Food Store Sanitation Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 760.