Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5/5-13003

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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
     The regulations imposed under the authority of this Division may be amended from time to time by resolution after the resolution establishing the same has gone into effect, but no such amendments shall be made without a hearing before some committee designated by the county board. At least fifteen days notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in an official newspaper, or a newspaper of general circulation, in such county. Such amendment shall not be passed except by a favorable vote of two-thirds of all the members of the county board.