Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5/5-36008

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contractual services: shall include all purchases, leases, and contracts for impersonal services, necessary for the operation of any Office, department, institution or agency of the county government which are not encompassed in the above definition of "supplies, material and equipment". See Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5/5-36004
     If any Office, department, institution or agency of the county government or officer or employee thereof shall purchase or contract for any supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services contrary to the provisions of this Division, or contrary to the rules and regulations made thereunder, such order or contract shall be void and of no effect, and if county funds shall have been paid out upon such order or contract, the amount thereof may be recovered in the name of the county in an appropriate action instituted therefor.