 Traffic fines
S-1420: Payment of fines for motor vehicle code violations should be disbursed to the unit of local government responsible for maintaining the road on which the offense committed is first seen. For example, if speeding occurs first on a township road and then a county road, the payment of the fine would be sent to the township because that is the place where the crime was first known to occur. In the case of a crime resulting from the failure to heed a stop or yield sign, the fine would belong to the governmental unit responsible for the maintenance of the road that is governed by the sign.
Precinct consolidation
S-1432: A county board of a county not under township organization has the authority to consolidate two or more election precincts into one even though some precincts may be eliminated, according to the Election Code (///. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 46, sec. 11-1). However, in carrying out the consolidation the county board must comply with the population requirements of the Election Code (///. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 46, sec. 11-2) which, in part, provides that election precincsi which contain more than 800 voters shall be divided into election districts containing 500 voters and not more than 800 in any case.
County board of review
S-1425: The political party polling the highest volt for any county office for which more than one political party was slated would appoint two members of a three-member county board of review in a county under township organization. The party polling the second highest vote for the same county office at the last general election would appoint the remaining board member. To clarify the matter, the attorney general added that if the candidate polling the highest vote ran unopposed, the composition of the board would have to be decided on the county office where there was a contest.
Regional boards of school trustees
S-1492: A state's attorney is not required to represent his county's regional board of school trustees. Overturning an earlier attorney general opinion, Scott concluded members of a regional board are not county officials because of a change. of the wording in the statute and because the regional board is a distinct corporate entity separate from other bodies. Since the state's attorney is required to represent only counties and county representatives, he has no duty to represent regional boards of school trustees or their members.
September 1979 / Illinois Issues / 28
Night watchmen
S-1417: Persons who check merchants' doors and other security systems during the late night and early morning hours in order to prevent crime are required to be licensed with the Department of Registration and Education, provided they are not employed exclusively by one employer. The attorney general said persons performing security functions are considered to be watchmen or patrolmen for a private detective business, and employees doing such work must be licensed.
Forest preserve districts
S-1421: A forest preserve district property must comply with a county's zoning ordinances, provided the ordinances do not interfere with the forest preserve district's statutory mandate. Unless there is an irreconcilable conflict between a county's local regulations and a district's statutory mandate, both sets of laws must be observed.
Interest payable
S-1439: Funds of unknown owners must be held by the county treasurer (///. Rev. Stai. 1977, ch. 106, sec. 65) and can be deposited in a bank (///. Rey. Stal. 1977, ch. 36, sec. 17). Interest earned is to be paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the county corporate fund. Though there is no provision to this effect for counties having a population of less than 150,000, the provision for counties having a population over 150,000 is relevant because it follows common law(///. Rev. Slat. 1977, ch. 36, sec. 22.1).
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