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  • 5 ILCS 70/0.01— Short title
  • 5 ILCS 70/1— In the construction of statutes, this Act shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant to the context of the statute
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.01— All general provisions, terms, phrases and expressions shall be liberally construed in order that the true intent and meaning of the General Assembly may be fully carried out
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.02— Words in the present tense include the future
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.03— Words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or things, and words importing the plural number may include the singular
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.04— Words importing the masculine gender may be applied to females
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.05— "Person" or "persons" as well as all words referring to or importing persons, may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as individuals
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.06
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.07— "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
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.08— "Sheriff," "coroner," "clerk," or other words used for an executive or ministerial officer may include any deputy or other person performing the duties of such officer, either generally or in special cases
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.09— Words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or persons
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.10
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.11— The time within which any act provided by law is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is Saturday or Sunday or is a holiday as defined or fixed in any statute now or hereafter in force in this State, and then it shall also be excluded
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.12
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.13— "Wills" includes codicils
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.14— "State," when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.15
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.16— "Highway," "road," or "street" may include any road laid out by authority of the United States, or of this State, or of any town or county of this State, and all bridges upon the same
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.17— "Heretofore" means any time previous to the day on which the statute takes effect; and the word "hereafter," at any time after such day
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.18— "Laws now in force," and words of similar import, mean the laws in force at the time the Act containing the words shall take effect
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.20
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.22
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.23— The "General Revenue Law of Illinois", or any equivalent expression, when used with reference to revenue, shall be deemed to refer to the Property Tax Code and all existing and future amendments thereto and modifications thereof, and all rules now or hereafter adopted pursuant thereto
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.24— The word "decree" is synonymous with the word "judgment"
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.25
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.26— "Circuit clerk" means clerk of the circuit court
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.27— "Municipalities" has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.28— "Units of local government" has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.29— "Special districts" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.30— "Town trustees" means the members of the township board required by Section 80-5 of the Township Code
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.31
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.32— "Surviving spouse" means "widow" or "widower", as the case may be
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.33— Whenever there is a reference in any Act to the School Construction Bond Act or the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act, such reference shall be interpreted to include the General Obligation Bond Act
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.34— This Section applies to citations in one Act to another Act or to the general law on a subject, whether or not the citation also contains a modifying phrase such as "as amended", "as now or hereafter amended", "in effect from time to time", or a similar phrase
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.35— Paralegal
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.36— Born alive infant
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.37— Intellectual disability
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.38— Physical disability
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.39— Criminal Code of 2012
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.40— Persons with disabilities
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.41— Permanent disability; total disability
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.42— Developmental disability
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.43— Reference to bail, bail bond, or conditions of bail
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.44— Honorably discharged; veterans benefits
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.45— Reference to armed forces or uniformed services
  • 5 ILCS 70/1.46— References to the ABLE account
  • 5 ILCS 70/2— The provisions of any statute, so far as they are the same as those of any prior statute, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior provisions, and not as a new enactment
  • 5 ILCS 70/3— No act or part of an act repealed by the General Assembly shall be deemed to be revived by the repeal of the repealing act
  • 5 ILCS 70/4
  • 5 ILCS 70/5
  • 5 ILCS 70/6— Two or more Acts which relate to same subject matter and which are enacted by the same General Assembly shall be construed together in such manner as to give full effect to each Act except in case of an irreconcilable conflict
  • 5 ILCS 70/7
  • 5 ILCS 70/8— Omnibus Bond Acts
  • 5 ILCS 70/9— Stated repeal date; presentation to Governor