Title
Ordinance regulating truancy within unincorporated Lake County.
Staff Summary
· Counties have been given statutory authority to create an ordinance via State Statute 55 ILCS 5/5-1078.2 to regulate truancy.
· There is a need to regulate truants within unincorporated Lake County and to provide administrative adjudication as an additional enforcement mechanism.
· This is part of an overall package of ordinance amendments and proposed ordinances by the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Body
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, 55 ILCS 5/5-1078.2, statutorily bestows the capability upon a county board to adopt ordinances to regulate truants within the unincorporated areas of its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/5-43005, specified counties, including Lake County, were given authority to create a system of administrative adjudication for any violation of a county ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2011, the Lake County Board adopted the Lake County Administrative Adjudication Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that this ordinance be adopted and be made effective 14th day of April, 2015.
DATED, at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 14th day of April, A.D., 2015.