Lake County Illinois - File #: 15-0378

• File #: 15-0378
• Version: 1
• Name: Ordinance regulating truants with in unincorporated Lake County.
• Type: ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/1/2015
• In control: Law & Judicial Committee
• Final action: 4/14/2015
• Title: Ordinance regulating truancy within unincorporated Lake County.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/14/2015	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
4/8/2015	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
4/7/2015	1	Law & Judicial Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

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 14^th day of April, 2015.

DATED, at WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, on this 14^th day of April, A.D., 2015.