1976 Opinions Index

OPINION S-1026 (January 2, 1976)
LIQUORS: Eligibility of Churches and Schools for Retail Liquor Licenses

OPINION S-1027 (January 5, 1976)
OFFICERS: Compatibility of Legislator and County Board Member

OPINION S-1029 (January 7, 1976)
CONSTITUTION: Intergovernmental Cooperation

OPINION S-1030 (January 7, 1976)
MOTOR VEHICLES: Validity of Public Act 79-747

OPINION S-1031 (January 8, 1976)
OFFICERS: Conflict of Interest

OPINION S-1032 (January 9, 1976)
STATE MATTERS: Disposition of Proceeds from Sale of State Vehicles

OPINION S-1033 (January 9, 1976)
HEALTH: Administration of Medication by Unlicensed Personnel

OPINION S-1034 (January 13, 1976)
COUNTIES: Public Meetings

OPINION S-1035 (January 19, 1976)
COUNTIES: Corrupt Practices Act

OPINION S-1036 (January 20, 1976)
OFFICERS: Duty of Sheriff to Execute Duly Authorized Writs

OPINION S-1037 (January 20, 1976)
OFFICERS: Filling Vacancy in Office of County Clerk

OPINION S-1038 (January 20, 1976)
SPORTS AND GAMING: Gift or Contribution to a Political Party Violates Section 13 of the Harness Racing Act

OPINION S-1039 (January 26, 1976)
PENSIONS: Participation of Clerks of the Circuit Court in the General Assembly Retirement System

OPINION S-1040 (January 26, 1976)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Branch Banking

OPINION S-1041 (January 26, 1976)
CONSUMER PROTECTION: Funeral or Burial Funds Act

OPINION S-1042 (January 26, 1976)
REVENUE: Privilege Tax on Mobile Homes

OPINION S-1043 (January 26, 1976)
HIGHWAYS: Use of Motor Fuel Tax Funds to Maintain and Improve Non-dedicated Subdivision Roads

OPINION S-1044 (February 4, 1976)
COUNTIES: Sheriff

OPINION S-1045 (February 5, 1976)
REVENUE: Homestead Exemption

OPINION S-1046 (February 5, 1976)
COUNTIES: Power of County to Lease Property for Public Purposes

OPINION S-1047 (February 5, 1976)
MOTOR VEHICLES: Safety Standards and Second Division Vehicles

OPINION S-1048 (February 26, 1976)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Certificate of Deposit as a Loan

OPINION S-1049 (February 26, 1976)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Definition of a Bank Holding Company

OPINION S-1050 (February 26, 1976)
PUBLIC RECORDS AND INFORMATION: Local Newspaper Inserted in Chicago Tribune is a Secular Newspaper of General Circulation

OPINION S-1051 (February 27, 1976)
ELECTIONS: County Clerk's Duty to Deliver Absentee Ballots

OPINION S-1052 (March 3, 1976)
AGRICULTURE: Authority of County Board to Appropriate Funds to County Soil and Water Conservation District

OPINION S-1053 (March 3, 1976)
APPROPRIATIONS: Expenditure of Appropriations When Functions are Transferred

OPINION S-1054 (April 21, 1977)
MOTOR VEHICLES: Traffic Regulations Enacted by a Public Community College Board

OPINION S-1055 (March 17, 1976)
PUBLIC RECORDS AND INFORMATION: Meaning of "Notice" in Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 100, par. 8.2

OPINION S-1056 (March 17, 1976)
ELECTIONS: Right of Convict to Vote

OPINION S-1057 (March 17, 1976)
COMPATIBILITY OF OFFICES: Compatibility of Offices of Township Auditor and Park District Commissioner

OPINION S-1058 (March 17, 1976)
PUBLIC PROPERTY: Power of County to Lease Property for Public Purposes

OPINION S-1059 (March 17, 1976)
BILLS: Effect of Two Amendments to the Same Act

OPINION S-1060 (March 17, 1976)
APPROPRIATIONS: Employees of Division of Vocational and Technical Education are Entitled to Salary Increase Provided in Public Act 78-1254

OPINION S-1061 (March 17, 1976)
PENSIONS: Request for Creditable Service as a Police Magistrate by a Member of the General Assembly Retirement System

OPINION S-1062 (March 17, 1976)
CONSTITUTION: Changes in the Size of and Methods of Electing County Boards in Home Rule and Non-Home Rule Counties

OPINION S-1063 (March 17, 1976)
OFFICERS: Members of Illinois State Board of Investment are Required to Take Oath Provided in Statute and Not Oath Provided in Constitution to Qualify to Serve on Board

OPINION S-1064 (March 18, 1976)
STATE MATTERS: Loan of a Trophy of War

OPINION S-1065 (March 18, 1976)
COUNTIES: Power to Set Salaries for Deputy Sheriffs

OPINION S-1066 (March 18, 1976)
COMPENSATION: County Officers

OPINION S-1067 (March 18, 1976)
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: Deputy Sheriff - Spare Time Employment

OPINION S-1068 (March 18, 1976)
COUNTIES: Employment of Deputy Sheriffs as Private Security Guards During Off Duty Hours

OPINION S-1069 (March 29, 1976)
ELECTIONS: Rules Regarding the Conduct of a Special Primary

OPINION S-1070 (April 6, 1976)
APPROPRIATIONS: Meaning of an Appropriation; Copyright by the State

OPINION S-1071 (April 6, 1976)
REVENUE: Collectibility of Delinquent Taxes

OPINION S-1072 (April 6, 1976)
COUNTIES: The Authority of Superintendent of Highways to Hold Funds

OPINION S-1073 (April 6, 1976)
FAMILY LAW: Termination of Parental Rights Under the Juvenile Court Act

OPINION S-1074 (April 6, 1976)
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES: Approval of Community College Sites by Capital Development Board

OPINION S-1075 (April 21, 1976)
COUNTIES: County Board Budget - Power of County Board to Limit State's Attorney's Budget

OPINION S-1076 (April 21, 1976)
PUBLIC HOUSING: Use of Monies From the State Housing Fund

OPINION S-1077 (April 21, 1976)
GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Officers Required to File Statements of Economic Interests

OPINION S-1078 (April 23, 1976)
ELECTIONS: Status and Authority of Precinct Registrars

OPINION S-1079 (April 23, 1976)
COUNTIES: Authority of Sheriff to Create a Permanent Auxiliary Police Force

OPINION S-1080 (April 30, 1976)
GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Employment of School Board Member's Spouse as Teacher

OPINION S-1081 (May 5, 1976)
GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Definition of Ministerial Under Illinois Purchasing Act

OPINION S-1082 (May 10, 1976)
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: Psychological Stress Evaluator Unlawful Under Illinois Law

OPINION S-1083 (May 12, 1976)
HIGHWAYS: Township Road Districts as Separate Governmental Entities

OPINION S-1084 (May 12, 1976)
CONSUMER PROTECTION: Funeral or Burial Funds Act

OPINION S-1085 (May 12, 1976)
COUNTIES: Authority to Abolish the Deputy Sheriff Merit Commission

OPINION S-1086 (May 12, 1976)
CIVIL SERVICE: Authority of Civil Service Commission to Modify its Orders

OPINION S-1087 (May 13, 1976)
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: Letter Carrier or Postmaster Who Assumes Office of City Mayor is not Subject to Prosecution Under Section 4-8-7 of Illinois Municipal Code

OPINION S-1088 (May 13, 1976)
REVENUE: Authority of Department of Local Government Affairs to Assess Capital Stock of Certain Insurance Companies

OPINION S-1089 (May 13, 1976)
REVENUE: Fee for Collecting Drainage District Taxes

OPINION S-1090 (May 13, 1976)
MOTOR VEHICLES: "Gooseneck" or "Fifth Wheeler" Trailer - Registration

OPINION S-1093 (May 27, 1976)
OFFICERS: Ex Officio Members – Rights and Privileges

OPINION S-1094 (May 27, 1976)
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS: Power to Expend School District Funds

OPINION S-1095 (May 27, 1976)
REVENUE: Errors in Mobile Home Local Services Tax Bills

OPINION S-1096 (May 27, 1976)
PENSIONS: State Employees' Retirement System Withholding from Benefits

OPINION S-1097 (May 27, 1976)
APPROPRIATIONS: Substantive Matter in an Appropriation Bill

OPINION S-1098 (May 27, 1976)
REVENUE: Use of County Detention Home Tax Levy for Shelter Care

OPINION S-1101 (May 28, 1976)
LIQUORS: Eligibility of County Board Member to Have Interest in Retail Liquor Outlet

OPINION S-1102 (May 28, 1976)
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION: Power of County to Appropriate for Joint City-County Activity

OPINION S-1103 (May 28, 1976)
REVENUE: Eligibility of Property for Charitable Exemption

OPINION S-1105 (June 11, 1976)
COUNTIES: Submission of Question of Public Policy to the Electorate

OPINION S-1106 (June 15, 1976)
CONSTITUTION: Equal Protection

OPINION S-1107 (June 15, 1976)
REVENUE: Mobil Home Local Services Tax Act

OPINION S-1109 (June 15, 1976)
ZONING: Dwellings on Agricultural Lands

OPINION S-1110 (June 15, 1976)
REVENUE: Applicability of Certain State and Local Taxes to State Employees Traveling on Official Business

OPINION S-1111 (June 15, 1976)
HIGHWAYS: Power of County to Impose Fees for Disturbances to County Highways

OPINION S-1113 (June 15, 1976)
REVENUE: Payment of Mobile Home Local Services Tax by Corporation

OPINION S-1114 (July 1, 1976)
COMPATIBILITY OF OFFICES: Whether a Township Supervisor, an Assistant Regional Superintendent of Schools, or a County Board Member May be Appointed to the Community Mental Health Board

OPINION S-1115 (July 1, 1976)
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS: Power of a School District to Levy a Supplemental Tax

OPINION S-1116 (July 1, 1976)
MEETINGS: Public Meetings Act - Committee of Public Building Commission

OPINION S-1117 (July 1, 1976)
STATE MATTERS: Whether Northern Illinois University Foundation is a State Agency for Purposes of Illinois State Auditing Act and Illinois Purchasing Act

OPINION S-1118 (July 1, 1976)
REVENUE: Tax Levy for Community Mental Health Fund

OPINION S-1119 (July 1, 1976)
HIGHWAYS: Use of Matching Tax Funds for Reconstruction of County Highway Bridges

OPINION S-1120 (July 1, 1976)
COMPATIBILITY OF OFFICES: County Superintendent of Highways and Alderman

OPINION S-1121 (July 9, 1976)
REVENUE: Applicability of Rate Limitation on County Taxing Power to Tax for County Police Protection

OPINION S-1122 (July 9, 1976)
COMPENSATION: Increase in Compensation of Township Supervisor Acting as Supervisor of General Assistance

OPINION S-1123 (July 9, 1976)
TOWNSHIPS: Requirements for Action by Board of Town Auditors

OPINION S-1124 (July 15, 1976)
MOTOR VEHICLES: Whether an Interstate Carrier Must Carry a Copy of its Interstate Registration

OPINION S-1126 (July 15, 1976)
CONSTITUTION: Authority of County Board to Create Offices

OPINION S-1127 (July 15, 1976)
COUNTIES: Change in Mode of Selection of Recorder of Deeds

OPINION S-1128 (July 26, 1976)
COUNTIES: Confinement of Dangerous Dogs and Dogs Running at Large

OPINION S-1129 (July 26, 1976)
PUBLIC HEALTH: Duty of County Health Department to Provide School Districts with Health Services

OPINION S-1130 (July 26, 1976)
SPORTS AND GAMING: Construction of the Word "Municipality" Used in Sections 19(b) and 27(f) of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975

OPINION S-1131 (July 26, 1976)
OFFICERS: Bonding Requirement of State Treasurer

OPINION S-1132 (July 26, 1976)
COUNTIES: Enforcement of County Building Code Within Municipal Limits

OPINION S-1133 (July 26, 1976)
ELECTIONS: Registration of Military Personnel

OPINION S-1134 (July 26, 1976)
FINANCE: State Budget

OPINION S-1135 (August 9, 1976)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Foreign Banking Office Act

OPINION S-1136 (August 19, 1976)
SPORTS AND GAMING: Political Contributions Under the Horse Racing Act of 1975

OPINION S-1137 (August 19, 1976)
OFFICERS: Police Training Act - Training of Permanent Police Officers

OPINION S-1138 (August 19, 1976)
COUNTIES: Authority to Charge Other Law Enforcement Agencies for Incarceration of Prisoners in County Jail

OPINION S-1139 (August 19, 1976)
LIQUORS: Sale or Delivery in Public Building

OPINION S-1140 (August 19, 1976)
MENTAL HEALTH: Release of Patients' Records

OPINION S-1141 (August 19, 1976)
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: Law Enforcement Officer Acting as Guard or Watchman in His Spare Time

OPINION S-1142 (August 19, 1976)
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: Transportation of Alcoholic Liquors

OPINION S-1143 (August 19, 1976)
COUNTIES: Power of County Board to Regulate Plats

OPINION S-1144 (August 19, 1976)
COUNTIES: Special Service Area Tax

OPINION S-1145 (August 19, 1976)
REVENUE: Public Hearing on Proposed Special Service Area

OPINION S-1146 (August 19, 1976)
HOME RULE: Power of Home Rule Unit to Enact Ordinance Superseding State Statute

OPINION S-1147 (August 20, 1976)
STATE MATTERS: Patent Policy

OPINION S-1148 (September 7, 1976)
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH: Consideration of Vetoed Bills During a Special Session Called by the Governor

OPINION S-1149 (September 27, 1976)
PUBLIC HEALTH: Implementation of Rape Victims Emergency Treatment Act

OPINION S-1150 (September 27, 1976)
PUBLIC HEALTH: County Health Department's Authority to Charge Fees

OPINION S-1151 (September 27, 1976)
LABOR: Public Body - Prevailing Wage Act

OPINION S-1153 (September 27, 1976)
PENSIONS: State Universities Retirement System Service Credit

OPINION S-1154 (September 27, 1976)
OFFICERS: County Recorder's Signature on Trust Deeds

OPINION S-1155 (September 27, 1976)
COUNTIES: Power of Certain Counties to Regulate Plats of Land Located Within Municipalities

OPINION S-1156 (September 27, 1976)
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS: Withdrawal from Special Education Agreements

OPINION S-1157 (September 27, 1976)
SPORTS AND GAMING: Horse Racing - Power of Board to License Persons Employed on Licensee's Grounds

OPINION S-1158 (September 27, 1976)
GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Status of Precinct Registrars Under Illinois Governmental Ethics Act

OPINION S-1159 (September 27, 1976)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Distance Between Bank and Detached Facility

OPINION S-1161 (September 27, 1976)
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION: Power of Local Governmental Unit to Contract With Private Entities

OPINION S-1162 (September 27, 1976)
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS: A Vacancy in the Office of Regional Superintendent for a Single County Region is Filled Under the Provisions of the School Code for the Unexpired Term

OPINION S-1163 (September 28, 1976)
STATE MATTERS: Construction of Buildings on State Fairgrounds by a Private Exhibitor

OPINION S-1164 (October 25, 1976)
TRANSPORTATION: Department of Transportation's Authority of Contract for Railroad Maintenance Work

OPINION S-1165 (October 25, 1976)
GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Legislator Having Subcontract for Public Improvement

OPINION S-1166 (October 25, 1976)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Definition of a Bank Holding Company

OPINION S-1167 (October 25, 1976)
CONSTITUTION: Right of Consumer to Receive Price Information Under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

OPINION S-1169 (October 25, 1976)
SPORTS AND GAMING: Horse Racing - Breeders' Awards

OPINION S-1170 (October 25, 1976)
SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Appointment of Trustees of Multi-County Fire Protection District

OPINION S-1171 (November 19, 1976)
TORT LIABILITY: County Liability When County Health Department Sponsors Swine Flu Vaccination Program

OPINION S-1173 (November 19, 1976)
MUNICIPALITIES: Whether a Municipality Can Assume Preincorporation Expenses

OPINION S-1174 (November 19, 1976)
LIQUORS: Prohibited Interests

OPINION S-1177 (November 19, 1976)
REGULATED INDUSTRIES: Illinois Commerce Commission's Authority to Regulate an Intra-State Radio Communication Service Providing Two-Way Radiophone Communication or a Paging Service as a Public Utility

OPINION S-1178 (November 22, 1976)
SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Expenditures of Park District Funds for Campaign Purposes

OPINION S-1179 (November 22, 1976)
COMPENSATION: Per Diem for State Board of Education Meeting Days

OPINION S-1180 (November 22, 1976)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Authority of Savings and Loan Associations to Act as Depositories for County Tax Monies

OPINION S-1182 (November 22, 1976)
COUNTIES: Prohibition Against Building a Jail Within 200 Feet of a School Building

OPINION S-1183 (November 22, 1976)
COUNTIES: Appropriation of Funds or Services to Senior Citizen's Organizations

OPINION S-1184 (November 22, 1976)
TOWNSHIPS: Employment and Compensation of Township Assessors, Deputies, Clerks and Secretaries

OPINION S-1185 (November 22, 1976)
COMPENSATION: Salaries of Sheriff and County Supervisor of Safety

OPINION S-1186 (November 22, 1976)
MUNICIPALITIES: Power of Municipalities to Legislate Concurrently With the State

OPINION S-1187 (November 22, 1976)
PENSIONS: Whether Pregnancy is Disability Under Section 14-162 of Pension Code

OPINION S-1188 (December 1, 1976)
FEES: Assessment of State's Attorneys' Fee for Handling Petition to Revoke Probation or Conditional Discharge and Sheriff's Fees for Committing and Discharging Prisoners

OPINION S-1190 (December 1, 1976)
HIGHWAYS: Applicability of P.A. 79-1441 to Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

OPINION S-1191 (December 3, 1976)
PUBLIC RECORDS AND INFORMATION: Disclosure of Information Concerning Currency Exchanges

OPINION S-1192 (December 17, 1976)
REGULATED INDUSTRIES: Power of Illinois Aeronautics Board to Regulate Interstate Air Carriers

OPINION S-1193 (December 17, 1976)
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Whether Director of Department of Financial Institutions May Set Rates and Fees Charged by Community Currency Exchanges