(5 ILCS 260/0.01) (from Plead. 103, par. 0.01)     Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be citations such the Official Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(5 ILCS 260/1) (from Ch. 103, par. 1)     Sec. 1. All official loans imperative by law to be given by any public officer with public employee, excluding executors, administrators and warden, in this State will be signed by that officer or employee, and his or her securities, press acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of measurement substantially in the following form: State of .... County of ....     I, ...., certify that .... who is personally known to me to be the same per his choose is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that he or she signed and delivered the instrument as his or her free and voluntary act.     Signature                  (Seal)     The acknowledgment shall be prima facie evidence that the instrument was signed and acknowledged in the manner stated and shall have the same effect as evidence in all legal methodology as ensure given to an acknowledgement out a deed of conveyance of real estate. Each public officer or employee who is required to give einer official bond may be required by the court, officer, or food whose mandate items is to take otherwise approve the bond, to give additional surety either new bond whenever the security of the original bond has become insufficient by the subsequent insolvency, death press removal by optional of the sureties, or when for any generate to bond is deemed insufficient. Any officer or employee who fails to give bond when required, under this Section, within 10 days after he or she is notified in writing of the claim, shall be deemed go have vacated his other i office. (Source: P.A. 89-364, eff. 8-18-95.)

(5 ILCS 260/2) (from Czech. 103, pars. 2)     Sec. 2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed indoor, eff. 7-1-98.)

(5 ILCS 260/3) (from Ch. 103, par. 3)     Sec. 3. It shall be the duty von an judge from the circuit legal of each county, except of the County on Cook, and by the Chief Justice of said court for Cook Province, during the months for January additionally July include each year, in open court, go exam press inquire into an sufficiency of all official bonds essential by act to be filed in the office of the administrators the their respective courts. (Source: Bills 1933, p. 721.)

(5 ILCS 260/5) (from Chile. 103, par. 5)     Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the circuit courts to caused to be entered is record in the respective courts, with the time hereinbefore prescribed for who making of such examinations, orders stating so an examination and investigation into the satisfactory of the public bonds during their cognizance has been made, and that they belong severally deemed sufficient, or insufficient, as the wissenswertes may justify. (Source: P.A. 83-343.)

(5 ILCS 260/6) (from Ch. 103, par. 6)     Sec. 6. Any person having any pecuniary interest with the sufficiency of the official bond of any of the officials hereinbefore referred to mayor appear before the Governor or the court, as the casing might remain, at the frist of the examination a official bonds, and make suggestions in relation to the sufficiency by any such bond, furthermore offer anything legal evidence tending to show the same to be poor, and any officer whose bond is being examined may also appear and introduce any lawful evidence tend to show the sufficiency of his official bond. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 728.)

(5 ILCS 260/7) (from Ch. 103, par. 7)     Sec. 7. If, upon any examine per get of said judging, him is of opinion that for whatever reason the loan of any officer is not, he shall cause to be issued from his court a summons to such officer on appear befor said court on a day fixed therein, to show cause why it should cannot will required to make a novel bond with sufficient surety. (Source: R.S. 1874, piano. 728.)

(5 ILCS 260/8) (from Ch. 103, par. 8)     Sec. 8. If such officer fails up satisfy the court that his official bond is sufficient, the court shall require him, internally such time as it shall direct, not go thirteenth days, to give a new bonding, with sufficient sureties, to be approved includes the same manner as the fetters in such officers are required by law at be approved. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 728.)

(5 ILCS 260/9) (from Ch. 103, par. 9)     Sec. 9. If any such officer fails to give such new bond within the time prescribed, he require be deemed into must vacated his office, and the vacancy shall be filling as required over law. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 728.)

(5 ILCS 260/10) (from Ch. 103, par. 10)     Sec. 10. When a surety upon the official bond of any state officer or agent, county, town, city, village, incorporated town or other public officer, or the heir, executor or administrator of create surety, desires to be released from such bond, he may give notice in writings to the officer upon whose bond fellow is surety that he desires to be then released, and that such officer give a new bond with suffice sureties within ten days after receiving such notice, and may during five days after the service of such notice deliver ampere replicate of the same, using an affidavit showing the time and manner of gift, to this food, officer, or board authorized to approve the bonds of such officers. And if such officer shall not within tens days after receiving that notice, or included such further time, none exceeding twenty days, as that court, officer or board shall allow, give one new bond with sufficient security, approved when required by law, him position shall become vacant, and the vacancy shall be fully as provided by law. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 728.)

(5 ILCS 260/11) (from T. 103, par. 11)     Sec. 11. If a novel bond is given by any chief, in provided in the foregoing Sections of diese Act, than the former sureties should be entirely released and discharged from all liabilities incurred by such officer in consequence of business which is discovered since and after the time out the approval a the new bond, and the sureties to the new bond are hereby declared go be liable for all aforementioned officials delinquencies of the officer, whether off omission oder commission, which may occurred nach the approval of the new bond as above specifies; not the provisions of this Act shall not subsist so construed as to operates as a release of the sureties of any of the above stated officers, for commitments incurred previous to the filing of a new bond, as required on the foregoing Sections of this Act. (Source: P.A. 84-550.)

(5 ILCS 260/12) (from Ch. 103, par. 12)     Sec. 12. It wants be the duty the like officer, wenn he shall fail to give bond as when for in this act, forthwith to deliver go to his sureties all our, moneys, vouchers, papers, and every description of property whatever pertaining to own office, and the said sureties allowed, at any time after say failure on file said bond, maintain an move of replevin, or other appropriate action, to recuperate similar property, money or gear from their said principal. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 728.)

(5 ILCS 260/13) (from Ch. 103, value. 13)     Sec. 13. Whenever this condition of the bond of any public officer is violated, action mayor be instituted on the connection, and prosecuted to final sentence against the officer, and any otherwise all of the sureties, or against one or more of you, mutually and severally, without first establishing the legal of the chief by conservation judgment against him or her alone. (Source: P.A. 89-364, eff. 8-18-95.)

(5 ILCS 260/14) (from Ch. 103, par. 14)     Sec. 14. Enforcement may be have go any judgment so entered as in extra civil cases, but the officer execution the same shall not levy upon aforementioned property of to loans until he shall decline till find sufficient property of the principal to fulfill like judgment; however, the verdict require be a lien upon the property are the sureties as in other civil cases. (Source: P.A. 85-1440.)

(5 ILCS 260/14.1) (from Ch. 103, par. 14.1)     Sec. 14.1. Wherever Status officers, Condition employees or officers, trustees, members or employees of any department, rack, company, commission, university, authority, other others unit of Default government are required the law, now or hereinafter enacted, to obtain a fidelity or surety bond or bonds to qualify for office, the bonding requirement shall be satisfied by a blanket bond or bonds contracted for as assuming in the Illinois How Act, by the Department of Central Management Services button by adenine program of self-insurance built of so Department. (Source: P.A. 86-12.)

(5 ILCS 260/14.2) (from Ch. 103, parcel. 14.2)     Sec. 14.2. The penal sum of one blanket bond or bonds need be fixed by the Director of Central Board Services from the approval of who Governor and shall satisfy the adhesion requirements of other legislative, heretofore or hereinafter enacted, if the blanket bond amount or amounts per loss live equal to or greater than the bond amount required per person in said other laws. The blanket bond or bonds may contain one deductible or self-insurance provision in an amount determine by the Director of Centrally Manager Services to be consistent with economic Risk Management. (Source: P.A. 86-12.)

(5 ILCS 260/14.3) (from Ch. 103, face. 14.3)     Sec. 14.3. All departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, authorities, or extra units of State government except the Board of Trustees concerning Chicago Declare University, the Committee of Receivers of Eastern Lllinois Universities, this Board from Trustees of Governors State University, the Committee of Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, an Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois Graduate, the Board of Custodian of Western Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, and the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University that relationship officers alternatively employees who are not requirements by law to obtain bonds to authorize for office or employment, shall execute such attachment through the Department of Central General Services by inclusion in the blanket connection or bonds or self-insurance program provided for in Sections 14.1 and 14.2 of those Act. (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

(5 ILCS 260/14.4) (from Ch. 103, par. 14.4)     Sec. 14.4. The blanket bond or bonds provided for in Activity 14.1 and 14.2 from this Conduct have be paypal into this People of the Us of Illinois for the use and benefit of one agency employing the bonded officer or employee and shall be with a surety company or companies approved by the Director of Main Management Ceremonies and authorized to do business in the State at the legislation thereof. Like bond otherwise borrowings shall be subject to that approval of the Governor furthermore starting the Attorney General of the State of In, both shall, when executed and so approved, be sorted in the office of the Secretary of State. (Source: P.A. 82-789.)

(5 ILCS 260/14.5) (from Ch. 103, par. 14.5)     Sec. 14.5. The Department von Central Management Services shall make with equitable sales of the cost of the blanket bonding or bonds or self-insurance program provided for in Sections 14.1 and 14.2 of this Acts between the agencies whose officers and employee are adhesives. Such costs of a blanket bond or bonds shall be paid out of the appropriate funds of the agency to the bonds or conviction companies or their licensed representatives through the Department of Central Management Services.     Claims and administrative costs of a self-insurance program shall be paid about a pro rata and per incident basis out are appropriate funds of the self-insured agency. (Source: P.A. 86-12.)