ORDINANCE IT IS HEREBY DECLARED by the Board of ...

ORDINANCE
IT IS HEREBY DECLARED by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois, that the basic
statutory vehicular speed limits established by Section 11-601 of the Illinois Vehicle Code are greater, or
less, than that considered reasonable and proper on the road listed below for which the County has
maintenance responsibility and which is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation,
State of Illinois; and
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED that this Board has caused to be made an engineering and traffic
investigation upon the road listed below; and
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED that by virtue of Section 11-604 of the above Code, this Board
determines and declares that reasonable and proper absolute maximum speed limits upon the roads
described below shall be as stated herein; and
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED that signs giving notice thereof shall be erected in conformance with the
standards and specifications contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the Illinois
Supplement to the National Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and the Standard Specifications
for Traffic Control Items; and
BE IT FURTHER DECLARED that this ordinance shall take effect immediately after the erection of said
signs giving notice of the maximum speed limits.
COOK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
PROPOSED SPEED LIMIT ZONES ON ROADWAYS UNDER
COOK COUNTY MAINTENANCE JURISDICTION
EXISTING PROPOSED
SPEED SPEED
ROADWAY SECTION MILEAGE LIMIT LIMIT
Cook DuPage
Road
Plainfield Road
to 60th Street
0.65 45 M.P.H. 40 M.P.H.
Approved and adopted this 5th day of September 2002.

ORDINANCE
Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE JOSEPH MARIO MORENO, ROBERTO MALDONADO,
JOHN P. DALEY AND PRESIDENT JOHN H. STROGER, JR.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Co-Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE JERRY BUTLER, ALLAN C. CARR, GREGG GOSLIN,
CARL R. HANSEN, TED LECHOWICZ, WILLIAM R. MORAN, MIKE QUIGLEY,
HERBERT T. SCHUMANN, JR., PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS,
BOBBIE L. STEELE AND CALVIN R. SUTKER, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WHEREAS, the County of Cook is a home rule unit of government pursuant to the Illinois Constitution
of 1970; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule power, the Board of Commissioners of Cook County may exercise
any power and perform any function relating to its government and affairs including protecting the public
health, welfare and safety of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, many Mexican immigrants are fearful of reporting crimes to the police because they do not
possess proper identification; and
WHEREAS, many Mexican immigrants have difficulty conducting daily routine business transactions,
including check cashing, credit card purchases, driver’s license application, and store layaway purchases,
among other things, because they do not possess proper identification; and
WHEREAS, in 46 cities across the United Sates, including Chicago, the Mexican Consulate issues
identification cards entitled “matricula consular” to Mexican nationals with a birth certificate and proper
photo identification who have been residing in the United States for at least six months; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Cook County wishes to enable Mexican immigrants to
utilize the “matricula consular” as legal identification when interacting with County departments.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF COOK
COUNTY:
Section 1: Chapter 5, Departments and Agencies, of the Cook County Ordinances is hereby amended by
the addition of the following new Section 5-4 as follows:

5-4. Recognition of Matricula Consular as valid identification. When requiring members of
the public to provide identification, each County department shall accept as valid
identification of the person a “matricula consular” identification card issued by the Mexican
Consulate. The requirements of this section do not apply under circumstances where (1) a
federal or state statute, administrative regulation or directive, or court decision requires the
County to obtain different identification, (2) a federal or state statute or administrative
regulation or directive preempts local regulation of identification requirements, or (3) the
County would be unable to comply with a condition imposed by a funding source, which
would cause the County to lose funds from that source.
Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit the County department from (1) asking for additional
information from individuals in order to verify a current address or other facts that would enable the
department to fulfill its responsibilities, except that this section does not permit the department to require
additional information solely because the Matricula Consular is the form of identification presented, (2)
using fingerprints for identification purposes under circumstances where the department also requires
fingerprints from persons who have a driver’s license or State identification card.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval.
Approved and adopted this 5th day of September 2002.

ORDINANCE
Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE MIKE QUIGLEY, JOHN H. STROGER, JR., PRESIDENT,
ALLAN C. CARR, JOHN P. DALEY, GREGG GOSLIN, CARL R. HANSEN,
JOSEPH MARIO MORENO, ROBERTO MALDONADO,
HERBERT T. SCHUMANN, JR., PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS,
BOBBIE L. STEELE AND CALVIN R. SUTKER, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AN ORDINANCE TO DIRECT COOK COUNTY TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT
A PLAN TO REDUCE COUNTY WASTE THROUGH REUSE AND RECYCLING
WHEREAS, Cook County recently evidenced its commitment to recycling by passing an ordinance
mandating the purchase of recycled products; and
WHEREAS, recycling saves energy and natural resources, prevents the emission of many greenhouse
gases, and reduces the use of toxic chemicals in the manufacturing process; and
WHEREAS, recycling at a 25% diversion rate would reduce the County's waste disposal costs by 25%;
and
WHEREAS, waste disposal is an enormous expense for municipal governments, costing the city of
Chicago alone $31.2 $157 million; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency reports that the landfill capacity of the
Chicago metropolitan area has only seven years remaining, and the subsequent higher transportation
expenses will raise seven landfills in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, representing 21% of the region’s
capacity, will close by the end of the year 2000, raising the cost of waste disposal still further; and
WHEREAS, the success of recycling programs depends on “closing the loop”: collecting recyclable
products to create a supply of material, remanufacturing products, and purchasing recycled products to
create a market; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs reports that 600 2,400 firms,
employing 56,000 people, are engaged in the business of recycling in Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Cook County can save money while reducing waste by reducing its use of materials and
reusing materials where feasible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Cook County develop and implement a plan to reduce
and reuse material, and to recycle material from all County facilities; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such plan be calculated for the purpose of achieving a county-wide
goal of 25% waste diversion and an accompanying 25% waste disposal cost reduction.
Approved and adopted this 5th day of September 2002.