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The Illinois state government has numerous departments, but the so-called code departments provide most of the state's services. [1] [2] ... Illinois Medical District ...
The Government of Illinois, under Illinois' Constitution, has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The State's executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive and head of state, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions.
The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]
This is a list of U.S. statewide elected executive officials.These state constitutional officers have their duties and qualifications mandated in state constitutions. This list does not include those elected to serve in non-executive branches of government, such as justices or clerks of the state supreme courts or at-large members of the state legislatures.
State of Wisconsin 1997-1998 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Legislature Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, 1997, pp. 99-172. Donoghue, James R. "Local Government in Wisconsin". In Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. The State of Wisconsin 1979-1980 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 1979, pp. 95-310 ...
The 33rd Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises much of eastern Walworth County and southwest Racine County. It includes the city of Burlington and most of the city of Lake Geneva, and the villages of East Troy and Union Grove.
The Bi-State Metropolitan Development District is an interstate compact formed by Missouri and Illinois in 1949. Since February 2003 the agency has been doing business as Metro. [4] There are ten members of the board; five appointed by local officials from each state. The Census Bureau formally counts this as a special district in Missouri. [1]
Each Senate district is divided into two adjacent House districts. The General Assembly meets in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Its session laws are generally adopted by majority vote in both houses, and upon gaining the assent of the Governor of Illinois. They are published in the official Laws of Illinois. [1] [2]