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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] Code departments.
Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. The basic subdivision of Illinois are the 102 counties. [12] 85 of the 102 counties are in turn divided into 1,432 townships. [12] Municipal governments are the cities, villages, and incorporated towns. [12]
The Illinois Register (Ill. Reg.) is the official weekly publication containing proposed and adopted rules of Illinois state agencies. It is published online every Friday by the Illinois Secretary of State.
Pages in category "State agencies of Illinois" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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]
The State Archives serves as the official depository of state agency and local government records that possess administrative, legal, or historic research value. [6] The State Library houses more than 5,000,000 items, and other informational resources, and oversees a consortium of academic and regional libraries in the state. [7]
This category is for forms issued by the federal government of the United States. All such forms are numbered, and may have other names (for example, Form 1040 is called the U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.)
The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. Since becoming a state in 1818, 43 people have served as governor of Illinois; before statehood, it had only one territorial governor, Ninian Edwards. The longest-serving governor was James R. Thompson, who was elected to four terms lasting 14 years, from 1977 to 1991.