THE UCCI OPINION INTERPRETATION OF THE STATE STATUTE

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After the State Statute was discovered and brought to the attention of the Board, in January 2023, two things happened. First, our Stephenson County States Attorney, Carl Larson gave his opinion to the State Statute. This was recorded during a County Board meeting on April 20, 2023.

After Carl Larson's opinion, the Stephenson County Board asked for the United Counties Council of Illinois' (UCCI) opinion about the State Statute. It's one page stating that Carl Larson's opinion could be right and 3 pages stating that his opinion is not the right one. Laws are written, they typically are written in plain language. When the law says erect, it means to build, especially when there are references to real estate elsewhere in the law.