Editing Illinois (section)

===State government===
{{Main|Government of Illinois}}
[[File:Gfp-illinois-springfield-capitol-and-sky.jpg|thumb|The [[Illinois State Capitol]] in [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]]]
The [[government of Illinois]], under the [[Constitution of Illinois]], has three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. The executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the governor as chief executive. Legislative functions are granted to the Illinois General Assembly. The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court and lower courts.

The executive branch is composed of six elected officers and their offices as well as numerous other departments.<ref name=Lind2012ch5/> The six elected officers are:<ref name=Lind2012ch5/> [[Governor of Illinois|Governor]], [[Lieutenant Governor of Illinois|Lieutenant Governor]], [[Illinois Attorney General|Attorney General]], [[Illinois Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], [[Illinois Comptroller|Comptroller]], and [[Illinois Treasurer|Treasurer]]. The government of Illinois has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions, but the so-called code departments provide most of the state's services.<ref name=Lind2012ch5>{{cite book |title=Governing Illinois: Your Connection to State and Local Government |chapter=The Governor and the Executive Branch |pages=78–79 |first=Judy Lee |last=Uphoff |editor1-first=Nancy S. |editor1-last=Lind |editor2-first=Erik |editor2-last=Rankin |edition=4th |publisher=Center Publications, Center for State Policy and Leadership, [[University of Illinois Springfield]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-938943-28-0|chapter-url=http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/images/Chapter5Draft.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622010608/http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/images/Chapter5Draft.pdf |archive-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{ILCS|20|5}}</ref>

[[File:Illinois House of Representatives.jpg|thumb|[[Illinois House of Representatives]]]]
The [[Illinois General Assembly]] is the state legislature, composed of the 118-member [[Illinois House of Representatives]] and the 59-member [[Illinois Senate]]. The members of the General Assembly are elected at the beginning of each even-numbered year. The ''[[Illinois Compiled Statutes]]'' (ILCS) are the [[codification (law)|codified]] statutes of a general and permanent nature.<ref name="survey">{{cite book |title=Illinois Criminal Law: A Survey of Crimes and Defenses |first1=John F. |last1=Decker |first2=Christopher |last2=Kopacz |year=2012 |edition=5th |publisher=[[LexisNexis]] |isbn=978-0-7698-5284-3 |url={{Google books|l2I_8OvYAVYC |page=PT24 |keywords= |text= |plainurl=yes}}|at=§ 1.01}}</ref><ref name="tapping">{{cite book |title=Tapping State Government Information Sources |page=126 |first1=Lori L. |last1=Smith |first2=Daniel C. |last2=Barkley |first3=Daniel C. |last3=Cornwall |first4=Eric W. |last4=Johnson |first5=J. Louise |last5=Malcomb |year=2003 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |isbn=978-1-57356-387-1 |lccn=2002044846 |url={{Google books|4zo-J7chfmMC |page=PA126 |keywords= |text= |plainurl=yes}}}}</ref>

The [[Judiciary of Illinois]] is the unified court system of Illinois. It consists of the [[Supreme Court of Illinois|Supreme Court]], [[Illinois Appellate Court|Appellate Court]], and [[Illinois Circuit Courts|Circuit Courts]]. The Supreme Court oversees the administration of the court system.

The [[administrative divisions of Illinois]] are counties, townships, precincts, cities, towns, villages, and special-purpose districts.<ref>{{citation |title=Individual State Descriptions: 2007 |series=2007 Census of Governments |date=November 2012 |pages=89–97 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |url=http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/isd_book.pdf |ref={{harvid|Census|2007}} |access-date=March 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123173109/http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/isd_book.pdf |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The basic subdivision of Illinois are the 102 counties.{{sfn|Census|2007|p=89}} Eighty-five of the 102 counties are in turn divided into townships and precincts.{{sfn|Census|2007|p=89}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilsos.gov/isa/localgovnameindexsrch.jsp |title=Name Index to Illinois Local Governments |author=Illinois Regional Archives Depository System |website=Illinois State Archives |publisher=[[Illinois Secretary of State]]| access-date = November 11, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131110230747/http://www.ilsos.gov/isa/localgovnameindexsrch.jsp| archive-date = November 10, 2013| url-status = live}}</ref> Municipal governments are the cities, villages, and incorporated towns.{{sfn|Census|2007|p=89}} Some localities possess [[home rule]], which allows them to govern themselves to a certain extent.<ref>{{cite book |title=Illinois Politics & Government: The Expanding Metropolitan Frontier |first1=Samuel Kimball |last1=Gove |first2=James Dunlap |last2=Nowlan |year=1996 |series=Politics and Governments of the American States |pages=155–156 |publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] |isbn=978-0-8032-7014-5 |lccn=95046017 |location=Lincoln |url={{Google books|9JFP49qn_wUC |page=PA156 |keywords= |text= |plainurl=yes}}}}</ref>