97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4564

 

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/20-140
55 ILCS 5/5-1134 new

    Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes the county board in a county with a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants to require any taxing district, by ordinance, to provide the county or a designated county agency with detailed information. Sets forth the type of information that may be reported. Further provides that if a taxing district fails to comply with the reporting requirements, then the county board may require the county collector to withhold payment of any and all moneys due to the district until the detailed information has been received. Makes conforming changes in the Property Tax Code. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 20-140 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/20-140)
7    Sec. 20-140. Payment due date for county collector. Subject
8to the provisions of the Public Funds Statement Publication
9Act, Section 5-1134 of the Counties Code, and Sections
103.1-35-60 through 3.1-35-80 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and
11Section 7-172.1 of the Illinois Pension Code, the county
12collector in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, shall
13on the first day of June and the first day of every month
14thereafter pay over to the other proper authorities or persons
15the amounts in his or her possession and payable to them as
16taxes and not previously paid over. In counties with less than
173,000,000 inhabitants, the county collector shall (i) pay over
18to the other proper authorities or persons, as provided in
19Section 20-130, the amounts in the collector's hands and
20payable to them as taxes and (ii) together with the final
21payment, pay over to the other proper authorities or persons
22the amounts in the collector's hands and payable to them as
23interest and not previously paid over. The county treasurer

 

 

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1shall determine the manner in which all payments required by a
2county collector under this Section are to be made. The manner
3of payment may include, but is not limited to, check or
4electronic funds transfer. Taxes collected in counties with
5less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not distributed shall be
6invested in accordance with Section 1 of the Public Funds
7Deposit Act.
8(Source: P.A. 91-378, eff. 7-30-99.)
 
9    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
105-1134 as follows:
 
11    (55 ILCS 5/5-1134 new)
12    Sec. 5-1134. Counties of 2,000,000 or more; reporting of
13information.
14    (a) A county board in a county with a population of
152,000,000 or more inhabitants may by ordinance require any
16taxing district, as defined in the Property Tax Code, to
17provide the county or a designated county agency with detailed
18information, in the manner and with the frequency specified by
19the ordinance, including, but not limited to, information with
20respect to any of the following categories:
21        (1) finances;
22        (2) direct and indirect pension-related debts,
23    obligations, and liabilities;
24        (3) budgets;

 

 

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1        (4) contracts;
2        (5) employment; and
3        (6) ethics policies.
4    The ordinance may require the taxing district to
5immediately disclose to the county or designated county agency
6any internal or external findings of non-compliance with any
7law or regulation involving the taxing district and its
8personnel.
9    (b) A county board in a county with a population of
102,000,000 or more inhabitants may by ordinance require the
11county collector, with respect to any taxing district that
12fails to comply with the requirements of an ordinance
13authorized under subsection (a), to withhold payment of any and
14all moneys due to the taxing district until the detailed
15information required pursuant to the ordinance has been
16received by the county or designated county agency.
17    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to deny or
18limit the validity of any prior adopted ordinance that
19otherwise complies with the provisions of this Section.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.