HB1933 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1933

Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65

from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning annual accounts.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Section 3.1-35-65 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65)

Sec. 3.1-35-65. Treasurer; annual accounts.

(a) Within 6 months after the the end of each fiscal year, the treasurer of each municipality having a population of less than 500,000, as determined by the last preceding federal census, shall annually prepare and file with the clerk of the municipality an account of moneys received and expenditures incurred during the preceding fiscal year as specified in this Section. The treasurer shall show in the account:

(1) All moneys received by the municipality, indicating the total amounts, in the aggregate, received in each account of the municipality, with a general statement concerning the source of receipts. In this paragraph, the term "account" does not mean each individual taxpayer, householder, licensee, utility user, or other persons whose payments to the municipality are credited to a general account.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection (a), all moneys paid out by the municipality where the total amount paid during the fiscal year exceeds $2,500 in the aggregate, giving the name of each person to whom moneys were paid and the total paid to each person.

(3) All moneys paid out by the municipality as compensation for personal services, giving the name of each person to whom moneys were paid and the total amount paid to each person from each account, except that the treasurer may elect to report the compensation for personal services of all personnel by name, listing each employee in one of the following categories:

(A) under $25,000.00;

(B) $25,000.00 to $49,999.99;

(C) $50,000.00 to $74,999.99;

(D) $75,000.00 to $99,999.99;

(E) $100,000.00 to $124,999.99; or

(F) $125,000.00 and over.

(4) A summary statement of operations for all funds and account groups of the municipality, as excerpted from the annual financial report as filed with the appropriate State agency.

(b) Upon receipt of the account from the municipal treasurer, the municipal clerk shall publish the account at least once in one or more newspapers published in the municipality or, if no newspaper is published in the municipality, then in one or more newspapers having a general circulation within the municipality. In municipalities with a population of less than 500 in which no newspaper is published, however, publication may be made by posting a copy of the account in 3 prominent places within the municipality.

(Source: P.A. 92-354, eff. 8-15-01.)