HB5350 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5350

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 205/20 new
30 ILCS 805/8.38 new

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that every park district that maintains an Internet website must post to its website a list of total compensation paid to each employee and whether that employee is an elected official. Requires park districts without a website to make the same information available to the public in its main office. Limits home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

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 Local Records Act is amended by adding Section 20 as follows:

(50 ILCS 205/20 new)

Sec. 20. Park district posting requirements.

(a) Every park district that maintains an Internet website shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, post to its website for the current calendar year a detailed list of the total compensation paid to each employee including wages, salary, overtime, and benefits, including health, dental, life, and pension, and whether that employee is an elected official.

(b) A park district that does not maintain an Internet website shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, post in its main office for the current calendar year a detailed list of the total compensation paid to each employee including wages, salary, overtime, and benefits, including health, dental, life, and pension, and whether that employee is an elected official.

(c) The information required to be posted on a website under this Section must be easily accessible from the park district's home page and searchable. The information required to be posted in the park district's main office under this Section must be easily accessible to the public.

(d) The postings required by this Section are in addition to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance.

(e) No home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.38 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.38 new)

Sec. 8.38. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.