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90_SB1620

      110 ILCS 805/3-19         from Ch. 122, par. 103-19
          Amends the Public Community College Act.   For  community
      college districts other than a district in a city of at least
      500,000  inhabitants, changes the amount of the required bond
      for treasurers to 25% (now 200% or  100%  in  all  districts,
      depending  upon  whether  individuals or an authorized surety
      company provide the surety)  of  the  amount  of  all  bonds,
      notes,  mortgages, moneys, and effects of which the treasurer
      has custody.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Public  Community  College  Act  by
 2    changing Section 3-19.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Public Community College Act  is  amended
 6    by changing Section 3-19 as follows:
 7        (110 ILCS 805/3-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-19)
 8        Sec.   3-19.   Before  entering  upon  his  duties,  each
 9    treasurer shall execute a bond with 2 or more persons  having
10    an  interest  in real estate who are not members of the board
11    of the district, or with a surety company  authorized  to  do
12    business  in this State, as sureties, payable to the board of
13    the community college district for which he is treasurer  and
14    conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties. Except
15    for the bond of the treasurer of a community college district
16    in a city having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants,
17    the  penalty  of  the  bond shall be 25% of the amount of all
18    bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys, and  effects  of  which  the
19    treasurer  is  to  have  custody,  whether individuals act as
20    surety or whether the surety is given by a surety  authorized
21    to  do  business  in this State.  However, the penalty of the
22    bond of the treasurer of a community college  district  in  a
23    city having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants shall
24    be  at least twice the amount of all bonds, notes, mortgages,
25    moneys and effects of which he is to  have  the  custody,  if
26    individuals  act  as  sureties, or in the amount only of such
27    bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys and  effects  if  the  surety
28    given  is  by  a  surety company authorized to do business in
29    this State.  In all community college districts, the  penalty
30    of  the  bond  of  the  treasurer,  and shall be increased or
31    decreased from time to time, as the increase or  decrease  of
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 1    the amount of notes, bonds, mortgages, moneys and effects may
 2    require,  and whenever in the judgment of the State board the
 3    penalty of the bond should be  increased  or  decreased.  The
 4    bond  must be approved by at least a majority of the board of
 5    the community college  district  and  filed  with  the  State
 6    Board.  A copy of the bond must also be filed with the county
 7    clerk of each county in  which  any  part  of  the  community
 8    college   district   is   situated.  The  bond  shall  be  in
 9    substantially the following form:
10    STATE OF ILLINOIS)
11                     ) SS.
12    .......... COUNTY)
13        We, .... and .... are obligated, jointly  and  severally,
14    to  the  Board of Community College District No. ...., County
15    (or Counties) of .... and State of Illinois in the penal  sum
16    of $...., for the payment of which we obligate ourselves, our
17    heirs, executors and administrators.
18        Dated ............ 19..
19        The  condition  of  this obligation is such that if ....,
20    treasurer in the district above stated, faithfully discharges
21    the duties of his  or  her  office,  according  to  law,  and
22    delivers  to  his  or  her  successor  in  office, after that
23    successor has qualified by giving bond as  provided  by  law,
24    all  moneys,  books,  papers,  securities and property, which
25    shall come into his or her possession  or  control,  as  such
26    treasurer,  from the date of his or her bond to the time that
27    his or her successor has qualified as  treasurer,  by  giving
28    such  bond  as is required by law, then this obligation to be
29    void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
30                                     Signed:.....................
31                                     ............................
32                                     ............................
33                                     ............................
34        Approved and  accepted  by  Board  of  Community  College
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 1    District  No.  .... County (or Counties) of .... and State of
 2    Illinois. By .... Chairman .... Secretary
 3        No part of any State or other district funds may be  paid
 4    to  any  treasurer  or other persons authorized to receive it
 5    unless the treasurer has filed his or her  bond  as  required
 6    herein.
 7    (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.

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