Public Act 0316 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 097-0316
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| HB0268 Enrolled | LRB097 06005 RLJ 46076 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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WHEREAS, Many of the local governmental units in the State |
of Illinois were
established under provisions of the Illinois |
Constitution of 1870; and
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WHEREAS, There have been rapid changes in the population of |
Illinois in
numbers, in concentration, and in movement, as well |
as vast economic, social,
and technological changes, that |
strain the ability of Illinois local
governments adequately to |
furnish necessary services; and
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WHEREAS, Illinois local governments were conceived to |
serve a rural society;
in areas not experiencing the impact of |
modern changes, they may be adequate,
but in areas of great |
change, notably the urban areas, they are not
sufficiently |
flexible, do not have adequate powers and financing, and are |
not
responsive to present-day needs in transportation, health, |
water supply, water
pollution, air pollution, recreation, |
disposal of sewage, and disposal of
refuse; and
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WHEREAS, The inadequacies in Illinois local governments |
have resulted in the
creation of numerous functional local |
governments all competing for financial
and jurisdictional |
support from the same area; therefore,
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local |
Government
Consolidation Commission Act of 2011.
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Section 5. Commission; creation; members. There is created |
a Local Government Consolidation Commission, to consist of
17 |
members, 3 to be members of the Senate appointed by the |
President of the
Senate, 3 to
be members of the Senate |
appointed by the Senate Minority Leader, 3 to be
members of
the |
House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, |
3 to be
members of
the House of Representatives appointed by |
the House Minority Leader, and 5 to
be
citizens of the State |
appointed by the Governor as follows: |
(1) one member selected from recommendations provided by an |
association representing counties; |
(2) one member selected from recommendations provided by an |
association representing municipalities; |
(3) one member selected from recommendations provided by an |
association representing townships; |
(4) one member selected from recommendations provided by an |
association representing park districts; and |
(5) one member who serves as an elected officer of a local |
governmental entity in Illinois other than a county, |
municipality, township, or park district.
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Section 10. Study; recommendations. The Commission shall |
make a survey of
the entire structure of
local governments and |
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of their organization, powers, jurisdiction, and functions.
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Among other things, and without limiting its activities, the |
Commission shall:
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(1) Study all laws governing the organization, powers, |
jurisdiction,
and functions of local governments.
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(2) Study the inter-relationships of local governments to |
each other and to
federal and State governments.
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(3) Formulate specific recommendations for legislation or |
constitutional
amendments to (i) permit effective management |
of local affairs, (ii) encourage
local policy decision making, |
(iii) reduce the multiplicity of local
governments,
(iv) |
eliminate overlapping and duplicating of unnecessary powers, |
(v) increase
efficiency and economy in local governments, and |
(vi) allow optional forms of
local governments and increase |
their authority for cooperation among the levels
of government.
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Section 15. Meetings; officers. The members of the |
Commission shall meet and
the Commission
shall be organized |
within 90 days after the effective date of this
Act, and shall |
at that time elect a chair from among the members. The
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Commission may adopt its own rules of procedure. The Commission |
may employ or
use the services of specialists in public |
administration and governmental
management and any other |
trained consultants, analysts, investigators, and
assistants |
it may consider necessary, on either a full-time or a part-time
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basis.
The Commission shall fix the compensation for any paid |
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employees, which shall
be paid from moneys appropriated to the |
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for that |
purpose.
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Section 20. Compensation; expenses. The members of the |
Commission shall
serve without compensation. The Department of |
Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide support for the |
Commission, and pay members' actual traveling and other |
expenses incurred in the performance of
the duties of the |
Commission, from moneys appropriated
to the Department for |
those purposes.
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Section 25. Report. The Commission shall render its final |
report to the
General
Assembly not later than December 31, |
2012, setting out its findings and
recommendations and |
proposing those measures it considers necessary to effect
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essential changes and improvements in the existing laws |
relating to any or
all of the matters enumerated in Section 10 |
of this Act.
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(20 ILCS 3986/Act rep.)
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Section 30. The Local Government
Consolidation Commission |
Act is repealed.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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