101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3680

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-1006  from Ch. 34, par. 3-1006

    Amends the Counties Code. In provisions regarding additional duties of county auditors in counties of 275,000 population or less, provides that the following duties are permissive rather than mandatory: being the general accountant of the county and keep its general accounts; and devising and installing a system of financial records in the offices and divisions of the county. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

HB3680LRB101 07795 AWJ 52846 b

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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section
53-1006 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-1006)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1006)
7    Sec. 3-1006. Additional duties in counties of 275,000 or
8less. In counties of 275,000 population or less, as determined
9by the last federal decennial census, the county auditor, in
10addition to the duties prescribed in Section 3-1005, may shall:
11    (a) Be the general accountant of the county and keep its
12general accounts.
13    (b) Devise and install a system of financial records in the
14offices and divisions of the county, to be followed in such
15offices and divisions. Such a system shall be suitable to the
16needs of the office and in accordance with generally accepted
17principles of accounting for governmental bodies.
18(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.