101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2491

 

Introduced 1/22/2020, by Sen. Cristina Castro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65  from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that posting a copy of the municipal treasurer's annual account of moneys received and expenditures incurred during the preceding fiscal year on a website that is maintained by the municipality satisfies the requirement for publication.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 3.1-35-65 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65)
7    Sec. 3.1-35-65. Treasurer; annual accounts.
8    (a) Within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, the
9treasurer of each municipality having a population of less than
10500,000, as determined by the last preceding federal census,
11shall annually prepare and file with the clerk of the
12municipality an account of moneys received and expenditures
13incurred during the preceding fiscal year as specified in this
14Section. The treasurer shall show in the account:
15        (1) All moneys received by the municipality,
16    indicating the total amounts, in the aggregate, received in
17    each account of the municipality, with a general statement
18    concerning the source of receipts. In this paragraph, the
19    term "account" does not mean each individual taxpayer,
20    householder, licensee, utility user, or other persons
21    whose payments to the municipality are credited to a
22    general account.
23        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this

 

 

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1    subsection (a), all moneys paid out by the municipality
2    where the total amount paid during the fiscal year exceeds
3    $2,500 in the aggregate, giving the name of each person to
4    whom moneys were paid and the total paid to each person.
5        (3) All moneys paid out by the municipality as
6    compensation for personal services, giving the name of each
7    person to whom moneys were paid and the total amount paid
8    to each person from each account, except that the treasurer
9    may elect to report the compensation for personal services
10    of all personnel by name, listing each employee in one of
11    the following categories:
12            (A) under $25,000.00;
13            (B) $25,000.00 to $49,999.99;
14            (C) $50,000.00 to $74,999.99;
15            (D) $75,000.00 to $99,999.99;
16            (E) $100,000.00 to $124,999.99; or
17            (F) $125,000.00 and over.
18        (4) A summary statement of operations for all funds and
19    account groups of the municipality, as excerpted from the
20    annual financial report as filed with the appropriate State
21    agency.
22    (b) Upon receipt of the account from the municipal
23treasurer, the municipal clerk shall publish the account at
24least once in one or more newspapers published in the
25municipality or, if no newspaper is published in the
26municipality, then in one or more newspapers having a general

 

 

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1circulation within the municipality. In municipalities with a
2population of less than 500 in which no newspaper is published,
3however, publication may be made by posting a copy of the
4account in 3 prominent places within the municipality.
5    Posting of a copy of the account on a website that is
6maintained by the municipality satisfies the requirement for
7publication under this subsection.
8(Source: P.A. 92-354, eff. 8-15-01.)