101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3797

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Jason Plummer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 205/25 new

    Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall compile a list of each entity, address of each entity, product or service supplied by each entity, and amount paid to each entity for any expenditure of government funds greater than $3,000 from the unit of local government during a fiscal year. Provides that the list shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of entities that were paid an expenditure greater than $3,000. Provides that the unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the compiled list and shall update the list at least monthly. Provides that, if the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the list, on a monthly basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located. Limits home rule powers.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 Local Records Act is amended by adding
5Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 205/25 new)
7    Sec. 25. Expenditures greater than $3,000.
8    (a) A unit of local government shall compile a list of each
9entity, address of each entity, product or service supplied by
10each entity, and amount paid to each entity for any expenditure
11of government funds greater than $3,000 from the unit of local
12government during a fiscal year. Exempt material listed under
13Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act shall not be
14included in the list. The list shall continue to be updated
15throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of
16entities that were paid an expenditure greater than $3,000.
17    (b) A unit of local government shall publish on its
18website, if it has one, the public record compiled under
19subsection (a) and shall update the list at least monthly. If
20the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit
21of local government shall publish the list, on a monthly basis,
22in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which
23the unit of local government is located.

 

 

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1    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a
2unit of local government to compile or publish information
3about payments or compensation to jurors.
4    (d) A home rule unit may not compile or publish the list of
5entities that were paid an expenditure greater than $3,000
6under this Section in a manner inconsistent with this Section.
7This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6
8of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
9exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
10by the State.