102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1737

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Emil Jones, III

 

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 200,000 population or less (currently, 275,000 population or less), provides that the following duties are permissive rather than mandatory: being the general accountant of the county and keeping its general accounts; and devising and installing a system of financial records in the offices and divisions of the county. Effective immediately.


LRB102 13354 AWJ 18698 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB1737LRB102 13354 AWJ 18698 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
5Section 3-1006 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/3-1006)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1006)
7    Sec. 3-1006. Additional duties in counties of 200,000
8275,000 or less. In counties of 200,000 275,000 population or
9less, as determined by the last federal decennial census, the
10county auditor, in addition to the duties prescribed in
11Section 3-1005, may shall:
12    (a) Be the general accountant of the county and keep its
13general accounts.
14    (b) Devise and install a system of financial records in
15the offices and divisions of the county, to be followed in such
16offices and divisions. Such a system shall be suitable to the
17needs of the office and in accordance with generally accepted
18principles of accounting for governmental bodies.
19(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.