Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 3/12/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3552

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3552 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-1133 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1133)
7    Sec. 5-1133. Counties of greater than 300,000 but less than
82,000,000; reporting of information; code of conduct for county
9appointees.
10    (a) A county board in a county with a population greater
11than 300,000 but less than 2,000,000 may by ordinance require
12any unit of local government or agency to which the county
13board chairman or county executive nominates and the county
14board confirms a majority of member appointments to provide the
15county with detailed information, including, but not limited
16to, the unit's or agency's finances, budget, contracts,

 

 

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1employment, and ethics policies, in the manner and with the
2frequency specified by the ordinance. The ordinance may require
3the unit of local government or agency to immediately disclose
4to the county any internal or external findings of
5non-compliance with any law or regulation involving the unit of
6local government or agency and its personnel.
7    (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a
8county board may by ordinance adopt a code of conduct regarding
9the fiscal responsibility and procurement authority, as
10required by State law, local ordinance, or county board policy,
11as well as the accountability, transparency, and ethical
12conduct of county appointees, in addition to those requirements
13mandated by law for and applicable to the appointees to any
14unit of local government, agency, or commission for which the
15county board chairman, county executive, or county board serves
16as the appointing authority. The ordinance may provide that
17good cause for removing an appointee is established when an
18appointee violates the code of conduct. Appointees appointed by
19a county board chairman or county executive, with or without
20the consent of the county board, may be removed from office for
21violating the code of conduct by the county board chairman or
22county executive with concurrence by a 2/3 majority vote of the
23county board. The appointee shall be provided reasonable notice
24of the violation and a hearing before the county board or its
25designee prior to the vote. Appointees appointed by the county
26board may be removed by a 2/3 majority vote of the county board

 

 

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1for violating the code of conduct after providing the appointee
2with reasonable notice of the violation and a hearing before
3the county board or its designee.
4(Source: P.A. 97-84, eff. 7-6-11.)".