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91_HB2285
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1 AN ACT in relation to local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Governmental Account Audit Act is amended
5 by changing Section 2 as follows:
6 (50 ILCS 310/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 702)
7 Sec. 2. Audit and report. Except as otherwise provided
8 in Section 3, the governing body of each governmental unit
9 shall cause an audit of the accounts of the unit to be made
10 by a licensed public accountant. Such audit shall be made
11 annually and shall cover the immediately preceding fiscal
12 year of the governmental unit. The audit shall include all
13 the accounts and funds of the governmental unit, including
14 the accounts of any officer of the governmental unit who
15 receives fees or handles funds of the unit or who spends
16 money of the unit. The audit shall begin as soon as possible
17 after the close of the last fiscal year to which it pertains,
18 and shall be completed and the audit report filed with the
19 Comptroller within 6 months after the close of such fiscal
20 year unless an extension of time is granted by the
21 Comptroller in writing. An audit report which fails to meet
22 the requirements of this Act shall be rejected by the
23 Comptroller and returned to the governing body of the
24 governmental unit for corrective action. The licensed public
25 accountant making the audit shall submit not less than 3
26 copies of the audit report to the governing body of the
27 governmental unit being audited.
28 (Source: P.A. 85-1000.)
29 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
30 Section 5-1004 as follows:
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1 (55 ILCS 5/5-1004) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1004)
2 Sec. 5-1004. Exercise of corporate powers. The powers of
3 the county as a body corporate or politic, shall be exercised
4 by a county board as follows, to wit: In counties under
5 township organization (except the County of Cook), by the
6 county board members elected under Division 2-3; in the
7 County of Cook, by a board of county commissioners, pursuant
8 to Section 3 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution; in
9 counties not under township organization, by the board of
10 county commissioners.
11 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
12 Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
13 changing Section 2-2-12 as follows:
14 (65 ILCS 5/2-2-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-12)
15 Sec. 2-2-12. Corporate powers. Cities incorporated
16 under this Code shall be bodies politic and corporate under
17 the name of "City of (name)," and under that name may sue and
18 be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold
19 real and personal property for corporate purposes, have a
20 corporate seal, changeable at pleasure, and exercise all the
21 powers hereinafter conferred.
22 (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
23 Section 20. The Fire Protection District Act is amended
24 by changing Section 1.04 as follows:
25 (70 ILCS 705/1.04) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 21d)
26 Sec. 1.04. Notice of election. Whenever a county clerk
27 or other election authority places upon a ballot the question
28 of creating or altering a fire protection district, such
29 clerk or other election authority shall notify the Office of
30 the State Fire Marshal that such a proposition is to be put
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1 before the electorate. Such notice shall be sent to the
2 Office of the State Fire Marshal within 10 working days after
3 the question is certified to the clerk or other election
4 authority.
5 (Source: P.A. 84-1421.)