Bill Text: IL HB3680 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. In provisions regarding additional duties of county auditors in counties of 275,000 population or less, provides that the following duties are permissive rather than mandatory: being the general accountant of the county and keep its general accounts; and devising and installing a system of financial records in the offices and divisions of the county. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3680 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3680-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3680 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett 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 275,000 population or less, provides that the following duties are permissive rather than mandatory: being the general accountant of the county and keep its general accounts; and devising and installing a system of financial records in the offices and divisions of the county. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
3-1006 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/3-1006) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1006)
Sec. 3-1006. Additional duties in counties of 275,000 or
less. In counties of 275,000 population or less, as determined
by the last federal decennial census, the county auditor, in
addition to the duties prescribed in Section 3-1005, may shall:
(a) Be the general accountant of the county and keep its
general accounts.
(b) Devise and install a system of financial records in the
offices and divisions of the county, to be followed in such
offices and divisions. Such a system shall be suitable to the
needs of the office and in accordance with generally accepted
principles of accounting for governmental bodies.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.