Bill Text: IL SB2491 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that posting a copy of the municipal treasurer's annual account of moneys received and expenditures incurred during the preceding fiscal year on a website that is maintained by the municipality satisfies the requirement for publication.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2491 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2491-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2491 Introduced 1/22/2020, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65 from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that posting a copy of the municipal treasurer's annual account of moneys received and expenditures incurred during the preceding fiscal year on a website that is maintained by the municipality satisfies the requirement for publication.
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 3.1-35-65 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65)
Sec. 3.1-35-65. Treasurer; annual accounts.
(a) Within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, the
treasurer of each municipality having a population of less than
500,000, as determined by the last preceding federal census,
shall annually prepare and file with the clerk of the
municipality an account of moneys received and expenditures
incurred during the preceding fiscal year as specified in this
Section. The treasurer shall show in the account:
(1) All moneys received by the municipality,
indicating the total amounts, in the aggregate, received in
each account of the municipality, with a general statement
concerning the source of receipts. In this paragraph, the
term "account" does not mean each individual taxpayer,
householder, licensee, utility user, or other persons
whose payments to the municipality are credited to a
general account.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this

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subsection (a), all moneys paid out by the municipality
where the total amount paid during the fiscal year exceeds
$2,500 in the aggregate, giving the name of each person to
whom moneys were paid and the total paid to each person.
(3) All moneys paid out by the municipality as
compensation for personal services, giving the name of each
person to whom moneys were paid and the total amount paid
to each person from each account, except that the treasurer
may elect to report the compensation for personal services
of all personnel by name, listing each employee in one of
the following categories:
(A) under $25,000.00;
(B) $25,000.00 to $49,999.99;
(C) $50,000.00 to $74,999.99;
(D) $75,000.00 to $99,999.99;
(E) $100,000.00 to $124,999.99; or
(F) $125,000.00 and over.
(4) A summary statement of operations for all funds and
account groups of the municipality, as excerpted from the
annual financial report as filed with the appropriate State
agency.
(b) Upon receipt of the account from the municipal
treasurer, the municipal clerk shall publish the account at
least once in one or more newspapers published in the
municipality or, if no newspaper is published in the
municipality, then in one or more newspapers having a general

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circulation within the municipality. In municipalities with a
population of less than 500 in which no newspaper is published,
however, publication may be made by posting a copy of the
account in 3 prominent places within the municipality.
Posting of a copy of the account on a website that is
maintained by the municipality satisfies the requirement for
publication under this subsection.
(Source: P.A. 92-354, eff. 8-15-01.)