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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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 3.1-35-65 as follows:
 



6    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65)  (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65)



7    Sec. 3.1-35-65. Treasurer; annual accounts. 

8    (a) Within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, the

9treasurer of each municipality having a population
of less than 
10500,000, as determined by the last preceding
federal census, 
11shall annually prepare and file with the clerk of the

12municipality an account of moneys received
and expenditures 
13incurred during the preceding fiscal year as specified
in this 
14Section. The treasurer
shall show in the account:


15        (1) All moneys received by the municipality,

16    indicating the total
amounts, in the aggregate, received in 
17    each account of the municipality,
with a general statement 
18    concerning the source of receipts.
In this paragraph, the 
19    term "account" does not
mean each individual taxpayer, 
20    householder, licensee, utility
user, or other persons 
21    whose payments to the municipality are credited
to a 
22    general account.


23        (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this 
 
 
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1    subsection (a), all moneys
paid out by the municipality 
2    where the total amount
paid during the fiscal year exceeds 
3    $2,500 in the aggregate,
giving the name of each
person to 
4    whom moneys were paid and the total paid to each person.


5        (3) All moneys paid out by the municipality as 
6    compensation for
personal services, giving the name of each 
7    person to whom moneys were paid and
the total
amount paid 
8    to each person
from each account, except that the treasurer 
9    may elect to report the
compensation for personal services 
10    of all personnel by name, listing each
employee in one of 
11    the following categories:


12            (A) under $25,000.00;


13            (B) $25,000.00 to $49,999.99;


14            (C) $50,000.00 to $74,999.99;


15            (D) $75,000.00 to $99,999.99;


16            (E) $100,000.00 to $124,999.99; or


17            (F) $125,000.00 and over.


18        (4) A summary statement of operations for all funds and 
19    account groups
of the municipality, as excerpted from the 
20    annual financial report as
filed with the appropriate State 
21    agency.

22    (b) Upon receipt of the account from the municipal 
23treasurer, the municipal
clerk shall publish the account at 
24least once in one or more newspapers
published in the 
25municipality or, if no newspaper is published in the

26municipality,
then in one or more newspapers having a general 
 
 
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1circulation within the
municipality.
In municipalities with a 
2population of less than 500
in which no newspaper is published, 
3however, publication may be made by
posting a
copy of the 
4account in 3 prominent places within the municipality.

5    Posting of a copy of the account on a website that is 
6maintained by the municipality satisfies the requirement for 
7publication under this subsection. 
8(Source: P.A. 92-354, eff. 8-15-01.)