HB0231 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0231

Introduced 1/29/2021, by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez, Michael Halpin, Kambium Buckner, Bob Morgan, Aaron M. Ortiz, et al.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/2-3001	from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001
55 ILCS 5/6-31002	from Ch. 34, par. 6-31002
65 ILCS 5/1-1-2	from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2

Amends the Counties Code. Changes definitions of "population" to be the total number of inhabitants according to the last preceding federal decennial census (rather than number of inhabitants or number of persons). Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds a definition of "population" in the general definition Section.

A BILL FOR

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 Sections 2-3001 and 6-31002 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/2-3001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001)

Sec. 2-3001. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless the context otherwise requires:

a. "District" means a county board district established as provided in this Division.

b. "County apportionment commission" or "commission" means the county clerk, the State's Attorney, the Attorney General or his designated representative and the chairmen of the county central committees of the first leading political party and the second leading political party as defined in Section 1-3 of The Election Code.

c. "Population" means the total number of inhabitants according to as determined by the last preceding federal decennial census.

d. "Member" or "board member" means a person elected to serve on the county board.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

(55 ILCS 5/6-31002) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-31002)

Sec. 6-31002. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Comptroller" means the Comptroller of the State of Illinois;

2. (Blank);

3. "Funds and accounts" means all funds of a county derived from property taxes and all funds and accounts derived from sources other than property taxes, including the receipts and expenditures of the fee earnings of each county fee officer;

4. "Audit report" means the written report of the auditor or auditors and all appended statements and schedules relating thereto, presenting or recording the findings of an examination or audit of the financial transactions, affairs and condition of a county;

5. "Population" means the total number of inhabitants persons residing in a county according to the last preceding federal decennial census;

6. "Auditor" means a licensed certified public accountant, as that term is defined in Section 0.03 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act, or the substantial equivalent of a licensed CPA, as provided under Section 5.2 of the Illinois Public Accounting Act, who performs an audit of county financial statements and records and expresses an assurance or disclaims an opinion on the audited financial statements; "auditor" does not include a county auditor elected or appointed under Division 3-1 of the Counties Code.

7. "Generally accepted accounting principles" means accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

8. "Generally accepted auditing standards" means auditing standards generally accepted in the United States.

(Source: P.A. 100-837, eff. 8-13-18; 101-419, eff. 1-1-20.)

Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Section 1-1-2 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/1-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2)

Sec. 1-1-2. Definitions. In this Code:

(1) "Municipal" or "municipality" means a city, village, or incorporated town in the State of Illinois, but, unless the context otherwise provides, "municipal" or "municipality" does not include a township, town when used as the equivalent of a township, incorporated town that has superseded a civil township, county, school district, park district, sanitary district, or any other similar governmental district. If "municipal" or "municipality" is given a different definition in any particular Division or Section of this Act, that definition shall control in that division or Section only.

(2) "Corporate authorities" means (a) the mayor and aldermen or similar body when the reference is to cities, (b) the president and trustees or similar body when the reference is to villages or incorporated towns, and (c) the council when the reference is to municipalities under the commission form of municipal government.

(3) "Electors" means persons qualified to vote for elective officers at municipal elections.

(4) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock association, or the State of Illinois or any subdivision of the State; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of any of those entities.

(5) Except as otherwise provided by ordinance, "fiscal year" in all municipalities with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants, and "municipal year" in all municipalities, means the period elapsing (a) between general municipal elections in succeeding calendar years, or (b) if general municipal elections are held biennially, then between a general municipal election and the same day of the same month of the following calendar year, and between that day and the next succeeding general municipal election, or (c) if general municipal elections are held quadrennially, then between a general municipal election and the same day of the same month of the following calendar year, and between that day and the same day of the same month of the next following calendar year, and between the last mentioned day and the same day of the same month of the next following calendar year, and between the last mentioned day and the next succeeding general municipal election. The fiscal year of each municipality with 500,000 or more inhabitants shall commence on January 1.

(6) Where reference is made to a county within which a municipality, district, area, or territory is situated, the reference is to the county within which is situated the major part of the area of that municipality, district, area, or territory, in case the municipality, district, area, or territory is situated in 2 or more counties.

(7) Where reference is made for any purpose to any other Act, either specifically or generally, the reference shall be to that Act and to all amendments to that Act now in force or that may be hereafter enacted.

(8) Wherever the words "city council", "aldermen", "commissioners", or "mayor" occur, the provisions containing these words shall apply to the board of trustees, trustees, and president, respectively, of villages and incorporated towns and councilmen in cities, so far as those provisions are applicable to them.

(9) The terms "special charter" and "special Act" are synonymous.

(10) "General municipal election" means the biennial regularly scheduled election for the election of officers of cities, villages, and incorporated towns, as prescribed by the general election law; in the case of municipalities that elect officers annually, "general municipal election" means each regularly scheduled election for the election of officers of cities, villages, and incorporated towns.

(11) "Population" means the total number of inhabitants according to the last preceding federal decennial census.

(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)