093_SB1105 LRB093 10787 BDD 11368 b 1 AN ACT concerning municipalities. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 5 adding Section 8-8-9.5 as follows: 6 (65 ILCS 5/8-8-9.5 new) 7 Sec. 8-8-9.5. Cicero audit committee. The Cicero Audit 8 Committee is created. The duties of the Committee are to 9 review the audit reports prepared under this Act and any 10 other financial reports and documents, including management 11 letters, prepared by or on behalf of the Town of Cicero. No 12 later than February 1 of each year, the Committee shall 13 report to the Governor and to the members of the General 14 Assembly regarding the financial reporting of the Town of 15 Cicero. 16 The Committee shall consist of 5 members appointed by the 17 Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 18 appointments to the Committee must be made within 180 days 19 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd 20 General Assembly. No more than 2 members of the Committee 21 may be residents of the Town of Cicero. The members of the 22 Committee shall serve without compensation but may be 23 reimbursed for their reasonable expenses related to their 24 service on the Committee. 25 The corporate authorities of the Town of Cicero must 26 provide any information or documents to the Committee that 27 the Committee deems necessary in carrying out its duties 28 under this Section. 29 The Town of Cicero may not regulate its finances in a 30 manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Section. 31 This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section -2- LRB093 10787 BDD 11368 b 1 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the 2 concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and 3 functions exercised by the State. 4 This Section is repealed on February 15, 2006. 5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 6 becoming law.