HB4564 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4564

Introduced 2/1/2012, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 200/20-140
55 ILCS 5/5-1134 new

Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes the county board in a county with a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants to require any taxing district, by ordinance, to provide the county or a designated county agency with detailed information. Sets forth the type of information that may be reported. Further provides that if a taxing district fails to comply with the reporting requirements, then the county board may require the county collector to withhold payment of any and all moneys due to the district until the detailed information has been received. Makes conforming changes in the Property Tax Code. Effective immediately.

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 Property Tax Code is amended by changing Section 20-140 as follows:

(35 ILCS 200/20-140)

Sec. 20-140. Payment due date for county collector. Subject to the provisions of the Public Funds Statement Publication Act, Section 5-1134 of the Counties Code, and Sections 3.1-35-60 through 3.1-35-80 of the Illinois Municipal Code, and Section 7-172.1 of the Illinois Pension Code, the county collector in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, shall on the first day of June and the first day of every month thereafter pay over to the other proper authorities or persons the amounts in his or her possession and payable to them as taxes and not previously paid over. In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county collector shall (i) pay over to the other proper authorities or persons, as provided in Section 20-130, the amounts in the collector's hands and payable to them as taxes and (ii) together with the final payment, pay over to the other proper authorities or persons the amounts in the collector's hands and payable to them as interest and not previously paid over. The county treasurer shall determine the manner in which all payments required by a county collector under this Section are to be made. The manner of payment may include, but is not limited to, check or electronic funds transfer. Taxes collected in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and not distributed shall be invested in accordance with Section 1 of the Public Funds Deposit Act.

(Source: P.A. 91-378, eff. 7-30-99.)

Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-1134 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1134 new)

Sec. 5-1134. Counties of 2,000,000 or more; reporting of information.

(a) A county board in a county with a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants may by ordinance require any taxing district, as defined in the Property Tax Code, to provide the county or a designated county agency with detailed information, in the manner and with the frequency specified by the ordinance, including, but not limited to, information with respect to any of the following categories:

(1) finances;

(2) direct and indirect pension-related debts, obligations, and liabilities;

(3) budgets;

(4) contracts;

(5) employment; and

(6) ethics policies.

The ordinance may require the taxing district to immediately disclose to the county or designated county agency any internal or external findings of non-compliance with any law or regulation involving the taxing district and its personnel.

(b) A county board in a county with a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants may by ordinance require the county collector, with respect to any taxing district that fails to comply with the requirements of an ordinance authorized under subsection (a), to withhold payment of any and all moneys due to the taxing district until the detailed information required pursuant to the ordinance has been received by the county or designated county agency.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to deny or limit the validity of any prior adopted ordinance that otherwise complies with the provisions of this Section.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.