102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3622

 

Introduced 1/19/2022, by Sen. Jason Plummer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 205/30 new
50 ILCS 205/35 new

    Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall compile a list of: (i) the pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and other personnel of the unit of local government whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000 during each fiscal year; and (ii) each entity, product, or service supplied by each entity, and amount paid to each entity for any expenditure of government funds greater than $3,000 from the unit of local government during a fiscal year. Provides that the lists shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons being paid at least $1,000 and for expenditures of government funds greater than $3,000. Provides that the unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the compiled lists and shall update the lists at least annually. Provides that, if the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the lists, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located. Limits home rule powers.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Local Records Act is amended by adding
5Sections 30 and 35 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 205/30 new)
7    Sec. 30. Compensation greater than $1,000.
8    (a) A unit of local government shall compile a list of the
9pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor,
10and other personnel of the unit of local government whose
11accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000
12during each fiscal year. Exempt material listed under Section
137 of the Freedom of Information Act shall not be included in
14the list. The list shall continue to be updated throughout the
15entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons whose
16accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000.
17    (b) A unit of local government shall publish on its
18website, if it has one, the public record compiled under
19subsection (a) and shall update the list at least annually. If
20the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit
21of local government shall publish the list, on an annual
22basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
23which the unit of local government is located.

 

 

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1    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require
2a unit of local government to compile or publish information
3about payments or compensation to jurors.
4    (d) A home rule unit may not compile or publish the list of
5the pay and benefits under this Section in a manner
6inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
7under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
8Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
9units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
 
10    (50 ILCS 205/35 new)
11    Sec. 35. Expenditures greater than $3,000.
12    (a) A unit of local government shall compile a list of each
13entity, address of each entity, product, or service supplied
14by each entity, and amount paid to each entity for any
15expenditure of government funds greater than $3,000 from the
16unit of local government during a fiscal year. Exempt material
17listed under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act shall
18not be included in the list. The list shall continue to be
19updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional
20names of entities that were paid an expenditure greater than
21$3,000.
22    (b) A unit of local government shall publish on its
23website, if it has one, the public record compiled under
24subsection (a) and shall update the list at least annually. If
25the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit

 

 

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1of local government shall publish the list, on an annual
2basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
3which the unit of local government is located.
4    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require
5a unit of local government to compile or publish information
6about payments or compensation to jurors.
7    (d) A home rule unit may not compile or publish the list of
8entities that were paid an expenditure greater than $3,000
9under this Section in a manner inconsistent with this Section.
10This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6
11of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent
12exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised
13by the State.