94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1062

 

Introduced 2/4/2005, by Rep. William Delgado

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 805/3   from Ch. 85, par. 2203

    Amends the State Mandates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Mandates Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 805/3)  (from Ch. 85, par. 2203)
7     Sec. 3. Definition. As used in this Act: (a) "Local
8 government" means a municipality, county, township, other unit
9 of local government, school district, or community college
10 district.
11     (b) "State mandate" means any State-initiated statutory or
12 executive action that that requires a local government to
13 establish, expand or modify its activities in such a way as to
14 necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues,
15 excluding any order issued by a court other than any order
16 enforcing such statutory or executive action. State mandates
17 may be reimbursable or nonreimbursable as provided in this Act.
18 However, where the General Assembly enacts legislation to
19 comply with a federal mandate, the State shall be exempt from
20 the requirement of reimbursing for the cost of the mandated
21 program.
22     (c) "Local government organization and structure mandate"
23 means a State mandate concerning such matters as (1) the form
24 of local government and the adoption and revision of statutes
25 on the organization of local government; (2) the establishment
26 of multi-county districts, councils of governments, or other
27 forms and structures for interlocal cooperation and
28 coordination; (3) the holding of local elections; (4) the
29 designation of public officers, and their duties, powers and
30 responsibilities; and (5) the prescription of administrative
31 practices and procedures for local governing bodies.
32     (d) "Due process mandate" means a State mandate concerning

 

 

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1 such matters as the (1) administration of justice; (2)
2 notification and conduct of public hearings; (3) procedures for
3 administrative and judicial review of actions taken by local
4 governing bodies and (4) protection of the public from
5 malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by local government
6 officials.
7     (e) "Benefit spillover" means the process of accrual of
8 social or other benefits from a governmental service to
9 jurisdictions adjacent to or beyond the jurisdiction providing
10 the service.
11     (f) "Service mandate" means a State mandate as to creation
12 or expansion of governmental services or delivery standards
13 therefor and those applicable to services having substantial
14 benefit spillover and consequently being wider than local
15 concern. For purposes of this Act, applicable services include
16 but are not limited to (1) elementary and secondary education,
17 (2) community colleges, (3) public health, (4) hospitals, (5)
18 public assistance, (6) air pollution control, (7) water
19 pollution control, (8) solid waste treatment and disposal. A
20 State mandate that expands the duties of a public official by
21 requiring the provision of additional services is a "service
22 mandate" rather than a "local government organization and
23 structure mandate".
24     (g) "Tax exemption mandate" means a State mandate that
25 exempts privately owned property or other specified items from
26 the local tax base, such as (1) exemption of business
27 inventories from the local property tax base, and (2) exemption
28 of food or medicine from the local "sales" tax.
29     (h) "Personnel mandate" means a State mandate concerning or
30 affecting local government (1) salaries and wages; (2) employee
31 qualifications and training (except when any civil service
32 commission, professional licensing board, or personnel board
33 or agency established by State law sets and administers
34 standards relative to merit-based recruitment or candidates
35 for employment or conducts and grades examinations and rates
36 candidates in order of their relative excellence for purposes

 

 

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1 of making appointments or promotions to positions in the
2 competitive division of the classified service of the public
3 employer served by such commission, board, or agency); (3)
4 hours, location of employment, and other working conditions;
5 and (4) fringe benefits including insurance, health, medical
6 care, retirement and other benefits.
7 (Source: P.A. 81-1562.)