96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1607

 

Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-1005   from Ch. 34, par. 3-1005

    Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the duties of a county auditor.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5 3-1005 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/3-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1005)
7     Sec. 3-1005. Duties of auditor. The The duties of the
8 county auditor shall be to:
9     (a) Audit all claims against the county, and recommend to
10 the county board the payment or rejection of all claims
11 presented.
12     (b) Collect, analyze and preserve statistical and
13 financial information with respect to the cost of operation of
14 the various institutions and facilities maintained, operated
15 or owned by the county.
16     (c) Approve all orders for supplies issued by the various
17 county officers, before the orders are to be placed with the
18 parties to whom the same are to be given.
19     (d) Maintain a file of all contracts entered into by the
20 county board and all authorized county officers, for or on
21 behalf of the county.
22     (e) Report quarterly to the county board the entire
23 financial operations of the county including revenues

 

 

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1 anticipated and received, expenditures estimated and paid,
2 obligations unpaid, the condition of all funds and
3 appropriations and other pertinent information. The county
4 auditor shall cause to be published in at least one newspaper
5 of general circulation in the county, a notice of the
6 availability of the quarterly report for public inspection in
7 the office of the county auditor. Such notice shall be
8 published within 30 days of the date of the scheduled release
9 of the report.
10     (f) Audit the receipts of all county officers and
11 departments presented for deposit with the county treasurer.
12     (g) Maintain a continuous internal audit of the operations
13 and financial records of the officers, agents or divisions of
14 the county. The county auditor shall have access to all
15 records, documents, and resources necessary for the discharge
16 of this responsibility.
17     (h) Audit the inventory of all real and personal property
18 owned by the county under the control and management of the
19 various officers and departments of the county.
20     (i) Audit the documentation, records, and bases for the
21 amounts billed to the county, as maintained by county vendors,
22 under agreements between the county and its vendors, when those
23 agreements provide that the amounts billed to the county are
24 based upon actual costs incurred by the vendor, or when those
25 agreements include the requirement that the county provide a
26 reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs incurred by the vendors.

 

 

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1 The county auditor shall audit the documentation, records, and
2 bases for the amounts required to be paid to the county under
3 agreements with outside parties, when those amounts are based
4 upon records and documentation generated, compiled, and
5 maintained by the outside party. The vendors and outside
6 parties affected by this Section shall provide to the county
7 auditor, on a timely basis, all records and documents required
8 by the county auditor relative to the county auditor's duties
9 under this subsection.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1358.)