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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0229 Introduced 1/23/2015, by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 55 ILCS 5/5-44010 | | 55 ILCS 5/5-44060 new | |
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Amends the Counties Code. Extends the applicability provision of the Division to all counties within the State (currently, only DuPage County). Adds a Section concerning the rights of employees of a former unit of local government after it has been dissolved into the governmental unit assuming the functions of the former unit of local government. Effective immediately.
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| | HB0229 | | LRB099 04103 AWJ 24122 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 5-44010 and by adding Section 5-44060 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-44010) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-44010. Applicability. The powers and authorities |
| 8 | | provided by this Division 5-44 apply to all counties within the |
| 9 | | State only to counties with a population of more than 900,000 |
| 10 | | and less than 3,000,000 that are contiguous to a county with a |
| 11 | | population of more than 3,000,000 and units of local government |
| 12 | | within such counties.
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| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-126, eff. 8-2-13.)
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| 14 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-44060 new) |
| 15 | | Sec. 5-44060. Rights of former employees. On the effective |
| 16 | | date of dissolution, the employees of the former unit of local |
| 17 | | government shall be transferred to the governmental unit |
| 18 | | assuming the functions of the former unit of local government. |
| 19 | | The governmental unit assuming the functions of the former unit |
| 20 | | of local government shall exercise the rights and |
| 21 | | responsibilities of the former unit of local government with |
| 22 | | respect to those employees. The status and rights of the |