Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 5/6/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 807

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 807 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 6-1001 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/6-1001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 6-1001)
7    Sec. 6-1001. Annual budget. In all counties not required by
8law to pass an annual appropriation bill within the first
9quarter of the fiscal year, the county board or board of county
10commissioners, as the case may be, shall adopt each year an
11annual budget under the terms of this Division for the
12succeeding fiscal year. Such budget shall be prepared by some
13person or persons designated by the county board and such
14budget shall be made conveniently available to public
15inspection and provided to the public at a public meeting for
16at least fifteen days prior to final action thereon except that

 

 

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1nothing in this Act shall restrict a county board or board of
2county commissioners from acting at a public meeting to amend a
3budget after making that budget available to the public and
4prior to final adoption. Notices pertaining to the meeting and
5the proposed budget shall be posted on the county's website, if
6it maintains one. If a county does not maintain a website, then
7the county shall comply with the Open Meetings Act in giving
8notice of such agenda items and make the proposed budget
9available for public inspection. The vote on such budget shall
10be taken by ayes and nays and entered on the record of the
11meeting. The annual budget adopted under this Act shall cover
12such a fiscal period of one year to be determined by the county
13board of each county except as hereinafter provided and all
14appropriations made therein shall terminate with the close of
15said fiscal period except as hereinafter provided, provided,
16however, that any remaining balances shall be available until
1730 days after the close of the fiscal year in counties with a
18population of less than 100,000, and until 90 days after the
19close of the fiscal year in counties with a population of more
20than 100,000 but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, only for the
21authorization of the payment of obligations incurred prior to
22the close of said fiscal period. Any county which determines to
23change its fiscal year may adopt a budget to cover such period
24greater or less than a year as may be necessary to effect such
25change and appropriations made therein shall terminate with the
26close of such period.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 90-777, eff. 1-1-99.)".