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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 Counties Code is amended by adding Section
55-44060 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-44060 new)
7    Sec. 5-44060. County report on appointment of local public
8entities.
9    (a) As used in this Section, "local public entity" shall
10mean any unit of local government, special district, or other
11governing body whose membership is appointed in whole or in
12part by the county board, board of county commissioners, county
13board chairman or president, or county executive.
14    (b) On or before January 1, 2017, the county board or board
15of county commissioners of each county shall prepare and file a
16report with the General Assembly identifying any local public
17entity that the county board, board of county commissioners,
18county board chairman or president, or county executive
19appoints members to. The report shall include, but is not
20limited to, the following concerning each local public entity:
21(1) the legal name of the local public entity; (2) the
22principal place of business of the local public entity; (3) a
23description of the services the local public entity provides;

 

 

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1(4) the total numbers of members of the local public entity's
2governing board, with an indication of any other authorities
3that also make appointments to that public entity; (5) the
4process by which the local public entity was first created; (6)
5an identification of any plans for consolidation or dissolution
6of the local public entity; (7) an indication of whether or not
7the local public entity levies a property tax; and (8) if there
8is no property tax levy, an explanation of how the local public
9entity is funded.
10    (c) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2018.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.