SB3622 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3622

Introduced 1/19/2022, by Sen. Jason Plummer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 205/30 new
50 ILCS 205/35 new

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall compile a list of: (i) the pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and other personnel of the unit of local government whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000 during each fiscal year; and (ii) each entity, product, or service supplied by each entity, and amount paid to each entity for any expenditure of government funds greater than $3,000 from the unit of local government during a fiscal year. Provides that the lists shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons being paid at least $1,000 and for expenditures of government funds greater than $3,000. Provides that the unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the compiled lists and shall update the lists at least annually. Provides that, if the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the lists, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located. Limits home rule powers.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by adding Sections 30 and 35 as follows:

(50 ILCS 205/30 new)

Sec. 30. Compensation greater than $1,000.

(a) A unit of local government shall compile a list of the pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and other personnel of the unit of local government whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000 during each fiscal year. Exempt material listed under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act shall not be included in the list. The list shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000.

(b) A unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the public record compiled under subsection (a) and shall update the list at least annually. If the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the list, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a unit of local government to compile or publish information about payments or compensation to jurors.

(d) A home rule unit may not compile or publish the list of the pay and benefits under this Section in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

(50 ILCS 205/35 new)

Sec. 35. Expenditures greater than $3,000.

(a) A unit of local government shall compile a list of each entity, address of each entity, product, or service supplied by each entity, and amount paid to each entity for any expenditure of government funds greater than $3,000 from the unit of local government during a fiscal year. Exempt material listed under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act shall not be included in the list. The list shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of entities that were paid an expenditure greater than $3,000.

(b) A unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the public record compiled under subsection (a) and shall update the list at least annually. If the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the list, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a unit of local government to compile or publish information about payments or compensation to jurors.

(d) A home rule unit may not compile or publish the list of entities that were paid an expenditure greater than $3,000 under this Section in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.