HB2746 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2746

Introduced , by Rep. Steven Andersson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65

from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65

Amends the Municipal Code. Provides that the municipal clerk may also publish the treasurer's account on the municipal website. Provides that if a municipality has of population of less than 500 and has no newspaper or website, then the notice shall be posted in 3 prominent places with the municipality. Effective immediately.

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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Section 3.1-35-65 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-65) (from Ch. 24, par. 3.1-35-65)

Sec. 3.1-35-65. Treasurer; annual accounts.

(a) Within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, the treasurer of each municipality having a population of less than 500,000, as determined by the last preceding federal census, shall annually prepare and file with the clerk of the municipality an account of moneys received and expenditures incurred during the preceding fiscal year as specified in this Section. The treasurer shall show in the account:

(1) All moneys received by the municipality, indicating the total amounts, in the aggregate, received in each account of the municipality, with a general statement concerning the source of receipts. In this paragraph, the term "account" does not mean each individual taxpayer, householder, licensee, utility user, or other persons whose payments to the municipality are credited to a general account.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection (a), all moneys paid out by the municipality where the total amount paid during the fiscal year exceeds $2,500 in the aggregate, giving the name of each person to whom moneys were paid and the total paid to each person.

(3) All moneys paid out by the municipality as compensation for personal services, giving the name of each person to whom moneys were paid and the total amount paid to each person from each account, except that the treasurer may elect to report the compensation for personal services of all personnel by name, listing each employee in one of the following categories:

(A) under $25,000.00;

(B) $25,000.00 to $49,999.99;

(C) $50,000.00 to $74,999.99;

(D) $75,000.00 to $99,999.99;

(E) $100,000.00 to $124,999.99; or

(F) $125,000.00 and over.

(4) A summary statement of operations for all funds and account groups of the municipality, as excerpted from the annual financial report as filed with the appropriate State agency.

(b) Upon receipt of the account from the municipal treasurer, the municipal clerk shall publish the account on the municipal website or publish the account at least once in one or more newspapers published in the municipality or, if no newspaper is published in the municipality, then in one or more newspapers having a general circulation within the municipality. In municipalities with a population of less than 500 in which no newspaper is published and which does not maintain a municipal website, however, publication may be made by posting a copy of the account in 3 prominent places within the municipality.

(Source: P.A. 92-354, eff. 8-15-01.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.