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92_HB0098

 
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 1        AN  ACT  creating  a commission to study the problems and
 2    organic laws pertaining to local government.

 3        WHEREAS, Many of the  local  governmental  units  in  the
 4    State  of  Illinois  were established under provisions of the
 5    Illinois Constitution of 1870; and

 6        WHEREAS, There have been rapid changes in the  population
 7    of Illinois in numbers, in concentration, and in movement, as
 8    well  as  vast  economic,  social, and technological changes,
 9    that  strain  the  ability  of  Illinois  local   governments
10    adequately to furnish necessary services; and

11        WHEREAS,  Illinois  local  governments  were conceived to
12    serve a rural society; in areas not experiencing  the  impact
13    of  modern  changes,  they  may  be adequate, but in areas of
14    great  change,  notably  the  urban  areas,  they   are   not
15    sufficiently  flexible,  do  not  have  adequate  powers  and
16    financing,  and  are  not  responsive to present-day needs in
17    transportation, health, water supply,  water  pollution,  air
18    pollution,  recreation,  disposal  of sewage, and disposal of
19    refuse; and

20        WHEREAS, The inadequacies in Illinois  local  governments
21    have  resulted  in  the creation of numerous functional local
22    governments all competing for  financial  and  jurisdictional
23    support from the same area; therefore,

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

26        Section 1.  Short title.  This Act may be  cited  as  the
27    Local Government Consolidation Commission Act.

28        Section  5.  Commission;  creation;  members.   There  is
29    created  a  Commission  on Local Government, to consist of 15
 
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 1    members, 5 to be members of the Senate no more than 3 of whom
 2    shall be affiliated with the same political party,  appointed
 3    by  the President of the Senate, 5 to be members of the House
 4    of Representatives no more than 3 of whom shall be affiliated
 5    with the same political party, appointed by  the  Speaker  of
 6    the House, and 5 to be citizens of the State appointed by the
 7    Governor.  Of the members appointed by the Governor, not more
 8    than 3 shall be affiliated with the same political party.

 9        Section 10. Study; recommendations.  The Commission shall
10    make  a  survey  of the entire structure of local governments
11    and of their organization, powers,  jurisdiction,  functions.
12    Among  other things, and without limiting its activities, the
13    Commission shall:
14        (1)  Study all laws governing the  organization,  powers,
15    jurisdiction, functions of local governments.
16        (2)  Study  the  inter-relationships of local governments
17    to each other and to federal and State governments.
18        (3)  Formulate specific recommendations  for  legislation
19    or   constitutional   amendments   to  (i)  permit  effective
20    management of local  affairs,  (ii)  encourage  local  policy
21    decision  making,  (iii)  reduce  the  multiplicity  of local
22    governments, (iv) eliminate overlapping  and  duplicating  of
23    unnecessary  powers,  (v)  increase efficiency and economy in
24    local governments, and (vi) allow  optional  forms  of  local
25    governments  and  increase  their  authority  for cooperation
26    among the levels of government.

27        Section 15.  Meetings;  officers.   The  members  of  the
28    Commission  shall  meet and the Commission shall be organized
29    within 90 days after the effective  date  of  this  Act,  and
30    shall at that time elect a chair from among the members.  The
31    Commission  may  adopt  its  own  rules  of  procedure.   The
32    Commission  may  employ or use the services of specialists in
 
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 1    public administration and  governmental  management  and  any
 2    other   trained  consultants,  analysts,  investigators,  and
 3    assistants it may consider necessary, on either  a  full-time
 4    or   a   part-time   basis.  The  Commission  shall  fix  the
 5    compensation for any paid employees, which shall be paid from
 6    moneys appropriated for that purpose.

 7        Section 20. Compensation; expenses.  The members  of  the
 8    Commission shall serve without compensation, but their actual
 9    traveling  and other expenses while engaged in performance of
10    the duties of  the  commission  shall  be  paid  from  moneys
11    appropriated for that purpose.

12        Section  25.  Report.   The  Commission  shall render its
13    final report to the General Assembly not later than  December
14    31,  2002,  setting  out its findings and recommendations and
15    proposing those measures it  considers  necessary  to  effect
16    essential  changes  and  improvements  in  the  existing laws
17    relating to any or all of the matters enumerated  in  Section
18    10 of this Act.

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

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