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Public Act 92-0354

HB1810 Enrolled                                LRB9202609MWcd

    AN ACT concerning local government.

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

    Section   5.   The Public Funds Statement Publication Act
is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 102, par. 5)
    Sec. 1. Except as provided in Section  2.1,  each  public
officer,  other  than a state officer, (and other than a city
or village treasurer or municipal officer who is required  by
Article  3  of  the Illinois Municipal Code, approved May 29,
1961, as heretofore and hereafter amended, to file an  annual
report  to the city council or board of trustees which report
is required to be published, and other than a treasurer of  a
city,  village  or incorporated town, who is required to file
an  account  with  the  municipal  clerk,  which  account  is
published  as  required  by  "An  Act  in  relation  to   the
preparation,  publication  and  filing  of annual accounts of
certain  municipalities,  the  payment  of  tax   monies   to
treasurers of certain municipalities, and providing penalties
for   violations  thereof",  approved  August  15,  1961,  as
heretofore and hereafter amended),  who,  by  virtue  of  his
office  receives  for disbursement and disburses public funds
in the discharge  of  governmental  or  municipal  debts  and
liabilities,  shall,  at  the expiration of each fiscal year,
prepare a statement:
         (1)  Of all moneys received and  from  what  sources
    received, giving items, particulars and details;
         (2)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph (3) of this
    Section, of all moneys monies paid out  where  the  total
    amount  paid during the fiscal year exceeds $2,500 $1,000
    in the aggregate, giving the name of each  individual  to
    whom paid and the amount paid to each person;
         (3)  Of  all  monies  paid  out  as compensation for
    personal services, giving the name of each individual  to
    whom  paid  and  the  total  amount  paid to each person,
    except that any public officer 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 $15,000;
              (B)  $25,000.00 $15,000 to $49,999.99 $24,999;
              (C)  $50,000.00  $25,000 to $74,999.99 $39,999;
         or
              (D)  $75,000.00 to $99,999.99 $40,000 and over;
         and
              (E)  $100,000.00 to $124,999.99; or
              (F)  $125,000.00 and over; and
         (4)  A summary statement of operations for all funds
    and  account  groups,  as  excerpted  from   the   annual
    financial  report  as  filed  with  the appropriate State
    agency of the State of Illinois.
    Such statement shall be subscribed and sworn  to  by  the
public  officer  making  such statement, and, within 6 months
after the expiration of such fiscal year shall  be  filed  in
the  office  of  the county clerk of the county in which such
public officer resides.
(Source: P.A. 89-326, eff. 1-1-96.)

    Section  10.  The Illinois Municipal Code is  amended  by
changing Sections 3.1-10-6 and 3.1-35-65 as follows:

    (65 ILCS 5/3.1-10-6)
    Sec. 3.1-10-6.  Qualifications; appointive office.
    (a)  No  person  shall  be  eligible  for  any appointive
municipal office unless that person is a qualified elector of
the municipality or otherwise provided by law.
    (b)  The residency requirements do not apply, however, to
municipal engineers, health  officers,  attorneys,  or  other
officers  who  require  technical  training  or knowledge, to
appointed village treasurers, to appointed village clerks, or
to appointed city or village collectors (unless the  city  or
village  has designated by ordinance that the city or village
clerk shall also hold the office of collector).
    (c)  Except for incorporated towns that have superseded a
civil township, municipalities having  a  population  of  not
more than 500,000 may adopt ordinances that allow firemen and
policemen  to  reside  outside of the corporate limits of the
municipality by which they are employed both at the  time  of
appointment and while serving as a fireman or policeman.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119; 87-1197; 88-45.)

    (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  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, however, publication may be made by posting a copy
of the account in 3 prominent places within the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 89-63, eff. 6-30-95.)


    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 24, 2001.
    Approved August 15, 2001.

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