Public Act 0367 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0305 Enrolled LRB095 04762 BDD 24821 b

Public Act 095-0367

AN ACT concerning finance.

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 3a as follows:

(30 ILCS 15/3a) (from Ch. 102, par. 7a)

Sec. 3a. In counties having a population of less than 500,000, if any such public officer in the discharge of his or her official duties, receives all or any part of his funds from the county collector, the county treasurer, or the township collector, and if the county treasurer determines, by reviewing documents filed with the county clerk under Section 3 of this Act, that the public officer has failed to comply with Section 2 of this Act, then the county treasurer shall withhold the payment to that public official of any and all funds until the public official has complied with Section 2 of this Act he shall in addition to the duties already imposed by this Act, file with each such officer from whom funds are received, a copy of such published statement or audit accompanied by a certificate showing the date of publication and signed by the publisher of the newspaper in which such publication is made. Unless such certificate and copy of the published statement or audit are filed with the county collector, the county treasurer or the township collector, as the case may require, within 6 months after the expiration of each fiscal year, the county collector, the county treasurer or the township collector, or each of them as the case may be, shall withhold payment to such public official of any and all funds until receipt of the certificate and copy of the published statement or audit.

(Source: P.A. 85-161.)

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