96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1607


 
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Patrick J Verschoore
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













55 ILCS 5/3-1005
  from Ch. 34, par. 3-1005







    Amends the Counties Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
the
duties of a county auditor.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning local government.

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

 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 
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3-1005 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/3-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1005)



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    Sec. 3-1005. Duties of auditor. The
The duties of the 
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county auditor
shall be to:
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    (a) Audit all claims against the county, and recommend to 
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the county
board the payment or rejection of all claims 
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presented.

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    (b) Collect, analyze and preserve statistical and 
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financial
information with respect to the cost of operation of 
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the various
institutions and facilities maintained, operated 
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or owned by the county.

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    (c) Approve all orders for supplies issued by the various 
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county
officers, before the orders are to be placed with the 
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parties to whom the
same are to be given.

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    (d) Maintain a file of all contracts entered into by the 
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county board
and all authorized county officers, for or on 
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behalf of the county.

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    (e) Report quarterly to the county board the entire 
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financial operations
of the county including revenues 
 


 






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anticipated and received, expenditures
estimated and paid, 
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obligations unpaid, the condition of all funds and

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appropriations and other pertinent information. The county 
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auditor shall
cause to be published in at least one newspaper 
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of general circulation in
the county, a notice of the 
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availability of the quarterly report for public
inspection in 
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the office of the county auditor. Such notice shall be

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published within 30 days of the date of the scheduled release 
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of the report.

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    (f) Audit the receipts of all county officers and 
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departments presented
for deposit with the county treasurer.

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    (g) Maintain a continuous internal audit of the operations 
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and financial
records of the officers, agents or divisions of 
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the county. The county
auditor shall have access to all 
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records, documents, and resources
necessary for the discharge 
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of this responsibility.

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    (h) Audit the inventory of all real and personal property

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owned by the county under the control and management of the 
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various
officers and departments of the county.

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    (i) Audit the documentation, records, and bases for the 
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amounts billed
to the county, as maintained by county vendors, 
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under agreements between
the county and its vendors, when those 
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agreements provide that the amounts
billed to the county are 
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based upon actual costs incurred by the vendor, or
when those 
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agreements include the requirement that the county provide a

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reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs incurred by the vendors.  
 


 






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The county
auditor shall audit the documentation, records, and 
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bases for the amounts
required to be paid to the county under 
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agreements with outside parties,
when those amounts are based 
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upon records and documentation generated,
compiled, and 
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maintained by the outside party.  The vendors and outside

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parties affected by this Section shall provide to the county 
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auditor, on a
timely basis, all records and documents required 
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by the county auditor
relative to the county auditor's duties 
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under this subsection.

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(Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1358.)