96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0186


 
Introduced 2/3/2009, by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



55 ILCS 5/5-1106
  from Ch. 34, par. 5-1106



30 ILCS 805/8.33 new










    Amends the Counties Code.  With respect to a county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, provides that the county board has the duty to provide for the regional superintendent of schools a suitable office with necessary furniture and office supplies.  Denies home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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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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5-1106 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/5-1106)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1106)



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    Sec. 5-1106. County offices, equipment and expenditures. 
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It
shall be the duty of the county board of each county:

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    First--To erect or otherwise provide when necessary, and 
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the finances of
the county will justify it, and keep in repair, 
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a suitable court house,
jail and other necessary county 
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buildings, and to provide proper rooms and
offices for the 
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accommodation of the county board, State's attorney, county

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clerk, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff, and to provide 
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suitable
furniture therefor. But in counties not under township 
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organization, no
appropriations shall be made for the erection 
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of public buildings, without
first submitting the proposition 
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to a vote of the people of the county, and
the vote shall be 
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submitted in the same manner and under the same
restrictions as 
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provided for in like cases in Section 5-2001; and the
votes 
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therefor shall be "For taxation," specifying the object, and 
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those
against shall be "Against taxation," specifying the 
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object.

 


 






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    Second--To provide and keep in repair, when the finances of 
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the county
permit, suitable fireproof safes or offices for the 
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county clerk, State's
attorney, county treasurer, recorder and 
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sheriff.

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    Third--To provide reasonable and necessary expenses for 
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the use of the
county board, county clerk, county treasurer, 
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recorder, sheriff, coroner,
State's attorney, superintendent 
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of schools, judges and clerks of courts,
and supervisor of 
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assessment.

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    Fourth--To cause to be published at the close of each 
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annual, regular or
special meeting of the board, a brief 
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statement of the proceedings thereof
in one or more newspapers 
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published in the county, in which shall be set
forth the name 
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of every individual who shall have had any account audited
and 
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allowed by the board and the amount of such claim as allowed, 
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and the
amount claimed, and also their proceedings upon the 
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equalization of the
assessment roll: Provided, that no 
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publication in a newspaper shall be
required unless the same 
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can be done without unreasonable expense.

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    Fifth--To make out at its meeting in September, annually, a 
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full and
accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of 
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the preceding year,
which statement shall contain a full and 
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correct description of each item,
from whom and on what account 
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received, to whom paid, and on what account
expended, together 
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with an accurate statement of the finances of the county
at the 
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end of the fiscal year, including all debts and liabilities of 
 


 






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every
description, and the assets and other means to discharge 
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the same; and
within 30 days thereafter to cause the same to be 
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posted up at the court
house door, and at 2 other places in the 
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county, and published for one week
in some newspaper therein, 
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if there is one, and the same can be done
without unreasonable 
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expense.

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    Sixth--To provide proper rooms and offices, and for the 
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repair thereof,
for the accommodation of the circuit court of 
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the county and for the clerks
for such court, and to provide 
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suitable furnishings for such rooms and
offices, and to furnish 
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fire proof safes, and the repair thereof, for the
offices of 
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the clerks of the circuit court of the county. The court rooms

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and furnishings thereof shall meet with reasonable minimum 
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standards
prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois. Such 
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standards shall be
substantially the same as those generally 
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accepted in court rooms as to
general furnishings, arrangement 
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of bench, tables and chairs, cleanliness,
convenience to 
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litigants, decorations, lighting and other such matters

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relating to the physical appearance of the court room.

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    Seventh--With respect to a county having a population of 
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2,000,000 or more inhabitants only, to provide for the regional 
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superintendent of schools a suitable office with necessary 
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furniture and office supplies.  This paragraph is a denial and 
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limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection 
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(g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution. 
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(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

 
 


 






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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.33 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
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    Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 96th General Assembly.
 

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