98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5350
 
Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
50 ILCS 205/20 new
30 ILCS 805/8.38 new

     Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that every park district that maintains an Internet website must post to its website a list of total compensation paid to each employee and whether that employee is an elected official. Requires park districts without a website to make the same information available to the public in its main office. Limits home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
  


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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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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 205/20 new)
7    Sec. 20. Park district posting requirements.
8    (a) Every park district that maintains an Internet website 
9shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory 
10Act of the 98th General Assembly, post to its website for the 
11current calendar year a detailed list of the total compensation 
12paid to each employee including wages, salary, overtime, and 
13benefits, including health, dental, life, and pension, and 
14whether that employee is an elected official.
15    (b) A park district that does not maintain an Internet 
16website shall, within 90 days of the effective date of this 
17amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, post in its main 
18office for the current calendar year a detailed list of the 
19total compensation paid to each employee including wages, 
20salary, overtime, and benefits, including health, dental, 
21life, and pension, and whether that employee is an elected 
22official. 
23    (c) The information required to be posted on a website 
 
 
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1under this Section must be easily accessible from the park 
2district's home page and searchable. The information required 
3to be posted in the park district's main office under this 
4Section must be easily accessible to the public.
5    (d) The postings required by this Section are in addition 
6to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance.
7    (e) No home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that 
8are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a 
9limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of 
10the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home 
11rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. 
  
 
12    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended  by adding 
13Section 8.38 as follows:
 
14    (30 ILCS 805/8.38 new)
15    Sec. 8.38. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
16of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
17implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
18the 98th General Assembly.