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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 Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
56-1001 as follows:
 



6    (55 ILCS 5/6-1001)  (from Ch. 34, par. 6-1001)



7    Sec. 6-1001. Annual budget. In all counties not required by 
8law
to pass an annual appropriation bill within the first 
9quarter of the fiscal
year, the county board or board of county 
10commissioners, as the case may
be, shall adopt each year an 
11annual budget under the terms of this Division
for the 
12succeeding fiscal year. Such budget shall be prepared by some

13person or persons designated by the county board and such 
14budget shall be
made conveniently available to public 
15inspection and provided to the public at a public meeting for 
16at least fifteen days
prior to final action thereon except that 
17nothing in this Act shall restrict a county board or board of 
18county commissioners from acting at a public meeting to amend a 
19budget after making that budget available to the public and 
20prior to final adoption. Notices pertaining to the meeting and 
21the proposed budget shall be posted on the county's website, if 
22it maintains one. If a county does not maintain a website, then 
23the county shall comply with the Open Meetings Act in giving 
 
 
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1notice of such agenda items and make the proposed budget 
2available for public inspection. The vote on such budget shall 
3be taken by
ayes and nays and entered on the record of the 
4meeting. The annual budget
adopted under this Act shall cover 
5such a fiscal period of one year to be
determined by the county 
6board of each county except as hereinafter
provided and all 
7appropriations made therein shall terminate with the close
of 
8said fiscal period except as hereinafter provided, provided, 
9however,
that any remaining balances shall be available until 
1030 days after the
close of the fiscal year in counties with a 
11population of less
than
100,000, and until 90 days after the 
12close of the fiscal year in
counties
with a population of more 
13than 100,000 but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants,
only for the 
14authorization of the payment of
obligations incurred prior to 
15the close of said fiscal period. Any county
which determines to 
16change its fiscal year may adopt a budget to cover such
period 
17greater or less than a year as may be necessary to effect such

18change and appropriations made therein shall terminate with the 
19close
of such period.

20(Source: P.A. 90-777, eff. 1-1-99.)