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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Decennial Committees on Local Government Consolidation and | ||||||
6 | Efficiency Act. | ||||||
7 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
8 | "Governmental unit" includes all units of local government | ||||||
9 | that may levy any tax, except municipalities and counties. | ||||||
10 | Section 10. Formation of committee; members; vacancy; | ||||||
11 | administrative support.
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12 | (a) Within one year after the effective date of this Act | ||||||
13 | and at least once every 10 years thereafter, each governmental | ||||||
14 | unit must form a committee to: study local efficiencies, | ||||||
15 | including an analysis of whether to consolidate with another | ||||||
16 | governmental unit, municipality, or county; and provide a | ||||||
17 | report with recommendations regarding efficiencies, increased | ||||||
18 | accountability, and consolidation. | ||||||
19 | (b) Each committee's membership shall include the elected | ||||||
20 | or appointed members of the governing board of the | ||||||
21 | governmental unit, at least 2 residents appointed by the chair | ||||||
22 | of the board of the governmental unit, with the advise and |
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1 | consent of the board, and any chief executive officer or | ||||||
2 | officer of the governmental unit. The committee shall be | ||||||
3 | chaired by the president or chief elected or appointed | ||||||
4 | official of the governing board of the governmental unit, or | ||||||
5 | his or her designee. The chairperson may appoint additional | ||||||
6 | members to the committee as he or she deems appropriate. | ||||||
7 | Committee members shall serve without compensation but may | ||||||
8 | be reimbursed by the governmental unit for their expenses | ||||||
9 | incurred in performing their duties. | ||||||
10 | (c) A committee may employ or use the services of | ||||||
11 | specialists in public administration and governmental | ||||||
12 | management and any other trained consultants, analysts, | ||||||
13 | investigators, and assistants it considers appropriate, | ||||||
14 | including seeking assistance from community colleges or | ||||||
15 | universities with research and the development and review of | ||||||
16 | reports of the committee. | ||||||
17 | (d) If a vacancy occurs in the committee membership, the | ||||||
18 | vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the appointments | ||||||
19 | under subsection (b). | ||||||
20 | (e) The governmental unit shall provide administrative and | ||||||
21 | other support to the committee. | ||||||
22 | Section 15. Duties of a committee. The duties of a | ||||||
23 | committee include, but are not limited to, the study of the | ||||||
24 | governmental unit's governing statutes, ordinances, rules, | ||||||
25 | procedures, powers, jurisdiction, shared services, |
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1 | intergovernmental agreements, and interrelationships with | ||||||
2 | other governmental units and the State. The committee shall | ||||||
3 | collect data, research, and analysis for its purposes and | ||||||
4 | shall allow public input. | ||||||
5 | Section 20. Meetings. Each committee shall meet at least 3 | ||||||
6 | times. The committee may meet during a regularly scheduled | ||||||
7 | meeting of the governmental unit as long as: (1) separate | ||||||
8 | notice is given in conformance with the Open Meetings Act; (2) | ||||||
9 | the committee meeting is listed as part of the board of the | ||||||
10 | governmental unit's agenda; and (3) at least a majority of the | ||||||
11 | members of the committee are present at the committee's | ||||||
12 | meeting. Each meetings of the committee shall be public and | ||||||
13 | the committee shall provide an opportunity for any person to | ||||||
14 | be heard at the public hearings for at least 3 minutes. The | ||||||
15 | committee may require speakers to register. The committee | ||||||
16 | shall meet in accordance with the Open Meetings Act and the | ||||||
17 | committee shall be a public body to which the Freedom of | ||||||
18 | Information Act applies. | ||||||
19 | At the conclusion of each meeting, the committee shall | ||||||
20 | conduct a survey of residents who attended asking for input on | ||||||
21 | what was discussed at the meeting. | ||||||
22 | Section 25. Report. Each committee shall summarize its | ||||||
23 | work and findings within a report, including recommendations | ||||||
24 | in respect to consolidation, increased accountability and |
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1 | efficiency, and shall provide a written report to the county | ||||||
2 | board in which the governmental unit lies no later than 18 | ||||||
3 | months after the formation of the committee. The report shall | ||||||
4 | be made available to the public. | ||||||
5 | Section 30. Dissolution of the committee. After a | ||||||
6 | committee has made the report available to the public, the | ||||||
7 | committee is dissolved until it is reestablished with newly | ||||||
8 | appointed members under Section 10.
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9 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
10 | Section 8.45 as follows: | ||||||
11 | (30 ILCS 805/8.45 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 8.45. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and | ||||||
13 | 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for | ||||||
14 | the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory | ||||||
15 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly. | ||||||
16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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