HB5050ham002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Natalie A. Manley

Filed: 4/16/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5050

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5050, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Decennial Committees on Local Government Efficiency Act is amended by changing Section 25 and by adding Sections 35 and 40 as follows:

(50 ILCS 70/25)

Sec. 25. Report. Each committee shall summarize its work and findings within a written report, which shall include recommendations in respect to increased accountability and efficiency, and shall provide the report to the administrative office of each county board in which the governmental unit is located no later than March 31, 2025. Thereafter, the report shall be filed no later than 18 months after the formation of the committee. The report shall be made available to the public.

For purposes of this Section, if a governmental unit is located in multiple counties, the committee may, if required, provide the same report to the county board of each of those counties.

(Source: P.A. 102-1088, eff. 6-10-22; 102-1136, eff. 2-10-23.)

(50 ILCS 70/35 new)

Sec. 35. Penalties for failure to submit a report. The county may impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 by board vote in a public meeting against a governmental unit whose decennial committee failed to submit to the administrative office of the county board a decennial report under Section 25. The civil penalty shall be paid to the county that imposes the civil penalty.

The States Attorney for the county that imposed the civil penalty may bring an action in the circuit court to enforce the collection of a civil penalty imposed under this Section.

(50 ILCS 70/40 new)

Sec. 40. County board commission; report.

(a) Each county board shall create a decennial commission every 10 years to review the efficiency and cost reduction analysis reports submitted by decennial committees under this Act. The first county decennial commission must be formed by April 1, 2025.

(b) Each county decennial commission shall conduct interviews with representatives from each governmental unit to review the decennial committee report for the governmental unit and ask follow-up questions, including questions related to: (1) any additional information discovered after the efficiency and cost reduction analysis was completed by the committee; (2) what steps the representatives believe can be achieved in an effort to reduce costs; and (3) how the governmental unit can work with the county to increase efficiency.

(c) Each county decennial commission shall compile all findings into a report that also shall recommend ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency, shall include a plan to reduce the number of governmental units within the county by 10% to 20%, and shall include the names of each governmental unit whose decennial committee failed to submit a decennial report required under Section 25. The first county decennial commission report must be filed with the General Assembly by December 31, 2025. Thereafter, the report shall be filed no later than 24 months after the committees were required to be formed under Section 10.

(d) After a county decennial commission has submitted the report required under subsection (c), the commission is dissolved until it is reestablished under subsection (a).

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