94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2379

 

Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. Terry Link

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 15/3a   from Ch. 102, par. 7a

    Amends the Public Funds Statement Publication Act. Deletes a provision that a public official who receives all or any part of his or her funds from the county collector, the county treasurer, or the township collector must file, with each of those officers from whom funds are received, a certified copy of a published financial statement or audit. Provides, instead, that if the county treasurer receives notice from the county clerk that the public officer has failed to comply with certain publication requirements, then the county treasurer shall withhold the payment to that public official of any and all funds until the county clerk has verified that the public official has complied with the requirements. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Funds Statement Publication Act is
5 amended by changing Section 3a as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 15/3a)  (from Ch. 102, par. 7a)
7     Sec. 3a. In counties having a population of less than
8 500,000, if any such public officer in the discharge of his or
9 her official duties, receives all or any part of his funds from
10 the county collector, the county treasurer, or the township
11 collector, and if the county treasurer receives notice from the
12 county clerk that the public officer has failed to comply with
13 Section 2 of this Act, then the county treasurer shall withhold
14 the payment to that public official of any and all funds until
15 the county clerk has verified that the public official has
16 complied with Section 2 of this Act he shall in addition to the
17 duties already imposed by this Act, file with each such officer
18 from whom funds are received, a copy of such published
19 statement or audit accompanied by a certificate showing the
20 date of publication and signed by the publisher of the
21 newspaper in which such publication is made. Unless such
22 certificate and copy of the published statement or audit are
23 filed with the county collector, the county treasurer or the
24 township collector, as the case may require, within 6 months
25 after the expiration of each fiscal year, the county collector,
26 the county treasurer or the township collector, or each of them
27 as the case may be, shall withhold payment to such public
28 official of any and all funds until receipt of the certificate
29 and copy of the published statement or audit.
30 (Source: P.A. 85-161.)
 
31     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.