98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1557

 

Introduced , by Rep. Ron Sandack - Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
20 ILCS 405/405-335

    Creates the Illinois Review Board Act. Creates the Illinois Review Board to review and evaluate the use of taxing authority by units of local government. Provides that the Board shall annually report its findings to the Governor and General Assembly. Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) shall make available the reports of the Illinois Review Board. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Illinois Review Board Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Board" means the Illinois Review Board.
8    "Department" means the Department of Central Management
9Services.
10    "Local taxing body" includes, without limitation,
11counties, townships, municipalities, special purpose
12districts, and any other unit of local government (as defined
13in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution) with
14the power to levy taxes. "Local taxing body" does not include
15State agencies as defined in Section 1.05 of the State Property
16Control Act.
 
17    Section 10. The Illinois Review Board.
18    (a) There is created the Illinois Review Board, consisting
19of 9 members appointed as follows:
20        (1) One member appointed by the Senate President;
21        (2) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
22    Senate;

 

 

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1        (3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
2    Representatives;
3        (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
4    House of Representatives; and
5        (5) Five members appointed by the Governor, no more
6    than 3 of which may be members of the same political party.
7    (b) The members shall be appointed for terms of 4 years,
8and may be reappointed without restriction. The initial
9appointments made by the Governor shall be for terms of 2
10years; thereafter, they shall be appointed for terms of 4
11years. Vacancies on the Board shall be filled by their
12respective appointing authorities, and shall be for the
13remainder of the unexpired term.
14    (c) The members of the Board shall serve without
15compensation; however, they may be reimbursed for their actual
16expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
17    (d) The members shall elect from their number a chairperson
18who shall serve for a term of 2 years, and who may be
19re-elected without restriction.
 
20    Section 15. Activities and purpose; support.
21    (a) The purpose of the Board shall be to evaluate the
22financial status of each local taxing body. In furtherance of
23this purpose, the Board shall meet twice monthly, at the
24direction of the chairperson.
25    (b) The Board shall review the use, efficiency, surplus,

 

 

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1and debt of each local taxing body, together with the impact of
2each local taxing body's use of its power to levy taxes on the
3financial condition of that body as well as its impact on both
4the ability of the local taxing body to fulfill its statutory
5purposes and overall tax burden on the taxpayers affected by
6its use of its power to levy taxes.
7    (c) The Board shall also consider the impact of any new
8taxes created, or new use of the local taxing body's power to
9levy taxes, since the last review of each local taxing body.
10    (d) In conjunction with or in addition to its regular
11meetings, the Board may hold hearings to receive testimony from
12the public regarding the financial status and activities of any
13local taxing body relevant to the Board's evaluation of the
14financial status of that local taxing body.
15    (e) The Department shall provide to the Board such staff
16and administrative support services as the Board may require.
17    (f) The Department shall, by rule, determine the schedule
18for the evaluations required to be performed by the Board under
19this Act.
 
20    Section 20. Annual report.
21    (a) No later than March 31 of each year, the Board shall
22submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual
23report summarizing the Board's evaluation of the financial
24status of the local taxing bodies that the Board reviewed
25during the preceding year, together with the Board's

 

 

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1recommendations for legislation (if any) based on its
2evaluations. The report shall also include the Board's analysis
3of the uses of the taxing authority of each local taxing body,
4and shall give the Board's conclusions on whether the tax has
5served the purpose for which it was initially levied.
6    (b) The report, and the opinions, conclusions, and
7recommendations contained therein, shall be supported by a
8majority of the persons appointed to the Board.
9    (c) Each annual report issued by the Board shall be
10available on the Illinois Transparency and Accountability
11Portal (ITAP), and shall be provided to the Department in such
12format as the Department may direct.
 
13    Section 25. General provisions. Unless otherwise provided
14for by law, the Board is subject to the provisions of all
15applicable laws, including but not limited to, the Open
16Meetings Act and the State Records Act.
 
17    Section 30. Rulemaking. The Board shall have the authority
18to make any rules necessary to carry out the duties and powers
19provided under this Act. The provisions of the Illinois
20Administrative Procedure Act are expressly adopted and
21incorporated into this Act, and apply to all administrative
22rules and procedures of the Board.
 
23    Section 35. The Department of Central Management Services

 

 

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1Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
2changing Section 405-335 as follows:
 
3    (20 ILCS 405/405-335)
4    Sec. 405-335. Illinois Transparency and Accountability
5Portal (ITAP).
6    (a) The Department, within 12 months after the effective
7date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, shall
8establish and maintain a website, known as the Illinois
9Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP), with a
10full-time webmaster tasked with compiling and updating the ITAP
11database with information received from all State agencies as
12defined in this Section. Subject to appropriation, the
13full-time webmaster must also compile and update the ITAP
14database with information received from all counties,
15townships, and municipalities.
16    (b) For purposes of this Section:
17    "State agency" means the offices of the constitutional
18officers identified in Article V of the Illinois Constitution,
19executive agencies, and departments, boards, commissions, and
20Authorities under the Governor.
21    "Contracts" means payment obligations with vendors on file
22with the Office of the Comptroller to purchase goods and
23services exceeding $10,000 in value (or, in the case of
24professional or artistic services, exceeding $5,000 in value).
25    "Appropriation" means line-item detail of spending

 

 

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1approved by the General Assembly and Governor, categorized by
2object of expenditure.
3    "Individual consultants" means temporary workers eligible
4to receive State benefits paid on a State payroll.
5    "Recipients" means State agencies receiving
6appropriations.
7    (c) The ITAP shall provide direct access to each of the
8following:
9        (1) A database of all current State employees and
10    individual consultants, except sworn law enforcement
11    officers, sorted separately by:
12            (i) Name.
13            (ii) Employing State agency.
14            (iii) Employing State division.
15            (iv) Employment position title.
16            (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
17        (2) A database of all current State expenditures,
18    sorted separately by agency, category, recipient, and
19    Representative District.
20        (3) A database of all development assistance
21    reportable pursuant to the Corporate Accountability for
22    Tax Expenditures Act, sorted separately by tax credit
23    category, taxpayer, and Representative District.
24        (4) A database of all revocations and suspensions of
25    State occupation and use tax certificates of registration
26    and all revocations and suspensions of State professional

 

 

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1    licenses, sorted separately by name, geographic location,
2    and certificate of registration number or license number,
3    as applicable. Professional license revocations and
4    suspensions shall be posted only if resulting from a
5    failure to pay taxes, license fees, or child support.
6        (5) A database of all current State contracts, sorted
7    separately by contractor name, awarding officer or agency,
8    contract value, and goods or services provided.
9        (6) A database of all employees hired after the
10    effective date of this amendatory Act of 2010, sorted
11    searchably by each of the following at the time of
12    employment:
13            (i) Name.
14            (ii) Employing State agency.
15            (iii) Employing State division.
16            (iv) Employment position title.
17            (v) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
18            (vi) County of employment location.
19            (vii) Rutan status.
20            (viii) Status of position as subject to collective
21        bargaining, subject to merit compensation, or exempt
22        under Section 4d of the Personnel Code.
23            (ix) Employment status as probationary, trainee,
24        intern, certified, or exempt from certification.
25            (x) Status as a military veteran.
26        (7) A searchable database of all current county,

 

 

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1    township, and municipal employees sorted separately by:
2            (i) Employing unit of local government.
3            (ii) Employment position title.
4            (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
5        (8) A searchable database of all county, township, and
6    municipal employees hired on or after the effective date of
7    this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, sorted
8    separately by each of the following at the time of
9    employment:
10            (i) Employing unit of local government.
11            (ii) Employment position title.
12            (iii) Current pay rate and year-to-date pay.
13    (d) The ITAP shall include all information required to be
14published by subsection (c) of this Section that is available
15to the Department in a format the Department can compile and
16publish on the ITAP. The Department shall update the ITAP as
17additional information becomes available in a format that can
18be compiled and published on the ITAP by the Department.
19    (e) Each State agency, county, township, and municipality
20shall cooperate with the Department in furnishing the
21information necessary for the implementation of this Section
22within a timeframe specified by the Department.
23    (f) Each county, township, or municipality submitting
24information to be displayed on the Illinois Transparency and
25Accountability Portal (ITAP) is responsible for the accuracy of
26the information provided.

 

 

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1    (g) Each annual report issued by the Illinois Review Board
2under the Illinois Review Board Act shall be made available on
3the ITAP, and shall be provided by the Board to the Department
4in such format as the Department may direct.
5(Source: P.A. 96-225, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1387, eff. 1-1-11;
697-744, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.