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SB3796 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3796

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Jason Plummer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 205/25 new

    Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall compile a list of the pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and other personnel of the unit of local government whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000 during each fiscal year. Provides that the list shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons being paid at least $1,000. Provides that the unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the compiled list and shall update the list at least monthly. Provides that, if the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the list, on a monthly basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located. Limits home rule powers.


LRB101 20121 AWJ 69656 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3796LRB101 20121 AWJ 69656 b

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 Local Records Act is amended by adding
5Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 205/25 new)
7    Sec. 25. Compensation greater than $1,000.
8    (a) A unit of local government shall compile a list of the
9pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and
10other personnel of the unit of local government whose
11accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000 during
12each fiscal year. Exempt material listed under Section 7 of the
13Freedom of Information Act shall not be included in the list.
14The list shall continue to be updated throughout the entire
15fiscal year by adding additional names of persons whose
16accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000.
17    (b) A unit of local government shall publish on its
18website, if it has one, the public record compiled under
19subsection (a) and shall update the list at least monthly. If
20the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit
21of local government shall publish the list, on a monthly basis,
22in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which
23the unit of local government is located.

 

 

SB3796- 2 -LRB101 20121 AWJ 69656 b

1    (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a
2unit of local government to compile or publish information
3about payments or compensation to jurors.
4    (d) A home rule unit may not compile or publish the list of
5the pay and benefits under this Section in a manner
6inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation
7under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
8Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
9units of powers and functions exercised by the State.