SB3656 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3656

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Jason Plummer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

50 ILCS 205/30 new
50 ILCS 205/35 new

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that a unit of local government must compile a list of: (i) the pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and other personnel of the unit of local government whose accumulated payments or compensation is at least $1,000 during a fiscal year; and (ii) each entity to which it directs a payment of more than $3,000 during a fiscal year, the amount of the payments, the address of the entity, and the product or service supplied by the entity. Provides that the lists must continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons being paid at least $1,000 and for expenditures of government funds greater than $3,000. Provides that the unit of local government must publish on its website, if it has one, the compiled lists and must update the lists on the website at least annually. Provides that, if the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government must publish the lists, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Local Records Act is amended by adding Sections 30 and 35 as follows:

(50 ILCS 205/30 new)

Sec. 30. Compensation greater than $1,000.

(a) A unit of local government must compile and maintain 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 is at least $1,000 during a fiscal year. Material that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act may be excluded from the list. The list must be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000.

(b) A unit of local government must publish on its website, if it has one, the public record compiled under subsection (a) and must update the list on the website at least annually. If the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government must publish the list, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a unit of local government to compile or publish information about juror payments or juror compensation.

(d) A home rule unit may not compile, maintain, or publish a list of the pay and benefits of its personnel in a manner that is inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

(50 ILCS 205/35 new)

Sec. 35. Expenditures greater than $3,000.

(a) A unit of local government must compile and maintain a list of each entity to which it directs a payment of more than $3,000 during a fiscal year, the amount of the payment, the address of the entity, and the product or service supplied by the entity for the payment. Material that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act may be excluded from the list. The list must be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of entities to which the local government directs a payment of more than $3,000 during the fiscal year.

(b) A unit of local government must publish on its website, if it has one, the public record compiled under subsection (a) and must update the list on the website at least annually. If the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government must publish the list, on an annual basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a unit of local government to compile or publish information about juror payments or juror compensation.

(d) A home rule unit may not compile, maintain, or publish a list of entities to which the local government directs a payment of more than $3,000 during a fiscal year in a manner that is inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.