SB2758 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2758

Introduced 2/5/2004, by John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 810/24

from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6427

Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Authorizes the Cook County Forest Preserve District Board to amend its annual appropriation ordinance. Provides for a monthly schedule for the year of the proposed expenditures in the appropriation ordinance.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning forest preserve districts.

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

Section 5. The Cook County Forest Preserve District Act is amended by changing Section 24 as follows:

(70 ILCS 810/24) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6427)

Sec. 24. Fiscal year; annual appropriation ordinance; amendments; monthly schedule.

(a) The fiscal year of each forest preserve district subject to this Act shall extend from January 1, until December 31. The forest preserve district shall, before the commencement or within 60 days after the commencement of each fiscal year, adopt an annual appropriation ordinance, which shall appropriate sums of money required to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of the district to be paid or incurred during that fiscal year. Transfers from one appropriation of any one fund to another of the same fund, not affecting the total amount appropriated, may be made at any meeting of the Board.

(b) The annual appropriation ordinance may be amended in the same manner as other ordinances appropriating money. The ordinance must be amended at the next meeting of the Board that occurs not less than 5 days after the passage of the appropriation ordinance. The ordinance, as originally passed or as subsequently amended, may also be amended at any meeting of the Board held not more than 15 days after the first meeting of the Board that occurs not less than 5 days after the passage of the annual appropriation ordinance, by repealing or reducing the amount of any item or items of appropriation contained in the ordinance. The Board has the power, by a two-thirds vote of all members of the Board, to make transfers within any fund, department, or other office or agency of the district, of sums of money appropriated for one object or purpose to another object or purpose, but no appropriation for any object or purpose shall be reduced below an amount sufficient to cover all obligations incurred against the appropriation.

(c) For purposes of controlling expenditures, the expenditure of or incurring of obligations against any appropriation may be delayed, restricted, or terminated with regard to any object or purpose for which appropriations were made in the appropriation ordinance. A monthly schedule for the year of proposed expenditure, including any limitations or conditions against appropriations for each program, subactivity, and the agency or department, shall be made within 30 days of the adoption of the annual appropriation ordinance. The schedule, as amended by the President of the Board, shall be binding upon all officers, agencies, and departments. The schedule of expenditure or of incurring obligations may not be exceeded, but the schedule may be revised after 3 calendar months have elapsed since the last schedule.

(Source: P.A. 87-1191.)