Full Text of HB0268 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Many of the local governmental units in the State | 3 | | of Illinois were
established under provisions of the Illinois | 4 | | Constitution of 1870; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, There have been rapid changes in the population of | 6 | | Illinois in
numbers, in concentration, and in movement, as well | 7 | | as vast economic, social,
and technological changes, that | 8 | | strain the ability of Illinois local
governments adequately to | 9 | | furnish necessary services; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Illinois local governments were conceived to | 11 | | serve a rural society;
in areas not experiencing the impact of | 12 | | modern changes, they may be adequate,
but in areas of great | 13 | | change, notably the urban areas, they are not
sufficiently | 14 | | flexible, do not have adequate powers and financing, and are | 15 | | not
responsive to present-day needs in transportation, health, | 16 | | water supply, water
pollution, air pollution, recreation, | 17 | | disposal of sewage, and disposal of
refuse; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The inadequacies in Illinois local governments | 19 | | have resulted in the
creation of numerous functional local | 20 | | governments all competing for financial
and jurisdictional | 21 | | support from the same area; therefore,
| 22 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 23 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 1 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local | 2 | | Government
Consolidation Commission Act of 2011.
| 3 | | Section 5. Commission; creation; members. There is created | 4 | | a Local Government Consolidation Commission, to consist of
17 | 5 | | members, 3 to be members of the Senate appointed by the | 6 | | President of the
Senate, 3 to
be members of the Senate | 7 | | appointed by the Senate Minority Leader, 3 to be
members of
the | 8 | | House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, | 9 | | 3 to be
members of
the House of Representatives appointed by | 10 | | the House Minority Leader, and 5 to
be
citizens of the State | 11 | | appointed by the Governor as follows: | 12 | | (1) one member selected from recommendations provided by an | 13 | | association representing counties; | 14 | | (2) one member selected from recommendations provided by an | 15 | | association representing municipalities; | 16 | | (3) one member selected from recommendations provided by an | 17 | | association representing townships; | 18 | | (4) one member selected from recommendations provided by an | 19 | | association representing park districts; and | 20 | | (5) one member who serves as an elected officer of a local | 21 | | governmental entity in Illinois other than a county, | 22 | | municipality, township, or park district.
| 23 | | Section 10. Study; recommendations. The Commission shall | 24 | | make a survey of
the entire structure of
local governments and |
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| 1 | | of their organization, powers, jurisdiction, and functions.
| 2 | | Among other things, and without limiting its activities, the | 3 | | Commission shall:
| 4 | | (1) Study all laws governing the organization, powers, | 5 | | jurisdiction,
and functions of local governments.
| 6 | | (2) Study the inter-relationships of local governments to | 7 | | each other and to
federal and State governments.
| 8 | | (3) Formulate specific recommendations for legislation or | 9 | | constitutional
amendments to (i) permit effective management | 10 | | of local affairs, (ii) encourage
local policy decision making, | 11 | | (iii) reduce the multiplicity of local
governments,
(iv) | 12 | | eliminate overlapping and duplicating of unnecessary powers, | 13 | | (v) increase
efficiency and economy in local governments, and | 14 | | (vi) allow optional forms of
local governments and increase | 15 | | their authority for cooperation among the levels
of government.
| 16 | | Section 15. Meetings; officers. The members of the | 17 | | Commission shall meet and
the Commission
shall be organized | 18 | | within 90 days after the effective date of this
Act, and shall | 19 | | at that time elect a chair from among the members. The
| 20 | | Commission may adopt its own rules of procedure. The Commission | 21 | | may employ or
use the services of specialists in public | 22 | | administration and governmental
management and any other | 23 | | trained consultants, analysts, investigators, and
assistants | 24 | | it may consider necessary, on either a full-time or a part-time
| 25 | | basis.
The Commission shall fix the compensation for any paid |
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| 1 | | employees, which shall
be paid from moneys appropriated to the | 2 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for that | 3 | | purpose.
| 4 | | Section 20. Compensation; expenses. The members of the | 5 | | Commission shall
serve without compensation. The Department of | 6 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide support for the | 7 | | Commission, and pay members' actual traveling and other | 8 | | expenses incurred in the performance of
the duties of the | 9 | | Commission, from moneys appropriated
to the Department for | 10 | | those purposes.
| 11 | | Section 25. Report. The Commission shall render its final | 12 | | report to the
General
Assembly not later than December 31, | 13 | | 2012, setting out its findings and
recommendations and | 14 | | proposing those measures it considers necessary to effect
| 15 | | essential changes and improvements in the existing laws | 16 | | relating to any or
all of the matters enumerated in Section 10 | 17 | | of this Act.
| 18 | | (20 ILCS 3986/Act rep.)
| 19 | | Section 30. The Local Government
Consolidation Commission | 20 | | Act is repealed.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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