Full Text of HB0062 94th General Assembly
HB0062eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT creating a commission to study the problems and | 2 |
| organic laws pertaining to local government.
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| WHEREAS, Many of the local governmental units in the State | 4 |
| of Illinois were
established under provisions of the Illinois | 5 |
| Constitution of 1870; and
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| WHEREAS, There have been rapid changes in the population of | 7 |
| Illinois in
numbers, in concentration, and in movement, as well | 8 |
| as vast economic, social,
and technological changes, that | 9 |
| strain the ability of Illinois local
governments adequately to | 10 |
| furnish necessary services; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois local governments were conceived to | 12 |
| serve a rural society;
in areas not experiencing the impact of | 13 |
| modern changes, they may be adequate,
but in areas of great | 14 |
| change, notably the urban areas, they are not
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| flexible, do not have adequate powers and financing, and are | 16 |
| not
responsive to present-day needs in transportation, health, | 17 |
| water supply, water
pollution, air pollution, recreation, | 18 |
| disposal of sewage, and disposal of
refuse; and
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| WHEREAS, The inadequacies in Illinois local governments | 20 |
| have resulted in the
creation of numerous functional local | 21 |
| governments all competing for financial
and jurisdictional | 22 |
| support from the same area; therefore,
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 24 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local | 26 |
| Government
Consolidation Commission Act .
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| Section 5. Commission; creation; members. There is created | 28 |
| a Commission on
Local Government, to consist of
17 members, 3 | 29 |
| to be members of the Senate appointed by the President of the
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| Senate, 3 to
be members of the Senate appointed by the Senate | 31 |
| Minority Leader, 3 to be
members of
the House of | 32 |
| Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House, 3 to be
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| members of
the House of Representatives appointed by the House | 2 |
| Minority Leader, and 5 to
be
citizens of the State appointed by | 3 |
| the Governor. Of the members appointed by
the Governor, not | 4 |
| more than 3 shall be
affiliated with the same political party.
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| Section 10. Study; recommendations. The Commission shall | 6 |
| make a survey of
the entire structure of
local governments and | 7 |
| of their organization, powers, jurisdiction, and functions.
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| Among other things, and without limiting its activities, the | 9 |
| Commission shall:
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| (1) Study all laws governing the organization, powers, | 11 |
| jurisdiction,
and functions of local governments.
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| (2) Study the inter-relationships of local governments to | 13 |
| each other and to
federal and State governments.
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| (3) Formulate specific recommendations for legislation or | 15 |
| constitutional
amendments to (i) permit effective management | 16 |
| of local affairs, (ii) encourage
local policy decision making, | 17 |
| (iii) reduce the multiplicity of local
governments,
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| eliminate overlapping and duplicating of unnecessary powers, | 19 |
| (v) increase
efficiency and economy in local governments, and | 20 |
| (vi) allow optional forms of
local governments and increase | 21 |
| their authority for cooperation among the levels
of government.
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| Section 15. Meetings; officers. The members of the | 23 |
| Commission shall meet and
the Commission
shall be organized | 24 |
| within 90 days after the effective date of this
Act, and shall | 25 |
| at that time elect a chair from among the members. The
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| Commission may adopt its own rules of procedure. The Commission | 27 |
| may employ or
use the services of specialists in public | 28 |
| administration and governmental
management and any other | 29 |
| trained consultants, analysts, investigators, and
assistants | 30 |
| it may consider necessary, on either a full-time or a part-time
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| basis.
The Commission shall fix the compensation for any paid | 32 |
| employees, which shall
be paid from moneys appropriated for | 33 |
| that purpose.
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| Section 20. Compensation; expenses. The members of the | 2 |
| Commission shall
serve without compensation,
but their actual | 3 |
| traveling and other expenses while engaged in performance of
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| the duties of the commission shall be paid from moneys | 5 |
| appropriated
for that purpose.
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| Section 25. Report. The Commission shall render its final | 7 |
| report to the
General
Assembly not later than December 31, | 8 |
| 2006, setting out its findings and
recommendations and | 9 |
| proposing those measures it considers necessary to effect
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| essential changes and improvements in the existing laws | 11 |
| relating to any or
all of the matters enumerated in Section 10 | 12 |
| of this Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.
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