Full Text of SB0173 97th General Assembly
SB0173sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Terry Link Filed: 4/8/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 173
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 173 by inserting | 3 | | immediately above the enacting clause the following: | 4 | | "WHEREAS, According to the United States Census Bureau, | 5 | | Illinois had 6,994 units of local government in 2007, the most | 6 | | units of local government of any state in the country; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Multiple layers of units of local government can | 8 | | be inefficient and lead to a duplication of services; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Most units of local government have the power to | 10 | | levy ad valorem property taxes; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The power of units of local government to levy | 12 | | taxes can lead to an increased property tax burden for Illinois | 13 | | citizens; therefore,"; and | 14 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 15 | | following:
| 16 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| 1 | | Local Government
Consolidation Commission Act.
| 2 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 3 | | "Commission" means the Local Government Consolidation | 4 | | Commission created by this Act. | 5 | | "Unit of local government" means a unit of local government | 6 | | as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois | 7 | | Constitution.
The term does not include a school district or | 8 | | community college district. | 9 | | Section 10. Commission; creation; members. There is | 10 | | created a Local Government Consolidation Commission, to | 11 | | consist of
8 members, 2 members appointed by the President of | 12 | | the
Senate, 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 13 | | Senate, 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 14 | | Representatives, and 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader | 15 | | of the House of Representatives. No member may be a local | 16 | | government official.
| 17 | | Section 15. Meetings; officers. The members of the | 18 | | Commission shall meet and
the Commission
shall be organized | 19 | | within 30 days after the effective date of this
Act, and shall | 20 | | at that time elect a chair from among the members.
| 21 | | Section 20. Compensation; expenses. The members of the | 22 | | Commission shall
serve without compensation, but may be |
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| 1 | | reimbursed for necessary traveling expenses incurred in the | 2 | | performance of their official duties.
| 3 | | Section 25. Administrative support. The Commission shall | 4 | | receive administrative and other support from the Legislative | 5 | | Reference Bureau.
| 6 | | Section 30. Recommended list. | 7 | | (a) The Commission shall create a recommended list of units | 8 | | of local government to be abolished or consolidated and shall | 9 | | determine, upon a vote requiring at least 5 affirmative votes, | 10 | | the units of local government to be included on the recommended | 11 | | list. The recommended list may include the consolidation or | 12 | | elimination of a specific type of unit of local government or a | 13 | | specific unit of local government designated by name and the | 14 | | county in which it is located. | 15 | | In determining the units of local government to be | 16 | | abolished or consolidated and any other matter under subsection | 17 | | (b) or (c) the Commission must consider the following: | 18 | | (1) The provisions of the Illinois Constitution and | 19 | | State law governing the establishment, organization, | 20 | | jurisdiction,
and functions of units of local government.
| 21 | | (2) The costs and benefits to the State and other units | 22 | | of local government.
| 23 | | (3) The elimination of inefficiencies, duplicate | 24 | | administrative services, and costs to the State and other |
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| 1 | | units of local government. | 2 | | (4) The interests and welfare of the public. | 3 | | (b) For each unit of local government included on the | 4 | | recommended list, the Commission must: | 5 | | (1) Set forth whether the unit of local government is | 6 | | to be abolished or consolidated. | 7 | | (2) Provide for the transfer of all assets and | 8 | | liabilities of the unit of local government. | 9 | | (3) Provide for the transfer or other disposition of | 10 | | personnel records, documents, books, and other property, | 11 | | both real and personal, of the unit of local government. | 12 | | (4) Set forth all acts of the General Assembly affected | 13 | | by the abolishing or consolidating of the unit of local | 14 | | government. | 15 | | (c) For each specific type of unit of local government | 16 | | included on the recommended list, the Commission must: | 17 | | (1) Set forth whether the type of unit of local | 18 | | government is to be abolished or consolidated. | 19 | | (2) List all of the units of local government, by name | 20 | | and the county in which the unit of local government is | 21 | | located, that will be abolished or consolidated as a result | 22 | | of abolishing or consolidating that type of unit of local | 23 | | government. | 24 | | (3) Provide for the transfer of all assets and | 25 | | liabilities of the affected units of local government. | 26 | | (4) Provide for the transfer or other disposition of |
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| 1 | | personnel records, documents, books, and other property, | 2 | | both real and personal, of the affected units of local | 3 | | government. | 4 | | (5) Set forth all acts of the General Assembly affected | 5 | | by the abolishing or consolidating of that type of unit of | 6 | | local government. | 7 | | (d) The Commission must conduct at least 3 public hearings | 8 | | before creating the recommended list and at least 3 public | 9 | | hearings after creating, but before submitting, the | 10 | | recommended list to the General Assembly. At the public | 11 | | hearings, the Commission shall allow interested persons to | 12 | | present their views and comments. The Commission may adopt | 13 | | reasonable rules for the conduct of the public hearings. | 14 | | (e) The Commission shall file the recommended list with the | 15 | | General Assembly by no later than April 1, 2012. If the | 16 | | recommended list abolishes or consolidates a unit of local | 17 | | government, then the unit of local government shall be | 18 | | abolished or consolidated one year after the time period for | 19 | | disapproval, as provided in Section 35, has expired. | 20 | | Section 35. Disapproval of recommended list. | 21 | | (a) If the Commission fails to submit a recommended list to | 22 | | the General Assembly or the General Assembly disapproves the | 23 | | list as provided in subsection (b), then no changes shall be | 24 | | made under this Act to any unit of local government. | 25 | | (b) The General Assembly may disapprove the list of the |
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| 1 | | Commission in whole, but may not disapprove of specific types | 2 | | of units of local government or specifically named units of | 3 | | local government on the list, within 60 calendar days after | 4 | | each chamber next convenes after the list is submitted to the | 5 | | General Assembly, by adoption of a resolution by a record vote | 6 | | of the majority of the members elected in each house directed | 7 | | to the Commission. The resolution shall be binding on the | 8 | | Commission. | 9 | | Section 40. Revisory bill. If the recommended list is not | 10 | | disapproved within the time period for disapproval as set forth | 11 | | in Section 35, then the Legislative Reference Bureau shall | 12 | | prepare for introduction no later than in the first annual | 13 | | session of the General Assembly next occurring after the | 14 | | recommended list takes effect a revisory bill effecting the | 15 | | changes in the statutes as may be necessary to conform the | 16 | | statutes to the changes in law made by the recommended list.
| 17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 | | becoming law.".
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