Full Text of SB2364 100th General Assembly
SB2364sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. Filed: 4/17/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2364
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2364 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Local Government Accounting Systems Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Sections 3 and 4 as follows: | 6 | | (15 ILCS 425/3 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3. Training and education course. | 8 | | (a) The State Comptroller shall also create, promote, and | 9 | | implement a training and education course program on matters | 10 | | pertaining to the administration and operation of municipal | 11 | | governments for newly elected members of municipal governing | 12 | | authorities, the purpose of which shall be to instruct such | 13 | | individuals in the powers, duties, and responsibilities of | 14 | | their positions of public trust. | 15 | | (b) All costs of operating and conducting the training and | 16 | | education course shall be paid for from public funds |
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| 1 | | appropriated for such purposes. The training and education | 2 | | course required by this Section shall be conducted by the | 3 | | Office of the Comptroller, or its designees, under rules, | 4 | | regulations, procedures, policies, requirements, and standards | 5 | | as prescribed from time to time by the Office of the | 6 | | Comptroller. | 7 | | (c) The Office of the Comptroller, in consultation with the | 8 | | Illinois Municipal League and other designated entities, shall | 9 | | establish guidelines and procedures to permit any person | 10 | | elected or appointed as a member of a municipal governing | 11 | | authority after January 1 of a calendar year or any person who | 12 | | is otherwise unable to attend or complete the training and | 13 | | education course when offered by the program due to medical | 14 | | disability, providential cause, or any other reason deemed | 15 | | sufficient by such committee, to comply with the applicable | 16 | | training and education course requirements. | 17 | | (d) All persons elected as members of a municipal governing | 18 | | authority, who were not serving as members of a municipal | 19 | | governing authority before the effective date of this | 20 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, shall enroll in, | 21 | | attend, and satisfactorily complete a course of training and | 22 | | education on matters pertaining to the administration and | 23 | | operations of municipal governments. The course of training and | 24 | | education shall include, but not be limited to, orientation in | 25 | | local government finance and budgeting; methods of taxation; | 26 | | planning; public works and utilities; parks and recreation; |
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| 1 | | environmental management; public safety; personnel management; | 2 | | responsiveness to the community; the ethics, duties, and | 3 | | responsibilities of members of a municipal governing authority | 4 | | or a chief executive officer; and any other matters as may be | 5 | | deemed necessary and appropriate. | 6 | | All expenses incurred by a newly elected member of a | 7 | | municipal governing authority related to the course of training | 8 | | and education authorized and required by subsection (b), | 9 | | including the reasonable costs of housing, travel, and meals, | 10 | | shall be paid from public funds appropriated for such purposes. | 11 | | All expenses not paid for by State funds shall be paid from | 12 | | municipal funds by the municipal authority whose newly elected | 13 | | member or members shall attend the course. | 14 | | (15 ILCS 425/4 new) | 15 | | Sec. 4. Training and education course program report. On or | 16 | | before February 1 of each year, the Office of the Comptroller, | 17 | | or its designee, shall file a report to the Governor. The | 18 | | report shall include a summary of the accomplishments of the | 19 | | program established under Section 3 during the preceding | 20 | | calendar year, including, but not limited to, the total number | 21 | | of members of a municipal governing authority who attended the | 22 | | training and education course offered by the program; an | 23 | | outline of the program for the current calendar year; an | 24 | | evaluation of the program and services offered by the program; | 25 | | and recommendations, if any, for legislation as may be |
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| 1 | | necessary to improve the program and services offered by the | 2 | | program. ".
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