Full Text of SB0532 101st General Assembly
SB0532sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Thomas Cullerton Filed: 4/5/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 532
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 532 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by adding Section 605-922 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-922 new) | 8 | | Sec. 605-922. Division of Local Government Services. | 9 | | (a) The Department shall create a Division of Local | 10 | | Government Services, which shall provide: | 11 | | (1) technical assistance to units of local government, | 12 | | including, but not limited to, those activities described | 13 | | in the Local Planning Technical Assistance Act; | 14 | | (2) funding and technical assistance to help units of | 15 | | local government study, plan for, and implement efficiency | 16 | | measures through collaborative intergovernmental |
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| 1 | | approaches, including, but not limited to, service sharing | 2 | | partnerships and consolidation; | 3 | | (3) information services for units of local | 4 | | government; and | 5 | | (4) resources to assist units of local government with | 6 | | the training of their elected officials, staff, contracted | 7 | | services, and residents. | 8 | | The Division may offer assistance to high-need units of | 9 | | local government with technical planning, transportation, | 10 | | water management, and other services as determined by the | 11 | | Division. The Division shall determine the level of service | 12 | | necessary to provide assistance and shall directly assist units | 13 | | of local government or refer the request to a regional partner. | 14 | | The Division shall be responsible for carrying out the | 15 | | Department's duties under the Local Planning Technical | 16 | | Assistance Act. | 17 | | The Division and the Department of Innovation and | 18 | | Technology shall develop a data portal to provide technical | 19 | | assistance and information relevant to units of local | 20 | | government. This data portal may include, in the Division's | 21 | | discretion, property tax information, adopted budgets, | 22 | | intergovernmental agreements, and other resources helpful to a | 23 | | unit of local government. | 24 | | (b) The Division shall seek advice from an Advisory and | 25 | | Coordination Committee consisting of members from State | 26 | | agencies that provide programs or services for units of local |
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| 1 | | government. The Advisory Coordination Committee shall also | 2 | | include members from outside of State government to add | 3 | | additional expertise and perspective. The Committee shall | 4 | | include, but is not limited to, the following members: | 5 | | (1) the State Comptroller or his or her designee; | 6 | | (2) the Secretary of Innovation and Technology or his | 7 | | or her designee; | 8 | | (3) the Director of Natural Resources or his or her | 9 | | designee; | 10 | | (4) the Director of Revenue or his or her designee; | 11 | | (5) the Secretary of Transportation or his or her | 12 | | designee; | 13 | | (6) the Director of the Illinois Environmental | 14 | | Protection Agency or his or her designee; | 15 | | (7) the Executive Director of the Illinois Housing | 16 | | Development Authority or his or her designee; | 17 | | (8) the Chairman of the State Board of Education or his | 18 | | or her designee; | 19 | | (9) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 20 | | or his or her designee; | 21 | | (10) 6 members representing urban, suburban, and rural | 22 | | municipalities throughout Illinois, appointed by the | 23 | | Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; | 24 | | (11) 2 members representing academic institutions with | 25 | | an expressed focus on government finance, public | 26 | | administration, or a related field, appointed by the |
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| 1 | | Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; | 2 | | (12) 3 members representing other non-municipal units | 3 | | of local government throughout Illinois, appointed by the | 4 | | Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; | 5 | | (13) 2 members representing regional planning agencies | 6 | | or metropolitan planning organizations throughout | 7 | | Illinois, appointed by the Director of Commerce and | 8 | | Economic Opportunity; and | 9 | | (14) a representative of the Office of the Governor, | 10 | | appointed by the Governor. | 11 | | (c) No later than 90 days after the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Department | 13 | | shall propose a draft plan to create the Division and implement | 14 | | this Section. The draft plan shall include, but is not limited | 15 | | to, the scope of work for the Advisory Coordination Committee, | 16 | | a set of activities for the Division, and milestones for the | 17 | | Division to achieve within one year, 2 years, and 5 years of | 18 | | its creation. The Department shall finalize the plan no later | 19 | | than 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 20 | | of the 101st General Assembly. | 21 | | (d) The Department may adopt any rules necessary for the | 22 | | implementation of this Section and the operation of the | 23 | | Division and to ensure compliance with this Section. ".
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