Full Text of SB1393 103rd General Assembly
SB1393 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB1393 Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 55 ILCS 5/3-1001 | from Ch. 34, par. 3-1001 | 55 ILCS 5/3-1002 | from Ch. 34, par. 3-1002 |
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Amends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Decreases the minimum number of inhabitants that must reside in a county for the county to be required to create the office of county auditor from 75,000 inhabitants to 70,000 inhabitants.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 3-1001 and 3-1002 as follows:
| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-1001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1001)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-1001. Auditors in counties of 70,000 75,000 to | 8 | | 3,000,000. In all
counties containing less than 3,000,000 and | 9 | | over 70,000 75,000 inhabitants by the
last federal census, | 10 | | there is created the office of county auditor, whose
term of | 11 | | office shall be 4 years and until his or her successor is | 12 | | elected and
qualified. The nomination and election shall be | 13 | | subject to the general
election laws of the State. Each county | 14 | | auditor shall take office the first
day of the month following | 15 | | the month of his or her election on which the office of
the | 16 | | county auditor is required, by statute or by action of the | 17 | | county
board, to be open. The qualifications and oath of | 18 | | office shall be the same
as apply to other county officers. | 19 | | Each county auditor shall, before
entering upon the duties of | 20 | | the office, give bond (or, if the county is
self-insured, the | 21 | | county through its self-insurance program may provide
bonding) | 22 | | in such penalty and with such security as the county board | 23 | | deems
sufficient, which bond shall be substantially in the |
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| 1 | | form required by law to be
given by the county clerk. Such bond | 2 | | shall be filed with the county clerk on or
before the day the | 3 | | county auditor takes office. In case of a vacancy in the
office | 4 | | of county auditor caused by death, resignation, or removal | 5 | | from office,
the vacancy shall be filled as provided for | 6 | | filling vacancies of other county
offices. If the auditor is | 7 | | temporarily unable to perform his or her duties for
any | 8 | | reason, the deputy auditor, if there is one, shall assume the | 9 | | duties of the
auditor until the auditor is able to resume his | 10 | | or her duties or until a
replacement for the auditor is chosen.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 87-401; 88-387.)
| 12 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-1002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-1002)
| 13 | | Sec. 3-1002. Auditors in counties of 70,000 75,000 | 14 | | population or less. In counties of 70,000 75,000 population or | 15 | | less, as determined by the
last federal census preceding the | 16 | | date of appointment, the presiding
officer of the county board | 17 | | with the advice and consent of the county board
may appoint and | 18 | | employ a county auditor whose term of office shall be 4
years | 19 | | and until a successor is appointed and qualified. Every county
| 20 | | auditor appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Section | 21 | | shall hold
office until the first Tuesday of May, 1961, and | 22 | | until a successor is
appointed and qualified. A successor | 23 | | shall be appointed and take office
on the first Tuesday of May, | 24 | | 1961, and every 4 years thereafter, for a term
of 4 years and | 25 | | until another successor is appointed and qualified. The
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| 1 | | qualifications and oath of office of such county auditor shall | 2 | | be the same
as apply to other county officers. Each county | 3 | | auditor shall, before
entering upon the duties of the office, | 4 | | give bond in such penalty and with
such security as the county | 5 | | board shall deem sufficient, which bond shall
be substantially | 6 | | in the form required by law to be given by the county
clerk. | 7 | | Said bond shall be filed with the county clerk on or before the | 8 | | date
the county auditor enters into the duties of the office. | 9 | | In case of a
vacancy in the office of county auditor caused by | 10 | | death, resignation, or
removal from office, the vacancy shall | 11 | | be filled by appointment by the
presiding officer of the | 12 | | county board with the advice and consent of the
county board. | 13 | | If the auditor is temporarily unable to perform his or her
| 14 | | duties for any reason, the deputy auditor, if there is one, | 15 | | shall assume
the duties of the auditor until the auditor is | 16 | | able to resume his or her
duties or until a replacement for the | 17 | | auditor is chosen.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-401.)
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