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| Public Act 102-1088 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||
Decennial Committees on Local Government Efficiency Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definition. As used in this Act, "governmental | ||||
unit" includes all units of local government that may levy any | ||||
tax, except municipalities and counties. | ||||
Section 10. Formation of committee; members; vacancy; | ||||
administrative support.
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(a) Within one year after the effective date of this Act | ||||
and at least once every 10 years thereafter, each governmental | ||||
unit must form a committee to study local efficiencies and | ||||
report recommendations regarding efficiencies and increased | ||||
accountability to the county board in which the governmental | ||||
unit is located. | ||||
(b) Each committee's membership shall include the elected | ||||
or appointed members of the governing board of the | ||||
governmental unit; at least 2 residents of the governmental | ||||
unit, who are appointed by the chair of the board of the | ||||
governmental unit, with the advice and consent of the board; | ||||
and any chief executive officer or other officer of the | ||||
governmental unit. The committee shall be chaired by the | ||
president or chief elected or appointed official of the | ||
governing board of the governmental unit, or his or her | ||
designee. The chairperson may appoint additional members to | ||
the committee as he or she deems appropriate. | ||
Committee members shall serve without compensation but may | ||
be reimbursed by the governmental unit for their expenses | ||
incurred in performing their duties. | ||
(c) A committee may employ or use the services of | ||
specialists in public administration and governmental | ||
management and any other trained consultants, analysts, | ||
investigators, and assistants it considers appropriate, and it | ||
may seek assistance from community colleges and universities | ||
as necessary to prepare the report required under Section 25. | ||
(d) If a vacancy occurs in the committee membership, the | ||
vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the appointments | ||
under subsection (b). | ||
(e) Each governmental unit shall provide administrative | ||
and other support to its committee. | ||
Section 15. Duties of a committee. The duties of a | ||
committee include, but are not limited to, the study of the | ||
governmental unit's governing statutes, ordinances, rules, | ||
procedures, powers, jurisdiction, shared services, | ||
intergovernmental agreements, and interrelationships with | ||
other governmental units and the State. The committee shall | ||
also collect data, research, and analysis as necessary to | ||
prepare the report described in Section 25. | ||
Section 20. Meetings. Each committee shall meet at least 3 | ||
times. The committee may meet during a regularly scheduled | ||
meeting of the governmental unit as long as: (1) separate | ||
notice is given in conformance with the Open Meetings Act; (2) | ||
the committee meeting is listed as part of the board of the | ||
governmental unit's agenda; and (3) at least a majority of the | ||
members of the committee are present at the committee's | ||
meeting. Each meeting of the committee shall be public, and | ||
the committee shall provide an opportunity for any person to | ||
be heard at the public hearings for at least 3 minutes. The | ||
committee may require speakers to register. The committee | ||
shall meet in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, and the | ||
committee shall be a public body to which the Freedom of | ||
Information Act applies. | ||
At the conclusion of each meeting, the committee shall | ||
conduct a survey of residents who attended asking for input on | ||
the matters discussed at the meeting. | ||
Section 25. Report. Each committee shall summarize its | ||
work and findings within a written report, which shall include | ||
recommendations in respect to increased accountability and | ||
efficiency, and shall provide the report to the county board | ||
in which the governmental unit is located no later than 18 | ||
months after the formation of the committee. The report shall | ||
be made available to the public. | ||
Section 30. Dissolution of the committee. After a | ||
committee has made the report required under Section 25 | ||
available to the public, the committee is dissolved until it | ||
is reestablished with newly appointed members under Section | ||
10. | ||
Section 85. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||
17-1.1 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 5/17-1.1) | ||
Sec. 17-1.1. Shared service reporting and fiscal | ||
efficiency. | ||
(a) Annually, each school district shall complete a report | ||
developed by the State Board of Education, to accompany the | ||
annual financial report and to be published on the State Board | ||
of Education's Internet website, that summarizes district | ||
attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services | ||
or outsourcing in the prior fiscal year. The report must be | ||
primarily in checklist form and approximately one page in | ||
length. It shall include, but shall not be limited to, the | ||
incidence of the following shared service options: insurance; | ||
employee benefits; transportation; personnel recruitment; | ||
shared personnel; technology services; energy purchasing; | ||
supply and equipment purchasing; food services; legal | ||
services; investment pools; special education cooperatives, | ||
vocational cooperatives, and other shared educational | ||
programs; curriculum planning; professional development; | ||
custodial services; maintenance services; grounds maintenance | ||
services; food services; grant writing; and science, | ||
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program | ||
offerings. The report shall also include a list of potential | ||
shared services or outsourcing the district may consider or | ||
investigate for the next fiscal year and any anticipated | ||
barriers to implementation. This report must be approved by | ||
the school board at an open meeting that allows for public | ||
comment, and it shall be published on the Internet website of | ||
the school district, if any. | ||
(b) Based on data supplied by school districts through the | ||
annual financial report, regional superintendents of schools | ||
shall publish annually a regional report summarizing district | ||
attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services | ||
or outsourcing within the educational service region. This | ||
report shall include a list of all joint purchasing | ||
initiatives, joint agreements between districts, attempts to | ||
reduce or eliminate duplication of services and duplicative | ||
expenditures, and identification of any overlapping regional | ||
service delivery systems. | ||
(c) For school districts required to develop and submit to | ||
the State Board of Education a deficit reduction plan under | ||
Section 17-1 of this Code, the regional superintendent of | ||
schools and the school district shall jointly prepare a shared | ||
services and outsourcing plan that considers actions that may | ||
improve the district's fiscal efficiency and how future | ||
savings associated with shared services or outsourcing are to | ||
be utilized.
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(Source: P.A. 97-357, eff. 1-1-12.) | ||
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||
Section 8.46 as follows: | ||
(30 ILCS 805/8.46 new) | ||
Sec. 8.46. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and | ||
8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for | ||
the implementation of any mandate created by the Decennial | ||
Committees on Local Government Efficiency Act. | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||