Public Act 102-1136
 
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    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  






 
 
    Section 5. The Decennial Committees on Local Government 
Efficiency Act is amended  by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, and 
25 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 70/5)

    Sec. 5. Definitions Definition. As used in this Act: ,
    "Governing board" means the governing body of a 
governmental unit. If the governmental unit is a road 
district, then "governing board" means the governing body of 
the road district, as provided in Division 1 of Article 6 of 
the Illinois Highway Code, including, but not limited to, the 
highway board of auditors, the highway commissioner of a 
township road district, the township board of trustees, the 
city council, the municipal president and board of trustees, 
or the county board, as applicable. 
    "Governmental unit" means all entities that levy taxes and 
are also units of local government, as defined in Section 1 of 
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, governmental unit" 
includes all units of local government that may levy any tax, 
except municipalities and counties. 

(Source: P.A. 102-1088, eff. 6-10-22.)
 
    (50 ILCS 70/10)

    Sec. 10. Formation of committee; members; vacancy; 
administrative support.

    (a)  By June 10, 2023 ( Within one year after the effective 
date of this Act) and at least once every 10 years after June 
10, 2023 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 within the territory 
served by of the governmental unit, who are  appointed by the 
chair of the governing board of the governmental unit, with 
the advice and consent of the governing 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 the chairperson 
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.
    (b-5) In lieu of the committee described in subsection 
(a), a highway commissioner of a township road district in a 
county with a population under 400,000 and the township board 
of the same township may form a joint committee for the 
purposes described in subsection (a). That joint committee 
shall include: the township trustees; the highway 
commissioner; at least 2 residents of the territory served by 
the governmental unit appointed by the township supervisor 
with the advice and consent of the township board; at least one 
resident of the governmental unit appointed by the highway 
commissioner; and the township supervisor. The joint committee 
shall be chaired by the township supervisor and shall issue a 
joint report with 2 sections, one section for the township and 
one section for the road district. Except with respect to its 
composition and report, the joint committee shall otherwise 
comply with subsection (b). References in this Act to a 
"committee" shall also include a joint committee formed under 
this subsection. 
    (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.

(Source: P.A. 102-1088, eff. 6-10-22.)
 
    (50 ILCS 70/20)

    Sec. 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 governing 
board's 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. A survey conducted via

email to all residents who attended the meeting and provided a

valid email address will be sufficient to satisfy the

requirements of this paragraph. 

(Source: P.A. 102-1088, eff. 6-10-22.)
 
    (50 ILCS 70/25)

    Sec. 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 administrative 
office of each 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.

    For purposes of this Section, if a governmental unit is

located in multiple counties, the committee may, if required, 
provide the
same report to the county board of each of those 
counties. 
(Source: P.A. 102-1088, eff. 6-10-22.)
 
    Section 10. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
Section 8.47 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.47 new)
    Sec. 8.47. 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.