Bill Text: IL HB0674 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Funds Statement Publication Act. Provides that specified public officers who are required to make statements concerning the use of public funds under that Act shall also publish such statements in a newspaper of general circulation. Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that all ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations in a fire protection district shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. Makes conforming changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0674 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB0674-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB0674 Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen Willis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 15/2 from Ch. 102, par. 6
70 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27
Amends the Public Funds Statement Publication Act. Provides that specified pubic officers who are required to make statements concerning the use of public funds under that Act shall also publish such statements in a newspaper of general circulation. Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that all ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations in a fire protection district shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. Makes conforming changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Funds Statement Publication Act is
amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
(30 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 102, par. 6)
Sec. 2. Except as provided in Section 2.1, such public
officer shall also, within 6 months after the expiration of
such fiscal year, cause a true, complete and correct copy of
such statement to be published one time in an English language
newspaper of general circulation published in the town,
district or municipality in which such public officer holds
his office, or, if no newspaper is published in such town,
district or municipality, then in a newspaper printed in the
English language published in the county in which such public
officer holds his or her office. However, such publication
requirement shall not apply to any county funds or county
offices or funds or offices of other units of local government
when an audit of such funds or offices has been made by a
certified public accountant and a report of such audit has
been filed with the appropriate county board or county clerk
and a notice of the availability of the audit report has been
published one time in an English language newspaper of general

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circulation published in the town, district, or municipality
in which that public officer holds his or her office, or, if no
newspaper is published in such town, district, or
municipality, then in a newspaper printed in the English
language published in the county in which that public officer
holds his or her office. The notice of availability shall
include, at a minimum, the time period covered by the audit,
the name of the firm conducting the audit, and the address and
business hours of the location where the audit report may be
publicly inspected.
(Source: P.A. 97-146, eff. 1-1-12.)
Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
changing Section 7 as follows:
(70 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27)
Sec. 7. All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any
appropriations shall, within one month after they are passed,
be published at least once in a newspaper published in said
district, or if no such newspaper of general circulation is
published therein, then either by one publication in any
newspaper of general circulation within said district
territory or by posting copies of the same in ten public places
in the district; and no such ordinance shall take effect until
ten days after it is so published or posted, and all other
ordinances and resolutions shall take effect from and after

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their passage unless otherwise provided therein.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1206.)