Bill Amendment: IL HB3596 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

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Bill Title: COUNTY CD-TRANSITIONAL AUDITS

Status: 2019-04-12 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3596 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3596-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Sam Yingling

Filed: 3/12/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3596
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3596 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
6-31013 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/6-31013 new)
Sec. 6-31013. Transitional audits.
(a) A county board must notify newly elected countywide
officials of the option for an auditor to conduct a
transitional audit at the county's expense. An elected county
auditor shall conduct the audit upon a request of the newly
elected countywide official. In a county that does not have an
elected county auditor, the newly elected countywide official
may hire a qualified auditing firm. The county board shall pay
all costs associated with an audit. The transitional audit
shall examine funds expended by the official for whom the newly

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elected official is taking over and report if the expended
funds were consistent with the county board's financial
allocations to that official.
(b) A county board shall give the option for a transitional
financial audit to all county officials elected in or after
November 2016.
(c) A home rule county shall not regulate transitional
audits in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section
is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article
VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by
home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the
State.".