Illinois House Bill 4056 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the chairperson of the county board or the president or chairperson of the board of county commissioners may ask the State's Attorney to request a written opinion from the Attorney General relating to the official duties of the county board or board of county commissioners and the Attorney General may, when appropriate, furnish a written opinion in response to the request from the State's Attorney. Allows the president or chairperson, after approval of a majority of members on the county board or board of county commissioners, to request a written opinion directly from the Attorney General if the State's Attorney has not requested a written opinion within 30 days after a president's or chairperson's request to the State's Attorney. Amends the Attorney General Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.

COUNTIES CD-AG WRITTEN OPINION

Sen. Michael Halpin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-27	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2020-02-27	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 013-002-000
2020-02-04	House	Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee
2020-01-13	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-01-13	House	First Reading
2020-01-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael Halpin

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	205	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
55	5	5-1186	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4056&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB4056.htm