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

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Bill Title: Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: Removes examples of countywide officials to be notified of the availability of a transitional audit. Provides that an elected county auditor shall conduct the audit upon the request of a newly elected countywide official. Provides that, in a county that does not have an elected county auditor, the newly elected countywide official may hire a qualified auditing firm. Requires the county board to pay all costs associated with an audit.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

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

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3596-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3596 Introduced , by Rep. Sam Yingling SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/6-31013 new
Amends the County Auditing Law of the Counties Code. Provides that a county board must notify newly elected countywide officials of the option for the county auditor to conduct a transitional audit at the county's expense. Provides that the transitional audit shall examine funds expended by the official for whom the newly elected official is taking over and report if the expended funds were consistent with the county board's financial allocations to that official. Provides that a county board shall give the option for a transitional audit to all county officials elected in or after November 2016. Limits home rule powers.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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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 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, including, but not limited to, the chief county
assessment officer, clerk of the circuit court, county clerk,
coroner or medical examiner, recorder of deeds, regional
superintendent of schools, sheriff, and State's Attorney, of
the option for the county auditor to conduct a transitional
audit at the county's expense. The transitional audit shall
examine funds expended by the official for whom the newly
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

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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.