Bill Text: IL HB5007 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Changes definitions of "population" to be the total number of inhabitants according to the last preceding federal decennial census (rather than number of inhabitants or number of persons). Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds a definition of "population" in the general definition Section.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5007 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5007-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5007 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/2-3001 from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001
55 ILCS 5/6-31002 from Ch. 34, par. 6-31002
65 ILCS 5/1-1-2 from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2
Amends the Counties Code. Changes definitions of "population" to be the total number of inhabitants according to last preceding federal decennial census (rather than number of inhabitants or number of persons). Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Adds a definition of "population" in the general definition Section.
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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 changing
Sections 2-3001 and 6-31002 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/2-3001) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3001)
Sec. 2-3001. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless
the context otherwise requires:
a. "District" means a county board district established as
provided in this Division.
b. "County apportionment commission" or "commission" means
the county clerk, the State's Attorney, the Attorney General or
his designated representative and the chairmen of the county
central committees of the first leading political party and the
second leading political party as defined in Section 1-3 of The
Election Code.
c. "Population" means the total number of inhabitants
according to as determined by the last preceding federal
decennial census.
d. "Member" or "board member" means a person elected to
serve on the county board.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

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(55 ILCS 5/6-31002) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-31002)
Sec. 6-31002. Definitions. As used in this Division, unless
the context otherwise requires:
1. "Comptroller" means the Comptroller of the State of
Illinois;
2. (Blank);
3. "Funds and accounts" means all funds of a county derived
from property taxes and all funds and accounts derived from
sources other than property taxes, including the receipts and
expenditures of the fee earnings of each county fee officer;
4. "Audit report" means the written report of the auditor
or auditors and all appended statements and schedules relating
thereto, presenting or recording the findings of an examination
or audit of the financial transactions, affairs and condition
of a county;
5. "Population" means the total number of inhabitants
persons residing in a county according to the last preceding
federal decennial census;
6. "Auditor" means a licensed certified public accountant,
as that term is defined in Section 0.03 of the Illinois Public
Accounting Act, or the substantial equivalent of a licensed
CPA, as provided under Section 5.2 of the Illinois Public
Accounting Act, who performs an audit of county financial
statements and records and expresses an assurance or disclaims
an opinion on the audited financial statements; "auditor" does
not include a county auditor elected or appointed under

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Division 3-1 of the Counties Code.
7. "Generally accepted accounting principles" means
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
8. "Generally accepted auditing standards" means auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States.
(Source: P.A. 100-837, eff. 8-13-18; 101-419, eff. 1-1-20.)
Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
changing Section 1-1-2 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/1-1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 1-1-2)
Sec. 1-1-2. Definitions. In this Code:
(1) "Municipal" or "municipality" means a city, village, or
incorporated town in the State of Illinois, but, unless the
context otherwise provides, "municipal" or "municipality" does
not include a township, town when used as the equivalent of a
township, incorporated town that has superseded a civil
township, county, school district, park district, sanitary
district, or any other similar governmental district. If
"municipal" or "municipality" is given a different definition
in any particular Division or Section of this Act, that
definition shall control in that division or Section only.
(2) "Corporate authorities" means (a) the mayor and
aldermen or similar body when the reference is to cities, (b)
the president and trustees or similar body when the reference
is to villages or incorporated towns, and (c) the council when

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the reference is to municipalities under the commission form of
municipal government.
(3) "Electors" means persons qualified to vote for elective
officers at municipal elections.
(4) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
corporation, joint stock association, or the State of Illinois
or any subdivision of the State; and includes any trustee,
receiver, assignee, or personal representative of any of those
entities.
(5) Except as otherwise provided by ordinance, "fiscal
year" in all municipalities with fewer than 500,000
inhabitants, and "municipal year" in all municipalities, means
the period elapsing (a) between general municipal elections in
succeeding calendar years, or (b) if general municipal
elections are held biennially, then between a general municipal
election and the same day of the same month of the following
calendar year, and between that day and the next succeeding
general municipal election, or (c) if general municipal
elections are held quadrennially, then between a general
municipal election and the same day of the same month of the
following calendar year, and between that day and the same day
of the same month of the next following calendar year, and
between the last mentioned day and the same day of the same
month of the next following calendar year, and between the last
mentioned day and the next succeeding general municipal
election. The fiscal year of each municipality with 500,000 or

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more inhabitants shall commence on January 1.
(6) Where reference is made to a county within which a
municipality, district, area, or territory is situated, the
reference is to the county within which is situated the major
part of the area of that municipality, district, area, or
territory, in case the municipality, district, area, or
territory is situated in 2 or more counties.
(7) Where reference is made for any purpose to any other
Act, either specifically or generally, the reference shall be
to that Act and to all amendments to that Act now in force or
that may be hereafter enacted.
(8) Wherever the words "city council", "aldermen",
"commissioners", or "mayor" occur, the provisions containing
these words shall apply to the board of trustees, trustees, and
president, respectively, of villages and incorporated towns
and councilmen in cities, so far as those provisions are
applicable to them.
(9) The terms "special charter" and "special Act" are
synonymous.
(10) "General municipal election" means the biennial
regularly scheduled election for the election of officers of
cities, villages, and incorporated towns, as prescribed by the
general election law; in the case of municipalities that elect
officers annually, "general municipal election" means each
regularly scheduled election for the election of officers of
cities, villages, and incorporated towns.

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(11) "Population" means the total number of inhabitants
according to the last preceding federal decennial census.
(Source: P.A. 87-1119.)