Bill Text: IL HB5938 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that public funds shall not be expended by a municipality for expenses connected with a convention or gathering of municipal personnel. Provides that a State agency may not expend public funds for expenses connected with the renting or procurement of booths, hospitality suites, or other physical spaces at a convention or gathering of municipal personnel. Provides that a "convention or gathering of municipal personnel" means a gathering of employees or contractors from 2 or more separately domiciled or geographically separated municipalities in a gathering that is sponsored or co-sponsored by a league or association that includes 2 or more municipalities. Provides that the restrictions do not apply to public funds expended at a convention or gathering of public safety personnel, at a convention or gathering relating to economic development and tourism promotion, pursuant to a contract entered into before the effective date of the amendatory Act, or funds appropriated and expended by a municipality if specified procedures are followed. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5938 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5938-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5938 Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/8-1-2.7 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that public funds shall not be expended by a municipality for expenses connected with a convention or gathering of municipal personnel. Provides that a State agency may not expend public funds for expenses connected with the renting or procurement of booths, hospitality suites, or other physical spaces at a convention or gathering of municipal personnel. Provides that a "convention or gathering of municipal personnel" means a gathering of employees or contractors from 2 or more separately domiciled or geographically separated municipalities in a gathering that is sponsored or co-sponsored by a league or association that includes 2 or more municipalities. Provides that the restrictions do not apply to public funds expended at a convention or gathering of public safety personnel, at a convention or gathering relating to economic development and tourism promotion, pursuant to a contract entered into before the effective date of the amendatory Act, or funds appropriated and expended by a municipality if specified procedures are followed. Effective immediately.
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
Section 8-1-2.7 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/8-1-2.7 new)
Sec. 8-1-2.7. Conventions and gathering of municipal
personnel.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Convention or gathering of municipal personnel" means a
gathering of employees or contractors from 2 or more separately
domiciled or geographically separated municipalities in a
gathering that is sponsored or co-sponsored by a league or
association that includes 2 or more municipalities.
"Public safety personnel" has the meaning given to that
term in subsection (m-5) of Section 1 of the Solicitation for
Charity Act.
"State agency" means a department of the executive branch
of State government listed in Section 5-15 of the Departments
of State Government Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois.
(b) Public funds may not be expended by a municipality for
expenses connected with a convention or gathering of municipal

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personnel.
(c) A State agency may not expend public funds for expenses
connected with the renting or procurement of booths,
hospitality suites, or other physical spaces at a convention or
gathering of municipal personnel.
(d) This Section does not apply to public funds expended:
(1) at a convention or gathering of public safety personnel;
(2) at a convention or gathering of municipal personnel
relating to economic development and tourism promotion; or (3)
pursuant to a contract entered into before the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
(e) This Section does not apply to public funds
appropriated and expended by a municipality if:
(1) the appropriation is contained within a line item
dedicated solely to convention expenses that includes the
name and job title of each employee or contractor who may
be reimbursed;
(2) notice of the appropriation is posted on the
municipality's website not less than 30 days prior to the
meeting in which the appropriation will come up for a vote,
and the notice must include a statement that the proposed
appropriation will use taxpayer funds to allow one or more
of the municipality's employees or contractors to travel to
a convention; and
(3) the appropriation is approved by a three-fifths
majority vote of the governing body of the municipality.

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.