Bill Text: IL SB0173 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Third Reading - Lost; 014-030-002 [SB0173 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0173-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 173
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 173 by inserting | ||||||
3 | immediately above the enacting clause the following: | ||||||
4 | "WHEREAS, According to the United States Census Bureau, | ||||||
5 | Illinois had 6,994 units of local government in 2007, the most | ||||||
6 | units of local government of any state in the country; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Multiple layers of units of local government can | ||||||
8 | be inefficient and lead to a duplication of services; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Most units of local government have the power to | ||||||
10 | levy ad valorem property taxes; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The power of units of local government to levy | ||||||
12 | taxes can lead to an increased property tax burden for Illinois | ||||||
13 | citizens; therefore,"; and
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14 | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
15 | following:
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16 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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1 | Local Government
Consolidation Commission Act.
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2 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
3 | "Commission" means the Local Government Consolidation | ||||||
4 | Commission created by this Act. | ||||||
5 | "Unit of local government" means a unit of local government | ||||||
6 | as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the Illinois | ||||||
7 | Constitution.
The term does not include a school district or | ||||||
8 | community college district.
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9 | Section 10. Commission; creation; members. There is | ||||||
10 | created a Local Government Consolidation Commission, to | ||||||
11 | consist of
8 members, 2 members appointed by the President of | ||||||
12 | the
Senate, 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
13 | Senate, 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
14 | Representatives, and 2 members appointed by the Minority Leader | ||||||
15 | of the House of Representatives. No member may be a local | ||||||
16 | government official.
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17 | Section 15. Meetings; officers. The members of the | ||||||
18 | Commission shall meet and
the Commission
shall be organized | ||||||
19 | within 30 days after the effective date of this
Act, and shall | ||||||
20 | at that time elect a chair from among the members.
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21 | Section 20. Compensation; expenses. The members of the | ||||||
22 | Commission shall
serve without compensation, but may be |
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1 | reimbursed for necessary traveling expenses incurred in the | ||||||
2 | performance of their official duties.
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3 | Section 25. Administrative support. The Commission shall | ||||||
4 | receive administrative and other support from the Legislative | ||||||
5 | Reference Bureau.
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6 | Section 30. Recommended list. | ||||||
7 | (a) The Commission shall create a recommended list of units | ||||||
8 | of local government to be abolished or consolidated and shall | ||||||
9 | determine, upon a vote requiring at least 5 affirmative votes, | ||||||
10 | the units of local government to be included on the recommended | ||||||
11 | list. The recommended list may include the consolidation or | ||||||
12 | elimination of a specific type of unit of local government or a | ||||||
13 | specific unit of local government designated by name and the | ||||||
14 | county in which it is located. | ||||||
15 | In determining the units of local government to be | ||||||
16 | abolished or consolidated and any other matter under subsection | ||||||
17 | (b) or (c) the Commission must consider the following: | ||||||
18 | (1) The provisions of the Illinois Constitution and | ||||||
19 | State law governing the establishment, organization, | ||||||
20 | jurisdiction,
and functions of units of local government.
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21 | (2) The costs and benefits to the State and other units | ||||||
22 | of local government.
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23 | (3) The elimination of inefficiencies, duplicate | ||||||
24 | administrative services, and costs to the State and other |
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1 | units of local government. | ||||||
2 | (4) The interests and welfare of the public. | ||||||
3 | (b) For each unit of local government included on the | ||||||
4 | recommended list, the Commission must: | ||||||
5 | (1) Set forth whether the unit of local government is | ||||||
6 | to be abolished or consolidated. | ||||||
7 | (2) Provide for the transfer of all assets and | ||||||
8 | liabilities of the unit of local government. | ||||||
9 | (3) Provide for the transfer or other disposition of | ||||||
10 | personnel records, documents, books, and other property, | ||||||
11 | both real and personal, of the unit of local government. | ||||||
12 | (4) Set forth all acts of the General Assembly affected | ||||||
13 | by the abolishing or consolidating of the unit of local | ||||||
14 | government. | ||||||
15 | (c) For each specific type of unit of local government | ||||||
16 | included on the recommended list, the Commission must: | ||||||
17 | (1) Set forth whether the type of unit of local | ||||||
18 | government is to be abolished or consolidated. | ||||||
19 | (2) List all of the units of local government, by name | ||||||
20 | and the county in which the unit of local government is | ||||||
21 | located, that will be abolished or consolidated as a result | ||||||
22 | of abolishing or consolidating that type of unit of local | ||||||
23 | government. | ||||||
24 | (3) Provide for the transfer of all assets and | ||||||
25 | liabilities of the affected units of local government. | ||||||
26 | (4) Provide for the transfer or other disposition of |
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1 | personnel records, documents, books, and other property, | ||||||
2 | both real and personal, of the affected units of local | ||||||
3 | government. | ||||||
4 | (5) Set forth all acts of the General Assembly affected | ||||||
5 | by the abolishing or consolidating of that type of unit of | ||||||
6 | local government. | ||||||
7 | (d) The Commission must conduct at least 3 public hearings | ||||||
8 | before creating the recommended list and at least 3 public | ||||||
9 | hearings after creating, but before submitting, the | ||||||
10 | recommended list to the General Assembly. At the public | ||||||
11 | hearings, the Commission shall allow interested persons to | ||||||
12 | present their views and comments. The Commission may adopt | ||||||
13 | reasonable rules for the conduct of the public hearings. | ||||||
14 | (e) The Commission shall file the recommended list with the | ||||||
15 | General Assembly by no later than April 1, 2012. If the | ||||||
16 | recommended list abolishes or consolidates a unit of local | ||||||
17 | government, then the unit of local government shall be | ||||||
18 | abolished or consolidated one year after the time period for | ||||||
19 | disapproval, as provided in Section 35, has expired.
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20 | Section 35. Disapproval of recommended list. | ||||||
21 | (a) If the Commission fails to submit a recommended list to | ||||||
22 | the General Assembly or the General Assembly disapproves the | ||||||
23 | list as provided in subsection (b), then no changes shall be | ||||||
24 | made under this Act to any unit of local government. | ||||||
25 | (b) The General Assembly may disapprove the list of the |
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1 | Commission in whole, but may not disapprove of specific types | ||||||
2 | of units of local government or specifically named units of | ||||||
3 | local government on the list, within 60 calendar days after | ||||||
4 | each chamber next convenes after the list is submitted to the | ||||||
5 | General Assembly, by adoption of a resolution by a record vote | ||||||
6 | of the majority of the members elected in each house directed | ||||||
7 | to the Commission. The resolution shall be binding on the | ||||||
8 | Commission.
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9 | Section 40. Revisory bill. If the recommended list is not | ||||||
10 | disapproved within the time period for disapproval as set forth | ||||||
11 | in Section 35, then the Legislative Reference Bureau shall | ||||||
12 | prepare for introduction no later than in the first annual | ||||||
13 | session of the General Assembly next occurring after the | ||||||
14 | recommended list takes effect a revisory bill effecting the | ||||||
15 | changes in the statutes as may be necessary to conform the | ||||||
16 | statutes to the changes in law made by the recommended list.
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.".
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