Bill Text: IL SB3219 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a comptroller or a person designated to sign the comptroller's signature shall not also be paid by the municipality or shall not be employed by a business that is paid by the municipality to provide: (i) financial advice to the municipality; or (ii) deposit, redeposit, investment, reinvestment, or withdrawal services or any other similar services for the municipality. Limits home rule powers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3219 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB3219-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 3.1-35-103 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/3.1-35-103 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3.1-35-103. Comptroller; other employment. A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | comptroller, including a person elected or appointed under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Section 3.1-35-100 or Section 3.1-35-115, or a person designed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | to sign the comptroller's signature under Section 3.1-35-105, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall not also be paid by the municipality or shall not be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | employed by a business that is paid by the municipality to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | provide: (i) financial advice to the municipality; or (ii) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | services under subsection (c) of Section 3.1-35-50 or any other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | similar services for the municipality. Item (i) shall not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | include any advice that may be required by a comptroller in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | ordinary performance of the duties of the comptroller. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | A home rule municipality may not regulate other employment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | of a comptroller in a manner inconsistent with this Section. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | by the State.
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