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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 Local Records Act is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 20 as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 205/20 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 20. Internet posting requirements. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) A unit of local government or school district with a | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | budget of $1 million or more shall maintain an Internet website | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | and post to its website for the current calendar or fiscal | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | year, as the case may be, the following information: | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | (1) The contact information, including the phone | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | number and e-mail address, for all elected and appointed | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | officials, the Freedom of Information Officer, the chief | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | administrator, and the head administrator for each | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | department. | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | (2) The agenda, board packets, and any other prepared | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | materials of all regular meetings shall be posted at least | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 72 hours before a meeting. The agenda, board packets, and | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | any other prepared materials of all special or emergency | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | meetings shall be posted at least 24 hours before a | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | meeting. The posting shall indicate if the agendas are in | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | draft form. The minutes from any regular or special meeting |
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1 | shall be posted within 72 hours of approval. | ||||||
2 | (3) In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, | ||||||
3 | the procedure for requesting information from the unit of | ||||||
4 | local government or school district. | ||||||
5 | (4) The annual budget and appropriation ordinances. | ||||||
6 | (5) The ordinances under which the unit of local | ||||||
7 | government or school district operates as of the effective | ||||||
8 | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly | ||||||
9 | and all ordinances thereafter adopted. | ||||||
10 | (6) The procedures required to apply for building | ||||||
11 | permits and zoning variances. | ||||||
12 | (7) Any budget, financial audit, audit schedule, or | ||||||
13 | special project report, including without limitation the | ||||||
14 | comprehensive annual financial report, performance audits, | ||||||
15 | and reports required under the Tax Increment Allocation | ||||||
16 | Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. All | ||||||
17 | reports should include the following: | ||||||
18 | (A) All actual revenues and expenditures for at | ||||||
19 | least the 3 previous fiscal years. Any report focusing | ||||||
20 | on any subset of Total should specify that only partial | ||||||
21 | amounts are shown and identify the Total amount and the | ||||||
22 | nature of items not included in the report. | ||||||
23 | (B) Revenues should be broken out by source, | ||||||
24 | including the broad categories of local, State, and | ||||||
25 | federal tax dollars. | ||||||
26 | (C) Expenditures should be separated into current |
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1 | operating, capital, and debt service. | ||||||
2 | (D) Expenditure summaries for units of local | ||||||
3 | government should reflect the per-resident calculation | ||||||
4 | for comparison to other governmental bodies. For | ||||||
5 | schools, a per-pupil calculation should be made based | ||||||
6 | on full-time or equivalent enrollment. | ||||||
7 | (E) Audits should include a management letter. | ||||||
8 | (8) A detailed list of the total compensation paid to | ||||||
9 | each employee including wages, salary, overtime, and | ||||||
10 | benefits, including health, dental, life, and pension. | ||||||
11 | (9) Contracts with lobbying firms hired by the unit of | ||||||
12 | local government or school district. The name and amount of | ||||||
13 | money paid to lobbying associations by the unit of local | ||||||
14 | government or school district. | ||||||
15 | (10) A detailed list of the taxes and fees imposed by | ||||||
16 | the unit of local government or school district. | ||||||
17 | (11) The ordinances and rules governing the award of | ||||||
18 | all bids and contracts for purchase in the amount of | ||||||
19 | $25,000 or more. | ||||||
20 | (12) All bids and contracts for purchase in the amount | ||||||
21 | of $25,000 or more. | ||||||
22 | (13) All campaign contributions made by a vendor to an | ||||||
23 | official of the unit of local government or school | ||||||
24 | district. | ||||||
25 | (14) A debt disclosure report that includes the | ||||||
26 | following: |
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1 | (A) sum total of all debts and liabilities; | ||||||
2 | (B) sum total of gross tax levy for the most recent | ||||||
3 | tax year; | ||||||
4 | (C) gross operating budget revenue for the most | ||||||
5 | recent fiscal year; | ||||||
6 | (D) total pension liability; | ||||||
7 | (E) total unfunded pension liability; and | ||||||
8 | (F) actuarial cost method used to calculate total | ||||||
9 | pension liability and total unfunded pension | ||||||
10 | liability, and other post-employment benefits, | ||||||
11 | including: | ||||||
12 | (i) projected investment rate of return; | ||||||
13 | (ii) actual investment rate of return over the | ||||||
14 | past 10 years; | ||||||
15 | (iii) annual rate of salary increases; | ||||||
16 | (iv) participant mortality rate; and | ||||||
17 | (v) healthcare cost trend rate for Other | ||||||
18 | Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB); and | ||||||
19 | (15) Public notices. | ||||||
20 | (b) No later than one year from the effective date of this | ||||||
21 | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, each unit of local | ||||||
22 | government or school district shall develop, maintain, and make | ||||||
23 | publicly available a single, searchable expenditure and | ||||||
24 | revenue web site database that allows the public, at no cost, | ||||||
25 | to review information concerning moneys collected and expended | ||||||
26 | by the unit of local government or school district. The web |
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1 | site database shall include the following data concerning all | ||||||
2 | expenditures made by the unit of local government or school | ||||||
3 | district: | ||||||
4 | (1) the name and principal location or address of the | ||||||
5 | entity receiving moneys, except that information | ||||||
6 | concerning a payment to an employee of the unit of local | ||||||
7 | government or school district shall identify the | ||||||
8 | individual employee by name and business address or | ||||||
9 | location only; | ||||||
10 | (2) the amount of expended moneys; | ||||||
11 | (3) the funding source of the expended moneys; | ||||||
12 | (4) the date of the expenditure; | ||||||
13 | (5) the name of the budget program, activity, or | ||||||
14 | category supporting the expenditure; | ||||||
15 | (6) a description of the purpose for the expenditure; | ||||||
16 | and | ||||||
17 | (7) to the extent possible, a unique identifier for | ||||||
18 | each expenditure. | ||||||
19 | The expenditure data shall be provided in an open | ||||||
20 | structured data format that may be downloaded by the user and | ||||||
21 | allows the user to systematically sort, search, and access all | ||||||
22 | data. The web site database shall contain only information that | ||||||
23 | is a public record or that is not confidential or otherwise | ||||||
24 | protected from public disclosure pursuant to State or federal | ||||||
25 | law. | ||||||
26 | The unit of local government or school district shall |
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1 | update the financial data contained on the web site database at | ||||||
2 | least monthly, and archive the financial data, which shall | ||||||
3 | remain accessible and searchable on the web site database. The | ||||||
4 | database must be easily accessible from the main page of the | ||||||
5 | unit of local government or school district's web site. The | ||||||
6 | unit of local government or school district shall create and | ||||||
7 | make easily accessible an automated Rich Site Summary (RSS) | ||||||
8 | feed to which users of the web site database may subscribe for | ||||||
9 | notification of updates to the database. | ||||||
10 | (c) The information required to be posted under subsection | ||||||
11 | (a) must be easily accessible from the unit of local | ||||||
12 | government's or school district's home page and searchable. | ||||||
13 | (d) The postings required by this Section are in addition | ||||||
14 | to any other posting requirements required by law or ordinance. | ||||||
15 | (e) If a unit of local government or school district fails | ||||||
16 | to comply with this Section, then any citizen who is a resident | ||||||
17 | of the unit of local government or school district may file | ||||||
18 | suit in the circuit court for the county where the unit of | ||||||
19 | local government or school district is located. The citizen may | ||||||
20 | bring a mandamus or injunction action to compel the unit of | ||||||
21 | local government or school district to comply with the | ||||||
22 | requirements set forth in subsection (a). The court may impose | ||||||
23 | any penalty or other sanction as it deems appropriate. The | ||||||
24 | court, in its discretion, may also award to the citizen | ||||||
25 | bringing the action reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. | ||||||
26 | (f) No home rule unit may adopt posting requirements that |
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1 | are less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a | ||||||
2 | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | ||||||
3 | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | ||||||
4 | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. | ||||||
5 | (g) All local records required to be posted by this | ||||||
6 | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall remain posted | ||||||
7 | on the entity's website, or subsequent websites, in perpetuity.
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8 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
9 | Section 8.37 as follows:
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10 | (30 ILCS 805/8.37 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 8.37. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
12 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
13 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
14 | the 98th General Assembly.
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15 | Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are | ||||||
16 | severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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17 | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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