Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 305 — PUBLIC FUNDS-PUBLICATION

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0367

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2007. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Amends the Public Funds Statement Publication Act. Deletes a provision that a public official who receives all or any part of his or her funds from the county collector, the county treasurer, or the township collector must file, with each of those officers from whom funds are received, a certified copy of a published financial statement or audit. Provides, instead, that if the county treasurer receives notice from the county clerk that the public officer has failed to comply with certain publication requirements, then the county treasurer shall withhold the payment to that public official of any and all funds until the county clerk has verified that the public official has complied with the requirements. Effective immediately.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

21 added · 21 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of SB 305, the process by which the county treasurer determines if a public officer has complied with specific requirements has been changed. Now, instead of relying on a notice from the county clerk, the treasurer will review the documents filed by the public officer directly. This shift is important because it places more responsibility on the treasurer to actively verify compliance, potentially leading to more accountability for public officials regarding their financial disclosures.

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SB0305 Engrossed LRB095 04762 BDD 24821 b AN ACT concerning finance.
SB0305 Enrolled LRB095 04762 BDD 24821 b AN ACT concerning finance.
In counties having a population of less than 500,000, if any such public officer in the discharge of his or her official duties, receives all or any part of his funds from the county collector, the county treasurer, or the township collector, and if the county treasurer receives notice from the county clerk that the public officer has failed to comply with Section 2 of this Act, then the county treasurer shall withhold the payment to that public official of any and all funds until the county clerk has verified that the public official has complied with Section 2 of this Act he shall in addition to the duties already imposed by this Act, file with each such officer from whom funds are received, a copy of such published statement or audit accompanied by a certificate showing the date of publication and signed by the publisher of the newspaper in which such publication is made.
In counties having a population of less than 500,000, if any such public officer in the discharge of his or her official duties, receives all or any part of his funds from the county collector, the county treasurer, or the township collector, and if the county treasurer determines, by reviewing documents filed with the county clerk under Section 3 of this Act, that the public officer has failed to comply with Section 2 of this Act, then the county treasurer shall withhold the payment to that public official of any and all funds until the public official has complied with Section 2 of this Act he shall in addition to the duties already imposed by this Act, file with each such officer from whom funds are received, a copy of such published statement or audit accompanied by a certificate showing the date of publication and signed by the publisher of the newspaper in which such publication is made.
Unless such certificate and copy of the published statement or audit are filed with the county collector, the county treasurer or the SB0305 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 04762 BDD 24821 b township collector, as the case may require, within 6 months after the expiration of each fiscal year, the county collector, the county treasurer or the township collector, or each of them as the case may be, shall withhold payment to such public official of any and all funds until receipt of the certificate and copy of the published statement or audit.
Unless such certificate and copy of the published statement or audit are filed with the county collector, the county treasurer SB0305 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 04762 BDD 24821 b or the township collector, as the case may require, within 6 months after the expiration of each fiscal year, the county collector, the county treasurer or the township collector, or each of them as the case may be, shall withhold payment to such public official of any and all funds until receipt of the certificate and copy of the published statement or audit.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0367

  2. Effective Date August 23, 2007

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 007-000-000

  8. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  10. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Terry Link

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 23, 2007

  12. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01

  13. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-048-000

  14. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  15. Second Reading - Short Debate

  16. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  17. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 009-000-000

  18. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote

  19. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee

  20. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

  21. Assigned to Local Government Committee

  22. Referred to Rules Committee

  23. First Reading

  24. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks

  25. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  26. Arrived in House

  27. Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

  28. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2007

  29. Second Reading

  30. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2007

  31. Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000

  32. Assigned to Local Government

  33. Referred to Rules

  34. First Reading

  35. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link

Sponsors

  • Terry Link · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Terry Link

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 47002
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Brady — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Not Voting
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Frerichs — Not Voting
Garrett — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Forby — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 67 Yea · 48 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 574503
Democrat 9000
Republican 1300
Total 674803
% of votes cast 57%41%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Hamos — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferies — Not Voting
Jefferson — Yea
Krause — Yea
Lang — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Leitch — Nay
Lindner — Nay
Madigan — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Ramey — Nay
McGuire — Yea
Scully — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Soto — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Washington — Yea
Burke — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Howard — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Nay
Durkin — Nay
Eddy — Nay
Flider — Nay
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Graham — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
May — Not Voting
Brady — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
McAuliffe — Nay
Mitchell, Jerry — Nay
Sullivan — Nay
Moffitt — Nay
Munson — Nay
Myers — Nay
Watson — Nay
Patterson — Not Voting
Pihos — Nay
Schock — Nay
Wait — Nay
Winters — Nay
Coladipietro — Nay
Cole — Nay
Coulson — Nay
Cross — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Fortner — Nay
Fritchey — Nay
Hassert — Nay
Kosel — Nay
Osmond — Nay
Osterman — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Nay
Pritchard — Nay
Reboletti — Nay
Reis — Nay
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Nay
Saviano — Nay
Schmitz — Nay
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Nay
Beiser — Yea
Mathias — Yea
Bellock — Nay
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Nay
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
Bost — Nay
Brauer — Nay
Brosnahan — Yea
Meyer — Nay
Mulligan — Nay
Gordon — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Nay

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Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48001
Democrat 8001
Republican 1000
Total 57002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Brady — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Noland — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Althoff — Not Voting
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Not Voting
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 305 do?
Amends the Public Funds Statement Publication Act. Deletes a provision that a public official who receives all or any part of his or her funds from the county collector, the county treasurer, or the township collector must file, with each of those officers from whom funds are received, a certified copy of a published financial statement or audit. Provides, instead, that if the county treasurer receives notice from the county clerk that the public officer has failed to comply with certain publication requirements, then the county treasurer shall withhold the payment to that public official of any and all funds until the county clerk has verified that the public official has complied with the requirements. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 305?
SB 305 is sponsored by Terry Link.
What is the current status of SB 305?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 07, 2007. Enacted.
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