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Public Act 098-0779
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| SB3552 Enrolled | LRB098 18619 JLK 55710 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
5-1133 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/5-1133) |
Sec. 5-1133. Counties of greater than 300,000 but less than |
2,000,000; reporting of information; code of conduct for county |
appointees. |
(a) A county board in a county with a population greater |
than 300,000 but less than 2,000,000 may by ordinance require |
any unit of local government or agency to which the county |
board chairman or county executive nominates and the county |
board confirms a majority of member appointments to provide the |
county with detailed information, including, but not limited |
to, the unit's or agency's finances, budget, contracts, |
employment, and ethics policies, in the manner and with the |
frequency specified by the ordinance. The ordinance may require |
the unit of local government or agency to immediately disclose |
to the county any internal or external findings of |
non-compliance with any law or regulation involving the unit of |
local government or agency and its personnel.
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(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a |
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county board may by ordinance adopt a code of conduct regarding |
the fiscal responsibility and procurement authority, as |
required by State law, local ordinance, or county board policy, |
as well as the accountability, transparency, and ethical |
conduct of county appointees, in addition to those requirements |
mandated by law for and applicable to the appointees to any |
unit of local government, agency, or commission for which the |
county board chairman, county executive, or county board serves |
as the appointing authority. The ordinance may provide that |
good cause for removing an appointee is established when an |
appointee violates the code of conduct. Appointees appointed by |
a county board chairman or county executive, with or without |
the consent of the county board, may be removed from office for |
violating the code of conduct by the county board chairman or |
county executive with concurrence by a 2/3 majority vote of the |
county board. The appointee shall be provided reasonable notice |
of the violation and a hearing before the county board or its |
designee prior to the vote. Appointees appointed by the county |
board may be removed by a 2/3 majority vote of the county board |
for violating the code of conduct after providing the appointee |
with reasonable notice of the violation and a hearing before |
the county board or its designee. |
(c) The provisions of this Section do not apply to the |
removal of county superintendent of highways or county engineer |
as provided under Section 5-203 of the Illinois Highway Code. |
(Source: P.A. 97-84, eff. 7-6-11.)
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