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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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 5-1133 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1133) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-1133. Counties of greater than 300,000 but less than |
| 8 | | 2,000,000; reporting of information; code of conduct for county |
| 9 | | appointees. |
| 10 | | (a) A county board in a county with a population greater |
| 11 | | than 300,000 but less than 2,000,000 may by ordinance require |
| 12 | | any unit of local government or agency to which the county |
| 13 | | board chairman or county executive nominates and the county |
| 14 | | board confirms a majority of member appointments to provide the |
| 15 | | county with detailed information, including, but not limited |
| 16 | | to, the unit's or agency's finances, budget, contracts, |
| 17 | | employment, and ethics policies, in the manner and with the |
| 18 | | frequency specified by the ordinance. The ordinance may require |
| 19 | | the unit of local government or agency to immediately disclose |
| 20 | | to the county any internal or external findings of |
| 21 | | non-compliance with any law or regulation involving the unit of |
| 22 | | local government or agency and its personnel.
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| 23 | | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a |
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| 1 | | county board may by ordinance adopt a code of conduct regarding |
| 2 | | the fiscal responsibility and procurement authority, as |
| 3 | | required by State law, local ordinance, or county board policy, |
| 4 | | as well as the accountability, transparency, and ethical |
| 5 | | conduct of county appointees, in addition to those requirements |
| 6 | | mandated by law for and applicable to the appointees to any |
| 7 | | unit of local government, agency, or commission for which the |
| 8 | | county board chairman, county executive, or county board serves |
| 9 | | as the appointing authority. The ordinance may provide that |
| 10 | | good cause for removing an appointee is established when an |
| 11 | | appointee violates the code of conduct. Appointees appointed by |
| 12 | | a county board chairman or county executive, with or without |
| 13 | | the consent of the county board, may be removed from office for |
| 14 | | violating the code of conduct by the county board chairman or |
| 15 | | county executive with concurrence by a 2/3 majority vote of the |
| 16 | | county board. The appointee shall be provided reasonable notice |
| 17 | | of the violation and a hearing before the county board or its |
| 18 | | designee prior to the vote. Appointees appointed by the county |
| 19 | | board may be removed by a 2/3 majority vote of the county board |
| 20 | | for violating the code of conduct after providing the appointee |
| 21 | | with reasonable notice of the violation and a hearing before |
| 22 | | the county board or its designee. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-84, eff. 7-6-11.)
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