Bill Would Require Posting of Government Employee Compensation of $1,000
As noted previously, there are a lot of bills being introduced in the Illinois General Assembly and we can't possibly report on all of them. But, a bill that will be of interest to all local government units was introduced last week that would expand requirements for posting of employee compensation.
As we all know, state law currently requires units of local government to post the "total compensation" of any government employee who makes $75,000 per year or more. This new bill would not amend that requirement, but would add an entirely new provision to the Local Records Act to require a local government to post on its website the pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and other personnel whose accumulated compensation or payments are $1,000 or more during the fiscal year. If the government doesn't maintain a website, then it has to publish this list on a monthly basis in the newspaper. The law would apply to all local governments, including home rule units.
The language in SB 3796 is below:
Sec. 25. Compensation greater than $1,000.
(a) A unit of local government shall compile a list of the pay and benefits of every employee, consultant, contractor, and other personnel of the unit of local government whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000 during each fiscal year. Exempt material listed under Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act shall not be included in the list. The list shall continue to be updated throughout the entire fiscal year by adding additional names of persons whose accumulated payments or compensation are at least $1,000.
(b) A unit of local government shall publish on its website, if it has one, the public record compiled under subsection (a) and shall update the list at least monthly. If the unit of local government does not have a website, the unit of local government shall publish the list, on a monthly basis, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the unit of local government is located.
(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a unit of local government to compile or publish information about payments or compensation to jurors.
(d) A home rule unit may not compile or publish the list of the pay and benefits under this Section in a manner inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
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