Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 30 - FINANCE
30 ILCS 15/ - Public Funds Statement Publication Act.

(30 ILCS 15/0.01) (from Ch. 102, par. 4.90)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Public Funds Statement Publication Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 102, par. 5)
Sec. 1.

Except as provided in Section 2.1, each public officer, other
than a state officer, (and other than a city or village treasurer or
municipal officer who is required by Article 3 of the Illinois Municipal
Code, approved May 29, 1961, as heretofore and hereafter amended, to file
an annual report to the city council or board of trustees which report is
required to be published, and other than a treasurer of a city, village or
incorporated town, who is required to file an account with the municipal
clerk, which account is published as required by "An Act in relation to the
preparation, publication and filing of annual accounts of certain
municipalities, the payment of tax monies to treasurers of certain
municipalities, and providing penalties for violations thereof", approved
August 15, 1961, as heretofore and hereafter amended), who, by virtue of
his office receives for disbursement and disburses public funds in the
discharge of governmental or municipal debts and liabilities, shall, at the
expiration of each fiscal year, prepare a statement:
Such statement shall be subscribed and sworn to by the public officer
making such statement, and, within 6 months after the expiration of such
fiscal year shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county
in which such public officer resides.

(Source: P.A. 92-354, eff. 8-15-01; 92-582, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 102, par. 6)
Sec. 2.
Except as provided in Section 2.1, such public officer shall
also, within 6 months after the expiration of such fiscal year, cause a
true, complete and correct copy of such statement to be published one time
in an English language newspaper published in the town, district or
municipality in which such public officer holds his office, or, if no
newspaper is published in such town, district or municipality, then in a
newspaper printed in the English language published in the county in which
such public officer holds his or her office. However, such publication requirement shall
not apply to any county funds or county offices or funds or offices of
other units of local government when an audit of such funds or offices has
been made by a certified public accountant and a report of such audit has
been filed with the appropriate county board or county clerk and a notice of the availability of the audit report has been
published one time in an English language newspaper published in the town, district, or municipality in which that public officer holds his or her office, or, if no newspaper is published in such town, district, or municipality, then in a newspaper printed in the English language published in the county in which that public officer holds his or her office. The notice of availability shall include, at a minimum, the time period covered by the audit, the name of the firm conducting the audit, and the address and business hours of the location where the audit report may be publicly inspected.

(Source: P.A. 97-146, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/2.1) (from Ch. 102, par. 6.1)
Sec. 2.1.

In any statement prepared and published under Sections 1 and 2
of this Act, no public officer may disclose the name or address of any
person to whom child support or maintenance was paid in accordance with a
court order requiring the withholding of child support or maintenance from
an employee's wages.

(Source: P.A. 87-263.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/3) (from Ch. 102, par. 7)
Sec. 3.

The publisher of the newspaper in which a copy of such statement is
published shall, within ten days after the publication of such statement,
file in the office of the county clerk a certificate of such publication
with a printed copy of such statement attached, stating the number of times
which the same shall have been published, and the dates of the first and
last papers containing the same.

(Source: Laws 1919, p. 713.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/3a) (from Ch. 102, par. 7a)
Sec. 3a. 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.

(Source: P.A. 95-367, eff. 8-23-07.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 102, par. 8)
Sec. 4.

The cost of such publication shall be paid out of the funds of the
county, district, city, town, village or other body in which the officer
holds office.

(Source: Laws 1927, p. 604.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/4a) (from Ch. 102, par. 8a)
Sec. 4a.

The provisions of this Act do not apply to any school board
or school district which is subject to the provisions of Section 10-17 of
The School Code, as now or hereafter amended, nor shall any provisions of
this Act apply to the treasurer or any other officer of any such school
board or school district.

(Source: P.A. 84-225.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/5) (from Ch. 102, par. 9)
Sec. 5.

Any public officer, or any publisher, subject to
this Act, failing, neglecting or refusing to discharge any duty imposed
upon him by this Act shall, for each offense, forfeit the sum of not less
than $25 nor more than $500 to be recovered
in a civil action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois for
the use of any person who may sue for the same.

(Source: P.A. 79-1365; 79-1366.)
 
(30 ILCS 15/6) (from Ch. 102, par. 10)
Sec. 6.
Misdemeanor-Sentence.
In addition to the sentences provided for in the foregoing section, any
public officer, including any county collector or any county treasurer, or
any publisher, subject to the provisions of this Act, failing, neglecting
or refusing to discharge any duty imposed upon him by this Act shall be
deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(Source: P.A. 77-2830.)

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