Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3523 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/22/2023

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1  AN ACT concerning education.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5  8-2 and 19-6 as follows:
6  (105 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 8-2)
7  Sec. 8-2. Bond of treasurer. Before entering upon his
8  duties, each school treasurer shall execute a bond with 2 or
9  more persons having an interest in real estate who are not
10  trustees, or a surety company authorized to do business in
11  this State, as sureties, payable to the township trustees of
12  schools in Class II county school units and to the school board
13  of each district for which he or she is treasurer or its
14  successors in office in Class I county school units and
15  conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his or her duties,
16  except that the bond required of the school treasurer of a
17  school district which is located in a Class II county school
18  unit but which no longer is subject to the jurisdiction and
19  authority of a township treasurer or trustees of schools of a
20  township because the district has withdrawn from the
21  jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
22  trustees of schools of the township or because those offices
23  have been abolished as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of

 

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1  Section 5-1 shall be payable to the school board of each
2  district for which he or she is treasurer or its successor in
3  office and conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his or
4  her duties. The penalty of the bond shall be determined by the
5  school board in an amount no less than 10% 25% of the amount of
6  all bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys and effects of which he is
7  to have the custody as measured on the final day of the school
8  district's most recent fiscal year , whether individuals act as
9  sureties or whether the surety given is by a surety company
10  authorized to do business in this State, and shall be
11  increased or decreased from time to time, as the increase or
12  decrease of the amount of notes, bonds, mortgages, moneys and
13  effects may require, and whenever in the judgment of the
14  regional superintendent of schools, or whenever in the
15  judgment of the township trustees or the school board of the
16  district by which the school treasurer was appointed or
17  elected, the penalty of the bond should be increased or
18  decreased; provided that the penalty of the bond shall not be
19  increased to more than 25% of the amount of all bonds, notes,
20  mortgages, moneys and effects of which the treasurer has
21  custody at any time. The bond of the township treasurer shall
22  be approved by at least a majority of the township trustees in
23  Class II county school units; provided that in those school
24  districts that are located in a Class II county school unit but
25  are no longer subject to the jurisdiction and authority of a
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1  (because the districts have withdrawn from the jurisdiction
2  and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of
3  schools of the township or because those offices have been
4  abolished as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of Section 5-1)
5  and in Class I county school units, the bond shall be approved
6  by at least a majority of the members of the school board; and
7  in all cases the bond shall be filed with the regional
8  superintendent of schools who shall file with the State Board
9  of Education before September 1 in each year an affidavit
10  showing which treasurers of school districts under his
11  supervision and control are properly bonded. The bond shall be
12  in the following form:
13  STATE OF ILLINOIS
14  .......... COUNTY
15  We, AB, CD and EF, are obligated, jointly and severally,
16  to the (School Board of District No. ...., or trustees of
17  township .... range ....) in the above mentioned county or
18  successors in office, in the penal sum of $...., for the
19  payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and
20  administrators.
21  Dated (insert date).
22  The condition of this obligation is such that if AB,
23  school treasurer in the above stated county, faithfully
24  discharges the duties of his or her office, according to law,
25  and delivers to his or her successor in office, after such
26  successor has qualified by giving bond as provided by law, all

 

 

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1  moneys, books, papers, securities and control, which have come
2  into his or her possession or control, as such school
3  treasurer, from the date of his or her bond to the time that
4  his or her successor has qualified as school treasurer, by
5  giving such bond as required by law, then this obligation to be
6  void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
7  Approved and accepted by:
8  A.... B.... (Signature)
9  C.... D.... (Signature)
10  E.... F.... (Signature)
11  G.... H.... (Signature)
12  I.... J.... (Signature)
13  K.... L.... (Signature)
14  (Board of Education or Board of
15  Directors of District No. .....
16  By ....
17  President Secretary or Clerk
18  or ....
19  .... Township Trustees)
20  No part of the State or other school fund shall be paid to
21  any school treasurer or other persons authorized to receive it
22  unless such treasurer has filed his or her bond, or if
23  reelected, has renewed his or her bond and filed it as required
24  by law.
25  (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 

 

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1  (105 ILCS 5/19-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-6)
2  Sec. 19-6.  Bond money to school treasurer - Delivery of
3  bonds - Record - Payment. All moneys borrowed under the
4  authority of this Act, except money borrowed by school
5  districts having a population of more than 500,000
6  inhabitants, shall be paid to the school treasurer of the
7  district. The treasurer shall, before receiving any of the
8  money, execute a bond with two or more persons having an
9  interest in real estate, who shall not be trustees, or a surety
10  company authorized to do business in this State, as surety,
11  payable to the school board of the district in Class I county
12  school units or township trustees in Class II county school
13  units and conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his
14  duties, except that the bond required of the school treasurer
15  of a school district which is located in a Class II county
16  school unit but which no longer is subject to the jurisdiction
17  and authority of a township treasurer or trustees of schools
18  of a township because the district has withdrawn from the
19  jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and
20  trustees of schools of the township or because those offices
21  have been abolished as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of
22  Section 5-1 shall be payable to the school board of such
23  district and conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his
24  duties. The bond shall be submitted for approval or rejection
25  to the school board of the district or to the township trustees
26  to which such bond is payable. The penalty of the bond or bonds

 

 

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1  shall be an amount no less than 10% 25% of the amount of such
2  bond issue, whether individuals act as surety or whether the
3  surety is given by a surety company authorized to transact
4  business in this State. The bond shall be in substantially the
5  same form as that required by Section 8-2 of this Act and when
6  so given shall fully describe the bond issue which it
7  specifically covers and shall remain in force until the funds
8  of the bond issue are taken into account in determining the
9  penalty amount for the surety bond required by Section 8-2 of
10  this Code fully disbursed in accordance with the law. Upon
11  receiving such moneys the treasurer shall deliver the bonds
12  issued therefor to the persons entitled to receive them, and
13  shall credit the funds received to the district issuing the
14  bonds. The treasurer shall record the amount received for each
15  bond issued. When any bonds are paid the treasurer shall
16  cancel them and shall enter, against the record of the bonds,
17  the words, "paid and cancelled the .... day of ...., 1 ....,"
18  filling the blanks with the day, month, and year corresponding
19  to the date of payment.
20  (Source: P.A. 89-212, eff. 8-4-95.)
21  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22  becoming law.

 

 

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