IL HB1153

Lowers the population threshold for mandatory elected county auditors from 75,000 to 70,000 inhabitants, affecting counties with populations between 70,000 and 3,000,000

Lowers the population threshold for appointed county auditors from 75,000 to 70,000, allowing counties at or below 70,000 population to have the county board presiding officer appoint an auditor with board consent

County auditors serve 4-year terms and must provide a bond approved by the county board before taking office

Updates statutory language to use gender-neutral pronouns ("his or her" instead of "his")