Public Act 102-0736
 
SB1016 EnrolledLRB102 05063 AWJ 15082 b



    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 



 
    Section 5. The Water Commission Act of 1985 is amended  by 
changing Section 0.001 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 3720/0.001)
    Sec. 0.001. Commissioners; terms; vacancies. Effective 
January 1, 2011, the terms of office of the chairperson and all 
commissioners of water commissions appointed pursuant to this 
Act shall terminate and the commission shall be reconstituted.
    (a) The commissioners of water commissions appointed 
pursuant to this Act shall be appointed as follows: 
        (1) A chairperson, who shall also serve in the 
    capacity of a commissioner, shall be appointed by the 
    chairperson of the county board of the home county with 
    the advice and consent of the county board. For 
    appointments made on or after the effective date of this 
    amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the 
    chairperson shall be a resident of the home county. 
        (2) One commissioner from each county board district 
    within the home county shall be appointed by the 
    chairperson of the county board of the home county with 
    the advice and consent of the county board.
        (3) One commissioner from each county board district 
    within the home county shall be appointed by the majority 
    vote of the mayors of those included municipalities that 
    have the greatest percentage of their respective 
    populations residing within such county board district of 
    the home county. A vice-chairperson of the commission 
    shall be appointed from the commissioners appointed 
    pursuant to this paragraph by a majority vote of these 
    commissioners.
        (4) Upon receipt of water by any territorial 
    municipality, one commissioner from a territorial 
    municipality shall be appointed by the chairperson of the 
    county board of the home county with the advice and 
    consent of the county board. 
        (5) Upon receipt of water by a territorial 
    municipality, one commissioner from a territorial 
    municipality shall be appointed by the majority vote of 
    the mayors of those territorial municipalities. 
    (b) All commissioners shall be residents of the home 
county or a resident of an included municipality. However, 
commissioners appointed under paragraph (4) or (5) of 
subsection (a) on or after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly shall be 
residents of a territorial municipality. 
    (c) The initial commissioners appointed pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall serve the following terms:
        (1) The chairperson shall serve for a term of 6 years.
        (2)     At the first meeting of the commission held after 
    January 1, 2011, the commissioners appointed pursuant to 
    paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall determine publicly 
    by lot one-third of their members to serve for a term of 2 
    years, one-third of their members to serve for a term of 4 
    years, and one-third of their members to serve for a term 
    of 6 years, any odd number of commissioners so determined 
    by dividing into thirds to serve 6-year terms.
        (3)     At the first meeting of the commission held after 
    January 1, 2011, the commissioners and the 
    vice-chairperson appointed pursuant to paragraph (3) of 
    subsection (a) shall determine publicly by lot one-third 
    of their members to serve for a term of 2 years, one-third 
    of their members to serve for a term of 4 years, and 
    one-third of their members to serve for a term of 6 years, 
    any odd number of commissioners so determined by dividing 
    into thirds to serve 6-year terms.
        (4) The  commissioner appointed pursuant to paragraph 
    (4) of subsection (a) shall serve an initial term of 3 
    years. 
        (5) The commissioner appointed pursuant to paragraph 
    (5) of subsection (a) shall serve an initial term of 6 
    years. 
    The successor commissioners shall serve for a term of 6 
years or until their successors have been appointed and 
qualified in the same manner as the original appointments. 
    (d) A commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment 
upon the expiration of his or her term.  A vacancy in the office 
of a commissioner shall be filled for the balance of the 
unexpired term by appointment and with the qualifications as 
to residency in the same manner as the original appointment 
was made.
    (e) A commissioner may be a member of the governing board, 
an officer, or an employee of the county or any unit of local 
government located within the county. 

    (f) As used in this Section, "territorial municipality" 
means a municipality entirely outside of the home county, but 
within the territorial limits and receiving water from the 
water commission. 
(Source: P.A. 96-1389, eff. 7-29-10.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.