Public Act 094-1003
 
SB2713 Enrolled LRB094 18690 HLH 54050 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 Joliet Regional Port District Act is amended
by changing Sections 14, 15, 16, and 18 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 1825/14)  (from Ch. 19, par. 264)
    Sec. 14. The governing and administrative body of the Port
District shall be a Board consisting of 9 7 members, to be
known as the Joliet Regional Port District Board. All members
of the Board shall be residents of Will County. The members of
the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the
performance of their duties. However, any member of the Board
who is appointed to the office of secretary or treasurer may
receive compensation for his services as such officer. No
member of the Board or employee of the District shall have any
private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract,
work or business of the District nor in the sale or lease of
any property to or from the District.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1825/15)  (from Ch. 19, par. 265)
    Sec. 15. Within 60 days after this Act becomes effective
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
shall appoint 3 members of the Board who reside within the
District outside the corporate boundaries of the city of Joliet
for initial terms expiring June 1st of the years 1959, 1961,
and 1963, respectively, and the Mayor, with the advice and
consent of the City Council of the City of Joliet, shall
appoint 3 members of the Board who reside within the City of
Joliet for initial terms expiring June 1st of the years 1958,
1960, and 1962, respectively. Of the 3 members each appointed
by the Governor and the Mayor not more than 2 shall be
affiliated with the same political party at the time of
appointment. Within 60 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the County
Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the
County Board, shall appoint 3 members of the Board for terms
expiring June 1st of 2008, 2010, and 2012, respectively. The
County Board of Will County shall appoint one member of the
Board for an initial term expiring June 1, 1963.
    At the expiration of the term of any member, his successor
shall be appointed by the Governor, Mayor, or County Executive
County Board of Will County in like manner and with like regard
to political party affiliation and place of residence of the
appointee, as appointments for the initial terms except that
after September 30, 1973, appointments to be made by the county
board shall be made by the presiding officer of the county
board, with the advice and consent of the county board.
    All successors shall hold office for the term of 6 years
from the first day of June of the year in which the term of
office commences, except in the case of an appointment to fill
a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office of any member
appointed by the Governor during the recess of the Senate, the
Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to
fill such office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed
by the Senate, shall hold his office during the remainder of
the term and until his successor shall be appointed and
qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the time this Act
takes effect, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as
in case of vacancies. The Governor, the Mayor, and the County
Executive presiding officer of the county board shall certify
their respective appointments to the Secretary of State. Within
30 days after certification of his appointment, and before
entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the
Board shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of
office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1825/16)  (from Ch. 19, par. 266)
    Sec. 16. Members of the Board shall hold office until their
respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any
member may resign from his office to take effect when his
successor has been appointed and has qualified. The Governor,
the Mayor and the County Executive presiding officer of the
County Board of Will County, respectively, may remove any
member of the Board they have appointed in case of
incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. They
shall give such member a copy of the charges against him and an
opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his
own defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of
failure to qualify within the time required, or of abandonment
of his office, or in case of death, conviction of a felony or
removal from office, the office of such member shall become
vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by
appointment in like manner as in case of expiration of the term
of a member of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1825/18)  (from Ch. 19, par. 268)
    Sec. 18. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at
least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such
meetings to be fixed by the Board. Five Four members of the
Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinances or
resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 5 4 members
shall be necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or
resolution. All such ordinances and resolutions before taking
effect shall be approved by the chairman of the Board, and if
he approves thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he does
not approve he shall return to the Board with his objections
thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
occurring after the passage thereof. But in the case the
chairman fails to return any ordinance or resolution with his
objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to
have approved the same and it shall take effect accordingly.
Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the chairman
with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed
shall be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such
reconsideration said ordinance or resolution is passed by the
affirmative vote of at least 6 5 members, it shall go into
effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All
ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and
all documents and records in its possession shall be public
records, and open to public inspection, except such documents
and records as are kept or prepared by the Board for use in
negotiations, legal actions or proceedings to which the
District is a party.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
 
    Section 10. The Waukegan Port District Act is amended by
changing Sections 15, 16, and 19 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 1865/15)  (from Ch. 19, par. 193)
    Sec. 15. The governing and administrative body of the Port
District shall be a Board consisting of 7 5 members, to be
known as the Waukegan Port District Board. Members of the Board
shall be residents of a county whose territory, in whole or in
part, is embraced by the District and not less than 4 three
members of the Board shall be residents of the District. The
members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but
shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the
performance of their duties. However, any member of the Board
who is appointed to the office of secretary or treasurer may
receive compensation for his services as such officer. No
member of the Board or employee of the District shall have any
private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract,
work or business of the District nor in the sale or lease of
any property to or from the District.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 657.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1865/16)  (from Ch. 19, par. 194)
    Sec. 16. Within 60 days after this Act becomes effective
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
shall appoint 3 members of the Board for initial terms expiring
June first of the years 1957, 1959 and 1961, respectively, and
the Mayor, with advice and consent of the city council of the
city of Waukegan, shall appoint 2 members of the Board for
initial terms expiring June first of the years 1956 and 1958,
respectively. Of the 3 members appointed by the Governor not
more than 2 shall be members of the same political party at the
time of appointment. Within 60 days of the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Mayor of
the City of Waukegan shall appoint 2 additional members of the
Board, whose terms shall expire on June 1, 2008 and June 1,
2010, respectively. At the expiration of the term of any member
appointed by the Governor, his successor shall be appointed by
the Governor in like manner, and at the expiration of the term
of any member appointed by the Mayor, his successor shall be
appointed by the Mayor in like manner, and with like regard as
to the place of residence of the appointee, as appointments for
the initial terms. All successors shall hold office for the
term of 6 years from the first day of June of the year in which
they are appointed, except in the case of an appointment to
fill a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office of any member
appointed by the Governor during the recess of the Senate, the
Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to
fill such office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed
by the Senate, shall hold his office during the remainder of
the term and until his successor shall be appointed and
qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the time this Act
takes effect, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as
in case of vacancies. The Governor and Mayor shall certify
their respective appointments to the Secretary of State. Within
30 days after certification of his appointment, and before
entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the
Board shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of
office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 657.)
 
    (70 ILCS 1865/19)  (from Ch. 19, par. 197)
    Sec. 19. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at
least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such
meetings to be fixed by the Board. Four Three members of the
Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinances or
resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 4 3 members
shall be necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or
resolution. All such ordinances and resolutions before taking
effect shall be approved by the chairman of the Board, and if
he approves thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he does
not approve he shall return to the Board with his objections
thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
occurring after the passage thereof. But in the case the
chairman fails to return any ordinance or resolution with his
objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to
have approved the same and it shall take effect accordingly.
Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the chairman
with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed
shall be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such
reconsideration said ordinance or resolution is passed by the
affirmative vote of at least 5 four members, it shall go into
effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All
ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and
all documents and records in its possession shall be public
records, and open to public inspection, except such documents
and records as are kept or prepared by the Board for use in
negotiations, legal actions or proceedings to which the
District is a party.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 657.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.