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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 5-15003 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-15003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-15003)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-15003. Department of public works. The county board |
| 8 | | may establish a department of public works with
authority to |
| 9 | | exercise complete supervision in such county over any of the
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| 10 | | projects authorized by this Division in either of the methods
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| 11 | | designated hereafter.
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| 12 | | A. The county board may employ a superintendent of public |
| 13 | | works and such
other employees for the administration of the |
| 14 | | department as may be
necessary. The superintendent shall be a |
| 15 | | registered professional engineer, hold a degree in engineering |
| 16 | | from an accredited institution of higher learning, or have at |
| 17 | | least 10 years of professional, management-level experience in |
| 18 | | either a municipal or county public works department. The |
| 19 | | superintendent
and shall have complete authority to supervise |
| 20 | | and manage the department. At least one employee in the public |
| 21 | | works department shall be a professional engineer licensed |
| 22 | | under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. ; or
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| 23 | | B. Each county public works department shall be managed by |
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| 1 | | a board of
public works, consisting of 5 members appointed by |
| 2 | | the President and
Chairman of the county board, with the |
| 3 | | approval of the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of |
| 4 | | the first appointees, 2 shall serve for one
year, 2 for 2 |
| 5 | | years, and one for 3 years. The term of office of original
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| 6 | | appointees shall be regarded as beginning on July 1, following |
| 7 | | their
appointment, and the term of all members shall continue |
| 8 | | until their
successors are appointed. At least 2 members must |
| 9 | | be elected officials of
municipalities within the county whose |
| 10 | | terms of office within the
municipalities will not expire |
| 11 | | prior to the termination of appointment
hereunder, one member |
| 12 | | must be a member of the county board whose term of
office will |
| 13 | | not expire prior to the termination of appointment hereunder,
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| 14 | | one member must be a trustee of a Sanitary District within the |
| 15 | | county whose
term of office will not expire prior to the |
| 16 | | termination of appointment
hereunder, and one member must be |
| 17 | | chosen to represent the Conservation and
Public Health |
| 18 | | interests. The members of the board shall receive
compensation |
| 19 | | as provided by the county board. The board of public works may
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| 20 | | employ a superintendent of public works and any other |
| 21 | | employees for the
administration of the department as may be |
| 22 | | necessary. The superintendent
must be a registered |
| 23 | | professional engineer, hold a degree in engineering from an |
| 24 | | accredited institution of higher learning, or have at least 10 |
| 25 | | years of professional, management-level experience in either a |
| 26 | | municipal or county public works department. Any county may |