093_HB0732

 
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 1        AN ACT in regard to highways.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Toll Highway Act is amended  by  changing
 5    Section 4 as follows:

 6        (605 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-4)
 7        Sec.  4.  Of the directors appointed by the Governor, one
 8    such director shall be appointed by the Governor as  chairman
 9    and  shall  hold  office  for  4  years  from the date of his
10    appointment, and until his successor shall be duly  appointed
11    and  qualified,  but  shall  be  subject  to  removal  by the
12    Governor for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance.
13        The chairman shall preside at all meetings of  the  Board
14    of   Directors  of  the  Authority;  shall  exercise  general
15    supervision  over  all  powers,   duties,   obligations   and
16    functions  of  the Authority; and shall approve or disapprove
17    all resolutions, by-laws, rules, rates and  regulations  made
18    and  established  by  the Board of Directors, and if he shall
19    approve thereof, he shall sign the same, and such as he shall
20    not approve he shall return to the Board  of  Directors  with
21    his objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting
22    of  the  Board  of  Directors  occurring  after  the  passage
23    thereof.  Such  veto  may  extend  to  any  one or more items
24    contained  in  such  resolution,  by-law,   rule,   rate   or
25    regulation,  or to its entirety; and in case the veto extends
26    to  a  part  of  such  resolution,  by-law,  rule,  rate   or
27    regulation,  the  residue thereof shall take effect and be in
28    force, but in case the chairman  shall  fail  to  return  any
29    resolution,   by-law,  rule,  rate  or  regulation  with  his
30    objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be  deemed
31    to  have  approved  the  same, and the same shall take effect
 
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 1    accordingly. Upon the return of any resolution, by-law, rule,
 2    rate or regulation by the chairman, the  vote  by  which  the
 3    same  was  passed  shall  be  reconsidered  by  the  Board of
 4    Directors, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all
 5    the Directors agree by yeas and nays to  pass  the  same,  it
 6    shall  go  into effect notwithstanding the chairman's refusal
 7    to approve thereof.
 8        The chairman shall receive a salary of $18,000 per annum,
 9    or as set by the  Compensation  Review  Board,  whichever  is
10    greater,  payable  in  monthly  installments,  together  with
11    reimbursement   for   necessary   expenses  incurred  in  the
12    performance of his duties. The chairman shall be eligible for
13    reappointment.
14    (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)