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 1        AN ACT concerning the Bi-State Development Agency.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Bi-State  Development  Agency  Act   is
 5    amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:

 6        (45 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 63s-2)
 7        Sec.  2.  Of  the Commissioners first appointed one shall
 8    be appointed to serve for a term of one  year,  one  for  two
 9    years,  one  for  three years, one for four years and one for
10    five years from the third Monday  in  January  following  his
11    appointment.  Beginning  with the appointment to be filled in
12    January of 2004, and the expiration  of  each  term  of  each
13    commissioner  thereafter,  and  each  succeeding commissioner
14    thereafter, the Chairman of the County Board of the County of
15    Madison or the County of St.  Clair,  as  the  case  may  be,
16    shall,  by  and with the advice and consent of the respective
17    County  Board  At  the  expiration  of  the  term   of   each
18    commissioner   and   of  each  succeeding  commissioner,  the
19    governor shall, by and with the advice  and  consent  of  the
20    Senate,  appoint a successor who shall hold office for a term
21    of five years. Each commissioner shall hold office until  his
22    successor has been appointed and qualified. The commissioners
23    shall  elect  a  chairman of the Illinois delegation annually
24    from among themselves One Commissioner shall be designated as
25    chairman of the Illinois delegation.
26        (b)  The Chairman of the County Board of  the  County  of
27    Madison  shall  make  the  appointment  for  the  term of the
28    commissioner  expiring  in   January   2004   and   in   each
29    even-numbered  year  thereafter.  The  Chairman of the County
30    Board of the County of St. Clair shall make  the  appointment
31    for the term of the commissioner expiring in January 2005 and
 
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 1    in each odd-numbered year thereafter.
 2    (Source: Laws 1949, p. 448.)

 3        (45 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 63s-3)
 4        Sec.   3.  Vacancies  occurring  in  the  office  of  any
 5    commissioner shall be filled by appointment by  the  Chairman
 6    of  the  County  Board  that made the original appointment of
 7    that  commissioner,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the
 8    respective county board Governor, by and with the advice  and
 9    consent  of the Senate, for the unexpired term. Any vacancies
10    occurring during the transition  for  the  implementation  of
11    this  amendatory  Act  of the 93rd General Assembly that were
12    appointed by the Governor, and not by the  respective  County
13    Board  Chairmen,  shall  be  filled by the appointment by the
14    County Board Chairman of Madison County if occurring  in  the
15    years  2004, 2006, or 2008 or by the County Board Chairman of
16    St. Clair County if occurring in the years 2005 or 2007, each
17    with the advice and consent of the respective  county  board.
18    In  any  case of vacancy, while the Senate is not in session,
19    the Governor shall make a  temporary  appointment  until  the
20    next  meeting  of  the  Senate,  when  he shall nominate some
21    person to fill such office.
22    (Source: Laws 1949, p. 448.)