93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6228


 
Introduced 02/06/04, by Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		












605 ILCS 10/4
  from Ch. 121, par. 100-4









    Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding
directors.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT in regard to highways. 

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


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


 
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    (605 ILCS 10/4)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-4)

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    Sec. 4. Of the directors appointed by the Governor, one 
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such director
shall be appointed by the Governor as chairman 
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and shall hold office for
4 years from the date of his 
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appointment, and until his successor shall
be duly appointed 
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and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by the
Governor 
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for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance.


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    The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board of 
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Directors
of the Authority; shall exercise general supervision 
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over all powers,
duties, obligations and functions of the 
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Authority; and shall approve or
disapprove all resolutions, 
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by-laws, rules, rates and regulations made
and established by 
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the Board of Directors, and if he shall approve
thereof, he 
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shall sign the same, and such as he shall not approve he
shall 
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return to the Board of Directors with his objections thereto in

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writing at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors 
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occurring
after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to 
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any one or more items
contained in such resolution, by-law, 
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rule, rate or regulation, or to
its entirety; and in case the 
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veto extends to a part of such resolution,
by-law, rule, rate 
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or regulation, the residue thereof shall take effect
and be in 
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force, but in case the chairman shall fail to return any

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resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation with his 
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objections thereto
by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to 
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have approved the same, and
the same shall take effect 
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accordingly. Upon the return of any
resolution, by-law, rule, 
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rate or regulation by the chairman, the vote
by which the same 
 


 






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was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board of
Directors, and 
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if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the
Directors 
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agree by yeas and nays to pass the same, it shall go into

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effect notwithstanding the chairman's refusal to approve 
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thereof.


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    The chairman shall receive a salary of $18,000 per annum, 
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or as set by
the Compensation Review Board, whichever is 
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greater, payable in
monthly installments, together with 
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reimbursement for necessary expenses
incurred in the 
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performance of his duties. The chairman shall be
eligible for 
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reappointment.


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(Source: P.A. 83-1177.)