|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The Public Water District Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 4 as follows:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (70 ILCS 3705/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 191)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 4. A board of trustees consisting of 7 members for the
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | government, control and management of the affairs of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | business of
each such water district organized under this Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | shall be created in
the following manner:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | (1) If the district lies wholly within a single township | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | but does
not also lie wholly within a municipality, the board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of trustees
of that
township shall appoint the trustees for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | district but no voting member
of the township board is eligible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | for such appointment;
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (2) If the district is wholly contained within a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | municipality, the
governing body of the municipality shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | appoint the trustees for the
district;
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (3) If the district is wholly contained within a single | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | county, the
trustees for the district shall be appointed by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | presiding officer of
the county board with the advice and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | consent of the county board;
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (4) If the district is located in more than one county, the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | number
of trustees who are residents of a county shall be in | ||||||
2 | proportion, as
nearly as practicable, to the number of | ||||||
3 | residents of the district who
reside in that county in relation | ||||||
4 | to the total population of the
district. Trustees shall be | ||||||
5 | appointed by the county board of their
respective counties, or | ||||||
6 | in the case of a home rule county as defined by
Article VII, | ||||||
7 | Section 6 of the Constitution of 1970, by the chief
executive | ||||||
8 | officer of that county with the advice and consent of the
| ||||||
9 | county board.
| ||||||
10 | Upon the expiration of the term of a trustee who is in | ||||||
11 | office on the
effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1975, | ||||||
12 | the successor shall be a
resident of whichever county is | ||||||
13 | entitled to such representation in order
to bring about the | ||||||
14 | proportional representation required herein, and he
shall be | ||||||
15 | appointed by the appointing authority of that county.
| ||||||
16 | Thereafter, each trustee shall be succeeded by a resident | ||||||
17 | of the same
county who shall be appointed by the same | ||||||
18 | appointing authority; however,
the provisions of the preceding | ||||||
19 | paragraph shall apply to the appointment
of the successor to | ||||||
20 | each trustee who is in office at the time of the
publication of | ||||||
21 | each decennial Federal census of population.
| ||||||
22 | Within 60 days after the adoption of this Act as provided | ||||||
23 | in Section
2 hereof, the appropriate appointing authority shall | ||||||
24 | appoint 7 trustees
who shall hold that office respectively one | ||||||
25 | for one, one for 2, one for
3, 2 for 4 and 2 for 5 years from | ||||||
26 | the first Monday of May next after
their appointment as |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | designated by the appointing authority at the time
of | ||||||
2 | appointment and until their successors are appointed and have
| ||||||
3 | qualified. Thereafter on or after the first Monday in May of | ||||||
4 | each year
the appointing authority shall appoint successors | ||||||
5 | whose term shall be
for 5 years commencing the first Monday in | ||||||
6 | May of the year they are
respectively appointed. If the circuit | ||||||
7 | court finds that the size,
number of members, and scale of | ||||||
8 | operations of the water district
justifies a Board of Trustees | ||||||
9 | of less than 7 members he shall rule that
such board shall have | ||||||
10 | 3 or 5 members. Initial appointments to a 3
member board shall | ||||||
11 | be as follows: one for one, one for 2, and one for 3
years. | ||||||
12 | Initial appointments to a 5 member board shall be as follows:
| ||||||
13 | one for one, one for 2, one for 3, one for 4 and one for 5 | ||||||
14 | years. In
each such case the term of office and method of | ||||||
15 | appointing successors
shall be as provided in this Section for | ||||||
16 | 7 member boards. The
appointing authority shall require each of | ||||||
17 | such trustees to enter a bond
with security to be approved by | ||||||
18 | the appointing authority in such sum as
such appointing | ||||||
19 | authority may determine. A majority of the Board of
Trustees | ||||||
20 | shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn
| ||||||
21 | from day to day. No trustee or employee of such district shall | ||||||
22 | be
directly or indirectly interested in any contract, work or | ||||||
23 | business of
the district or the sale of any article, the | ||||||
24 | expense, price or
consideration of which is paid by such | ||||||
25 | district, nor in the purchase of
any real estate or property | ||||||
26 | for or belonging to the district.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Whenever a vacancy in such board of trustees shall occur | ||||||
2 | either from
death, resignation, refusal to qualify or for any | ||||||
3 | other reason the
appointing authority shall have power to fill | ||||||
4 | such vacancy by
appointment. Such persons so appointed or | ||||||
5 | qualified for office in the
manner hereinbefore stated shall | ||||||
6 | thereupon assume the duties of the
office for the unexpired | ||||||
7 | term for which such person was appointed.
| ||||||
8 | The trustees appointed or elected under this Act shall be | ||||||
9 | paid
a sum of not to exceed $600 per annum for their respective | ||||||
10 | duties as
trustees, except that trustees of a district with an | ||||||
11 | annual operating budget
of $1,000,000 or more may be paid a sum | ||||||
12 | not to exceed $1,000 per annum.
However, trustees appointed or | ||||||
13 | elected under this Act for any public
water district which | ||||||
14 | acquires by purchase or condemnation, or
constructs, and | ||||||
15 | maintains and operates sewerage properties in
combination with | ||||||
16 | its waterworks
properties, under the provisions of Section 23a | ||||||
17 | of this Act,
shall be paid a sum of not to exceed $4,800 $2,000 | ||||||
18 | per annum for their
respective duties as trustees. Compensation | ||||||
19 | in either case
shall be determined by resolution of the
| ||||||
20 | respective boards of trustees, to be adopted annually at their
| ||||||
21 | first meeting in May.
| ||||||
22 | Any public water district organized under this Act with a | ||||||
23 | board of
trustees consisting of 7 members may have the size of | ||||||
24 | its board reduced
as provided in Section 4.1.
| ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 91-333, eff. 1-1-00.)
|