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| 1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Supreme Court Historic Preservation Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 10 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (705 ILCS 17/10)
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| 7 | Sec. 10. Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission; | ||||||
| 8 | creation; commissioners; appointments; terms; compensation. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission is | ||||||
| 10 | created within the Judicial Branch of State government. | ||||||
| 11 | (b) The Commission consists of 9 commissioners as follows: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) the Administrative Director of the Illinois Courts | ||||||
| 13 | shall serve as a commissioner ex officio; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) Two commissioners appointed by the Court, one of | ||||||
| 15 | whom shall be designated as the chairperson of the | ||||||
| 16 | Commission upon appointment; | ||||||
| 17 | (3) Two commissioners appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
| 18 | (4) Two commissioners appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 19 | Senate, one of whom may not belong to the same political | ||||||
| 20 | party as the President; and | ||||||
| 21 | (5) Two commissioners appointed by the Speaker of the | ||||||
| 22 | House of Representatives, one of whom may not belong to the | ||||||
| 23 | same political party as the Speaker. | ||||||
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| 1 | (c) The terms of the initial appointed commissioners shall | ||||||
| 2 | commence upon qualification. Each appointing authority shall | ||||||
| 3 | designate one appointee to serve for a 2-year term running | ||||||
| 4 | through June 30, 2009, and each appointing authority shall | ||||||
| 5 | designate one appointee to serve for a 4-year term running | ||||||
| 6 | through June 30, 2011. The commissioner designated as the | ||||||
| 7 | chairperson by the Court must be appointed for a 4-year term. | ||||||
| 8 | The initial appointments must be made by January 1, 2008
within | ||||||
| 9 | 60 days after the effective date of this Act. | ||||||
| 10 | (d) After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for | ||||||
| 11 | 4-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment | ||||||
| 12 | and running through June 30 of the 4th following year. | ||||||
| 13 | Commissioners may be reappointed to one or more subsequent | ||||||
| 14 | terms. | ||||||
| 15 | (e) Vacancies occurring other than at the end of a term | ||||||
| 16 | shall be filled by the appointing
authority only for the | ||||||
| 17 | balance of the term of the commissioner whose office is vacant. | ||||||
| 18 | (f) Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is | ||||||
| 19 | filled. | ||||||
| 20 | (g) The members of the Commission shall receive no | ||||||
| 21 | compensation for their service, except for their actual | ||||||
| 22 | expenses while in the discharge of their official duties.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 95-410, eff. 8-24-07.)
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| 24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 25 | becoming law. | ||||||