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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 11-135-2 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-135-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-135-2)
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| 7 | Sec. 11-135-2.
Upon the adoption of such an ordinance or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | resolution
by the corporate authorities of any such | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | municipality, the mayor or
president, with the approval of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | corporate authorities, shall appoint
a commissioner.
If under | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Section 11-135-3 a water commission meets the participatory
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| 12 | requirements, that water commission shall appoint a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | commissioner.
The commissioners so appointed by each of such
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| 14 | municipalities and participatory water commissions together | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | with a like
commissioner appointed by the
presiding officer of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | the county board with the advice and consent of the
county | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | board of the county in which the major part of the works of the
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| 18 | water commission are, or are to be, located, shall constitute a
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| 19 | commission and public corporation with the powers and duties | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | specified
in this Division 135. The corporate name of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | commission shall be
"(here insert an appropriate name | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | indicative of the area) Water Commission"
and as such the
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| 23 | Commission may contract and be contracted with, and sue and be | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | sued.
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| 2 | The commissioners so appointed shall serve for a term of 6 | ||||||
| 3 | years, or until
their successors have been appointed and have | ||||||
| 4 | qualified in the same manner
as the original appointments, | ||||||
| 5 | except that the commissioners first appointed
shall determine | ||||||
| 6 | by lot at their first meeting the respective commissioners
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| 7 | whose terms shall be for 2, 4 and 6 years from the date of that | ||||||
| 8 | meeting.
Each commissioner appointed by a mayor or president | ||||||
| 9 | shall be an elector
or the chief administrator of the | ||||||
| 10 | municipality for which he acts as
commissioner,
and the | ||||||
| 11 | commissioner appointed by the presiding officer of the county | ||||||
| 12 | board
shall be an elector of the county in which the major | ||||||
| 13 | works of the water
commission are, or are to be, located. Any | ||||||
| 14 | commissioner so appointed may
be a member of the governing | ||||||
| 15 | board or officer or employee of the municipality
or county from | ||||||
| 16 | which the appointment is made. A commissioner is eligible
for | ||||||
| 17 | reappointment upon the expiration of his term. A vacancy shall | ||||||
| 18 | be filled
for the balance of the unexpired term of the person | ||||||
| 19 | who has ceased to hold
office by the mayor, president or county | ||||||
| 20 | board presiding officer who initially
made such appointment in | ||||||
| 21 | the same manner as the original appointment. Each
commissioner | ||||||
| 22 | shall receive the same compensation, as determined by the
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| 23 | commission appointing authority, which shall not be more
than | ||||||
| 24 | $2,000 per year, except that no commissioner who is a
member of | ||||||
| 25 | the governing
board or officer of the municipality or county | ||||||
| 26 | from which the
appointment
is made may receive any compensation | ||||||
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| 1 | for serving as commissioner. Each
commissioner shall furnish a | ||||||
| 2 | bond for the faithful performance of his
official duties. This | ||||||
| 3 | bond shall not be less than $5,000 and its costs
shall be paid | ||||||
| 4 | by the commission.
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| 5 | Each commissioner may be removed for any cause for which | ||||||
| 6 | any other
municipal officer may be removed. No commissioner, or | ||||||
| 7 | employee of the
commission, and no mayor, or president, or | ||||||
| 8 | other member of the corporate
authorities, or any employee of | ||||||
| 9 | any of the municipalities, shall be
interested directly or | ||||||
| 10 | indirectly in any contract or job of work or
materials, or the | ||||||
| 11 | profits thereof, or services to be performed for or by
the | ||||||
| 12 | commission.
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| 13 | A violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this | ||||||
| 14 | section is a
Class C misdemeanor. A conviction is cause for the | ||||||
| 15 | removal of a person
from his office or employment.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97; 91-659, eff. 12-22-99.)
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