Rep. Tim Butler

Filed: 4/4/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4877

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4877 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Fair Act is amended by changing
5Section 8 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 210/8)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1708)
7    Sec. 8. There is created a Board of State Fair Advisors
8consisting of the Director, 4 ex-officio members as hereafter
9named, and up to 15 20 persons appointed by the Governor. The
10Chairman and minority spokesman of the House Agriculture and
11Conservation Committee and the Chairman and minority spokesman
12of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Energy Committee of
13the Illinois General Assembly shall serve as ex-officio
14members. No more than 3 of the Board members shall be appointed
15from any one county. The terms of members of the State Fair
16Advisory Board appointed before the effective date of this

 

 

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1amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall expire on
2January 21, 2019. Initial appointments made after the effective
3date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall
4be for terms of one, 2, and 3 years staggered to provide for
5the selection of 5 members each year. All subsequent
6appointments shall be for terms of 3 years. All terms shall
7commence on the 3rd Monday in January. Members of the State
8Fair Advisory Board shall serve for 2 year terms commencing on
9the third Monday of January of each odd-numbered year. The
10Governor shall in making appointments to the Board provide for
11a representation of the operational interests of the State Fair
12and this State the State of Illinois. Members of the Board
13shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for
14necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
15An appointed member's office becomes vacant upon his or her
16absence from 2 consecutive regularly scheduled meetings. The
17Director or his or her authorized representative from the
18Department shall act as chairman of the Board. The duties of
19the Board are to advise the Director and the Department on
20matters concerning the operation of each State Fair and State
21Fairgrounds as they pertain to varied interests in the State
22Fairs and the people of this State the State of Illinois.
23(Source: P.A. 93-1055, eff. 11-23-04.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
251, 2019.".