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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974 is
5amended by changing Sections 3-1 and 3-3 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2905/3-1)  (from Ch. 42, par. 503-1)
7    Sec. 3-1. The district shall be governed by a Board of
8Commissioners, consisting of 5 commissioners. Two Three of the
9commissioners shall be residents of that portion of the
10district in the county having the greater equalized assessed
11valuation of the district, and 2 shall be residents of that
12portion of the district in the other county. The appointment of
13commissioners from each county shall be made by the chairman of
14the county board of that county with the advice and consent of
15the county board, except that in the case of a home rule county
16as defined by Article VII, Section 6, of the Constitution of
171970 the appointment shall be made by the chief executive
18officer of the county with the advice and consent of the county
19board. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
20of the 100th General Assembly, the mayor of the largest
21municipality in the county having the greater equalized
22assessed valuation of the district shall be an ex officio
23commissioner. If there is not a vacant commissioner position

 

 

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1from the county having the greater equalized assessed valuation
2on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
3General Assembly, then the term of the last appointed
4commissioner from that county is terminated on the effective
5date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
6    The appointed commissioners from each county may not be
7from the same political party. Of the 5 commissioners, no more
8than 3 may be of the same political party. Of the 3
9commissioners from the county entitled to 3 appointments, no
10more than 2 may be of the same political party. The 2
11commissioners from the other county shall not be of the same
12political party.
13    The County Board Chairman of either county may remove any
14of the appointed commissioners from his or her county with the
15advice and consent of the county board.
16    In the first appointments to the Board of Commissioners,
17the appointing authority appointing 3 directors shall
18designate one appointee to serve for a term of one year, one
19for a term of 3 years and one for a term of 5 years, and the
20appointing authority appointing 2 directors shall designate
21one to serve for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 4
22years. Thereafter one commissioner shall be appointed by the
23appropriate appointing authority each year for a term of 5
24years to succeed the director whose term expires in that year.
25Any vacancy on the Board of Commissioners shall be filled by
26appointment by the appropriate appointing authority for the

 

 

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1remainder of the unexpired term.
2    For the purpose of determining the ex officio commissioner,
3the county having the greater equalized assessed valuation of
4the district shall be established on January 1 of each year,
5and the ex officio commissioner shall serve until January 1 of
6the following year. If the relative equalized assessed
7valuation changes so that the position of the 2 counties with
8respect to majority and minority representation on the board is
9reversed, the next appointment that would otherwise have been
10made by the appointing authority for the county formerly
11entitled to 3 directors shall be made by the appointing
12authority for the other county.
13(Source: P.A. 83-1422.)
 
14    (70 ILCS 2905/3-3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 503-3)
15    Sec. 3-3. (a) The board of commissioners shall be the
16corporate authority of the district. The board shall appoint an
17Executive Director who shall be the chief executive and
18administrative officer of the district and who shall have the
19powers provided in Article 4 of this Act. The Executive
20Director shall be a resident of the district.
21    The board may select a clerk and a treasurer.
22    The board shall, at its first meeting each year, select a
23president from its own membership.
24    (b) The board of commissioners shall maintain the
25facilities and properties under the district's control, or

 

 

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1supervision for purposes of maintenance, in compliance with the
2standards prescribed by the Department of Natural Resources.
3(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.