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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Water Commission Act of 1985 is amended by
5changing Section 0.001 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 3720/0.001)
7    Sec. 0.001. Commissioners; terms; vacancies. Effective
8January 1, 2011, the terms of office of the chairperson and all
9commissioners of water commissions appointed pursuant to this
10Act shall terminate and the commission shall be reconstituted.
11    (a) The commissioners of water commissions appointed
12pursuant to this Act shall be appointed as follows:
13        (1) A chairperson, who shall also serve in the
14    capacity of a commissioner, shall be appointed by the
15    chairperson of the county board of the home county with
16    the advice and consent of the county board. For
17    appointments made on or after the effective date of this
18    amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the
19    chairperson shall be a resident of the home county.
20        (2) One commissioner from each county board district
21    within the home county shall be appointed by the
22    chairperson of the county board of the home county with
23    the advice and consent of the county board.

 

 

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1        (3) One commissioner from each county board district
2    within the home county shall be appointed by the majority
3    vote of the mayors of those included municipalities that
4    have the greatest percentage of their respective
5    populations residing within such county board district of
6    the home county. A vice-chairperson of the commission
7    shall be appointed from the commissioners appointed
8    pursuant to this paragraph by a majority vote of these
9    commissioners.
10        (4) Upon receipt of water by any territorial
11    municipality, one commissioner from a territorial
12    municipality shall be appointed by the chairperson of the
13    county board of the home county with the advice and
14    consent of the county board.
15        (5) Upon receipt of water by a territorial
16    municipality, one commissioner from a territorial
17    municipality shall be appointed by the majority vote of
18    the mayors of those territorial municipalities.
19    (b) All commissioners shall be residents of the home
20county or a resident of an included municipality. However,
21commissioners appointed under paragraph (4) or (5) of
22subsection (a) on or after the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly shall be
24residents of a territorial municipality.
25    (c) The initial commissioners appointed pursuant to
26subsection (a) shall serve the following terms:

 

 

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1        (1) The chairperson shall serve for a term of 6 years.
2        (2) At the first meeting of the commission held after
3    January 1, 2011, the commissioners appointed pursuant to
4    paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall determine publicly
5    by lot one-third of their members to serve for a term of 2
6    years, one-third of their members to serve for a term of 4
7    years, and one-third of their members to serve for a term
8    of 6 years, any odd number of commissioners so determined
9    by dividing into thirds to serve 6-year terms.
10        (3) At the first meeting of the commission held after
11    January 1, 2011, the commissioners and the
12    vice-chairperson appointed pursuant to paragraph (3) of
13    subsection (a) shall determine publicly by lot one-third
14    of their members to serve for a term of 2 years, one-third
15    of their members to serve for a term of 4 years, and
16    one-third of their members to serve for a term of 6 years,
17    any odd number of commissioners so determined by dividing
18    into thirds to serve 6-year terms.
19        (4) The commissioner appointed pursuant to paragraph
20    (4) of subsection (a) shall serve an initial term of 3
21    years.
22        (5) The commissioner appointed pursuant to paragraph
23    (5) of subsection (a) shall serve an initial term of 6
24    years.
25    The successor commissioners shall serve for a term of 6
26years or until their successors have been appointed and

 

 

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1qualified in the same manner as the original appointments.
2    (d) A commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment
3upon the expiration of his or her term. A vacancy in the office
4of a commissioner shall be filled for the balance of the
5unexpired term by appointment and with the qualifications as
6to residency in the same manner as the original appointment
7was made.
8    (e) A commissioner may be a member of the governing board,
9an officer, or an employee of the county or any unit of local
10government located within the county.
11    (f) As used in this Section, "territorial municipality"
12means a municipality entirely outside of the home county, but
13within the territorial limits and receiving water from the
14water commission.
15(Source: P.A. 96-1389, eff. 7-29-10.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.