96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0270

 

Introduced 1/23/2009, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 1707/15
70 ILCS 1707/25

    Amends the Regional Planning Act. Provides that the Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning shall consist of 17 members (now, 15). Provides that the 2 additional members shall be appointed by the Governor. Sets forth the terms and residency requirements for the additional members. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Regional Planning Act is amended by changing
5Sections 15 and 25 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1707/15)
7    Sec. 15. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning;
8structure.
9    (a) The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is
10established as a political subdivision, body politic, and
11municipal corporation. The Board shall be responsible for
12developing and adopting a funding and implementation strategy
13for an integrated land use and transportation planning process
14for the northeastern Illinois region.
15    (b) (Blank.)
16    (c) The Board shall consist of 17 15 voting members as
17follows:
18        (1) One member from DuPage County appointed
19    cooperatively by the mayors of DuPage County and the chief
20    elected county official of DuPage County.
21        (2) One member representing both Kane and Kendall
22    Counties appointed cooperatively by the mayors of Kane
23    County and Kendall County and the chief elected county

 

 

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1    officials of Kane County and Kendall County.
2        (3) One member from Lake County appointed
3    cooperatively by the mayors of Lake County and the chief
4    elected county official of Lake County.
5        (4) One member from McHenry County appointed
6    cooperatively by the mayors of McHenry County and the chief
7    elected county official of McHenry County.
8        (5) One member from Will County appointed
9    cooperatively by the mayors of Will County and the chief
10    elected county official of Will County.
11        (6) Five members from the City of Chicago appointed by
12    the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
13        (7) One member from that portion of Cook County outside
14    of the City of Chicago appointed by the President of the
15    Cook County Board of Commissioners.
16        (8) Four members from that portion of Cook County
17    outside of the City of Chicago appointed, with the consent
18    of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,
19    as follows:
20            (i) One by the mayors representing those
21        communities in Cook County that are outside of the City
22        of Chicago and north of Devon Avenue.
23            (ii) One by the mayors representing those
24        communities in Cook County that are outside of the City
25        of Chicago, south of Devon Avenue, and north of
26        Interstate 55, and in addition the Village of Summit.

 

 

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1            (iii) One by the mayors representing those
2        communities in Cook County that are outside of the City
3        of Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of
4        Interstate 57, excluding the communities of Summit,
5        Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and
6        Tinley Park.
7            (iv) One by the mayors representing those
8        communities in Cook County that are outside of the City
9        of Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition,
10        the communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins,
11        Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park.
12        (9) Two members appointed by the Governor, each of whom
13    shall be a resident of the CMAP region, and not more than
14    one of whom may be a resident of (i) the City of Chicago,
15    (ii) the part of Cook County that is outside of the City of
16    Chicago, or (iii) collectively the counties of DuPage,
17    Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will.
18The terms of the members initially appointed to the Board shall
19begin within 60 days after this Act takes effect, except that
20the terms of the members appointed by the Governor under item
21(9) of this subsection shall begin 60 days after the effective
22date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
23    (d) The CMAP Board may appoint non-voting members of the
24Board.
25    (e) (1) The CMAP Board shall create a Wastewater Committee
26with the responsibility of recommending directly to the

 

 

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1Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) the
2appropriateness of proposed requests for modifications and
3amendments to the established boundaries of wastewater
4facility planning areas, requests for the creation of new
5wastewater facility planning areas, requests for the
6elimination of existing wastewater facility planning areas,
7requests for new or expanded sewage treatment facilities, or
8any other amendments to the State of Illinois Water Quality
9Management Plan required under the federal Clean Water Act. The
10Chairmanship of the Wastewater Committee shall rotate every 24
11months between the individuals described in subsections
12(e)(2)(iv) and (e)(2)(v) with the individual identified in
13subsection (e)(2)(v) serving as chairman for the initial
1424-month period commencing on the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
16        (2) The Wastewater Committee shall consist of 5 members
17    of the CMAP Board designated as follows:
18            (i) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall be
19        one of the CMAP Board members designated in subsection
20        (c)(1) through (c)(5).
21            (ii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
22        be one of the CMAP Board members designated in
23        subsection (c)(6).
24            (iii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
25        be one of the CMAP Board members designated in
26        subsection (c)(7) or (c)(8).

 

 

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1            (iv) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
2        be a person appointed by the President of the
3        Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
4        Chicago (and who does not need to serve on the CMAP
5        Board).
6            (v) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall be
7        a person appointed by the President of the largest
8        statewide association of wastewater agencies (and who
9        does not need to serve on the CMAP Board).
10        (3) Terms of the members of the Wastewater Committee
11    shall be consistent with those identified in Section 25,
12    except that the term of the member of the Wastewater
13    Committee appointed by the President of the Metropolitan
14    Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall expire
15    on July 1, 2009, and the term of the member of the
16    Wastewater Committee appointed by the President of the
17    largest statewide association of wastewater agencies shall
18    expire on July 1, 2009.
19    (f) With the exception of matters considered and
20recommended by the Wastewater Committee directly to the IEPA,
21which shall require only a concurrence of a simple majority of
22the Wastewater Committee members in office, concurrence of
23four-fifths of the Board members in office is necessary for the
24Board to take any action.
25(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 1707/25)
2    Sec. 25. Operations.
3    (a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its
4Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the
5Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his
6or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the
7office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the
8constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of
9State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years or
10until successors are appointed and qualified. The terms of the
11initial Board members shall expire as follows:
12        (1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and the
13    member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall
14    expire on July 1, 2007.
15        (2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, and
16    Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009.
17        (3) As designated at the time of appointment, the terms
18    of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on July
19    1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of Chicago
20    shall expire on July 1, 2009.
21        (4) The term of the member appointed by the President
22    of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on
23    July 1, 2007.
24        (5) The terms of those members appointed, with the
25    consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
26    Commissioners, by the mayors representing those

 

 

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1    communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
2    Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1,
3    2007.
4        (6) The terms of those members appointed, with the
5    consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
6    Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
7    communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
8    Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate 57,
9    excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen,
10    Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall
11    expire on July 1, 2007.
12        (7) The terms of those members appointed, with the
13    consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
14    Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities
15    in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago,
16    south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in
17    addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1,
18    2009.
19        (8) The terms of those members appointed, with the
20    consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
21    Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
22    communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
23    Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the
24    communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak
25    Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009.
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1    Governor shall expire as follows: one shall expire on July
2    1, 2010
     and one shall expire on July 1, 2012.
3    (b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing
4authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the
5unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation,
6but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the
7performance of their duties.
8    (c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the
9City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of
10Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of
11Cook County on a one man one vote basis. Within 6 months after
12the release of each certified federal decennial census, the
13Board shall review its composition and, if a change is
14necessary in order to comply with the representation
15requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the
16necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly.
17    (d) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least
18once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board
19meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special
20meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman or a
21majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and
22place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board
23members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the
24meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting
25is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are
26present, no such written notice is required. A majority of the

 

 

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1Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose of
2convening a meeting of the Board.
3    (e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance
4with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records in
5accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act.
6    (f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting
7after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board from its
8membership shall appoint a chairman and may appoint vice
9chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those
10officers pursuant to its bylaws. Before entering upon duties of
11office, the chairman shall execute a bond with corporate
12sureties to be approved by the Board and shall file it with the
13principal office of the Board. The bond shall be payable to the
14Board in whatever penal sum may be directed and shall be
15conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of
16office and the payment of all money received by the chairman
17according to law and the orders of the Board. The Board may
18appoint, from time to time, an executive committee and standing
19and ad hoc committees to assist in carrying out its
20responsibilities.
21(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.