Rep. Emily McAsey

Filed: 3/16/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6380

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6380 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Joliet Regional Port District Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 14, 15, 16, and 18 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 1825/14)  (from Ch. 19, par. 264)
7     Sec. 14. Board; compensation. The governing and
8 administrative body of the Port District shall be a Board
9 consisting of 10 9 members, to be known as the Joliet Regional
10 Port District Board. All members of the Board shall be
11 residents of Will County. The members of the Board shall serve
12 without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual
13 expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
14 However, any member of the Board who is appointed to the office
15 of secretary or treasurer may receive compensation for his or
16 her services as such officer. No member of the Board or

 

 

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1 employee of the District shall have any private financial
2 interest, profit or benefit in any contract, work or business
3 of the District nor in the sale or lease of any property to or
4 from the District.
5 (Source: P.A. 94-1003, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
6     (70 ILCS 1825/15)  (from Ch. 19, par. 265)
7     Sec. 15. Appointment of Board. Within 60 days after this
8 Act becomes effective the Governor, by and with the advice and
9 consent of the Senate shall appoint 3 members of the Board who
10 reside within the District outside the corporate boundaries of
11 the City city of Joliet for initial terms expiring June 1st of
12 the years 1959, 1961, and 1963, respectively, and the Mayor,
13 with the advice and consent of the City Council of the City of
14 Joliet, shall appoint 3 members of the Board who reside within
15 the City of Joliet for initial terms expiring June 1st of the
16 years 1958, 1960, and 1962, respectively. Of the 3 members each
17 appointed by the Governor and the Mayor not more than 2 shall
18 be affiliated with the same political party at the time of
19 appointment. Beginning with the first appointment made by the
20 Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, after the
21 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
22 Assembly, the Governor must appoint members who reside within
23 the District outside the corporate boundaries of the City of
24 Joliet and the Village of Romeoville. Within 60 days after the
25 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General

 

 

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1 Assembly, the County Executive of Will County, with the advice
2 and consent of the County Board, shall appoint 3 members of the
3 Board for terms expiring June 1st of 2008, 2010, and 2012,
4 respectively. Within 60 days after the effective date of this
5 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the President of
6 the Village of Romeoville, with the advice and consent of the
7 corporate authorities of the Village of Romeoville, shall
8 appoint one member of the Board who resides within the Village
9 of Romeoville for an initial term expiring June 1st of 2016.
10     At the expiration of the term of any member, his or her
11 successor shall be appointed by the Governor, Mayor, President
12 of the Village of Romeoville, or County Executive of Will
13 County in like manner and with like regard to political party
14 affiliation and place of residence of the appointee, as
15 appointments for the initial terms.
16     All successors shall hold office for the term of 6 years
17 from the first day of June of the year in which the term of
18 office commences, except in the case of an appointment to fill
19 a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office of any member
20 appointed by the Governor during the recess of the Senate, the
21 Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
22 meeting of the Senate when he or she shall nominate some person
23 to fill such office; and any person so nominated, who is
24 confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his or her office during
25 the remainder of the term and until his or her successor shall
26 be appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at

 

 

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1 the time this Act takes effect, the Governor shall make
2 temporary appointments as in case of vacancies. The Governor,
3 the Mayor, the President of the Village of Romeoville, and the
4 County Executive shall certify their respective appointments
5 to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after certification
6 of his or her appointment, and before entering upon the duties
7 of his or her office, each member of the Board shall take and
8 subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it in the
9 office of the Secretary of State.
10 (Source: P.A. 94-1003, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
11     (70 ILCS 1825/16)  (from Ch. 19, par. 266)
12     Sec. 16. Removal and vacancies. Members of the Board shall
13 hold office until their respective successors have been
14 appointed and qualified. Any member may resign from his or her
15 office to take effect when his or her successor has been
16 appointed and has qualified. The Governor, the Mayor, the
17 President of the Village of Romeoville, and the County
18 Executive of Will County, respectively, may remove any member
19 of the Board they have appointed in case of incompetency,
20 neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. They shall give such
21 member a copy of the charges against him or her and an
22 opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his
23 or her own defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case
24 of failure to qualify within the time required, or of
25 abandonment of his or her office, or in case of death,

 

 

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1 conviction of a felony or removal from office, the office of
2 such member shall become vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled
3 for the unexpired term by appointment in like manner as in case
4 of expiration of the term of a member of the Board.
5 (Source: P.A. 94-1003, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
6     (70 ILCS 1825/18)  (from Ch. 19, par. 268)
7     Sec. 18. Board meetings; quorum; veto. Regular meetings of
8 the Board shall be held at least once in each calendar month,
9 the time and place of such meetings to be fixed by the Board.
10 Six Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the
11 transaction of business. All action of the Board shall be by
12 ordinances or resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 6
13 5 members shall be necessary for the adoption of any ordinance
14 or resolution. All such ordinances and resolutions before
15 taking effect shall be approved by the chairman of the Board,
16 and if he or she approves thereof he or she shall sign the
17 same, and such as he or she does not approve he or she shall
18 return to the Board with his or her objections thereto in
19 writing at the next regular meeting of the Board occurring
20 after the passage thereof. But in the case the chairman fails
21 to return any ordinance or resolution with his or her
22 objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he or she shall be
23 deemed to have approved the same and it shall take effect
24 accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by
25 the chairman with his or her objections, the vote by which the

 

 

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1 same was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon
2 such reconsideration said ordinance or resolution is passed by
3 the affirmative vote of at least 7 6 members, it shall go into
4 effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All
5 ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and
6 all documents and records in its possession shall be public
7 records, and open to public inspection, except such documents
8 and records as are kept or prepared by the Board for use in
9 negotiations, legal actions or proceedings to which the
10 District is a party.
11 (Source: P.A. 94-1003, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
12     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.".