96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6947

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 375/2.5 new
10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2  from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2
10 ILCS 5/2A-56 new
40 ILCS 5/22-105 new
70 ILCS 3605/12b  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312b
70 ILCS 3605/19  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319
70 ILCS 3605/20  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 320
70 ILCS 3605/21  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 321
70 ILCS 3605/22  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 322
70 ILCS 3605/23  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 323

    Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Election Code, the Illinois Pension Code, and the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Provides for the nonpartisan election of a 9-member Chicago Transit Authority Board, beginning at the consolidated election in 2011 (now, a 7-member board is appointed). Eliminates compensation and pension and group insurance benefits for members. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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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 State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971
5is amended by adding Section 2.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 375/2.5 new)
7    Sec. 2.5. Application to Chicago Transit Authority Board
8members. This Act does not apply to any elected member of the
9Chicago Transit Authority Board established by subsection (b)
10of Section 20 of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act or to
11any person appointed to fill a vacancy on that elected Board.
 
12    Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing
13Section 2A-1.2 and by adding Section 2A-56 as follows:
 
14    (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
15    Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices
16Designated.
17    (a) At the general election in the appropriate
18even-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled or
19shall be on the ballot as otherwise required by this Code:
20        (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the
21    United States;

 

 

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1        (2) United States Senator and United States
2    Representative;
3        (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
4        (4) State Senator and State Representative;
5        (5) County elected officers, including State's
6    Attorney, County Board member, County Commissioners, and
7    elected President of the County Board or County Chief
8    Executive;
9        (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
10        (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in
11    counties or educational service regions in which that
12    office has been abolished;
13        (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit
14    Courts, on the question of retention, to fill vacancies and
15    newly created judicial offices;
16        (9) (Blank);
17        (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of
18    Chicago, and elected Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
19        (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
20    designated in this Section, where the statute creating or
21    authorizing the creation of the district requires an annual
22    election and permits or requires election of candidates of
23    political parties.
24    (b) At the general primary election:
25        (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political
26    parties shall be nominated for those offices to be filled

 

 

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1    at the general election in that year, except where pursuant
2    to law nomination of candidates of political parties is
3    made by caucus.
4        (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the
5    political party offices of State central committeeman,
6    township committeeman, ward committeeman, and precinct
7    committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate
8    delegates to the National nominating conventions shall be
9    elected as may be required pursuant to this Code. In the
10    even-numbered years in which a Presidential election is to
11    be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
12    shall also be on the ballot.
13        (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality
14    has provided for annual elections to elect municipal
15    officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or Section 7 of Article
16    VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal
17    Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of
18    such municipal officers shall be filled at an election held
19    on the date of the general primary election, provided that
20    the municipal election shall be a nonpartisan election
21    where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For partisan
22    municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to
23    nominate candidates for municipal office to be elected at
24    the general primary election shall be held on the Tuesday 6
25    weeks preceding that election.
26        (4) in each school district which has adopted the

 

 

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1    provisions of Article 33 of the School Code, successors to
2    the members of the board of education whose terms expire in
3    the year in which the general primary is held shall be
4    elected.
5    (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate
6odd-numbered years, the following offices shall be filled:
7        (1) Municipal officers, provided that in
8    municipalities in which candidates for alderman or other
9    municipal office are not permitted by law to be candidates
10    of political parties, the runoff election where required by
11    law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law,
12    shall be held on the date of the consolidated election; and
13    provided further, in the case of municipal officers
14    provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
15    government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of
16    Article VII of the Constitution, such offices shall be
17    filled by election or by runoff election as may be provided
18    by such ordinance;
19        (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
20        (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
21        (4) Commissioners of park districts;
22        (5) Trustees of public library districts;
23        (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise
24    designated in this section, where the statute creating or
25    authorizing the creation of the district permits or
26    requires election of candidates of political parties;

 

 

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1        (7) Township officers, including township park
2    commissioners, township library directors, and boards of
3    managers of community buildings, and Multi-Township
4    Assessors;
5        (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
6        (9) Members of school boards in school districts which
7    adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
8        (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes -
9    Fox River Waterway Management Agency;
10        (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected
11    under Section 3.5 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District
12    Act;
13        (11.5) Members of the Chicago Transit Authority Board;
14        (12) Elected members of school boards, school
15    trustees, directors of boards of school directors,
16    trustees of county boards of school trustees (except in
17    counties or educational service regions having a
18    population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of
19    boards of school inspectors, except school boards in school
20    districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
21        (13) Members of Community College district boards;
22        (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
23        (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan
24    Exposition and Auditorium Authority;
25        (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium
26    Districts;

 

 

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1        (17) Elected Officers of special districts not
2    otherwise designated in this Section for which the law
3    governing those districts does not permit candidates of
4    political parties.
5    (d) At the consolidated primary election in each
6odd-numbered year, candidates of political parties shall be
7nominated for those offices to be filled at the consolidated
8election in that year, except where pursuant to law nomination
9of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
10except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of
11subsection (c).
12    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
13odd-numbered years, the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen
14shall be elected in municipalities in which candidates for
15mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by law
16to be candidates of political parties, subject to runoff
17elections to be held at the consolidated election as may be
18required by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a
19nonpartisan election in municipalities in which pursuant to law
20candidates for such office are not permitted to be candidates
21of political parties.
22    At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate
23odd-numbered years, municipal officers shall be nominated or
24elected, or elected subject to a runoff, as may be provided by
25an ordinance providing a form of government of the municipality
26pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.

 

 

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1    (e) (Blank).
2    (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public
3questions may be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and
4any special election otherwise required or authorized by law or
5by court order may be conducted pursuant to this Code.
6    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers
7established in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for
8the establishment of a political subdivision whose officers are
9to be elected, the initial officers shall be elected at the
10election at which such referendum is held if otherwise so
11provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial
12officers shall be subject to the referendum.
13    Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of
14officials established in this Article, any community college
15district which becomes effective by operation of law pursuant
16to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College Act, as now or
17hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
18members at the next regularly scheduled election following the
19effective date of the new district.
20    (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in
21any precinct there are no offices or public questions required
22to be on the ballot under this Code then no election shall be
23held in the precinct on that date.
24    (h) There may be conducted a referendum in accordance with
25the provisions of Division 6-4 of the Counties Code.
26(Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,

 

 

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1eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
2    (10 ILCS 5/2A-56 new)
3    Sec. 2A-56. Chicago Transit Authority Board member. A
4Chicago Transit Authority Board member under Section 20 of the
5Metropolitan Transit Authority Act shall be elected at the
6consolidated election to succeed each incumbent Chicago
7Transit Authority Board member whose term expires before the
8following consolidated election.
 
9    Section 15. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding
10Section 22-105 as follows:
 
11    (40 ILCS 5/22-105 new)
12    Sec. 22-105. Application to Chicago Transit Authority
13Board members. This Code does not apply to any elected member
14of the Chicago Transit Authority Board established by
15subsection (b) of Section 20 of the Metropolitan Transit
16Authority Act or to any person appointed to fill a vacancy on
17that elected Board.
 
18    Section 20. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
19amended by changing Sections 12b, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 as
20follows:
 
21    (70 ILCS 3605/12b)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 312b)

 

 

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1    Sec. 12b. Working Cash Borrowing. In addition to the powers
2provided in Section 12a, the Board with the affirmative vote of
3at least two-thirds 5 of its Directors may demand and direct
4the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority to issue
5Working Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts and having
6such maturities as the Authority deems proper, provided however
7any such borrowing shall have been specifically identified in
8the budget of the Authority as approved by the Board of the
9Regional Transportation Authority. Provided further, that the
10Board may not issue and have outstanding or demand and direct
11the Board of the Regional Transportation Authority to issue and
12have outstanding more than an aggregate of $40,000,000 in
13Working Cash Notes.
14(Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 3605/19)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319)
16    Sec. 19. Compensation; pension; benefits.
17    (a) Until May 1, 2011, the The governing and administrative
18body of the Authority shall be a board consisting of seven
19members, to be known as Chicago Transit Board. Beginning May 1,
202011, the board shall consist of 9 members elected as set forth
21in subsection (b) of Section 20. Members of the Board shall be
22residents of the metropolitan area and persons of recognized
23business ability. No member of the Board of the Authority shall
24hold any other office or employment under the Federal, State or
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1office without compensation or an office in the National Guard.
2No employee of the Authority shall hold any other office or
3employment under the Federal, State or any County or any
4municipal government except an office with compensation not
5exceeding $15,000 annually or a position in the National Guard
6or the United States military reserves. Provided, however, that
7the Chairman may be a member of the Board of the Regional
8Transportation Authority. No member of the Board or employee of
9the Authority shall have any private financial interest, profit
10or benefit in any contract, work or business of the Authority
11nor in the sale or lease of any property to or from the
12Authority.
13    (b) This subsection applies only to members appointed under
14subsection (a) of Section 20. The salary of each member of the
15initial appointed Board shall be $15,000.00 per annum, and such
16salary shall not be increased or diminished during his or her
17term of office. The salaries of successor members of the
18appointed Board shall be fixed by the Board and shall not be
19increased or diminished during their respective terms of
20office. No appointed Board member shall be allowed any fees,
21perquisites or emoluments, reward or compensation for his or
22her services as a member or officer of the Authority aside from
23his or her salary or pension, but he or she shall be reimbursed
24for actual expenses incurred by him or her in the performance
25of his or her duties.
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1receive no annual salary or other compensation for their
2service in office, except that each member shall be reimbursed
3for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her
4duties.
5    No service or contribution shall be credited in any
6retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension
7Code or otherwise, to the chairman or any other member of the
8Board for service in that office beginning on or after May 1,
92011, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or
10otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension
11fund credit. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
12beginning May 1, 2011, the chairman or any other member of the
13Board shall receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his
14or her service in such office, including without limitation
15participation in a program of life or health insurance.
16(Source: P.A. 95-968, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 3605/20)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 320)
18    Sec. 20. Chicago Transit Authority Board.
19    (a) Within sixty (60) days after the adoption of this Act
20by the electors of one or more cities, villages and
21incorporated towns within the metropolitan area having a
22population in the aggregate of at least 100,000 according to
23the Federal census of 1940, the Governor, by and with the
24advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three members
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1years 1947, 1948 and 1949, respectively, at least one of which
2members shall be a resident of that portion of the metropolitan
3area which is outside the corporate limits of the City of
4Chicago, and the Mayor, with advice and consent of the City
5Council of the City of Chicago, shall appoint four members of
6the Board for initial terms expiring September first of the
7years 1946, 1950, 1951 and 1952, respectively. At the
8expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Governor
9his or her successor shall be appointed by the Governor, and at
10the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Mayor
11his or her successor shall be appointed by the Mayor in like
12manner, and with like regard as to the place of residence of
13the appointee, as appointments for the initial terms. All
14successors shall hold office for the term of seven years from
15the first day of September of the year in which they are
16appointed, except in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
17In case of vacancy in the office of any member appointed by the
18Governor during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall
19make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the
20Senate when he or she shall nominate some person to fill such
21office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed by the
22Senate, shall hold his or her office during the remainder of
23the term and until his or her successor shall be appointed and
24qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the time this Act
25takes effect, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as
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1subject to approval by the Mayor, and each appointment by the
2Mayor shall be subject to approval by the Governor and, when so
3approved, the Governor and the Mayor shall certify their
4respective appointments and approvals to the Secretary of
5State. If the Governor or the Mayor does not approve or
6disapprove the appointment by the Mayor or the Governor,
7respectively, within 15 days after receipt thereof, the person
8is appointed. Within thirty days after certification and
9approval of his or her appointment, and before entering upon
10the duties of his or her office, each member of the Board shall
11take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file
12it in the office of the Secretary of State. This subsection (a)
13applies until May 1, 2011.
14    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
15contrary, the terms of all members of the Chicago Transit
16Authority Board serving on April 30, 2011 shall terminate at
17the close of business on that day, and the Chicago Transit
18Authority Board shall thereupon be reconstituted as provided in
19this subsection (b).
20    Beginning May 1, 2011, the governing body of the Chicago
21Transit Authority Board shall be a board consisting of 9
22members elected as follows:
23        (1) Seven members shall be elected by the electors of
24    the City of Chicago and shall represent and reside in the
25    City of Chicago;
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1    that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago and
2    shall represent and reside in that part of Cook County.
3    (c) The chairman shall be appointed by the members, from
4the members of the board, with the concurrence of at least 6 of
5the members.
6    (d) The members provided for in subsection (b) shall be
7elected on a nonpartisan basis at the consolidated election,
8beginning in 2011.
9    Nomination shall be by petition, signed by at least 0.1% of
10the registered voters of the area to be represented, filed with
11the appropriate election authority in accordance with the
12general election law. Electors may vote for as many candidates
13as there are members to be elected but may not give any one
14candidate more than one vote.
15    Of the members elected in 2011, (i) the members described
16in item (1) of subsection (b) who receive the first, second,
17third, and fourth greatest number of votes, and the member
18described in item (2) thereof who receives the greatest number
19of votes in the consolidated election, shall be elected for
20terms of 4 years; and (ii) the members described in item (1) of
21subsection (b) who receive the fifth, sixth, and seventh
22greatest number of votes, and the member described in item (2)
23thereof who receives the second greatest number of votes, shall
24be elected for terms of 2 years. Thereafter, all members shall
25be elected for terms of 4 years. All terms shall begin on May
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1are elected and have qualified.
2(Source: P.A. 79-938.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3605/21)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 321)
4    Sec. 21. Vacancies.
5    (a) This subsection (a) applies only to members appointed
6under subsection (a) of Section 20. Members of the Board shall
7hold office until their respective successors have been
8appointed and have qualified. Any member may resign from his or
9her office, to take effect when his or her successor has been
10appointed and has qualified. The Governor and the Mayor,
11respectively, may remove any member of the Board appointed by
12him or her in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or
13malfeasance in office. They may give him or her a copy of the
14charges against him or her and an opportunity to be publicly
15heard in person or by counsel in his or her own defense upon
16not less than ten days' notice. In case of failure to qualify
17within the time required, or of abandonment of his or her
18office, or in case of death, conviction of a crime or removal
19from office, his or her office shall become vacant. Each
20vacancy in an appointed office shall be filled for the
21unexpired term by appointment in like manner, and with like
22regard as to the place of residence of the appointee, as in
23case of expiration of the term of a member of the Board.
24    (b) Beginning May 1, 2011, a vacancy shall be filled for
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1board chairman of the county represented by the member causing
2the vacancy or, in the case of a member representing the City
3of Chicago, by the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
4(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 3605/22)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 322)
6    Sec. 22. Chairperson; terms; compensation. As soon as
7possible after the appointment of the initial members, the
8board shall organize for the transaction of business, select a
9chairman and a temporary secretary from its own number, and
10adopt by-laws, rules and regulations to govern its proceedings.
11Until May 1, 2011, the The initial chairman and successors
12shall be elected by the Board from time to time for the term of
13his or her office as a member of the Board or for the term of
14three years, whichever is shorter. Beginning on May 1, 2011,
15the chairperson shall be appointed by the members, from the
16members of the board, with the concurrence of at least 6 of the
17members.
18    Until May 1, 2011, the The Board shall fix the salary of
19the chairman in addition to his or her salary as a member of
20the Board, which shall not be increased or diminished during
21his or her term of office as chairman. But if the chairman is
22engaged in any other business or employment during his or her
23term as chairman, his or her annual salary shall be not more
24than $25,000. Beginning May 1, 2011, the chairperson shall
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1service in office, except that the chairperson shall be
2reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of
3his or her duties.
4(Source: P.A. 80-937.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 3605/23)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 323)
6    Sec. 23. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be
7held at least once in each calendar month, the time and place
8of such meetings to be fixed by the Board. Four members of the
9Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
10business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance or
11resolution. Until May 1, 2011, and the affirmative vote of at
12least four members shall be necessary for the adoption of any
13ordinance or resolution. Beginning May 1, 2011, the affirmative
14vote of at least 5 members shall be necessary for the adoption
15of any ordinance or resolution. All such ordinances and
16resolutions before taking effect shall be approved by the
17chairman of the Board, and if he or she shall approve thereof
18he or she shall sign the same, and such as he or she shall not
19approve he or she shall return to the Board with his or her
20objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of
21the Board occurring after the passage thereof. But in case the
22chairman shall fail to return any ordinance or resolution with
23his or her objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he or she
24shall be deemed to have approved the same and it shall take
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1resolution by the chairman with his or her objections, the vote
2by which the same was passed shall be reconsidered by the
3Board, and if upon such reconsideration said ordinance or
4resolution is passed by the affirmative vote of at least
5two-thirds five members, it shall go into effect
6notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All ordinances,
7resolutions and all proceedings of the Authority and all
8documents and records in its possession shall be public
9records, and open to public inspection, except such documents
10and records as shall be kept or prepared by the Board for use
11in negotiations, action or proceedings to which the Authority
12is a party.
13(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1171.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.