96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6950

 

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 3615/3A.02  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02
70 ILCS 3615/3A.02a new
70 ILCS 3615/3A.03  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.03
70 ILCS 3615/3A.05  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05
70 ILCS 3615/3A.06  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.06
70 ILCS 3615/3A.07  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.07
70 ILCS 3615/3A.12  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12

    Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Election Code, the Illinois Pension Code, and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides for the nonpartisan election of a 9-member Suburban Bus Board, beginning at the consolidated election in 2011 (now, a 13-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 Suburban Bus Board members. This
8Act does not apply to any elected member of the Suburban Bus
9Board established by Section 3A.02a of the Regional
10Transportation Authority Act or to any person appointed to fill
11a 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 Suburban Bus 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. Suburban Bus Board member. A Suburban Bus Board
4member under Section 3A.02a of the Regional Transportation
5Authority Act shall be elected at the consolidated election to
6succeed each incumbent Suburban Bus Board member whose term
7expires before the following consolidated election.
 
8    Section 15. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding
9Section 22-105 as follows:
 
10    (40 ILCS 5/22-105 new)
11    Sec. 22-105. Application to Suburban Bus Board members.
12This Code does not apply to any elected member of the Suburban
13Bus Board established by Section 3A.02a of the Regional
14Transportation Authority Act or to any person appointed to fill
15a vacancy on that elected Board.
 
16    Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
17amended by changing Sections 3A.02, 3A.03, 3A.05, 3A.06, 3A.07,
18and 3A.12 and adding Section 3A.02a as follows:
 
19    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.02)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02)
20    Sec. 3A.02. Suburban Bus Board; appointed directors. Until
21May 1, 2011, the The governing body of the Suburban Bus

 

 

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1Division shall be a board consisting of 13 directors appointed
2as follows:
3        (a) Six Directors appointed by the members of the Cook
4    County Board elected from that part of Cook County outside
5    of Chicago, or in the event such Board of Commissioners
6    becomes elected from single member districts, by those
7    Commissioners elected from districts, a majority of the
8    residents of which reside outside of Chicago from the chief
9    executive officers of the municipalities, of that portion
10    of Cook County outside of Chicago. Provided however, that:
11            (i) One of the Directors shall be the chief
12        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
13        the Northwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
14            (ii) One of the Directors shall be the chief
15        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
16        the North Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
17            (iii) One of the Directors shall be the chief
18        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
19        the North Shore Region defined in Section 3A.13;
20            (iv) One of the Directors shall be the chief
21        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
22        the Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
23            (v) One of the Directors shall be the chief
24        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
25        the Southwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
26            (vi) One of the Directors shall be the chief

 

 

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1        executive officer of a municipality within the area of
2        the South Region defined in Section 3A.13;
3        (b) One Director by the Chairman of the Kane County
4    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
5    municipality within Kane County;
6        (c) One Director by the Chairman of the Lake County
7    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
8    municipality within Lake County;
9        (d) One Director by the Chairman of the DuPage County
10    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
11    municipality within DuPage County;
12        (e) One Director by the Chairman of the McHenry County
13    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
14    municipality within McHenry County;
15        (f) One Director by the Chairman of the Will County
16    Board who shall be a chief executive officer of a
17    municipality within Will County;
18        (g) The Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People
19    with Disabilities, from the City of Chicago, who shall
20    serve as an ex-officio member; and
21        (h) The Chairman by the Governor for the initial term,
22    and thereafter by a majority of the Chairmen of the DuPage,
23    Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will County Boards and the members
24    of the Cook County Board elected from that part of Cook
25    County outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board of
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1    those Commissioners elected from districts, a majority of
2    the electors of which reside outside of Chicago; and who
3    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
4    General Assembly may not be a resident of the City of
5    Chicago.
6    Each appointment made under paragraphs (a) through (g) and
7under Section 3A.03 shall be certified by the appointing
8authority to the Suburban Bus Board which shall maintain the
9certifications as part of the official records of the Suburban
10Bus Board; provided that the initial appointments shall be
11certified to the Secretary of State, who shall transmit the
12certifications to the Suburban Bus Board following its
13organization.
14    Beginning May 1, 2011, the governing body of the Suburban
15Bus Division shall be a board consisting of 9 directors elected
16as set forth in Section 3A.02a.
17    For the purposes of this Section, "chief executive officer
18of a municipality" includes a former chief executive officer of
19a municipality within the specified Region or County, provided
20that the former officer continues to reside within such Region
21or County.
22(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.02a new)
24    Sec. 3A.02a. Suburban Bus Board; elected directors.
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1contrary, the terms of all members of the Suburban Bus Board
2serving on April 30, 2011 shall terminate at the close of
3business on that day, and the Suburban Bus Board shall
4thereupon be reconstituted as provided in subsection (b) of
5this Section.
6    (b) Beginning May 1, 2011, the governing body of the
7Suburban Bus Division shall be a board consisting of 9
8directors elected as follows:
9        (1) One director shall be elected by the electors of
10    the City of Chicago and shall represent and reside in the
11    City of Chicago;
12        (2) Three directors shall be elected by the electors of
13    that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago and
14    shall represent and reside in that part of Cook County;
15        (3) One director shall be elected by the electors of
16    DuPage County and shall represent and reside in DuPage
17    County;
18        (4) One director shall be elected by the electors of
19    Kane County and shall represent and reside in Kane County;
20        (5) One director shall be elected by the electors of
21    Lake County and shall represent and reside in Lake County;
22        (6) One director shall be elected by the electors of
23    McHenry County and shall represent and reside in McHenry
24    County;
25        (7) One director shall be elected by the electors of
26    Will County and shall represent and reside in Will County.

 

 

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1    (c) The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, from
2the members of the board, with the concurrence of at least 6 of
3the directors.
4    (d) The directors provided for in subsection (b) shall be
5nominated and elected on a nonpartisan basis as provided in
6Section 3A.03 of this Act and in the Election Code.
 
7    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.03)
8    Sec. 3A.03. Terms, Elections, Vacancies.
9    (a) This subsection (a) applies only to directors appointed
10under Section 3A.02. The initial term of the directors
11appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 3A.02 shall
12expire on June 30, 1985; the initial term of the directors
13appointed pursuant to subdivisions (b) through (g) of Section
143A.02 shall expire on June 30, 1986. Thereafter, each director
15shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, and until his or her
16successor has been appointed and qualified. A vacancy shall
17occur upon the resignation, death, conviction of a felony, or
18removal from office of a director. Any director may be removed
19from office upon the concurrence of not less than 8 directors,
20on a formal finding of incompetence, neglect of duty, or
21malfeasance in office. Within 30 days after the office of any
22appointed director becomes vacant for any reason other than the
23termination of appointed directors under Section 3A.02a, the
24appointing authorities of such director shall make an
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1the unexpired term. The initial directors other than the
2chairman shall be appointed within 180 days of November 9,
31983.
4    On June 1, 1984 the seat of any Director of the Suburban
5Bus Board not yet filled shall be deemed vacant and shall be
6chosen by the election of all the legislative members of the
7General Assembly representing the affected area. In order to
8qualify as a voting legislative member in this matter, the
9affected area must be more than 50% of the geographic area of
10the legislative district.
11    (b) The directors provided for in Section 3A.02a shall be
12elected on a nonpartisan basis at the consolidated election,
13beginning in 2011.
14    Nomination shall be by petition, signed by at least 0.1% of
15the registered voters of the area to be represented, filed with
16the appropriate election authority in accordance with the
17general election law. In elections for directors representing
18that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago, if more
19than one such director is to be elected, the electors may vote
20for as many candidates as there are directors to be elected but
21may not give any one candidate more than one vote.
22    Of the directors elected in 2011, (i) the directors
23described in items (3), (5), and (7) of subsection (b) of
24Section 3A.02a, and the director described in item (2) thereof
25who receives the greatest number of votes in the consolidated
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1directors described in items (1), (4), and (6) of subsection
2(b) of Section 3A.02a, and the 2 directors described in item
3(2) thereof who receive the second and third greatest number of
4votes, shall be elected for terms of 2 years. Thereafter, all
5directors shall be elected for terms of 4 years. All terms
6shall begin on May 1, and directors shall continue to serve
7until their successors are elected and have qualified.
8    (c) Beginning May 1, 2011, a vacancy shall be filled for
9the remainder of the term by a person appointed by the county
10board chairman of the county represented by the director
11causing the vacancy or, in the case of the director
12representing the City of Chicago, by the Mayor of the City of
13Chicago.
14(Source: P.A. 83-1156.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.05)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05)
16    Sec. 3A.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The
17Suburban Bus Board shall appoint an Executive Director who
18shall be the chief executive officer of the Division,
19appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence of at
20least two-thirds 9 of the directors of the Suburban Bus Board.
21The Executive Director shall appoint, retain and employ
22officers, attorneys, agents, engineers, employees and shall
23organize the staff, shall allocate their functions and duties,
24fix compensation and conditions of employment, and consistent
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1take all actions necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill its
2responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
3other powers and responsibilities as the Suburban Bus Board
4shall determine. The Executive Director shall be an individual
5of proven transportation and management skills and may not be a
6member of the Suburban Bus Board. The Division may employ its
7own professional management personnel to provide professional
8and technical expertise concerning its purposes and powers and
9to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation
10agencies in the metropolitan region.
11    No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in
12the Illinois Human Rights Act, shall be made in any term or
13aspect of employment nor shall there be discrimination based
14upon political reasons or factors. The Suburban Bus Board shall
15establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall not
16be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on merit.
17    The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights
18Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and
19procedure established thereunder. The Suburban Bus Board shall
20file an affirmative action program for employment by it with
21the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants are
22employed and that employees are treated during employment,
23without regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
24action program shall include provisions relating to hiring,
25upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment
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1forms of compensation.
2(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
3    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.06)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.06)
4    Sec. 3A.06. Compensation; pension; benefits. Until May 1,
52011, the The Chairman of the Suburban Bus Board shall receive
6an annual salary of $15,000, and the other members of the
7Suburban Bus Board shall receive an annual salary of $10,000.
8Beginning May 1, 2011, members of the Suburban Bus Board,
9including the chairman, shall receive no annual salary or other
10compensation for their service in office, except that the
11chairman and each Each member shall be reimbursed for actual
12expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties, not
13to exceed $5000 per year.
14    No service or contribution shall be credited in any
15retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension
16Code or otherwise, to the chairman or any other member of the
17Board for service in that office beginning on or after May 1,
182011, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or
19otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension
20fund credit. Except as otherwise provided in this Act,
21beginning May 1, 2011, the chairman or any other member of the
22Board shall receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his
23or her service in such office, including without limitation
24participation in a program of life or health insurance.
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1with the requirements of the Public Funds Statement Publication
2Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public monies to
3file and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements
4thereof", approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended.
5(Source: P.A. 84-939.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.07)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.07)
7    Sec. 3A.07. Meetings. The Suburban Bus Board shall
8prescribe the time and places for meetings and the manner in
9which special meetings may be called. The Suburban Bus Board
10shall comply in all respects with the "Open Meetings Act", as
11now or hereafter amended. All records, documents and papers of
12the Suburban Bus Division, other than those relating to matters
13concerning which closed sessions of the Suburban Bus Board may
14be held, shall be available for public examination, subject to
15such reasonable regulations as the Suburban Bus Board may
16adopt.
17    A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the
18conduct of business. Until May 1, 2011, the The affirmative
19votes of at least 7 members shall be necessary for any action
20required by this Act to be taken by ordinance. Beginning May 1,
212011, the affirmative votes of at least 5 members shall be
22necessary for any action required by this Act to be taken by
23ordinance.
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1    (70 ILCS 3615/3A.12)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12)
2    Sec. 3A.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Suburban Bus Board
3with the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds 9 of its
4Directors may demand and direct the Board of the Authority to
5issue Working Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts and
6having such maturities as the Suburban Bus Board deems proper,
7provided however any such borrowing shall have been
8specifically identified in the budget of the Suburban Bus Board
9as approved by the Board of the Authority. Provided further,
10that the Suburban Bus Board may not demand and direct the Board
11of the Authority to have issued and have outstanding at any
12time in excess of $5,000,000 in Working Cash Notes.
13(Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.