HB3098 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 12692 KMF 18031 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3098

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 880/5

Amends the Illinois Conservation Foundation Act. Provides term length and appointment length. Provides that if a member fails to attend 2 or more meetings in one year without being excused, then the Chair of the Board of Directors may ask the appointing officer to consider removing the member and making a new appointment.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning state government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Conservation Foundation Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 880/5)

Sec. 5. Creation of Foundation. The General Assembly authorizes the Department of Natural Resources, in accordance with Section 10 of the State Agency Entity Creation Act, to create the Illinois Conservation Foundation. Under this authority, the Department of Natural Resources shall create the Illinois Conservation Foundation as a not-for-profit foundation. The Department shall file articles of incorporation as required under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 to create the Foundation. The Foundation's Board of Directors shall be appointed as follows: 2 by the President of the Illinois Senate; 2 by the Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate; 2 by the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives; 2 by the Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives; and 4 by the Governor. Each appointing individual shall have: one two-year term and one three-year term appointment. The Governor shall have 4 four-year term appointments. If a member fails to attend 2 or more meetings in one year without being excused, then the Chair of the Board of Directors may ask the appointing officer to consider removing the member and making a new appointment. If the appointing officer considers reappointing the same individual, that reappointing officer shall consider the member's attendance and commitment to the Foundation's purpose. Vacancies shall be filled by the official who made the recommendation for the vacated appointment. The Director of Natural Resources shall chair the Board of Directors of the Foundation. No member of the Board of Directors may receive compensation for his or her services to the Foundation.

(Source: P.A. 88-591, eff. 8-20-94; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)