Full Text of SB0378 99th General Assembly
SB0378sam001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Emil Jones, III Filed: 4/17/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 378
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 378 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Cook County Forest Preserve District Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 14 and 20 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 810/14) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6417)
| 7 | | Sec. 14. The board, as corporate authority of a forest
| 8 | | preserve district, shall have power to pass and enforce all | 9 | | necessary
ordinances, rules and regulations for the management | 10 | | of the property and
conduct of the business of such district. | 11 | | The president of such board
shall have power to appoint a | 12 | | secretary and an assistant secretary, and
treasurer and an | 13 | | assistant treasurer and such other officers and such
employees | 14 | | as may be necessary, all of whom, excepting the treasurer and
| 15 | | attorneys, shall be under civil service rules and regulations, | 16 | | as
provided in Section 17 of this Act. The assistant secretary |
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| 1 | | and assistant
treasurer shall perform the duties of the | 2 | | secretary and treasurer,
respectively, in case of death of said | 3 | | officers or when said officers
are unable to perform the duties | 4 | | of their respective offices because of
absence or inability to | 5 | | act. All contracts for supplies, material or
work involving an | 6 | | expenditure by forest preserve
districts in excess of $25,000 | 7 | | shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder,
after due | 8 | | advertisement, excepting work requiring personal confidence or | 9 | | necessary
supplies under the control of monopolies, where | 10 | | competitive bidding is
impossible. Contracts for supplies, | 11 | | material or work involving an
expenditure of $25,000 or less | 12 | | may be let without advertising for bids,
but whenever | 13 | | practicable, at least 3 competitive bids shall be obtained
| 14 | | before letting such contract. Notwithstanding the provisions | 15 | | of this Section, a forest preserve district may establish | 16 | | procedures to comply with State and federal regulations | 17 | | concerning affirmative action and the use of small businesses | 18 | | or businesses owned by minorities or women in construction and | 19 | | procurement contracts. All contracts for supplies, material or
| 20 | | work shall be signed by the president of the board or and
by | 21 | | any such other officer as the board in its discretion may | 22 | | designate.
| 23 | | Salaries of employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 97-773, eff. 7-11-12.)
| 25 | | (70 ILCS 810/20) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6423)
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| 1 | | Sec. 20.
The president shall preside at all meetings of the | 2 | | board and
be the executive officer of the district. He shall | 3 | | sign all ordinances,
resolutions and other papers necessary to | 4 | | be signed and he or his designee shall execute
all contracts | 5 | | entered into by the district and perform other duties as
may be | 6 | | prescribed by ordinance. He may veto any ordinance and any
| 7 | | orders, resolutions and actions, or any items therein | 8 | | contained, of the
board which provide for the purchase of real | 9 | | estate, or for the
construction of improvements within the | 10 | | preserves of the district. Such
veto shall be filed with the | 11 | | secretary of the board within 5 days after
the passage of the | 12 | | ordinance, order, resolution or action and when so
vetoed the | 13 | | ordinance, order, resolution or action or any item therein
| 14 | | contained is not effective unless it is again passed by | 15 | | two-thirds vote
of all the members of the board. The president | 16 | | may vote in the same
manner as the other members of the board. | 17 | | In the temporary absence or
inability of the president, the | 18 | | members of the board may elect from
their own number a | 19 | | president, pro tem.
| 20 | | The "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken, and entered on the | 21 | | journal of
the board's proceedings, upon the passage of all | 22 | | ordinances and all
proposals to create any liability, or for | 23 | | the expenditure or
appropriation of money. The concurrence of a | 24 | | majority of all the members
appointed to the board is necessary | 25 | | to the passage of any such ordinance
or proposal. In all other | 26 | | cases the "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken at
the request of |
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| 1 | | any member of the board and shall be entered on the
journal of | 2 | | the board's proceedings.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 80-320.)".
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