Full Text of HB5236 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port | 5 | | District Act is amended by changing Sections 15, 16, 17, and 19 | 6 | | as follows:
| 7 | | (70 ILCS 1820/15) (from Ch. 19, par. 865)
| 8 | | Sec. 15.
On the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 9 | | the 97th General Assembly, the terms of office of the members | 10 | | of the Board appointed pursuant to this Act shall terminate and | 11 | | the board reconstituted. After the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the The governing | 13 | | and administrative body of the Port District
shall be a Board | 14 | | consisting of 7 23 members, to be known as the Jackson-Union | 15 | | Counties
Regional Port District Board. All members of the Board | 16 | | appointed by the
Governor shall be residents
of the District. | 17 | | Every member of the Board appointed by a unit of local
| 18 | | government after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 19 | | 1981 shall
be a resident of the appointing unit of local | 20 | | government. The members of
the Board shall serve without | 21 | | compensation
but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses | 22 | | incurred by them in the performance
of their duties. However, | 23 | | any member of the Board who is appointed to the office
of |
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| 1 | | secretary or treasurer may receive compensation for his | 2 | | services as such officer.
No member of the Board or employee of | 3 | | the District shall have
any private financial interest, profit | 4 | | or benefit in any contract, work or
business of the District | 5 | | nor in the sale or lease of any property to or
from the | 6 | | District.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 82-388.)
| 8 | | (70 ILCS 1820/16) (from Ch. 19, par. 866) | 9 | | Sec. 16. Appointment; vacancies. The Governor shall | 10 | | appoint 3 4 members of the Board , each Mayor
of the | 11 | | municipalities of Grand Tower, Jonesboro, Gorham, Murphysboro,
| 12 | | Carbondale, Anna, Cobden, Makanda, Ava, Mill Creek, Elkville, | 13 | | Alto Pass,
Vergennes, Dowell, DeSoto, Campbell Hill, and | 14 | | Dongola shall
appoint one
member of the Board, and each County | 15 | | Board of Jackson County and Union County
shall appoint 2 | 16 | | members one member of the Board. All initial appointments shall | 17 | | be
made within 60 days after this Act takes effect. Of this | 18 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, of Of the 3 4 | 19 | | members initially
appointed by the Governor one 2 shall be | 20 | | appointed for an initial term terms expiring
June 1, 2014 June | 21 | | 1, 1978 , and 2 for an initial term expiring June 1, 2015 June | 22 | | 1, 1979 . Of the 4 members initially appointed by the County | 23 | | Boards, 2 shall be appointed for an initial term expiring June | 24 | | 1, 2014, and 2 for an initial term expiring June 1, 2015. The | 25 | | terms
of the members initially appointed by the respective |
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| 1 | | Mayors and County Boards
shall expire June 1, 1979. At the | 2 | | expiration of the term of any member,
his or her successor | 3 | | shall be appointed by the Governor , the respective Mayors,
or | 4 | | the respective County Boards in like manner and with like | 5 | | regard to
place of residence of the appointee, as in the case | 6 | | of appointments for
the initial terms. | 7 | | After the expiration of initial terms, each successor shall | 8 | | hold office
for the term of 3 years beginning the first day of | 9 | | June of the year in which
the term of office commences. In the | 10 | | case of a vacancy during the term
of office of any member | 11 | | appointed by the Governor, the Governor shall make
an | 12 | | appointment for the remainder of the term vacant and until a | 13 | | successor
is appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy | 14 | | during the term of office
of any member appointed by a Mayor, | 15 | | the proper Mayor shall
make an appointment for the remainder of | 16 | | the term vacant and until a successor
is appointed and | 17 | | qualified. In case of a vacancy during the term of office
of | 18 | | any member appointed by a County Board, the proper County Board | 19 | | shall
make an appointment for the remainder of the term vacant | 20 | | and until a successor
is appointed and qualified. The Governor , | 21 | | each Mayor, and each County Board
shall certify their | 22 | | respective appointments to the Secretary of State.
Within 30 | 23 | | days after certification of his or her appointment, and before | 24 | | entering
upon the duties of his or her office, each member of | 25 | | the Board shall take and
subscribe
the constitutional oath of
| 26 | | office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State. |
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| 1 | | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | 2 | | contrary, if there is a vacancy for 3 months or more in the | 3 | | office of a member appointed by a mayor, then the Board may | 4 | | request that the county board of the county in which the | 5 | | municipality is located appoint a person to fill the vacancy | 6 | | for the remainder of the term or until a successor is appointed | 7 | | and qualified. Before requesting that the county board fill the | 8 | | vacancy, the Board must notify the mayor authorized to fill the | 9 | | vacancy by first class mail. The notice must be sent no later | 10 | | than 30 days after the vacancy occurs. Any Board member | 11 | | appointed under this paragraph must be a resident of the county | 12 | | making the appointment to fill the vacancy. | 13 | | Every person appointed to the Board after the effective | 14 | | date
of this amendatory Act of 1981 shall be a resident of the | 15 | | unit of
local government which makes the appointment. Persons | 16 | | appointed
by the Governor shall reside in the district. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1015, eff. 7-8-10.)
| 18 | | (70 ILCS 1820/17) (from Ch. 19, par. 867)
| 19 | | Sec. 17.
Members of the Board shall hold office until their | 20 | | respective
successors have been appointed and qualified. Any | 21 | | member may resign from
his office to take effect when his | 22 | | successor has been appointed and has
qualified. The Governor , | 23 | | each Mayor, and each County Board, respectively,
may remove any | 24 | | member of the Board they have appointed in case of | 25 | | incompetency,
neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. They |
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| 1 | | shall give such member a
copy of the charges against him and an | 2 | | opportunity to be publicly heard
in person or by counsel
in his | 3 | | own defense upon not less than 10 days' notice. In case of | 4 | | failure
to qualify within the time required, or of abandonment | 5 | | of his office, or
in case of death, conviction of a felony or | 6 | | removal from office, the office
of such member shall become | 7 | | vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the
unexpired term by | 8 | | appointment in like manner as in case of expiration of
the term | 9 | | of a member of the Board.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 79-1475.)
| 11 | | (70 ILCS 1820/19) (from Ch. 19, par. 869)
| 12 | | Sec. 19.
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at | 13 | | least once in
each calendar month, the time and place of such | 14 | | meetings to be fixed by
the Board. Four Twelve members of the | 15 | | Board shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of | 16 | | business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance
or | 17 | | resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 4 12 members | 18 | | shall be necessary
for the adoption of any ordinance or | 19 | | resolution. All such ordinances and
resolutions before taking | 20 | | effect shall be approved by the chairman of the
Board, and if | 21 | | he approves thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he
does | 22 | | not approve he shall return to the Board with his objections | 23 | | thereto
in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board | 24 | | occurring after the
passage thereof. But in the case the | 25 | | chairman fails to return any ordinance
or resolution with his |
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| 1 | | objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall
be deemed to | 2 | | have approved the same and it shall take effect accordingly.
| 3 | | Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the chairman | 4 | | with his
objections, the vote by which the same was passed | 5 | | shall be reconsidered
by the Board, and if upon such | 6 | | reconsideration said ordinance or resolution
is passed by the | 7 | | affirmative vote of at least 5 16 members, it shall go into
| 8 | | effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All | 9 | | ordinances, resolutions
and all proceedings of the District and | 10 | | all documents and records in its
possession shall be public | 11 | | records, and open to public inspection, except
such documents | 12 | | and records as are kept or prepared by the Board for use
in | 13 | | negotiations, legal actions or proceedings to which the | 14 | | District is a party.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 79-1475.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.
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