Public Act 100-0845
 
SB3072 EnrolledLRB100 20210 SLF 35495 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Fair Act is amended by changing
Section 8 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 210/8)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1708)
    Sec. 8. There is created a Board of State Fair Advisors
consisting of the Director, 4 ex-officio members as hereafter
named, and up to 15 20 persons appointed by the Governor. The
Chairman and minority spokesman of the House Agriculture and
Conservation Committee and the Chairman and minority spokesman
of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Energy Committee of
the Illinois General Assembly shall serve as ex-officio
members. No more than 3 of the Board members shall be appointed
from any one county. The terms of members of the State Fair
Advisory Board appointed before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall expire on
January 21, 2019. Initial appointments made on and after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly shall be for terms of one, 2, and 3 years staggered to
provide for the selection of 5 members each year. All
subsequent appointments shall be for terms of 3 years. All
terms shall commence on the 3rd Monday in January. Members of
the State Fair Advisory Board shall serve for 2 year terms
commencing on the third Monday of January of each odd-numbered
year. The Governor shall in making appointments to the Board
provide for a representation of the operational interests of
the State Fair and this State the State of Illinois. Members of
the Board shall receive no compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance
of their duties. An appointed member's office becomes vacant
upon his or her absence from 2 consecutive regularly scheduled
meetings. The Director or his or her authorized representative
from the Department shall act as chairman of the Board. The
duties of the Board are to advise the Director and the
Department on matters concerning the operation of each State
Fair and State Fairgrounds as they pertain to varied interests
in the State Fairs and the people of this State the State of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 93-1055, eff. 11-23-04.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2019.