Public Act 103-0079
 
SB1098 EnrolledLRB103 05533 AWJ 50552 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended
by changing Section 4a and by adding Section 4c as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 2105/4a)  (from Ch. 42, par. 386a)
    Sec. 4a. Every conservancy district so established shall
be governed by a board of trustees. In the statement finding
the results of the election to be favorable to the
establishment of the district, the circuit court shall
determine and name each municipality within the district
having 5,000 or more population according to the last
preceding federal census.
        (1) In case there is one or more municipalities having
    a population of 5,000 or more within the district, the
    trustees shall be appointed as follows:
            (a) In districts organized prior to July 1, 1961,
        where there is only one such municipality, 3 trustees
        shall be appointed from such municipality, and one
        trustee shall be appointed from the area within the
        district outside of such municipality, and one trustee
        shall be appointed at large. In districts organized on
        and after July 1, 1961, where there is only one such
        municipality one trustee shall be appointed from such
        municipality, and one trustee shall be appointed from
        each county in the district, except that where the
        district is wholly contained within a single county,
        one trustee shall be appointed from that county and
        one additional trustee shall be appointed from the
        municipality, and, in any case, 2 trustees shall be
        appointed at large. A trustee appointed from a county
        in the district shall be appointed from the area
        outside any such municipality. If the district is
        located wholly within the corporate limits of such
        municipality, 3 of the trustees of the district shall
        be appointed from such municipality, and 2 trustees
        shall be appointed at large. In a district wholly
        contained within a single county of between 60,500 and
        70,000 population and having no more than one
        municipality of 5,000 or more population, regardless
        of the date of organization, 3 trustees shall be
        appointed from that municipality, 2 trustees shall be
        appointed from the district outside that municipality,
        and 2 trustees shall be appointed at large. No more
        than 2 appointments by each appointing authority may
        be from the same political party.
            In the case of the Saline Valley Conservancy
        District, in addition to the other trustees as
        provided in this subsection (a), the mayor of each
        municipality with a population of 2,000 to 4,999 that
        purchases water from the District may appoint one
        member to the Board of Trustees beginning July 1, 2023
        for a 5-year term, and the member shall serve until the
        trustee's successor is appointed and qualified or the
        municipality no longer purchases water from the
        District. A vacancy shall be filled by the mayor of the
        municipality for the remainder of the term.
            (b) Where there are 2 or more such municipalities,
        one trustee shall be appointed from each such
        municipality, one trustee shall be appointed from each
        county in the district for each 50,000 population or
        part thereof within the district in such county
        according to the last preceding federal census, and 2
        trustees shall be appointed at large. A trustee
        appointed from a county in the district shall be
        appointed from the area outside any such municipality.
        If the district is located wholly within the corporate
        limits of such municipalities, 2 trustees shall be
        appointed from the one of such municipalities having
        the largest population, and one trustee shall be
        appointed from each of the other such municipalities,
        and 2 trustees shall be appointed at large.
            (c) Trustees representing the area within the
        district located outside of any municipality having
        5,000 or more population and trustees appointed at
        large when the district is wholly contained within a
        single county shall be appointed by the presiding
        officer of the county board with the advice and
        consent of the county board and any trustee
        representing the area within any such municipality
        shall be appointed by its presiding officer. If
        however the district is located in more than one
        county, any trustee representing the area within a
        district located outside of any municipality having
        5,000 or more population and any trustee at large
        shall be appointed by a majority vote of the presiding
        officers of the county boards of the counties which
        encompass any part of the district, except that no
        such appointment shall affect the term of any trustee
        in office on the effective date of this amendatory Act
        of 1977. Any trustee representing the area within any
        such municipality shall be appointed by its presiding
        officer.
            (d) A trustee representing the area within any
        such municipality shall reside within its corporate
        limits. A trustee representing the area within the
        district and located outside of any such municipality
        shall reside within such area. A trustee appointed at
        large may reside either within or without any such
        municipality but must reside within the territory of
        the district. Should any trustee cease to reside
        within that part of the territory he represents, then
        his office shall be deemed vacated, and shall be
        filled by appointment for the remainder of the term as
        hereinafter provided.
        (2) In case there are no municipalities having a
    population of 5,000 or more within such district located
    wholly within a single county, the statement required by
    Section 1 shall include such finding, and in such case the
    Board shall consist of 5 trustees who shall be appointed
    at large by the presiding officer of the county board with
    the advice and consent of the county board. If however the
    district is located in more than one county, the trustees
    at large shall be appointed by a majority vote of the
    presiding officers of the county boards of the counties
    which encompass any portion of the district, but any
    trustee in office on the effective date of this amendatory
    Act of 1977 shall be permitted to serve out the remainder
    of his term. Each such trustee shall reside within the
    district and shall continue to reside therein.
        (3) All initial appointments of trustees shall be made
    within 60 days after the determination of the result of
    the election. Each appointment shall be in writing and
    shall be filed and made a matter of record in the office of
    the county clerk wherein the organization proceedings were
    filed. A trustee shall qualify within 10 days after
    appointment by acceptance and the taking of the
    constitutional oath of office, both to be in writing and
    similarly filed for record in the office of such county
    clerk. Members initially appointed to the board of
    trustees of such district shall serve from date of
    appointment for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years and shall draw lots
    to determine the periods for which they each shall serve.
    In case there are more than 5 trustees, lots shall be drawn
    so that 5 trustees shall serve initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4
    and 5 years and the other trustees shall serve terms of 1,
    2, 3, 4 or 5 years as the number of trustees shall require
    and the drawing of lots shall determine. The successors of
    all such initial members of the board of trustees of a
    river conservancy district shall serve for terms of 5
    years, all such appointments and appointments to fill
    vacancies shall be made in like manner as in the case of
    the initial trustees. A trustee having been duly appointed
    shall continue to serve after the expiration of his term
    until his successor has been appointed. Each trustee
    initially appointed in accordance with this amendatory Act
    of 1995 shall serve a term of 3 or 5 years as determined by
    lot.
        (4) Should a municipality which is wholly within a
    district attain, or should such a municipality be
    established, having a population of 5,000 or more after
    the entry of the statement by the circuit court, the
    presiding officer of such municipality may petition the
    circuit court of the county in which such municipality
    lies for an order finding and determining the population
    of such municipality and, if it is found and determined
    upon the hearing of such petition that the population of
    such municipality is 5,000 or more, the board of trustees
    of such district as previously established shall be
    increased by one trustee who shall reside within the
    corporate limits of such municipality and shall be
    appointed by its presiding officer. The initial trustee so
    appointed shall serve for a term of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years,
    as may be determined by lot, and his successors shall be
    similarly appointed and shall serve for terms of 5 years.
    All provisions of this Section applicable to trustees
    representing municipal areas shall apply to any such
    trustee, including paragraph 5.
        (5) Should the foregoing provisions respecting the
    appointment of trustees representing the area within any
    municipality of 5,000 or more population be invalid when
    applied to any situation, then as to such situation any
    such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this
    Act, and the trustee whose appointment is thus affected
    shall be appointed at large by the presiding officer of
    the county board with the advice and consent of the county
    board except if the district embraces more than one county
    in which case the trustees shall be appointed at large by a
    majority vote of the presiding officers of the county
    boards of the counties which encompass any portion of the
    district.
        (6) In the case of a board representing a district
    that embraces Franklin and Jefferson counties, a trustee
    may be removed for incompetence, neglect of duty, or
    malfeasance in office by the appropriate appointing
    presiding officer or officers, without the advice and
    consent of the corporate authorities, by filing a written
    order of removal with the appropriate county or municipal
    clerk or clerks.
        (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
    contrary, in the case of a board representing a district
    that embraces Franklin and Jefferson counties, the terms
    of all trustees shall end on the effective date of this
    amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. Beginning on
    that date, the board shall consist of 7 trustees. The 7
    trustees initially appointed pursuant to this amendatory
    Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be appointed in the
    same manner as otherwise provided in this Section by the
    appropriate appointing authority and shall serve the
    following terms, as determined by lot: (i) 2 trustees
    shall serve until July 1, 2006; (ii) 2 trustees shall
    serve until July 1, 2007; (iii) one trustee shall serve
    until July 1, 2008; (iv) one trustee shall serve until
    July 1, 2009; and (v) one trustee shall serve until July 1,
    2010. Upon expiration of the terms of the trustees
    initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 94th
    General Assembly, their respective successors shall be
    appointed for terms of 5 years, beginning on July 1 of the
    year in which the previous term expires and until their
    respective successors are appointed and qualified. After
    the appointment of the trustees initially appointed
    pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 94th General
    Assembly, the number of trustees on the board may be
    increased in accordance with subsection (4).
(Source: P.A. 94-64, eff. 6-21-05.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.