Public Act 93-0432

HB3411 Enrolled                      LRB093 11099 MKM 11842 b

    AN ACT concerning the Bi-State Development Agency.

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

    Section   5.  The  Bi-State  Development  Agency  Act  is
amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:

    (45 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 63s-2)
    Sec. 2.  (a)  Of the Commissioners  first  appointed  one
shall  be  appointed to serve for a term of one year, one for
two years, one for three years, one for four  years  and  one
for five years from the third Monday in January following his
appointment.  Beginning  with the appointment to be filled in
January of 2004, and the expiration  of  each  term  of  each
commissioner  thereafter,  and  each  succeeding commissioner
thereafter, the Chairman of the County Board of the County of
Madison or the County of St.  Clair,  as  the  case  may  be,
shall,  by  and with the advice and consent of the respective
County  Board  At  the  expiration  of  the  term   of   each
commissioner   and   of  each  succeeding  commissioner,  the
governor shall, by and with the advice  and  consent  of  the
Senate,  appoint a successor who shall hold office for a term
of five years. Each commissioner shall hold office until  his
successor has been appointed and qualified. The commissioners
shall  elect  a  chairman of the Illinois delegation annually
from among themselves One Commissioner shall be designated as
chairman of the Illinois delegation.
    (b)  The Chairman of the County Board of St. Clair County
shall  appoint  a  commissioner  for  the  term  expiring  in
January, 2004 and in the following year the Chairman  of  the
County  Board  of Madison County shall appoint a commissioner
for the term expiring in January  of  that  year.  Successive
appointments  shall alternate between the Chairman of the St.
Clair County Board and the Chairman  of  the  Madison  County
Board,  except  as  may  be  modified  by  the  provisions of
subsection (c).
    (c)  In the event that a tax has been imposed  in  Monroe
County  consistent with the provisions of Section 5.01 of the
Local Mass Transit District Act, the Chairman of  the  Monroe
County  Board  shall,  upon  the  expiration of the term of a
commissioner who is a resident of the County in  which  3  of
the   then   remaining   commissioners   reside,   appoint  a
commissioner with the advice and consent of the Monroe County
Board. The commissioner appointed by the Monroe County  Board
shall hold office for a term of 5 years and a successor shall
be appointed by the chairman of the Monroe County Board, with
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Monroe  County Board. The
appointments of the  4  remaining  commissioners  shall  then
continue to alternate between St. Clair and Madison County so
that each County shall continue to retain the appointments of
2  commissioners.   To  the  extent  that this subsection (c)
conflicts with any other provision of this Section or Section
3, the provisions of this subsection (c) control.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 448.)

    (45 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 63s-3)
    Sec.  3.  Vacancies  occurring  in  the  office  of   any
commissioner  shall  be filled by appointment by the Chairman
of the County Board that made  the  original  appointment  of
that  commissioner,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the
respective  county board Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, for the unexpired term. Any  vacancies
occurring  during  the  transition  for the implementation of
this amendatory Act of the 93rd General  Assembly  that  were
appointed  by  the Governor, and not by the respective County
Board Chairmen, shall be filled by  the  appointment  by  the
County  Board  Chairman of Madison County if occurring in the
years 2004, 2006, or 2008 or by the County Board Chairman  of
St. Clair County if occurring in the years 2005 or 2007, each
with  the  advice and consent of the respective county board.
In any case of vacancy, while the Senate is not  in  session,
the  Governor  shall  make  a temporary appointment until the
next meeting of the  Senate,  when  he  shall  nominate  some
person to fill such office.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 448.)