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Public Act 103-0012
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| HB1067 Enrolled | LRB103 00070 AWJ 45070 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
Section 5-15003 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/5-15003) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-15003)
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Sec. 5-15003. Department of public works. The county board |
may establish a department of public works with
authority to |
exercise complete supervision in such county over any of the
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projects authorized by this Division in either of the methods
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designated hereafter.
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A. The county board may employ a superintendent of public |
works and such
other employees for the administration of the |
department as may be
necessary. The superintendent shall be a |
registered professional engineer, hold a degree in engineering |
from an accredited institution of higher learning, or have at |
least 10 years of professional, management-level experience in |
either a municipal or county public works department. The |
superintendent
and shall have complete authority to supervise |
and manage the department. At least one employee in the public |
works department shall be a professional engineer licensed |
under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. ; or
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B. Each county public works department shall be managed by |
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a board of
public works, consisting of 5 members appointed by |
the President and
Chairman of the county board, with the |
approval of the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of |
the first appointees, 2 shall serve for one
year, 2 for 2 |
years, and one for 3 years. The term of office of original
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appointees shall be regarded as beginning on July 1, following |
their
appointment, and the term of all members shall continue |
until their
successors are appointed. At least 2 members must |
be elected officials of
municipalities within the county whose |
terms of office within the
municipalities will not expire |
prior to the termination of appointment
hereunder, one member |
must be a member of the county board whose term of
office will |
not expire prior to the termination of appointment hereunder,
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one member must be a trustee of a Sanitary District within the |
county whose
term of office will not expire prior to the |
termination of appointment
hereunder, and one member must be |
chosen to represent the Conservation and
Public Health |
interests. The members of the board shall receive
compensation |
as provided by the county board. The board of public works may
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employ a superintendent of public works and any other |
employees for the
administration of the department as may be |
necessary. The superintendent
must be a registered |
professional engineer, hold a degree in engineering from an |
accredited institution of higher learning, or have at least 10 |
years of professional, management-level experience in either a |
municipal or county public works department. Any county may |