Public Act 096-0882
 		





SB1868 Enrolled
LRB096 11296 RLJ 21725 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 Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority 
Act is amended  by changing Sections 14, 15, and 16 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 210/14)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1234)
    Sec. 14. Board; compensation. The governing and 
administrative body of the Authority shall be a
board known as 
the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board. The members of
the 
board shall be individuals of generally recognized ability and

integrity.   No member of the Board may be an
officer or employee 
of, or a member of a board, commission or authority of,
the 
State, any unit of local government or any school district.
    They shall serve without compensation, but shall be 
reimbursed for actual
expenses incurred by them in the 
performance of their duties. However,  any
member of the board 
who is appointed to the office of secretary-treasurer
may 
receive compensation for his or her services as such officer. 
All members of
the Board and employees of the Authority are 
subject to the Illinois
Governmental Ethics Act, in accordance 
with its terms.
    Thirty days after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
of the 96th General Assembly, the Board shall consist of 7 
interim members. On and after June 30, 1987, and prior to the 
effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1989, the Board shall 
consist of 12 members.  On and
after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of 1989, the Board shall
consist of 13 members.  
The Board shall be fully constituted when a quorum
has been 
appointed.
(Source: P.A. 86-17; 87-1089.)
 



    (70 ILCS 210/15)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1235)



    Sec. 15. Interim board members.     Notwithstanding any 
provision of this Section to the contrary, the term of office 
of each member of the Board ends 30 days after the effective 
date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and 
those members shall no longer hold office.

Within 30 days after 
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General 
Assembly, the Governor shall appoint 3 interim members to the 
Board. At least one of the members appointed by the Governor 
must have academic credentials in labor law or human resources. 
Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
of the 96th General Assembly, the Mayor of the City of Chicago 
shall (i) appoint 3 interim members to the Board and (ii) 
appoint, subject to the approval of the Governor, a chairperson 
of the interim board. The appointment of the chairperson shall 
be deemed to be approved unless the Governor disapproves the 
appointment in writing within 15 days after notice thereof. The 
interim board members shall serve until a new Board is created 
by the General Assembly by law.
    On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the 
term
of each of the members of the Board serving prior to such 
date shall
immediately expire.

    On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989,
the 
Governor (by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate) 
shall appoint six members of the Board for initial terms

expiring June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 
1995
respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall 
appoint six members of
the Board for initial terms expiring 
June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994, and 1995 
respectively;
the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint, 
subject to the approval of
the Governor, one member who shall 
serve as chairman for an
initial term expiring June 1, 1992.  An 
appointment shall be deemed to be
approved unless the Governor 
disapproves
the appointment in writing within 15 days after 
notice thereof.  At the
expiration of the term of any member 
appointed by the Governor, his
successor shall be appointed by 
the Governor in like manner, and at the
expiration of the term 
of any member appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Chicago, 
his successor shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of

Chicago in like manner, and at the expiration of the term of 
any Mayoral
appointee requiring approval by the Governor, the 
successor shall be
appointed in like manner, as appointments 
for the initial terms.  All
successors shall hold office for a 
term of five years from the first day of
June of the year in 
which they are appointed, except in case of an
appointment to 
fill a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office when the

Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a temporary 
appointment
until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall 
nominate some person to
fill such office; and any person so 
nominated, who is confirmed by the
Senate, shall hold his 
office during the remainder of the term and until
his successor 
shall be appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in

session on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, 
the Governor
shall make temporary appointments as in case of 
vacancies. 
    The When the
appointments have become final, the Governor 
and the Mayor of the City of
Chicago shall certify their 
respective appointees to the Secretary of
State. Within 30 
thirty days after certification of his or her appointment, and

before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each 
member of the Board
shall take and subscribe the constitutional 
oath of office and file it in
the office of the Secretary of 
State.

(Source: P.A. 86-17.)

 



    (70 ILCS 210/16)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1236)



    Sec. 16. Vacancies. Members of the board shall hold office 
until their respective
successors have been appointed and 
qualified. Any member may resign from
his or her office, to 
take effect when his or her successor has been appointed and 
has
qualified. The Governor and the Mayor of the City of 
Chicago, respectively,
may remove any member of the Board 
appointed by him or her in case of
incompetency, neglect of 
duty, or malfeasance in office, after service on
him or her of 
a copy of the written charges against him or her and an 
opportunity to be
publicly heard in person or by counsel in his 
or her own defense upon not less
than ten days' notice. In case 
of failure to qualify within the time
required, or of 
abandonment of his or her office, or in case of death, 
conviction
of a felony or removal from office, his or her 
office shall become vacant. Vacancies shall be filled in the 
same manner as original appointments. Each
vacancy shall be 
filled for the unexpired term by appointment in like
manner, as 
in case of expiration of the term of a member of the Board.

(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1125.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.