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Public Act 096-0882
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LRB096 11296 RLJ 21725 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 Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority |
Act is amended by changing Sections 14, 15, and 16 as follows:
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(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
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board shall be individuals of generally recognized ability and
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integrity. No member of the Board may be an
officer or employee |
of, or a member of a board, commission or authority of,
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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
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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 |
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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.)
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(70 ILCS 210/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 1235)
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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 |
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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.
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On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989,
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Governor (by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate) |
shall appoint six members of the Board for initial terms
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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
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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 |
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which they are appointed, except in case of an
appointment to |
fill a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office when the
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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
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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
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 86-17.)
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(70 ILCS 210/16) (from Ch. 85, par. 1236)
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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 |
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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.
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(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1125.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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