Public Act 098-1118
 
SB3314 EnrolledLRB098 18360 JLK 53497 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 Municipal Clerk Training Act is amended  by 
changing Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 as follows:
 



    (65 ILCS 50/1)  (from Ch. 144, par. 61.51)



    Sec. 1. 
The Municipal Clerk Training Institute Committee 
shall establish a
Municipal Clerk Training Institute and 
designate the number of times each
year the program provided 
for in this Act shall be offered by the Institute.
The location 
or locations within the State at which the program shall be

offered each year shall be fixed by the Municipal Clerk 
Training Institute
Committee, provided that any location so 
fixed shall be on the campus of one
or more of the colleges or 
universities represented on the Committee.

(Source: P.A. 85-274.)

 



    (65 ILCS 50/2)  (from Ch. 144, par. 61.52)



    Sec. 2. 
There is created the Municipal Clerk Training 
Institute Committee
composed of 5 municipal clerks or deputy 
clerks, appointed by
the Governor as provided herein, and one 9 
ex-officio member members, designated by the governing board of 
any public college or university in this State at the request 
of the Executive Board of the Municipal Clerks of Illinois
as 
provided herein, as a representative representatives of public 
colleges and universities in
this State.  Each member appointed 
by the Governor after the effective
date of this amendatory Act 
of 1987 shall be a certified municipal clerk
recommended by the 
Executive Board of the Municipal Clerks of Illinois and
serving 
as a municipal clerk at the time he or she is so recommended 
and
appointed.  The 2 additional municipal clerks appointed 
pursuant to the
provisions of this amendatory Act of 1987 both 
shall be appointed to serve
until the third Monday in January, 
1992, or until their successors are
appointed and qualified.  Of 
the 3 municipal clerks serving as members of
the Committee on 
the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987, they
shall 
determine by agreement or by lot one who shall continue to so 
serve
until the third Monday in January, 1989, a second who 
shall continue to so
serve until the third Monday in January, 
1990, and a third who shall
continue to so serve until the 
third Monday in January, 1991; provided,
that each shall serve 
until his or her successor is appointed and
qualified.  Each 
successor of any member appointed to the Committee as a

municipal clerk or deputy clerk shall be appointed to serve for 
a 4 year term expiring on
the third Monday in January, or until 
his or her successor is appointed and
qualified.  Any vacancy 
occurring in the office of a Committee member
appointed by the 
Governor, whether by death, resignation or otherwise,
shall be 
filled by appointment by the Governor from a recommendation or

recommendations made by the Executive Board of the Municipal 
Clerks of
Illinois, in the same manner as original 
appointments.  A member appointed
to fill a vacancy shall serve 
for the remainder of the unexpired term or
until his or her 
successor is appointed and qualified.  In the event the
Governor 
refuses to appoint a municipal clerk or deputy clerk 
recommended by
the Executive Board of the Municipal Clerks of 
Illinois to either a full
term or, in cases of a vacancy, to 
the remainder of an unexpired term on
the Committee, such 
Executive Board shall promptly recommend one or more
additional 
qualified persons to the Governor for such appointment. The 
term of the ex-officio member may be designated by the 
governing board of any public college or university in this 
State at the request of the Executive Board of the Municipal 
Clerks of Illinois.  The
terms of the 3 committee members 
designated by the Board of Trustees of the
University of 
Illinois and serving on the effective date of this amendatory

Act of 1987 shall terminate on that effective date, and the 4 
ex-officio
members designated pursuant to the provisions of 
this amendatory Act of
1987 shall be designated as follows: one 
representative of the University
of Illinois designated by the 
Board of Trustees of that University; one
representative of 
Southern Illinois University designated by the Board of

Trustees of that University; one representative designated by 
the Board of
Governors of State Colleges and Universities of 
the several universities
and colleges under its governance; and 
one representative designated by the
Board of Regents of the 
several Regency Universities under its
jurisdiction.  The terms 
of the 2 ex-officio members designated as
representatives of 
the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
and 
the Board of Regents shall terminate on the effective date of 
this
amendatory Act of 1995.  The 2 ex-officio members whose 
terms are terminated by
this amendatory Act of 1995 shall be 
replaced by 7 additional ex-officio
members, one representing 
the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University,
one 
representing the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois 
University, one
representing the Board of Trustees of Governors 
State University, one
representing the Board of Trustees of 
Illinois State University, one
representing the Board of 
Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, one
representing 
the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University, and one

representing the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois 
University. The 9
ex-officio member members representing the 
public
colleges and universities shall serve in an advisory 
capacity to the
members appointed by the Governor, and each 
such ex-officio member shall
serve at the pleasure of the 
governing board designating them to membership
on the 
Committee. Members of the Committee shall serve without 
compensation.

(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

 



    (65 ILCS 50/3)  (from Ch. 144, par. 61.53)



    Sec. 3. 
The Committee shall develop the curriculum for the 
Municipal Clerk
Training Institute and include such subjects 
and courses as will provide
methods for maintaining the 
services of municipal clerks or deputy clerks at a level

consistent with the needs of the municipality and the public. 
The subjects
selected shall include, but are not limited to, a 
study of the Illinois
Municipal Code, parliamentary procedure, 
office management and the
preparation of agendas, minutes and 
records.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1910.)

 



    (65 ILCS 50/4)  (from Ch. 144, par. 61.54)



    Sec. 4. 
Each year, the The Institute shall offer (i) a 
course of at least 5 one-day sessions one week's duration
which 
may be attended by municipal clerks or deputy clerks who have 
been newly appointed or
elected to office, and (ii) an advanced 
a refresher course each year of at least 2 one-day sessions 2 
days' duration which
may be attended by all other municipal 
clerks or deputy clerks. Attendance at courses
offered by the 
Institute shall be restricted to municipal clerks and their

deputies.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1910.)