093_SB0212enr SB212 Enrolled LRB093 03904 WGH 03939 b 1 AN ACT in relation to local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 2. The Southwestern Illinois Development 5 Authority Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows: 6 (70 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6154) 7 Sec. 4. (a) There is hereby created a political 8 subdivision, body politic and municipal corporation named the 9 Southwestern Illinois Development Authority. The territorial 10 jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic area within 11 the boundaries of Madison,andSt. Clair, and Clinton 12 counties in the State of Illinois and any navigable waters 13 and air space located therein. 14 (b) The governing and administrative powers of the 15 Authority shall be vested in a body consisting of 111016 members including, as ex officio members, the Director of the 17 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, or his or her 18 designee, and the Director of the Department of Central 19 Management Services, or his or her designee. The other 9820 members of the Authority shall be designated "public 21 members", 4 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor with 22 the advice and consent of the Senate, 2 of whom shall be 23 appointed by the county board chairman of Madison County,and24 2 of whom shall be appointed by the county board chairman of 25 St. Clair County, and one of whom shall be appointed by the 26 county board chairman of Clinton County. All public members 27 shall reside within the territorial jurisdiction of this Act. 28 Six members shall constitute a quorum. The public members 29 shall be persons of recognized ability and experience in one 30 or more of the following areas: economic development, 31 finance, banking, industrial development, small business SB212 Enrolled -2- LRB093 03904 WGH 03939 b 1 management, real estate development, community development, 2 venture finance, organized labor or civic, community or 3 neighborhood organization. The Chairman of the Authority 4 shall be elected by the Board annually from the 4 members 5 appointed by the county board chairmen. 6 (c) The terms of all members of the Authority shall 7 begin 30 days after the effective date of this Act. Of the 8 8 public members appointed pursuant to this Act, 3 shall serve 9 until the third Monday in January, 1988, 3 shall serve until 10 the third Monday in January, 1989, and 2 shall serve until 11 the third Monday in January, 1990. All successors shall be 12 appointed by the original appointing authority and hold 13 office for a term of 3 years commencing the third Monday in 14 January of the year in which their term commences, except in 15 case of an appointment to fill a vacancy. Vacancies 16 occurring among the public members shall be filled for the 17 remainder of the term. In case of vacancy in a 18 Governor-appointed membership when the Senate is not in 19 session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment until 20 the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be 21 nominated to fill such office, and any person so nominated 22 who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office during the 23 remainder of the term and until a successor shall be 24 appointed and qualified. Members of the Authority shall not 25 be entitled to compensation for their services as members but 26 shall be entitled to reimbursement for all necessary expenses 27 incurred in connection with the performance of their duties 28 as members. 29 (d) The Governor may remove any public member of the 30 Authority in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or 31 malfeasance in office. 32 (e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who 33 shall have a background in finance, including familiarity 34 with the legal and procedural requirements of issuing bonds, SB212 Enrolled -3- LRB093 03904 WGH 03939 b 1 real estate or economic development and administration. The 2 Executive Director shall hold office at the discretion of the 3 Board. The Executive Director shall be the chief 4 administrative and operational officer of the Authority, 5 shall direct and supervise its administrative affairs and 6 general management, shall perform such other duties as may be 7 prescribed from time to time by the members and shall receive 8 compensation fixed by the Authority. The Executive Director 9 shall attend all meetings of the Authority; however, no 10 action of the Authority shall be invalid on account of the 11 absence of the Executive Director from a meeting. The 12 Authority may engage the services of such other agents and 13 employees, including attorneys, appraisers, engineers, 14 accountants, credit analysts and other consultants, as it may 15 deem advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix their 16 compensation. 17 (f) The Board may, by majority vote, nominate up to 4 18 non-voting members for appointment by the Governor. 19 Non-voting members shall be persons of recognized ability and 20 experience in one or more of the following areas: economic 21 development, finance, banking, industrial development, small 22 business management, real estate development, community 23 development, venture finance, organized labor or civic, 24 community or neighborhood organization. Non-voting members 25 shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. All non-voting 26 members may attend meetings of the Board and shall be 27 reimbursed as provided in subsection (c). 28 (g) The Board shall create a task force to study and 29 make recommendations to the Board on the economic development 30 of the city of East St. Louis and on the economic development 31 of the riverfront within the territorial jurisdiction of this 32 Act. The members of the task force shall reside within the 33 territorial jurisdiction of this Act, shall serve at the 34 pleasure of the Board and shall be persons of recognized SB212 Enrolled -4- LRB093 03904 WGH 03939 b 1 ability and experience in one or more of the following areas: 2 economic development, finance, banking, industrial 3 development, small business management, real estate 4 development, community development, venture finance, 5 organized labor or civic, community or neighborhood 6 organization. The number of members constituting the task 7 force shall be set by the Board and may vary from time to 8 time. The Board may set a specific date by which the task 9 force is to submit its final report and recommendations to 10 the Board. 11 (Source: P.A. 85-591.) 12 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by 13 changing Section 7-103.70 as follows: 14 (735 ILCS 5/7-103.70) 15 Sec. 7-103.70. Quick-take; Southwestern Illinois 16 Development Authority. Quick-take proceedings under Section 17 7-103 may be used for a period fromMay 22, 1998 toAugust 18 30, 2003 to August 30, 20052002,by the Southwestern 19 Illinois Development Authority pursuant to the Southwestern 20 Illinois Development Authority Act for a project as defined 21 in Section 3 of that Act. 22 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-739, eff. 6-2-00.) 23 Section 500. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by 24 adding Section 7-103.102 as follows: 25 (735 ILCS 5/7-103.102 new) 26 Sec. 7-103.102. Quick-take; Village of Palatine. 27 Quick-take proceedings under Section 7-103 may be used for a 28 period of 60 months after the effective date of this 29 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly by the Village of 30 Palatine for the acquisition of property for the purposes of SB212 Enrolled -5- LRB093 03904 WGH 03939 b 1 the Downtown Tax Increment Redevelopment Project Area, 2 bounded generally by Plum Grove Road on the East, Palatine 3 Road on the South, Cedar Street on the West, and Colfax 4 Street on the North, and the Rand Corridor Redevelopment 5 Project Area, bounded generally by Dundee Road on the South, 6 Lake-Cook Road on the North, and on the East and West by Rand 7 Road, in the Village of Palatine more specifically described 8 in the following ordinances adopted by the Village of 9 Palatine: 10 Village ordinance 0-224-99, adopted December 13, 11 1999; 12 Village ordinance 0-225-99, adopted December 13, 13 1999; 14 Village ordinance 0-226-99, adopted December 13, 15 1999; 16 Village ordinance 0-13-00, adopted January 24, 2000, 17 correcting certain scrivener's errors and attached as 18 exhibit A to the foregoing legal descriptions; 19 Village ordinance 0-23-03, adopted January 27, 2003; 20 Village ordinance 0-24-03, adopted January 27, 2003; 21 and 22 Village ordinance 0-25-03, adopted January 27, 2003. 23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 24 becoming law.