(70 ILCS 2805/3) (from Ch. 42, par. 414)
Sec. 3.
(a) A board of trustees, consisting of 3 members, for the government,
control and management of the affairs and business of each sanitary
district organized under this Act shall be created by appointment as
provided in paragraph (b) of this Section or by election as provided in
Sections 3.1 and 3.2.
(b) Within 60 days after the organization of a sanitary district, the
presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the
county board shall appoint 3 trustees, all of whom shall be residents of
such sanitary district, who shall hold their offices respectively, from the
date of their appointment to the first Monday of the June of the first,
second and third calendar years, respectively, next after their appointment
and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter, on or
before the second Monday in May of each year the appointing authority in
the county in which such sanitary district is situated shall appoint one
trustee whose term shall be for 3 years commencing the first Monday in June
of the year in which he is appointed. The respective terms of the first
trustees shall be determined by lot at their first meeting. This paragraph
does not apply in a sanitary district which has determined under Sections
3.1 and 3.2 to elect its trustees.
(c) The appointing authority shall require each of the trustees to enter
into bond, with security to be approved by the appointing authority, in
such sum as the appointing authority may determine. In sanitary districts
electing trustees, as provided in Sections 3.1 and 3.2, the bond required
of each trustee shall be in such amount as is determined by the circuit
court, with security approved by the circuit court.
(d) A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum but a
smaller number may adjourn from day to day. No trustee or employee of such
sanitary district shall be directly or indirectly interested in any
contract, work or business of the district, or the sale of any article, the
expense, price or consideration of which is paid by such district; nor in
the purchase of any real estate or property belonging to the district, or
which shall be sold for taxes or assessments, or by virtue of legal process
at the suit of such district. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as
prohibiting the appointment or selection of any person as trustee or
employee whose only interest in the district is as an owner of real estate
in the district or of contributing to the payment of taxes levied by such
district. The trustees may provide and adopt a corporate seal for the
district.
(e) Whenever a vacancy in an appointive board of trustees occurs either
from death, resignation, refusal to qualify, or for any other reason, the
appointing authority in the county in which such sanitary district is
situated may fill such vacancy by appointment. A vacancy occurring on a
board of trustees elected under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 may be filled by
appointment by the remaining trustees. Any person appointed to fill a
vacancy on a board of trustees, whether appointive or elected, shall
qualify for office in the manner stated in this Section and shall thereupon
assume the duties of the office for the unexpired term to which he was
appointed.
(Source: P.A. 79-325.)
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