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91_SB0931
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
2 changing Section 11-135-2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 changing Section 11-135-2 as follows:
7 (65 ILCS 5/11-135-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-135-2)
8 Sec. 11-135-2. Upon the adoption of such an ordinance or
9 resolution by the corporate authorities of any such
10 municipality, the mayor or president, with the approval of
11 the corporate authorities, shall appoint a commissioner. The
12 commissioners so appointed by each of such municipalities
13 together with a like commissioner appointed by the presiding
14 officer of the county board with the advice and consent of
15 the county board of the county in which the major part of the
16 works of the water commission are, or are to be, located,
17 shall constitute a commission and public corporation with the
18 powers and duties specified in this Division 135. The
19 corporate name of the commission shall be "(here insert an
20 appropriate name indicative of the area) Water Commission"
21 and as such the Commission may contract and be contracted
22 with, and sue and be sued.
23 The commissioners so appointed shall serve for a term of
24 6 years, or until their successors have been appointed and
25 have qualified in the same manner as the original
26 appointments, except that the commissioners first appointed
27 shall determine by lot at their first meeting the respective
28 commissioners whose terms shall be for 2, 4 and 6 years from
29 the date of that meeting. Each commissioner appointed by a
30 mayor or president shall be an elector or the chief
31 administrator of the municipality for which he acts as
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1 commissioner, and the commissioner appointed by the presiding
2 officer of the county board shall be an elector of the county
3 in which the major works of the water commission are, or are
4 to be, located. Any commissioner so appointed may be a
5 member of the governing board or officer or employee of the
6 municipality or county from which the appointment is made. A
7 commissioner is eligible for reappointment upon the
8 expiration of his term. A vacancy shall be filled for the
9 balance of the unexpired term of the person who has ceased to
10 hold office by the mayor, president or county board presiding
11 officer who initially made such appointment in the same
12 manner as the original appointment. Each commissioner shall
13 receive the same compensation, as determined by the
14 appointing authority, which shall not be more than $2,000
15 $5,000 per year, except that no commissioner who is a member
16 of the governing board or officer or employee of the
17 municipality or county from which the appointment is made may
18 receive any compensation for serving as commissioner. Each
19 commissioner shall furnish a bond for the faithful
20 performance of his official duties. This bond shall not be
21 less than $5,000 and its costs shall be paid by the
22 commission.
23 Each commissioner may be removed for any cause for which
24 any other municipal officer may be removed. No commissioner,
25 or employee of the commission, and no mayor, or president, or
26 other member of the corporate authorities, or any employee of
27 any of the municipalities, shall be interested directly or
28 indirectly in any contract or job of work or materials, or
29 the profits thereof, or services to be performed for or by
30 the commission.
31 A violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this
32 section is a Class C misdemeanor. A conviction is cause for
33 the removal of a person from his office or employment.
34 (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97.)
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