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92_HB0155eng HB0155 Engrossed LRB9200996ACcd 1 AN ACT regarding the Structural Engineering Board. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 5 1989 is amended by changing Section 7 as follows: 6 (225 ILCS 340/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 6607) 7 Sec. 7. The Director shall appoint a Structural 8 Engineering Board which shall consist of 6 members. Five 9 members shall be Illinois licensed structural engineers, who 10 have been engaged in the practice of structural engineering 11 for a minimum of 10 years, and one shall be a public member. 12 The public member shall be a voting member and shall not hold 13 a license as an architect, professional engineer, structural 14 engineer or land surveyor. 15 Members shall serve 5 year terms and until their 16 successors are appointed and qualified. 17 In making the designation of persons to act, the Director 18 shall give due consideration to recommendations by members of 19 the profession and by organizations of the structural 20 engineering profession. 21 The membership of the Board should reasonably reflect 22 representation from the geographic areas in this State. 23 No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a term 24 which would cause his or her continuous service on the Board 25 to be longer than 1410successive years. Service prior to 26 the effective date of this Act shall not be considered in 27 calculating length of service. 28 Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same 29 manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of 30 the vacated term. Initial terms under this Act shall begin 31 upon the expiration of the terms of Committee members HB0155 Engrossed -2- LRB9200996ACcd 1 appointed under The Illinois Structural Engineering Act. 2 Persons holding office as members of the Board under this 3 Act on the effective date of this Act shall serve as members 4 of the Board under this Act until the expiration of the term 5 for which they were appointed and until their successors are 6 appointed and qualified under this Act. 7 A quorum of the Board shall consist of a majority of 8 Board members appointed. A majority of the quorum is 9 required for Board decisions. 10 The Director may terminate the appointment of any member 11 for cause which in the opinion of the Director reasonably 12 justifies such termination, which may include, but is not 13 limited to, a Board member who does not attend 2 consecutive 14 meetings. 15 Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the 16 Board and the Department shall review the response of the 17 Board and any recommendations made therein. The Department 18 may, at any time, seek the expert advice and knowledge of the 19 Board on any matter relating to the administration or 20 enforcement of this Act. 21 Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in any 22 action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other 23 activities performed in good faith as members of the Board. 24 Whenever the Director is not satisfied that substantial 25 justice has been done in an examination, the Director may 26 order a reexamination by the same or other examiners. 27 (Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 1-1-00.) 28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 29 becoming law.