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Public Act 093-0716
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| HB3937 Enrolled |
LRB093 14475 RXD 20209 b |
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AN ACT concerning propane.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Propane Education and Research Act |
of 1997 is
amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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(430 ILCS 27/15)
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Sec. 15. Illinois Propane Education and Research Council.
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(a) The qualified industry organizations shall select all |
retail marketers,
public, and producer members of the Council. |
The producer organizations shall
select the producer members of |
the Council, the retail marketer organizations
shall select |
retail marketer members, and all qualified industry |
organizations
shall jointly select the public members. |
Vacancies in the unfinished terms of
Council members shall be |
filled in the same manner as were the original
appointments.
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(b) In selecting members of the Council, the qualified |
industry
organizations shall give due regard to selecting a |
Council that is
representative of the industry, including |
representation of:
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(1) gas processors and oil refiners among producers;
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(2) interstate and intrastate operators among retail |
marketers;
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(3) large and small companies among producers and |
retail marketers,
including agricultural cooperatives; and
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(4) diverse geographic regions of the State.
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(c) The Council shall consist of 12 members, with 6
5 |
members
representing
retail marketers, 4
5 members |
representing producers, and 2 public
members.
Other than the |
public members, Council members shall be full-time employees or
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owners of businesses in the industry or representatives of |
agricultural
cooperatives. No employee of a qualified industry |
organization shall serve as
a member of the Council, and no |
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member of the Council may serve concurrently as
an officer of |
the board of directors of a qualified industry organization or
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other trade
association. Only one person at a time from any |
company or its affiliate may
serve on the Council.
The Director |
may serve as an ex-officio non-voting member of the Council.
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(d) Council members shall receive no compensation for their |
services. ,
nor
shall Council members be reimbursed for expenses |
relating to their service,
except that public members, upon |
request, may be reimbursed for reasonable
expenses directly |
related to their participation in Council meetings.
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(e) Council members shall serve terms of 3 years and may |
not serve more
than
2 full consecutive terms. Members filling |
unexpired terms may serve not
more
than a total of 7 |
consecutive years. Former members of the Council may be
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returned to the Council if they have not been members for a |
period of 2 years.
Initial appointments to the council shall be |
for terms of 1, 2, and 3 years
staggered to provide for the |
selection of 4 members each year.
The Council shall notify the |
Director of the name, address, and propane-related
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affiliation, if any, of a Council member within 30 days after |
the
appointment of the member to the Council.
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(f) The Council shall develop programs and projects and |
enter into contracts
or agreements for implementing this Act, |
including programs to enhance consumer
and employee safety and |
training, to provide for research and development of
clean and |
efficient propane utilization equipment, to inform and educate |
the
public about safety and other issues associated with the |
use of propane, and to
provide for the payment of the costs |
thereof with funds collected pursuant to
this Act. The Council |
shall coordinate its activities with industry trade
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associations and others as appropriate to provide efficient |
delivery of
services and to avoid unnecessary duplication of |
activities.
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(g) Issues related to research and development, safety, |
education, and
training shall be given priority by the Council |
in the development of its
programs and projects.
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(h) The Council shall select from among its members a |
Chairperson and other
officers as necessary, may establish |
committees and subcommittees of the
Council, and shall adopt |
rules and bylaws for the conduct of business and the
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implementation of this Act. The Council shall establish |
procedures for the
solicitation of industry comment and |
recommendations on any significant plans,
programs, and |
projects to be funded by the Council. The Council may establish
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advisory committees of persons other than Council members.
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(i) At the beginning of each fiscal period, the Council |
shall prepare a
budget plan for the next fiscal period, |
including the probable cost of all
programs, projects, and |
contracts and a recommended rate of assessment
sufficient to |
cover such costs.
The Council shall submit the proposed budget |
to the Director for review and
comment. The Director may |
recommend programs and activities considered
appropriate.
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(j) The Council shall keep minutes, books, and records that |
clearly reflect
all of the acts and transactions of the Council |
and make public such
information. The books of the Council |
shall be audited by a certified public
accountant at least once |
each fiscal year and at such other times as the
Council may |
designate.
The expense of the audit shall be the responsibility |
of the Council.
Copies of such audit shall be provided to all |
members
of the Council, all qualified industry organizations, |
and to other members of
the industry upon request.
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(Source: P.A. 90-305, eff. 1-1-98.)
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