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Public Act 097-0278
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
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Authority Act, approved September 22, 1987, is amended by |
changing Section 4 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 510/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6204)
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Sec. 4. (a) There is hereby created a political |
subdivision, body politic
and municipal corporation named the |
Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
Authority.
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territorial jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic |
area
within the boundaries of JoDaviess, Carroll, Whiteside, |
Stephenson, Lee, Rock Island, Henry, Knox, and Mercer counties |
in
the State of
Illinois and any navigable waters and air space |
located therein.
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(b) The governing and administrative powers of the |
Authority shall be
vested in a body consisting of 16
11 members |
including, as an ex officio
member,
the Director of Commerce |
and Economic Opportunity, or his or her
designee.
The other 10 |
members of the Authority
shall be designated "public members", |
6 of whom shall be
appointed by the Governor
with the advice |
and consent of the Senate. Of the 6 members
appointed by
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Governor, one shall be from a city within the Authority's |
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territory
with a population of 25,000 or more and the remainder |
shall be appointed at
large. Of the 6 members appointed by the |
Governor, 2 members shall
have
business or finance experience. |
One member shall be appointed by each of
the county board |
chairmen of Rock Island, Henry, Knox, and Mercer
Counties with |
the advice and consent of the respective county board.
Within |
60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
97th General Assembly, one additional public member shall be |
appointed by each of the county board chairpersons of |
JoDaviess, Carroll, Whiteside, Stephenson, and Lee counties |
with the advice and consent of the respective county board. Of |
the public members added by this amendatory Act of the 97th |
General Assembly, one shall serve for a one-year term, 2 shall |
serve for 2-year terms, and 2 shall serve for 3-year terms, to |
be determined by lot. Their successors shall serve for 3-year |
terms. All public members shall reside within the territorial |
jurisdiction of this
Act. Nine
Six members shall constitute a |
quorum.
The public members shall be
persons of recognized |
ability and
experience in one or more of the following areas: |
economic development,
finance, banking, industrial |
development, small business management, real
estate |
development, community development, venture finance, organized |
labor
or civic, community or neighborhood organization. The |
Chairman of the
Authority shall be a public member elected by |
the affirmative vote of not
fewer than 6 members of the |
Authority, except that any chairperson elected on or after the |
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General |
Assembly shall be elected by the affirmative vote of not fewer |
than 9 members. The term of the Chairman
shall be one year.
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(c) The terms of the initial
all members of the Authority |
shall begin 30 days after
the effective date of this Act, |
except (i) the terms of those
members added by this
amendatory |
Act of 1989 shall begin 30 days after the effective
date of |
this amendatory Act of 1989 and (ii) the terms of those members |
added
by this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly shall |
begin 30 days after
the effective date of this amendatory Act |
of the 92nd General Assembly. Of
the 10 public members
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appointed pursuant to this Act, 2 (one of whom shall be |
appointed by the
Governor) shall serve until the
third Monday |
in January, 1989, 2 (one of whom shall be appointed by the
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Governor) shall serve until the third Monday in
January, 1990, |
2
(one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor) shall serve |
until the
third Monday in January, 1991, 2 (both of whom shall |
be appointed by
the Governor) shall serve until the third |
Monday in January, 1992, and 2 (one
of whom shall be appointed |
by the Governor and one of whom shall be appointed
by the |
county board chairman of Knox County) shall serve until the |
third Monday
in January, 2004.
The initial terms of the members |
appointed by the county board chairmen
(other than the county |
board chairman of Knox County)
shall be determined by lot. All |
successors shall be appointed by the
original appointing |
authority and
hold office for a term of 3 years commencing the |
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third
Monday in January of the year in which their term |
commences, except in case
of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
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Vacancies
occurring among the public members shall be filled |
for the
remainder of the term.
In case of vacancy in a |
Governor-appointed membership when
the Senate is not in |
session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment
until |
the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be nominated |
to
fill such office, and any person so nominated who is |
confirmed by the
Senate shall hold office during the remainder |
of the term and until a
successor shall be appointed and |
qualified.
Members of the Authority shall not be entitled to |
compensation for their
services
as members but shall be |
entitled to reimbursement for all necessary
expenses incurred |
in connection with the performance of their duties as members.
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(d) The Governor may remove any public member of the |
Authority appointed
by the Governor in case
of incompetency, |
neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The Chairman
of a |
county board may remove any public member of the Authority |
appointed
by such Chairman in the case of incompetency, neglect |
of duty, or malfeasance in office.
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(e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall |
have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the |
legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate |
or economic
development and administration. The Executive |
Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the Board. The |
Executive Director shall be the chief
administrative and |
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operational officer of the Authority, shall direct
and |
supervise its administrative affairs and general management, |
shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed from time |
to time by the members and
shall receive compensation fixed by |
the Authority.
The Authority may engage the services of such
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other agents and employees, including attorneys, appraisers, |
engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other consultants, |
as it may deem
advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix |
their compensation.
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(f) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
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recommendations to the Board on the economic development of the |
territory
within the jurisdiction of this Act. The number of |
members
constituting the task force shall be set by the Board |
and may vary from
time to time. The Board may set a specific |
date by which the task force is
to submit its final report and |
recommendations to the Board.
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(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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(70 ILCS 515/Act rep.)
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Section 10. The Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
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Authority Act, certified December 30, 1987, is repealed.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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