Illinois House Bill 4408 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the board of commissioners of the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall: on or before July 1, 2021, divide the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago into 9 commissioner districts and assign the commissioner districts to reflect the results of the most recent federal decennial census. Provides that in the year following each federal decennial census, the board of commissioners shall redistrict the commissioner districts to reflect the results of the most recent census. Provides that the commissioner districts shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population to each other district. Provides that one commissioner shall be elected from each commissioner district for a term of 6 years and that the commissioner shall be a resident of the commissioner district from which he or she was elected. Provides that if the corporate limits of the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago expands between redistrictings, the board of commissioners shall determine which commissioner district or districts the expanded territory will join until the next redistricting. Provides that the terms of all commissioners serving at the time of the 2022 general election shall continue until the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month following the 2022 general election or until the 9 new commissioners are elected and qualified, whichever is later. Makes conforming changes.

MWRD-DISTRICTING & ELECTION

Rep. Luis Arroyo [D]

Rep. Mike Fortner [R]

Rep. John D'Amico [D]

Rep. Andre Thapedi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-04-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-25	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-25	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2018-03-08	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2018-03-07	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi
2018-03-07	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
2018-03-07	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
2018-03-07	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-004-000
2018-02-27	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2018-01-30	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-01-30	House	First Reading
2018-01-30	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Luis Arroyo

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
70	2605	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
70	2605	3.3	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4408&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB4408.htm