Bill Text: IL HB0270 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Regional Planning Act. Provides that the Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning shall consist of 17 members (now, 15). Provides that the 2 additional members shall be appointed by the Governor. Sets forth the terms and residency requirements for the additional members. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0270 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0270-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Regional Planning Act is amended by changing
Sections 15 and 25 as follows:
(70 ILCS 1707/15)
Sec. 15. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning;
structure.
(a) The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is
established as a political subdivision, body politic, and
municipal corporation. The Board shall be responsible for
developing and adopting a funding and implementation strategy
for an integrated land use and transportation planning process
for the northeastern Illinois region.
(b) (Blank.)
(c) The Board shall consist of 17 15 voting members as
follows:
(1) One member from DuPage County appointed
cooperatively by the mayors of DuPage County and the chief
elected county official of DuPage County.
(2) One member representing both Kane and Kendall
Counties appointed cooperatively by the mayors of Kane
County and Kendall County and the chief elected county

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officials of Kane County and Kendall County.
(3) One member from Lake County appointed
cooperatively by the mayors of Lake County and the chief
elected county official of Lake County.
(4) One member from McHenry County appointed
cooperatively by the mayors of McHenry County and the chief
elected county official of McHenry County.
(5) One member from Will County appointed
cooperatively by the mayors of Will County and the chief
elected county official of Will County.
(6) Five members from the City of Chicago appointed by
the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
(7) One member from that portion of Cook County outside
of the City of Chicago appointed by the President of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners.
(8) Four members from that portion of Cook County
outside of the City of Chicago appointed, with the consent
of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,
as follows:
(i) One by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City
of Chicago and north of Devon Avenue.
(ii) One by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City
of Chicago, south of Devon Avenue, and north of
Interstate 55, and in addition the Village of Summit.

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(iii) One by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City
of Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of
Interstate 57, excluding the communities of Summit,
Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and
Tinley Park.
(iv) One by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City
of Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition,
the communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins,
Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park.
(9) Two members appointed by the Governor, each of whom
shall be a resident of the CMAP region, and not more than
one of whom may be a resident of (i) the City of Chicago,
(ii) the part of Cook County that is outside of the City of
Chicago, or (iii) collectively the counties of DuPage,
Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will.
The terms of the members initially appointed to the Board shall
begin within 60 days after this Act takes effect, except that
the terms of the members appointed by the Governor under item
(9) of this subsection shall begin 60 days after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
(d) The CMAP Board may appoint non-voting members of the
Board.
(e) (1) The CMAP Board shall create a Wastewater Committee
with the responsibility of recommending directly to the

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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) the
appropriateness of proposed requests for modifications and
amendments to the established boundaries of wastewater
facility planning areas, requests for the creation of new
wastewater facility planning areas, requests for the
elimination of existing wastewater facility planning areas,
requests for new or expanded sewage treatment facilities, or
any other amendments to the State of Illinois Water Quality
Management Plan required under the federal Clean Water Act. The
Chairmanship of the Wastewater Committee shall rotate every 24
months between the individuals described in subsections
(e)(2)(iv) and (e)(2)(v) with the individual identified in
subsection (e)(2)(v) serving as chairman for the initial
24-month period commencing on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
(2) The Wastewater Committee shall consist of 5 members
of the CMAP Board designated as follows:
(i) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall be
one of the CMAP Board members designated in subsection
(c)(1) through (c)(5).
(ii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
be one of the CMAP Board members designated in
subsection (c)(6).
(iii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
be one of the CMAP Board members designated in
subsection (c)(7) or (c)(8).

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(iv) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
be a person appointed by the President of the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago (and who does not need to serve on the CMAP
Board).
(v) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall be
a person appointed by the President of the largest
statewide association of wastewater agencies (and who
does not need to serve on the CMAP Board).
(3) Terms of the members of the Wastewater Committee
shall be consistent with those identified in Section 25,
except that the term of the member of the Wastewater
Committee appointed by the President of the Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall expire
on July 1, 2009, and the term of the member of the
Wastewater Committee appointed by the President of the
largest statewide association of wastewater agencies shall
expire on July 1, 2009.
(f) With the exception of matters considered and
recommended by the Wastewater Committee directly to the IEPA,
which shall require only a concurrence of a simple majority of
the Wastewater Committee members in office, concurrence of
four-fifths of the Board members in office is necessary for the
Board to take any action.
(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)

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(70 ILCS 1707/25)
Sec. 25. Operations.
(a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its
Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the
Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his
or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the
office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the
constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of
State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years or
until successors are appointed and qualified. The terms of the
initial Board members shall expire as follows:
(1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and the
member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall
expire on July 1, 2007.
(2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, and
Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009.
(3) As designated at the time of appointment, the terms
of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on July
1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of Chicago
shall expire on July 1, 2009.
(4) The term of the member appointed by the President
of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on
July 1, 2007.
(5) The terms of those members appointed, with the
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those

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communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1,
2007.
(6) The terms of those members appointed, with the
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate 57,
excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen,
Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall
expire on July 1, 2007.
(7) The terms of those members appointed, with the
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities
in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago,
south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in
addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1,
2009.
(8) The terms of those members appointed, with the
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the
communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak
Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009.
(9) The terms of the initial members appointed by the

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Governor shall expire as follows: one shall expire on July
1, 2010
and one shall expire on July 1, 2012.
(b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing
authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the
unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation,
but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties.
(c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the
City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of
Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of
Cook County on a one man one vote basis. Within 6 months after
the release of each certified federal decennial census, the
Board shall review its composition and, if a change is
necessary in order to comply with the representation
requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the
necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly.
(d) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least
once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board
meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special
meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman or a
majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and
place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board
members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting
is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are
present, no such written notice is required. A majority of the

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Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose of
convening a meeting of the Board.
(e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance
with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records in
accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act.
(f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting
after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board from its
membership shall appoint a chairman and may appoint vice
chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those
officers pursuant to its bylaws. Before entering upon duties of
office, the chairman shall execute a bond with corporate
sureties to be approved by the Board and shall file it with the
principal office of the Board. The bond shall be payable to the
Board in whatever penal sum may be directed and shall be
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of
office and the payment of all money received by the chairman
according to law and the orders of the Board. The Board may
appoint, from time to time, an executive committee and standing
and ad hoc committees to assist in carrying out its
responsibilities.
(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.