Bill Text: IL HB3098 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Conservation Foundation Act. Provides term length and appointment length. Provides that if a member fails to attend 2 or more meetings in one year without being excused, then the Chair of the Board of Directors may ask the appointing officer to consider removing the member and making a new appointment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3098 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3098-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning state government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Conservation Foundation Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 880/5)
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7 | Sec. 5. Creation of Foundation. The General Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | authorizes the
Department of Natural Resources, in accordance | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | with
Section 10 of the State Agency Entity Creation Act, to | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | create the Illinois
Conservation Foundation. Under this | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | authority, the Department of Natural
Resources shall create | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the Illinois Conservation Foundation
as a not-for-profit | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | foundation. The Department shall file
articles of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | incorporation as required under the General Not For Profit
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15 | Corporation Act of 1986 to create the Foundation. The
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16 | Foundation's Board of Directors shall be appointed as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2 by the
President of the Illinois Senate; 2 by the Minority | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Leader of the Illinois
Senate; 2 by the Speaker of the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | House of Representatives; 2 by the
Minority Leader of the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Illinois House of Representatives; and 4 by the
Governor. Each | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | appointing individual shall have: one two-year term and one | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | three-year term appointment. The Governor shall have 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | four-year term appointments. If a member fails to attend 2 or |
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1 | more meetings in one year without being excused, then the | ||||||
2 | Chair of the Board of Directors may ask the appointing officer | ||||||
3 | to consider removing the member and making a new appointment. | ||||||
4 | If the appointing officer considers reappointing the same | ||||||
5 | individual, that reappointing officer shall consider the | ||||||
6 | member's attendance and commitment to the Foundation's | ||||||
7 | purpose. Vacancies shall be filled by the official who made | ||||||
8 | the
recommendation for the vacated appointment. The Director | ||||||
9 | of Natural
Resources shall chair the Board of Directors of the | ||||||
10 | Foundation. No member of
the Board
of Directors may receive | ||||||
11 | compensation for his or her services to the
Foundation.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 88-591, eff. 8-20-94; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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