Bill Text: IL HB3325 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Public Water District Act. Provides that a general manager of a public water district may be discharged at a meeting of the board of trustees upon a majority vote of the members present (currently, by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0172 [HB3325 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3325-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Water District Act. Provides that a general manager of a public water district may be discharged at a meeting of the board of trustees upon a majority vote of the members present (currently, by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0172 [HB3325 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3325-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local 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 Public Water District Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 7 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 3705/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 194)
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7 | Sec. 7.
The board of trustees may appoint a general manager | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | to serve
a term of five years and until his successor is | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | appointed, and his
compensation shall be fixed by resolution of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | the board. Such general
manager shall devote his time | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | exclusively to the affairs of the
district, and shall have | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | power to employ, discharge and fix the
compensation of all | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | employees of the district, except as in this Act
otherwise | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | provided, and he shall perform and exercise such other powers
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15 | and duties as may be conferred upon him by the Board of | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Trustees.
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17 | Such general manager shall be chosen without regard to his | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | political
affiliation and upon the sole basis of his | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | administrative and technical
qualifications to manage the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | waterworks properties and affairs of the
district, and he may | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | be discharged at a meeting of the board of trustees only upon a | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | majority vote of the members present unanimous vote of the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | board
of trustees . Such general manager need not be a resident |
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1 | of the district
at the time he is chosen.
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2 | (Source: Laws 1945, p. 1187.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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