Bill Text: IL HB3325 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered

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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-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 100-0172
HB3325 Enrolled LRB100 10766 AWJ 20997 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Water District Act is amended by
changing Section 7 as follows:
(70 ILCS 3705/7) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 194)
Sec. 7. The board of trustees may appoint a general manager
to serve a term of five years and until his successor is
appointed, and his compensation shall be fixed by resolution of
the board. Such general manager shall devote his time
exclusively to the affairs of the district, and shall have
power to employ, discharge and fix the compensation of all
employees of the district, except as in this Act otherwise
provided, and he shall perform and exercise such other powers
and duties as may be conferred upon him by the Board of
Trustees.
Such general manager shall be chosen without regard to his
political affiliation and upon the sole basis of his
administrative and technical qualifications to manage the
waterworks properties and affairs of the district, and he may
be discharged at a meeting of the board of trustees only upon a
majority vote of the members unanimous vote of the board of
trustees. Such general manager need not be a resident of the

district at the time he is chosen.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1187.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.