Bill Text: IL HB3563 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding directors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3563 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3563-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | (605 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-4)
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| 7 | Sec. 4.
Of the
the directors appointed by the Governor, one | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | such director
shall be appointed by the Governor as chairman | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | and shall hold office for
4 years from the date of his | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | appointment, and until his successor shall
be duly appointed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by the
Governor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Directors
of the Authority; shall exercise general supervision | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | over all powers,
duties, obligations and functions of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Authority; and shall approve or
disapprove all resolutions, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | by-laws, rules, rates and regulations made
and established by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the Board of Directors, and if he shall approve
thereof, he | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | shall sign the same, and such as he shall not approve he
shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | return to the Board of Directors with his objections thereto in
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| 21 | writing at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | occurring
after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | any one or more items
contained in such resolution, by-law, | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | rule, rate or regulation, or to
its entirety; and in case the | ||||||
| 2 | veto extends to a part of such resolution,
by-law, rule, rate | ||||||
| 3 | or regulation, the residue thereof shall take effect
and be in | ||||||
| 4 | force, but in case the chairman shall fail to return any
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| 5 | resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation with his | ||||||
| 6 | objections thereto
by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to | ||||||
| 7 | have approved the same, and
the same shall take effect | ||||||
| 8 | accordingly. Upon the return of any
resolution, by-law, rule, | ||||||
| 9 | rate or regulation by the chairman, the vote
by which the same | ||||||
| 10 | was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board of
Directors, and | ||||||
| 11 | if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the
Directors | ||||||
| 12 | agree by yeas and nays to pass the same, it shall go into
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| 13 | effect notwithstanding the chairman's refusal to approve | ||||||
| 14 | thereof.
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| 15 | The chairman shall receive a salary of $18,000 per annum, | ||||||
| 16 | or as set by
the Compensation Review Board, whichever is | ||||||
| 17 | greater, payable in
monthly installments, together with | ||||||
| 18 | reimbursement for necessary expenses
incurred in the | ||||||
| 19 | performance of his duties. The chairman shall be
eligible for | ||||||
| 20 | reappointment.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
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