Bill Text: IL HB4877 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Fair Act. Provides that up to 15 (rather than 20) persons may be appointed by the Governor to the Board of State Fair Advisors. Provides that initial appointments made after the effective date of bill shall be for terms of one, 2, and 3 years staggered to provide for the selection of 5 members each year. Provides that all subsequent appointments shall be for terms of 3 years. Provides that all terms shall commence on the 3rd Monday in January. Provides that members may not serve more than 2 consecutive 3-year terms or a total of 8 consecutive years if the member's initial appointment is less than a 3-year term. Provides that a former member may return to the Board if he or she has not been a member for at least one year prior to reappointment. Makes other technical changes. Effective January 1, 2019.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4877 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4877-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4877 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 210/8 from Ch. 127, par. 1708
Amends the State Fair Act. Provides that up to 15 (rather than 20) persons may be appointed by the Governor to the Board of State Fair Advisors. Provides that initial appointments made after the effective date of bill shall be for terms of one, 2, and 3 years staggered to provide for the selection of 5 members each year. Provides that all subsequent appointments shall be for terms of 3 years. Provides that all terms shall commence on the 3rd Monday in January. Provides that members may not serve more than 2 consecutive 3-year terms or a total of 8 consecutive years if the member's initial appointment is less than a 3-year term. Provides that a former member may return to the Board if he or she has not been a member for at least one year prior to reappointment. Makes other technical changes. Effective January 1, 2019.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Fair Act is amended by changing
Section 8 as follows:
(20 ILCS 210/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 1708)
Sec. 8. There is created a Board of State Fair Advisors
consisting of the Director, 4 ex-officio members as hereafter
named, and up to 15 20 persons appointed by the Governor. The
Chairman and minority spokesman of the House Agriculture and
Conservation Committee and the Chairman and minority spokesman
of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Energy Committee of
the Illinois General Assembly shall serve as ex-officio
members. No more than 3 of the Board members shall be appointed
from any one county. Initial appointments made after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly shall be for terms of one, 2, and 3 years staggered to
provide for the selection of 5 members each year. All
subsequent appointments shall be for terms of 3 years. All
terms shall commence on the 3rd Monday in January. Members may
not serve more than 2 consecutive 3-year terms or a total of 8
consecutive years if the member's initial appointment is less
than a 3-year term. A former member may return to the Board if

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he or she has not been a member for at least one year prior to
reappointment. Appointments made prior to the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall not be
considered when calculating a member's time served on the
Board. Members of the State Fair Advisory Board shall serve for
2 year terms commencing on the third Monday of January of each
odd-numbered year. The Governor shall in making appointments to
the Board provide for a representation of the operational
interests of the State Fair and this State the State of
Illinois. Members of the Board shall receive no compensation,
but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. An appointed member's office
becomes vacant upon his or her absence from 2 consecutive
regularly scheduled meetings. The Director or his or her
authorized representative from the Department shall act as
chairman of the Board. The duties of the Board are to advise
the Director and the Department on matters concerning the
operation of each State Fair and State Fairgrounds as they
pertain to varied interests in the State Fairs and the people
of this State the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 93-1055, eff. 11-23-04.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2019.