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| Public Act 097-0996
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| HB5236 Enrolled | LRB097 19235 KMW 64477 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port |
District Act is amended by changing Sections 15, 16, 17, and 19 |
as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1820/15) (from Ch. 19, par. 865)
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Sec. 15.
On the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
the 97th General Assembly, the terms of office of the members |
of the Board appointed pursuant to this Act shall terminate and |
the board reconstituted. After the effective date of this |
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the The governing |
and administrative body of the Port District
shall be a Board |
consisting of 7 23 members, to be known as the Jackson-Union |
Counties
Regional Port District Board. All members of the Board |
appointed by the
Governor shall be residents
of the District. |
Every member of the Board appointed by a unit of local
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government after the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
1981 shall
be a resident of the appointing unit of local |
government. The members of
the Board shall serve without |
compensation
but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses |
incurred by them in the performance
of their duties. However, |
any member of the Board who is appointed to the office
of |
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secretary or treasurer may receive compensation for his |
services as such officer.
No member of the Board or employee of |
the District shall have
any private financial interest, profit |
or benefit in any contract, work or
business of the District |
nor in the sale or lease of any property to or
from the |
District.
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(Source: P.A. 82-388.)
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(70 ILCS 1820/16) (from Ch. 19, par. 866) |
Sec. 16. Appointment; vacancies. The Governor shall |
appoint 3 4 members of the Board, each Mayor
of the |
municipalities of Grand Tower, Jonesboro, Gorham, Murphysboro,
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Carbondale, Anna, Cobden, Makanda, Ava, Mill Creek, Elkville, |
Alto Pass,
Vergennes, Dowell, DeSoto, Campbell Hill, and |
Dongola shall
appoint one
member of the Board, and each County |
Board of Jackson County and Union County
shall appoint 2 |
members one member of the Board. All initial appointments shall |
be
made within 60 days after this Act takes effect. Of this |
amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, of Of the 3 4 |
members initially
appointed by the Governor one 2 shall be |
appointed for an initial term terms expiring
June 1, 2014 June |
1, 1978, and 2 for an initial term expiring June 1, 2015 June |
1, 1979. Of the 4 members initially appointed by the County |
Boards, 2 shall be appointed for an initial term expiring June |
1, 2014, and 2 for an initial term expiring June 1, 2015. The |
terms
of the members initially appointed by the respective |
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Mayors and County Boards
shall expire June 1, 1979. At the |
expiration of the term of any member,
his or her successor |
shall be appointed by the Governor, the respective Mayors,
or |
the respective County Boards in like manner and with like |
regard to
place of residence of the appointee, as in the case |
of appointments for
the initial terms. |
After the expiration of initial terms, each successor shall |
hold office
for the term of 3 years beginning the first day of |
June of the year in which
the term of office commences. In the |
case of a vacancy during the term
of office of any member |
appointed by the Governor, the Governor shall make
an |
appointment for the remainder of the term vacant and until a |
successor
is appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy |
during the term of office
of any member appointed by a Mayor, |
the proper Mayor shall
make an appointment for the remainder of |
the term vacant and until a successor
is appointed and |
qualified. In case of a vacancy during the term of office
of |
any member appointed by a County Board, the proper County Board |
shall
make an appointment for the remainder of the term vacant |
and until a successor
is appointed and qualified. The Governor, |
each Mayor, and each County Board
shall certify their |
respective appointments to the Secretary of State.
Within 30 |
days after certification of his or her appointment, and before |
entering
upon the duties of his or her office, each member of |
the Board shall take and
subscribe
the constitutional oath of
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office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State. |
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Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the |
contrary, if there is a vacancy for 3 months or more in the |
office of a member appointed by a mayor, then the Board may |
request that the county board of the county in which the |
municipality is located appoint a person to fill the vacancy |
for the remainder of the term or until a successor is appointed |
and qualified. Before requesting that the county board fill the |
vacancy, the Board must notify the mayor authorized to fill the |
vacancy by first class mail. The notice must be sent no later |
than 30 days after the vacancy occurs. Any Board member |
appointed under this paragraph must be a resident of the county |
making the appointment to fill the vacancy. |
Every person appointed to the Board after the effective |
date
of this amendatory Act of 1981 shall be a resident of the |
unit of
local government which makes the appointment. Persons |
appointed
by the Governor shall reside in the district. |
(Source: P.A. 96-1015, eff. 7-8-10.)
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(70 ILCS 1820/17) (from Ch. 19, par. 867)
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Sec. 17.
Members of the Board shall hold office until their |
respective
successors have been appointed and qualified. Any |
member may resign from
his office to take effect when his |
successor has been appointed and has
qualified. The Governor, |
each Mayor, and each County Board, respectively,
may remove any |
member of the Board they have appointed in case of |
incompetency,
neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. They |
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shall give such member a
copy of the charges against him and an |
opportunity to be publicly heard
in person or by counsel
in his |
own defense upon not less than 10 days' notice. In case of |
failure
to qualify within the time required, or of abandonment |
of his office, or
in case of death, conviction of a felony or |
removal from office, the office
of such member shall become |
vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the
unexpired term by |
appointment in like manner as in case of expiration of
the term |
of a member of the Board.
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(Source: P.A. 79-1475.)
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(70 ILCS 1820/19) (from Ch. 19, par. 869)
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Sec. 19.
Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at |
least once in
each calendar month, the time and place of such |
meetings to be fixed by
the Board. Four Twelve members of the |
Board shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of |
business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinance
or |
resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 4 12 members |
shall be necessary
for the adoption of any ordinance or |
resolution. All such ordinances and
resolutions before taking |
effect shall be approved by the chairman of the
Board, and if |
he approves thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he
does |
not approve he shall return to the Board with his objections |
thereto
in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board |
occurring after the
passage thereof. But in the case the |
chairman fails to return any ordinance
or resolution with his |
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objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall
be deemed to |
have approved the same and it shall take effect accordingly.
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Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the chairman |
with his
objections, the vote by which the same was passed |
shall be reconsidered
by the Board, and if upon such |
reconsideration said ordinance or resolution
is passed by the |
affirmative vote of at least 5 16 members, it shall go into
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effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All |
ordinances, resolutions
and all proceedings of the District and |
all documents and records in its
possession shall be public |
records, and open to public inspection, except
such documents |
and records as are kept or prepared by the Board for use
in |
negotiations, legal actions or proceedings to which the |
District is a party.
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(Source: P.A. 79-1475.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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