Bill Text: IL SB0816 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Water Commission Act of 1985. Deletes a section allowing cessation of a water commission by annexation or consolidation. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-09-03 - Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto [SB0816 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0816-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Water Commission Act of 1985. Deletes a section allowing cessation of a water commission by annexation or consolidation. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-09-03 - Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto [SB0816 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB0816-Engrossed.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 Water Commission Act of 1985 is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 2.1 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 3720/2.1) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2.1. (Blank). Cessation of commission organization. | ||||||
8 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a majority vote | ||||||
9 | of the water commission is in favor of the proposition to annex | ||||||
10 | the commission to another commission whose boundaries are | ||||||
11 | contiguous, or consolidate the commission into a municipality | ||||||
12 | with which the commission is coterminous or substantially | ||||||
13 | coterminous, or consolidate the commission into the county in | ||||||
14 | which the commission sits, and if the governing authorities of | ||||||
15 | the governmental unit assuming the functions of the former | ||||||
16 | commission agree by resolution to accept the functions (and | ||||||
17 | jurisdiction over the territory, if applicable) of the | ||||||
18 | consolidated or annexed commission, then the commission shall | ||||||
19 | cease. On the effective date of the annexation or | ||||||
20 | consolidation, all the rights, powers, duties, assets, | ||||||
21 | property, liabilities, indebtedness, obligations, bonding | ||||||
22 | authority, taxing authority, and responsibilities of the | ||||||
23 | commission shall vest in and be assumed by the governmental |
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1 | unit assuming the functions of the former commission. | ||||||
2 | The employees of the former commission shall be transferred | ||||||
3 | to the governmental unit assuming the functions of the former | ||||||
4 | commission. The governmental unit assuming the functions of the | ||||||
5 | former commission shall exercise the rights and | ||||||
6 | responsibilities of the former commission with respect to those | ||||||
7 | employees. The status and rights of the employees of the former | ||||||
8 | commission under any applicable contracts or collective | ||||||
9 | bargaining agreements, historical representation rights under | ||||||
10 | the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, or under any pension, | ||||||
11 | retirement, or annuity plan shall not be affected by this | ||||||
12 | amendatory Act.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 98-1002, eff. 8-18-14.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.
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