Bill Text: IL SB3214 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act. Provides that the Board of the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority shall consist of 10 members (now, 9 members). Sets forth the membership of the Board. Provides that the County Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the Will County Board, shall appoint the additional member of the Board. Provides that the Authority shall be abolished upon the last to occur of the following: (i) expiration of the 25-year period (now, 15-year period) that began on the effective date of the Act; or (ii) one year after all revenue bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the Authority have been fully paid and discharged or otherwise provided for. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1122 [SB3214 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3214-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act. Provides that the Board of the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority shall consist of 10 members (now, 9 members). Sets forth the membership of the Board. Provides that the County Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the Will County Board, shall appoint the additional member of the Board. Provides that the Authority shall be abolished upon the last to occur of the following: (i) expiration of the 25-year period (now, 15-year period) that began on the effective date of the Act; or (ii) one year after all revenue bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the Authority have been fully paid and discharged or otherwise provided for. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1122 [SB3214 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3214-Introduced.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 Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 15 and 55 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 508/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Creation of Authority; Board members; officers.
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8 | (a) The Joliet Arsenal Development Authority is created as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | a political
subdivision, body politic, and municipal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | corporation.
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11 | (b) The territorial jurisdiction of the Authority shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | extend over all of
the territory, consisting of 3,000 acres, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | more or less, that is commonly known
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described as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Joliet ammunition plant and arsenal.
The legal description of
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15 | the territory is (1) approximately 1,900 acres located at the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Arsenal, the
approximate legal description of which includes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | part of section 30, Jackson
Township, T34N R10E, and sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | or part of sections 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36,
Channahon Township, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | T34N R9E, Will County, Illinois, as depicted in the Arsenal
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20 | Land Use Concept; and (2) approximately 1,100 acres, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | approximate legal
description of which includes part of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | sections 16, 17, and 18, Florence
Township, T33N R10E, Will | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | County, Illinois, as depicted in the Arsenal Land Use
Concept. |
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1 | (c) The governing and administrative powers of the | ||||||
2 | Authority shall be vested
in its Board of Directors . Until 30 | ||||||
3 | days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
4 | 96th General Assembly, the Board of Directors shall consist | ||||||
5 | consisting of 9 members, 4 of whom shall be
appointed by the | ||||||
6 | Governor from Will County, by and with the advice and consent
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7 | of the Senate,
and 5 of whom shall be appointed by the county | ||||||
8 | board of Will County. All
members appointed to the
Board shall | ||||||
9 | be residents of Will County, but of the 5 members who are | ||||||
10 | appointed
by the
county board of Will County, one
shall be a | ||||||
11 | resident of the City of Joliet, one a resident of the City of
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12 | Wilmington, one a resident of the Village of Elwood, one a | ||||||
13 | resident of the
Village of Manhattan, and one a resident of
the | ||||||
14 | Village of Symerton.
Each city council
or village board shall | ||||||
15 | recommend 3 individuals who are residents of the city or
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16 | village to the Will County board to be
members of the Board of | ||||||
17 | Directors. The Will County Board shall choose one of
the | ||||||
18 | recommended individuals from each city and village.
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19 | Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
20 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Board of | ||||||
21 | Directors shall consist of 10 members, 4 of whom shall be
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22 | appointed by the Governor from Will County, by and with the | ||||||
23 | advice and consent
of the Senate,
and 6 of whom shall be | ||||||
24 | appointed by the County Executive of Will County, with the | ||||||
25 | advice and consent of the Will County Board. All
members | ||||||
26 | appointed to the
Board shall be residents of Will County, but |
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1 | of the 6 members who are appointed
by the
County Executive of | ||||||
2 | Will County, with the advice and consent of the Will County | ||||||
3 | Board, one
shall be a resident of the City of Joliet, one a | ||||||
4 | resident of the City of
Wilmington, one a resident of the | ||||||
5 | Village of Elwood, one a resident of the
Village of Manhattan, | ||||||
6 | one a resident of
the Village of Symerton, and one at large | ||||||
7 | resident of Will County.
Each city council
or village board | ||||||
8 | shall recommend 3 individuals who are residents of the city or
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9 | village to the County Executive of Will County to be members of | ||||||
10 | the Board of Directors. The County Executive of Will County | ||||||
11 | shall choose one of
the recommended individuals from each city | ||||||
12 | and village and one at large resident of Will County and shall | ||||||
13 | submit those names to the Will County Board for approval. All | ||||||
14 | persons appointed as members of the Board shall
have recognized | ||||||
15 | ability and experience in one or more of the following areas:
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16 | economic development, finance, banking, industrial | ||||||
17 | development, small business
management, real estate | ||||||
18 | development, community development, venture finance,
organized | ||||||
19 | labor, units of local government, or civic, community, or | ||||||
20 | neighborhood organization.
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21 | (d) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
22 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Governor, with | ||||||
23 | the consent of the Senate, and the County Executive of Will | ||||||
24 | County, with the advice and consent of the Will County Board, | ||||||
25 | shall make their appointments to the Board. Two of the | ||||||
26 | gubernatorial appointees and 2 of the non-gubernatorial |
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1 | appointees shall serve a term of 2 years, 2 of the | ||||||
2 | gubernatorial appointees and 2 of the non-gubernatorial | ||||||
3 | appointees shall serve a term of 3 years, and 2 of the | ||||||
4 | non-gubernatorial appointees shall serve a term of 4 years, the | ||||||
5 | length of the term of each to be determined by the appointing | ||||||
6 | authority. The terms of the 9 initial appointees to the | ||||||
7 | Authority shall commence
30 days after the effective date of | ||||||
8 | this Act. Of the 9
members initially appointed (i) 2 of the | ||||||
9 | gubernatorial appointees and 2 of the
non-gubernatorial | ||||||
10 | appointees shall be appointed to serve terms expiring on the
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11 | third Monday in January, 1997 and (ii) 2 of the gubernatorial | ||||||
12 | appointees and 3
of the non-gubernatorial appointees shall be | ||||||
13 | appointed to serve terms expiring
on the third Monday in | ||||||
14 | January, 1999. All successors shall be appointed by the
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15 | original appointing authority and hold office for a term of 4 | ||||||
16 | years commencing
the third Monday in January of the year in | ||||||
17 | which their term commences, except
in case of an appointment to | ||||||
18 | fill a vacancy. Vacancies shall be filled for the
remainder of | ||||||
19 | the term. In case of vacancy in a Governor-appointed membership
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20 | when the Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a | ||||||
21 | temporary
appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when | ||||||
22 | a person shall be
nominated to fill that office, and any person | ||||||
23 | so nominated who is confirmed by
the Senate shall hold office | ||||||
24 | during the remainder of the term. Each member
appointed to the | ||||||
25 | Board shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and
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26 | qualified.
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1 | (e) The Chairperson of the Board shall be elected by the | ||||||
2 | Board annually from
among the members who are appointed by the | ||||||
3 | County Executive of Will County with the advice and consent of | ||||||
4 | the county board of Will County Board .
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5 | (f) The Governor may remove any member of the Board in case | ||||||
6 | of incompetency,
neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
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7 | (g) Members of the Board shall serve without compensation | ||||||
8 | for their services
as members but may be reimbursed for all | ||||||
9 | necessary expenses incurred in
connection with the performance | ||||||
10 | of their duties as members.
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11 | (h) The Board may appoint an Executive Director who shall | ||||||
12 | have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the | ||||||
13 | legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate | ||||||
14 | or economic
development, and administration. The Executive | ||||||
15 | Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the Board. The | ||||||
16 | Executive Director shall be the chief
administrative and | ||||||
17 | operational officer of the Authority, shall direct
and | ||||||
18 | supervise its administrative affairs and general management, | ||||||
19 | shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed from time | ||||||
20 | to time by the Board, and
shall receive compensation fixed by | ||||||
21 | the Board. The Executive Director
shall attend all meetings of | ||||||
22 | the Board; however, no action of the
Board or the Authority | ||||||
23 | shall be invalid on account of the absence of the
Executive
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24 | Director from a meeting. The Board may engage the services of | ||||||
25 | such
other agents and employees, including attorneys, | ||||||
26 | appraisers, engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other |
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1 | consultants, and may prescribe their
duties and fix their | ||||||
2 | compensation.
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3 | (i) The Board shall meet on the call of its Chairperson or | ||||||
4 | upon written
notice of 6 members of the Board.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 89-333, eff. 8-17-95.)
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6 | (70 ILCS 508/55)
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7 | Sec. 55. Abolition of Authority. The Authority shall be | ||||||
8 | abolished upon
the last to occur of the following: (1) | ||||||
9 | expiration of the 25-year 15-year period that
begins on the | ||||||
10 | effective date of this Act; or (2) one year
after all revenue | ||||||
11 | bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the
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12 | Authority
have been fully paid and discharged or otherwise | ||||||
13 | provided for. Upon the
abolition of the Authority, all of its | ||||||
14 | rights and property shall pass to and be
vested in the State.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 89-333, eff. 8-17-95.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.
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