Bill Text: IL SB3425 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that each water commissioner shall receive the same compensation that shall be determined by the water commission (currently, the appointing authority).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0654 [SB3425 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3425-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that each water commissioner shall receive the same compensation that shall be determined by the water commission (currently, the appointing authority).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0654 [SB3425 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3425-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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 11-135-2 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-135-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-135-2)
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7 | Sec. 11-135-2.
Upon the adoption of such an ordinance or | ||||||
8 | resolution
by the corporate authorities of any such | ||||||
9 | municipality, the mayor or
president, with the approval of the | ||||||
10 | corporate authorities, shall appoint
a commissioner.
If under | ||||||
11 | Section 11-135-3 a water commission meets the participatory
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12 | requirements, that water commission shall appoint a | ||||||
13 | commissioner.
The commissioners so appointed by each of such
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14 | municipalities and participatory water commissions together | ||||||
15 | with a like
commissioner appointed by the
presiding officer of | ||||||
16 | the county board with the advice and consent of the
county | ||||||
17 | board of the county in which the major part of the works of the
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18 | water commission are, or are to be, located, shall constitute a
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19 | commission and public corporation with the powers and duties | ||||||
20 | specified
in this Division 135. The corporate name of the | ||||||
21 | commission shall be
"(here insert an appropriate name | ||||||
22 | indicative of the area) Water Commission"
and as such the
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23 | Commission may contract and be contracted with, and sue and be |
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1 | sued.
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2 | The commissioners so appointed shall serve for a term of 6 | ||||||
3 | years, or until
their successors have been appointed and have | ||||||
4 | qualified in the same manner
as the original appointments, | ||||||
5 | except that the commissioners first appointed
shall determine | ||||||
6 | by lot at their first meeting the respective commissioners
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7 | whose terms shall be for 2, 4 and 6 years from the date of that | ||||||
8 | meeting.
Each commissioner appointed by a mayor or president | ||||||
9 | shall be an elector
or the chief administrator of the | ||||||
10 | municipality for which he acts as
commissioner,
and the | ||||||
11 | commissioner appointed by the presiding officer of the county | ||||||
12 | board
shall be an elector of the county in which the major | ||||||
13 | works of the water
commission are, or are to be, located. Any | ||||||
14 | commissioner so appointed may
be a member of the governing | ||||||
15 | board or officer or employee of the municipality
or county from | ||||||
16 | which the appointment is made. A commissioner is eligible
for | ||||||
17 | reappointment upon the expiration of his term. A vacancy shall | ||||||
18 | be filled
for the balance of the unexpired term of the person | ||||||
19 | who has ceased to hold
office by the mayor, president or county | ||||||
20 | board presiding officer who initially
made such appointment in | ||||||
21 | the same manner as the original appointment. Each
commissioner | ||||||
22 | shall receive the same compensation, as determined by a | ||||||
23 | majority of the appointing authorities the
appointing | ||||||
24 | authority , which shall not be more
than $2,000 per year, except | ||||||
25 | that no commissioner who is a
member of the governing
board or | ||||||
26 | officer of the municipality or county from which the
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1 | appointment
is made may receive any compensation for serving as | ||||||
2 | commissioner. Each
commissioner shall furnish a bond for the | ||||||
3 | faithful performance of his
official duties. This bond shall | ||||||
4 | not be less than $5,000 and its costs
shall be paid by the | ||||||
5 | commission.
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6 | Each commissioner may be removed for any cause for which | ||||||
7 | any other
municipal officer may be removed. No commissioner, or | ||||||
8 | employee of the
commission, and no mayor, or president, or | ||||||
9 | other member of the corporate
authorities, or any employee of | ||||||
10 | any of the municipalities, shall be
interested directly or | ||||||
11 | indirectly in any contract or job of work or
materials, or the | ||||||
12 | profits thereof, or services to be performed for or by
the | ||||||
13 | commission.
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14 | A violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this | ||||||
15 | section is a
Class C misdemeanor. A conviction is cause for the | ||||||
16 | removal of a person
from his office or employment.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97; 91-659, eff. 12-22-99.)
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