Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 5/14/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 584

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 584 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974 is
5amended by changing Sections 3-1 and 3-3 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2905/3-1)  (from Ch. 42, par. 503-1)
7    Sec. 3-1. The district shall be governed by a Board of
8Commissioners, consisting of 5 commissioners. Two Three of the
9commissioners shall be residents of that portion of the
10district in the county having the greater equalized assessed
11valuation of the district, and 2 shall be residents of that
12portion of the district in the other county. The appointment of
13commissioners from each county shall be made by the chairman of
14the county board of that county with the advice and consent of
15the county board, except that in the case of a home rule county
16as defined by Article VII, Section 6, of the Constitution of

 

 

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11970 the appointment shall be made by the chief executive
2officer of the county with the advice and consent of the county
3board. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
4of the 101st General Assembly, the mayor, or his or her
5designee, of the largest municipality in the county having the
6greater equalized assessed valuation of the district shall be
7an ex officio commissioner with a right to vote. If there is
8not a vacant commissioner position from the county having the
9greater equalized assessed valuation on the effective date of
10this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, then the
11term of the last appointed commissioner from that county is
12terminated on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
13101st General Assembly.
14    The appointed commissioners from each county may not be
15from the same political party. Of the 5 commissioners, no more
16than 3 may be of the same political party. Of the 3
17commissioners from the county entitled to 3 appointments, no
18more than 2 may be of the same political party. The 2
19commissioners from the other county shall not be of the same
20political party.
21    The County Board Chairman of either county may remove any
22of the appointed commissioners from his or her county with the
23advice and consent of the county board.
24    In the first appointments to the Board of Commissioners,
25the appointing authority appointing 3 directors shall
26designate one appointee to serve for a term of one year, one

 

 

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1for a term of 3 years and one for a term of 5 years, and the
2appointing authority appointing 2 directors shall designate
3one to serve for a term of 2 years and one for a term of 4
4years. Thereafter one commissioner shall be appointed by the
5appropriate appointing authority each year for a term of 5
6years to succeed the director whose term expires in that year.
7Any vacancy on the Board of Commissioners shall be filled by
8appointment by the appropriate appointing authority for the
9remainder of the unexpired term.
10    For the purpose of determining the ex officio commissioner,
11the county having the greater equalized assessed valuation of
12the district shall be established on January 1 of each year,
13and the ex officio commissioner shall serve until January 1 of
14the following year. If the relative equalized assessed
15valuation changes so that the position of the 2 counties with
16respect to majority and minority representation on the board is
17reversed, the next appointment that would otherwise have been
18made by the appointing authority for the county formerly
19entitled to 3 directors shall be made by the appointing
20authority for the other county.
21(Source: P.A. 83-1422.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 2905/3-3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 503-3)
23    Sec. 3-3. (a) The board of commissioners shall be the
24corporate authority of the district. The board shall appoint an
25Executive Director who shall be the chief executive and

 

 

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1administrative officer of the district and who shall have the
2powers provided in Article 4 of this Act. The Executive
3Director shall be a resident of the district.
4    The Executive Director's contract shall not: (1) be for a
5period longer than 1 year; (2) contain provisions allowing
6retroactive pay; (3) contain provisions allowing bonus pay; (4)
7limit termination for cause to a specific time period; (5)
8contain provisions allowing severance pay; (6) contain
9provisions allowing mutual non-disparaging agreements; or (7)
10contain provisions allowing arbitration.
11    The board may select a clerk and a treasurer.
12    The board shall, at its first meeting each year, select a
13president from its own membership.
14    (b) The board of commissioners shall maintain the
15facilities and properties under the district's control, or
16supervision for purposes of maintenance, in compliance with the
17standards prescribed by the Department of Natural Resources.
18(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)".