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90_SB0775
70 ILCS 508/15
Amends the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act.
Requires the County Executive of Will County with the advice
and consent of the county board of Will County to appoint 5
members to the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority (now,
appointed by the county board). Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority
2 Act by changing Section 15.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act
6 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 508/15)
8 Sec. 15. Creation of Authority; Board members; officers.
9 (a) The Joliet Arsenal Development Authority is created
10 as a political subdivision, body politic, and municipal
11 corporation.
12 (b) The territorial jurisdiction of the Authority shall
13 extend over all of the territory, consisting of 3,000 acres,
14 more or less, that is commonly known and described as the
15 Joliet ammunition plant and arsenal. The legal description of
16 the territory is (1) approximately 1,900 acres located at
17 the Arsenal, the approximate legal description of which
18 includes part of section 30, Jackson Township, T34N R10E, and
19 sections or part of sections 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36,
20 Channahon Township, T34N R9E, Will County, Illinois, as
21 depicted in the Arsenal Land Use Concept; and
22 (2) approximately 1,100 acres, the approximate legal
23 description of which includes part of sections 16, 17, and
24 18, Florence Township, T33N R10E, Will County, Illinois, as
25 depicted in the Arsenal Land Use Concept.
26 (c) The governing and administrative powers of the
27 Authority shall be vested in its Board of Directors
28 consisting of 9 members, 4 of whom shall be appointed by the
29 Governor from Will County, by and with the advice and consent
30 of the Senate, and 5 of whom shall be appointed by the County
31 Executive board of Will County with the advice and consent of
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1 the county board of Will County. All members appointed to
2 the Board shall be residents of Will County, but of the 5
3 members who are appointed by the County Executive board of
4 Will County with the advice and consent of the county board,
5 one shall be a resident of the City of Joliet, one a resident
6 of the City of Wilmington, one a resident of the Village of
7 Elwood, one a resident of the Village of Manhattan, and one a
8 resident of the Village of Symerton. Each city council or
9 village board shall recommend 3 individuals who are residents
10 of the city or village to the County Executive of Will County
11 board to be members of the Board of Directors. The County
12 Executive of Will County Board shall choose one of the
13 recommended individuals from each city and village. All
14 persons appointed as members of the Board shall have
15 recognized ability and experience in one or more of the
16 following areas: economic development, finance, banking,
17 industrial development, small business management, real
18 estate development, community development, venture finance,
19 organized labor, or civic, community, or neighborhood
20 organization.
21 (d) The terms of the 9 initial appointees to the
22 Authority shall commence 30 days after the effective date of
23 this Act. Of the 9 members initially appointed (i) 2 of the
24 gubernatorial appointees and 2 of the non-gubernatorial
25 appointees shall be appointed to serve terms expiring on the
26 third Monday in January, 1997 and (ii) 2 of the gubernatorial
27 appointees and 3 of the non-gubernatorial appointees shall be
28 appointed to serve terms expiring on the third Monday in
29 January, 1999. All successors shall be appointed by the
30 original appointing authority and hold office for a term of 4
31 years commencing the third Monday in January of the year in
32 which their term commences, except in case of an appointment
33 to fill a vacancy. Vacancies shall be filled for the
34 remainder of the term. In case of vacancy in a
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1 Governor-appointed membership when the Senate is not in
2 session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment until
3 the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be
4 nominated to fill that office, and any person so nominated
5 who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office during the
6 remainder of the term. Each member appointed to the Board
7 shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and
8 qualified.
9 (e) The Chairperson of the Board shall be elected by the
10 Board annually from among the members who are appointed by
11 the County Executive board of Will County.
12 (f) The Governor may remove any member of the Board in
13 case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in
14 office.
15 (g) Members of the Board shall serve without
16 compensation for their services as members but may be
17 reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in connection
18 with the performance of their duties as members.
19 (h) The Board may appoint an Executive Director who
20 shall have a background in finance, including familiarity
21 with the legal and procedural requirements of issuing bonds,
22 real estate or economic development, and administration. The
23 Executive Director shall hold office at the discretion of the
24 Board. The Executive Director shall be the chief
25 administrative and operational officer of the Authority,
26 shall direct and supervise its administrative affairs and
27 general management, shall perform such other duties as may be
28 prescribed from time to time by the Board, and shall receive
29 compensation fixed by the Board. The Executive Director
30 shall attend all meetings of the Board; however, no action of
31 the Board or the Authority shall be invalid on account of the
32 absence of the Executive Director from a meeting. The Board
33 may engage the services of such other agents and employees,
34 including attorneys, appraisers, engineers, accountants,
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1 credit analysts and other consultants, and may prescribe
2 their duties and fix their compensation.
3 (i) The Board shall meet on the call of its Chairperson
4 or upon written notice of 6 members of the Board.
5 (Source: P.A. 89-333, eff. 8-17-95.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.