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HB0155 Engrossed                               LRB9200996ACcd

 1        AN ACT regarding the Structural Engineering Board.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   5.   The Structural Engineering Practice Act of
 5    1989 is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 340/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 6607)
 7        Sec.  7.   The  Director  shall  appoint   a   Structural
 8    Engineering  Board  which  shall  consist of 6 members.  Five
 9    members shall be Illinois licensed structural engineers,  who
10    have  been  engaged in the practice of structural engineering
11    for a minimum of 10 years, and one shall be a public member.
12    The public member shall be a voting member and shall not hold
13    a license as an architect, professional engineer,  structural
14    engineer or land surveyor.
15        Members   shall  serve  5  year  terms  and  until  their
16    successors are appointed and qualified.
17        In making the designation of persons to act, the Director
18    shall give due consideration to recommendations by members of
19    the  profession  and  by  organizations  of  the   structural
20    engineering profession.
21        The  membership  of  the  Board should reasonably reflect
22    representation from the geographic areas in this State.
23        No member shall be reappointed to the Board  for  a  term
24    which  would cause his or her continuous service on the Board
25    to be longer than 14 10 successive years.  Service  prior  to
26    the  effective  date  of  this Act shall not be considered in
27    calculating length of service.
28        Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the  same
29    manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of
30    the  vacated  term.  Initial terms under this Act shall begin
31    upon  the  expiration  of  the  terms  of  Committee  members
 
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 1    appointed under The Illinois Structural Engineering Act.
 2        Persons holding office as members of the Board under this
 3    Act on the effective date of this Act shall serve as  members
 4    of  the Board under this Act until the expiration of the term
 5    for which they were appointed and until their successors  are
 6    appointed and qualified under this Act.
 7        A  quorum  of  the  Board  shall consist of a majority of
 8    Board  members  appointed.   A  majority  of  the  quorum  is
 9    required for Board decisions.
10        The Director may terminate the appointment of any  member
11    for  cause  which  in  the opinion of the Director reasonably
12    justifies such termination, which may  include,  but  is  not
13    limited  to, a Board member who does not attend 2 consecutive
14    meetings.
15        Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the
16    Board and the Department shall review  the  response  of  the
17    Board  and  any recommendations made therein.  The Department
18    may, at any time, seek the expert advice and knowledge of the
19    Board  on  any  matter  relating  to  the  administration  or
20    enforcement of this Act.
21        Members of the Board shall be immune  from  suit  in  any
22    action  based  upon  any  disciplinary  proceedings  or other
23    activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
24        Whenever the Director is not satisfied  that  substantial
25    justice  has  been  done  in an examination, the Director may
26    order a reexamination by the same or other examiners.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 1-1-00.)

28        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
29    becoming law.

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