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90_SB0285enr
605 ILCS 5/6-207 from Ch. 121, par. 6-207
Amends the Illinois Highway Code to provide that the
district treasurer shall receive an annual salary deemed
appropriate (instead of not less than $100 nor more than
$1,000 per year) and to be fixed by the county board in road
districts in counties not under township organization.
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1 AN ACT concerning transportation, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 3. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
5 amended by changing Section 28 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 3605/28) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328)
7 Sec. 28. The Board shall classify all the offices,
8 positions and grades of regular and exempt employment
9 required, excepting that of the Chairman of the Board, the
10 Executive Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel,
11 and Chief Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title,
12 job schedule number, and the compensation fixed therefor, and
13 adopt rules governing appointments to any of such offices or
14 positions on the basis of merit and efficiency. The job title
15 shall be generally descriptive of the duties performed in
16 that job, and the job schedule number shall be used to
17 identify a job title and to further classify positions within
18 a job title. No discrimination shall be made in any
19 appointment or promotion to any office, position, or grade of
20 regular employment because of race, creed, color, sex,
21 national origin, physical or mental handicap unrelated to
22 ability, or political or religious affiliations. No officer
23 or employee in regular employment shall be discharged or
24 demoted except for cause which is detrimental to the service.
25 Any officer or employee in regular employment who is
26 discharged or demoted may file a complaint in writing with
27 the Board within ten days after notice of his or her
28 discharge or demotion. If an employee is a member of a labor
29 organization the complaint may be filed by such organization
30 for and in behalf of such employee. The Board shall grant a
31 hearing on such complaint within thirty (30) days after it is
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1 filed. The time and place of the hearing shall be fixed by
2 the Board and due notice thereof given to the complainant,
3 the labor organization by or through which the complaint was
4 filed and the Executive Director. The hearing shall be
5 conducted by the Board, or any member thereof or any
6 officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the
7 Board. The complainant may be represented by counsel. If
8 the Board finds, or approves a finding of the member or
9 committee appointed by the Board, that the complainant has
10 been unjustly discharged or demoted, he or she shall be
11 restored to his or her office or position with back pay. The
12 decision of the Board shall be final and not subject to
13 review. The Board may designate such offices, positions, and
14 grades of employment as exempt as it deems necessary for the
15 efficient operation of the business of the Authority. The
16 total number of employees occupying exempt offices,
17 positions, or grades of employment may not exceed 3% of the
18 total employment of the Authority. All exempt offices,
19 positions, and grades of employment shall be at will. No
20 discrimination shall be made in any appointment or promotion
21 to any office, position, or grade of exempt employment
22 because of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, physical
23 or mental handicap unrelated to ability, or religious or
24 political affiliation. The Board may abolish any vacant or
25 occupied office or position. Additionally, the Board may
26 reduce the force of employees for lack of work or lack of
27 funds as determined by the Board. When the number of
28 positions or employees holding positions of regular
29 employment within a particular job title and job schedule
30 number are reduced, those employees with the least company
31 seniority in that job title and job schedule number shall be
32 first released from regular employment service. For a period
33 of one year, an employee released from service shall be
34 eligible for reinstatement to the job title and job schedule
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1 number from which he or she was released, in order of company
2 seniority, if additional force of employees is required.
3 "Company seniority" as used in this Section means the overall
4 employment service credited to an employee by the Authority
5 since the employee's most recent date of hire irrespective of
6 job titles held. If 2 or more employees have the same
7 company seniority date, time in the affected job title and
8 job schedule number shall be used to break the company
9 seniority tie. For purposes of this Section, company
10 seniority shall be considered a working condition. When
11 employees are represented by a labor organization that has a
12 labor agreement with the Authority, the wages, hours, and
13 working conditions (including, but not limited to, seniority
14 rights) shall be governed by the terms of the agreement.
15 Exempt employment shall not include any employees who are
16 represented by a labor organization that has a labor
17 agreement with the Authority.
18 (Source: P.A. 87-597; 88-518.)
19 Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
20 adding Section 6-131 and by changing Section 6-207 as
21 follows:
22 (605 ILCS 5/6-131 new)
23 Sec. 6-131. Senior citizen transportation and mass
24 transit programs; district road fund. A road district may
25 use money in its district road fund to pay for all or part of
26 the direct costs of senior citizen transportation programs or
27 senior citizen mass transit programs, or both.
28 (605 ILCS 5/6-207) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-207)
29 Sec. 6-207. Compensation of highway commissioner and
30 other officers.
31 (a) Unless an annual salary is fixed as provided in this
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1 Section, the highway commissioner shall receive for each day
2 he or she is necessarily employed in the discharge of
3 official duties a per diem to be fixed by the county board in
4 road districts in counties not under township organization,
5 by the highway board of trustees in consolidated township
6 road districts, and by the board of town trustees in
7 districts composed of a single township. Before any per diem
8 is paid, a sworn statement shall be filed by the commissioner
9 in the office of the district clerk, showing the number of
10 days the commissioner was employed, the kind of employment,
11 and the dates of employment.
12 The boards specified in the preceding paragraph may,
13 instead of a per diem, fix an annual salary for the highway
14 commissioner at not less than $3,000, to be paid in equal
15 monthly installments. The boards shall fix the compensation
16 of the commissioner, whether an annual salary or a per diem,
17 on or before the last Tuesday in March before the date of
18 election of the commissioner.
19 If the term of any highway commissioner is extended by
20 operation of law, the board that fixes the commissioner's
21 rate of compensation may increase the rate of the
22 compensation, within the limits provided in this Section, in
23 relation to that portion of the commissioner's term that
24 extends beyond the period for which he or she was elected.
25 The board of town trustees shall order payment of the
26 amount of per diem claimed in the highway commissioner's
27 sworn statement at the first regular meeting following the
28 filing of the statement. In consolidated township road
29 districts, the compensation and the expenses of the offices
30 of the highway commissioner, district clerk, and district
31 treasurer shall be audited by the highway board of trustees.
32 The compensation of the highway commissioner shall be
33 paid from the general township fund in districts comprised of
34 a single township and shall be paid from the regular road
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1 fund in all other districts having highway commissioners;
2 however, in districts comprised of a single township, a
3 portion (not exceeding 50%) of the highway commissioner's
4 salary may be paid from the corporate road and bridge fund or
5 the permanent road fund if approved by the township board and
6 the highway commissioner.
7 (b) The officers composing the highway board of trustees
8 in consolidated township road districts shall be entitled to
9 $3 per day for attending meetings of the board, to be paid
10 out of the town fund of their respective townships. In
11 consolidated township road districts, the compensation of the
12 district clerk and the district treasurer shall be paid out
13 of the road fund of the district.
14 (c) The district clerk shall receive $4 per day for each
15 day he or she shall be required to meet with the highway
16 commissioner and the same amount per day for the time he or
17 she shall be employed in canvassing the returns of elections.
18 The district clerk shall receive no other per diem. In
19 addition to the above, the district clerk shall also receive
20 fees for the following services, to be paid out of the
21 district road fund, except where otherwise specified:
22 (1) For serving notice of election or appointment
23 upon district officers as required by this Code, 25 cents
24 each.
25 (2) For posting up notices required by law, 25
26 cents each.
27 (3) For copying any record in the district clerk's
28 office and certifying to the copy, 10 cents for every 100
29 words, to be paid by the person applying for the
30 certified copy.
31 (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the
32 district treasurer shall, in addition to any other
33 compensation to which he or she is by law entitled, receive
34 an annual salary of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000
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1 per year to be fixed by the county board in road districts in
2 counties not under township organization, by the highway
3 board of trustees in consolidated township road districts,
4 and by the board of town trustees in districts composed of a
5 single township.
6 Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the district
7 treasurer shall, in addition to any other compensation to
8 which he or she is by law entitled, receive an annual salary
9 deemed appropriate and to be fixed by the county board in
10 road districts in counties not under township organization.
11 The compensation of the district treasurer shall be paid
12 from the general township fund in districts composed of a
13 single township and shall be paid from the regular road fund
14 in all other districts having district treasurers.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-662, eff. 8-14-96.)
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