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1 AN ACT concerning local government officials.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 3-7002 and 3-7003 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/3-7002) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002)
7 Sec. 3-7002. Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board. There is
8 created the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board, hereinafter
9 called the Board, consisting of 7 5 members appointed by the
10 Sheriff with the advice and consent of the county board,
11 except that on and after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1997, the Sheriff may appoint 2 additional
13 members, with the advice and consent of the county board, at
14 his or her discretion. Of the members first appointed, one
15 shall serve until the third Monday in March, 1965 one until
16 the third Monday in March, 1967, and one until the third
17 Monday in March, 1969. Of the 2 additional members first
18 appointed under authority of this amendatory Act of 1991, one
19 shall serve until the third Monday in March, 1995, and one
20 until the third Monday in March, 1997. Of the 2 additional
21 members first appointed under the authority of this
22 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, one shall serve
23 until the third Monday in March, 2005 and one shall serve
24 until the third Monday in March, 2006.
25 Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first
26 appointed (including the 2 additional members first appointed
27 under authority of this amendatory Act of 1991 and under the
28 authority of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
29 Assembly), their respective successors shall be appointed to
30 hold office from the third Monday in March of the year of
31 their respective appointments for a term of 6 years and until
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1 their successors are appointed and qualified for a like term.
2 As additional members are appointed under authority of this
3 amendatory Act of 1997, their terms shall be set to be
4 staggered consistently with the terms of the existing Board
5 members. No more than 3 members of the Board shall be
6 affiliated with the same political party, except that as
7 additional members are appointed by the Sheriff under
8 authority of this amendatory Act of 1997 and under the
9 authority of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
10 Assembly, the political affiliation of the Board shall be
11 such that no more than one-half of the members plus one
12 additional member may be affiliated with the same political
13 party. No member shall have held or have been a candidate
14 for an elective public office within one year preceding his
15 or her appointment.
16 The Sheriff may deputize members of the Board.
17 (Source: P.A. 90-447, eff. 8-16-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97;
18 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
19 (55 ILCS 5/3-7003) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-7003)
20 Sec. 3-7003. Compensation and expenses of board members.
21 Each member of the Board shall receive compensation for each
22 day during which he is engaged in transacting the business of
23 the Board and, in addition thereto, his actual traveling and
24 other expenses necessarily incurred in discharging the duties
25 of his office. No member of the Board shall receive
26 compensation of more than $25,000 $10,000 in any fiscal year,
27 except that the Chairman shall receive compensation of no
28 more than $30,000 in any fiscal year. Such compensation
29 expenses shall be paid by the county.
30 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
31 Section 10. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
32 Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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1 (70 ILCS 2605/4) (from Ch. 42, par. 323)
2 Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act
3 constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which
4 they are elected, which board of commissioners is the
5 corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in
6 addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall
7 establish the policies and goals of the sanitary district.
8 The general superintendent, in addition to all other powers
9 specified in this Act, shall manage and control all the
10 affairs and property of the sanitary district and shall
11 regularly report to the Board of Commissioners on the
12 activities of the sanitary district in executing the policies
13 and goals established by the board. At the regularly
14 scheduled meeting of odd numbered years following the
15 induction of new commissioners the board of commissioners
16 shall elect from its own number a president and a
17 vice-president to serve in the absence of the president, and
18 the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall
19 provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the
20 president, vice-president, or the chairman of the committee
21 on finance and the manner of filling such vacancy.
22 The board shall appoint from outside its own number the
23 general superintendent and treasurer for the district.
24 The general superintendent must be a resident of the
25 sanitary district and a citizen of the United States. He
26 must be selected solely upon his administrative and technical
27 qualifications and without regard to his political
28 affiliations.
29 In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
30 or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the
31 general superintendent, or treasurer, the board of
32 commissioners may appoint an acting officer from outside its
33 own number, to perform the duties and responsibilities of the
34 office during the term of the absence or vacancy.
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1 The general superintendent with the advice and consent of
2 the board of commissioners, shall appoint the chief engineer,
3 chief of maintenance and operations, director of personnel,
4 purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, director of research and
5 development, and director of information technology. These
6 constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering,
7 Maintenance and Operations, Personnel, Purchasing, Finance,
8 Law, Research and Development, and Information Technology,
9 respectively. No other departments or heads of departments
10 may be created without subsequent amendment to this Act. All
11 such department heads are under the direct supervision of the
12 general superintendent.
13 The director of personnel must be qualified under Section
14 4.2a of this Act.
15 The purchasing agent must be selected in accordance with
16 Section 11.16 of this Act.
17 In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death
18 or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of chief
19 engineer, chief of maintenance and operations, director of
20 personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney, director of
21 research and development, or director of information
22 technology, the general superintendent shall appoint an
23 acting officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of
24 the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any
25 such officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the
26 direct supervision of the general superintendent.
27 All appointive officers and acting officers shall give
28 bond as may be required by the board.
29 The general superintendent, treasurer, acting general
30 superintendent and acting treasurer hold their offices at the
31 pleasure of the board of commissioners.
32 The acting chief engineer, acting chief of maintenance
33 and operations, acting purchasing agent, acting director of
34 personnel, acting clerk, acting attorney, acting director of
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1 research and development, and acting director of information
2 technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the general
3 superintendent.
4 The chief engineer, chief of maintenance and operations,
5 director of personnel, purchasing agent, clerk, attorney,
6 director of research and development, and director of
7 information technology may be removed from office for cause
8 by the general superintendent. Prior to removal, such
9 officers are entitled to a public hearing before the general
10 superintendent at which hearing they may be represented by
11 counsel. Before the hearing, the general superintendent
12 shall notify the board of commissioners of the date, time,
13 place and nature of the hearing.
14 In addition to the attorney appointed by the general
15 superintendent, the board of commissioners may appoint from
16 outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to
17 advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers
18 and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of
19 policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible.
20 The general superintendent is the chief administrative
21 officer of the district, has supervision over and is
22 responsible for all administrative and operational matters of
23 the sanitary district including the duties of all employees
24 which are not otherwise designated by law, and is the
25 appointing authority as specified in Section 4.11 of this
26 Act.
27 The board, through the budget process, shall fix the
28 compensation of all the officers and employees of the
29 sanitary district. Any incumbent of the office of president
30 may appoint an administrative aide which appointment remains
31 in force during his incumbency unless revoked by the
32 president.
33 Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the
34 president and vice-president of the board of commissioners
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1 and the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual
2 salary of the president shall be $37,500 and shall be
3 increased to $39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January,
4 1989, and $50,000 in January, 1991, and $60,000 in January,
5 2001; the annual salary of the vice-president shall be
6 $35,000 and shall be increased to $37,000 in January, 1987,
7 $39,000 in January, 1989, and $45,000 in January, 1991, and
8 $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary of the chairman
9 of the committee on finance shall be $32,500 and shall be
10 increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, $36,500 in January,
11 1989, and $45,000 in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January,
12 2001.
13 The annual salaries of the other members of the Board
14 shall be as follows:
15 For the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500
16 per annum for the first two years of the term; $28,000 per
17 annum for the next two years of the term and $30,000 per
18 annum for the last two years.
19 For the three members elected in November, 1982, $28,000
20 per annum for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per
21 annum thereafter.
22 For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum.
23 For the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000
24 for each of the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each
25 of the next two years and $36,000 for the last two years;
26 For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000 for
27 each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for each
28 year thereafter.
29 For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996,
30 or 1998 or thereafter, $40,000.
31 For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter,
32 $50,000.
33 The board of commissioners has full power to pass all
34 necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and
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1 regulations for the proper management and conduct of the
2 business of the board of commissioners and the corporation
3 and for carrying into effect the object for which the
4 sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules,
5 resolutions and regulations passed by the board of
6 commissioners must, before they take effect, be approved by
7 the president of the board of commissioners. If he approves
8 thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not approve
9 he shall return to the board of commissioners with his
10 objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the
11 board of commissioners occurring after the passage thereof.
12 Such veto may extend to any one or more items or
13 appropriations contained in any ordinance making an
14 appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto
15 extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes
16 effect. If the president of such board of commissioners
17 fails to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or
18 regulation with his objections thereto in the time required,
19 he is deemed to have approved it, and it takes effect
20 accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule,
21 resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which
22 it was passed must be reconsidered by the board of
23 commissioners, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of
24 all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes
25 effect notwithstanding the president's refusal to approve
26 thereof.
27 It is the policy of this State that all powers granted,
28 either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or
29 any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised
30 by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is
31 the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action
32 exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes
33 be fully available to the District to the extent its
34 activities are authorized by law as stated herein.
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1 (Source: P.A. 86-520; 87-1146.)
2 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
3 Section 8.24 as follows:
4 (30 ILCS 805/8.24 new)
5 Sec. 8.24. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
7 for implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
8 Act of the 91st General Assembly.
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.
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