Public Act 100-0845
 
SB3072 EnrolledLRB100 20210 SLF 35495 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 5. The State Fair Act is amended  by changing 
Section 8 as follows:
 



    (20 ILCS 210/8)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1708)



    Sec. 8. There is created a Board of State Fair Advisors 
consisting of
the Director, 4 ex-officio members as hereafter 
named, and up to 15 20 persons
appointed by the Governor.  The 
Chairman and minority
spokesman of the House Agriculture and 
Conservation Committee and the Chairman and minority
spokesman 
of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Energy Committee of

the Illinois General Assembly shall serve as ex-officio 
members.  No more
than 3 of the Board members shall be appointed 
from any one county.  The terms of members of the State Fair 
Advisory Board appointed before the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall expire on 
January 21, 2019. Initial appointments made on and after the 
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General 
Assembly shall be for terms of one, 2, and 3 years staggered to 
provide for the selection of 5 members each year. All 
subsequent appointments shall be for terms of 3 years. All 
terms shall commence on the 3rd Monday in January. Members
of 
the State Fair Advisory Board shall serve for 2 year terms 
commencing on
the third Monday of January  of each odd-numbered 
year.  The Governor shall in
making appointments to the Board 
provide for a representation of the operational interests
of 
the State Fair and this State the State of Illinois. Members of 
the Board shall
receive no compensation, but shall be 
reimbursed for necessary expenses
incurred in the performance 
of their duties.  An appointed member's office
becomes vacant 
upon his or her absence from 2 consecutive regularly
scheduled 
meetings. The Director or his or her authorized representative 
from the
Department shall act as chairman of the Board.  The 
duties of the Board
are to advise the Director and the 
Department on matters concerning the
operation of each State 
Fair and State Fairgrounds as they pertain to varied
interests 
in the State Fairs and the people of this State the State of 
Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 93-1055, eff. 11-23-04.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2019.