Public Act 93-0432
HB3411 Enrolled LRB093 11099 MKM 11842 b
AN ACT concerning the Bi-State Development Agency.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Bi-State Development Agency Act is
amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
(45 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 63s-2)
Sec. 2. (a) Of the Commissioners first appointed one
shall be appointed to serve for a term of one year, one for
two years, one for three years, one for four years and one
for five years from the third Monday in January following his
appointment. Beginning with the appointment to be filled in
January of 2004, and the expiration of each term of each
commissioner thereafter, and each succeeding commissioner
thereafter, the Chairman of the County Board of the County of
Madison or the County of St. Clair, as the case may be,
shall, by and with the advice and consent of the respective
County Board At the expiration of the term of each
commissioner and of each succeeding commissioner, the
governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, appoint a successor who shall hold office for a term
of five years. Each commissioner shall hold office until his
successor has been appointed and qualified. The commissioners
shall elect a chairman of the Illinois delegation annually
from among themselves One Commissioner shall be designated as
chairman of the Illinois delegation.
(b) The Chairman of the County Board of St. Clair County
shall appoint a commissioner for the term expiring in
January, 2004 and in the following year the Chairman of the
County Board of Madison County shall appoint a commissioner
for the term expiring in January of that year. Successive
appointments shall alternate between the Chairman of the St.
Clair County Board and the Chairman of the Madison County
Board, except as may be modified by the provisions of
subsection (c).
(c) In the event that a tax has been imposed in Monroe
County consistent with the provisions of Section 5.01 of the
Local Mass Transit District Act, the Chairman of the Monroe
County Board shall, upon the expiration of the term of a
commissioner who is a resident of the County in which 3 of
the then remaining commissioners reside, appoint a
commissioner with the advice and consent of the Monroe County
Board. The commissioner appointed by the Monroe County Board
shall hold office for a term of 5 years and a successor shall
be appointed by the chairman of the Monroe County Board, with
the advice and consent of the Monroe County Board. The
appointments of the 4 remaining commissioners shall then
continue to alternate between St. Clair and Madison County so
that each County shall continue to retain the appointments of
2 commissioners. To the extent that this subsection (c)
conflicts with any other provision of this Section or Section
3, the provisions of this subsection (c) control.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 448.)
(45 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 63s-3)
Sec. 3. Vacancies occurring in the office of any
commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the Chairman
of the County Board that made the original appointment of
that commissioner, with the advice and consent of the
respective county board Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, for the unexpired term. Any vacancies
occurring during the transition for the implementation of
this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly that were
appointed by the Governor, and not by the respective County
Board Chairmen, shall be filled by the appointment by the
County Board Chairman of Madison County if occurring in the
years 2004, 2006, or 2008 or by the County Board Chairman of
St. Clair County if occurring in the years 2005 or 2007, each
with the advice and consent of the respective county board.
In any case of vacancy, while the Senate is not in session,
the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the
next meeting of the Senate, when he shall nominate some
person to fill such office.
(Source: Laws 1949, p. 448.)