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Public Act 094-1003
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Joliet Regional Port District Act is amended |
by changing Sections 14, 15, 16, and 18 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1825/14) (from Ch. 19, par. 264)
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Sec. 14. The governing and administrative body of the Port |
District shall
be a Board consisting of 9
7 members, to be |
known as the Joliet Regional Port
District Board. All members |
of the Board shall be residents of Will County.
The members of |
the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be
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reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the |
performance of their
duties. However, any member of the Board |
who is appointed to the office of
secretary or treasurer may |
receive compensation for his services as such
officer. No |
member of the Board or employee of the District shall have any
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private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract, |
work or
business of the District nor in the sale or lease of |
any property to or
from the District.
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(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
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(70 ILCS 1825/15) (from Ch. 19, par. 265)
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Sec. 15. Within 60 days after this Act becomes effective |
the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate |
shall appoint 3 members of
the Board who reside within the |
District outside the corporate boundaries
of the city of Joliet |
for initial terms expiring June 1st of the years
1959, 1961, |
and 1963, respectively, and the Mayor, with the advice and
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consent of the City Council of the City of Joliet, shall |
appoint 3 members
of the Board who reside within the City of |
Joliet for initial terms
expiring June 1st of the years 1958, |
1960, and 1962, respectively. Of the 3
members each appointed |
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by the Governor and the Mayor not more than 2 shall
be |
affiliated with the same political party at the time of |
appointment. Within 60 days after the effective date of this |
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the County |
Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the |
County Board, shall appoint 3 members of the Board for terms |
expiring June 1st of 2008, 2010, and 2012, respectively.
The
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County Board of Will County shall appoint one member of the |
Board for an
initial term expiring June 1, 1963.
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At the expiration of the term of any member, his successor |
shall be
appointed by the Governor, Mayor, or County Executive
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County Board of Will County in like
manner and with like regard |
to political party affiliation and place of
residence of the |
appointee, as appointments for the initial terms except
that |
after September 30, 1973, appointments to be made by the county |
board
shall be made by the presiding officer of the county |
board, with the advice
and consent of the county board.
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All successors shall hold office for the term of 6 years |
from the first
day of June of the year in which the term of |
office commences, except in
the case of an appointment to fill |
a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the
office of any member |
appointed by the Governor during the recess of the
Senate, the |
Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
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meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to |
fill such
office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed |
by the Senate, shall
hold his office during the remainder of |
the term and until his successor
shall be appointed and |
qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the
time this Act |
takes effect, the Governor shall make temporary appointments
as |
in case of vacancies. The Governor, the Mayor, and the County |
Executive
presiding officer
of the county board shall certify |
their respective appointments to the
Secretary of State. Within |
30 days after certification of his appointment,
and before |
entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the |
Board
shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of |
office and file it in
the office of the Secretary of State.
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(Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
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(70 ILCS 1825/16) (from Ch. 19, par. 266)
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Sec. 16. Members of the Board shall hold office until their |
respective
successors have been appointed and qualified. Any |
member may resign from
his office to take effect when his |
successor has been appointed and has
qualified. The Governor, |
the Mayor and the County Executive
presiding officer of the |
County
Board of Will County, respectively, may remove any |
member of the Board they
have appointed in case of |
incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in
office. They |
shall give such member a copy of the charges against him and
an |
opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his |
own
defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of |
failure to qualify
within the time required, or of abandonment |
of his office, or in case of
death, conviction of a felony or |
removal from office, the office of such
member shall become |
vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired
term by |
appointment in like manner as in case of expiration of the term |
of
a member of the Board.
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(Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
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(70 ILCS 1825/18) (from Ch. 19, par. 268)
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Sec. 18. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at |
least once in each
calendar month, the time and place of such |
meetings to be fixed by the
Board. Five
Four members of the |
Board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of |
business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinances or
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resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 5
4 members |
shall be
necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or |
resolution. All such
ordinances and resolutions before taking |
effect shall be approved by the
chairman of the Board, and if |
he approves thereof he shall sign the same,
and such as he does |
not approve he shall return to the Board with his
objections |
thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
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occurring after the passage thereof. But in the case the |
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chairman fails to
return any ordinance or resolution with his |
objections thereto by the time
aforesaid, he shall be deemed to |
have approved the same and it shall take
effect accordingly. |
Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the
chairman |
with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed |
shall
be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such |
reconsideration said
ordinance or resolution is passed by the |
affirmative vote of at least 6
5
members, it shall go into |
effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman.
All |
ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and |
all
documents and records in its possession shall be public |
records, and open
to public inspection, except such documents |
and records as are kept or
prepared by the Board for use in |
negotiations, legal actions or proceedings
to which the |
District is a party.
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(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
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Section 10. The Waukegan Port District Act is amended by |
changing Sections 15, 16, and 19 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1865/15) (from Ch. 19, par. 193)
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Sec. 15. The governing and administrative body of the Port |
District shall
be a Board consisting of 7
5 members, to be |
known as the Waukegan Port
District Board. Members of the Board |
shall be residents of a county whose
territory, in whole or in |
part, is embraced by the District and not less
than 4
three
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members of the Board shall be residents of the District. The
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members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but |
shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the |
performance of their
duties. However, any member of the Board |
who is appointed to the office of
secretary or treasurer may |
receive compensation for his services as such
officer. No |
member of the Board or employee of the District shall have any
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private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract, |
work or
business of the District nor in the sale or lease of |
any property to or
from the District.
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(Source: Laws 1955, p. 657.)
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(70 ILCS 1865/16) (from Ch. 19, par. 194)
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Sec. 16. Within 60 days after this Act becomes effective |
the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, |
shall appoint 3 members of
the Board for initial terms expiring |
June first of the years 1957, 1959 and
1961, respectively, and |
the Mayor, with advice and consent of the city
council of the |
city of Waukegan, shall appoint 2 members of the Board for
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initial terms expiring June first of the years 1956 and 1958, |
respectively.
Of the 3 members appointed by the Governor not |
more than 2 shall be members
of the same political party at the |
time of appointment. Within 60 days of the effective date of |
this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Mayor of |
the City of Waukegan shall appoint 2 additional members of the |
Board, whose terms shall expire on June 1, 2008 and June 1, |
2010, respectively. At the expiration
of the term of any member |
appointed by the Governor, his successor shall be
appointed by |
the Governor in like manner, and at the expiration of the term
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of any member appointed by the Mayor, his successor shall be |
appointed by
the Mayor in like manner, and with like regard as |
to the place of residence
of the appointee, as appointments for |
the initial terms. All successors
shall hold office for the |
term of 6 years from the first day of June of the
year in which |
they are appointed, except in the case of an appointment to
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fill a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office of any member |
appointed by
the Governor during the recess of the Senate, the |
Governor shall make a
temporary appointment until the next |
meeting of the Senate when he shall
nominate some person to |
fill such office; and any person so nominated, who
is confirmed |
by the Senate, shall hold his office during the remainder of
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the term and until his successor shall be appointed and |
qualified. If the
Senate is not in session at the time this Act |
takes effect, the Governor
shall make temporary appointments as |
in case of vacancies. The Governor and
Mayor shall certify |
their respective appointments to the Secretary of
State. Within |
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30 days after certification of his appointment, and before
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entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the |
Board shall take
and subscribe the constitutional oath of |
office and file it in the office
of the Secretary of State.
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(Source: Laws 1955, p. 657.)
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(70 ILCS 1865/19) (from Ch. 19, par. 197)
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Sec. 19. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at |
least once in each
calendar month, the time and place of such |
meetings to be fixed by the
Board. Four
Three members of the |
Board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of |
business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinances or
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resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 4
3 members |
shall be
necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or |
resolution. All such
ordinances and resolutions before taking |
effect shall be approved by the
chairman of the Board, and if |
he approves thereof he shall sign the same,
and such as he does |
not approve he shall return to the Board with his
objections |
thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
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occurring after the passage thereof. But in the case the |
chairman fails to
return any ordinance or resolution with his |
objections thereto by the time
aforesaid, he shall be deemed to |
have approved the same and it shall take
effect accordingly. |
Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the
chairman |
with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed |
shall
be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such |
reconsideration said
ordinance or resolution is passed by the |
affirmative vote of at least 5
four
members, it shall go into |
effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman.
All |
ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and |
all
documents and records in its possession shall be public |
records, and open
to public inspection, except such documents |
and records as are kept or
prepared by the Board for use in |
negotiations, legal actions or proceedings
to which the |
District is a party.
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(Source: Laws 1955, p. 657.)
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