Public Act 095-0968
 		





SB2679 Enrolled
LRB095 05550 HLH 25640 b






    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 


 
    Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is 
amended  by changing Section 19 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 3605/19)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319)



    Sec. 19. The governing and administrative body of the 
Authority shall be a
board consisting of seven members, to be 
known as Chicago Transit Board.
Members of the Board shall be 
residents of the metropolitan area and persons of
recognized 
business ability.  No member of the Board of the
Authority shall 
hold any other office or employment under the Federal,
State or 
any County or any municipal government except an honorary 
office
without compensation or an office in the National Guard. 
No employee of
the Authority shall hold any other office or 
employment under the Federal,
State or any County or any 
municipal government except an office with
compensation not 
exceeding $15,000 $5,000 annually or a position in the National

Guard or the United States military reserves.  Provided, 
however,
that the Chairman may be a member of the Board of the 
Regional Transportation
Authority. No member of the
Board or 
employee of the Authority shall have any private financial

interest, profit or benefit in any contract, work or business 
of the
Authority nor in the sale or lease of any property to or 
from the
Authority.  The salary of each member of the initial 
Board shall be
$15,000.00 per annum, and such salary shall not 
be increased or diminished
during his or her term of office.  
The salaries of successor members of the
Board shall be fixed 
by the Board and shall not be increased or diminished
during 
their respective terms of office.  No Board member shall be 
allowed
any fees, perquisites or emoluments, reward or 
compensation for his or her
services as a member or officer of 
the Authority aside from his or her
salary or pension, but he 
or she shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
incurred by him 
or her in the performance of his or her duties.

(Source: P.A. 84-939.)