Public Act 096-0295
 		





HB3630 Enrolled
LRB096 08135 RLJ 18241 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 County Care for Persons with Developmental 
Disabilities Act is amended  by changing Section 3 as follows:
 



    (55 ILCS 105/3)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 203)



    Sec. 3. County board for care and treatment of persons with 
a developmental disability.

    (a) When any county has authority to levy a tax for the 
purpose of this
Act, the presiding officer of the county board 
with the advice and consent of
the county board, shall appoint 
a board of
3 directors who shall administer
this Act.  The board 
shall be designated the "(name of county) County Board for
Care 
and Treatment of Persons with a Developmental
Disability".  The 
original appointees shall be appointed for terms expiring,

respectively, on June 30 in the first, second and third
years 
following their
appointment as designated by the appointing 
authority.  All succeeding terms
shall be for 3 years and 
appointments shall be made in like manner.  Vacancies
shall be 
filled in like manner for the balance of the unexpired term.  
Each
director shall serve until his successor is appointed.  
Directors shall serve
without compensation but shall be 
reimbursed for expenses reasonably incurred
in the performance 
of their duties.

    (b) The county board of any county that has established a 
3-member board under this Section may, by ordinance or 
resolution, provide that the county board for
care and 
treatment of persons with a developmental
disability in that 
county shall consist of 5 members.  Within 60 days after the 
ordinance or resolution is adopted, the presiding officer of 
the county, with the advice and consent of the county board, 
shall appoint the 2 additional members.  One member shall serve 
for a  term expiring on June 30 of the second year following his 
or her appointment, and one shall serve for a  term expiring on 
June 30 of the third year following his or her appointment.  
Their successors shall serve for 3-year terms.

(Source: P.A. 88-380; 88-388; 89-585, eff. 1-1-97.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.