Public Act 096-0882
 
SB1868 Enrolled LRB096 11296 RLJ 21725 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 Pier and Exposition Authority
Act is amended by changing Sections 14, 15, and 16 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 210/14)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1234)
    Sec. 14. Board; compensation. The governing and
administrative body of the Authority shall be a board known as
the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board. The members of the
board shall be individuals of generally recognized ability and
integrity. No member of the Board may be an officer or employee
of, or a member of a board, commission or authority of, the
State, any unit of local government or any school district.
    They 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-treasurer may
receive compensation for his or her services as such officer.
All members of the Board and employees of the Authority are
subject to the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, in accordance
with its terms.
    Thirty days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly, the Board shall consist of 7
interim members. On and after June 30, 1987, and prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the Board shall
consist of 12 members. On and after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1989, the Board shall consist of 13 members.
The Board shall be fully constituted when a quorum has been
appointed.
(Source: P.A. 86-17; 87-1089.)
 
    (70 ILCS 210/15)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1235)
    Sec. 15. Interim board members. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Section to the contrary, the term of office
of each member of the Board ends 30 days after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and
those members shall no longer hold office. Within 30 days after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly, the Governor shall appoint 3 interim members to the
Board. At least one of the members appointed by the Governor
must have academic credentials in labor law or human resources.
Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 96th General Assembly, the Mayor of the City of Chicago
shall (i) appoint 3 interim members to the Board and (ii)
appoint, subject to the approval of the Governor, a chairperson
of the interim board. The appointment of the chairperson shall
be deemed to be approved unless the Governor disapproves the
appointment in writing within 15 days after notice thereof. The
interim board members shall serve until a new Board is created
by the General Assembly by law.
    On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the
term of each of the members of the Board serving prior to such
date shall immediately expire.
    On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the
Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate)
shall appoint six members of the Board for initial terms
expiring June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and
1995 respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall
appoint six members of the Board for initial terms expiring
June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995
respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint,
subject to the approval of the Governor, one member who shall
serve as chairman for an initial term expiring June 1, 1992. An
appointment shall be deemed to be approved unless the Governor
disapproves the appointment in writing within 15 days after
notice thereof. 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
of any member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago,
his successor shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Chicago in like manner, and at the expiration of the term of
any Mayoral appointee requiring approval by the Governor, the
successor shall be appointed in like manner, as appointments
for the initial terms. All successors shall hold office for a
term of five years from the first day of June of the year in
which they are appointed, except in case of an appointment to
fill a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office when the
Senate is not in session, the Governor may 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 the term and until his successor
shall be appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in
session on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989,
the Governor shall make temporary appointments as in case of
vacancies.
    The When the appointments have become final, the Governor
and the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall certify their
respective appointees to the Secretary of State. Within 30
thirty days after certification of his or her appointment, and
before entering upon the duties of his or her 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.
(Source: P.A. 86-17.)
 
    (70 ILCS 210/16)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1236)
    Sec. 16. Vacancies. Members of the board shall hold office
until their respective successors have been appointed and
qualified. Any member may resign from his or her office, to
take effect when his or her successor has been appointed and
has qualified. The Governor and the Mayor of the City of
Chicago, respectively, may remove any member of the Board
appointed by him or her in case of incompetency, neglect of
duty, or malfeasance in office, after service on him or her of
a copy of the written charges against him or her and an
opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his
or her own defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case
of failure to qualify within the time required, or of
abandonment of his or her office, or in case of death,
conviction of a felony or removal from office, his or her
office shall become vacant. Vacancies shall be filled in the
same manner as original appointments. 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.
(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1125.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.