Public Act 096-1122
 
SB3214 EnrolledLRB096 17764 RLJ 33131 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 Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act is 
amended  by changing Sections 15 and 55 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 508/15)
    Sec. 15. Creation of Authority; Board members; officers. 
    (a) The Joliet Arsenal Development Authority is created as 
a political
subdivision, body politic, and municipal 
corporation.
    (b) The territorial jurisdiction of the Authority shall 
extend over all of
the territory, consisting of 3,000 acres, 
more or less, that is commonly known
and
described as the 
Joliet ammunition plant and arsenal.
The legal description of

the territory is (1) approximately 1,900 acres located at the 
Arsenal, the
approximate legal description of which includes 
part of section 30, Jackson
Township, T34N R10E, and sections 
or part of sections 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36,
Channahon Township, 
T34N R9E, Will County, Illinois, as depicted in the Arsenal

Land Use Concept; and (2) approximately 1,100 acres, the 
approximate legal
description of which includes part of 
sections 16, 17, and 18, Florence
Township, T33N R10E, Will 
County, Illinois, as depicted in the Arsenal Land Use
Concept.
    (c) The governing and administrative powers of the 
Authority shall be vested
in its Board of Directors consisting 
of 10 9 members, 4 of whom shall be
appointed by the Governor 
from Will County, by and with the advice and consent
of the 
Senate,
and 6 5 of whom shall be appointed by the county board 
of Will County Executive with the advice and consent of the 
Will County Board.  All
members appointed to the
Board shall be 
residents of Will County, but of the 6 5 members who are 
appointed
by the
 county board of Will County Executive, with 
the advice and consent of the Will County Board, one
shall be a 
resident of the City of Joliet, one a resident of the City of

Wilmington, one a resident of the Village of Elwood, one a 
resident of the
Village of Manhattan, and one a resident of
the 
Village of Symerton, and one an at-large resident of Will 
County.
Each city council
or village board shall recommend 3 
individuals who are residents of the city or
village to the 
Will County Executive board to be
members of the Board of 
Directors.  The Will County Executive Board shall choose one of

the recommended individuals from each city and village and 
shall submit those names to the Will County Board for approval.
 
All persons appointed as members of the Board shall
have 
recognized ability and experience in one or more of the 
following areas:
economic development, finance, banking, 
industrial development, small business
management, real estate 
development, community development, venture finance,
organized 
labor, units of local government, or civic, community, or 
neighborhood organization.
    (d) Within 30 days after the effective date of this 
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Will County 
Executive, with the advice and consent of the Will County 
Board, shall appoint the additional member of the Board for an 
initial term expiring on the third Monday in January, 2013. The 
member must be an at-large resident of Will County. The Board 
members holding office on the effective date of this amendatory 
Act of the 96th General Assembly shall continue to hold office 
for the remainder of their respective terms. The terms of the 9 
initial appointees to the Authority shall commence
30 days 
after the effective date of this Act. Of the 9
members 
initially appointed (i) 2 of the gubernatorial appointees and 2 
of the
non-gubernatorial appointees shall be appointed to serve 
terms expiring on the
third Monday in January, 1997 and (ii) 2 
of the gubernatorial appointees and 3
of the non-gubernatorial 
appointees shall be appointed to serve terms expiring
on the 
third Monday in January, 1999.  All successors shall be 
appointed by the
original appointing authority and hold office 
for a term of 4 years commencing
the third Monday in January of 
the year in which their term commences, except
in case of an 
appointment to fill a vacancy.  Vacancies shall be filled for 
the
remainder of the term.  In case of vacancy in a 
Governor-appointed membership
when the Senate is not in 
session, the Governor may make a temporary
appointment until 
the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be
nominated 
to fill that office, and any person so nominated who is 
confirmed by
the Senate shall hold office during the remainder 
of the term.  Each member
appointed to the Board shall serve 
until his or her successor is appointed and
qualified.
    (e) The Chairperson of the Board shall be elected by the 
Board annually from
among the members who are appointed by the 
county board of Will County Executive.
    (f) The Governor may remove any member of the Board in case 
of incompetency,
neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
    (g) Members of the Board shall serve without compensation 
for their services
as members but may be reimbursed for all 
necessary expenses incurred in
connection with the performance 
of their duties as members.
    (h) The Board may appoint an Executive Director who shall 
have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the 
legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate 
or economic
development, and administration.  The Executive 
Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the Board.  The 
Executive Director shall be the chief
administrative and 
operational officer of the Authority, shall direct
and 
supervise its administrative affairs and general management, 
shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed from time 
to time by the Board, and
shall receive compensation fixed by 
the Board.  The Executive Director
shall attend all meetings of 
the Board; however, no action of the
Board or the Authority 
shall be invalid on account of the absence of the
Executive

Director from a meeting.  The Board may engage the services of 
such
other agents and employees, including attorneys, 
appraisers, engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other 
consultants, and may prescribe their
duties and fix their 
compensation.
    (i) The Board shall meet on the call of its Chairperson or 
upon written
notice of 6 members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 89-333, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
    (70 ILCS 508/55)
    Sec. 55. Abolition of Authority. The Authority shall be 
abolished upon
the last to occur of the following: (1) 
expiration of the 25-year 15-year period that
begins on the 
effective date of this Act; or (2) one year
after all revenue 
bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the

Authority
have been fully paid and discharged or otherwise 
provided for.  Upon the
abolition of the Authority, all of its 
rights and property shall pass to and be
vested in the State.
(Source: P.A. 89-333, eff. 8-17-95.)
 

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