Public Act 097-0943
 
SB2993 EnrolledLRB097 16657 HEP 61829 b



    AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

 
    Section 5. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended  by 
changing Section 6 as follows:
 



    (615 ILCS 90/6)  (from Ch. 19, par. 1206)



    Sec. 6. 
The Board shall meet as soon as practicable after 
the directors
assume the duties of office and shall meet at 
least 6 times annually or
more often at the discretion of the 
Chairman or upon the request of 2/3
of the directors.
The Board 
shall select from its membership a Secretary and a Treasurer.

The Treasurer shall be custodian of all Agency funds and shall 
be bonded
in such amount as the other members designate.
The 
Chairman shall have the power to vote only in the event of a 
tie, but
shall fully participate as a director in all other 
respects.  Directors
and the Chairman may be compensated at the 
discretion of the Board in the sum
of up to $3,000 per year for 
each director and up to $5,000 per year for the
chairman, 
effective immediately upon approval of the Board.  The Board 
members
shall also be reimbursed
for ordinary and necessary 
expenses incurred in performing their duties under
this Act.

The Board shall appoint a person to serve as executive 
director, who shall
act
as the
chief administrative officer of 
the Agency and oversee and administer the daily
function and 
staff of the Agency, in accordance with Board policy.  The

executive director shall be a person of recognized ability in 
business or waterway management must, at a minimum, have 
graduated from a four-year college
or
university (or the 
equivalent) in civil engineering, biology or
public 
administration or a closely related field.

(Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)