Executive Committee
Filed: 5/27/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 184 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 184 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District 
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Act is amended  by changing Section 120 as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 1807/120)



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    Sec. 120. Meetings; ordinances and resolutions; public 
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records. Regular
meetings of the Board shall be held at least 
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once in each calendar month, the
time and
place of the meeting 
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to be fixed by the Board. Five members of the Board shall

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constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All action 
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of the Board
shall be by
motion, ordinance, or resolution, 
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except that any action authorizing the expenditure of funds in 
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excess of $5,000 must be by ordinance. The
and the affirmative 
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vote of at least 5 members shall be
necessary for the adoption 
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of any ordinance or resolution. All ordinances and
resolutions 
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before taking effect shall be approved by the chairperson of 
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the
Board. If
the chairperson shall approve the ordinance or 
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resolution, he or she shall sign
it. Those
ordinances or 
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resolutions the chairperson
shall not approve the chairperson

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shall
return to the Board with his or her objections in writing 
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at the next regular
meeting of
the Board occurring after the 
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passage of the ordinances or resolutions. If the
chairperson 
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shall fail to return any ordinance or resolution with his or 
 


 






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her
objections by
the time required in this Section, he or she 
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shall be deemed to have approved
it and it
shall take effect 
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accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution
by 
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the
chairperson with his or her objections, the vote by which 
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the ordinance or
resolution was
passed shall be reconsidered by 
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the Board. If upon reconsideration the
ordinance or
resolution 
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is passed by the affirmative vote of at least 6 members, it 
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shall go
into effect
notwithstanding the veto of the 
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chairperson. All ordinances, resolutions, all
proceedings of 
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the district, and all documents
and records in its possession 
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shall be
public records, and open to public inspection, except 
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any documents and records
that
shall be kept or prepared by the 
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Board for use in negotiations, actions, or
proceedings
to which 
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the district is a party.

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(Source: P.A. 93-262, eff. 7-22-03.)


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