093_SB0850
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1 AN ACT in regard to highways.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
5 Section 4 as follows:
6 (605 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-4)
7 Sec. 4. Of the directors appointed by the Governor, one
8 such director shall be appointed by the Governor as chairman
9 and shall hold office for 4 years from the date of his
10 appointment, and until his successor shall be duly appointed
11 and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by the
12 Governor for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance.
13 The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board
14 of Directors of the Authority; shall exercise general
15 supervision over all powers, duties, obligations and
16 functions of the Authority; and shall approve or disapprove
17 all resolutions, by-laws, rules, rates and regulations made
18 and established by the Board of Directors, and if he shall
19 approve thereof, he shall sign the same, and such as he shall
20 not approve he shall return to the Board of Directors with
21 his objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting
22 of the Board of Directors occurring after the passage
23 thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or more items
24 contained in such resolution, by-law, rule, rate or
25 regulation, or to its entirety; and in case the veto extends
26 to a part of such resolution, by-law, rule, rate or
27 regulation, the residue thereof shall take effect and be in
28 force, but in case the chairman shall fail to return any
29 resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation with his
30 objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed
31 to have approved the same, and the same shall take effect
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1 accordingly. Upon the return of any resolution, by-law, rule,
2 rate or regulation by the chairman, the vote by which the
3 same was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board of
4 Directors, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all
5 the Directors agree by yeas and nays to pass the same, it
6 shall go into effect notwithstanding the chairman's refusal
7 to approve thereof.
8 The chairman shall receive a salary of $18,000 per annum,
9 or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is
10 greater, payable in monthly installments, together with
11 reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the
12 performance of his duties. The chairman shall be eligible for
13 reappointment.
14 (Source: P.A. 83-1177.)