Rep. Jay C. Hoffman

Filed: 4/11/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1659

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1659 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Bi-State Development Agency Act is amended
5 by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
 
6     (45 ILCS 105/2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63s-2)
7     Sec. 2. (a) Of the Commissioners first appointed one shall
8 be appointed to serve for a term of one year, one for 2 two
9 years, one for 3 three years, one for 4 four years and one for 5
10 five years from the third Monday in January following his
11 appointment. Beginning with the appointment to be filled in
12 January of 2004, and the expiration of each term of each
13 commissioner thereafter, and each succeeding commissioner
14 thereafter, the Chairman of the County Board of the County of
15 Madison or the County of St. Clair, as the case may be, shall,
16 by and with the advice and consent of the respective County
17 Board, appoint a successor who shall hold office for a term of
18 5 five years. Each commissioner shall hold office until his
19 successor has been appointed and qualified. The commissioners
20 shall elect a chairman of the Illinois delegation annually from
21 among themselves.
22     (b) The Chairman of the County Board of St. Clair County
23 shall appoint a commissioner for each of the terms term
24 expiring in January, 2004, 2005, and 2006. The and in the

 

 

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1 following year the Chairman of the County Board of Madison
2 County shall appoint a commissioner for each of the terms term
3 expiring in January, 2007, 2008, and 2009 of that year.
4 Successive appointments for terms expiring in January of each
5 year shall alternate each between the Chairman of the St. Clair
6 County Board and the Chairman of the Madison County Board for
7 periods of 3 years beginning with the Chairman of the St. Clair
8 County Board, except as may be modified by the provisions of
9 subsection (c).
10     (c) In the event that a tax has been imposed in Monroe
11 County consistent with the provisions of Section 5.01 of the
12 Local Mass Transit District Act, the Chairman of the Monroe
13 County Board shall, upon the expiration of the term of a
14 commissioner who is a resident of the County in which 3 of the
15 then remaining commissioners reside, appoint a commissioner
16 with the advice and consent of the Monroe County Board. The
17 commissioner appointed by the Monroe County Board shall hold
18 office for a term of 5 years and a successor shall be appointed
19 by the chairman of the Monroe County Board, with the advice and
20 consent of the Monroe County Board. The appointments of the 4
21 remaining commissioners shall then be made by the County Board
22 Chairman or his or her successor in office originally
23 appointing the term of the expiring commissioner continue to
24 alternate between St. Clair and Madison County so that each
25 County shall continue to retain the appointments of 2
26 commissioners. To the extent that this subsection (c) conflicts
27 with any other provision of this Section or Section 3, the
28 provisions of this subsection (c) control.
29 (Source: P.A. 93-432, eff. 6-1-04.)
 
30     (45 ILCS 105/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 63s-3)
31     Sec. 3. Vacancies occurring in the office of any
32 commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the Chairman of
33 the County Board that made the original appointment of that

 

 

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1 commissioner, with the advice and consent of the respective
2 county board, for the unexpired term. During the balance of Any
3 vacancies occurring during the transition for the
4 implementation of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
5 Assembly, terms of commissioners that were appointed by the
6 Governor, and not by the respective County Board Chairmen,
7 shall be filled for the unexpired term in the following manner:
8 for the term that according to subsection (a) of Section 2 is
9 scheduled to expire in January, 2005 but for whom the
10 appointment letter extended the term to January, 2008, such
11 term shall expire in January, 2005 and shall be filled by the
12 appointment by the County Board Chairman of St. Clair Madison
13 County. Subsequent unexpired terms for if occurring in the
14 years 2004, 2006 and 2009 shall be appointed , or 2008 or by the
15 County Board Chairman of St. Clair County and the term expiring
16 in 2007 shall be appointed by the County Board Chairman of
17 Madison County if occurring in the years 2005 or 2007, each
18 with the advice and consent of the respective county board..
19 (Source: P.A. 93-432, eff. 6-1-04; revised 10-29-04.)".