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    AN ACT concerning the Metropolitan Water Reclamation 
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District.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act 
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is amended  by changing Section 4.2 as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 2605/4.2)  (from Ch. 42, par. 323.2)



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    Sec. 4.2. There is hereby created and established a civil 
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service board to
consist of 3 persons to be selected in the 
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manner following:

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    The governing authority or body of the sanitary district,

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hereinafter called the trustees, shall on or before January 31, 
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1952
appoint a civil service board of 3 members, all of whom 
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shall be persons
who are not trustees and not more than 2 of 
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whom shall be affiliated
with the same political party.  Each 
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member shall have been a qualified
elector of the sanitary 
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district for at least 5 years immediately prior
to his or her 
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appointment and shall believe firmly in the merit system
of 
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government.  No person shall be appointed to the civil service 
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board who
has held an elective public office or a position in a 
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political party
within the 2 years immediately prior to his or 
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her appointment.  No member
of the board shall be a member of a 
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committee in any partisan political
club or organization, or 
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shall hold or be a candidate for any elective
public office.

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    Of the members so appointed, one shall be appointed for a 
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term of 2 years,
one for a term of 4 years and one for a term of 
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6 years beginning February 1,
1952.  All subsequent appointments 
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shall be for 6 year terms beginning February
1 of the year in 
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which the antecedent term expires.  In the event a vacancy

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occurs from any cause in the office of any
member, the 
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unexpired portion of the term shall be filled by
appointment 
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within 60 days by the trustees.  The board shall elect
from its 
 


 






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members a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary.   Each shall 
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serve for
a term of 2 years or until a successor is elected.  
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Compensation for each member of the board shall be established 
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by the District's Board of Commissioners as part of the annual 
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budget process.
Each member of the board
shall receive a salary 
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of $15,000 per annum, except the Chairman, who shall
receive a 
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salary of $17,500 per annum.  Two members of the civil service 
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board
shall constitute a quorum, but in no instance shall the 
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board have
authority or exercise responsibility if 60 days 
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after a vacancy exists on the
board it has not been filled by 
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appointment.

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    No member of the civil service board shall be removed 
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except for
palpable incompetence or malfeasance in office upon 
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written charges
filed by or at the direction of the trustees 
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and heard before the
trustees sitting as the board of hearings 
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herein provided for.

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    The board of hearings shall hear and determine the charges

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and its findings shall be final.  If the charges
are sustained, 
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the member of the civil service board so
charged shall be 
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forthwith removed from office by the board of
hearings and the 
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trustees shall thereupon proceed within 30 days to fill the

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vacancy created by that removal.  In all proceedings provided 
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for
in this Section, the board of hearings and each member 
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thereof shall have
power to administer oaths and to compel by 
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subpoena the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and the 
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production of books and papers.

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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)


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