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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4187
Introduced 11/30/2007, by Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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70 ILCS 3705/4 |
from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 191 |
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Amends the Public Water District Act. Provides for compensation for public water district trustees who are appointed or elected (now, provides for compensation for trustees who are appointed only). Also provides that trustees for any public water district which acquires or constructs and maintains and operates sewerage properties in combination with its waterworks properties shall be paid a sum not to exceed $4,800 per year (now, $2,000 per year).
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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HB4187 |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Public Water District Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 3705/4) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 191)
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| Sec. 4. A board of trustees consisting of 7 members for the
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| government, control and management of the affairs of the |
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| business of
each such water district organized under this Act |
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| shall be created in
the following manner:
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| (1) If the district lies wholly within a single township |
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| but does
not also lie wholly within a municipality, the board |
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| of trustees
of that
township shall appoint the trustees for the |
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| district but no voting member
of the township board is eligible |
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| for such appointment;
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| (2) If the district is wholly contained within a |
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| municipality, the
governing body of the municipality shall |
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| appoint the trustees for the
district;
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| (3) If the district is wholly contained within a single |
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| county, the
trustees for the district shall be appointed by the |
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| presiding officer of
the county board with the advice and |
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| consent of the county board;
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| (4) If the district is located in more than one county, the |
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| number
of trustees who are residents of a county shall be in |
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| proportion, as
nearly as practicable, to the number of |
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| residents of the district who
reside in that county in relation |
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| to the total population of the
district. Trustees shall be |
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| appointed by the county board of their
respective counties, or |
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| in the case of a home rule county as defined by
Article VII, |
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| Section 6 of the Constitution of 1970, by the chief
executive |
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| officer of that county with the advice and consent of the
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| county board.
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| Upon the expiration of the term of a trustee who is in |
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| office on the
effective date of this Amendatory Act of 1975, |
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| the successor shall be a
resident of whichever county is |
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| entitled to such representation in order
to bring about the |
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| proportional representation required herein, and he
shall be |
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| appointed by the appointing authority of that county.
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| Thereafter, each trustee shall be succeeded by a resident |
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| of the same
county who shall be appointed by the same |
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| appointing authority; however,
the provisions of the preceding |
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| paragraph shall apply to the appointment
of the successor to |
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| each trustee who is in office at the time of the
publication of |
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| each decennial Federal census of population.
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| Within 60 days after the adoption of this Act as provided |
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| in Section
2 hereof, the appropriate appointing authority shall |
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| appoint 7 trustees
who shall hold that office respectively one |
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| for one, one for 2, one for
3, 2 for 4 and 2 for 5 years from |
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| the first Monday of May next after
their appointment as |
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| designated by the appointing authority at the time
of |
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| appointment and until their successors are appointed and have
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| qualified. Thereafter on or after the first Monday in May of |
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| each year
the appointing authority shall appoint successors |
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| whose term shall be
for 5 years commencing the first Monday in |
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| May of the year they are
respectively appointed. If the circuit |
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| court finds that the size,
number of members, and scale of |
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| operations of the water district
justifies a Board of Trustees |
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| of less than 7 members he shall rule that
such board shall have |
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| 3 or 5 members. Initial appointments to a 3
member board shall |
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| be as follows: one for one, one for 2, and one for 3
years. |
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| Initial appointments to a 5 member board shall be as follows:
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| one for one, one for 2, one for 3, one for 4 and one for 5 |
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| years. In
each such case the term of office and method of |
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| appointing successors
shall be as provided in this Section for |
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| 7 member boards. The
appointing authority shall require each of |
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| such trustees to enter a bond
with security to be approved by |
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| the appointing authority in such sum as
such appointing |
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| authority may determine. A majority of the Board of
Trustees |
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| shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn
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| from day to day. No trustee or employee of such district shall |
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| be
directly or indirectly interested in any contract, work or |
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| business of
the district or the sale of any article, the |
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| expense, price or
consideration of which is paid by such |
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| district, nor in the purchase of
any real estate or property |
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| for or belonging to the district.
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| Whenever a vacancy in such board of trustees shall occur |
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| either from
death, resignation, refusal to qualify or for any |
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| other reason the
appointing authority shall have power to fill |
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| such vacancy by
appointment. Such persons so appointed or |
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| qualified for office in the
manner hereinbefore stated shall |
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| thereupon assume the duties of the
office for the unexpired |
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| term for which such person was appointed.
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| The trustees appointed or elected under this Act shall be |
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| paid
a sum of not to exceed $600 per annum for their respective |
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| duties as
trustees, except that trustees of a district with an |
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| annual operating budget
of $1,000,000 or more may be paid a sum |
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| not to exceed $1,000 per annum.
However, trustees appointed or |
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| elected under this Act for any public
water district which |
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| acquires by purchase or condemnation, or
constructs, and |
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| maintains and operates sewerage properties in
combination with |
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| its waterworks
properties, under the provisions of Section 23a |
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| of this Act,
shall be paid a sum of not to exceed $4,800 $2,000 |
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| per annum for their
respective duties as trustees. Compensation |
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| in either case
shall be determined by resolution of the
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| respective boards of trustees, to be adopted annually at their
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| first meeting in May.
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| Any public water district organized under this Act with a |
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| board of
trustees consisting of 7 members may have the size of |
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| its board reduced
as provided in Section 4.1.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-333, eff. 1-1-00.)
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