Rep. Arthur L. Turner
Filed: 10/1/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 753




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 753 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Supreme Court Historic Preservation Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
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    (705 ILCS 17/10)

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    Sec. 10. Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission; 
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creation; commissioners; appointments; terms; compensation. 
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    (a)        The Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission is 
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created within the Judicial Branch of State government.
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    (b)  The Commission consists of 9 commissioners as follows: 
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        (1) the Administrative Director of the Illinois Courts 
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    shall serve as a commissioner ex officio;
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        (2) Two commissioners appointed by the Court, one of 
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    whom shall be designated as the chairperson of the 
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    Commission upon appointment;
 


 






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        (3) Two commissioners appointed by the Governor;
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        (4) Two commissioners appointed by the President of the 
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    Senate, one of whom may not belong to the same political 
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    party as the President; and 
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        (5) Two commissioners appointed by the Speaker of the 
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    House of Representatives, one of whom may not belong to the 
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    same political party as the Speaker. 
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    (c)  The terms of the initial appointed commissioners shall 
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commence upon qualification. Each appointing authority shall 
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designate one appointee to serve for a 2-year term running 
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through June 30, 2009, and each appointing authority shall 
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designate one appointee to serve for a 4-year term running 
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through June 30, 2011. The commissioner designated as the 
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chairperson by the Court must be appointed for a 4-year term. 
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The initial appointments must be made by January 1, 2008
within 
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60 days after the effective date of this Act.
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    (d) After the initial terms, commissioners shall serve for 
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4-year terms commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment 
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and running through June 30 of the 4th following year. 
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Commissioners may be reappointed to one or more subsequent 
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terms.
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    (e)        Vacancies occurring other than at the end of a term 
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shall be filled by the appointing

authority only for the 
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balance of the term of the commissioner whose office is vacant.
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    (f)        Terms shall run regardless of whether the position is 
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filled.
 


 






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    (g)        The members of the Commission shall receive no 
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compensation for their service, except for their actual 
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expenses while in the discharge of their official duties.

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(Source: P.A. 95-410, eff. 8-24-07.)


 

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