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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1489
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Matt Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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70 ILCS 1205/4-1 |
from Ch. 105, par. 4-1 |
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Amends the Park District Code. Provides that, if there is no vacancy on a governing board consisting of 5 members, 4 members of the governing board constitutes a quorum (instead of a majority of the members). Provides that no vacancy shall impair the right of the remaining board members to exercise all of the powers of the governing board. Provides that every finding, order, or decision approved by a majority of the members of the governing board shall be deemed to be the finding, order, or decision of the governing board.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1489 |
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LRB095 11062 HLH 31386 b |
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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 Park District Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 4-1 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 1205/4-1) (from Ch. 105, par. 4-1)
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| Sec. 4-1. Each member of the governing board of any park |
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| district before
entering upon the duties of his office shall |
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| take and subscribe an oath to
well and faithfully discharge his |
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| duties, which oath shall be filed with
the secretary of said |
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| board. The members of such governing board shall
constitute the |
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| corporate authority for such district and, if there is no |
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| vacancy on a governing board consisting of 5 members, 4 members |
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| of the governing board
a majority of such
members shall |
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| constitute a quorum for said board at any meeting thereof; |
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| otherwise, a majority of the governing board shall constitute a |
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| quorum. No vacancy shall impair the right of the remaining |
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| board members to exercise all of the powers of the governing |
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| board. Every finding, order, or decision approved by a majority |
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| of the members of the governing board shall be deemed to be the |
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| finding, order, or decision of the governing board.
The members |
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| of such governing boards shall act as such without
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| compensation, and each member of the board shall be a legal |