Executive Committee
Filed: 3/10/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5064
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5064, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. | ||||||
| 4 | 1, on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Section 21" with "Sections | ||||||
| 5 | 4, 5, and 21"; and
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| 6 | on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | ||||||
| 7 | following:
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| 8 | "(230 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-4)
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| 9 | Sec. 4.
The Board shall consist of 11 members to be | ||||||
| 10 | appointed by
the Governor
with the advice and consent of the | ||||||
| 11 | Senate, not more than 6 of
whom shall be of the
same political | ||||||
| 12 | party, and one of whom shall be designated by the Governor
to | ||||||
| 13 | be chairman.
Each member shall have a reasonable knowledge of | ||||||
| 14 | harness or thoroughbred
racing practices
and procedure and of | ||||||
| 15 | the principles of harness or thoroughbred racing and
breeding | ||||||
| 16 | and,
at the time of his appointment, shall be a resident of the | ||||||
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| 1 | State of Illinois
and shall have
resided therein for a period | ||||||
| 2 | of at least 5 years next preceding his appointment
and | ||||||
| 3 | qualification
and he shall be a qualified voter therein and not | ||||||
| 4 | less than 25 years of age.
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| 5 | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | ||||||
| 6 | contrary, the term of office of each member of the Board ends | ||||||
| 7 | 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 8 | 96th General Assembly or when their successors are appointed | ||||||
| 9 | and qualified. Within 30 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
| 10 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Governor shall | ||||||
| 11 | appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, 11 members | ||||||
| 12 | to the Board who otherwise meet the qualifications under this | ||||||
| 13 | Section. | ||||||
| 14 | (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
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| 15 | (230 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 37-5)
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| 16 | Sec. 5.
As soon as practicable following the effective date | ||||||
| 17 | of this
amendatory Act of 1995, the Governor shall appoint, | ||||||
| 18 | with the advice and consent
of the Senate, members to the Board | ||||||
| 19 | as follows: 3 members for terms expiring
July 1, 1996; 3 | ||||||
| 20 | members for terms expiring July 1, 1998; and 3 members for
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| 21 | terms expiring July 1, 2000. Of the 2 additional members | ||||||
| 22 | appointed pursuant
to this amendatory Act of the 91st General | ||||||
| 23 | Assembly, the initial term of one
member shall expire on July | ||||||
| 24 | 1, 2002 and the initial term of the other member
shall expire | ||||||
| 25 | on July 1, 2004. Thereafter, the terms of office of the Board
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| 1 | members shall be 6 years. Incumbent members on the effective | ||||||
| 2 | date of this
amendatory Act of 1995 shall continue to serve | ||||||
| 3 | only until their successors are
appointed and have qualified.
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| 4 | The terms of office of the initial Board members appointed | ||||||
| 5 | pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly | ||||||
| 6 | will run as follows, to be determined by lot: one for a term | ||||||
| 7 | expiring July 1 of the year following confirmation, 2 for a | ||||||
| 8 | term expiring July 1 two years following confirmation, 2 for a | ||||||
| 9 | term expiring July 1 three years following confirmation, 2 for | ||||||
| 10 | a term expiring July 1 four years following confirmation, 2 for | ||||||
| 11 | a term expiring July 1 five years following confirmation, and 2 | ||||||
| 12 | for a term expiring July 1 six years following confirmation. | ||||||
| 13 | Upon the expiration of the foregoing terms, the successors of | ||||||
| 14 | such members shall serve a term of 6 years and until their | ||||||
| 15 | successors are appointed and qualified for like terms. | ||||||
| 16 | Each member of the Board shall receive $300 per day for | ||||||
| 17 | each day the Board
meets and for each day the member conducts a | ||||||
| 18 | hearing pursuant to Section 16 of
this Act, provided that no | ||||||
| 19 | Board member shall receive more than $5,000 in
such fees during | ||||||
| 20 | any calendar year, or an amount set by the Compensation Review
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| 21 | Board, whichever is greater. Members of the Board shall
also be | ||||||
| 22 | reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses and | ||||||
| 23 | disbursements
incurred in the
execution of their official | ||||||
| 24 | duties.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)".
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