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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | is amended by adding Section 2.5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (5 ILCS 375/2.5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2.5. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. This | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Act does not apply to any elected member of the Commuter Rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Board established by subsection (b-5) of Section 3B.02 of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Regional Transportation Authority Act or to any person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | appointed to fill a vacancy on that elected Board. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Section 2A-1.2 and by adding Section 2A-56 as follows:
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14 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
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15 | Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Designated.
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17 | (a) At the general election in the appropriate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
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20 | (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | United States;
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1 | (2) United States Senator and United States | ||||||
2 | Representative;
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3 | (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
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4 | (4) State Senator and State Representative;
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5 | (5) County elected officers, including State's | ||||||
6 | Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | ||||||
7 | elected President of the County Board or
County Chief | ||||||
8 | Executive;
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9 | (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
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10 | (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in | ||||||
11 | counties or
educational service regions in which that | ||||||
12 | office has been abolished;
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13 | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | ||||||
14 | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | ||||||
15 | newly created judicial offices;
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16 | (9) (Blank);
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17 | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | ||||||
18 | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
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19 | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
20 | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
21 | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | ||||||
22 | election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | ||||||
23 | political parties.
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24 | (b) At the general primary election:
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25 | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | ||||||
26 | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled |
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1 | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | ||||||
2 | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | ||||||
3 | made by caucus.
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4 | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | ||||||
5 | political party offices of
State central committeeman, | ||||||
6 | township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | ||||||
7 | committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate | ||||||
8 | delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | ||||||
9 | elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | ||||||
10 | even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to | ||||||
11 | be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
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12 | shall also be on the ballot.
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13 | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | ||||||
14 | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | ||||||
15 | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | ||||||
16 | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | ||||||
17 | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | ||||||
18 | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | ||||||
19 | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | ||||||
20 | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | ||||||
21 | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | ||||||
22 | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | ||||||
23 | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | ||||||
24 | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | ||||||
25 | weeks preceding that election.
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26 | (4) in each school district which has adopted the |
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1 | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | ||||||
2 | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | ||||||
3 | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be | ||||||
4 | elected.
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5 | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | ||||||
6 | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
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7 | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in | ||||||
8 | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | ||||||
9 | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | ||||||
10 | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | ||||||
11 | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | ||||||
12 | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | ||||||
13 | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | ||||||
14 | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
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15 | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | ||||||
16 | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | ||||||
17 | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | ||||||
18 | by such ordinance;
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19 | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
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20 | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
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21 | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
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22 | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
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23 | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | ||||||
24 | designated in this
section, where the statute creating or | ||||||
25 | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | ||||||
26 | requires election of candidates of political parties;
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1 | (7) Township officers, including township park | ||||||
2 | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | ||||||
3 | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | ||||||
4 | Assessors;
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5 | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
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6 | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | ||||||
7 | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
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8 | (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - | ||||||
9 | Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
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10 | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | ||||||
11 | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | ||||||
12 | Act;
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13 | (11.5) Members of the Commuter Rail Board;
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14 | (12) Elected members of school boards, school | ||||||
15 | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | ||||||
16 | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | ||||||
17 | counties or educational service regions having a | ||||||
18 | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | ||||||
19 | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
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20 | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
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21 | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
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22 | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
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23 | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | ||||||
24 | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
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25 | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | ||||||
26 | Districts;
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1 | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | ||||||
2 | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | ||||||
3 | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | ||||||
4 | political parties.
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5 | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | ||||||
6 | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | ||||||
7 | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | ||||||
8 | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination | ||||||
9 | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
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10 | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | ||||||
11 | subsection
(c).
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12 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
13 | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | ||||||
14 | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | ||||||
15 | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | ||||||
16 | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | ||||||
17 | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | ||||||
18 | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | ||||||
19 | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | ||||||
20 | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | ||||||
21 | of political parties.
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22 | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | ||||||
23 | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | ||||||
24 | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | ||||||
25 | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | ||||||
26 | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
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1 | (e) (Blank).
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2 | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | ||||||
3 | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | ||||||
4 | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | ||||||
5 | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
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6 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | ||||||
7 | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | ||||||
8 | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are | ||||||
9 | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | ||||||
10 | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | ||||||
11 | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | ||||||
12 | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
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13 | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | ||||||
14 | officials established
in this Article, any community college | ||||||
15 | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | ||||||
16 | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | ||||||
17 | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
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18 | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | ||||||
19 | effective
date of the new district.
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20 | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | ||||||
21 | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | ||||||
22 | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | ||||||
23 | held in the precinct on that date.
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24 | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | ||||||
25 | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, |
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1 | eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
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2 | (10 ILCS 5/2A-56 new) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 2A-56. Commuter Rail Board member. A
Commuter Rail | ||||||
4 | Board member under Section 3B.02 of the
Regional Transportation | ||||||
5 | Authority Act shall be elected at the consolidated
election to | ||||||
6 | succeed each incumbent Commuter Rail Board member whose term | ||||||
7 | expires before the
following consolidated election. | ||||||
8 | Section 15. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding | ||||||
9 | Section 22-105 as follows: | ||||||
10 | (40 ILCS 5/22-105 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 22-105. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. | ||||||
12 | This Code does not apply to any elected member of the Commuter | ||||||
13 | Rail Board established by subsection (b-5) of Section 3B.02 of | ||||||
14 | the Regional Transportation Authority Act or to any person | ||||||
15 | appointed to fill a vacancy on that elected Board. | ||||||
16 | Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | ||||||
17 | amended by changing Sections 3B.02, 3B.03, 3B.06, 3B.07, and | ||||||
18 | 3B.12 as follows:
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19 | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
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20 | Sec. 3B.02. Commuter Rail Board. | ||||||
21 | (a) (Blank.) Until April 1, 2008, the
governing body of the |
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1 | Commuter
Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 7 | ||||||
2 | directors appointed pursuant
to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as | ||||||
3 | follows:
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4 | (1)
One director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | ||||||
5 | the Board of DuPage
County with the advice and consent of | ||||||
6 | the County Board of DuPage County
and shall reside in | ||||||
7 | DuPage County.
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8 | (2)
Two directors appointed by the Chairmen of the | ||||||
9 | County Boards of Kane,
Lake, McHenry and Will Counties with | ||||||
10 | the concurrence of not less than a
majority of the chairmen | ||||||
11 | from such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen.
Each | ||||||
12 | such chairman may nominate not more than two persons for | ||||||
13 | each position.
Each such director shall reside in a county | ||||||
14 | in the metropolitan region other
than Cook or DuPage | ||||||
15 | County.
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16 | (3)
Three directors appointed by the members of the | ||||||
17 | Cook County Board elected
from that part of Cook County | ||||||
18 | outside of Chicago, or, in the event such Board
of | ||||||
19 | Commissioners becomes elected from single member | ||||||
20 | districts, by those
Commissioners elected from districts, | ||||||
21 | a majority of the residents of which
reside outside | ||||||
22 | Chicago. In either case, such appointment shall be with
the | ||||||
23 | concurrence of four such Commissioners. Each such director | ||||||
24 | shall reside
in that part of Cook County outside Chicago.
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25 | (4)
One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of | ||||||
26 | Chicago, with the
advice and consent of the City Council of |
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1 | the City of Chicago. Such director
shall reside in the City | ||||||
2 | of Chicago.
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3 | (5) The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, | ||||||
4 | from the members of
the board, with the concurrence of 5 of | ||||||
5 | such directors.
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6 | (b) After April 1, 2008 and until May 1, 2011 the governing | ||||||
7 | body of the Commuter Rail Division shall be a board consisting | ||||||
8 | of 11 directors appointed, pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and | ||||||
9 | 3B.04, as follows:
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10 | (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | ||||||
11 | the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | ||||||
12 | DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. To | ||||||
13 | implement the changes in appointing authority under this | ||||||
14 | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | ||||||
15 | office of the Director appointed under item (1) of | ||||||
16 | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in DuPage | ||||||
17 | County, a Director shall be appointed under this | ||||||
18 | subparagraph.
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19 | (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | ||||||
20 | the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | ||||||
21 | McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. To | ||||||
22 | implement the change in appointing authority under this | ||||||
23 | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | ||||||
24 | office of the Director appointed under item (2) of | ||||||
25 | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in McHenry | ||||||
26 | County, a Director shall be appointed under this |
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1 | subparagraph.
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2 | (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County | ||||||
3 | Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County | ||||||
4 | Board and shall reside in Will County. To implement the | ||||||
5 | change in appointing authority under this Section, upon the | ||||||
6 | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | ||||||
7 | Director appointed under item (2) of subsection (a) of this | ||||||
8 | Section who resides in Will County, a Director shall be | ||||||
9 | appointed under this subparagraph.
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10 | (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | ||||||
11 | the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the | ||||||
12 | Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County.
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13 | (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | ||||||
14 | the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the | ||||||
15 | Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County.
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16 | (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the | ||||||
17 | City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City | ||||||
18 | Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City | ||||||
19 | of Chicago. To implement the changes in appointing | ||||||
20 | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | ||||||
21 | term of or vacancy in office of the Director appointed | ||||||
22 | under item (4) of subsection (a) of this Section who | ||||||
23 | resides in the City of Chicago, a Director shall be | ||||||
24 | appointed under this subparagraph.
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25 | (7) Five Directors residing in Cook County outside of | ||||||
26 | the City of Chicago, as follows: |
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1 | (i) One Director who resides in Cook County outside | ||||||
2 | of the City of Chicago, appointed by the President of | ||||||
3 | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of | ||||||
4 | the members of the Cook County Board. | ||||||
5 | (ii) One Director who resides in the township of | ||||||
6 | Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg, | ||||||
7 | or Elk Grove. To implement the changes in appointing | ||||||
8 | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of | ||||||
9 | the term of or vacancy in office of the Director | ||||||
10 | appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this | ||||||
11 | Section who resides in the geographic area described in | ||||||
12 | this subparagraph, a Director shall be appointed under | ||||||
13 | this subparagraph. | ||||||
14 | (iii) One Director who resides in the township of | ||||||
15 | Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden, | ||||||
16 | Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park. | ||||||
17 | (iv) One Director who resides in the township of | ||||||
18 | Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney, | ||||||
19 | Lemont, Palos, or Orland. To implement the changes in | ||||||
20 | appointing authority under this Section, upon the | ||||||
21 | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | ||||||
22 | Director appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection | ||||||
23 | (a) of this Section who resides in the geographic area | ||||||
24 | described in this subparagraph and whose term of office | ||||||
25 | had not expired as of August 1, 2007, a Director shall | ||||||
26 | be appointed under this subparagraph. |
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1 | (v) One Director who resides in the township of | ||||||
2 | Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. To | ||||||
3 | implement the changes in appointing authority under | ||||||
4 | this Section, upon the expiration of the term of or | ||||||
5 | vacancy in office of the Director appointed under | ||||||
6 | paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section who | ||||||
7 | resides in the geographic area described in this | ||||||
8 | subparagraph and whose term of office had expired as of | ||||||
9 | August 1, 2007, a Director shall be appointed under | ||||||
10 | this subparagraph. | ||||||
11 | (vi) The Directors identified under the provisions | ||||||
12 | of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | ||||||
13 | shall be appointed by the members of the Cook County | ||||||
14 | Board. Each individual Director shall be appointed by | ||||||
15 | those members of the Cook County Board whose Board | ||||||
16 | districts overlap in whole or in part with the | ||||||
17 | geographic territory described in the relevant | ||||||
18 | subparagraph. The vote of County Board members | ||||||
19 | eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of | ||||||
20 | subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | ||||||
21 | shall be weighted by the number of electors residing in | ||||||
22 | those portions of their Board districts within the | ||||||
23 | geographic territory described in the relevant | ||||||
24 | subparagraph (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7).
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25 | (8) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors, | ||||||
26 | from the members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of |
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1 | such Directors. To implement the changes in appointing | ||||||
2 | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | ||||||
3 | term of or vacancy in office of the Chairman appointed | ||||||
4 | under item (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, a | ||||||
5 | Chairman shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
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6 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, however, | ||||||
7 | the terms of all members of the Commuter Rail Board serving on | ||||||
8 | April 30, 2011 shall terminate at the close of business on that | ||||||
9 | day, and the Commuter Rail Board shall thereupon be | ||||||
10 | reconstituted as provided in subsection (b-5) of this Section. | ||||||
11 | (b-5) Beginning May 1, 2011, the governing body of the | ||||||
12 | Commuter
Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 9 | ||||||
13 | directors elected as follows: | ||||||
14 | (1) One director shall be elected by the electors of | ||||||
15 | the City of Chicago and shall represent and reside in the | ||||||
16 | City of Chicago; | ||||||
17 | (2) Three directors shall be elected by the electors of | ||||||
18 | that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago and | ||||||
19 | shall represent and reside in that part of Cook County; | ||||||
20 | (3) One director shall be elected by the electors of | ||||||
21 | DuPage
County and shall represent and reside in DuPage | ||||||
22 | County; | ||||||
23 | (4) One director shall be elected by the electors of | ||||||
24 | Kane
County and shall represent and reside in Kane County; | ||||||
25 | (5) One director shall be elected by the electors of | ||||||
26 | Lake
County and shall represent and reside in Lake County; |
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1 | (6) One director shall be elected by the electors of | ||||||
2 | McHenry
County and shall represent and reside in McHenry | ||||||
3 | County; | ||||||
4 | (7) One director shall be elected by the electors of | ||||||
5 | Will
County and shall represent and reside in Will County. | ||||||
6 | The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, from the | ||||||
7 | members of
the board, with the concurrence of at least 6 of the | ||||||
8 | directors. | ||||||
9 | The directors provided for in this subsection (b-5) shall | ||||||
10 | be nominated and elected on a nonpartisan basis as provided in | ||||||
11 | Section 3B.03 of this Act and in the Election Code. | ||||||
12 | (c) No director, while serving as such, shall be an | ||||||
13 | officer, a member of the
board of directors or trustee or an | ||||||
14 | employee of any transportation agency,
or be an employee of the | ||||||
15 | State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof,
or of | ||||||
16 | any unit of local government or receive any compensation from | ||||||
17 | any
elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws | ||||||
18 | of Illinois.
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19 | (d) Each appointment made under subsections (a) and (b) of | ||||||
20 | this Section
and under Section
3B.03 shall be certified by the | ||||||
21 | appointing authority to the Commuter Rail Board
which shall | ||||||
22 | maintain the certifications as part of the official records
of | ||||||
23 | the Commuter Rail Board.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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25 | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.03)
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1 | Sec. 3B.03. Terms, Elections, Vacancies. | ||||||
2 | (a) This subsection (a) applies only to directors appointed | ||||||
3 | under subsection (b) of Section 3B.02. Each
director shall be | ||||||
4 | appointed
for a term of 4 years, and until his successor has | ||||||
5 | been appointed and
qualified. A vacancy shall occur upon the | ||||||
6 | resignation, death, conviction
of a felony, or removal from | ||||||
7 | office of a director. Any director may be
removed from office | ||||||
8 | upon the concurrence of not less than 8 directors, on
a formal | ||||||
9 | finding of incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in | ||||||
10 | office.
Within 30 days after the office of any appointed | ||||||
11 | director becomes vacant for any reason other than the | ||||||
12 | termination of appointed directors under subsection (b-5) of | ||||||
13 | Section 3B.02 ,
the appropriate appointing authorities of such | ||||||
14 | director, as provided
in Section 3B.02, shall make an | ||||||
15 | appointment to
fill the vacancy. A vacancy shall be filled for | ||||||
16 | the unexpired term.
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17 | (b) The directors provided for in subsection (b-5) of | ||||||
18 | Section 3B.02 shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the | ||||||
19 | consolidated election, beginning in 2011. | ||||||
20 | Nomination shall be by petition, signed by at least 0.1% of | ||||||
21 | the registered voters of the area to be represented, filed with | ||||||
22 | the appropriate election authority in accordance with the | ||||||
23 | general election law. In elections for directors representing | ||||||
24 | that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago, when more | ||||||
25 | than one such director is to be elected, the electors may vote | ||||||
26 | for as many candidates as there are directors to be elected but |
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1 | may not give any one candidate more than one vote. | ||||||
2 | Of the directors elected in 2011, (i) the directors | ||||||
3 | described in items (3), (5), and (7) of subsection (b-5) of | ||||||
4 | Section 3B.02, and the director described in item (2) thereof | ||||||
5 | who receives the greatest number of votes in the consolidated | ||||||
6 | election, shall be elected for terms of 4 years; and (ii) the | ||||||
7 | directors described in items (1), (4), and (6) of subsection | ||||||
8 | (b-5) of Section 3B.02, and the 2 directors described in item | ||||||
9 | (2) thereof who receive the second and third greatest number of | ||||||
10 | votes, shall be elected for terms of 2 years. Thereafter, all | ||||||
11 | directors shall be elected for terms of 4 years. All terms | ||||||
12 | shall begin on May 1, and directors shall continue to serve | ||||||
13 | until their successors are elected and have qualified. | ||||||
14 | (c) Beginning May 1, 2011, a vacancy shall be filled for | ||||||
15 | the remainder of the term by a person appointed by the county | ||||||
16 | board chairman of the county represented by the director | ||||||
17 | causing the vacancy or, in the case of the director | ||||||
18 | representing the City of Chicago, by the Mayor of the City of | ||||||
19 | Chicago. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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21 | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.06) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.06)
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22 | Sec. 3B.06. Compensation ; pension; benefits . Until May 1, | ||||||
23 | 2011, the The Chairman of the Commuter Rail Board
shall receive | ||||||
24 | an annual salary of $25,000. Until May 1, 2011, Other members | ||||||
25 | of the Commuter
Rail Board other than the chairman shall |
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1 | receive an annual salary of $15,000. Beginning May 1, 2011, | ||||||
2 | members of the Commuter
Rail Board, including the chairman, | ||||||
3 | shall receive no annual salary or other compensation for their | ||||||
4 | service in office, except that the chairman and each Each | ||||||
5 | member shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the | ||||||
6 | performance of his duties.
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7 | No service or contribution shall be credited in any | ||||||
8 | retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension | ||||||
9 | Code or otherwise, to the chairman or any other member of the | ||||||
10 | Board for service in that office beginning on or after May 1, | ||||||
11 | 2011, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or | ||||||
12 | otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension | ||||||
13 | fund credit. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, | ||||||
14 | beginning May 1, 2011, the chairman or any other member of the | ||||||
15 | Board shall receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his | ||||||
16 | or her service in such office, including without limitation | ||||||
17 | participation in a program of life or health insurance. | ||||||
18 | Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply | ||||||
19 | with the
requirements of the Public Funds Statement Publication | ||||||
20 | Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public monies to
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21 | file and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements | ||||||
22 | thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended .
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23 | (Source: P.A. 83-1156.)
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24 | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.07) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.07)
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25 | Sec. 3B.07. Meetings. The Commuter Rail Board shall |
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1 | prescribe the times
and places for meetings and the manner in | ||||||
2 | which special meetings may be
called. The Commuter Rail Board | ||||||
3 | shall comply in all respects with the " Open
Meetings Act ", as | ||||||
4 | now or hereafter amended . All records, documents and
papers of | ||||||
5 | the Commuter Rail Division, other than those relating to | ||||||
6 | matters
concerning which closed sessions of the Commuter Rail | ||||||
7 | Board may be held,
shall be available for public examination, | ||||||
8 | subject to such reasonable regulations
as the board may adopt.
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9 | A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the | ||||||
10 | conduct of
business. Until May 1, 2011, the The affirmative | ||||||
11 | votes of at least 6
members shall be necessary
for any action | ||||||
12 | required by this Act to be taken by ordinance. Beginning May 1, | ||||||
13 | 2011, the affirmative votes of at least 5 members shall be | ||||||
14 | necessary
for any action required by this Act to be taken by | ||||||
15 | ordinance.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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17 | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.12)
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18 | Sec. 3B.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Commuter Rail Board | ||||||
19 | with the
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of 7
of its | ||||||
20 | Directors may demand and direct the Board
of the Authority to | ||||||
21 | issue Working Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts
and | ||||||
22 | having such maturities as the Commuter Rail Board deems proper, | ||||||
23 | provided
however any such borrowing shall have been | ||||||
24 | specifically identified in the
budget of the Commuter Rail | ||||||
25 | Board as approved by the Board of the Authority.
Provided |
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1 | further, that the Commuter Rail Board may not demand and direct | ||||||
2 | the Board
of the Authority to have issued and have outstanding | ||||||
3 | at any time in excess of
$20,000,000 in Working Cash Notes.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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