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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
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changing Sections 11-119.1-4 and 11-119.2-4 as follows:
 



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    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-4)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-4)


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    Sec. 11-119.1-4. Municipal Power Agencies. A.  Any 2 or more 
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municipalities,
contiguous or noncontiguous, and which operate 
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an electric utility system,
may form a municipal power agency 
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by the execution of an agency agreement
authorized by an 
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ordinance adopted by the governing body of each municipality.

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The agency agreement may state:

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    (1) that the municipal power agency is created and 
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incorporated under
the provisions of this Division as a body 
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politic and corporate, municipal
corporation and unit of local 
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government of the State of Illinois;

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    (2) the name of the agency and the date of its 
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establishment;

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    (3) that names of the municipalities which have adopted the 
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agency agreement
and constitute the initial members of the 
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municipal power agency;

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    (4) the names and addresses of the persons initially 
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appointed in the
ordinances adopting the agency agreement to 
 


 






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serve on the Board of Directors
and act as the representatives 
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of the municipalities, respectively, in the
exercise of their 
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powers as members;

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    (5) the limitations, if any, upon the terms of office of 
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the directors,
provided that such directors shall always be 
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selected and vacancies in their
offices declared and filled by 
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ordinances adopted by the governing body
of the respective 
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municipalities;

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    (6) the location by city, village or incorporated town in 
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the State of
Illinois of the principal office of the municipal 
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power agency;

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    (7) provisions for the disposition, division or 
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distribution of obligations,
property and assets of the 
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municipal power agency upon dissolution; and

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    (8) any other provisions for regulating the business of the 
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municipal
power agency or the conduct of its affairs which may 
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be agreed to by the
member municipalities, consistent with this 
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Division, including, without
limitation, any provisions for 
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weighted voting among the member municipalities
or by the 
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directors.

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    B. The presiding chief executive officer of the Board of 
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Directors of any municipal power agency established
pursuant to 
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this Division or such other officer selected by the Board of 
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Directors, within 3 months after establishment, shall file
a 
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certified copy of the agency agreement and a list of the 
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municipalities
which have adopted the agreement with the 
 


 






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recorder of deeds of the county
in which the principal office 
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is located.  The recorder of deeds shall record
this certified 
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copy and list and shall immediately transmit the certified
copy 
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and list to the Secretary of State, together with his 
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certificate of
recordation.  The Secretary of State shall file 
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these documents and issue
his certificate of approval over his 
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signature and the Great Seal of the
State.  The Secretary of 
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State shall make and keep a register of municipal
power 
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agencies established under this Division.

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    C. Each municipality which becomes a member of the 
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municipal power agency
shall appoint a representative to serve 
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on the Board of Directors, which
representative may be a member 
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of the governing body of the municipality.
Each appointment 
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shall be made by the mayor, or president, subject to the

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confirmation of the governing body.  The directors so appointed 
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shall hold
office for a term of 3 years, or until a successor 
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has been duly appointed
and qualified, except that the 
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directors first appointed shall determine
by lot at their 
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initial meeting the respective directors which shall serve
for 
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a term of one, 2 or 3 years from the date of that meeting.  A 
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vacancy
shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term 
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in the same manner
as the original appointment.

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    The Board of Directors is the corporate authority of the 
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municipal power
agency and shall exercise all the powers and 
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manage and control all of the
affairs and property of the 
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agency.  The Board of Directors shall have full
power to pass 
 


 






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all necessary ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations

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for the proper management and conduct of the business of the 
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board, and
for carrying into effect the objects for which the 
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agency was established.

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    At the initial meeting of the Board of Directors to be held 
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within 30 days
after the date of establishment of the municipal 
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power agency and at the
first meeting of each fiscal year 
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thereafter, the directors shall elect
from their members a 
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presiding officer to preside over the meetings of the Board of 
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Directors president and an alternative presiding officer 
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vice-president and may elect an executive
board.  The Board of 
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Directors shall determine and designate in the agency's bylaws 
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the titles for the presiding officers. The directors shall also 
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elect a secretary and treasurer, who need
not be directors.  The 
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board may select such other officers, employees and
agents as 
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deemed to be necessary, who need not be directors or residents

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of any of the municipalities which are members of the municipal 
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power agency.
The board may designate appropriate titles for 
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all other officers, employees, and agents. All persons selected 
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by the board shall hold their respective offices during
the 
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pleasure of the board, and give such bond as may be required by 
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the board.

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    D. The bylaws of the municipal power agency, and any 
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amendments thereto,
shall be adopted by the Board of Directors 
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by a majority vote (adjusted
for weighted voting, if provided 
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in the Agency Agreement) to provide the following:

 


 






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    (1) the conditions and obligations of membership, if any;

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    (2) the manner and time of calling regular and special 
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meetings of the
Board of Directors;

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    (3) the procedural rules of the Board of Directors;

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    (4) the composition, powers and responsibilities of any 
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committee or executive board;

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    (5) the rights and obligations of new members, and the 
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disposition of
rights and obligations upon termination of 
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membership; and

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    (6) such other rules or provisions for regulating the 
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affairs of the municipal
power agency as the board shall 
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determine to be necessary.

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    E. Every municipal power agency shall maintain an office in 
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the State
of Illinois to be known as its principal office.  When 
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a municipal power
agency desires to change the location of such 
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office, it shall file with
the Secretary of State a certificate 
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of change of location, stating the
new address and the 
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effective date of change.  Meetings of the Board of
Directors 
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may be held at any place within the State of Illinois, 
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designated
by the Board of Directors, after notice.  Unless 
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otherwise provided by the
bylaws, an act of the majority of the 
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directors present at a meeting at
which a quorum is present is 
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the act of the Board of Directors.

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    F. The Board of Directors shall hold at least one meeting 
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each year for
the election of officers and for the transaction 
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of any other business.
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Directors may be called for any purpose
upon written request to 
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the presiding officer of the Board of Directors president or 
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secretary to call the meeting.
Such officer shall give notice 
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of the meeting to be held not less than 10
days and not more 
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than 60 days after receipt of such request.  Unless the
bylaws 
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provide for a different percentage, a quorum for a meeting of 
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the
Board of Directors is a majority of all members then in 
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office.  All meetings
of the board shall be held in compliance 
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with the provisions of "An Act
in relation to meetings", 
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approved July 11, 1957, as amended.

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    G. The agency agreement may be amended as proposed at any 
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meeting of the
Board of Directors for which notice, stating the 
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purpose, shall be given
to each director and, unless the bylaws 
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prescribe otherwise, such amendment
shall become effective 
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when ratified by ordinances adopted by a majority
of the 
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governing bodies of the member municipalities.  Each amendment, 
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duly
certified, shall be recorded and filed in the same manner 
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as for the original agreement.

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    H. Each member municipality shall have full power and 
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authority, subject
to the provisions of its charter and laws 
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regarding local finance, to appropriate
money for the payment 
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of the expenses of the municipal power agency and
of its 
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representative in exercising its functions as a member of the 
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municipal
power agency.

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    I. Any additional municipality which operates an electric 
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utility system
may join the municipal power agency, or any 
 


 






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member municipality may withdraw
therefrom upon the approval by 
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ordinance adopted by the governing body of
the majority of the 
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municipalities which are then members of the municipal
power 
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agency.  Any new member shall agree to assume its proportionate 
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share
of the outstanding obligations of the municipal power 
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agency and any member
permitted to withdraw shall remain 
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obligated to make payments under any
outstanding contract or 
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agreement with the municipal power agency.  Any
such change in 
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membership shall be recorded and filed in the same manner
as 
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for the original agreement.

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    J. Any 2 or more municipal power agencies organized 
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pursuant to this Division
may consolidate to form a new 
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municipal power agency when approved by ordinance
adopted by 
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the governing body of each municipality which is a member of

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the respective municipal power agency and by the execution of 
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an agency
agreement as provided in this Section.

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    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-4)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-4)


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    Sec. 11-119.2-4. A. Any 2 or more municipalities, 
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contiguous or
noncontiguous, and which operate a natural gas 
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plant or system, may form a
municipal natural gas agency by the 
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execution of an agency agreement authorized
by an ordinance 
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adopted by the governing body of each municipality. The agency

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agreement may state:

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    (1) that the municipal natural gas agency is created and 
 


 






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incorporated under
the provisions of this Division as a body 
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politic and corporate, municipal
corporation and unit of local 
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government of the State of Illinois;

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    (2) the name of the agency and the date of its 
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establishment;

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    (3) the names of the municipalities which have adopted the 
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agency agreement
and constitute the initial members of the 
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municipal natural gas agency;

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    (4) the names and addresses of the persons initially 
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appointed in the
ordinances adopting the agency agreement to 
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serve on the Board of Directors
and act as the representatives 
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of the municipalities, respectively, in the
exercise of their 
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powers as members;

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    (5) the limitations, if any, upon the terms of office of 
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the directors,
provided that such directors shall always be 
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selected and vacancies in their
offices declared and filled by 
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ordinances adopted by the governing body
of the respective 
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municipalities;

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    (6) the location by city, village or incorporated town in 
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the State of
Illinois of the principal office of the municipal 
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natural gas agency;

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    (7) provisions for the disposition, division or 
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distribution of obligations,
property and assets of the 
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municipal natural gas agency upon dissolution; and

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    (8) any other provisions for regulating the business of the 
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municipal
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which may be agreed to by the
member municipalities, consistent 
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with this Division, including, without
limitation, any 
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provisions for weighted voting among the member municipalities

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or by the directors.

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    B. The presiding chief executive officer of the Board of 
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Directors of any municipal natural gas agency
established 
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pursuant to this Division or such other officer selected by the 
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Board of Directors, within 3 months after establishment,
shall 
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file a certified copy of the agency agreement and a list of the

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municipalities which have adopted the agreement with the 
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recorder of the county
in which the principal office is 
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located.  The recorder shall record this
certified copy and list 
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and shall immediately transmit the certified copy and
list to 
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the Secretary of State, together with his certificate of 
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recordation.
The Secretary of State shall file these documents 
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and issue his certificate of
approval over his signature and 
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the Great Seal of the State.  The Secretary of
State shall make 
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and keep a register of municipal natural gas agencies

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established under this Division.

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    C. Each municipality which becomes a member of the 
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municipal natural gas
agency shall appoint a representative to 
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serve on the Board of Directors, which
representative may be a 
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member of the governing body of the municipality. Each

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appointment shall be made by the mayor, or president, subject 
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to the
confirmation of the governing body.  The directors so 
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appointed shall hold
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successor has been duly appointed and
qualified, except that 
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the directors first appointed shall determine by lot at
their 
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initial meeting the respective directors which shall serve for 
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a term of
one, 2 or 3 years from the date of that meeting.  A 
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vacancy shall be filled for
the balance of the unexpired term 
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in the same manner as the original
appointment.

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    The Board of Directors is the corporate authority of the 
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municipal natural
gas agency and shall exercise all the powers 
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and manage and control all of the
affairs and property of the 
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agency.  The Board of Directors shall have full
power to pass 
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all necessary ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations

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for the proper management and conduct of the business of the 
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board, and
for carrying into effect the objects for which the 
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agency was established.

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    At the initial meeting of the Board of Directors to be held 
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within 30 days
after the date of establishment of the municipal 
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natural gas agency and at the
first meeting of each fiscal year 
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thereafter, the directors shall elect
from their members a 
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presiding officer to preside over the meetings of the Board of 
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Directors president and an alternate presiding officer 
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vice-president and may elect an executive
board.  The Board of 
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Directors shall determine and designate in the agency's bylaws 
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the titles for the presiding officers. The directors shall also 
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elect a secretary and treasurer, who need
not be directors.  The 
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board may select such other officers, employees and
agents as 
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deemed to be necessary, who need not be directors or residents

 


 






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of any of the municipalities which are members of the municipal 
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natural gas
agency. The board may designate appropriate titles 
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for all other officers, employees, and agents. All persons 
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selected by the board shall hold their respective offices

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during the pleasure of the board, and give such bond as may be 
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required by the
board.

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    D. The bylaws of the municipal natural gas agency, and any 
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amendments
thereto, shall be adopted by the Board of Directors 
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by a majority vote
(adjusted for weighted voting, if provided 
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in the Agency Agreement) to provide
the following:

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    (1) the conditions and obligations of membership, if any;

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    (2) the manner and time of calling regular and special 
13
meetings of the
Board of Directors;

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    (3) the procedural rules of the Board of Directors;

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    (4) the composition, powers and responsibilities of any 
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committee or
executive board;

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    (5) the rights and obligations of new members, and the 
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disposition of
rights and obligations upon termination of 
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membership; and

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    (6) such other rules or provisions for regulating the 
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affairs of the
municipal natural gas agency as the board shall 
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determine to be necessary.

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    E. Every municipal natural gas agency shall maintain an 
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office in the State
of Illinois to be known as its principal 
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office.  When a municipal natural gas
agency desires to change 
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of State a certificate of change of location, stating the
new 
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address and the effective date of change.  Meetings of the Board 
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of
Directors may be held at any place within the State of 
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Illinois, designated
by the Board of Directors, after notice.  
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Unless otherwise provided by the
bylaws, an act of the majority 
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of the directors present at a meeting at
which a quorum is 
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present is the act of the Board of Directors.

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    F. The Board of Directors shall hold at least one meeting 
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each year for
the election of officers and for the transaction 
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of any other business.
Special meetings of the Board of 
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Directors may be called for any purpose
upon written request to 
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the presiding officer of the Board of Directors president or 
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secretary to call the meeting.
Such officer shall give notice 
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of the meeting to be held not less than 10
days and not more 
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than 60 days after receipt of such request.  Unless the
bylaws 
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provide for a different percentage, a quorum for a meeting of 
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the
Board of Directors is a majority of all members then in 
18
office.  All meetings
of the board shall be held in compliance 
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with the provisions of the Open
Meetings Act.

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    G. The agency agreement may be amended as proposed at any 
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meeting of the
Board of Directors for which notice, stating the 
22
purpose, shall be given
to each director and, unless the bylaws 
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prescribe otherwise, such amendment
shall become effective 
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when ratified by ordinances adopted by a majority
of the 
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governing bodies of the member municipalities.  Each amendment, 
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duly
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as for the original
agreement.

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    H. Each member municipality shall have full power and 
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authority, subject
to the provisions of its charter and laws 
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regarding local finance, to
appropriate money for the payment 
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of the expenses of the municipal natural gas
agency and of its 
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representative in exercising its functions as a member of the

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municipal natural gas agency.

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    I. Any additional municipality which operates a natural gas 
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plant or system
may join the municipal natural gas agency, or 
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any member municipality may
withdraw therefrom upon the 
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approval by ordinance adopted by the governing body
of the 
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majority of the municipalities which are then members of the 
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municipal
natural gas agency.  Any new member shall agree to 
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assume its proportionate
share of the outstanding obligations 
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of the municipal natural gas agency and
any member permitted to 
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withdraw shall remain obligated to make payments under
any 
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outstanding contract or agreement with the municipal natural 
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gas agency.
Any such change in membership shall be recorded and 
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filed in the same manner as
for the original agreement.

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    J. Any 2 or more municipal natural gas agencies organized 
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pursuant to this
Division may consolidate to form a new 
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municipal natural gas agency when
approved by ordinance adopted 
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by the governing body of each municipality which
is a member of 
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the respective municipal natural gas agency and by the 
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execution
of an agency agreement as provided in this Section.

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(Source: P.A. 84-1221.)