HB3758ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Elaine Nekritz

Filed: 3/19/2015

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3758

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3758 on page one, line 5 by deleting "2,"; and

on page one, line 5, after "12," by inserting "14,"; and

by deleting line 7, page one through line 9, page 3; and

by replacing line 16, page 7 through line 19, page 8 with the following:

"(70 ILCS 1810/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 163)

Sec. 12. (a) The governing and administrative body of the District shall be a board consisting of 5 9 members, to be known as the Illinois International Port District Board, who shall be appointed for a term of 3 years by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the city council of the city of Chicago. Members of the Board shall be residents of a county whose territory, in whole or in part, is embraced by the District and persons of recognized business ability. The members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services, set by the Board at an amount not to exceed $20,000.00 annually, except the Chairman may receive an additional $5,000.00 annually, if approved by the Board. All such compensation shall be paid directly from the Port District's operating funds. The members shall receive no other compensation whatever, whether in form of salary, per diem allowance or otherwise, for or in connection with his service as a member. The preceding sentence shall not prevent any member from receiving any non-salary benefit of the type received by employees of the District. Each member may shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. Any person who is appointed to the office of secretary or treasurer of the Board may receive compensation for services as such officer, as determined by the Board, provided such person is not a member of the Board. No member of the Board or employee of the District shall have any private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract, work or business of the District nor in the sale or lease of any property to or from the District.

(b) The terms of all members of the Illinois International Port District Board serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly end on the 31st day after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. Thereafter, the seat of each member shall be vacant and subject to reappointment as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 93-250, eff. 7-22-03.)

(70 ILCS 1810/14) (from Ch. 19, par. 165)

Sec. 14. Members of the Board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any member may resign from his or her office, to take effect when his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. The Governor and the Mayor, respectively, may remove any member of the Board appointed by him or her in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. They shall give him or her a copy of the charges against him or her and an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his or her own defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of failure to qualify within the time required, or of abandonment of his or her office, or in case of death, conviction of a crime or removal from office, his office shall become vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment in like manner, and with like regard as to the place of residence of the appointee, as in case of expiration of the term of a member of the Board.

(Source: Laws 1951, p. 256.)"; and

on page 14, by deleting line 3; and

on page 14, line 5, by replacing "Sections 13 and 14" with "Section 13".