Sen. Thomas Cullerton
Filed: 8/18/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 381 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 381 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Water Commission Act of 1985 is amended  by 
5changing Section 2.1 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 3720/2.1)
7    Sec. 2.1. Cessation of commission organization. 
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 
9majority vote of the water commission is in favor of the 
10proposition to annex the commission to another commission whose 
11boundaries are contiguous, or consolidate the commission into a 
12municipality with which the commission is coterminous or 
13substantially coterminous, or consolidate the commission into 
14the county in which the commission sits, and if the governing 
15authorities of the governmental unit assuming the functions of 
16the former commission agree by resolution to accept the 
 
 
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1functions (and jurisdiction over the territory, if applicable) 
2of the consolidated or annexed commission, then the commission 
3shall cease. On the effective date of the annexation or 
4consolidation, all the rights, powers, duties, assets, 
5property, liabilities, indebtedness, obligations, bonding 
6authority, taxing authority, and responsibilities of the 
7commission shall vest in and be assumed by the governmental 
8unit assuming the functions of the former commission.
9    The employees of the former commission shall be transferred 
10to the governmental unit assuming the functions of the former 
11commission. The governmental unit assuming the functions of the 
12former commission shall exercise the rights and 
13responsibilities of the former commission with respect to those 
14employees. The status and rights of the employees of the former 
15commission under any applicable contracts or collective 
16bargaining agreements, historical representation rights under 
17the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, or under any pension, 
18retirement, or annuity plan shall not be affected by this 
19amendatory Act. 

20    (b) This Section shall not apply to any water commission 
21organized in DuPage County. 
22(Source: P.A. 98-1002, eff. 8-18-14.)
 

23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.".