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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Water Commission Act of 1985 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 0.001 as follows:
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| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3720/0.001) |
| 7 | | Sec. 0.001. Commissioners; terms; vacancies. Effective |
| 8 | | January 1, 2011, the terms of office of the chairperson and all |
| 9 | | commissioners of water commissions appointed pursuant to this |
| 10 | | Act shall terminate and the commission shall be reconstituted. |
| 11 | | (a) The commissioners of water commissions appointed |
| 12 | | pursuant to this Act shall be appointed as follows: |
| 13 | | (1) A chairperson, who shall also serve in the |
| 14 | | capacity of a commissioner, shall be appointed by the |
| 15 | | chairperson of the county board of the home county with |
| 16 | | the advice and consent of the county board. For |
| 17 | | appointments made on or after the effective date of this |
| 18 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the |
| 19 | | chairperson shall be a resident of the home county. |
| 20 | | (2) One commissioner from each county board district |
| 21 | | within the home county shall be appointed by the |
| 22 | | chairperson of the county board of the home county with |
| 23 | | the advice and consent of the county board. |
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| 1 | | (3) One commissioner from each county board district |
| 2 | | within the home county shall be appointed by the majority |
| 3 | | vote of the mayors of those included municipalities that |
| 4 | | have the greatest percentage of their respective |
| 5 | | populations residing within such county board district of |
| 6 | | the home county. A vice-chairperson of the commission |
| 7 | | shall be appointed from the commissioners appointed |
| 8 | | pursuant to this paragraph by a majority vote of these |
| 9 | | commissioners. |
| 10 | | (4) Upon receipt of water by any territorial |
| 11 | | municipality, one commissioner from a territorial |
| 12 | | municipality shall be appointed by the chairperson of the |
| 13 | | county board of the home county with the advice and |
| 14 | | consent of the county board. |
| 15 | | (5) Upon receipt of water by a territorial |
| 16 | | municipality, one commissioner from a territorial |
| 17 | | municipality shall be appointed by the majority vote of |
| 18 | | the mayors of those territorial municipalities. |
| 19 | | (b) All commissioners shall be residents of the home |
| 20 | | county or a resident of an included municipality. However, |
| 21 | | commissioners appointed under paragraph (4) or (5) of |
| 22 | | subsection (a) on or after the effective date of this |
| 23 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly shall be |
| 24 | | residents of a territorial municipality. |
| 25 | | (c) The initial commissioners appointed pursuant to |
| 26 | | subsection (a) shall serve the following terms: |
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| 1 | | (1) The chairperson shall serve for a term of 6 years. |
| 2 | | (2) At the first meeting of the commission held after |
| 3 | | January 1, 2011, the commissioners appointed pursuant to |
| 4 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall determine publicly |
| 5 | | by lot one-third of their members to serve for a term of 2 |
| 6 | | years, one-third of their members to serve for a term of 4 |
| 7 | | years, and one-third of their members to serve for a term |
| 8 | | of 6 years, any odd number of commissioners so determined |
| 9 | | by dividing into thirds to serve 6-year terms. |
| 10 | | (3) At the first meeting of the commission held after |
| 11 | | January 1, 2011, the commissioners and the |
| 12 | | vice-chairperson appointed pursuant to paragraph (3) of |
| 13 | | subsection (a) shall determine publicly by lot one-third |
| 14 | | of their members to serve for a term of 2 years, one-third |
| 15 | | of their members to serve for a term of 4 years, and |
| 16 | | one-third of their members to serve for a term of 6 years, |
| 17 | | any odd number of commissioners so determined by dividing |
| 18 | | into thirds to serve 6-year terms. |
| 19 | | (4) The commissioner appointed pursuant to paragraph |
| 20 | | (4) of subsection (a) shall serve an initial term of 3 |
| 21 | | years. |
| 22 | | (5) The commissioner appointed pursuant to paragraph |
| 23 | | (5) of subsection (a) shall serve an initial term of 6 |
| 24 | | years. |
| 25 | | The successor commissioners shall serve for a term of 6 |
| 26 | | years or until their successors have been appointed and |
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| 1 | | qualified in the same manner as the original appointments. |
| 2 | | (d) A commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment |
| 3 | | upon the expiration of his or her term. A vacancy in the office |
| 4 | | of a commissioner shall be filled for the balance of the |
| 5 | | unexpired term by appointment and with the qualifications as |
| 6 | | to residency in the same manner as the original appointment |
| 7 | | was made. |
| 8 | | (e) A commissioner may be a member of the governing board, |
| 9 | | an officer, or an employee of the county or any unit of local |
| 10 | | government located within the county.
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| 11 | | (f) As used in this Section, "territorial municipality" |
| 12 | | means a municipality entirely outside of the home county, but |
| 13 | | within the territorial limits and receiving water from the |
| 14 | | water commission. |
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1389, eff. 7-29-10.)
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| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 17 | | becoming law.
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