94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2713

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 1825/14   from Ch. 19, par. 264
70 ILCS 1825/15   from Ch. 19, par. 265
70 ILCS 1825/16   from Ch. 19, par. 266
70 ILCS 1825/18   from Ch. 19, par. 268

    Amends the Joliet Regional Port District Act. Provides that the County Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the County Board, may appoint 3 members to the Joliet Regional Port District Board, who will serve for 6-year terms (now, the presiding officer of the County Board may appoint one member). Provides that the County Executive shall make the appointments within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Joliet Regional Port District Act is amended
5 by changing Sections 14, 15, 16, and 18 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 1825/14)  (from Ch. 19, par. 264)
7     Sec. 14. The governing and administrative body of the Port
8 District shall be a Board consisting of 9 7 members, to be
9 known as the Joliet Regional Port District Board. All members
10 of the Board shall be residents of Will County. The members of
11 the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be
12 reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the
13 performance of their duties. However, any member of the Board
14 who is appointed to the office of secretary or treasurer may
15 receive compensation for his services as such officer. No
16 member of the Board or employee of the District shall have any
17 private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract,
18 work or business of the District nor in the sale or lease of
19 any property to or from the District.
20 (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
 
21     (70 ILCS 1825/15)  (from Ch. 19, par. 265)
22     Sec. 15. Within 60 days after this Act becomes effective
23 the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
24 shall appoint 3 members of the Board who reside within the
25 District outside the corporate boundaries of the city of Joliet
26 for initial terms expiring June 1st of the years 1959, 1961,
27 and 1963, respectively, and the Mayor, with the advice and
28 consent of the City Council of the City of Joliet, shall
29 appoint 3 members of the Board who reside within the City of
30 Joliet for initial terms expiring June 1st of the years 1958,
31 1960, and 1962, respectively. Of the 3 members each appointed

 

 

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1 by the Governor and the Mayor not more than 2 shall be
2 affiliated with the same political party at the time of
3 appointment. Within 60 days after the effective date of this
4 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the County
5 Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the
6 County Board, shall appoint 3 members of the Board for terms
7 expiring June 1st of 2008, 2010, and 2012, respectively. The
8 County Board of Will County shall appoint one member of the
9 Board for an initial term expiring June 1, 1963.
10     At the expiration of the term of any member, his successor
11 shall be appointed by the Governor, Mayor, or County Executive
12 County Board of Will County in like manner and with like regard
13 to political party affiliation and place of residence of the
14 appointee, as appointments for the initial terms except that
15 after September 30, 1973, appointments to be made by the county
16 board shall be made by the presiding officer of the county
17 board, with the advice and consent of the county board.
18     All successors shall hold office for the term of 6 years
19 from the first day of June of the year in which the term of
20 office commences, except in the case of an appointment to fill
21 a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office of any member
22 appointed by the Governor during the recess of the Senate, the
23 Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
24 meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to
25 fill such office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed
26 by the Senate, shall hold his office during the remainder of
27 the term and until his successor shall be appointed and
28 qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the time this Act
29 takes effect, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as
30 in case of vacancies. The Governor, the Mayor, and the County
31 Executive presiding officer of the county board shall certify
32 their respective appointments to the Secretary of State. Within
33 30 days after certification of his appointment, and before
34 entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the
35 Board shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of
36 office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
 
2     (70 ILCS 1825/16)  (from Ch. 19, par. 266)
3     Sec. 16. Members of the Board shall hold office until their
4 respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any
5 member may resign from his office to take effect when his
6 successor has been appointed and has qualified. The Governor,
7 the Mayor and the County Executive presiding officer of the
8 County Board of Will County, respectively, may remove any
9 member of the Board they have appointed in case of
10 incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. They
11 shall give such member a copy of the charges against him and an
12 opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his
13 own defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of
14 failure to qualify within the time required, or of abandonment
15 of his office, or in case of death, conviction of a felony or
16 removal from office, the office of such member shall become
17 vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by
18 appointment in like manner as in case of expiration of the term
19 of a member of the Board.
20 (Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
 
21     (70 ILCS 1825/18)  (from Ch. 19, par. 268)
22     Sec. 18. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at
23 least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such
24 meetings to be fixed by the Board. Five Four members of the
25 Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
26 business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinances or
27 resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 5 4 members
28 shall be necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or
29 resolution. All such ordinances and resolutions before taking
30 effect shall be approved by the chairman of the Board, and if
31 he approves thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he does
32 not approve he shall return to the Board with his objections
33 thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
34 occurring after the passage thereof. But in the case the

 

 

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1 chairman fails to return any ordinance or resolution with his
2 objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to
3 have approved the same and it shall take effect accordingly.
4 Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the chairman
5 with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed
6 shall be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such
7 reconsideration said ordinance or resolution is passed by the
8 affirmative vote of at least 6 5 members, it shall go into
9 effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All
10 ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and
11 all documents and records in its possession shall be public
12 records, and open to public inspection, except such documents
13 and records as are kept or prepared by the Board for use in
14 negotiations, legal actions or proceedings to which the
15 District is a party.
16 (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.