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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1917 is amended by
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2405/3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 301)
7    Sec. 3. Board of trustees; creation; term. A board of
8trustees shall be created, consisting of 5 members in any
9sanitary district which includes one or more municipalities
10with a population of over 90,000 but less than 500,000
11according to the most recent Federal census, and consisting of
123 members in any other district. However, the board of trustees
13for the Fox River Water Reclamation District, the Sanitary
14District of Decatur, and the Northern Moraine Wastewater
15Reclamation District shall each consist of 5 members. Each
16board of trustees shall be created for the government, control
17and management of the affairs and business of each sanitary
18district organized under this Act shall be created in the
19following manner:
20        (1) If the district's corporate boundaries are is
21    located wholly within a single county, the presiding
22    officer of the county board, with the advice and consent of
23    the county board, shall appoint the trustees for the

 

 

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1    district;
2        (2) If the district's corporate boundaries are is
3    located in more than one county, the members of the General
4    Assembly whose legislative districts encompass any portion
5    of the district shall appoint the trustees for the
6    district.
7    In any sanitary district which shall have a 3 member board
8of trustees, within 60 days after the adoption of such act, the
9appropriate appointing authority shall appoint three trustees
10not more than 2 of whom shall be from one incorporated city,
11town or village in districts in which are included 2 or more
12incorporated cities, towns or villages, or parts of 2 or more
13incorporated cities, towns or villages, who shall hold their
14office respectively for 1, 2 and 3 years, from the first Monday
15of May next after their appointment and until their successors
16are appointed and have qualified, and thereafter on or before
17the second Monday in April of each year the appropriate
18appointing authority shall appoint one trustee whose term shall
19be for 3 years commencing the first Monday in May of the year
20in which he is appointed. The length of the term of the first
21trustees shall be determined by lot at their first meeting.
22    In the case of any sanitary district created after January
231, 1978 in which a 5 member board of trustees is required, the
24appropriate appointing authority shall appoint 5 trustees, one
25of whom shall hold office for one year, two of whom shall hold
26office for 2 years, and 2 of whom shall hold office for 3 years

 

 

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1from the first Monday of May next after their respective
2appointments and until their successors are appointed and have
3qualified. Thereafter, on or before the second Monday in April
4of each year the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint
5one trustee or 2 trustees, as shall be necessary to maintain a
65 member board of trustees, whose terms shall be for 3 years
7commencing the first Monday in May of the year in which they
8are respectively appointed. The length of the terms of the
9first trustees shall be determined by lot at their first
10meeting.
11    In any sanitary district created prior to January 1, 1978
12in which a 5 member board of trustees is required as of January
131, 1978, the two trustees already serving terms which do not
14expire on May 1, 1978 shall continue to hold office for the
15remainders of their respective terms, and 3 trustees shall be
16appointed by the appropriate appointing authority by April 10,
171978 and shall hold office for terms beginning May 1, 1978. Of
18the three new trustees, one shall hold office for 2 years and 2
19shall hold office for 3 years from May 1, 1978 and until their
20successors are appointed and have qualified. Thereafter, on or
21before the second Monday in April of each year the appropriate
22appointing authority shall appoint one trustee or 2 trustees,
23as shall be necessary to maintain a 5 member board of trustees,
24whose terms shall be for 3 years commencing the first Monday in
25May of the year in which they are respectively appointed. The
26lengths of the terms of the trustees who are to hold office

 

 

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1beginning May 1, 1978 shall be determined by lot at their first
2meeting after May 1, 1978.
3    No more than 3 members of a 5 member board of trustees may
4be of the same political party; except that in any sanitary
5district which otherwise meets the requirements of this Section
6and which lies within 4 counties of the State of Illinois or,
7prior to April 30, 2008, in the Fox River Water Reclamation
8District; the appointments of the 5 members of the board of
9trustees shall be made without regard to political party.
10Beginning with the appointments made on April 30, 2008, all
11appointments to the board of trustees of the Fox River Water
12Reclamation District shall be made so that no more than 3 of
13the 5 members are from the same political party.
14    Within 60 days after the release of Federal census
15statistics showing that a sanitary district having a 3 member
16board of trustees contains one or more municipalities with a
17population over 90,000 but less than 500,000, or, for the
18Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District, within 60
19days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2095th General Assembly, the appropriate appointing authority
21shall appoint 2 additional trustees to the board of trustees,
22one to hold office for 2 years and one to hold office for 3
23years from the first Monday of May next after their appointment
24and until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
25The lengths of the terms of these two additional members shall
26be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board of

 

 

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1trustees held after the additional members take office. The
2three trustees already holding office in the sanitary district
3shall continue to hold office for the remainders of their
4respective terms. Thereafter, on or before the second Monday in
5April of each year the appropriate appointing authority shall
6appoint one trustee or 2 trustees, as shall be necessary to
7maintain a 5 member board of trustees, whose terms shall be for
83 years commencing the first Monday in May of the year in which
9they are respectively appointed.
10    If any sanitary district having a 5 member board of
11trustees shall cease to contain one or more municipalities with
12a population over 90,000 but less than 500,000 according to the
13most recent Federal census, then, for so long as that sanitary
14district does not contain one or more such municipalities, on
15or before the second Monday in April of each year the
16appropriate appointing authority shall appoint one trustee
17whose term shall be for 3 years commencing the first Monday in
18May of the year in which he is appointed. In districts which
19include 2 or more incorporated cities, towns, or villages, or
20parts of 2 or more incorporated cities, towns, or villages, all
21of the trustees shall not be from one incorporated city, town
22or village.
23    If a vacancy occurs on any board of trustees, the
24appropriate appointing authority shall within 60 days appoint a
25trustee who shall hold office for the remainder of the vacated
26term.

 

 

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1    The appointing authority shall require each of the trustees
2to enter into bond, with security to be approved by the
3appointing authority, in such sum as the appointing authority
4may determine.
5    A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a
6quorum but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. No
7trustee or employee of such district shall be directly or
8indirectly interested in any contract, work or business of the
9district, or the sale of any article, the expense, price or
10consideration of which is paid by such district; nor in the
11purchase of any real estate or property belonging to the
12district, or which shall be sold for taxes or assessments, or
13by virtue of legal process at the suit of the district.
14Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting
15the appointment or selection of any person as trustee or
16employee whose only interest in the district is as owner of
17real estate in the district or of contributing to the payment
18of taxes levied by the district. The trustees shall have the
19power to provide and adopt a corporate seal for the district.
20    Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, in any
21sanitary district created prior to the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of 1985, in which a five member board of
23trustees has been appointed and which currently includes one or
24more municipalities with a population of over 90,000 but less
25than 500,000, the board of trustees shall consist of five
26members.

 

 

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1    Except as otherwise provided for vacancies, in the event
2that the appropriate appointing authority fails to appoint a
3trustee under this Section, the appropriate appointing
4authority shall reconvene and appoint a successor on or before
5July 1 of that year.
6(Source: P.A. 98-407, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.