093_HB1593
LRB093 04637 MKM 04692 b
1 AN ACT in relation to ports.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Tri-City Regional Port District Act is
5 amended by changing Section 23 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 1860/23) (from Ch. 19, par. 306)
7 Sec. 23. Executive Director. The Board may appoint an
8 executive director who shall be a person of recognized
9 ability and business experience to hold office during the
10 pleasure of the Board. The executive director shall have
11 management of the properties and business of the District and
12 the employees thereof subject to the general control of the
13 Board, shall direct the enforcement of all ordinances,
14 resolutions, rules and regulations of the Board, and shall
15 perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to
16 time by the Board. The Board may appoint a general attorney,
17 a chief engineer, and a general manager to assist the
18 executive director, and shall provide for the appointment of
19 other officers, and the employment of additional attorneys,
20 engineers, consultants, agents and employees as may be
21 necessary. It shall define their duties and may require
22 bonds of such of them as the Board may designate. The
23 executive director, general manager, general attorney, chief
24 engineer, and all other officers provided for pursuant to
25 this section shall be exempt from taking and subscribing any
26 oath of office and shall not be members of the Board. The
27 compensation of the executive director, general manager,
28 general attorney, chief engineer, and all other officers,
29 attorneys, consultants, agents and employees shall be fixed
30 by the Board.
31 (Source: P.A. 92-643, eff. 1-1-03.)