Full Text of SB0830 94th General Assembly
SB0830ren 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Southwestern Illinois Development Authority | 5 |
| Act is amended by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows: | 6 |
| (70 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6154)
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| Sec. 4. (a) There is hereby created a political | 8 |
| subdivision, body politic
and municipal corporation named the | 9 |
| Southwestern Illinois Development
Authority.
The territorial | 10 |
| jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic area
within | 11 |
| the boundaries of Madison,
St. Clair, Bond, and Clinton
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| counties in the State of
Illinois and any navigable waters and | 13 |
| air space located therein.
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| (b) The governing and administrative powers of the | 15 |
| Authority shall be
vested in a body consisting of 14
11
members | 16 |
| including, as ex officio
members,
the Director of the | 17 |
| Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Community | 18 |
| Affairs , or his or her
designee, and the Director of the | 19 |
| Department of Central Management Services,
or his or her | 20 |
| designee.
The other 12
9
members of the Authority
shall be | 21 |
| designated "public members", 6
4 of whom shall be appointed by | 22 |
| the
Governor
with the advice and consent of the Senate, 2 of | 23 |
| whom shall be appointed by
the county board chairman of Madison | 24 |
| County,
2 of whom shall be
appointed by the county board | 25 |
| chairman of St. Clair County, one of whom
shall be appointed by | 26 |
| the county board chairman of Bond County, and one of whom
shall | 27 |
| be appointed by the county board chairman of Clinton County. | 28 |
| All
public members shall reside within the territorial | 29 |
| jurisdiction of this Act.
Eight
Six members shall constitute a | 30 |
| quorum.
The public members shall be
persons of recognized | 31 |
| ability and
experience in one or more of the following areas: | 32 |
| economic development,
finance, banking, industrial |
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| development, small business management, real
estate | 2 |
| development, community development, venture finance, organized | 3 |
| labor
or civic, community or neighborhood organization. The | 4 |
| Chairman of the
Authority shall be elected by the Board | 5 |
| annually from the 4 members
appointed by the county board | 6 |
| chairmen.
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| (c) The terms of all members of the Authority shall begin | 8 |
| 30 days after
the effective date of this Act. Of the 8 public | 9 |
| members
appointed pursuant to this Act, 3 shall serve until the
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| third Monday in January, 1988, 3 shall serve until the third | 11 |
| Monday in
January, 1989, and 2
shall serve until the third | 12 |
| Monday in January, 1990.
The public members initially appointed | 13 |
| under this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall | 14 |
| serve until the third Monday in January, 2008. All successors | 15 |
| shall be appointed by the original appointing authority and
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| hold office for a term of 3 years commencing the third
Monday | 17 |
| in January of the year in which their term commences, except in | 18 |
| case
of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
Vacancies
occurring | 19 |
| among the public members shall be filled for the
remainder of | 20 |
| the term.
In case of vacancy in a Governor-appointed membership | 21 |
| when
the Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a | 22 |
| temporary appointment
until the next meeting of the Senate when | 23 |
| a person shall be nominated to
fill such office, and any person | 24 |
| so nominated who is confirmed by the
Senate shall hold office | 25 |
| during the remainder of the term and until a
successor shall be | 26 |
| appointed and qualified.
Members of the Authority shall not be | 27 |
| entitled to compensation for their services
as members but | 28 |
| shall be entitled to reimbursement for all necessary
expenses | 29 |
| incurred in connection with the performance of their duties as | 30 |
| members.
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| (d) The Governor may remove any public member of the | 32 |
| Authority in case
of incompetency, neglect of duty, or | 33 |
| malfeasance in office.
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| (e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall | 35 |
| have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the | 36 |
| legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate |
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| or economic
development and administration. The Executive | 2 |
| Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the Board. The | 3 |
| Executive Director shall be the chief
administrative and | 4 |
| operational officer of the Authority, shall direct
and | 5 |
| supervise its administrative affairs and general management, | 6 |
| shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed from time | 7 |
| to time by the members and
shall receive compensation fixed by | 8 |
| the Authority. The Executive Director
shall attend all meetings | 9 |
| of the Authority; however, no action of the
Authority shall be | 10 |
| invalid on account of the absence of the Executive
Director | 11 |
| from a meeting. The Authority may engage the services of such
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| other agents and employees, including attorneys, appraisers, | 13 |
| engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other consultants, | 14 |
| as it may deem
advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix | 15 |
| their compensation.
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| (f) The Board may, by majority vote, nominate up to 4 | 17 |
| non-voting members
for appointment by the Governor. Non-voting | 18 |
| members shall be persons of
recognized ability and experience | 19 |
| in one or more of the following areas:
economic development, | 20 |
| finance, banking, industrial development, small
business | 21 |
| management, real estate development, community development, | 22 |
| venture finance,
organized labor or civic, community or | 23 |
| neighborhood organization.
Non-voting members shall serve at | 24 |
| the
pleasure of the Board. All non-voting members may attend | 25 |
| meetings of the
Board and shall be reimbursed as provided in | 26 |
| subsection (c).
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| (g) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
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| recommendations to the Board on the economic development of the | 29 |
| city of
East St. Louis and on the economic development of the | 30 |
| riverfront within the
territorial jurisdiction of this Act. The | 31 |
| members of the task force shall
reside within the territorial | 32 |
| jurisdiction of this Act, shall serve at the
pleasure of the | 33 |
| Board and shall be persons of recognized ability and
experience | 34 |
| in one or more of the following areas: economic development,
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| finance, banking, industrial development, small business | 36 |
| management, real
estate development, community development, |
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| venture finance, organized labor
or civic, community or | 2 |
| neighborhood organization. The number of members
constituting | 3 |
| the task force shall be set by the Board and may vary from
time | 4 |
| to time. The Board may set a specific date by which the task | 5 |
| force is
to submit its final report and recommendations to the | 6 |
| Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-602, eff. 11-18-03; revised 12-6-03.)
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| (70 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 6155)
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| Sec. 5. All official acts of the Authority shall require | 10 |
| the approval
of at least 8 members
6 members . It shall be the | 11 |
| duty of the Authority to promote
development within the | 12 |
| geographic confines of Madison , Bond, Clinton, and St. Clair
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| counties. The Authority shall use the powers herein
conferred | 14 |
| upon it to assist in the development, construction and
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| acquisition of industrial, commercial, housing or residential | 16 |
| projects
within Madison , Bond, Clinton, and St. Clair counties.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-591.)
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