Full Text of HB4147 95th General Assembly
HB4147 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4147
Introduced , by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Eastern Illinois
Economic Development Authority
Act. Provides that a majority of the public members of the governing body of the Eastern Illinois Economic Development Authority (instead of 8 members)constitutes a quorum. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Eastern Illinois
Economic Development | 5 |
| Authority
Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | 6 |
| (70 ILCS 506/15)
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| Sec. 15. Creation. | 8 |
| (a) There is created a political subdivision, body politic, | 9 |
| and municipal
corporation named the Eastern
Illinois Economic | 10 |
| Development Authority. The territorial jurisdiction of the
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| Authority is that geographic
area within the boundaries of the | 12 |
| following counties: Ford, Iroquois, Piatt, Champaign, | 13 |
| Vermilion, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby, Coles, and Edgar and any
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| navigable waters and
air space located therein.
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| (b) The governing and administrative powers of the | 16 |
| Authority shall be vested
in a body consisting of 14
members as | 17 |
| follows:
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| (1) Ex officio members. The Director of Commerce and
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| Economic Opportunity, or
a designee of that Department, | 20 |
| shall serve as an ex officio member.
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| (2) Public members. Three members shall be appointed by | 22 |
| the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate. The | 23 |
| county board chairperson of the following counties
shall |
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| each appoint one
member: Ford, Iroquois, Piatt, Champaign, | 2 |
| Vermilion, Douglas, Moultrie, Shelby, Coles, and Edgar. | 3 |
| All public members shall reside within
the territorial
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| jurisdiction of the Authority.
The public members shall be | 5 |
| persons of recognized ability and experience in one
or more | 6 |
| of the following
areas: economic development, finance, | 7 |
| banking, industrial development, state or
local | 8 |
| government, commercial agriculture, small
business | 9 |
| management, real
estate development, community | 10 |
| development, venture finance, organized labor, or
civic or | 11 |
| community
organization.
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| (c) A majority of the members appointed under item (2) of | 13 |
| subsection (b) of this Section
8 members shall constitute a | 14 |
| quorum.
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| (d) The chairperson of the Authority shall be elected | 16 |
| annually by the Board and must be a public member that resides | 17 |
| within the territorial jurisdiction of the Authority.
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| (e) The terms of all initial members of the Authority shall | 19 |
| begin 30 days
after the effective date of this
Act.
Of the 3 | 20 |
| original public members appointed by the Governor, 1
shall | 21 |
| serve until the third Monday in January, 2006; 1 shall serve | 22 |
| until the
third Monday in January, 2007; 1 shall serve until | 23 |
| the third Monday in January,
2008. The initial terms of the | 24 |
| original public members appointed by the county board | 25 |
| chairpersons shall be determined by lot, according to the | 26 |
| following schedule: (i) 2 shall serve until the third Monday in |
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| January, 2006, (ii) 2 shall serve until the third Monday in | 2 |
| January, 2007, (iii) 2 shall serve until the third Monday in | 3 |
| January, 2008, (iv) 2 shall serve until the third Monday in | 4 |
| January, 2009, and (v) 2 shall serve until the third Monday in | 5 |
| January, 2010. All successors to these original
public
members | 6 |
| shall be appointed by the original appointing authority and all | 7 |
| appointments made by the Governor shall be made with the advice | 8 |
| and consent of the Senate, pursuant to subsection (b), and | 9 |
| shall hold office for a term of 6 years
commencing the third | 10 |
| Monday in January of the year in which their term
commences, | 11 |
| except in the case of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
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| Vacancies occurring among the public members shall be filled | 13 |
| for the
remainder of the term. In case of
vacancy in a | 14 |
| Governor-appointed membership when the Senate is not in | 15 |
| session,
the Governor may make a
temporary appointment until | 16 |
| the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall
be nominated | 17 |
| to fill the
office and, upon confirmation by the Senate, he or | 18 |
| she shall hold office during
the remainder of the term
and | 19 |
| until a successor is appointed and qualified. Members of the | 20 |
| Authority are
not entitled to
compensation for their services | 21 |
| as members but are entitled to reimbursement
for all necessary | 22 |
| expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of their | 23 |
| duties as members.
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| (f) The Governor or a county board chairperson, as the case | 25 |
| may be, may remove any public member of the Authority in case | 26 |
| of
incompetence, neglect of
duty, or malfeasance in office. The |
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| chairperson of a county board may remove any
public member | 2 |
| appointed
by that chairperson in the case of incompetence, | 3 |
| neglect of duty, or malfeasance
in office.
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| (g) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall | 5 |
| have a
background in finance, including
familiarity with the | 6 |
| legal and procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real
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| estate, or economic
development and administration. The | 8 |
| Executive Director shall hold office at the
discretion of the | 9 |
| Board.
The Executive Director shall be the chief administrative | 10 |
| and operational
officer of the Authority, shall
direct and | 11 |
| supervise its administrative affairs and general management, | 12 |
| perform
such other duties as may
be prescribed from time to | 13 |
| time by the members, and receive compensation fixed
by the | 14 |
| Authority. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 15 |
| shall pay
the compensation of the Executive Director from | 16 |
| appropriations received for
that purpose. The
Executive | 17 |
| Director shall attend all meetings of the Authority. However, | 18 |
| no
action of the Authority shall be
invalid on account of the | 19 |
| absence of the Executive Director from a meeting. The
Authority | 20 |
| may engage
the services of
the Illinois Finance Authority, | 21 |
| attorneys, appraisers, engineers, accountants,
credit | 22 |
| analysts, and other consultants if the Eastern Illinois | 23 |
| Economic
Development Authority deems it advisable.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-203, eff. 7-13-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 |
| becoming law.
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