Full Text of SB2824 95th General Assembly
SB2824sam002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 4/3/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2824
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2824 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Sections 3A.02, 3A.05, and 3A.12 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02)
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| Sec. 3A.02. Suburban Bus Board. The governing body of the | 9 |
| Suburban
Bus Division shall be a board consisting of 13 12 | 10 |
| directors appointed as follows:
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| (a) Six Directors appointed by the members of the Cook | 12 |
| County Board elected
from that part of Cook County outside of | 13 |
| Chicago, or in the event such Board
of Commissioners becomes | 14 |
| elected from single member districts, by those
Commissioners | 15 |
| elected from districts, a majority of the residents of which
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| reside outside of Chicago from the chief executive officers of |
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| the municipalities,
of that portion of Cook County outside of | 2 |
| Chicago. Provided however, that:
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| (i) One of the Directors shall be the chief executive | 4 |
| officer of a municipality
within the area of the Northwest | 5 |
| Region defined in Section 3A.13;
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| (ii) One of the Directors shall be the chief executive | 7 |
| officer of a municipality
within the area of the North Central | 8 |
| Region defined in Section 3A.13;
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| (iii) One of the Directors shall be the chief executive | 10 |
| officer of a
municipality within the area of the North Shore | 11 |
| Region defined in Section 3A.13;
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| (iv) One of the Directors shall be the chief executive | 13 |
| officer of a municipality
within the area of the Central Region | 14 |
| defined in Section 3A.13;
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| (v) One of the Directors shall be the chief executive | 16 |
| officer of a municipality
within the area of the Southwest | 17 |
| Region defined in Section 3A.13;
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| (vi) One of the Directors shall be the chief executive | 19 |
| officer of a municipality
within the area of the South Region | 20 |
| defined in Section 3A.13;
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| (b) One Director by the Chairman of the Kane County Board | 22 |
| who shall be
a chief executive officer of a municipality within | 23 |
| Kane County;
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| (c) One Director by the Chairman of the Lake County Board | 25 |
| who shall be
a chief executive officer of a municipality within | 26 |
| Lake County;
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| (d) One Director by the Chairman of the DuPage County Board | 2 |
| who shall
be a chief executive officer of a municipality within | 3 |
| DuPage County;
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| (e) One Director by the Chairman of the McHenry County | 5 |
| Board who shall
be a chief executive officer of a municipality | 6 |
| within McHenry County;
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| (f) One Director by the Chairman of the Will County Board | 8 |
| who shall be
a chief executive officer of a municipality within | 9 |
| Will County;
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| (g) The Chairman , who after the effective date of this | 11 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly may not be a | 12 |
| resident of the City of Chicago, by the Governor for the | 13 |
| initial term, and thereafter
by a majority of the Chairmen of | 14 |
| the DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will
County Boards and the | 15 |
| members of the Cook County Board elected from that
part of Cook | 16 |
| County outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board of | 17 |
| Commissioners
is elected from single member districts, by those | 18 |
| Commissioners elected
from districts, a majority
of the | 19 |
| electors of which reside outside of Chicago ; and .
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| (h) The Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People with | 21 |
| Disabilities, from the City of Chicago, who shall serve as an | 22 |
| ex-officio member. | 23 |
| Each appointment made under paragraphs (a) through (g) and | 24 |
| under Section
3A.03 shall be certified by the appointing | 25 |
| authority to the Suburban Bus
Board which shall maintain the | 26 |
| certifications as part of the official records
of the Suburban |
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| Bus Board; provided that the initial appointments shall
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| certified to the Secretary of State, who shall transmit the | 3 |
| certifications
to the Suburban Bus Board following its | 4 |
| organization.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "chief executive officer | 6 |
| of a
municipality" includes a former chief executive officer of | 7 |
| a municipality
within the specified Region or County, provided | 8 |
| that the former officer
continues to reside within such Region | 9 |
| or County.
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| (Source: P.A. 84-1246.)
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| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05)
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| Sec. 3A.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The | 13 |
| Suburban Bus
Board shall appoint an Executive Director who | 14 |
| shall be the chief executive
officer of the Division, | 15 |
| appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence
of 9 8 of | 16 |
| the directors of the Suburban Bus Board. The Executive Director
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| shall appoint, retain and employ officers, attorneys, agents, | 18 |
| engineers,
employees and shall organize the staff, shall | 19 |
| allocate their functions and
duties, fix compensation and | 20 |
| conditions of employment, and consistent with
the policies of | 21 |
| and direction
from the Suburban Bus Board take all actions | 22 |
| necessary to achieve its purposes,
fulfill its | 23 |
| responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
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| other powers and responsibilities as the Suburban Bus Board | 25 |
| shall determine.
The Executive Director shall be an individual |
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| of proven transportation and
management skills and may not be a | 2 |
| member of the Suburban Bus Board. The
Division may employ its | 3 |
| own professional management personnel to provide
professional | 4 |
| and technical expertise concerning its purposes
and powers and | 5 |
| to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation
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| agencies in the metropolitan region.
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| No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in | 8 |
| the Illinois Human
Rights Act, shall be made in any term or | 9 |
| aspect of employment nor shall
there be discrimination based | 10 |
| upon political reasons or factors. The Suburban
Bus Board shall | 11 |
| establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall
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| be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on merit.
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| The Division shall be subject to the "Illinois Human Rights | 14 |
| Act", as now
or hereafter amended, and the remedies and | 15 |
| procedure established thereunder.
The Suburban Bus Board shall | 16 |
| file an affirmative action program for employment
by it with | 17 |
| the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants are
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| employed and that employees are treated during employment, | 19 |
| without regard
to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative | 20 |
| action program shall include
provisions relating
to hiring, | 21 |
| upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment | 22 |
| advertising,
selection for training and rates of pay or other | 23 |
| forms of compensation.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
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| (70 ILCS 3615/3A.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12)
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| Sec. 3A.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Suburban Bus Board | 2 |
| with the
affirmative vote of 9 8 of its Directors may demand | 3 |
| and direct the Board of
the Authority to issue Working Cash | 4 |
| Notes at such time and in such amounts
and having such | 5 |
| maturities as the Suburban Bus Board deems proper, provided
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| however any such borrowing shall have been specifically | 7 |
| identified in the
budget of the Suburban Bus Board as approved | 8 |
| by the Board of the Authority.
Provided further, that the | 9 |
| Suburban Bus Board may not demand and direct
the Board of the | 10 |
| Authority to have issued and have outstanding at any time
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| excess of $5,000,000 in Working
Cash Notes.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.".
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