Full Text of SB3214 96th General Assembly
SB3214 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3214
Introduced 2/9/2010, by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 508/15 |
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70 ILCS 508/55 |
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Amends the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act. Provides that the Board of the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority shall consist of 10 members (now, 9 members). Sets forth the membership of the Board. Provides that the County Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the Will County Board, shall appoint 6 members of the Board (now, the Will County Board appoints 5 members). Provides that the Authority shall be abolished upon
the last to occur of the following: (i) expiration of the 25-year period (now, 15-year period) that
began on the effective date of the Act; or (ii) one year
after all revenue bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the
Authority
have been fully paid and discharged or otherwise provided for. Effective immediately.
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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 Joliet Arsenal Development Authority Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Sections 15 and 55 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 508/15)
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| Sec. 15. Creation of Authority; Board members; officers.
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| (a) The Joliet Arsenal Development Authority is created as | 9 |
| a political
subdivision, body politic, and municipal | 10 |
| corporation.
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| (b) The territorial jurisdiction of the Authority shall | 12 |
| extend over all of
the territory, consisting of 3,000 acres, | 13 |
| more or less, that is commonly known
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described as the | 14 |
| Joliet ammunition plant and arsenal.
The legal description of
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| the territory is (1) approximately 1,900 acres located at the | 16 |
| Arsenal, the
approximate legal description of which includes | 17 |
| part of section 30, Jackson
Township, T34N R10E, and sections | 18 |
| or part of sections 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36,
Channahon Township, | 19 |
| T34N R9E, Will County, Illinois, as depicted in the Arsenal
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| Land Use Concept; and (2) approximately 1,100 acres, the | 21 |
| approximate legal
description of which includes part of | 22 |
| sections 16, 17, and 18, Florence
Township, T33N R10E, Will | 23 |
| County, Illinois, as depicted in the Arsenal Land Use
Concept. |
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| (c) The governing and administrative powers of the | 2 |
| Authority shall be vested
in its Board of Directors . Until 30 | 3 |
| days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 4 |
| 96th General Assembly, the Board of Directors shall consist | 5 |
| consisting of 9 members, 4 of whom shall be
appointed by the | 6 |
| Governor from Will County, by and with the advice and consent
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| of the Senate,
and 5 of whom shall be appointed by the county | 8 |
| board of Will County. All
members appointed to the
Board shall | 9 |
| be residents of Will County, but of the 5 members who are | 10 |
| appointed
by the
county board of Will County, one
shall be a | 11 |
| resident of the City of Joliet, one a resident of the City of
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| Wilmington, one a resident of the Village of Elwood, one a | 13 |
| resident of the
Village of Manhattan, and one a resident of
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| Village of Symerton.
Each city council
or village board shall | 15 |
| recommend 3 individuals who are residents of the city or
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| village to the Will County board to be
members of the Board of | 17 |
| Directors. The Will County Board shall choose one of
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| recommended individuals from each city and village.
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| Beginning 30 days after the effective date of this | 20 |
| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Board of | 21 |
| Directors shall consist of 10 members, 4 of whom shall be
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| appointed by the Governor from Will County, by and with the | 23 |
| advice and consent
of the Senate,
and 6 of whom shall be | 24 |
| appointed by the County Executive of Will County, with the | 25 |
| advice and consent of the Will County Board. All
members | 26 |
| appointed to the
Board shall be residents of Will County, but |
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| of the 6 members who are appointed
by the
County Executive of | 2 |
| Will County, with the advice and consent of the Will County | 3 |
| Board, one
shall be a resident of the City of Joliet, one a | 4 |
| resident of the City of
Wilmington, one a resident of the | 5 |
| Village of Elwood, one a resident of the
Village of Manhattan, | 6 |
| one a resident of
the Village of Symerton, and one at large | 7 |
| resident of Will County.
Each city council
or village board | 8 |
| shall recommend 3 individuals who are residents of the city or
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| village to the County Executive of Will County to be members of | 10 |
| the Board of Directors. The County Executive of Will County | 11 |
| shall choose one of
the recommended individuals from each city | 12 |
| and village and one at large resident of Will County and shall | 13 |
| submit those names to the Will County Board for approval. All | 14 |
| persons appointed as members of the Board shall
have recognized | 15 |
| ability and experience in one or more of the following areas:
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| economic development, finance, banking, industrial | 17 |
| development, small business
management, real estate | 18 |
| development, community development, venture finance,
organized | 19 |
| labor, units of local government, or civic, community, or | 20 |
| neighborhood organization.
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| (d) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | 22 |
| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Governor, with | 23 |
| the consent of the Senate, and the County Executive of Will | 24 |
| County, with the advice and consent of the Will County Board, | 25 |
| shall make their appointments to the Board. Two of the | 26 |
| gubernatorial appointees and 2 of the non-gubernatorial |
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| appointees shall serve a term of 2 years, 2 of the | 2 |
| gubernatorial appointees and 2 of the non-gubernatorial | 3 |
| appointees shall serve a term of 3 years, and 2 of the | 4 |
| non-gubernatorial appointees shall serve a term of 4 years, the | 5 |
| length of the term of each to be determined by the appointing | 6 |
| authority. The terms of the 9 initial appointees to the | 7 |
| Authority shall commence
30 days after the effective date of | 8 |
| this Act. Of the 9
members initially appointed (i) 2 of the | 9 |
| gubernatorial appointees and 2 of the
non-gubernatorial | 10 |
| appointees shall be appointed to serve terms expiring on the
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| third Monday in January, 1997 and (ii) 2 of the gubernatorial | 12 |
| appointees and 3
of the non-gubernatorial appointees shall be | 13 |
| appointed to serve terms expiring
on the third Monday in | 14 |
| January, 1999. All successors shall be appointed by the
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| original appointing authority and hold office for a term of 4 | 16 |
| years commencing
the third Monday in January of the year in | 17 |
| which their term commences, except
in case of an appointment to | 18 |
| fill a vacancy. Vacancies shall be filled for the
remainder of | 19 |
| the term. In case of vacancy in a Governor-appointed membership
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| when the Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a | 21 |
| temporary
appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when | 22 |
| a person shall be
nominated to fill that office, and any person | 23 |
| so nominated who is confirmed by
the Senate shall hold office | 24 |
| during the remainder of the term. Each member
appointed to the | 25 |
| Board shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and
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| qualified.
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| (e) The Chairperson of the Board shall be elected by the | 2 |
| Board annually from
among the members who are appointed by the | 3 |
| County Executive of Will County with the advice and consent of | 4 |
| the county board of Will County Board .
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| (f) The Governor may remove any member of the Board in case | 6 |
| of incompetency,
neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
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| (g) Members of the Board shall serve without compensation | 8 |
| for their services
as members but may be reimbursed for all | 9 |
| necessary expenses incurred in
connection with the performance | 10 |
| of their duties as members.
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| (h) The Board may appoint an Executive Director who shall | 12 |
| have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the | 13 |
| legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate | 14 |
| or economic
development, and administration. The Executive | 15 |
| Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the Board. The | 16 |
| Executive Director shall be the chief
administrative and | 17 |
| operational officer of the Authority, shall direct
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| supervise its administrative affairs and general management, | 19 |
| shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed from time | 20 |
| to time by the Board, and
shall receive compensation fixed by | 21 |
| the Board. The Executive Director
shall attend all meetings of | 22 |
| the Board; however, no action of the
Board or the Authority | 23 |
| shall be invalid on account of the absence of the
Executive
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| Director from a meeting. The Board may engage the services of | 25 |
| such
other agents and employees, including attorneys, | 26 |
| appraisers, engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other |
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| consultants, and may prescribe their
duties and fix their | 2 |
| compensation.
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| (i) The Board shall meet on the call of its Chairperson or | 4 |
| upon written
notice of 6 members of the Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-333, eff. 8-17-95.)
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| (70 ILCS 508/55)
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| Sec. 55. Abolition of Authority. The Authority shall be | 8 |
| abolished upon
the last to occur of the following: (1) | 9 |
| expiration of the 25-year 15-year period that
begins on the | 10 |
| effective date of this Act; or (2) one year
after all revenue | 11 |
| bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the
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| Authority
have been fully paid and discharged or otherwise | 13 |
| provided for. Upon the
abolition of the Authority, all of its | 14 |
| rights and property shall pass to and be
vested in the State.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-333, eff. 8-17-95.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 |
| becoming law.
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