Full Text of SB3336 96th General Assembly
SB3336ham002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Lou Lang Filed: 1/9/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3336
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3336, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 6 | | amended by changing Section 3.01 and by adding Sections 3B.17 | 7 | | and 3B.19 as follows:
| 8 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01)
| 9 | | Sec. 3.01. Board of Directors. The
corporate authorities | 10 | | and governing body of the Authority shall
be a Board consisting | 11 | | of 13 Directors until April 1, 2008, and 16 Directors | 12 | | thereafter, appointed as follows:
| 13 | | (a) Four Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
| 14 | | Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the | 15 | | City of
Chicago, and, only until April 1, 2008, a fifth | 16 | | director who shall be the Chairman of the Chicago
Transit |
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| 1 | | Authority. After April 1, 2008, the Mayor of the City of | 2 | | Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the | 3 | | City of Chicago, shall appoint a fifth Director. The Directors | 4 | | appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall not be the | 5 | | Chairman or a Director of the Chicago Transit Authority. Each | 6 | | such Director shall reside in the City of Chicago.
| 7 | | (b) Four Directors appointed by the votes of a majority of | 8 | | the members of the Cook County Board
elected from districts, a | 9 | | majority of
the electors of which reside outside Chicago. After | 10 | | April 1, 2008, a fifth Director appointed by the President of | 11 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of the | 12 | | members of the Cook County Board.
Each Director appointed under | 13 | | this subparagraph shall reside in that part of Cook County | 14 | | outside
Chicago.
| 15 | | (c) Until April 1, 2008, 3 Directors appointed by the | 16 | | Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 17 | | and Will Counties, as follows:
| 18 | | (i) Two Directors appointed by the Chairmen of the | 19 | | county boards
of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, | 20 | | with the concurrence of not less
than a majority of the | 21 | | Chairmen from such counties, from nominees by
the Chairmen. | 22 | | Each such Chairman may nominate not more than 2 persons for
| 23 | | each position. Each such Director shall reside in a county | 24 | | in the metropolitan
region other than Cook or DuPage | 25 | | Counties.
| 26 | | (ii)
One Director appointed by the Chairman
of the |
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| 1 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 2 | | DuPage County Board. Such Director
shall reside in DuPage | 3 | | County.
| 4 | | (d) After April 1, 2008, 5 Directors appointed by the | 5 | | Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry | 6 | | Counties and the County Executive of Will County, as follows:
| 7 | | (i) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane | 8 | | County Board with the advice and consent of the Kane County | 9 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Kane County.
| 10 | | (ii) One Director appointed by the County Executive of | 11 | | Will County with the advice and consent of the Will County | 12 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Will County.
| 13 | | (iii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the | 14 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 15 | | DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage | 16 | | County.
| 17 | | (iv) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake | 18 | | County Board with the advice and consent of the Lake County | 19 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Lake County.
| 20 | | (v) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the | 21 | | McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 22 | | McHenry County Board. Such Director shall reside in McHenry | 23 | | County.
| 24 | | (vi) To implement the changes in appointing authority | 25 | | under this subparagraph (d) the three Directors appointed | 26 | | under subparagraph (c) and residing in Lake County, DuPage |
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| 1 | | County, and Kane County respectively shall each continue to | 2 | | serve as Director until the expiration of their respective | 3 | | term of office and until his or her successor is appointed | 4 | | and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Thereupon, | 5 | | the appointment shall be made by the officials given | 6 | | appointing authority with respect to the Director whose | 7 | | term has expired or office has become vacant.
| 8 | | (e)
The term of office of the chairman serving on the | 9 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | 10 | | Assembly shall end on that date, but the chairman shall | 11 | | continue to exercise all of the powers and be subject to all of | 12 | | the duties of chairman until a successor is appointed and has | 13 | | qualified under item (e-5). The Chairman serving on the | 14 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | 15 | | Assembly shall continue to serve as Chairman until the | 16 | | expiration of his or her term of office and until his or her | 17 | | successor is appointed and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the | 18 | | office. Upon the expiration or vacancy of the term of the | 19 | | Chairman then serving upon the effective date of this | 20 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Chairman shall | 21 | | be appointed by the other Directors, by the affirmative vote of | 22 | | at least 11 of the then Directors with at least 2 affirmative | 23 | | votes from Directors who reside in the City of Chicago, at | 24 | | least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who reside in Cook | 25 | | County outside the City of Chicago, and at least 2 affirmative | 26 | | votes from Directors who reside in the Counties of DuPage, |
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| 1 | | Lake, Will, Kane, or McHenry. The
chairman shall not be | 2 | | appointed from among the other Directors. The chairman
shall be | 3 | | a resident of the metropolitan region.
| 4 | | (e-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory | 5 | | Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Governor, with the advice | 6 | | and consent of the Senate, shall appoint the chairman. The | 7 | | chairman
shall be a resident of the metropolitan region. | 8 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act no Director
| 9 | | shall, while serving as such, be an officer,
a member of the | 10 | | Board of Directors or Trustees or an employee of any Service | 11 | | Board or transportation
agency, or be an employee of the State | 12 | | of Illinois or any department or
agency thereof, or of any unit | 13 | | of local government or receive any compensation
from any | 14 | | elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws of
| 15 | | Illinois; except that a Director may be a member of a school | 16 | | board.
| 17 | | (g) Each appointment made under this Section and
under | 18 | | Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority to | 19 | | the
Board, which shall maintain the certifications as part of | 20 | | the official
records of the Authority.
| 21 | | (h) (Blank).
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 23 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.17 new) | 24 | | Sec. 3B.17. Automated external defibrillator. No later | 25 | | than 120 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| 1 | | of the 96th General Assembly, the Commuter Rail Board must | 2 | | ensure that all trains under its supervision that are used for | 3 | | public transport have at least one automated external | 4 | | defibrillator on board. For the purposes of this Section, | 5 | | "automated external defibrillator" has the meaning ascribed to | 6 | | that term in Section 10 of the Automated External Defibrillator | 7 | | Act. | 8 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.19 new) | 9 | | Sec. 3B.19. Wireless internet service. No later than 120 | 10 | | days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 11 | | 96th General Assembly, the Commuter Rail Board must ensure that | 12 | | all trains used for public transport have the capacity to | 13 | | provide wireless internet service to passengers.
| 14 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 15 | | Section 8.35 as follows: | 16 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.35 new) | 17 | | Sec. 8.35. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 18 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 19 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 20 | | the 96th General Assembly. | 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.".
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