Full Text of HB1516 97th General Assembly
HB1516ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jack D. Franks Filed: 4/5/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1516
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1516 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | 5 | | is amended by adding Section 2.5 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 375/2.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2.5. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. This | 8 | | Act does not apply to any member of the Commuter Rail Board | 9 | | appointed or reappointed on or after the effective date of this | 10 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | 11 | | Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding | 12 | | Section 22-105 as follows: | 13 | | (40 ILCS 5/22-105 new) | 14 | | Sec. 22-105. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. |
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| 1 | | This Code does not apply to any member of the Commuter Rail | 2 | | Board appointed or reappointed on or after the effective date | 3 | | of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. | 4 | | Section 25. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 3B.02 and 3B.06 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
| 7 | | Sec. 3B.02. Commuter Rail Board. | 8 | | (a) (Blank). Until April 1, 2008, the
governing body of the | 9 | | Commuter
Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 7 | 10 | | directors appointed pursuant
to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as | 11 | | follows:
| 12 | | (1)
One director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 13 | | the Board of DuPage
County with the advice and consent of | 14 | | the County Board of DuPage County
and shall reside in | 15 | | DuPage County.
| 16 | | (2)
Two directors appointed by the Chairmen of the | 17 | | County Boards of Kane,
Lake, McHenry and Will Counties with | 18 | | the concurrence of not less than a
majority of the chairmen | 19 | | from such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen.
Each | 20 | | such chairman may nominate not more than two persons for | 21 | | each position.
Each such director shall reside in a county | 22 | | in the metropolitan region other
than Cook or DuPage | 23 | | County.
| 24 | | (3)
Three directors appointed by the members of the |
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| 1 | | Cook County Board elected
from that part of Cook County | 2 | | outside of Chicago, or, in the event such Board
of | 3 | | Commissioners becomes elected from single member | 4 | | districts, by those
Commissioners elected from districts, | 5 | | a majority of the residents of which
reside outside | 6 | | Chicago. In either case, such appointment shall be with
the | 7 | | concurrence of four such Commissioners. Each such director | 8 | | shall reside
in that part of Cook County outside Chicago.
| 9 | | (4)
One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of | 10 | | Chicago, with the
advice and consent of the City Council of | 11 | | the City of Chicago. Such director
shall reside in the City | 12 | | of Chicago.
| 13 | | (5) The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, | 14 | | from the members of
the board, with the concurrence of 5 of | 15 | | such directors.
| 16 | | (b) Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 17 | | 97th General Assembly, After April 1, 2008 the governing body | 18 | | of the Commuter Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 11 | 19 | | directors appointed, pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as | 20 | | follows:
| 21 | | (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 22 | | the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 23 | | DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. To | 24 | | implement the changes in appointing authority under this | 25 | | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | 26 | | office of the Director appointed under item (1) of |
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| 1 | | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in DuPage | 2 | | County, a Director shall be appointed under this | 3 | | subparagraph.
| 4 | | (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 5 | | the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 6 | | McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. To | 7 | | implement the change in appointing authority under this | 8 | | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | 9 | | office of the Director appointed under item (2) of | 10 | | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in McHenry | 11 | | County, a Director shall be appointed under this | 12 | | subparagraph.
| 13 | | (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County | 14 | | Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County | 15 | | Board and shall reside in Will County. To implement the | 16 | | change in appointing authority under this Section, upon the | 17 | | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | 18 | | Director appointed under item (2) of subsection (a) of this | 19 | | Section who resides in Will County, a Director shall be | 20 | | appointed under this subparagraph.
| 21 | | (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 22 | | the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the | 23 | | Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County.
| 24 | | (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 25 | | the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the | 26 | | Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County.
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| 1 | | (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the | 2 | | City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City | 3 | | Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City | 4 | | of Chicago. To implement the changes in appointing | 5 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | 6 | | term of or vacancy in office of the Director appointed | 7 | | under item (4) of subsection (a) of this Section who | 8 | | resides in the City of Chicago, a Director shall be | 9 | | appointed under this subparagraph.
| 10 | | (7) Five Directors residing in Cook County outside of | 11 | | the City of Chicago, as follows: | 12 | | (i) One Director who resides in Cook County outside | 13 | | of the City of Chicago, appointed by the President of | 14 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of | 15 | | the members of the Cook County Board. | 16 | | (ii) One Director who resides in the township of | 17 | | Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg, | 18 | | or Elk Grove. To implement the changes in appointing | 19 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of | 20 | | the term of or vacancy in office of the Director | 21 | | appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this | 22 | | Section who resides in the geographic area described in | 23 | | this subparagraph, a Director shall be appointed under | 24 | | this subparagraph. | 25 | | (iii) One Director who resides in the township of | 26 | | Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden, |
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| 1 | | Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park. | 2 | | (iv) One Director who resides in the township of | 3 | | Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney, | 4 | | Lemont, Palos, or Orland. To implement the changes in | 5 | | appointing authority under this Section, upon the | 6 | | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | 7 | | Director appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection | 8 | | (a) of this Section who resides in the geographic area | 9 | | described in this subparagraph and whose term of office | 10 | | had not expired as of August 1, 2007, a Director shall | 11 | | be appointed under this subparagraph. | 12 | | (v) One Director who resides in the township of | 13 | | Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. To | 14 | | implement the changes in appointing authority under | 15 | | this Section, upon the expiration of the term of or | 16 | | vacancy in office of the Director appointed under | 17 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section who | 18 | | resides in the geographic area described in this | 19 | | subparagraph and whose term of office had expired as of | 20 | | August 1, 2007, a Director shall be appointed under | 21 | | this subparagraph. | 22 | | (vi) The Directors identified under the provisions | 23 | | of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | 24 | | shall be appointed by the members of the Cook County | 25 | | Board. Each individual Director shall be appointed by | 26 | | those members of the Cook County Board whose Board |
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| 1 | | districts overlap in whole or in part with the | 2 | | geographic territory described in the relevant | 3 | | subparagraph. The vote of County Board members | 4 | | eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of | 5 | | subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | 6 | | shall be weighted by the number of electors residing in | 7 | | those portions of their Board districts within the | 8 | | geographic territory described in the relevant | 9 | | subparagraph (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7).
| 10 | | (8) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors, | 11 | | from the members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of | 12 | | such Directors. To implement the changes in appointing | 13 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | 14 | | term of or vacancy in office of the Chairman appointed | 15 | | under item (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, a | 16 | | Chairman shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
| 17 | | (b-5) Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the | 18 | | contrary, the term of office of each Director serving on the | 19 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 20 | | Assembly expires on that effective date. On and after the | 21 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 22 | | Assembly the governing body of the Commuter Rail Division shall | 23 | | be a board consisting of 11 directors appointed, pursuant to | 24 | | this subsection (b-5) and Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as follows: | 25 | | (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 26 | | the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the |
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| 1 | | DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. | 2 | | (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 3 | | the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 4 | | McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. | 5 | | (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County | 6 | | Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County | 7 | | Board and shall reside in Will County. | 8 | | (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 9 | | the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the | 10 | | Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County. | 11 | | (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 12 | | the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the | 13 | | Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County. | 14 | | (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the | 15 | | City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City | 16 | | Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City | 17 | | of Chicago. | 18 | | (7) Five Directors shall reside in Cook County outside | 19 | | of the City of Chicago, as follows: | 20 | | (i) One Director who resides in Cook County outside | 21 | | of the City of Chicago, appointed by the President of | 22 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of | 23 | | the members of the Cook County Board. | 24 | | (ii) One Director who resides in the township of | 25 | | Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg, | 26 | | or Elk Grove. |
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| 1 | | (iii) One Director who resides in the township of | 2 | | Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden, | 3 | | Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park. | 4 | | (iv) One Director who resides in the township of | 5 | | Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney, | 6 | | Lemont, Palos, or Orland. | 7 | | (v) One Director who resides in the township of | 8 | | Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. | 9 | | The Directors identified under the provisions of | 10 | | subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) shall | 11 | | be appointed by the members of the Cook County Board. Each | 12 | | individual Director shall be appointed by those members of | 13 | | the Cook County Board whose Board districts overlap in | 14 | | whole or in part with the geographic territory described in | 15 | | the relevant subparagraph. The vote of County Board members | 16 | | eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of | 17 | | subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) shall | 18 | | be weighted by the number of electors residing in those | 19 | | portions of their Board districts within the geographic | 20 | | territory described in the relevant subparagraph (ii) | 21 | | through (v) of this paragraph (7). | 22 | | The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors, from the | 23 | | members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of the | 24 | | Directors. | 25 | | (c) No director, while serving as such, shall be an | 26 | | officer, a member of the
board of directors or trustee or an |
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| 1 | | employee of any transportation agency,
or be an employee of the | 2 | | State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof,
or of | 3 | | any unit of local government or receive any compensation from | 4 | | any
elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws | 5 | | of Illinois.
| 6 | | (d) Each appointment made under subsections (a) and (b) of | 7 | | this Section
and under Section
3B.03 shall be certified by the | 8 | | appointing authority to the Commuter Rail Board
which shall | 9 | | maintain the certifications as part of the official records
of | 10 | | the Commuter Rail Board.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 12 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.06) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.06)
| 13 | | Sec. 3B.06. Compensation ; pension; benefits . | 14 | | (a) This subsection (a) applies to members of the Commuter | 15 | | Rail Board, including the chairman, appointed before the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 17 | | Assembly. The Chairman of the Commuter Rail Board
shall receive | 18 | | an annual salary of $25,000. Other members of the Commuter
Rail | 19 | | Board shall receive an annual salary of $15,000. Each member | 20 | | shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the | 21 | | performance of his or her duties.
| 22 | | (b) This subsection (b) applies to members of the Commuter | 23 | | Rail Board, including the chairman, appointed or reappointed on | 24 | | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 25 | | General Assembly. Members of the Commuter Rail Board shall |
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| 1 | | receive no annual salary or other compensation for their | 2 | | service in office, except that each member shall be reimbursed | 3 | | for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her | 4 | | duties. No service or contribution shall be credited in any | 5 | | retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension | 6 | | Code or otherwise, to any member of the Board for service in | 7 | | that office, and no public funds shall be appropriated, | 8 | | expended, or otherwise obligated for such a retirement system | 9 | | or pension fund credit. No member of the Board shall receive a | 10 | | financial benefit or perquisite for his or her service in such | 11 | | office, including without limitation participation in a | 12 | | program of life or health insurance. | 13 | | (c) Officers of the Division shall not be required to | 14 | | comply with the
requirements of the Public Funds Statement | 15 | | Publication Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public | 16 | | monies to
file and publish statements of the receipts and | 17 | | disbursements thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or | 18 | | hereafter amended .
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 83-1156.)
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 | | becoming law.".
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