Full Text of SB0542 97th General Assembly
SB0542sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Terry Link Filed: 4/6/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 542
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 542 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 3B.02 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 |
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| 1 | | County Boards of Kane,
Lake, McHenry and Will Counties with | 2 | | the concurrence of not less than a
majority of the chairmen | 3 | | from such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen.
Each | 4 | | such chairman may nominate not more than two persons for | 5 | | each position.
Each such director shall reside in a county | 6 | | in the metropolitan region other
than Cook or DuPage | 7 | | County.
| 8 | | (3)
Three directors appointed by the members of the | 9 | | Cook County Board elected
from that part of Cook County | 10 | | outside of Chicago, or, in the event such Board
of | 11 | | Commissioners becomes elected from single member | 12 | | districts, by those
Commissioners elected from districts, | 13 | | a majority of the residents of which
reside outside | 14 | | Chicago. In either case, such appointment shall be with
the | 15 | | concurrence of four such Commissioners. Each such director | 16 | | shall reside
in that part of Cook County outside Chicago.
| 17 | | (4)
One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of | 18 | | Chicago, with the
advice and consent of the City Council of | 19 | | the City of Chicago. Such director
shall reside in the City | 20 | | of Chicago.
| 21 | | (5) The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, | 22 | | from the members of
the board, with the concurrence of 5 of | 23 | | such directors.
| 24 | | (b) Until 30 days after the effective date of this | 25 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, After April 1, | 26 | | 2008 the governing body of the Commuter Rail Division shall be |
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| 1 | | a board consisting of 11 directors appointed, pursuant to | 2 | | Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as follows:
| 3 | | (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 4 | | the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 5 | | DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. To | 6 | | implement the changes in appointing authority under this | 7 | | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | 8 | | office of the Director appointed under item (1) of | 9 | | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in DuPage | 10 | | County, a Director shall be appointed under this | 11 | | subparagraph.
| 12 | | (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 13 | | the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 14 | | McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. To | 15 | | implement the change in appointing authority under this | 16 | | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | 17 | | office of the Director appointed under item (2) of | 18 | | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in McHenry | 19 | | County, a Director shall be appointed under this | 20 | | subparagraph.
| 21 | | (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County | 22 | | Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County | 23 | | Board and shall reside in Will County. To implement the | 24 | | change in appointing authority under this Section, upon the | 25 | | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | 26 | | Director appointed under item (2) of subsection (a) of this |
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| 1 | | Section who resides in Will County, a Director shall be | 2 | | appointed under this subparagraph.
| 3 | | (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 4 | | the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the | 5 | | Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County.
| 6 | | (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 7 | | the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the | 8 | | Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County.
| 9 | | (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the | 10 | | City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City | 11 | | Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City | 12 | | of Chicago. 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 Director appointed | 15 | | under item (4) of subsection (a) of this Section who | 16 | | resides in the City of Chicago, a Director shall be | 17 | | appointed under this subparagraph.
| 18 | | (7) Five Directors residing in Cook County outside of | 19 | | 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. To implement the changes in appointing |
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| 1 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of | 2 | | the term of or vacancy in office of the Director | 3 | | appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this | 4 | | Section who resides in the geographic area described in | 5 | | this subparagraph, a Director shall be appointed under | 6 | | this subparagraph. | 7 | | (iii) One Director who resides in the township of | 8 | | Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden, | 9 | | Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park. | 10 | | (iv) One Director who resides in the township of | 11 | | Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney, | 12 | | Lemont, Palos, or Orland. To implement the changes in | 13 | | appointing authority under this Section, upon the | 14 | | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | 15 | | Director appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection | 16 | | (a) of this Section who resides in the geographic area | 17 | | described in this subparagraph and whose term of office | 18 | | had not expired as of August 1, 2007, a Director shall | 19 | | be appointed under this subparagraph. | 20 | | (v) One Director who resides in the township of | 21 | | Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. To | 22 | | implement the changes in appointing authority under | 23 | | this Section, upon the expiration of the term of or | 24 | | vacancy in office of the Director appointed under | 25 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section who | 26 | | resides in the geographic area described in this |
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| 1 | | subparagraph and whose term of office had expired as of | 2 | | August 1, 2007, a Director shall be appointed under | 3 | | this subparagraph. | 4 | | (vi) The Directors identified under the provisions | 5 | | of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | 6 | | shall be appointed by the members of the Cook County | 7 | | Board. Each individual Director shall be appointed by | 8 | | those members of the Cook County Board whose Board | 9 | | districts overlap in whole or in part with the | 10 | | geographic territory described in the relevant | 11 | | subparagraph. The vote of County Board members | 12 | | eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of | 13 | | subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | 14 | | shall be weighted by the number of electors residing in | 15 | | those portions of their Board districts within the | 16 | | geographic territory described in the relevant | 17 | | subparagraph (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7).
| 18 | | (8) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors, | 19 | | from the members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of | 20 | | such Directors. To implement the changes in appointing | 21 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | 22 | | term of or vacancy in office of the Chairman appointed | 23 | | under item (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, a | 24 | | Chairman shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
| 25 | | (b-5) Notwithstanding any provision of this Article to the | 26 | | contrary, the term of office of each Director serving on the |
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| 1 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 2 | | Assembly expires on the date that occurs 30 calendar days after | 3 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 4 | | Assembly. Beginning 31 calendar days after the effective date | 5 | | of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the | 6 | | governing body of the Commuter Rail Division shall be a board | 7 | | consisting of 11 directors appointed, pursuant to this | 8 | | subsection (b-5) and Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as follows: | 9 | | (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 10 | | the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 11 | | DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. | 12 | | (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 13 | | the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 14 | | McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. | 15 | | (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County | 16 | | Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County | 17 | | Board and shall reside in Will County. | 18 | | (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 19 | | the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the | 20 | | Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County. | 21 | | (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 22 | | the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the | 23 | | Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County. | 24 | | (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the | 25 | | City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City | 26 | | Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City |
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| 1 | | of Chicago. | 2 | | (7) Five Directors shall reside in Cook County outside | 3 | | of the City of Chicago, as follows: | 4 | | (i) One Director who resides in Cook County outside | 5 | | of the City of Chicago, appointed by the President of | 6 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of | 7 | | the members of the Cook County Board, except that for | 8 | | the initial term, the Director may be replaced by the | 9 | | President of the Cook County Board, with the advice and | 10 | | consent of the members of the Cook County Board, no | 11 | | sooner than January 15, 2011. | 12 | | (ii) One Director who resides in the township of | 13 | | Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg, | 14 | | or Elk Grove. | 15 | | (iii) One Director who resides in the township of | 16 | | Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden, | 17 | | Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park. | 18 | | (iv) One Director who resides in the township of | 19 | | Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney, | 20 | | Lemont, Palos, or Orland. | 21 | | (v) One Director who resides in the township of | 22 | | Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. | 23 | | The Directors identified under the provisions of | 24 | | subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) shall | 25 | | be appointed by the members of the Cook County Board. Each | 26 | | individual Director shall be appointed by those members of |
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| 1 | | the Cook County Board whose Board districts overlap in | 2 | | whole or in part with the geographic territory described in | 3 | | the relevant 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) shall | 6 | | be weighted by the number of electors residing in those | 7 | | portions of their Board districts within the geographic | 8 | | territory described in the relevant subparagraph (ii) | 9 | | through (v) of this paragraph (7). | 10 | | (c) No director, while serving as such, shall be an | 11 | | officer, a member of the
board of directors or trustee or an | 12 | | employee of any transportation agency,
or be an employee of the | 13 | | State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof,
or of | 14 | | any unit of local government or receive any compensation from | 15 | | any
elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws | 16 | | of Illinois.
| 17 | | (d) Each appointment made under subsections (a) and (b) of | 18 | | this Section
and under Section
3B.03 shall be certified by the | 19 | | appointing authority to the Commuter Rail Board
which shall | 20 | | maintain the certifications as part of the official records
of | 21 | | the Commuter Rail Board.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.".
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