Full Text of SB1755 97th General Assembly
SB1755 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB1755 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Mike Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 510/4 | from Ch. 85, par. 6204 | 70 ILCS 515/Act rep. | |
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Amends the Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
Authority Act, approved September 22, 1987. Provides that the territory of the Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority shall also include JoDaviess, Carroll, Whiteside, and Stephenson Counties. Provides for the appointment of additional members to the Board of the Authority. Provides that the additional members shall be appointed by the county board chairpersons of JoDaviess, Carroll, Whiteside, and Stephenson Counties. Repeals the Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
Authority Act, certified December 30, 1987. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
| 5 | | Authority Act, approved September 22, 1987, is amended by | 6 | | changing Section 4 as follows:
| 7 | | (70 ILCS 510/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6204)
| 8 | | Sec. 4. (a) There is hereby created a political | 9 | | subdivision, body politic
and municipal corporation named the | 10 | | Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
Authority.
The | 11 | | territorial jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic | 12 | | area
within the boundaries of JoDaviess, Carroll, Whiteside, | 13 | | Stephenson, Rock Island, Henry, Knox, and Mercer counties in
| 14 | | the State of
Illinois and any navigable waters and air space | 15 | | located therein.
| 16 | | (b) The governing and administrative powers of the | 17 | | Authority shall be
vested in a body consisting of 15
11 members | 18 | | including, as an ex officio
member,
the Director of Commerce | 19 | | and Economic Opportunity, or his or her
designee.
The other 10 | 20 | | members of the Authority
shall be designated "public members", | 21 | | 6 of whom shall be
appointed by the Governor
with the advice | 22 | | and consent of the Senate. Of the 6 members
appointed by
the | 23 | | Governor, one shall be from a city within the Authority's |
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| 1 | | territory
with a population of 25,000 or more and the remainder | 2 | | shall be appointed at
large. Of the 6 members appointed by the | 3 | | Governor, 2 members shall
have
business or finance experience. | 4 | | One member shall be appointed by each of
the county board | 5 | | chairmen of Rock Island, Henry, Knox, and Mercer
Counties with | 6 | | the advice and consent of the respective county board.
Within | 7 | | 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 8 | | 97th General Assembly, one additional public member shall be | 9 | | appointed by each of the county board chairpersons of | 10 | | JoDaviess, Carroll, Whiteside, and Stephenson counties with | 11 | | the advice and consent of the respective county board. Of the | 12 | | public members added by this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 13 | | Assembly, one shall serve for a one-year term, one shall serve | 14 | | for a 2-year term, and 2 shall serve for 3-year terms, to be | 15 | | determined by lot. Their successors shall serve for 3-year | 16 | | terms. All public members shall reside within the territorial | 17 | | jurisdiction of this
Act. Eight
Six members shall constitute a | 18 | | quorum.
The public members shall be
persons of recognized | 19 | | ability and
experience in one or more of the following areas: | 20 | | economic development,
finance, banking, industrial | 21 | | development, small business management, real
estate | 22 | | development, community development, venture finance, organized | 23 | | labor
or civic, community or neighborhood organization. The | 24 | | Chairman of the
Authority shall be a public member elected by | 25 | | the affirmative vote of not
fewer than 6 members of the | 26 | | Authority , except that any chairperson elected on or after the |
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| 1 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 2 | | Assembly shall be elected by the affirmative vote of not fewer | 3 | | than 8 members . The term of the Chairman
shall be one year.
| 4 | | (c) The terms of the initial
all members of the Authority | 5 | | shall begin 30 days after
the effective date of this Act, | 6 | | except (i) the terms of those
members added by this
amendatory | 7 | | Act of 1989 shall begin 30 days after the effective
date of | 8 | | this amendatory Act of 1989 and (ii) the terms of those members | 9 | | added
by this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly shall | 10 | | begin 30 days after
the effective date of this amendatory Act | 11 | | of the 92nd General Assembly. Of
the 10 public members
| 12 | | appointed pursuant to this Act, 2 (one of whom shall be | 13 | | appointed by the
Governor) shall serve until the
third Monday | 14 | | in January, 1989, 2 (one of whom shall be appointed by the
| 15 | | Governor) shall serve until the third Monday in
January, 1990, | 16 | | 2
(one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor) shall serve | 17 | | until the
third Monday in January, 1991, 2 (both of whom shall | 18 | | be appointed by
the Governor) shall serve until the third | 19 | | Monday in January, 1992, and 2 (one
of whom shall be appointed | 20 | | by the Governor and one of whom shall be appointed
by the | 21 | | county board chairman of Knox County) shall serve until the | 22 | | third Monday
in January, 2004.
The initial terms of the members | 23 | | appointed by the county board chairmen
(other than the county | 24 | | board chairman of Knox County)
shall be determined by lot. All | 25 | | successors shall be appointed by the
original appointing | 26 | | authority and
hold office for a term of 3 years commencing the |
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| 1 | | third
Monday in January of the year in which their term | 2 | | commences, except in case
of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
| 3 | | Vacancies
occurring among the public members shall be filled | 4 | | for the
remainder of the term.
In case of vacancy in a | 5 | | Governor-appointed membership when
the Senate is not in | 6 | | session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment
until | 7 | | the next meeting of the Senate when a person shall be nominated | 8 | | to
fill such office, and any person so nominated who is | 9 | | confirmed by the
Senate shall hold office during the remainder | 10 | | of the term and until a
successor shall be appointed and | 11 | | qualified.
Members of the Authority shall not be entitled to | 12 | | compensation for their
services
as members but shall be | 13 | | entitled to reimbursement for all necessary
expenses incurred | 14 | | in connection with the performance of their duties as members.
| 15 | | (d) The Governor may remove any public member of the | 16 | | Authority appointed
by the Governor in case
of incompetency, | 17 | | neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The Chairman
of a | 18 | | county board may remove any public member of the Authority | 19 | | appointed
by such Chairman in the case of incompetency, neglect | 20 | | of duty, or malfeasance in office.
| 21 | | (e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall | 22 | | have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the | 23 | | legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate | 24 | | or economic
development and administration. The Executive | 25 | | Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the Board. The | 26 | | Executive Director shall be the chief
administrative and |
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| 1 | | operational officer of the Authority, shall direct
and | 2 | | supervise its administrative affairs and general management, | 3 | | shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed from time | 4 | | to time by the members and
shall receive compensation fixed by | 5 | | the Authority.
The Authority may engage the services of such
| 6 | | other agents and employees, including attorneys, appraisers, | 7 | | engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other consultants, | 8 | | as it may deem
advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix | 9 | | their compensation.
| 10 | | (f) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
| 11 | | recommendations to the Board on the economic development of the | 12 | | territory
within the jurisdiction of this Act. The number of | 13 | | members
constituting the task force shall be set by the Board | 14 | | and may vary from
time to time. The Board may set a specific | 15 | | date by which the task force is
to submit its final report and | 16 | | recommendations to the Board.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
| 18 | | (70 ILCS 515/Act rep.)
| 19 | | Section 10. The Quad Cities Regional Economic Development
| 20 | | Authority Act, certified December 30, 1987, is repealed.
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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