Full Text of SB1594 98th General Assembly
SB1594sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Terry Link Filed: 3/7/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1594
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1594 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Transportation Modernization Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Purpose. The General Assembly declares and | 7 | | determines that a streamlined
governance structure that | 8 | | integrates regional comprehensive planning and transit system
| 9 | | oversight is necessary to conserve public resources and achieve | 10 | | the most effective public and
private transportation | 11 | | investments that are vital to making the northeastern Illinois | 12 | | region
competitive in the global economy. It is the intent of | 13 | | the General Assembly to merge, through an
orderly transition, | 14 | | the operations and governance of the Regional Transportation | 15 | | Authority
(RTA) and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for | 16 | | Planning (CMAP) in order to most efficiently
and effectively |
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| 1 | | address the region's development and transportation | 2 | | challenges. It is intended
that the new board and agency | 3 | | resulting from this merger eliminate unnecessary and | 4 | | duplicative
functions and provide the most cost-effective | 5 | | means to ensure that transit services are fast, well-planned,
| 6 | | coordinated, well-maintained, efficient, convenient, safe, and | 7 | | attractive and achieve a
doubling of transit use in 25 years. | 8 | | Section 10. Transition Committee.
| 9 | | (a) Promptly after the effective date of this Act, the RTA | 10 | | and CMAP shall establish a
Transition Committee that includes | 11 | | eight members, as follows: | 12 | | (1) The Executive Directors of both RTA and CMAP;
| 13 | | (2) The board chairpersons of both RTA and CMAP; and | 14 | | (3) Two other board members selected by the RTA's and | 15 | | CMAP's respective
board chairpersons.
| 16 | | CMAP shall provide staffing support for the Transition | 17 | | Committee. | 18 | | (b) Within 6 months of the effective date of this Act, the | 19 | | Executive Director of
CMAP, in consultation with the other | 20 | | members of the Transition Committee, shall develop a
detailed | 21 | | staff and operations integration plan to merge the staffs and | 22 | | operations of the RTA
and CMAP to the fullest extent | 23 | | permissible by law. The members of the Transition Committee
| 24 | | shall consult with the appointing authorities of the RTA and | 25 | | CMAP governing boards during the
development of the staff and |
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| 1 | | operations integration plan. The staff and operations | 2 | | integration
plan must address, without limitation: | 3 | | (1) Labor and employment matters, including employee | 4 | | pensions and benefits; | 5 | | (2) Operational and administrative matters relating to | 6 | | the merging of staff and
operations, including equipment | 7 | | and technology, leases and contracts, and office space; | 8 | | (3) The alignment of functions and responsibilities of | 9 | | the RTA and CMAP; and | 10 | | (4) The alignment of fiscal, budgeting, and planning | 11 | | processes of the RTA and
CMAP. | 12 | | (c) Within 8 months of the effective date of this Act, the | 13 | | Executive Director of
CMAP, in consultation with the other | 14 | | members of Transition Committee and subject to
applicable | 15 | | governing board authority, shall oversee the merger of the | 16 | | staff and operations of
RTA into CMAP and implement those | 17 | | portions of the staff and operations integration plan that
do | 18 | | not require further legislative action to effectuate. | 19 | | Section 15. The Regional Planning Act is amended by | 20 | | changing Sections 10, 15, 25, 30, and 35 and by adding Sections | 21 | | 25a and 25b as follows: | 22 | | (70 ILCS 1707/10)
| 23 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. | 24 | | "Board" means the Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency |
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| 1 | | for Planning.
| 2 | | "Board Transition Date" means January 1, 2014 or the first | 3 | | day of
the sixth full calendar month following the effective | 4 | | date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, | 5 | | whichever is later. | 6 | | "CMAP" means the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
| 7 | | "Chief elected county official" means the Board Chairman in | 8 | | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry Counties and the | 9 | | County Executive in Will County. | 10 | | "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the State.
| 11 | | "IDOT" means the Illinois Department of Transportation.
| 12 | | "MPO" means the metropolitan planning organization | 13 | | designated under 23 U.S.C. 134.
| 14 | | "Members" means the members of the Board.
| 15 | | "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, public or | 16 | | private corporation, State agency, transportation agency, or | 17 | | unit of local government.
| 18 | | "Policy Committee" means the decision-making body of the | 19 | | MPO.
| 20 | | "Region" or "northeastern Illinois region" means Cook, | 21 | | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties.
| 22 | | "Service Boards" means the Board of the Commuter Rail | 23 | | Division of the
Regional Transportation Authority, the Board of | 24 | | the Suburban Bus Division of
the Regional Transportation | 25 | | Authority, and the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority | 26 | | established under the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act",
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| 1 | | approved April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter amended. | 2 | | "State agency" means "agency" as defined in Section 1-20 of | 3 | | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
| 4 | | "Transportation agency" means the Regional Transportation | 5 | | Authority and its Service Boards; the Illinois Toll Highway | 6 | | Authority; the Illinois Department of Transportation; and the | 7 | | transportation functions of units of local government.
| 8 | | "Unit of local government" means a unit of local | 9 | | government, as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the | 10 | | Illinois Constitution, that is located within the jurisdiction | 11 | | and area of operation of the Board.
| 12 | | "USDOT" means the United States Department of | 13 | | Transportation.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.) | 15 | | (70 ILCS 1707/15)
| 16 | | Sec. 15. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning; | 17 | | structure. | 18 | | (a) The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is | 19 | | established as a political subdivision, body politic, and | 20 | | municipal corporation. The Board shall be responsible for | 21 | | developing and adopting a funding and implementation strategy | 22 | | for an integrated land use and transportation planning process | 23 | | for the northeastern Illinois region.
| 24 | | (b) (Blank.) | 25 | | (c) Prior to the Board Transition Date, the The Board shall |
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| 1 | | consist of 15 voting members as follows: | 2 | | (1) One member from DuPage County appointed | 3 | | cooperatively by the mayors of DuPage County and the chief | 4 | | elected county official of DuPage County. | 5 | | (2) One member representing both Kane and Kendall | 6 | | Counties appointed cooperatively by the mayors of Kane | 7 | | County and Kendall County and the chief elected county | 8 | | officials of Kane County and Kendall County. | 9 | | (3) One member from Lake County appointed | 10 | | cooperatively by the mayors of Lake County and the chief | 11 | | elected county official of Lake County. | 12 | | (4) One member from McHenry County appointed | 13 | | cooperatively by the mayors of McHenry County and the chief | 14 | | elected county official of McHenry County. | 15 | | (5) One member from Will County appointed | 16 | | cooperatively by the mayors of Will County and the chief | 17 | | elected county official of Will County. | 18 | | (6) Five members from the City of Chicago appointed by | 19 | | the Mayor of the City of Chicago. | 20 | | (7) One member from that portion of Cook County outside | 21 | | of the City of Chicago appointed by the President of the | 22 | | Cook County Board of Commissioners. | 23 | | (8) Four members from that portion of Cook County | 24 | | outside of the City of Chicago appointed, with the consent | 25 | | of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, | 26 | | as follows: |
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| 1 | | (i) One by the mayors representing those | 2 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City | 3 | | of Chicago and north of Devon Avenue. | 4 | | (ii) One by the mayors representing those | 5 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City | 6 | | of Chicago, south of Devon Avenue, and north of | 7 | | Interstate 55, and in addition the Village of Summit. | 8 | | (iii) One by the mayors representing those | 9 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City | 10 | | of Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of | 11 | | Interstate 57, excluding the communities of Summit, | 12 | | Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and | 13 | | Tinley Park. | 14 | | (iv) One by the mayors representing those | 15 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City | 16 | | of Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, | 17 | | the communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, | 18 | | Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park. | 19 | | The terms of the members initially appointed to the Board shall | 20 | | begin within 60 days after this Act takes effect. | 21 | | (c-5) On and after the Board Transition Date, the Board
| 22 | | shall consist of 18 voting members as follows: | 23 | | (1) Five members appointed by the Mayor of the City
of | 24 | | Chicago. Each of these members shall reside in the City of
| 25 | | Chicago. | 26 | | (2) Five members appointed by the President of the
Cook |
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| 1 | | County Board, with the advice and consent of the
members of | 2 | | the Cook County Board elected from districts where a
| 3 | | majority of the electors reside outside of Chicago.
Each | 4 | | member appointed under this paragraph shall reside in that | 5 | | part of Cook County
outside the City of Chicago. | 6 | | (3) Five members appointed as follows: | 7 | | (i) One member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 8 | | Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the
| 9 | | Kane County Board, and in consultation with the
| 10 | | Chairman of the Kendall County Board. That member
shall | 11 | | reside in Kane County. | 12 | | (ii) One member appointed by the County
Executive | 13 | | of Will County with the advice and consent
of the Will | 14 | | County Board. That member shall reside in
Will County. | 15 | | (iii) One member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 16 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
| 17 | | DuPage County Board. That member shall reside in
DuPage | 18 | | County. | 19 | | (iv) One member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 20 | | Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the
| 21 | | Lake County Board. That member shall reside in Lake
| 22 | | County. | 23 | | (v) One member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 24 | | McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of
the | 25 | | McHenry County Board. That member shall reside in
| 26 | | McHenry County. |
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| 1 | | (4) Three members appointed by the Governor, selected
| 2 | | after consultation with the Senate President, the
Speaker | 3 | | of the House of Representatives, the
Senate Minority | 4 | | Leader, and the House of
Representatives Minority Leader. | 5 | | No more than two
members may be from the same political | 6 | | party as the
Governor holding office at the time the | 7 | | appointments are
made. Party membership is defined as | 8 | | having voted in the
primary of the party in the last | 9 | | primary before
appointment. The residency of those members | 10 | | shall be as
follows: | 11 | | (i) one member who resides in the City of
Chicago; | 12 | | (ii) one member who resides in Cook
County outside | 13 | | the City of Chicago; and | 14 | | (iii) one member who resides in DuPage,
Kane, Lake, | 15 | | McHenry, or Will County. | 16 | | The members appointed under this subsection may be | 17 | | appointed from among the members of the
governing bodies of | 18 | | the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and the | 19 | | Regional Transportation
Authority serving prior to the | 20 | | Board Transition Date. A
member of the Board appointed | 21 | | under this subsection
shall not also serve on a Service | 22 | | Board, as defined in Section
1.03 of the Regional | 23 | | Transportation Authority Act. The
terms of the members | 24 | | appointed to the Board under
this subsection shall begin | 25 | | upon their appointment. | 26 | | (d) The CMAP Board may appoint non-voting members of the |
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| 1 | | Board. On and after the Board Transition Date, the Board shall
| 2 | | include a non-voting member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 3 | | Kendall County Board. A non-voting member shall reside in
| 4 | | Kendall County. | 5 | | (e) (1) The CMAP Board shall create a Wastewater Committee | 6 | | with the responsibility of recommending directly to the | 7 | | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) the | 8 | | appropriateness of proposed requests for modifications and | 9 | | amendments to the established boundaries of wastewater | 10 | | facility planning areas, requests for the creation of new | 11 | | wastewater facility planning areas, requests for the | 12 | | elimination of existing wastewater facility planning areas, | 13 | | requests for new or expanded sewage treatment facilities, or | 14 | | any other amendments to the State of Illinois Water Quality | 15 | | Management Plan required under the federal Clean Water Act. The | 16 | | Chairmanship of the Wastewater Committee shall rotate every 24 | 17 | | months between the individuals described in subsections | 18 | | (e)(2)(iv) and (e)(2)(v) with the individual identified in | 19 | | subsection (e)(2)(v) serving as chairman for the initial | 20 | | 24-month period commencing on the effective date of this | 21 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
| 22 | | (2) The Wastewater Committee shall consist of 5 members | 23 | | of the CMAP Board designated as follows:
| 24 | | (i) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall , | 25 | | prior to the Board Transition Date, be one of the CMAP | 26 | | Board members designated in subsection (c)(1) through |
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| 1 | | (c)(5) and, on and after the Board Transition
Date, one | 2 | | of the Board members designated in
subsection | 3 | | (c-5)(3) .
| 4 | | (ii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall , | 5 | | prior to the Board Transition Date, be one of the CMAP | 6 | | Board members designated in subsection (c)(6) and, on | 7 | | and after the Board Transition Date, one of
the Board | 8 | | members designated in subsection (c-5)(1) . | 9 | | (iii) One member of the Wastewater Committee | 10 | | shall , prior to the Board Transition Date, be one of | 11 | | the CMAP Board members designated in subsection (c)(7) | 12 | | or (c)(8) and, on and after the Board Transition Date,
| 13 | | one of the Board members designated in subsection | 14 | | (c-5)(2) . | 15 | | (iv) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall | 16 | | be a person appointed by the President of the | 17 | | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater | 18 | | Chicago (and who does not need to serve on the CMAP | 19 | | Board). | 20 | | (v) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall be | 21 | | a person appointed by the President of the largest | 22 | | statewide association of wastewater agencies (and who | 23 | | does not need to serve on the CMAP Board). | 24 | | (3) Terms of the members of the Wastewater Committee | 25 | | shall be consistent with those identified in Section 25, | 26 | | except that the term of the member of the Wastewater |
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| 1 | | Committee appointed by the President of the Metropolitan | 2 | | Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall expire | 3 | | on July 1, 2009, and the term of the member of the | 4 | | Wastewater Committee appointed by the President of the | 5 | | largest statewide association of wastewater agencies shall | 6 | | expire on July 1, 2009.
| 7 | | (f) With the exception of matters considered and | 8 | | recommended by the Wastewater Committee directly to the IEPA, | 9 | | which shall require only a concurrence of a simple majority of | 10 | | the Wastewater Committee members in office, the following
| 11 | | affirmative vote requirements shall apply to actions of the
| 12 | | Board: | 13 | | (1) Prior to the Board Transition Date, concurrence of | 14 | | four-fifths of the Board members in office is necessary for | 15 | | the Board to
take any action ; and | 16 | | (2) On and after the Board Transition Date, the
| 17 | | affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Board members in | 18 | | office
is necessary for the Board to take any action .
| 19 | | | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.) | 21 | | (70 ILCS 1707/25)
| 22 | | Sec. 25. Operations. | 23 | | (a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its | 24 | | Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the | 25 | | Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his |
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| 1 | | or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the | 2 | | office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the | 3 | | constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of | 4 | | State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years or | 5 | | until successors are appointed and qualified ; provided, | 6 | | however,
that the terms of all members of the Board then in | 7 | | office shall expire
one day before the Board Transition Date, | 8 | | and the terms of Board
members appointed under subsection (c-5) | 9 | | of Section 15 of
this Act shall expire as set forth in | 10 | | subsection (a-5) of this
Section. On and after the Board | 11 | | Transition Date, the Board may
meet and take action when 12 | 12 | | members have been
appointed and are qualified to enter upon the | 13 | | duties of the
office under this subsection . | 14 | | The terms of the initial Board members shall expire as | 15 | | follows: | 16 | | (1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and the | 17 | | member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall | 18 | | expire on July 1, 2007. | 19 | | (2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, and | 20 | | Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009. | 21 | | (3) As designated at the time of appointment, the terms | 22 | | of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on July | 23 | | 1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of Chicago | 24 | | shall expire on July 1, 2009. | 25 | | (4) The term of the member appointed by the President | 26 | | of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on |
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| 1 | | July 1, 2007. | 2 | | (5) The terms of those members appointed, with the | 3 | | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | 4 | | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | 5 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of | 6 | | Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1, | 7 | | 2007. | 8 | | (6) The terms of those members appointed, with the | 9 | | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | 10 | | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | 11 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of | 12 | | Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate 57, | 13 | | excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, | 14 | | Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall | 15 | | expire on July 1, 2007. | 16 | | (7) The terms of those members appointed, with the | 17 | | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | 18 | | Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities | 19 | | in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, | 20 | | south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in | 21 | | addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1, | 22 | | 2009. | 23 | | (8) The terms of those members appointed, with the | 24 | | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | 25 | | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | 26 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of |
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| 1 | | Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the | 2 | | communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak | 3 | | Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009. | 4 | | (a-5) The terms of the Board members appointed
under | 5 | | subsection (c-5) of Section 15 of this Act
shall expire as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (1) the terms of the members appointed by the
Chairmen | 8 | | of the County Boards of DuPage and Kane Counties shall
| 9 | | expire on July 1, 2016; | 10 | | (2) the terms of the members appointed by the
Chairmen | 11 | | of the County Boards of Lake and McHenry Counties
and the | 12 | | member appointed by the County Executive of Will
County | 13 | | shall expire on July 1, 2018; | 14 | | (3) as designated at the time of appointment, the
terms | 15 | | of 2 members appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Chicago | 16 | | shall expire on July 1, 2016 and the terms of 3 members | 17 | | appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall
expire | 18 | | on July 1, 2018; | 19 | | (4) as designated at the time of appointment, the
terms | 20 | | of 3 of the members appointed by the President of the Cook
| 21 | | County Board shall expire on July 1, 2016 and the terms of
| 22 | | 2 of the members appointed by the President of the Cook | 23 | | County
Board shall expire on July 1, 2018; and | 24 | | (5) as designated at the time of appointment, the
terms | 25 | | of 2 of the members appointed by the Governor shall expire
| 26 | | on July 1, 2016 and the terms of 1 member appointed by the
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| 1 | | Governor shall expire on July 1, 2018. | 2 | | (b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing | 3 | | authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the | 4 | | unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation, | 5 | | but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the | 6 | | performance of their duties. | 7 | | (c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the | 8 | | City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of | 9 | | Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of | 10 | | Cook County on a one man one vote basis. Within 6 months after | 11 | | the release of each certified federal decennial census, the | 12 | | Board shall review its composition and, if a change is | 13 | | necessary in order to comply with the representation | 14 | | requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the | 15 | | necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly. | 16 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing, Board composition shall not be | 17 | | revised to establish a voting
member from any county that is | 18 | | not within the metropolitan region
as defined in Section 1.03 | 19 | | of the Regional Transportation
Authority Act. | 20 | | (d) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least | 21 | | once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board | 22 | | meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special | 23 | | meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman or a | 24 | | majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and | 25 | | place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board | 26 | | members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the |
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| 1 | | meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting | 2 | | is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are | 3 | | present, no such written notice is required.
A majority of the | 4 | | Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose of | 5 | | convening a meeting of the Board.
| 6 | | (e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance | 7 | | with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records in | 8 | | accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act. | 9 | | (f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting | 10 | | after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board
from its | 11 | | membership shall appoint a chairman and may appoint
vice | 12 | | chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those | 13 | | officers pursuant to its bylaws.
On and after the Board | 14 | | Transition Date, the
appointment of the chairman shall require | 15 | | the affirmative vote of
at least 13 of the then members. Before | 16 | | entering upon duties of office, the chairman shall execute a | 17 | | bond with corporate sureties to be approved by the Board and | 18 | | shall file it with the principal office of the Board. The bond | 19 | | shall be payable to the Board in whatever penal sum may be | 20 | | directed and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance | 21 | | of the duties of office and the payment of all money received | 22 | | by the chairman according to law and the orders of the Board.
| 23 | | The Board may appoint, from time to time, an executive | 24 | | committee and standing and ad hoc committees to assist in | 25 | | carrying out its responsibilities.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.) |
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| 1 | | (70 ILCS 1707/25a new) | 2 | | Sec. 25a. Recommended legislation to complete the
merger of | 3 | | the Regional Transportation Authority and Chicago Metropolitan | 4 | | Agency for Planning. | 5 | | (a) Within 9 months of the Board Transition Date, the
Board | 6 | | shall prepare and recommend for enactment by the General
| 7 | | Assembly legislation that meets the requirements of subsection | 8 | | (b)
of this Section. Prior to submitting its recommended | 9 | | legislation to the General Assembly, the Board shall consult | 10 | | with
the appointing authorities of the Board and conduct at | 11 | | least 3
public hearings in Cook County and at least one public | 12 | | hearing in
each of the following counties: DuPage County, Kane | 13 | | County,
Kendall County, Lake County, McHenry County, and Will | 14 | | County.
Through the consultation and public hearing process, | 15 | | the Board
shall develop goals, objectives, and principles to | 16 | | charge and
guide the governance structure for regional | 17 | | comprehensive
planning and transit oversight. These goals, | 18 | | objectives, and
principles shall be in addition to the | 19 | | responsibilities of the
Board and agency set forth in this Act | 20 | | and shall address and be
generally consistent with the | 21 | | following: | 22 | | (i) double the use of public transit in the | 23 | | northeastern
Illinois region by 2040; | 24 | | (ii) ensure that transit services are well | 25 | | coordinated,
easy to use, safe, reliable, attractive, well |
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| 1 | | maintained, and
efficient; | 2 | | (iii) identify and eliminate unnecessary functions of | 3 | | RTA,
CMAP, and the Service Boards; | 4 | | (iv) eliminate duplication of functions among RTA, | 5 | | CMAP,
and the Service Boards; | 6 | | (v) ensure that methods of raising revenue and | 7 | | allocating
funds are based on sound criteria, will reward | 8 | | efficiency and
coordinated performance, are fair, and are | 9 | | adequate to meet the
northeastern Illinois region's | 10 | | changing needs; and | 11 | | (vi) ensure that transit investments are consistent | 12 | | with
the regional comprehensive plan developed under | 13 | | Section 45
of this Act. | 14 | | (b) The legislation prepared by the Board under
subsection | 15 | | (a) of this Section shall, without limitation: | 16 | | (i) designate the name of the new agency resulting from | 17 | | the
merger of the Regional Transportation Authority and | 18 | | CMAP; | 19 | | (ii) merge the powers and authorities contained within | 20 | | this
Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act; | 21 | | (iii) address the assumption of bonds and other
| 22 | | indebtedness of the Regional Transportation Authority and | 23 | | CMAP by
the new agency resulting from their merger; | 24 | | (iv) address the transfer of assets, liabilities, and
| 25 | | obligations to the new agency; | 26 | | (v) address the ability of employees to transfer |
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| 1 | | creditable
service to the pension system utilized by the | 2 | | new agency; | 3 | | (vi) establish methods for allocating operating | 4 | | subsidies
to the Service Boards that will replace those | 5 | | methods in effect
as of the effective date of this | 6 | | amendatory Act, further the
goals identified in subsection | 7 | | (a) of this Section, and be consistent with the
strategic | 8 | | planning requirements contained in Sections 2.01 and
2.01a | 9 | | of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; | 10 | | (vii) establish methods for allocating capital funding | 11 | | to
the Service Boards that will replace those methods in | 12 | | effect as
of the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 13 | | the 98th General Assembly, further the goals
identified in | 14 | | subsection (a) of this Section, and be consistent with the
| 15 | | strategic planning processes and Five Year Capital Program
| 16 | | requirements contained in Sections 2.01, 2.01a, and 2.01b | 17 | | of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act; and | 18 | | (viii) include all other provisions needed to | 19 | | effectuate
the merger of the staff, operations, and | 20 | | functions of the
RTA and CMAP into the new agency. | 21 | | (c) Within 12 months of the Board Transition Date, the
| 22 | | Board shall, in cooperation with Illinois Department of | 23 | | Transportation, the Illinois Toll Highway
Authority, and the | 24 | | Service Boards, develop, adopt, and commence
implementation of | 25 | | a plan to double the use of public transit in
the northeastern | 26 | | Illinois region by 2040. The Board shall ensure
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| 1 | | is cost-effective and financially sound. Upon
adoption, the | 2 | | plan must be submitted to the Governor, the
Illinois Senate | 3 | | President, the Speaker of the Illinois House of
| 4 | | Representatives, the Illinois Senate Minority Leader, and the
| 5 | | Illinois House of Representatives Minority Leader. | 6 | | (70 ILCS 1707/25b new) | 7 | | Sec. 25b. Coordination of Service Boards. | 8 | | (a) By no later than July 1, 2015, the Board shall: | 9 | | (i) develop and commence implementation of a process
| 10 | | through which the Service Boards shall engage in joint
| 11 | | procurement and purchasing of insurance, risk management
| 12 | | services, energy, fuel, and other services or commodities | 13 | | as
the Board may determine are appropriate for joint | 14 | | purchasing for
the purpose of obtaining best pricing and | 15 | | overall value; and | 16 | | (ii) develop and commence implementation of a system | 17 | | under
which each Service Board shall sell tickets or fare | 18 | | cards for the
fixed-route transportation services operated | 19 | | by each of the other
Service Boards, unless the Service | 20 | | Boards operate under a unified
fare payment system. The | 21 | | ticket agents employed by each Service
Board shall make | 22 | | tickets and fare cards available to
consumers for purchase | 23 | | and shall be trained to assist consumers
in accessing the | 24 | | transportation services operated by each of the
other | 25 | | Service Boards. |
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| 1 | | (70 ILCS 1707/30)
| 2 | | Sec. 30. Jurisdiction and area of operation. The | 3 | | jurisdiction and area of operation of the Board includes Cook, | 4 | | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties. The | 5 | | Board may enter into agreements with units of local government | 6 | | located outside of, but contiguous to, its jurisdiction and | 7 | | area of operation in order to include those areas in plans for | 8 | | the region. For activities related to the MPO, the jurisdiction | 9 | | of the MPO shall be that area defined by federal requirements. | 10 | | On and after the
Board Transition Date, for the exercise of | 11 | | authority under the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, the | 12 | | jurisdiction and area
of operation of the Board includes only | 13 | | the metropolitan region
as defined in Section 1.03 of the | 14 | | Regional Transportation
Authority Act.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05.) | 16 | | (70 ILCS 1707/35)
| 17 | | Sec. 35. General powers and authority. In addition to any | 18 | | other rights, powers, duties, or obligations granted to the | 19 | | Board under this Act or specifically granted to the Board under | 20 | | any other law, the Board has all of the following general | 21 | | powers and authority: | 22 | | (1) To sue and be sued in its official name. | 23 | | (2) To enter into agreements with units of local | 24 | | government, transportation agencies, State agencies, |
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| 1 | | federal agencies, and persons in order to implement any of | 2 | | the provisions of this Act, including agreements for | 3 | | specialized planning services. | 4 | | (3) To accept and expend, for purposes consistent with | 5 | | the purposes of this Act, funds and moneys from any source, | 6 | | including gifts, bequests, grants, appropriations, loans, | 7 | | or contributions made by any person, unit of local | 8 | | government, the State, or the federal government. | 9 | | (4) To enter into contracts or other transactions with | 10 | | any unit of local government, transportation agency, State | 11 | | agency, public or private organization, or any other source | 12 | | in furtherance of the purpose of this Act, and to take any | 13 | | necessary action in order to avail itself of such aid and | 14 | | cooperation. | 15 | | (5) To purchase, receive, take by grant, gift, devise, | 16 | | or bequest, lease, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, | 17 | | improve, employ, use, and otherwise deal in and with real | 18 | | or personal property, or any interest therein, wherever | 19 | | situated. | 20 | | (6) To adopt, alter, or repeal its own bylaws and any | 21 | | rules that the Board deems necessary in governing the | 22 | | exercise of its authority and the performance of its duties | 23 | | under this Act. | 24 | | (7) To make purchases under this Act in compliance with | 25 | | the Local Government Prompt Payment Act. | 26 | | (8) To adopt an annual operating budget and work |
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| 1 | | program for each fiscal year and make appropriations in | 2 | | accordance with the Illinois Municipal Budget Law and to | 3 | | have the power to expend such budgeted moneys. | 4 | | (9) To exercise any other implied powers that are | 5 | | necessary or convenient for the Board to accomplish its | 6 | | purposes and that are not inconsistent with its expressed | 7 | | powers. | 8 | | (10) To cooperate with any planning agency of a state | 9 | | contiguous to the region in order to integrate and | 10 | | coordinate plans for development of urban areas in that | 11 | | state with the regional comprehensive plan developed under | 12 | | this Act.
| 13 | | (11) On and after the Board Transition Date, to serve | 14 | | as
the corporate authorities and governing body of the | 15 | | Regional
Transportation Authority under the Regional | 16 | | Transportation
Authority Act and to assume all powers and | 17 | | duties of the Board
of the Regional Transportation | 18 | | Authority, as provided in the
Regional Transportation | 19 | | Authority Act. | 20 | | (12) On and after the Board Transition Date, to manage | 21 | | the
operations of CMAP and the Regional Transportation | 22 | | Authority
until the time when the powers and authorities of | 23 | | those agencies
are merged, including without limitation, | 24 | | determining the
appropriate designation of all programs | 25 | | and functions under the
authority of the Board. | 26 | | (13) On and after the Board Transition Date, to manage |
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| 1 | | the
operating and capital plans and expenditures of CMAP | 2 | | and the
Regional Transportation Authority in accordance | 3 | | with the
continuing evaluation, review, and audit | 4 | | processes provided in
Section 2.01(b) of the Regional | 5 | | Transportation Authority Act. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05.) | 7 | | Section 35. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 8 | | amended by changing Sections 1.03, 2.14, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, and | 9 | | 3.04 as follows:
| 10 | | (70 ILCS 3615/1.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.03)
| 11 | | Sec. 1.03. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 12 | | "Authority" means the Regional Transportation Authority;
| 13 | | "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Regional | 14 | | Transportation
Authority;
| 15 | | "Board Transition Date" means January 1, 2014 or the first
| 16 | | day of the sixth full calendar month following the effective | 17 | | date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, | 18 | | whichever is later. | 19 | | "Construct or acquire" means plan, design, construct, | 20 | | reconstruct,
improve, modify, extend, landscape, expand or | 21 | | acquire;
| 22 | | "Metropolitan Region" means all territory included within | 23 | | the territory
of the Authority as provided in this Act, and | 24 | | such territory as may be
annexed to the Authority;
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| 1 | | "Municipality", "County" and "Unit of Local Government" | 2 | | have the
meanings given to such terms in Section 1 of Article | 3 | | VII of the Illinois
Constitution;
| 4 | | "Operate" means operate, maintain, administer, repair, | 5 | | promote and any
other acts necessary or proper with regard to | 6 | | such matters;
| 7 | | "Public Transportation" means the transportation or | 8 | | conveyance of
persons within the metropolitan region by means | 9 | | available to the general
public, including groups of the | 10 | | general public with special needs, except
for transportation by | 11 | | automobiles not used for conveyance of the general
public as | 12 | | passengers;
| 13 | | "Public Transportation Facilities" means all equipment or | 14 | | property, real
or personal, or rights therein, useful or | 15 | | necessary for providing,
maintaining or administering public | 16 | | transportation within the metropolitan
region or otherwise | 17 | | useful for carrying out or meeting the purposes or
powers of | 18 | | the Authority, except it shall not include roads, streets,
| 19 | | highways or bridges or toll highways or toll bridges for | 20 | | general public
use; and
| 21 | | "Service Boards" means the Board of the Commuter Rail | 22 | | Division of the
Authority, the Board of the Suburban Bus | 23 | | Division of the Authority and the
Board of the Chicago Transit | 24 | | Authority established pursuant to the "Metropolitan Transit
| 25 | | Authority Act", approved April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter | 26 | | amended.
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| 1 | | "Transportation Agency" means any individual, firm, | 2 | | partnership,
corporation, association, body politic, municipal | 3 | | corporation, public
authority, unit of local government or | 4 | | other person, other than the
Authority and the Service Boards, | 5 | | which provides public transportation,
any local mass transit | 6 | | district created pursuant to the "Local Mass Transit
District | 7 | | Act", as now or hereafter amended, and any urban transportation
| 8 | | district created pursuant to the "Urban Transportation | 9 | | District Act", as
now or hereafter amended, which districts are | 10 | | located in whole or in part
within the metropolitan region.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
| 12 | | (70 ILCS 3615/2.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.14)
| 13 | | Sec. 2.14. Appointment of Officers and Employees. The | 14 | | Authority may appoint,
retain and employ officers, attorneys, | 15 | | agents, engineers and employees.
The officers shall include an | 16 | | Executive Director, who shall be the chief
executive officer of | 17 | | the Authority . Prior to the Board Transition Date, the | 18 | | Executive
Director shall be , appointed by the Chairman with the | 19 | | concurrence
of 11
of the other then Directors of the Board. On | 20 | | and after the
Board Transition Date, the executive director | 21 | | hired under
Section 20 of the Regional Planning Act shall also | 22 | | be the
Executive Director of the Authority. The Executive | 23 | | Director
shall organize the staff of the Authority, shall
| 24 | | allocate their functions and duties, shall transfer such staff | 25 | | to the
Suburban Bus Division and the Commuter Rail
Division as |
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| 1 | | is sufficient to meet their purposes, shall fix compensation
| 2 | | and conditions of employment of the staff of the Authority, and | 3 | | consistent
with the policies of and direction from the Board, | 4 | | take all actions
necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill
its | 5 | | responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such | 6 | | other
powers and responsibilities as the Board shall determine. | 7 | | The Executive
Director must be an individual
of proven | 8 | | transportation and management skills and may not be a member of
| 9 | | the Board. The Authority may employ its own professional
| 10 | | management personnel to provide professional and technical | 11 | | expertise concerning
its purposes and powers and to assist it | 12 | | in assessing the performance of the
Service Boards in the | 13 | | metropolitan region.
| 14 | | No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in | 15 | | the Illinois Human
Rights Act, shall be made in any term or | 16 | | aspect of employment
nor shall there be discrimination based | 17 | | upon political reasons or
factors. The Authority shall | 18 | | establish regulations to insure that its
discharges shall not | 19 | | be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are
based on merit.
| 20 | | The Authority shall be subject to the "Illinois Human | 21 | | Rights
Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and | 22 | | procedure
established thereunder. The Authority shall file an | 23 | | affirmative action
program for employment by it with the | 24 | | Department of Human Rights to ensure
that applicants are
| 25 | | employed and that employees are treated during employment, | 26 | | without
regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
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| 1 | | action program shall include provisions relating to hiring, | 2 | | upgrading,
demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment | 3 | | advertising, selection for
training and rates of pay or other | 4 | | forms of compensation.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01)
| 7 | | Sec. 3.01. Board of Directors. Prior to the Board
| 8 | | Transition Date, the The
corporate authorities and governing | 9 | | body of the Authority shall
be a Board consisting of 13 | 10 | | Directors until April 1, 2008, and 16 Directors thereafter, | 11 | | appointed as follows:
| 12 | | (a) Four Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
| 13 | | Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the | 14 | | City of
Chicago, and, only until April 1, 2008, a fifth | 15 | | director who shall be the Chairman of the Chicago
Transit | 16 | | Authority. After April 1, 2008, the Mayor of the City of | 17 | | Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the | 18 | | City of Chicago, shall appoint a fifth Director. The Directors | 19 | | appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall not be the | 20 | | Chairman or a Director of the Chicago Transit Authority. Each | 21 | | such Director shall reside in the City of Chicago.
| 22 | | (b) Four Directors appointed by the votes of a majority of | 23 | | the members of the Cook County Board
elected from districts, a | 24 | | majority of
the electors of which reside outside Chicago. After | 25 | | April 1, 2008, a fifth Director appointed by the President of |
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| 1 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of the | 2 | | members of the Cook County Board.
Each Director appointed under | 3 | | this subparagraph shall reside in that part of Cook County | 4 | | outside
Chicago.
| 5 | | (c) Until April 1, 2008, 3 Directors appointed by the | 6 | | Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 7 | | and Will Counties, as follows:
| 8 | | (i) Two Directors appointed by the Chairmen of the | 9 | | county boards
of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, | 10 | | with the concurrence of not less
than a majority of the | 11 | | Chairmen from such counties, from nominees by
the Chairmen. | 12 | | Each such Chairman may nominate not more than 2 persons for
| 13 | | each position. Each such Director shall reside in a county | 14 | | in the metropolitan
region other than Cook or DuPage | 15 | | Counties.
| 16 | | (ii)
One Director appointed by the Chairman
of the | 17 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 18 | | DuPage County Board. Such Director
shall reside in DuPage | 19 | | County.
| 20 | | (d) After April 1, 2008, 5 Directors appointed by the | 21 | | Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry | 22 | | Counties and the County Executive of Will County, as follows:
| 23 | | (i) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane | 24 | | County Board with the advice and consent of the Kane County | 25 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Kane County.
| 26 | | (ii) One Director appointed by the County Executive of |
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| 1 | | Will County with the advice and consent of the Will County | 2 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Will County.
| 3 | | (iii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the | 4 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 5 | | DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage | 6 | | County.
| 7 | | (iv) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake | 8 | | County Board with the advice and consent of the Lake County | 9 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Lake County.
| 10 | | (v) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the | 11 | | McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 12 | | McHenry County Board. Such Director shall reside in McHenry | 13 | | County.
| 14 | | (vi) To implement the changes in appointing authority | 15 | | under this subparagraph (d) the three Directors appointed | 16 | | under subparagraph (c) and residing in Lake County, DuPage | 17 | | County, and Kane County respectively shall each continue to | 18 | | serve as Director until the expiration of their respective | 19 | | term of office and until his or her successor is appointed | 20 | | and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Thereupon, | 21 | | the appointment shall be made by the officials given | 22 | | appointing authority with respect to the Director whose | 23 | | term has expired or office has become vacant.
| 24 | | (d-5) On and after the Board Transition Date, the corporate | 25 | | authorities and governing body of the Authority
shall be the | 26 | | board appointed under subsection (c-5)
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| 1 | | Regional Planning Act. All references
in this Act on or after | 2 | | the Board Transition Date to the Board shall mean the board | 3 | | appointed under subsection
(c-5) of Section 15 of the Regional | 4 | | Planning Act. All
references in this Act on or after the Board | 5 | | Transition Date to the Directors of the Authority
shall mean | 6 | | the
voting members of the board appointed under subsection | 7 | | (c-5) of Section 15 of the Regional Planning
Act. | 8 | | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Act, | 9 | | any
action or approval that requires the affirmative vote of
| 10 | | the Directors of the Authority under this Act on and after the | 11 | | Board Transition Date may be
authorized by the affirmative vote | 12 | | of three-fifths of the
members of the board appointed under | 13 | | subsection (c-5)
of Section 15 of the Regional Planning Act | 14 | | then holding
office. | 15 | | (e)
The Chairman serving on the effective date of this | 16 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall continue to | 17 | | serve as Chairman until the expiration of his or her term of | 18 | | office and until his or her successor is appointed and | 19 | | qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Upon the | 20 | | expiration or vacancy of the term of the Chairman then serving | 21 | | upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 22 | | General Assembly, and until
the Board Transition Date, the | 23 | | Chairman shall be appointed by the other Directors, by the | 24 | | affirmative vote of at least 11 of the then Directors with at | 25 | | least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who reside in the City | 26 | | of Chicago, at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who |
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| 1 | | reside in Cook County outside the City of Chicago, and at least | 2 | | 2 affirmative votes from Directors who reside in the Counties | 3 | | of DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, or McHenry. Until the Board | 4 | | Transition Date, the The
chairman shall not be appointed from | 5 | | among the other Directors. The chairman
shall be a resident of | 6 | | the metropolitan region. On and after the Board
Transition | 7 | | Date, the chairman of the Authority shall mean the
Chairman | 8 | | appointed under subsection (f) of Section 25 of
the Regional | 9 | | Planning Act.
| 10 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act no Director
| 11 | | shall, while serving as such, be an officer,
a member of the | 12 | | Board of Directors or Trustees or an employee of any Service | 13 | | Board or transportation
agency, or be an employee of the State | 14 | | of Illinois or any department or
agency thereof, or of any unit | 15 | | of local government or receive any compensation
from any | 16 | | elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws of
| 17 | | Illinois; except that a Director may be a member of a school | 18 | | board.
| 19 | | (g) Each appointment made under this Section and
under | 20 | | Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority to | 21 | | the
Board, which shall maintain the certifications as part of | 22 | | the official
records of the Authority.
| 23 | | (h) (Blank).
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 25 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.02)
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| 1 | | Sec. 3.02. Chairman and Other Officers. The Chairman shall | 2 | | preside at
meetings of the Board, and shall be entitled to vote | 3 | | on all matters. The Board
shall select a Secretary and a | 4 | | Treasurer and may select persons to fill
such other offices of | 5 | | the Authority and to perform such duties as it shall
from time | 6 | | to time determine. The Secretary, Treasurer and other officers | 7 | | of
the Authority may, but need not be, members of the Board. | 8 | | This
Section 3.02 is repealed on the Board Transition Date.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
| 10 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.03)
| 11 | | Sec. 3.03. Terms, vacancies. Each Director
shall hold | 12 | | office for a term of 5
years, and until his successor has been | 13 | | appointed and has qualified. A
vacancy shall occur upon | 14 | | resignation, death, conviction of a felony, or
removal from | 15 | | office of a Director. Any Director may be removed from office
| 16 | | (i) upon concurrence of not less than 11
Directors, on a formal | 17 | | finding of
incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in | 18 | | office or (ii) by the Governor in response to a summary report | 19 | | received from the Executive Inspector General in accordance | 20 | | with Section 20-50 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics | 21 | | Act, provided he or she has an opportunity to be publicly heard | 22 | | in person or by counsel prior to removal. Within 30 days
after | 23 | | the office of any member becomes vacant for any reason, the
| 24 | | appointing authorities of such member shall make an appointment | 25 | | to fill the
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| 1 | | unexpired term.
| 2 | | Whenever
a vacancy for a Director, except as
to the | 3 | | Chairman or those Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City
| 4 | | of Chicago, exists for longer than 4 months, the new Director | 5 | | shall be
chosen by election by all legislative members in the | 6 | | General Assembly
representing the affected area. In order to | 7 | | qualify as a
voting legislative member in this matter, the | 8 | | affected
area must be more than 50% of the geographic area of | 9 | | the legislative district. | 10 | | This Section 3.03 is repealed as of the Board
Transition | 11 | | Date.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11 .)
| 13 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04)
| 14 | | Sec. 3.04. Compensation. Each Director including the
| 15 | | Chairman, except for the Chairman of the Chicago Transit | 16 | | Authority who
shall not be compensated by the Authority,
shall | 17 | | be compensated at the
rate of $25,000 per year.
| 18 | | Officers of the Authority shall not be required to comply | 19 | | with the
requirements of "An Act requiring certain custodians | 20 | | of public moneys to
file and publish statements of the receipts | 21 | | and disbursements thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or | 22 | | hereafter amended. | 23 | | This Section 3.04 is repealed as of the Board
Transition | 24 | | Date.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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