Full Text of SB3425 98th General Assembly
SB3425 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3425 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 65 ILCS 5/11-135-2 | from Ch. 24, par. 11-135-2 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that each water commissioner shall receive the same compensation that shall be determined by the water commission (currently, the appointing authority).
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 11-135-2 as follows:
| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-135-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-135-2)
| 7 | | Sec. 11-135-2.
Upon the adoption of such an ordinance or | 8 | | resolution
by the corporate authorities of any such | 9 | | municipality, the mayor or
president, with the approval of the | 10 | | corporate authorities, shall appoint
a commissioner.
If under | 11 | | Section 11-135-3 a water commission meets the participatory
| 12 | | requirements, that water commission shall appoint a | 13 | | commissioner.
The commissioners so appointed by each of such
| 14 | | municipalities and participatory water commissions together | 15 | | with a like
commissioner appointed by the
presiding officer of | 16 | | the county board with the advice and consent of the
county | 17 | | board of the county in which the major part of the works of the
| 18 | | water commission are, or are to be, located, shall constitute a
| 19 | | commission and public corporation with the powers and duties | 20 | | specified
in this Division 135. The corporate name of the | 21 | | commission shall be
"(here insert an appropriate name | 22 | | indicative of the area) Water Commission"
and as such the
| 23 | | Commission may contract and be contracted with, and sue and be |
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| 1 | | sued.
| 2 | | The commissioners so appointed shall serve for a term of 6 | 3 | | years, or until
their successors have been appointed and have | 4 | | qualified in the same manner
as the original appointments, | 5 | | except that the commissioners first appointed
shall determine | 6 | | by lot at their first meeting the respective commissioners
| 7 | | whose terms shall be for 2, 4 and 6 years from the date of that | 8 | | meeting.
Each commissioner appointed by a mayor or president | 9 | | shall be an elector
or the chief administrator of the | 10 | | municipality for which he acts as
commissioner,
and the | 11 | | commissioner appointed by the presiding officer of the county | 12 | | board
shall be an elector of the county in which the major | 13 | | works of the water
commission are, or are to be, located. Any | 14 | | commissioner so appointed may
be a member of the governing | 15 | | board or officer or employee of the municipality
or county from | 16 | | which the appointment is made. A commissioner is eligible
for | 17 | | reappointment upon the expiration of his term. A vacancy shall | 18 | | be filled
for the balance of the unexpired term of the person | 19 | | who has ceased to hold
office by the mayor, president or county | 20 | | board presiding officer who initially
made such appointment in | 21 | | the same manner as the original appointment. Each
commissioner | 22 | | shall receive the same compensation, as determined by the
| 23 | | commission appointing authority , which shall not be more
than | 24 | | $2,000 per year, except that no commissioner who is a
member of | 25 | | the governing
board or officer of the municipality or county | 26 | | from which the
appointment
is made may receive any compensation |
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| 1 | | for serving as commissioner. Each
commissioner shall furnish a | 2 | | bond for the faithful performance of his
official duties. This | 3 | | bond shall not be less than $5,000 and its costs
shall be paid | 4 | | by the commission.
| 5 | | Each commissioner may be removed for any cause for which | 6 | | any other
municipal officer may be removed. No commissioner, or | 7 | | employee of the
commission, and no mayor, or president, or | 8 | | other member of the corporate
authorities, or any employee of | 9 | | any of the municipalities, shall be
interested directly or | 10 | | indirectly in any contract or job of work or
materials, or the | 11 | | profits thereof, or services to be performed for or by
the | 12 | | commission.
| 13 | | A violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this | 14 | | section is a
Class C misdemeanor. A conviction is cause for the | 15 | | removal of a person
from his office or employment.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97; 91-659, eff. 12-22-99.)
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