Full Text of SB1594 098th General Assembly
SB1594 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB1594 Introduced 2/13/2013, by Sen. Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Transportation Modernization Act. Provides for the purpose of the Act and creates a transition committee that shall develop a detailed staff and operations integration plan to merge the staffs and operations of the Regional Transportation Authority and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Provides guidelines for the staff and operations integration plan. Amends the Regional Planning Act. Defines "Board Transition Date" and "service boards". Provides that on or after the Board Transition Date: (1) the Board shall consist of 18 members with specifically designated appointments and terms; (2) new Board appointees shall also serve as members of the Wastewater Committee; (3) an affirmative vote of three-fifths of Board members is required to take any action; and (4) the appointment of the chairman shall require the affirmative vote of at least 13 of the then members. Further provides that terms of board members currently appointed shall expire the day before the Board Transition Date. Provides that Board composition shall not be revised to allow a voting member that does not reside within the metropolitan region. Provides recommended legislation to complete the merger of the RTA and CMA. Further provides that for the exercise of authority under the Regional Transportation Authority Act, the jurisdiction and area of operation of the Board includes only the metropolitan region. Provides additional powers to the Board with respect to merging the RTA and CMAP. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Defines "Board Transition Date". Provides that the executive director hired under the Regional Planning Act shall serve as the Executive Director of the Authority. Provides for Board appointments after the Board Transition Date. Repeals Sections regarding the Chairman and other officers, terms and vacancies, and compensation on the Board Transition Date. 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 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 | 17 | | address the region's development and transportation | 18 | | challenges. It is intended
that the new board and agency | 19 | | resulting from this merger eliminate unnecessary and | 20 | | duplicative
functions and provide the most cost-effective | 21 | | means to ensure that transit services are fast, well-planned,
| 22 | | coordinated, well-maintained, efficient, convenient, safe, and | 23 | | attractive and achieve a
doubling of transit use in 25 years. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. Transition Committee.
| 2 | | (a) Promptly after the effective date of this Act, the RTA | 3 | | and CMAP shall establish a
Transition Committee that includes | 4 | | eight members, as follows: | 5 | | (1) The Executive Directors of both RTA and CMAP;
| 6 | | (2) The board chairpersons of both RTA and CMAP; and | 7 | | (3) Two other board members selected by the RTA's and | 8 | | CMAP's respective
board chairpersons.
| 9 | | CMAP shall provide staffing support for the Transition | 10 | | Committee. | 11 | | (b) Within 6 months of the effective date of this Act, the | 12 | | Executive Director of
CMAP, in consultation with the other | 13 | | members of the Transition Committee, shall develop a
detailed | 14 | | staff and operations integration plan to merge the staffs and | 15 | | operations of the RTA
and CMAP to the fullest extent | 16 | | permissible by law. The members of the Transition Committee
| 17 | | shall consult with the appointing authorities of the RTA and | 18 | | CMAP governing boards during the
development of the staff and | 19 | | operations integration plan. The staff and operations | 20 | | integration
plan must address, without limitation: | 21 | | (1) Labor and employment matters, including employee | 22 | | pensions and benefits; | 23 | | (2) Operational and administrative matters relating to | 24 | | the merging of staff and
operations, including equipment | 25 | | and technology, leases and contracts, and office space; |
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| 1 | | (3) The alignment of functions and responsibilities of | 2 | | the RTA and CMAP; and | 3 | | (4) The alignment of fiscal, budgeting, and planning | 4 | | processes of the RTA and
CMAP. | 5 | | (c) Within 8 months of the effective date of this Act, the | 6 | | Executive Director of
CMAP, in consultation with the other | 7 | | members of Transition Committee and subject to
applicable | 8 | | governing board authority, shall oversee the merger of the | 9 | | staff and operations of
RTA into CMAP and implement those | 10 | | portions of the staff and operations integration plan that
do | 11 | | not require further legislative action to effectuate. | 12 | | Section 15. The Regional Planning Act is amended by | 13 | | changing Sections 10, 15, 25, 30, and 35 and by adding Sections | 14 | | 25a and 25b as follows: | 15 | | (70 ILCS 1707/10)
| 16 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. | 17 | | "Board" means the Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency | 18 | | for Planning.
| 19 | | "Board Transition Date" means January 1, 2014 or the first | 20 | | day of
the sixth full calendar month following the effective | 21 | | date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, | 22 | | whichever is later. | 23 | | "CMAP" means the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
| 24 | | "Chief elected county official" means the Board Chairman in |
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| 1 | | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry Counties and the | 2 | | County Executive in Will County. | 3 | | "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the State.
| 4 | | "IDOT" means the Illinois Department of Transportation.
| 5 | | "MPO" means the metropolitan planning organization | 6 | | designated under 23 U.S.C. 134.
| 7 | | "Members" means the members of the Board.
| 8 | | "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, public or | 9 | | private corporation, State agency, transportation agency, or | 10 | | unit of local government.
| 11 | | "Policy Committee" means the decision-making body of the | 12 | | MPO.
| 13 | | "Region" or "northeastern Illinois region" means Cook, | 14 | | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties.
| 15 | | "Service Boards" means the Board of the Commuter Rail | 16 | | Division of the
Regional Transportation Authority, the Board of | 17 | | the Suburban Bus Division of
the Regional Transportation | 18 | | Authority, and the Board of the Chicago Transit
Authority | 19 | | established under the "Metropolitan Transit Authority Act",
| 20 | | approved April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter amended. | 21 | | "State agency" means "agency" as defined in Section 1-20 of | 22 | | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
| 23 | | "Transportation agency" means the Regional Transportation | 24 | | Authority and its Service Boards; the Illinois Toll Highway | 25 | | Authority; the Illinois Department of Transportation; and the | 26 | | transportation functions of units of local government.
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| 1 | | "Unit of local government" means a unit of local | 2 | | government, as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the | 3 | | Illinois Constitution, that is located within the jurisdiction | 4 | | and area of operation of the Board.
| 5 | | "USDOT" means the United States Department of | 6 | | Transportation.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.) | 8 | | (70 ILCS 1707/15)
| 9 | | Sec. 15. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning; | 10 | | structure. | 11 | | (a) The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is | 12 | | established as a political subdivision, body politic, and | 13 | | municipal corporation. The Board shall be responsible for | 14 | | developing and adopting a funding and implementation strategy | 15 | | for an integrated land use and transportation planning process | 16 | | for the northeastern Illinois region.
| 17 | | (b) (Blank.) | 18 | | (c) Prior to the Board Transition Date, the The Board shall | 19 | | consist of 15 voting members as follows: | 20 | | (1) One member from DuPage County appointed | 21 | | cooperatively by the mayors of DuPage County and the chief | 22 | | elected county official of DuPage County. | 23 | | (2) One member representing both Kane and Kendall | 24 | | Counties appointed cooperatively by the mayors of Kane | 25 | | County and Kendall County and the chief elected county |
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| 1 | | officials of Kane County and Kendall County. | 2 | | (3) One member from Lake County appointed | 3 | | cooperatively by the mayors of Lake County and the chief | 4 | | elected county official of Lake County. | 5 | | (4) One member from McHenry County appointed | 6 | | cooperatively by the mayors of McHenry County and the chief | 7 | | elected county official of McHenry County. | 8 | | (5) One member from Will County appointed | 9 | | cooperatively by the mayors of Will County and the chief | 10 | | elected county official of Will County. | 11 | | (6) Five members from the City of Chicago appointed by | 12 | | the Mayor of the City of Chicago. | 13 | | (7) One member from that portion of Cook County outside | 14 | | of the City of Chicago appointed by the President of the | 15 | | Cook County Board of Commissioners. | 16 | | (8) Four members from that portion of Cook County | 17 | | outside of the City of Chicago appointed, with the consent | 18 | | of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, | 19 | | as follows: | 20 | | (i) One by the mayors representing those | 21 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City | 22 | | of Chicago and north of Devon Avenue. | 23 | | (ii) One by the mayors representing those | 24 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City | 25 | | of Chicago, south of Devon Avenue, and north of | 26 | | Interstate 55, and in addition the Village of Summit. |
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| 1 | | (iii) One by the mayors representing those | 2 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City | 3 | | of Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of | 4 | | Interstate 57, excluding the communities of Summit, | 5 | | Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and | 6 | | Tinley Park. | 7 | | (iv) One by the mayors representing those | 8 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City | 9 | | of Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, | 10 | | the communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, | 11 | | Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park. | 12 | | The terms of the members initially appointed to the Board shall | 13 | | begin within 60 days after this Act takes effect. | 14 | | (c-5) On and after the Board Transition Date, the Board
| 15 | | shall consist of 18 voting members as follows: | 16 | | (1) Five members appointed by the Mayor of the City
of | 17 | | Chicago. Each of these members shall reside in the City of
| 18 | | Chicago. | 19 | | (2) Five members appointed by the President of the
Cook | 20 | | County Board, with the advice and consent of the
members of | 21 | | the Cook County Board elected from districts where a
| 22 | | majority of the electors reside outside of Chicago.
Each | 23 | | member appointed under this paragraph shall reside in that | 24 | | part of Cook County
outside the City of Chicago. | 25 | | (3) Five members appointed as follows: | 26 | | (i) One member appointed by the Chairman of the
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| 1 | | Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the
| 2 | | Kane County Board, and in consultation with the
| 3 | | Chairman of the Kendall County Board. That member
shall | 4 | | reside in Kane County. | 5 | | (ii) One member appointed by the County
Executive | 6 | | of Will County with the advice and consent
of the Will | 7 | | County Board. That member shall reside in
Will County. | 8 | | (iii) One member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 9 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the
| 10 | | DuPage County Board. That member shall reside in
DuPage | 11 | | County. | 12 | | (iv) One member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 13 | | Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the
| 14 | | Lake County Board. That member shall reside in Lake
| 15 | | County. | 16 | | (v) One member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 17 | | McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of
the | 18 | | McHenry County Board. That member shall reside in
| 19 | | McHenry County. | 20 | | (4) Three members appointed by the Governor, selected
| 21 | | after consultation with the Senate President, the
Speaker | 22 | | of the House of Representatives, the
Senate Minority | 23 | | Leader, and the House of
Representatives Minority Leader. | 24 | | No more than two
members may be from the same political | 25 | | party as the
Governor holding office at the time the | 26 | | appointments are
made. Party membership is defined as |
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| 1 | | having voted in the
primary of the party in the last | 2 | | primary before
appointment. The residency of those members | 3 | | shall be as
follows: | 4 | | (i) one member who resides in the City of
Chicago; | 5 | | (ii) one member who resides in Cook
County outside | 6 | | the City of Chicago; and | 7 | | (iii) one member who resides in DuPage,
Kane, | 8 | | Kendall, Lake, McHenry, or Will County. | 9 | | The members appointed under this subsection may be | 10 | | appointed from among the members of the
governing bodies of | 11 | | the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and the | 12 | | Regional Transportation
Authority serving prior to the | 13 | | Board Transition Date. A
member of the Board appointed | 14 | | under this subsection
shall not also serve on a Service | 15 | | Board, as defined in Section
1.03 of the Regional | 16 | | Transportation Authority Act. The
terms of the members | 17 | | appointed to the Board under
this subsection shall begin | 18 | | upon their appointment. | 19 | | (d) The CMAP Board may appoint non-voting members of the | 20 | | Board. On and after the Board Transition Date, the Board shall
| 21 | | include a non-voting member appointed by the Chairman of the
| 22 | | Kendall County Board. A non-voting member shall reside in
| 23 | | Kendall County. | 24 | | (e) (1) The CMAP Board shall create a Wastewater Committee | 25 | | with the responsibility of recommending directly to the | 26 | | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) the |
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| 1 | | appropriateness of proposed requests for modifications and | 2 | | amendments to the established boundaries of wastewater | 3 | | facility planning areas, requests for the creation of new | 4 | | wastewater facility planning areas, requests for the | 5 | | elimination of existing wastewater facility planning areas, | 6 | | requests for new or expanded sewage treatment facilities, or | 7 | | any other amendments to the State of Illinois Water Quality | 8 | | Management Plan required under the federal Clean Water Act. The | 9 | | Chairmanship of the Wastewater Committee shall rotate every 24 | 10 | | months between the individuals described in subsections | 11 | | (e)(2)(iv) and (e)(2)(v) with the individual identified in | 12 | | subsection (e)(2)(v) serving as chairman for the initial | 13 | | 24-month period commencing on the effective date of this | 14 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
| 15 | | (2) The Wastewater Committee shall consist of 5 members | 16 | | of the CMAP Board designated as follows:
| 17 | | (i) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall , | 18 | | prior to the Board Transition Date, be one of the CMAP | 19 | | Board members designated in subsection (c)(1) through | 20 | | (c)(5) and, on and after the Board Transition
Date, one | 21 | | of the Board members designated in
subsection | 22 | | (c-5)(3) .
| 23 | | (ii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall , | 24 | | prior to the Board Transition Date, be one of the CMAP | 25 | | Board members designated in subsection (c)(6) and, on | 26 | | and after the Board Transition Date, one of
the Board |
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| 1 | | members designated in subsection (c-5)(1) . | 2 | | (iii) One member of the Wastewater Committee | 3 | | shall , prior to the Board Transition Date, be one of | 4 | | the CMAP Board members designated in subsection (c)(7) | 5 | | or (c)(8) and, on and after the Board Transition Date,
| 6 | | one of the Board members designated in subsection | 7 | | (c-5)(2) . | 8 | | (iv) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall | 9 | | be a person appointed by the President of the | 10 | | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater | 11 | | Chicago (and who does not need to serve on the CMAP | 12 | | Board). | 13 | | (v) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall be | 14 | | a person appointed by the President of the largest | 15 | | statewide association of wastewater agencies (and who | 16 | | does not need to serve on the CMAP Board). | 17 | | (3) Terms of the members of the Wastewater Committee | 18 | | shall be consistent with those identified in Section 25, | 19 | | except that the term of the member of the Wastewater | 20 | | Committee appointed by the President of the Metropolitan | 21 | | Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall expire | 22 | | on July 1, 2009, and the term of the member of the | 23 | | Wastewater Committee appointed by the President of the | 24 | | largest statewide association of wastewater agencies shall | 25 | | expire on July 1, 2009.
| 26 | | (f) With the exception of matters considered and |
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| 1 | | recommended by the Wastewater Committee directly to the IEPA, | 2 | | which shall require only a concurrence of a simple majority of | 3 | | the Wastewater Committee members in office, the following
| 4 | | affirmative vote requirements shall apply to actions of the
| 5 | | Board: | 6 | | (1) Prior to the Board Transition Date, concurrence of | 7 | | four-fifths of the Board members in office is necessary for | 8 | | the Board to
take any action ; and | 9 | | (2) On and after the Board Transition Date, the
| 10 | | affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Board members in | 11 | | office
is necessary for the Board to take any action .
| 12 | | | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.) | 14 | | (70 ILCS 1707/25)
| 15 | | Sec. 25. Operations. | 16 | | (a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its | 17 | | Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the | 18 | | Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his | 19 | | or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the | 20 | | office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the | 21 | | constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of | 22 | | State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years or | 23 | | until successors are appointed and qualified ; provided, | 24 | | however,
that the terms of all members of the Board then in | 25 | | office shall expire
one day before the Board Transition Date, |
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| 1 | | and the terms of Board
members appointed under subsection (c-5) | 2 | | of Section 15 of
this Act shall expire as set forth in | 3 | | subsection (a-5) of this
Section. On and after the Board | 4 | | Transition Date, the Board may
meet and take action when 12 | 5 | | members have been
appointed and are qualified to enter upon the | 6 | | duties of the
office under this subsection . | 7 | | The terms of the initial Board members shall expire as | 8 | | follows: | 9 | | (1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and the | 10 | | member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall | 11 | | expire on July 1, 2007. | 12 | | (2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, and | 13 | | Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009. | 14 | | (3) As designated at the time of appointment, the terms | 15 | | of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on July | 16 | | 1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of Chicago | 17 | | shall expire on July 1, 2009. | 18 | | (4) The term of the member appointed by the President | 19 | | of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on | 20 | | July 1, 2007. | 21 | | (5) The terms of those members appointed, with the | 22 | | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | 23 | | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | 24 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of | 25 | | Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1, | 26 | | 2007. |
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| 1 | | (6) The terms of those members appointed, with the | 2 | | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | 3 | | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | 4 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of | 5 | | Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate 57, | 6 | | excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, | 7 | | Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall | 8 | | expire on July 1, 2007. | 9 | | (7) The terms of those members appointed, with the | 10 | | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | 11 | | Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities | 12 | | in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, | 13 | | south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in | 14 | | addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1, | 15 | | 2009. | 16 | | (8) The terms of those members appointed, with the | 17 | | consent of the President of the Cook County Board of | 18 | | Commissioners, by the mayors representing those | 19 | | communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of | 20 | | Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the | 21 | | communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak | 22 | | Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009. | 23 | | (a-5) The terms of the Board members appointed
under | 24 | | subsection (c-5) of Section 15 of this Act
shall expire as | 25 | | follows: | 26 | | (1) the terms of the members appointed by the
Chairmen |
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| 1 | | of the County Boards of DuPage and Kane Counties shall
| 2 | | expire on July 1, 2016; | 3 | | (2) the terms of the members appointed by the
Chairmen | 4 | | of the County Boards of Lake and McHenry Counties
and the | 5 | | member appointed by the County Executive of Will
County | 6 | | shall expire on July 1, 2018; | 7 | | (3) as designated at the time of appointment, the
terms | 8 | | of 2 members appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Chicago | 9 | | shall expire on July 1, 2015 and the terms of 3 members | 10 | | appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall
expire | 11 | | on July 1, 2018; | 12 | | (4) as designated at the time of appointment, the
terms | 13 | | of 3 of the members appointed by the President of the Cook
| 14 | | County Board shall expire on July 1, 2016 and the terms of
| 15 | | 2 of the members appointed by the President of the Cook | 16 | | County
Board shall expire on July 1, 2018; and | 17 | | (5) as designated at the time of appointment, the
terms | 18 | | of 2 of the members appointed by the Governor shall expire
| 19 | | on July 1, 2015 and the terms of 1 member appointed by the
| 20 | | Governor shall expire on July 1, 2018. | 21 | | (b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing | 22 | | authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the | 23 | | unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation, | 24 | | but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the | 25 | | performance of their duties. | 26 | | (c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the |
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| 1 | | City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of | 2 | | Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of | 3 | | Cook County on a one man one vote basis. Within 6 months after | 4 | | the release of each certified federal decennial census, the | 5 | | Board shall review its composition and, if a change is | 6 | | necessary in order to comply with the representation | 7 | | requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the | 8 | | necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly. | 9 | | Notwithstanding the foregoing, Board composition shall not be | 10 | | revised to establish a voting
member from any county that is | 11 | | not within the metropolitan region
as defined in Section 1.03 | 12 | | of the Regional Transportation
Authority Act. | 13 | | (d) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least | 14 | | once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board | 15 | | meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special | 16 | | meetings of the Board may be called by the chairman or a | 17 | | majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and | 18 | | place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board | 19 | | members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the | 20 | | meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting | 21 | | is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are | 22 | | present, no such written notice is required.
A majority of the | 23 | | Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose of | 24 | | convening a meeting of the Board.
| 25 | | (e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance | 26 | | with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records in |
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| 1 | | accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act. | 2 | | (f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting | 3 | | after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board
from its | 4 | | membership shall appoint a chairman and may appoint
vice | 5 | | chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those | 6 | | officers pursuant to its bylaws.
On and after the Board | 7 | | Transition Date, the
appointment of the chairman shall require | 8 | | the affirmative vote of
at least 13 of the then members. Before | 9 | | entering upon duties of office, the chairman shall execute a | 10 | | bond with corporate sureties to be approved by the Board and | 11 | | shall file it with the principal office of the Board. The bond | 12 | | shall be payable to the Board in whatever penal sum may be | 13 | | directed and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance | 14 | | of the duties of office and the payment of all money received | 15 | | by the chairman according to law and the orders of the Board.
| 16 | | The Board may appoint, from time to time, an executive | 17 | | committee and standing and ad hoc committees to assist in | 18 | | carrying out its responsibilities.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.) | 20 | | (70 ILCS 1707/25a new) | 21 | | Sec. 25a. Recommended legislation to complete the
merger of | 22 | | the Regional Transportation Authority and Chicago Metropolitan | 23 | | Agency for Planning. | 24 | | (a) Within 9 months of the Board Transition Date, the
Board | 25 | | shall prepare and recommend for enactment by the General
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| 1 | | Assembly legislation that meets the requirements of subsection | 2 | | (b)
of this Section. Prior to submitting its recommended | 3 | | legislation to the General Assembly, the Board shall consult | 4 | | with
the appointing authorities of the Board and conduct at | 5 | | least 3
public hearings in Cook County and at least one public | 6 | | hearing in
each of the following counties: DuPage County, Kane | 7 | | County,
Kendall County, Lake County, McHenry County, and Will | 8 | | County.
Through the consultation and public hearing process, | 9 | | the Board
shall develop goals, objectives, and principles to | 10 | | charge and
guide the governance structure for regional | 11 | | comprehensive
planning and transit oversight. These goals, | 12 | | objectives, and
principles shall be in addition to the | 13 | | responsibilities of the
Board and agency set forth in this Act | 14 | | and shall address and be
generally consistent with the | 15 | | following: | 16 | | (i) double the use of public transit in the | 17 | | northeastern
Illinois region by 2040; | 18 | | (ii) ensure that transit services are well | 19 | | coordinated,
easy to use, safe, reliable, attractive, well | 20 | | maintained, and
efficient; | 21 | | (iii) identify and eliminate unnecessary functions of | 22 | | RTA,
CMAP, and the Service Boards; | 23 | | (iv) eliminate duplication of functions among RTA, | 24 | | CMAP,
and the Service Boards; | 25 | | (v) ensure that methods of raising revenue and | 26 | | allocating
funds are based on sound criteria, will reward |
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| 1 | | efficiency and
coordinated performance, are fair, and are | 2 | | adequate to meet the
northeastern Illinois region's | 3 | | changing needs; and | 4 | | (vi) ensure that transit investments are consistent | 5 | | with
the regional comprehensive plan developed under | 6 | | Section 45
of this Act. | 7 | | (b) The legislation prepared by the Board under
subsection | 8 | | (a) of this Section shall, without limitation: | 9 | | (i) designate the name of the new agency resulting from | 10 | | the
merger of the Regional Transportation Authority and | 11 | | CMAP; | 12 | | (ii) merge the powers and authorities contained within | 13 | | this
Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act; | 14 | | (iii) address the assumption of bonds and other
| 15 | | indebtedness of the Regional Transportation Authority and | 16 | | CMAP by
the new agency resulting from their merger; | 17 | | (iv) address the transfer of assets, liabilities, and
| 18 | | obligations to the new agency; | 19 | | (v) address the ability of employees to transfer | 20 | | creditable
service to the pension system utilized by the | 21 | | new agency; | 22 | | (vi) establish methods for allocating operating | 23 | | subsidies
to the Service Boards that will replace those | 24 | | methods in effect
as of the effective date of this | 25 | | amendatory Act, further the
goals identified in subsection | 26 | | (a) of this Section, and be consistent with the
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| 1 | | planning requirements contained in Sections 2.01 and
2.01a | 2 | | of the Regional Transportation Authority Act; | 3 | | (vii) establish methods for allocating capital funding | 4 | | to
the Service Boards that will replace those methods in | 5 | | effect as
of the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 6 | | the 98th General Assembly, further the goals
identified in | 7 | | subsection (a) of this Section, and be consistent with the
| 8 | | strategic planning processes and Five Year Capital Program
| 9 | | requirements contained in Sections 2.01, 2.01a, and 2.01b | 10 | | of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act; and | 11 | | (viii) include all other provisions needed to | 12 | | effectuate
the merger of the staff, operations, and | 13 | | functions of the
RTA and CMAP into the new agency. | 14 | | (c) Within 12 months of the Board Transition Date, the
| 15 | | Board shall, in cooperation with Illinois Department of | 16 | | Transportation, the Illinois Toll Highway
Authority, and the | 17 | | Service Boards, develop, adopt, and commence
implementation of | 18 | | a plan to double the use of public transit in
the northeastern | 19 | | Illinois region by 2040. The Board shall ensure
that the plan | 20 | | is cost-effective and financially sound. Upon
adoption, the | 21 | | plan must be submitted to the Governor, the
Illinois Senate | 22 | | President, the Speaker of the Illinois House of
| 23 | | Representatives, the Illinois Senate Minority Leader, and the
| 24 | | Illinois House of Representatives Minority Leader. | 25 | | (70 ILCS 1707/25b new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 25b. Coordination of Service Boards. | 2 | | (a) By no later than July 1, 2015, the Board shall: | 3 | | (i) develop and commence implementation of a process
| 4 | | through which the Service Boards shall engage in joint
| 5 | | procurement and purchasing of insurance, risk management
| 6 | | services, energy, fuel, and other services or commodities | 7 | | as
the Board may determine are appropriate for joint | 8 | | purchasing for
the purpose of obtaining best pricing and | 9 | | overall value; and | 10 | | (ii) develop and commence implementation of a system | 11 | | under
which each Service Board shall sell tickets or fare | 12 | | cards for the
fixed-route transportation services operated | 13 | | by each of the other
Service Boards, unless the Service | 14 | | Boards operate under a unified
fare payment system. The | 15 | | ticket agents employed by each Service
Board shall make | 16 | | tickets and fare cards available to
consumers for purchase | 17 | | and shall be trained to assist consumers
in accessing the | 18 | | transportation services operated by each of the
other | 19 | | Service Boards. | 20 | | (70 ILCS 1707/30)
| 21 | | Sec. 30. Jurisdiction and area of operation. The | 22 | | jurisdiction and area of operation of the Board includes Cook, | 23 | | DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties. The | 24 | | Board may enter into agreements with units of local government | 25 | | located outside of, but contiguous to, its jurisdiction and |
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| 1 | | area of operation in order to include those areas in plans for | 2 | | the region. For activities related to the MPO, the jurisdiction | 3 | | of the MPO shall be that area defined by federal requirements. | 4 | | On and after the
Board Transition Date, for the exercise of | 5 | | authority under the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, the | 6 | | jurisdiction and area
of operation of the Board includes only | 7 | | the metropolitan region
as defined in Section 1.03 of the | 8 | | Regional Transportation
Authority Act.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05.) | 10 | | (70 ILCS 1707/35)
| 11 | | Sec. 35. General powers and authority. In addition to any | 12 | | other rights, powers, duties, or obligations granted to the | 13 | | Board under this Act or specifically granted to the Board under | 14 | | any other law, the Board has all of the following general | 15 | | powers and authority: | 16 | | (1) To sue and be sued in its official name. | 17 | | (2) To enter into agreements with units of local | 18 | | government, transportation agencies, State agencies, | 19 | | federal agencies, and persons in order to implement any of | 20 | | the provisions of this Act, including agreements for | 21 | | specialized planning services. | 22 | | (3) To accept and expend, for purposes consistent with | 23 | | the purposes of this Act, funds and moneys from any source, | 24 | | including gifts, bequests, grants, appropriations, loans, | 25 | | or contributions made by any person, unit of local |
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| 1 | | government, the State, or the federal government. | 2 | | (4) To enter into contracts or other transactions with | 3 | | any unit of local government, transportation agency, State | 4 | | agency, public or private organization, or any other source | 5 | | in furtherance of the purpose of this Act, and to take any | 6 | | necessary action in order to avail itself of such aid and | 7 | | cooperation. | 8 | | (5) To purchase, receive, take by grant, gift, devise, | 9 | | or bequest, lease, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, | 10 | | improve, employ, use, and otherwise deal in and with real | 11 | | or personal property, or any interest therein, wherever | 12 | | situated. | 13 | | (6) To adopt, alter, or repeal its own bylaws and any | 14 | | rules that the Board deems necessary in governing the | 15 | | exercise of its authority and the performance of its duties | 16 | | under this Act. | 17 | | (7) To make purchases under this Act in compliance with | 18 | | the Local Government Prompt Payment Act. | 19 | | (8) To adopt an annual operating budget and work | 20 | | program for each fiscal year and make appropriations in | 21 | | accordance with the Illinois Municipal Budget Law and to | 22 | | have the power to expend such budgeted moneys. | 23 | | (9) To exercise any other implied powers that are | 24 | | necessary or convenient for the Board to accomplish its | 25 | | purposes and that are not inconsistent with its expressed | 26 | | powers. |
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| 1 | | (10) To cooperate with any planning agency of a state | 2 | | contiguous to the region in order to integrate and | 3 | | coordinate plans for development of urban areas in that | 4 | | state with the regional comprehensive plan developed under | 5 | | this Act.
| 6 | | (11) On and after the Board Transition Date, to serve | 7 | | as
the corporate authorities and governing body of the | 8 | | Regional
Transportation Authority under the Regional | 9 | | Transportation
Authority Act and to assume all powers and | 10 | | duties of the Board
of the Regional Transportation | 11 | | Authority, as provided in the
Regional Transportation | 12 | | Authority Act. | 13 | | (12) On and after the Board Transition Date, to manage | 14 | | the
operations of CMAP and the Regional Transportation | 15 | | Authority
until the time when the powers and authorities of | 16 | | those agencies
are merged, including without limitation, | 17 | | determining the
appropriate designation of all programs | 18 | | and functions under the
authority of the Board. | 19 | | (13) On and after the Board Transition Date, to manage | 20 | | the
operating and capital plans and expenditures of CMAP | 21 | | and the
Regional Transportation Authority in accordance | 22 | | with the
continuing evaluation, review, and audit | 23 | | processes provided in
Section 2.01(b) of the Regional | 24 | | Transportation Authority Act. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05.) |
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| 1 | | Section 35. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 2 | | amended by changing Sections 1.03, 2.14, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, and | 3 | | 3.04 as follows:
| 4 | | (70 ILCS 3615/1.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.03)
| 5 | | Sec. 1.03. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 6 | | "Authority" means the Regional Transportation Authority;
| 7 | | "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Regional | 8 | | Transportation
Authority;
| 9 | | "Board Transition Date" means January 1, 2014 or the first
| 10 | | day of the sixth full calendar month following the effective | 11 | | date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, | 12 | | whichever is later. | 13 | | "Construct or acquire" means plan, design, construct, | 14 | | reconstruct,
improve, modify, extend, landscape, expand or | 15 | | acquire;
| 16 | | "Metropolitan Region" means all territory included within | 17 | | the territory
of the Authority as provided in this Act, and | 18 | | such territory as may be
annexed to the Authority;
| 19 | | "Municipality", "County" and "Unit of Local Government" | 20 | | have the
meanings given to such terms in Section 1 of Article | 21 | | VII of the Illinois
Constitution;
| 22 | | "Operate" means operate, maintain, administer, repair, | 23 | | promote and any
other acts necessary or proper with regard to | 24 | | such matters;
| 25 | | "Public Transportation" means the transportation or |
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| 1 | | conveyance of
persons within the metropolitan region by means | 2 | | available to the general
public, including groups of the | 3 | | general public with special needs, except
for transportation by | 4 | | automobiles not used for conveyance of the general
public as | 5 | | passengers;
| 6 | | "Public Transportation Facilities" means all equipment or | 7 | | property, real
or personal, or rights therein, useful or | 8 | | necessary for providing,
maintaining or administering public | 9 | | transportation within the metropolitan
region or otherwise | 10 | | useful for carrying out or meeting the purposes or
powers of | 11 | | the Authority, except it shall not include roads, streets,
| 12 | | highways or bridges or toll highways or toll bridges for | 13 | | general public
use; and
| 14 | | "Service Boards" means the Board of the Commuter Rail | 15 | | Division of the
Authority, the Board of the Suburban Bus | 16 | | Division of the Authority and the
Board of the Chicago Transit | 17 | | Authority established pursuant to the "Metropolitan Transit
| 18 | | Authority Act", approved April 12, 1945, as now or hereafter | 19 | | amended.
| 20 | | "Transportation Agency" means any individual, firm, | 21 | | partnership,
corporation, association, body politic, municipal | 22 | | corporation, public
authority, unit of local government or | 23 | | other person, other than the
Authority and the Service Boards, | 24 | | which provides public transportation,
any local mass transit | 25 | | district created pursuant to the "Local Mass Transit
District | 26 | | Act", as now or hereafter amended, and any urban transportation
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| 1 | | district created pursuant to the "Urban Transportation | 2 | | District Act", as
now or hereafter amended, which districts are | 3 | | located in whole or in part
within the metropolitan region.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
| 5 | | (70 ILCS 3615/2.14) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.14)
| 6 | | Sec. 2.14. Appointment of Officers and Employees. The | 7 | | Authority may appoint,
retain and employ officers, attorneys, | 8 | | agents, engineers and employees.
The officers shall include an | 9 | | Executive Director, who shall be the chief
executive officer of | 10 | | the Authority . Prior to the Board Transition Date, the | 11 | | Executive
Director shall be , appointed by the Chairman with the | 12 | | concurrence
of 11
of the other then Directors of the Board. On | 13 | | and after the
Board Transition Date, the executive director | 14 | | hired under
Section 20 of the Regional Planning Act shall also | 15 | | be the
Executive Director of the Authority. The Executive | 16 | | Director
shall organize the staff of the Authority, shall
| 17 | | allocate their functions and duties, shall transfer such staff | 18 | | to the
Suburban Bus Division and the Commuter Rail
Division as | 19 | | is sufficient to meet their purposes, shall fix compensation
| 20 | | and conditions of employment of the staff of the Authority, and | 21 | | consistent
with the policies of and direction from the Board, | 22 | | take all actions
necessary to achieve its purposes, fulfill
its | 23 | | responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such | 24 | | other
powers and responsibilities as the Board shall determine. | 25 | | The Executive
Director must be an individual
of proven |
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| 1 | | transportation and management skills and may not be a member of
| 2 | | the Board. The Authority may employ its own professional
| 3 | | management personnel to provide professional and technical | 4 | | expertise concerning
its purposes and powers and to assist it | 5 | | in assessing the performance of the
Service Boards in the | 6 | | metropolitan region.
| 7 | | No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in | 8 | | the Illinois Human
Rights Act, shall be made in any term or | 9 | | aspect of employment
nor shall there be discrimination based | 10 | | upon political reasons or
factors. The Authority shall | 11 | | establish regulations to insure that its
discharges shall not | 12 | | be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are
based on merit.
| 13 | | The Authority shall be subject to the "Illinois Human | 14 | | Rights
Act", as now or hereafter amended, and the remedies and | 15 | | procedure
established thereunder. The Authority shall file an | 16 | | affirmative action
program for employment by it with the | 17 | | Department of Human Rights to ensure
that applicants are
| 18 | | employed and that employees are treated during employment, | 19 | | without
regard to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative
| 20 | | action program shall include provisions relating to hiring, | 21 | | upgrading,
demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment | 22 | | advertising, selection for
training and rates of pay or other | 23 | | forms of compensation.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 25 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01)
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| 1 | | Sec. 3.01. Board of Directors. Prior to the Board
| 2 | | Transition Date, the The
corporate authorities and governing | 3 | | body of the Authority shall
be a Board consisting of 13 | 4 | | Directors until April 1, 2008, and 16 Directors thereafter, | 5 | | appointed as follows:
| 6 | | (a) Four Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
| 7 | | Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the | 8 | | City of
Chicago, and, only until April 1, 2008, a fifth | 9 | | director who shall be the Chairman of the Chicago
Transit | 10 | | Authority. After April 1, 2008, the Mayor of the City of | 11 | | Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the | 12 | | City of Chicago, shall appoint a fifth Director. The Directors | 13 | | appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall not be the | 14 | | Chairman or a Director of the Chicago Transit Authority. Each | 15 | | such Director shall reside in the City of Chicago.
| 16 | | (b) Four Directors appointed by the votes of a majority of | 17 | | the members of the Cook County Board
elected from districts, a | 18 | | majority of
the electors of which reside outside Chicago. After | 19 | | April 1, 2008, a fifth Director appointed by the President of | 20 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of the | 21 | | members of the Cook County Board.
Each Director appointed under | 22 | | this subparagraph shall reside in that part of Cook County | 23 | | outside
Chicago.
| 24 | | (c) Until April 1, 2008, 3 Directors appointed by the | 25 | | Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 26 | | and Will Counties, as follows:
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| 1 | | (i) Two Directors appointed by the Chairmen of the | 2 | | county boards
of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, | 3 | | with the concurrence of not less
than a majority of the | 4 | | Chairmen from such counties, from nominees by
the Chairmen. | 5 | | Each such Chairman may nominate not more than 2 persons for
| 6 | | each position. Each such Director shall reside in a county | 7 | | in the metropolitan
region other than Cook or DuPage | 8 | | Counties.
| 9 | | (ii)
One Director appointed by the Chairman
of the | 10 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 11 | | DuPage County Board. Such Director
shall reside in DuPage | 12 | | County.
| 13 | | (d) After April 1, 2008, 5 Directors appointed by the | 14 | | Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry | 15 | | Counties and the County Executive of Will County, as follows:
| 16 | | (i) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane | 17 | | County Board with the advice and consent of the Kane County | 18 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Kane County.
| 19 | | (ii) One Director appointed by the County Executive of | 20 | | Will County with the advice and consent of the Will County | 21 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Will County.
| 22 | | (iii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the | 23 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 24 | | DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage | 25 | | County.
| 26 | | (iv) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake |
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| 1 | | County Board with the advice and consent of the Lake County | 2 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Lake County.
| 3 | | (v) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the | 4 | | McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 5 | | McHenry County Board. Such Director shall reside in McHenry | 6 | | County.
| 7 | | (vi) To implement the changes in appointing authority | 8 | | under this subparagraph (d) the three Directors appointed | 9 | | under subparagraph (c) and residing in Lake County, DuPage | 10 | | County, and Kane County respectively shall each continue to | 11 | | serve as Director until the expiration of their respective | 12 | | term of office and until his or her successor is appointed | 13 | | and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Thereupon, | 14 | | the appointment shall be made by the officials given | 15 | | appointing authority with respect to the Director whose | 16 | | term has expired or office has become vacant.
| 17 | | (d-5) On and after the Board Transition Date, the corporate | 18 | | authorities and governing body of the Authority
shall be the | 19 | | board appointed under subsection (c-5)
of Section 15 of the | 20 | | Regional Planning Act. All references
in this Act on or after | 21 | | the Board Transition Date to the Board shall mean the board | 22 | | appointed under subsection
(c-5) of Section 15 of the Regional | 23 | | Planning Act. All
references in this Act on or after the Board | 24 | | Transition Date to the Directors of the Authority
shall mean | 25 | | the
voting members of the board appointed under subsection | 26 | | (c-5) of Section 15 of the Regional Planning
Act. |
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| 1 | | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Act, | 2 | | any
action or approval that requires the affirmative vote of
| 3 | | the Directors of the Authority under this Act on and after the | 4 | | Board Transition Date may be
authorized by the affirmative vote | 5 | | of three-fifths of the
members of the board appointed under | 6 | | subsection (c-5)
of Section 15 of the Regional Planning Act | 7 | | then holding
office. | 8 | | (e)
The Chairman serving on the effective date of this | 9 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall continue to | 10 | | serve as Chairman until the expiration of his or her term of | 11 | | office and until his or her successor is appointed and | 12 | | qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Upon the | 13 | | expiration or vacancy of the term of the Chairman then serving | 14 | | upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 15 | | General Assembly, and until
the Board Transition Date, the | 16 | | Chairman shall be appointed by the other Directors, by the | 17 | | affirmative vote of at least 11 of the then Directors with at | 18 | | least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who reside in the City | 19 | | of Chicago, at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who | 20 | | reside in Cook County outside the City of Chicago, and at least | 21 | | 2 affirmative votes from Directors who reside in the Counties | 22 | | of DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, or McHenry. The
chairman shall not | 23 | | be appointed from among the other Directors. Until the Board | 24 | | Transition Date, the The chairman
shall be a resident of the | 25 | | metropolitan region. On and after the Board
Transition Date, | 26 | | the chairman of the Authority shall mean the
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| 1 | | under subsection (f) of Section 25 of
the Regional Planning | 2 | | Act.
| 3 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act no Director
| 4 | | shall, while serving as such, be an officer,
a member of the | 5 | | Board of Directors or Trustees or an employee of any Service | 6 | | Board or transportation
agency, or be an employee of the State | 7 | | of Illinois or any department or
agency thereof, or of any unit | 8 | | of local government or receive any compensation
from any | 9 | | elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws of
| 10 | | Illinois; except that a Director may be a member of a school | 11 | | board.
| 12 | | (g) Each appointment made under this Section and
under | 13 | | Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority to | 14 | | the
Board, which shall maintain the certifications as part of | 15 | | the official
records of the Authority.
| 16 | | (h) (Blank).
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 18 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.02)
| 19 | | Sec. 3.02. Chairman and Other Officers. The Chairman shall | 20 | | preside at
meetings of the Board, and shall be entitled to vote | 21 | | on all matters. The Board
shall select a Secretary and a | 22 | | Treasurer and may select persons to fill
such other offices of | 23 | | the Authority and to perform such duties as it shall
from time | 24 | | to time determine. The Secretary, Treasurer and other officers | 25 | | of
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| 1 | | This
Section 3.02 is repealed on the Board Transition Date.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
| 3 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.03)
| 4 | | Sec. 3.03. Terms, vacancies. Each Director
shall hold | 5 | | office for a term of 5
years, and until his successor has been | 6 | | appointed and has qualified. A
vacancy shall occur upon | 7 | | resignation, death, conviction of a felony, or
removal from | 8 | | office of a Director. Any Director may be removed from office
| 9 | | (i) upon concurrence of not less than 11
Directors, on a formal | 10 | | finding of
incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in | 11 | | office or (ii) by the Governor in response to a summary report | 12 | | received from the Executive Inspector General in accordance | 13 | | with Section 20-50 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics | 14 | | Act, provided he or she has an opportunity to be publicly heard | 15 | | in person or by counsel prior to removal. Within 30 days
after | 16 | | the office of any member becomes vacant for any reason, the
| 17 | | appointing authorities of such member shall make an appointment | 18 | | to fill the
vacancy. A vacancy shall be filled for the | 19 | | unexpired term.
| 20 | | Whenever
a vacancy for a Director, except as
to the | 21 | | Chairman or those Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City
| 22 | | of Chicago, exists for longer than 4 months, the new Director | 23 | | shall be
chosen by election by all legislative members in the | 24 | | General Assembly
representing the affected area. In order to | 25 | | qualify as a
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| 1 | | affected
area must be more than 50% of the geographic area of | 2 | | the legislative district. | 3 | | This Section 3.03 is repealed as of the Board
Transition | 4 | | Date.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08; 96-1528, eff. 7-1-11 .)
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04)
| 7 | | Sec. 3.04. Compensation. Each Director including the
| 8 | | Chairman, except for the Chairman of the Chicago Transit | 9 | | Authority who
shall not be compensated by the Authority,
shall | 10 | | be compensated at the
rate of $25,000 per year.
| 11 | | Officers of the Authority shall not be required to comply | 12 | | with the
requirements of "An Act requiring certain custodians | 13 | | of public moneys to
file and publish statements of the receipts | 14 | | and disbursements thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or | 15 | | hereafter amended. | 16 | | This Section 3.04 is repealed as of the Board
Transition | 17 | | Date.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | New Act | | | 4 | | 70 ILCS 1707/10 | | | 5 | | 70 ILCS 1707/15 | | | 6 | | 70 ILCS 1707/25 | | | 7 | | 70 ILCS 1707/25a new | | | 8 | | 70 ILCS 1707/25b new | | | 9 | | 70 ILCS 1707/30 | | | 10 | | 70 ILCS 1707/35 | | | 11 | | 70 ILCS 3615/1.03 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 701.03 | | 12 | | 70 ILCS 3615/2.14 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.14 | | 13 | | 70 ILCS 3615/3.01 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01 | | 14 | | 70 ILCS 3615/3.02 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.02 | | 15 | | 70 ILCS 3615/3.03 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.03 | | 16 | | 70 ILCS 3615/3.04 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04 |
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