Full Text of SB1703 95th General Assembly
SB1703 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB1703
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 410/5 |
from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7105 |
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Amends the Conservation District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the board of trustees.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Conservation District Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 410/5) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7105)
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| Sec. 5. Board of trustees.
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| (a) The affairs of a conservation district shall be managed | 9 |
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board
which shall consist of 5 trustees, except as | 10 |
| otherwise provided in this
Section. If the boundaries of the | 11 |
| district are
coextensive with the
the boundaries of one county, | 12 |
| the trustees shall be
residents of that county. If the district | 13 |
| embraces 2 counties, 3 trustees
shall be residents of the | 14 |
| county with the larger population and 2 trustees
shall be | 15 |
| residents of the other county. If the district embraces 3
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| counties, one trustee shall be a resident of the county with | 17 |
| the smallest
population and each of the other counties shall | 18 |
| have 2 resident trustees.
If the district embraces 4 counties, | 19 |
| 2 trustees shall be residents of the
county with the largest | 20 |
| population and each of the other counties shall
have one | 21 |
| resident trustee. If the district embraces 5 counties, each | 22 |
| county
shall have one resident trustee.
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| (b) A district that is entirely within a county of under |
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| 750,000
inhabitants and contiguous to a county of more than | 2 |
| 2,000,000 inhabitants
and that is authorized by referendum as | 3 |
| provided in subsection (d) of
Section 15 to incur indebtedness | 4 |
| over 0.575% but not to exceed 1.725% shall
have a board | 5 |
| consisting of 7 trustees, all of whom shall be residents of the
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| county. The additional 2 trustees shall be appointed by the | 7 |
| chairman of
the county board, with the consent of the county | 8 |
| board, and shall hold
office for terms expiring on June 30 as | 9 |
| follows: one trustee after 4 years
and one trustee after 5 | 10 |
| years from the date of the referendum. Successor
trustees shall | 11 |
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appointed in the same manner no later than June 1 before the | 12 |
| commencement
of the term of the trustee.
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| (c) Trustees shall be qualified voters of such district who | 14 |
| do not hold any
other public office and are not officers of any | 15 |
| political party. Trustees,
if nominated by the county board | 16 |
| chairman as hereinafter provided, shall be
selected on the | 17 |
| basis of their demonstrated interest in the purpose of
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| conservation districts.
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| (d) The chairman of the county board for the county of | 20 |
| which the trustee is
a resident shall, with the consent of the | 21 |
| county board of that county,
appoint the first trustees who | 22 |
| shall hold office for terms expiring on June
30 after one, 2, | 23 |
| 3, 4, and 5 year periods respectively as determined and
fixed | 24 |
| by lot. Thereafter, successor trustees shall be appointed in | 25 |
| the same
manner no later than June 1 prior to the commencement | 26 |
| of term of the
trustee.
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| (e) Each successor trustee shall serve for a term of 5 | 2 |
| years. A vacancy
occurring otherwise than by expiration of term | 3 |
| shall be filled for the
unexpired term by appointment of a | 4 |
| trustee by the county board chairman of
the county of which the | 5 |
| trustee shall be a resident, with the approval of
the county | 6 |
| board of that county. A trustee who has served a full term of 5
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| years is ineligible to serve as a trustee for a period of one | 8 |
| year
following the expiration of his term. When any trustee | 9 |
| during his term of
office shall cease to be a bona fide | 10 |
| resident of the district he is
disqualified as a trustee and | 11 |
| his office becomes vacant.
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| (f) Trustees shall serve without compensation, but may be | 13 |
| paid their actual
and necessary expenses incurred in the | 14 |
| performance of their official
duties.
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| (g) A trustee may be removed for cause by the county board | 16 |
| chairman for the
county of which the trustee is a resident, | 17 |
| with the approval of the county
board of that county, but every | 18 |
| such removal shall be by a written order,
which shall be filed | 19 |
| with the county clerk.
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| (h) A conservation district with 5 trustees may determine | 21 |
| by majority vote
of the board to increase the size of the board | 22 |
| to 7 trustees. With respect to
a 7-member
board, no more than 3 | 23 |
| members may be residents
of
any township in a county under | 24 |
| township
organization or of any congressional township in a | 25 |
| county not under township
organization.
In the case of
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| 7-member board representing a district that embraces 2 |
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| counties, 4
trustees
shall be residents of the county with the | 2 |
| larger population and 3 trustees
shall be residents of the | 3 |
| other county. If the district embraces 3 counties,
2 trustees | 4 |
| shall be residents of each of the 2 counties with the smallest
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| population and
the largest county shall have 3 resident | 6 |
| trustees. If the district
embraces 4 counties, one trustee | 7 |
| shall be a resident of the county with the
smallest population | 8 |
| and each of the other counties shall have 2 resident
trustees. | 9 |
| If the district embraces 5 counties, the 2 counties with the | 10 |
| largest
population shall each have 2 resident trustees and each | 11 |
| of the other counties
shall have one resident trustee. The | 12 |
| pertinent appointing authorities shall
appoint the additional | 13 |
| 2 trustees to initial terms as equally staggered as
possible | 14 |
| from the
terms of the trustees already appointed from that | 15 |
| township or county so that 2
trustees representing the same | 16 |
| area shall not be succeeded in the same year.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-617, eff. 8-18-05.)
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