Full Text of HB3819 102nd General Assembly
HB3819 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB3819 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Tom Weber SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 805/8 | from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315 | 70 ILCS 805/12 | from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6322 |
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Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Removes a provision providing that the president of the board is the executive director of the district. Provides that the board of a forest preserve district may appoint an executive director of the district and they may appoint the president of the board as executive director of the district. Provides that a president that is an executive director on the effective date of the amendatory Act shall remain the executive director until the conclusion of the president's term of office or the board appoints another individual as executive director, whichever is earlier, unless the board reappoints the president as executive director. Provides that an appointed executive director of a district has the sole power to appoint, employ, or terminate employees as may be necessary or, if no executive director has been appointed, then the president of the board has such powers. Provides that the president of the board of a forest preserve district shall not cancel an event occurring on forest preserve district property without the approval of the board, except in the case of preserving public safety or in the event of an emergency. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 8 and 12 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 805/8) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6315)
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Powers and duties of corporate authority and | 8 | | officers; contracts; salaries.
| 9 | | (a) The board shall be the corporate authority of such | 10 | | forest
preserve district and shall have power to pass and | 11 | | enforce all necessary
ordinances, rules and regulations for | 12 | | the management of the property and
conduct of the business of | 13 | | such district. For forest preserve districts that do not | 14 | | appoint an executive director to manage the day-to-day | 15 | | operations of the forest preserve district, the The president | 16 | | of such board
shall have power to appoint , employ, or | 17 | | terminate such employees as may be necessary. For forest | 18 | | preserve districts that appoint an executive director to | 19 | | manage the day-to-day operations of the forest preserve | 20 | | district, the executive director has the sole power to | 21 | | appoint, employ, or terminate employees as may be necessary. | 22 | | In counties
with population of less than 3,000,000, within 60 | 23 | | days after their selection
the commissioners appointed under |
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| 1 | | the provisions of Section 3a of this Act
shall organize by | 2 | | selecting from their members a president, vice president, | 3 | | secretary,
treasurer and such other officers as are deemed | 4 | | necessary who shall hold
office for the fiscal year in which | 5 | | elected and until their successors are
selected and qualify. | 6 | | In the one district in existence on July 1, 1977, that
is | 7 | | managed by an appointed board of commissioners, the incumbent | 8 | | president
and the other officers appointed in the manner as | 9 | | originally prescribed in this
Act shall hold such offices | 10 | | until the completion of their respective terms or
in the case | 11 | | of the officers other than president until their successors
| 12 | | are appointed by said president, but in all cases not to extend | 13 | | beyond January
1, 1980 and until their successors are selected | 14 | | and qualify. Thereafter,
the officers shall be selected in the | 15 | | manner as prescribed in this Section
except that their first | 16 | | term of office shall not expire until June 30, 1981
and until | 17 | | their successors are selected and qualify.
| 18 | | (a-5) An officer selected pursuant to subsection (a) may | 19 | | be removed, with or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an | 20 | | affirmative vote of four-fifths of the board of the forest | 21 | | preserve district. Upon adoption of a motion to remove an | 22 | | officer: (i) the office becomes vacant and the former | 23 | | officer's compensation shall be prorated to the date the | 24 | | motion was approved; (ii) if the officer removed is the | 25 | | president then the vice president immediately assumes the | 26 | | duties of the president without president compensation and, if |
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| 1 | | the officer removed is the vice president, treasurer, or | 2 | | secretary, then the president shall select an interim | 3 | | appointee who shall serve until the next regularly scheduled | 4 | | forest preserve district board meeting; and (iii) a new | 5 | | officer shall be selected at the next regularly scheduled | 6 | | forest preserve district board meeting. An officer removed | 7 | | under this Section maintains his or her status as a member of | 8 | | the forest preserve district board. | 9 | | (b) In any county, city, village, incorporated town or
| 10 | | sanitary district where the corporate authorities act as the
| 11 | | governing body of a forest preserve district, the person | 12 | | exercising
the powers of the president of the board shall have | 13 | | power to appoint a
secretary and an assistant secretary and | 14 | | treasurer and an assistant
treasurer and such other officers | 15 | | and such employees as may be necessary.
The assistant | 16 | | secretary and assistant treasurer shall perform the duties
of | 17 | | the secretary and treasurer, respectively in case of death of | 18 | | such officers
or when such officers are unable to perform the | 19 | | duties of their respective
offices. All contracts for | 20 | | supplies, material or
work involving an expenditure in excess | 21 | | of $25,000, or a lower amount if required by board policy, | 22 | | shall be let to the lowest
responsible bidder, after | 23 | | advertising at least once in one or more
newspapers of general | 24 | | circulation within the district, excepting work
requiring | 25 | | personal confidence or necessary
supplies under the control of | 26 | | monopolies, where competitive bidding is
impossible. Contracts |
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| 1 | | for supplies, material or work involving an
expenditure of | 2 | | $25,000, or a lower amount if required by board policy, or less | 3 | | may be let without advertising for bids,
but whenever | 4 | | practicable, at least 3 competitive bids shall be obtained
| 5 | | before letting such contract. All contracts for supplies, | 6 | | material or
work shall be signed by the president of the board | 7 | | of commissioners or
by any such other officer as the board in | 8 | | its discretion may designate.
| 9 | | (c) The president of any board of commissioners appointed | 10 | | under the
provisions of Section 3a of this Act shall receive a | 11 | | salary not to
exceed the sum of $2500 per annum and the salary | 12 | | of other members of the
board so appointed shall not exceed | 13 | | $1500 per annum. Salaries of the
commissioners, officers and | 14 | | employees shall be fixed by ordinance.
| 15 | | (d) Whenever a forest preserve district owns any personal | 16 | | property that, in the opinion of three-fifths of the members | 17 | | of the board of commissioners, is no longer necessary, useful | 18 | | to, or for the best interests of the forest preserve district, | 19 | | then three-fifths of the members of the board, at any regular | 20 | | meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose by an | 21 | | ordinance or resolution that includes a general description of | 22 | | the personal property, may authorize the conveyance or sale of | 23 | | that personal property in any manner that they may designate, | 24 | | with or without advertising the sale. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 101-544, eff. 8-23-19.)
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| 1 | | (70 ILCS 805/12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6322)
| 2 | | Sec. 12.
The president of the board of any district | 3 | | organized hereunder,
shall preside at all meetings of the | 4 | | board , be the executive
officer of
the district, and be a | 5 | | member of the board. The board may appoint an executive | 6 | | director of the district and they may appoint the president of | 7 | | the board as executive director of the district. The president | 8 | | or executive director He shall sign all
ordinances, | 9 | | resolutions and other papers
necessary to be signed and shall | 10 | | execute all contracts entered into by the
district and perform | 11 | | other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. The president | 12 | | He may
veto any ordinance and any orders, resolutions and | 13 | | actions, or any items
therein contained, of the board which | 14 | | provide for the purchase of real
estate, or for the | 15 | | construction of improvements within the preserves of the
| 16 | | district. Such veto shall be filed with the secretary of the | 17 | | board within 5
days after the passage of the ordinance, order, | 18 | | resolution or action and
when so vetoed the ordinance, order, | 19 | | resolution or action or any item
therein contained is not | 20 | | effective unless it is again passed by two-thirds
vote of all | 21 | | the members of the board. The president may vote in the same
| 22 | | manner as the other members of the board. In the temporary | 23 | | absence or
inability of the president, the members of the | 24 | | board may elect from their
own number a president, pro tem. | 25 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the president of | 26 | | the board shall not cancel an event occurring on forest |
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| 1 | | preserve district property without the approval of the board, | 2 | | except in the case of preserving public safety or in the event | 3 | | of an emergency. An event includes, but is not limited to, a | 4 | | public or private event such as a gathering, festival, | 5 | | convention, play, theatrical event, athletic contests, expose, | 6 | | trade show, picnic, celebration, amusement, reenactment, | 7 | | charitable event, commemoration, or any other event on forest | 8 | | preserve district property.
| 9 | | The "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken, and entered on the | 10 | | journal of the
board's proceedings, upon the passage of all | 11 | | ordinances and all proposals
to create any liability, or for | 12 | | the expenditure or appropriation of money.
The concurrence of | 13 | | a majority of all the members elected or appointed to
the board | 14 | | is necessary to the passage of any such ordinance or proposal. | 15 | | In
all other cases the "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken at the | 16 | | request of any
member of the board and shall be entered on the | 17 | | journal of the board's
proceedings. | 18 | | A president that is an executive director on the effective | 19 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly | 20 | | shall remain the executive director until the conclusion of | 21 | | the president's term of office or the board appoints another | 22 | | individual as executive director, whichever is earlier, unless | 23 | | the board reappoints the president as executive officer.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 91-933, eff. 12-30-00.)
| 25 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 26 | | becoming law.
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