Full Text of SB0453 95th General Assembly
SB0453 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0453
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 3501/801-15 |
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20 ILCS 3805/4 |
from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 304 |
70 ILCS 1810/12 |
from Ch. 19, par. 163 |
70 ILCS 1810/13 |
from Ch. 19, par. 164 |
70 ILCS 1810/14 |
from Ch. 19, par. 165 |
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Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act, the Illinois Housing Development Act, and the International Port District Act. Adds the Lieutenant Governor as an ex officio, non-voting member of the governing boards established by those Acts. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning 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 Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 801-15 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3501/801-15)
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| Sec. 801-15. There is hereby created a body politic and | 8 |
| corporate to be
known
as the Illinois Finance Authority. The | 9 |
| exercise of the powers conferred by law
shall be an essential | 10 |
| public function. The Authority shall consist of the Lieutenant | 11 |
| Governor as an ex officio member with no voting privileges and | 12 |
| 15 appointed
members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, | 13 |
| with the advice and consent of
the Senate. Upon the appointment | 14 |
| of the Board and every 2 years thereafter,
the chairperson of | 15 |
| the Authority shall be selected by the Governor to serve as
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| chairperson for two years.
Appointments to the Authority shall | 17 |
| be persons of recognized ability and
experience in one or more | 18 |
| of the following areas: economic development,
finance, | 19 |
| banking, industrial development, small business management, | 20 |
| real
estate
development, housing, health facilities financing, | 21 |
| local government financing,
community development, venture | 22 |
| finance, construction and labor relations.
At the time of | 23 |
| appointment, the Governor shall designate 5 members to serve
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| until the third Monday in July 2005, 5 members to serve until | 2 |
| the third Monday
in July 2006 and 5 members to serve until the | 3 |
| third Monday in July 2007.
Thereafter, appointments shall be | 4 |
| for 3-year terms. An appointed
A member shall serve until
his | 5 |
| or her successor shall be appointed and have qualified for | 6 |
| office by filing
the oath and bond.
Members of the Authority | 7 |
| shall not be entitled to compensation for their
services as | 8 |
| members, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for all | 9 |
| necessary
expenses incurred in connection with the performance | 10 |
| of their duties as
members.
The Governor may remove any | 11 |
| appointed member of the Authority in case of incompetence,
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| neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, after service on him | 13 |
| of a copy of
the
written charges against him and an opportunity | 14 |
| to be publicly heard in person
or
by counsel in his own defense | 15 |
| upon not less than 10 days' notice.
From nominations received | 16 |
| from the Governor, the members of the Authority shall
appoint | 17 |
| an Executive Director who shall be a person knowledgeable in | 18 |
| the areas
of financial markets and instruments, to hold office | 19 |
| for a one-year term. The
Executive Director shall be the chief | 20 |
| administrative and operational officer of
the Authority and | 21 |
| shall direct and supervise its administrative affairs and
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| general management and perform such other duties as may be | 23 |
| prescribed from time
to time by the members and shall receive | 24 |
| compensation fixed by the Authority.
The Executive Director or | 25 |
| any committee of the members may carry out such
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| responsibilities of the members as the members by resolution |
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| may delegate. The
Executive Director shall attend all meetings | 2 |
| of the Authority; however, no
action of the Authority shall be | 3 |
| invalid on account of the absence of the
Executive Director | 4 |
| from a meeting. The Authority may engage the services of
such | 5 |
| other agents and employees, including attorneys, appraisers, | 6 |
| engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other consultants, | 7 |
| as it may deem advisable
and may prescribe their duties and fix | 8 |
| their compensation.
The Authority may appoint Advisory | 9 |
| Councils to (1) assist in the formulation of
policy goals and | 10 |
| objectives, (2) assist in the coordination of the delivery of
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| services, (3) assist in establishment of funding priorities for | 12 |
| the various
activities of the Authority, and (4) target the | 13 |
| activities of the Authority to
specific geographic regions.
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| There may be an Advisory Council on Economic Development. The | 15 |
| Advisory Council
shall consist of no more than 12 members, who | 16 |
| shall serve at the pleasure of
the Authority. Members of the | 17 |
| Advisory Council shall receive no compensation
for
their | 18 |
| services, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred with | 19 |
| their service
on the Advisory Council.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| Section 10. The Illinois Housing Development Act is amended | 22 |
| by changing Section 4 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3805/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 304)
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| Sec. 4. There is hereby created a body politic and |
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| corporate to be known as
the Illinois Housing Development | 2 |
| Authority. The Authority shall consist of
the Lieutenant | 3 |
| Governor as an ex officio member with no voting privileges and | 4 |
| 9 appointed members, including a senior citizen age 60 or | 5 |
| older, of
whom not more than three shall be from any one county | 6 |
| in
the State and of whom not more than 5 shall be of any one | 7 |
| political
party. The Governor shall appoint the appointed | 8 |
| members of the Authority by and with
the advice and consent of | 9 |
| the Senate. Three members first appointed shall
hold office | 10 |
| until the second Monday in January, 1971 and until their
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| successors are appointed and qualified and four members shall | 12 |
| hold office
until the second Monday in January, 1973 and until | 13 |
| their successors are
appointed and qualified. The members first | 14 |
| appointed under
this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a | 15 |
| term of 4 years, commencing
with the second Monday in January, | 16 |
| 1985. After the
expiration of the terms of office of
those | 17 |
| first appointed, their respective successors shall hold office | 18 |
| from
the second Monday in January of the year of their | 19 |
| respective appointments
for a term of four years and until | 20 |
| their successors are appointed and
qualified. In case of | 21 |
| vacancies in such offices during the recess of the
Senate, the | 22 |
| Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
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| meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to | 24 |
| fill such
office, and any person so nominated, who is confirmed | 25 |
| by the Senate, shall
hold his office during the remainder of | 26 |
| the term and until his successor
shall be appointed and |
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| qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the
time this | 2 |
| provision takes effect, the Governor shall make a temporary
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| appointment as in the case of a vacancy.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1538.)
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| Section 15. The Illinois International Port District Act is | 6 |
| amended by changing Sections 12, 13, and 14 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 1810/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 163)
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| Sec. 12. The governing and administrative body of the | 9 |
| District shall
be a board consisting of the Lieutenant Governor | 10 |
| as an ex officio member with no voting privileges and 9 | 11 |
| appointed members, to be known as the Illinois
International
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| Port District Board. Appointed members
Members of the Board | 13 |
| shall be residents of a
county whose territory, in whole or in | 14 |
| part, is embraced by the District
and persons of recognized | 15 |
| business ability. The appointed members of the Board
shall | 16 |
| receive compensation for their services,
set by the Board at an | 17 |
| amount not to exceed $20,000.00 annually, except
the Chairman | 18 |
| may receive an additional $5,000.00 annually, if approved by
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| the Board. All such compensation shall be paid directly from | 20 |
| the Port
District's operating funds. The members shall receive | 21 |
| no other compensation
whatever, whether in form of salary, per | 22 |
| diem allowance or otherwise, for or in
connection with his | 23 |
| service as a member.
The preceding sentence shall not prevent | 24 |
| any member from receiving any
non-salary benefit of the type |
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| received by employees of the District.
Each member shall be | 2 |
| reimbursed
for actual expenses incurred by them in the | 3 |
| performance of their duties.
Any person who is appointed to the | 4 |
| office of secretary or treasurer
of the Board may receive | 5 |
| compensation for services as such officer,
as determined by the | 6 |
| Board, provided such person is not a member of the
Board. No | 7 |
| member of the Board or employee of the District
shall have any | 8 |
| private
financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract, | 9 |
| work or business
of the District nor in the sale or lease of | 10 |
| any property to or from the
District.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-250, eff. 7-22-03.)
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| (70 ILCS 1810/13) (from Ch. 19, par. 164)
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| Sec. 13. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent | 14 |
| of the
Senate, shall appoint four members of the Board for | 15 |
| initial terms
expiring June first of the years 1952, 1953, 1954 | 16 |
| and 1955,
respectively, at least one of which members shall be | 17 |
| a resident of that
portion of the District which is outside the | 18 |
| corporate limits of the
city of Chicago, and the Mayor, with | 19 |
| advice and consent of the city
council of the city of Chicago, | 20 |
| shall appoint three members of the Board
for initial terms | 21 |
| expiring June first of the years 1952, 1953 and 1954,
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| respectively. Within 60 days after the effective date of this | 23 |
| amendatory
Act of 1955, the Governor shall appoint in like | 24 |
| manner as other
appointments for initial terms one additional | 25 |
| member who is a resident
of Du Page County for an initial term |
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| expiring June 1, 1960, and the
Mayor shall appoint in like | 2 |
| manner as other appointments for initial
terms one additional | 3 |
| member for an initial term expiring June 1, 1960.
Except as | 4 |
| hereinafter provided in this Section, at the expiration of the
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| term of any member appointed by the Governor,
his successor | 6 |
| shall be appointed by the Governor in like manner, and at
the | 7 |
| expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Mayor, | 8 |
| his
successor shall be appointed by the Mayor in like manner,
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| as appointments
for the initial terms. All successors shall | 10 |
| hold office for the term of
five years from the first day of | 11 |
| June of the year in which they are
appointed, except in the | 12 |
| case of an appointment to fill a vacancy. In
case of vacancy in | 13 |
| the office of any member appointed by the Governor
during the | 14 |
| recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary
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| appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall | 16 |
| nominate
some person to fill such office; and any person so | 17 |
| nominated, who is
confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his | 18 |
| office during the remainder of
the term and until his successor | 19 |
| shall be appointed and qualified.
Each appointment by the | 20 |
| Governor shall be subject to
approval by the Mayor and each | 21 |
| appointment by the Mayor shall be subject
to approval by the | 22 |
| Governor, and, when so approved, the Governor and the
Mayor | 23 |
| shall certify their respective appointments and approvals to | 24 |
| the
Secretary of State. Within thirty days after certification | 25 |
| and approval
of his appointment, and before entering upon the | 26 |
| duties of his office,
each appointed member of the Board shall |
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| take and subscribe the constitutional
oath of office and file | 2 |
| it in the office of the Secretary of State.
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| All appointed members of the Board, except those appointed | 4 |
| by the Governor, must
reside within the area of the District as | 5 |
| defined in Section 3 of this
Act. If, as a result of this | 6 |
| amendatory Act of 1977, any member of the Board
no longer lives | 7 |
| within such area, a vacancy exists, which shall be filled
by | 8 |
| appointment within 30 days after the effective date of this | 9 |
| amendatory Act
of 1977.
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| The appointment of the successor of the member of the Board | 11 |
| appointed by
the Governor whose term of office expires next | 12 |
| after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1977 shall | 13 |
| be made by the Mayor, rather than by
the Governor. It is the | 14 |
| intention of this amendatory Act of 1977 that
hereafter 5 | 15 |
| members shall be appointed by the Mayor, and 4 by the Governor,
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| but that the terms of office of members serving on the | 17 |
| effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1977 should not be | 18 |
| disturbed.
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| (Source: P.A. 80-766.)
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| (70 ILCS 1810/14) (from Ch. 19, par. 165)
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| Sec. 14. Appointed members
Members of the Board shall hold | 22 |
| office until their respective
successors have been appointed | 23 |
| and qualified. Any appointed member may resign from
his office, | 24 |
| to take effect when his successor has been appointed and has
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| qualified. The Governor and the Mayor, respectively, may remove |
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| any member
of the Board appointed by him in case of | 2 |
| incompetency, neglect of duty, or
malfeasance in office. They | 3 |
| shall give him a copy of the charges against
him and an | 4 |
| opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his
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| own defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of | 6 |
| failure to
qualify within the time required, or of abandonment | 7 |
| of his office, or in
case of death, conviction of a crime or | 8 |
| removal from office, his office
shall become vacant. Each | 9 |
| vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by
appointment | 10 |
| in like manner, and with like regard as to the place of
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| residence of the appointee, as in case of expiration of the | 12 |
| term of a
member of the Board.
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| (Source: Laws 1951, p. 256.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 |
| becoming law.
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