Full Text of HB5747 98th General Assembly
HB5747 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB5747 Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 3605/20 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 320 | 70 ILCS 3615/3.01 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01 | 70 ILCS 3615/3A.02 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02 | 70 ILCS 3615/3B.02 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02 |
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Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that individuals are eligible for appointment to the Chicago Transit Board, the Regional Transportation Authority Board, the Commuter Rail Board, or the Suburban Bus Board if he or she possesses at least 5 years of experience in transportation, finance, or urban or financial planning and has resided in the geographic area for which he or she is appointed for at least one year. Requires a member of the Chicago Transit Board and Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority Board, the Commuter Rail Board, and the Suburban Bus Board to reside in the geographic area for which he or she is appointed for the duration of his or her term. Provides that if a member or Director ceases to reside in the geographic area for which he or she is appointed for more than 3 months, his or her office shall be vacant and may be filled by the appropriate appointing authority.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3605/20) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 320)
| 7 | | Sec. 20.
Within sixty (60) days after the adoption of this | 8 | | Act by the
electors of one or more cities, villages and | 9 | | incorporated towns within the
metropolitan area having a | 10 | | population in the aggregate of at least 100,000
according to | 11 | | the Federal census of 1940, the Governor, by and with the
| 12 | | advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint three members | 13 | | of the Board
for initial terms expiring September first of the | 14 | | years 1947, 1948 and
1949, respectively, at least one of which | 15 | | members shall be a resident of
that portion of the metropolitan | 16 | | area which is outside the corporate limits
of the City of | 17 | | Chicago, and the Mayor, with advice and consent of the City
| 18 | | Council of the City of Chicago, shall appoint four members of | 19 | | the Board for
initial terms expiring September first of the | 20 | | years 1946, 1950, 1951 and
1952, respectively. At the | 21 | | expiration of the term of any member appointed
by the Governor | 22 | | his successor shall be appointed by the Governor, and at
the | 23 | | expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Mayor his
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| 1 | | successor shall be appointed by the Mayor in like manner, and | 2 | | with like
regard as to the place of residence of the appointee, | 3 | | as appointments for
the initial terms. All successors shall | 4 | | hold office for the term of seven
years from the first day of | 5 | | September of the year in which they are
appointed, except in | 6 | | case of an appointment to fill a vacancy. In case of
vacancy in | 7 | | the office of any member appointed by the Governor during the
| 8 | | recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary | 9 | | appointment until
the next meeting of the Senate when he shall | 10 | | nominate some person to fill
such office; and any person so | 11 | | nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate,
shall hold his | 12 | | office during the remainder of the term and until his
successor | 13 | | shall be appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in | 14 | | session
at the time this Act takes effect, the Governor shall | 15 | | make temporary
appointments as in case of vacancies. Each | 16 | | appointment by the Governor
shall be subject to approval by the | 17 | | Mayor, and each appointment by the
Mayor shall be subject to | 18 | | approval by the Governor and, when so approved,
the Governor | 19 | | and the Mayor shall certify their respective appointments and
| 20 | | approvals to the Secretary of State. If the Governor or the | 21 | | Mayor does not
approve or disapprove the appointment by the | 22 | | Mayor or the Governor, respectively,
within 15 days after | 23 | | receipt thereof, the person is appointed. Within thirty
days | 24 | | after certification
and approval of his appointment, and before | 25 | | entering upon the duties of his
office, each member of the | 26 | | Board shall take and subscribe the
constitutional oath of |
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| 1 | | office and file it in the office of the Secretary of
State.
| 2 | | For appointments made on and after the effective date of | 3 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, an individual | 4 | | is eligible for appointment only if he or she: | 5 | | (1) possesses at least 5 years of experience in | 6 | | transportation, finance, or urban or financial planning; | 7 | | and | 8 | | (2) has resided in the geographic area for which he or | 9 | | she is to be appointed for at least one year. | 10 | | A member shall reside in the geographic area for which he | 11 | | or she is appointed for the duration of his or her term. If a | 12 | | member ceases to reside in the geographic area for which he or | 13 | | she was appointed for at least 3 months, his or her office | 14 | | shall be vacant and may be filled by the appropriate appointing | 15 | | authority for the remainder of the unexpired term. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 79-938.)
| 17 | | Section 10. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 18 | | amended by changing Sections 3.01, 3A.02, and 3B.02 as follows:
| 19 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01)
| 20 | | Sec. 3.01. Board of Directors. The
corporate authorities | 21 | | and governing body of the Authority shall
be a Board consisting | 22 | | of 13 Directors until April 1, 2008, and 16 Directors | 23 | | thereafter, appointed as follows:
| 24 | | (a) Four Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
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| 1 | | Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the | 2 | | City of
Chicago, and, only until April 1, 2008, a fifth | 3 | | director who shall be the Chairman of the Chicago
Transit | 4 | | Authority. After April 1, 2008, the Mayor of the City of | 5 | | Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of the | 6 | | City of Chicago, shall appoint a fifth Director. The Directors | 7 | | appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall not be the | 8 | | Chairman or a Director of the Chicago Transit Authority. Each | 9 | | such Director shall reside in the City of Chicago.
| 10 | | (b) Four Directors appointed by the votes of a majority of | 11 | | the members of the Cook County Board
elected from districts, a | 12 | | majority of
the electors of which reside outside Chicago. After | 13 | | April 1, 2008, a fifth Director appointed by the President of | 14 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of the | 15 | | members of the Cook County Board.
Each Director appointed under | 16 | | this subparagraph shall reside in that part of Cook County | 17 | | outside
Chicago.
| 18 | | (c) Until April 1, 2008, 3 Directors appointed by the | 19 | | Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, | 20 | | and Will Counties, as follows:
| 21 | | (i) Two Directors appointed by the Chairmen of the | 22 | | county boards
of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, | 23 | | with the concurrence of not less
than a majority of the | 24 | | Chairmen from such counties, from nominees by
the Chairmen. | 25 | | Each such Chairman may nominate not more than 2 persons for
| 26 | | each position. Each such Director shall reside in a county |
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| 1 | | in the metropolitan
region other than Cook or DuPage | 2 | | Counties.
| 3 | | (ii)
One Director appointed by the Chairman
of the | 4 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 5 | | DuPage County Board. Such Director
shall reside in DuPage | 6 | | County.
| 7 | | (d) After April 1, 2008, 5 Directors appointed by the | 8 | | Chairmen of the County Boards of DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry | 9 | | Counties and the County Executive of Will County, as follows:
| 10 | | (i) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Kane | 11 | | County Board with the advice and consent of the Kane County | 12 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Kane County.
| 13 | | (ii) One Director appointed by the County Executive of | 14 | | Will County with the advice and consent of the Will County | 15 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Will County.
| 16 | | (iii) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the | 17 | | DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 18 | | DuPage County Board. Such Director shall reside in DuPage | 19 | | County.
| 20 | | (iv) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the Lake | 21 | | County Board with the advice and consent of the Lake County | 22 | | Board. Such Director shall reside in Lake County.
| 23 | | (v) One Director appointed by the Chairman of the | 24 | | McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 25 | | McHenry County Board. Such Director shall reside in McHenry | 26 | | County.
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| 1 | | (vi) To implement the changes in appointing authority | 2 | | under this subparagraph (d) the three Directors appointed | 3 | | under subparagraph (c) and residing in Lake County, DuPage | 4 | | County, and Kane County respectively shall each continue to | 5 | | serve as Director until the expiration of their respective | 6 | | term of office and until his or her successor is appointed | 7 | | and qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Thereupon, | 8 | | the appointment shall be made by the officials given | 9 | | appointing authority with respect to the Director whose | 10 | | term has expired or office has become vacant.
| 11 | | (e)
The Chairman serving on the effective date of this | 12 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall continue to | 13 | | serve as Chairman until the expiration of his or her term of | 14 | | office and until his or her successor is appointed and | 15 | | qualified or a vacancy occurs in the office. Upon the | 16 | | expiration or vacancy of the term of the Chairman then serving | 17 | | upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 18 | | General Assembly, the Chairman shall be appointed by the other | 19 | | Directors, by the affirmative vote of at least 11 of the then | 20 | | Directors with at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who | 21 | | reside in the City of Chicago, at least 2 affirmative votes | 22 | | from Directors who reside in Cook County outside the City of | 23 | | Chicago, and at least 2 affirmative votes from Directors who | 24 | | reside in the Counties of DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, or McHenry. | 25 | | The
chairman shall not be appointed from among the other | 26 | | Directors. The chairman
shall be a resident of the metropolitan |
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| 1 | | region.
| 2 | | (f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act no Director
| 3 | | shall, while serving as such, be an officer,
a member of the | 4 | | Board of Directors or Trustees or an employee of any Service | 5 | | Board or transportation
agency, or be an employee of the State | 6 | | of Illinois or any department or
agency thereof, or of any unit | 7 | | of local government or receive any compensation
from any | 8 | | elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws of
| 9 | | Illinois; except that a Director may be a member of a school | 10 | | board.
| 11 | | (g) Each appointment made under this Section and
under | 12 | | Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority to | 13 | | the
Board, which shall maintain the certifications as part of | 14 | | the official
records of the Authority.
| 15 | | (h) (Blank).
| 16 | | (i) For appointments made on and after the effective date | 17 | | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, an | 18 | | individual is eligible for appointment only if he or she: | 19 | | (1) possesses at least 5 years of experience in | 20 | | transportation, finance, or urban or financial planning; | 21 | | and | 22 | | (2) has resided in the geographic area for which he or | 23 | | she is to be appointed for at least one year. | 24 | | A Director shall reside in the geographic area for which he | 25 | | or she is appointed for the duration of his or her term. If a | 26 | | Director ceases to reside in the geographic area for which he |
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| 1 | | or she was appointed for at least 3 months, his or her office | 2 | | shall be vacant and may be filled as set forth in Section 3.03 | 3 | | of this Act for the remainder of the unexpired term. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 5 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02)
| 6 | | Sec. 3A.02. Suburban Bus Board. The governing body of the | 7 | | Suburban
Bus Division shall be a board consisting of 13 | 8 | | directors appointed as follows:
| 9 | | (a) Six Directors appointed by the members of the Cook | 10 | | County Board elected
from that part of Cook County outside | 11 | | of Chicago, or in the event such Board
of Commissioners | 12 | | becomes elected from single member districts, by those
| 13 | | Commissioners elected from districts, a majority of the | 14 | | residents of which
reside outside of Chicago from the chief | 15 | | executive officers of the municipalities,
of that portion | 16 | | of Cook County outside of Chicago. Provided however, that:
| 17 | | (i) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 18 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 19 | | the Northwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 20 | | (ii) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 21 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 22 | | the North Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 23 | | (iii) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 24 | | executive officer of a
municipality within the area of | 25 | | the North Shore Region defined in Section 3A.13;
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| 1 | | (iv) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 2 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 3 | | the Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 4 | | (v) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 5 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 6 | | the Southwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 7 | | (vi) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 8 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 9 | | the South Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 10 | | (b) One Director by the Chairman of the Kane County | 11 | | Board who shall be
a chief executive officer of a | 12 | | municipality within Kane County;
| 13 | | (c) One Director by the Chairman of the Lake County | 14 | | Board who shall be
a chief executive officer of a | 15 | | municipality within Lake County;
| 16 | | (d) One Director by the Chairman of the DuPage County | 17 | | Board who shall
be a chief executive officer of a | 18 | | municipality within DuPage County;
| 19 | | (e) One Director by the Chairman of the McHenry County | 20 | | Board who shall
be a chief executive officer of a | 21 | | municipality within McHenry County;
| 22 | | (f) One Director by the Chairman of the Will County | 23 | | Board who shall be
a chief executive officer of a | 24 | | municipality within Will County;
| 25 | | (g) The Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People | 26 | | with Disabilities, from the City of Chicago, who shall |
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| 1 | | serve as an ex-officio member; and | 2 | | (h) The Chairman by the Governor for the initial term, | 3 | | and thereafter
by a majority of the Chairmen of the DuPage, | 4 | | Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will
County Boards and the members | 5 | | of the Cook County Board elected from that
part of Cook | 6 | | County outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board of | 7 | | Commissioners
is elected from single member districts, by | 8 | | those Commissioners elected
from districts, a majority
of | 9 | | the electors of which reside outside of Chicago; and who | 10 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 11 | | General Assembly may not be a resident of the City of | 12 | | Chicago.
| 13 | | For appointments made on and after the effective date of | 14 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, an individual | 15 | | is eligible for appointment only if he or she: | 16 | | (1) possesses at least 5 years of experience in | 17 | | transportation, finance, or urban or financial planning; | 18 | | and | 19 | | (2) has resided in the geographic area for which he or | 20 | | she is to be appointed for at least one year. | 21 | | A Director shall reside in the geographic area for which he | 22 | | or she is appointed for the duration of his or her term. If a | 23 | | Director ceases to reside in the geographic area for which he | 24 | | or she was appointed for at least 3 months, his or her office | 25 | | shall be vacant and may be filled as set forth in Section 3A.03 | 26 | | of this Act for the remainder of the unexpired term. |
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| 1 | | Each appointment made under paragraphs (a) through (g) and | 2 | | under Section
3A.03 shall be certified by the appointing | 3 | | authority to the Suburban Bus
Board which shall maintain the | 4 | | certifications as part of the official records
of the Suburban | 5 | | Bus Board; provided that the initial appointments shall
be | 6 | | certified to the Secretary of State, who shall transmit the | 7 | | certifications
to the Suburban Bus Board following its | 8 | | organization.
| 9 | | For the purposes of this Section, "chief executive officer | 10 | | of a
municipality" includes a former chief executive officer of | 11 | | a municipality
within the specified Region or County, provided | 12 | | that the former officer
continues to reside within such Region | 13 | | or County.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
| 15 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
| 16 | | Sec. 3B.02. Commuter Rail Board. | 17 | | (a) Until April 1, 2008, the
governing body of the Commuter
| 18 | | Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 7 directors | 19 | | appointed pursuant
to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as follows:
| 20 | | (1)
One director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 21 | | the Board of DuPage
County with the advice and consent of | 22 | | the County Board of DuPage County
and shall reside in | 23 | | DuPage County.
| 24 | | (2)
Two directors appointed by the Chairmen of the | 25 | | County Boards of Kane,
Lake, McHenry and Will Counties with |
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| 1 | | the concurrence of not less than a
majority of the chairmen | 2 | | from such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen.
Each | 3 | | such chairman may nominate not more than two persons for | 4 | | each position.
Each such director shall reside in a county | 5 | | in the metropolitan region other
than Cook or DuPage | 6 | | County.
| 7 | | (3)
Three directors appointed by the members of the | 8 | | Cook County Board elected
from that part of Cook County | 9 | | outside of Chicago, or, in the event such Board
of | 10 | | Commissioners becomes elected from single member | 11 | | districts, by those
Commissioners elected from districts, | 12 | | a majority of the residents of which
reside outside | 13 | | Chicago. In either case, such appointment shall be with
the | 14 | | concurrence of four such Commissioners. Each such director | 15 | | shall reside
in that part of Cook County outside Chicago.
| 16 | | (4)
One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of | 17 | | Chicago, with the
advice and consent of the City Council of | 18 | | the City of Chicago. Such director
shall reside in the City | 19 | | of Chicago.
| 20 | | (5) The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, | 21 | | from the members of
the board, with the concurrence of 5 of | 22 | | such directors.
| 23 | | (b) After April 1, 2008 the governing body of the Commuter | 24 | | Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 11 directors | 25 | | appointed, pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as follows:
| 26 | | (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of |
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| 1 | | the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 2 | | DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. To | 3 | | implement the changes in appointing authority under this | 4 | | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | 5 | | office of the Director appointed under item (1) of | 6 | | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in DuPage | 7 | | County, a Director shall be appointed under this | 8 | | subparagraph.
| 9 | | (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 10 | | the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 11 | | McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. To | 12 | | implement the change in appointing authority under this | 13 | | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | 14 | | office of the Director appointed under item (2) of | 15 | | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in McHenry | 16 | | County, a Director shall be appointed under this | 17 | | subparagraph.
| 18 | | (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County | 19 | | Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County | 20 | | Board and shall reside in Will County. To implement the | 21 | | change in appointing authority under this Section, upon the | 22 | | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | 23 | | Director appointed under item (2) of subsection (a) of this | 24 | | Section who resides in Will County, a Director shall be | 25 | | appointed under this subparagraph.
| 26 | | (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of |
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| 1 | | the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the | 2 | | Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County.
| 3 | | (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 4 | | the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the | 5 | | Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County.
| 6 | | (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the | 7 | | City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City | 8 | | Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City | 9 | | of Chicago. To implement the changes in appointing | 10 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | 11 | | term of or vacancy in office of the Director appointed | 12 | | under item (4) of subsection (a) of this Section who | 13 | | resides in the City of Chicago, a Director shall be | 14 | | appointed under this subparagraph.
| 15 | | (7) Five Directors residing in Cook County outside of | 16 | | the City of Chicago, as follows: | 17 | | (i) One Director who resides in Cook County outside | 18 | | of the City of Chicago, appointed by the President of | 19 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of | 20 | | the members of the Cook County Board. | 21 | | (ii) One Director who resides in the township of | 22 | | Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg, | 23 | | or Elk Grove. To implement the changes in appointing | 24 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of | 25 | | the term of or vacancy in office of the Director | 26 | | appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this |
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| 1 | | Section who resides in the geographic area described in | 2 | | this subparagraph, a Director shall be appointed under | 3 | | this subparagraph. | 4 | | (iii) One Director who resides in the township of | 5 | | Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden, | 6 | | Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park. | 7 | | (iv) One Director who resides in the township of | 8 | | Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney, | 9 | | Lemont, Palos, or Orland. To implement the changes in | 10 | | appointing authority under this Section, upon the | 11 | | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | 12 | | Director appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection | 13 | | (a) of this Section who resides in the geographic area | 14 | | described in this subparagraph and whose term of office | 15 | | had not expired as of August 1, 2007, a Director shall | 16 | | be appointed under this subparagraph. | 17 | | (v) One Director who resides in the township of | 18 | | Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. To | 19 | | implement the changes in appointing authority under | 20 | | this Section, upon the expiration of the term of or | 21 | | vacancy in office of the Director appointed under | 22 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section who | 23 | | resides in the geographic area described in this | 24 | | subparagraph and whose term of office had expired as of | 25 | | August 1, 2007, a Director shall be appointed under | 26 | | this subparagraph. |
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| 1 | | (vi) The Directors identified under the provisions | 2 | | of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | 3 | | shall be appointed by the members of the Cook County | 4 | | Board. Each individual Director shall be appointed by | 5 | | those members of the Cook County Board whose Board | 6 | | districts overlap in whole or in part with the | 7 | | geographic territory described in the relevant | 8 | | subparagraph. The vote of County Board members | 9 | | eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of | 10 | | subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | 11 | | shall be weighted by the number of electors residing in | 12 | | those portions of their Board districts within the | 13 | | geographic territory described in the relevant | 14 | | subparagraph (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7).
| 15 | | (8) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors, | 16 | | from the members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of | 17 | | such Directors. To implement the changes in appointing | 18 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | 19 | | term of or vacancy in office of the Chairman appointed | 20 | | under item (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, a | 21 | | Chairman shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
| 22 | | (c) No director, while serving as such, shall be an | 23 | | officer, a member of the
board of directors or trustee or an | 24 | | employee of any transportation agency,
or be an employee of the | 25 | | State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof,
or of | 26 | | any unit of local government or receive any compensation from |
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| 1 | | any
elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws | 2 | | of Illinois.
| 3 | | (d) Each appointment made under subsections (a) and (b) of | 4 | | this Section
and under Section
3B.03 shall be certified by the | 5 | | appointing authority to the Commuter Rail Board
which shall | 6 | | maintain the certifications as part of the official records
of | 7 | | the Commuter Rail Board.
| 8 | | (e) For appointments made on and after the effective date | 9 | | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, an | 10 | | individual is eligible for appointment only if he or she: | 11 | | (1) possesses at least 5 years of experience in | 12 | | transportation, finance, or urban or financial planning; | 13 | | and | 14 | | (2) has resided in the geographic area for which he or | 15 | | she is to be appointed for at least one year. | 16 | | A Director shall reside in the geographic area for which he | 17 | | or she is appointed for the duration of his or her term. If a | 18 | | Director ceases to reside in the geographic area for which he | 19 | | or she was appointed for at least 3 months, his or her office | 20 | | shall be vacant and may be filled as set forth in Section 3B.03 | 21 | | of this Act for the remainder of the unexpired term. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
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