Full Text of HB6915 96th General Assembly
HB6915 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB6915 Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 5 ILCS 375/2.5 new | | 10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2 | from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2 | 10 ILCS 5/2A-56 new | | 40 ILCS 5/22-105 new | | 70 ILCS 3615/3B.02 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02 | 70 ILCS 3615/3B.03 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.03 | 70 ILCS 3615/3B.06 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.06 | 70 ILCS 3615/3B.07 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.07 | 70 ILCS 3615/3B.12 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.12 |
| Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Election Code, the Illinois Pension Code, and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides for the nonpartisan election of a 9-member Commuter Rail Board, beginning at the consolidated election in 2011 (now, an 11-member board is appointed). Eliminates compensation and pension and group insurance benefits for members. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | 5 | | is amended by adding Section 2.5 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 375/2.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2.5. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. This | 8 | | Act does not apply to any elected member of the Commuter Rail | 9 | | Board established by subsection (b-5) of Section 3B.02 of the | 10 | | Regional Transportation Authority Act or to any person | 11 | | appointed to fill a vacancy on that elected Board. | 12 | | Section 10. The Election Code is amended by changing | 13 | | Section 2A-1.2 and by adding Section 2A-56 as follows:
| 14 | | (10 ILCS 5/2A-1.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 2A-1.2)
| 15 | | Sec. 2A-1.2. Consolidated Schedule of Elections - Offices | 16 | | Designated.
| 17 | | (a) At the general election in the appropriate | 18 | | even-numbered years, the
following offices shall be filled or | 19 | | shall be on the ballot as otherwise
required by this Code:
| 20 | | (1) Elector of President and Vice President of the | 21 | | United States;
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| 1 | | (2) United States Senator and United States | 2 | | Representative;
| 3 | | (3) State Executive Branch elected officers;
| 4 | | (4) State Senator and State Representative;
| 5 | | (5) County elected officers, including State's | 6 | | Attorney, County Board
member, County Commissioners, and | 7 | | elected President of the County Board or
County Chief | 8 | | Executive;
| 9 | | (6) Circuit Court Clerk;
| 10 | | (7) Regional Superintendent of Schools, except in | 11 | | counties or
educational service regions in which that | 12 | | office has been abolished;
| 13 | | (8) Judges of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit | 14 | | Courts, on the question
of retention, to fill vacancies and | 15 | | newly created judicial offices;
| 16 | | (9) (Blank);
| 17 | | (10) Trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of | 18 | | Chicago, and elected
Trustee of other Sanitary Districts;
| 19 | | (11) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | 20 | | designated in this
Section, where the statute creating or | 21 | | authorizing the creation of
the district requires an annual | 22 | | election and permits or requires election
of candidates of | 23 | | political parties.
| 24 | | (b) At the general primary election:
| 25 | | (1) in each even-numbered year candidates of political | 26 | | parties shall be
nominated for those offices to be filled |
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| 1 | | at the general election in that
year, except where pursuant | 2 | | to law nomination of candidates of political
parties is | 3 | | made by caucus.
| 4 | | (2) in the appropriate even-numbered years the | 5 | | political party offices of
State central committeeman, | 6 | | township committeeman, ward committeeman, and
precinct | 7 | | committeeman shall be filled and delegates and alternate | 8 | | delegates
to the National nominating conventions shall be | 9 | | elected as may be required
pursuant to this Code. In the | 10 | | even-numbered years in which a Presidential
election is to | 11 | | be held, candidates in the Presidential preference primary
| 12 | | shall also be on the ballot.
| 13 | | (3) in each even-numbered year, where the municipality | 14 | | has provided for
annual elections to elect municipal | 15 | | officers pursuant to Section 6(f) or
Section 7 of Article | 16 | | VII of the Constitution, pursuant to the Illinois
Municipal | 17 | | Code or pursuant to the municipal charter, the offices of | 18 | | such
municipal officers shall be filled at an election held | 19 | | on the date of the
general primary election, provided that | 20 | | the municipal election shall be a
nonpartisan election | 21 | | where required by the Illinois Municipal Code. For
partisan | 22 | | municipal elections in even-numbered years, a primary to | 23 | | nominate
candidates for municipal office to be elected at | 24 | | the general primary
election shall be held on the Tuesday 6 | 25 | | weeks preceding that election.
| 26 | | (4) in each school district which has adopted the |
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| 1 | | provisions of
Article 33 of the School Code, successors to | 2 | | the members of the board
of education whose terms expire in | 3 | | the year in which the general primary is
held shall be | 4 | | elected.
| 5 | | (c) At the consolidated election in the appropriate | 6 | | odd-numbered years,
the following offices shall be filled:
| 7 | | (1) Municipal officers, provided that in | 8 | | municipalities in which
candidates for alderman or other | 9 | | municipal office are not permitted by law
to be candidates | 10 | | of political parties, the runoff election where required
by | 11 | | law, or the nonpartisan election where required by law, | 12 | | shall be held on
the date of the consolidated election; and | 13 | | provided further, in the case of
municipal officers | 14 | | provided for by an ordinance providing the form of
| 15 | | government of the municipality pursuant to Section 7 of | 16 | | Article VII of the
Constitution, such offices shall be | 17 | | filled by election or by runoff
election as may be provided | 18 | | by such ordinance;
| 19 | | (2) Village and incorporated town library directors;
| 20 | | (3) City boards of stadium commissioners;
| 21 | | (4) Commissioners of park districts;
| 22 | | (5) Trustees of public library districts;
| 23 | | (6) Special District elected officers, not otherwise | 24 | | designated in this
section, where the statute creating or | 25 | | authorizing the creation of the district
permits or | 26 | | requires election of candidates of political parties;
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| 1 | | (7) Township officers, including township park | 2 | | commissioners, township
library directors, and boards of | 3 | | managers of community buildings, and
Multi-Township | 4 | | Assessors;
| 5 | | (8) Highway commissioners and road district clerks;
| 6 | | (9) Members of school boards in school districts which | 7 | | adopt Article 33
of the School Code;
| 8 | | (10) The directors and chairman of the Chain O Lakes - | 9 | | Fox River Waterway
Management Agency;
| 10 | | (11) Forest preserve district commissioners elected | 11 | | under Section 3.5 of
the Downstate Forest Preserve District | 12 | | Act;
| 13 | | (11.5) Members of the Commuter Rail Board;
| 14 | | (12) Elected members of school boards, school | 15 | | trustees, directors of
boards of school directors, | 16 | | trustees of county boards of school trustees
(except in | 17 | | counties or educational service regions having a | 18 | | population
of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants) and members of | 19 | | boards of school inspectors,
except school boards in school
| 20 | | districts that adopt Article 33 of the School Code;
| 21 | | (13) Members of Community College district boards;
| 22 | | (14) Trustees of Fire Protection Districts;
| 23 | | (15) Commissioners of the Springfield Metropolitan | 24 | | Exposition and
Auditorium
Authority;
| 25 | | (16) Elected Trustees of Tuberculosis Sanitarium | 26 | | Districts;
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| 1 | | (17) Elected Officers of special districts not | 2 | | otherwise designated in
this Section for which the law | 3 | | governing those districts does not permit
candidates of | 4 | | political parties.
| 5 | | (d) At the consolidated primary election in each | 6 | | odd-numbered year,
candidates of political parties shall be | 7 | | nominated for those offices to be
filled at the consolidated | 8 | | election in that year, except where pursuant to
law nomination | 9 | | of candidates of political parties is made by caucus, and
| 10 | | except those offices listed in paragraphs (12) through (17) of | 11 | | subsection
(c).
| 12 | | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | 13 | | odd-numbered years,
the mayor, clerk, treasurer, and aldermen | 14 | | shall be elected in
municipalities in which
candidates for | 15 | | mayor, clerk, treasurer, or alderman are not permitted by
law | 16 | | to be candidates
of political parties, subject to runoff | 17 | | elections to be held at the
consolidated election as may be | 18 | | required
by law, and municipal officers shall be nominated in a | 19 | | nonpartisan election
in municipalities in which pursuant to law | 20 | | candidates for such office are
not permitted to be candidates | 21 | | of political parties.
| 22 | | At the consolidated primary election in the appropriate | 23 | | odd-numbered years,
municipal officers shall be nominated or | 24 | | elected, or elected subject to
a runoff, as may be provided by | 25 | | an ordinance providing a form of government
of the municipality | 26 | | pursuant to Section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution.
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| 1 | | (e) (Blank).
| 2 | | (f) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, public | 3 | | questions may
be submitted to voters pursuant to this Code and | 4 | | any special election
otherwise required or authorized by law or | 5 | | by court order may be conducted
pursuant to this Code.
| 6 | | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of officers | 7 | | established
in this Article, whenever a referendum is held for | 8 | | the establishment of
a political subdivision whose officers are | 9 | | to be elected, the initial officers
shall be elected at the | 10 | | election at which such referendum is held if otherwise
so | 11 | | provided by law. In such cases, the election of the initial | 12 | | officers
shall be subject to the referendum.
| 13 | | Notwithstanding the regular dates for election of | 14 | | officials established
in this Article, any community college | 15 | | district which becomes effective by
operation of law pursuant | 16 | | to Section 6-6.1 of the Public Community College
Act, as now or | 17 | | hereafter amended, shall elect the initial district board
| 18 | | members at the next regularly scheduled election following the | 19 | | effective
date of the new district.
| 20 | | (g) At any election established in Section 2A-1.1, if in | 21 | | any precinct
there are no offices or public questions required | 22 | | to be on the ballot under
this Code then no election shall be | 23 | | held in the precinct on that date.
| 24 | | (h) There may be conducted a
referendum in accordance with | 25 | | the provisions of Division 6-4 of the
Counties Code.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 89-5, eff. 1-1-96; 89-95,
eff. 1-1-96; 89-626, |
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| 1 | | eff. 8-9-96; 90-358, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 2 | | (10 ILCS 5/2A-56 new) | 3 | | Sec. 2A-56. Commuter Rail Board member. A
Commuter Rail | 4 | | Board member under Section 3B.02 of the
Regional Transportation | 5 | | Authority Act shall be elected at the consolidated
election to | 6 | | succeed each incumbent Commuter Rail Board member whose term | 7 | | expires before the
following consolidated election. | 8 | | Section 15. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding | 9 | | Section 22-105 as follows: | 10 | | (40 ILCS 5/22-105 new) | 11 | | Sec. 22-105. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. | 12 | | This Code does not apply to any elected member of the Commuter | 13 | | Rail Board established by subsection (b-5) of Section 3B.02 of | 14 | | the Regional Transportation Authority Act or to any person | 15 | | appointed to fill a vacancy on that elected Board. | 16 | | Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 17 | | amended by changing Sections 3B.02, 3B.03, 3B.06, 3B.07, and | 18 | | 3B.12 as follows:
| 19 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
| 20 | | Sec. 3B.02. Commuter Rail Board. | 21 | | (a) (Blank.) Until April 1, 2008, the
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| 1 | | Commuter
Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 7 | 2 | | directors appointed pursuant
to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as | 3 | | follows:
| 4 | | (1)
One director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 5 | | the Board of DuPage
County with the advice and consent of | 6 | | the County Board of DuPage County
and shall reside in | 7 | | DuPage County.
| 8 | | (2)
Two directors appointed by the Chairmen of the | 9 | | County Boards of Kane,
Lake, McHenry and Will Counties with | 10 | | the concurrence of not less than a
majority of the chairmen | 11 | | from such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen.
Each | 12 | | such chairman may nominate not more than two persons for | 13 | | each position.
Each such director shall reside in a county | 14 | | in the metropolitan region other
than Cook or DuPage | 15 | | County.
| 16 | | (3)
Three directors appointed by the members of the | 17 | | Cook County Board elected
from that part of Cook County | 18 | | outside of Chicago, or, in the event such Board
of | 19 | | Commissioners becomes elected from single member | 20 | | districts, by those
Commissioners elected from districts, | 21 | | a majority of the residents of which
reside outside | 22 | | Chicago. In either case, such appointment shall be with
the | 23 | | concurrence of four such Commissioners. Each such director | 24 | | shall reside
in that part of Cook County outside Chicago.
| 25 | | (4)
One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of | 26 | | Chicago, with the
advice and consent of the City Council of |
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| 1 | | the City of Chicago. Such director
shall reside in the City | 2 | | of Chicago.
| 3 | | (5) The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, | 4 | | from the members of
the board, with the concurrence of 5 of | 5 | | such directors.
| 6 | | (b) After April 1, 2008 and until May 1, 2011 the governing | 7 | | body of the Commuter Rail Division shall be a board consisting | 8 | | of 11 directors appointed, pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and | 9 | | 3B.04, as follows:
| 10 | | (1) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 11 | | the DuPage County Board with the advice and consent of the | 12 | | DuPage County Board and shall reside in DuPage County. To | 13 | | implement the changes in appointing authority under this | 14 | | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | 15 | | office of the Director appointed under item (1) of | 16 | | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in DuPage | 17 | | County, a Director shall be appointed under this | 18 | | subparagraph.
| 19 | | (2) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 20 | | the McHenry County Board with the advice and consent of the | 21 | | McHenry County Board and shall reside in McHenry County. To | 22 | | implement the change in appointing authority under this | 23 | | Section, upon the expiration of the term of or vacancy in | 24 | | office of the Director appointed under item (2) of | 25 | | subsection (a) of this Section who resides in McHenry | 26 | | County, a Director shall be appointed under this |
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| 1 | | subparagraph.
| 2 | | (3) One Director shall be appointed by the Will County | 3 | | Executive with the advice and consent of the Will County | 4 | | Board and shall reside in Will County. To implement the | 5 | | change in appointing authority under this Section, upon the | 6 | | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | 7 | | Director appointed under item (2) of subsection (a) of this | 8 | | Section who resides in Will County, a Director shall be | 9 | | appointed under this subparagraph.
| 10 | | (4) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 11 | | the Lake County Board with the advice and consent of the | 12 | | Lake County Board and shall reside in Lake County.
| 13 | | (5) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of | 14 | | the Kane County Board with the advice and consent of the | 15 | | Kane County Board and shall reside in Kane County.
| 16 | | (6) One Director shall be appointed by the Mayor of the | 17 | | City of Chicago with the advice and consent of the City | 18 | | Council of the City of Chicago and shall reside in the City | 19 | | of Chicago. To implement the changes in appointing | 20 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | 21 | | term of or vacancy in office of the Director appointed | 22 | | under item (4) of subsection (a) of this Section who | 23 | | resides in the City of Chicago, a Director shall be | 24 | | appointed under this subparagraph.
| 25 | | (7) Five Directors residing in Cook County outside of | 26 | | the City of Chicago, as follows: |
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| 1 | | (i) One Director who resides in Cook County outside | 2 | | of the City of Chicago, appointed by the President of | 3 | | the Cook County Board with the advice and consent of | 4 | | the members of the Cook County Board. | 5 | | (ii) One Director who resides in the township of | 6 | | Barrington, Palatine, Wheeling, Hanover, Schaumburg, | 7 | | or Elk Grove. To implement the changes in appointing | 8 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of | 9 | | the term of or vacancy in office of the Director | 10 | | appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this | 11 | | Section who resides in the geographic area described in | 12 | | this subparagraph, a Director shall be appointed under | 13 | | this subparagraph. | 14 | | (iii) One Director who resides in the township of | 15 | | Northfield, New Trier, Maine, Niles, Evanston, Leyden, | 16 | | Norwood Park, River Forest, or Oak Park. | 17 | | (iv) One Director who resides in the township of | 18 | | Proviso, Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Lyons, Stickney, | 19 | | Lemont, Palos, or Orland. To implement the changes in | 20 | | appointing authority under this Section, upon the | 21 | | expiration of the term of or vacancy in office of the | 22 | | Director appointed under paragraph (3) of subsection | 23 | | (a) of this Section who resides in the geographic area | 24 | | described in this subparagraph and whose term of office | 25 | | had not expired as of August 1, 2007, a Director shall | 26 | | be appointed under this subparagraph. |
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| 1 | | (v) One Director who resides in the township of | 2 | | Worth, Calumet, Bremen, Thornton, Rich, or Bloom. To | 3 | | implement the changes in appointing authority under | 4 | | this Section, upon the expiration of the term of or | 5 | | vacancy in office of the Director appointed under | 6 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section who | 7 | | resides in the geographic area described in this | 8 | | subparagraph and whose term of office had expired as of | 9 | | August 1, 2007, a Director shall be appointed under | 10 | | this subparagraph. | 11 | | (vi) The Directors identified under the provisions | 12 | | of subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | 13 | | shall be appointed by the members of the Cook County | 14 | | Board. Each individual Director shall be appointed by | 15 | | those members of the Cook County Board whose Board | 16 | | districts overlap in whole or in part with the | 17 | | geographic territory described in the relevant | 18 | | subparagraph. The vote of County Board members | 19 | | eligible to appoint directors under the provisions of | 20 | | subparagraphs (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7) | 21 | | shall be weighted by the number of electors residing in | 22 | | those portions of their Board districts within the | 23 | | geographic territory described in the relevant | 24 | | subparagraph (ii) through (v) of this paragraph (7).
| 25 | | (8) The Chairman shall be appointed by the Directors, | 26 | | from the members of the Board, with the concurrence of 8 of |
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| 1 | | such Directors. To implement the changes in appointing | 2 | | authority under this Section, upon the expiration of the | 3 | | term of or vacancy in office of the Chairman appointed | 4 | | under item (5) of subsection (a) of this Section, a | 5 | | Chairman shall be appointed under this subparagraph.
| 6 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, however, | 7 | | the terms of all members of the Commuter Rail Board serving on | 8 | | April 30, 2011 shall terminate at the close of business on that | 9 | | day, and the Commuter Rail Board shall thereupon be | 10 | | reconstituted as provided in subsection (b-5) of this Section. | 11 | | (b-5) Beginning May 1, 2011, the governing body of the | 12 | | Commuter
Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 9 | 13 | | directors elected as follows: | 14 | | (1) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 15 | | the City of Chicago and shall represent and reside in the | 16 | | City of Chicago; | 17 | | (2) Three directors shall be elected by the electors of | 18 | | that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago and | 19 | | shall represent and reside in that part of Cook County; | 20 | | (3) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 21 | | DuPage
County and shall represent and reside in DuPage | 22 | | County; | 23 | | (4) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 24 | | Kane
County and shall represent and reside in Kane County; | 25 | | (5) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 26 | | Lake
County and shall represent and reside in Lake County; |
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| 1 | | (6) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 2 | | McHenry
County and shall represent and reside in McHenry | 3 | | County; | 4 | | (7) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 5 | | Will
County and shall represent and reside in Will County. | 6 | | The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, from the | 7 | | members of
the board, with the concurrence of at least 6 of the | 8 | | directors. | 9 | | The directors provided for in this subsection (b-5) shall | 10 | | be nominated and elected on a nonpartisan basis as provided in | 11 | | Section 3B.03 of this Act and in the Election Code. | 12 | | (c) No director, while serving as such, shall be an | 13 | | officer, a member of the
board of directors or trustee or an | 14 | | employee of any transportation agency,
or be an employee of the | 15 | | State of Illinois or any department or agency thereof,
or of | 16 | | any unit of local government or receive any compensation from | 17 | | any
elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws | 18 | | of Illinois.
| 19 | | (d) Each appointment made under subsections (a) and (b) of | 20 | | this Section
and under Section
3B.03 shall be certified by the | 21 | | appointing authority to the Commuter Rail Board
which shall | 22 | | maintain the certifications as part of the official records
of | 23 | | the Commuter Rail Board.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 25 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.03)
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| 1 | | Sec. 3B.03. Terms, Elections, Vacancies. | 2 | | (a) This subsection (a) applies only to directors appointed | 3 | | under subsection (b) of Section 3B.02. Each
director shall be | 4 | | appointed
for a term of 4 years, and until his successor has | 5 | | been appointed and
qualified. A vacancy shall occur upon the | 6 | | resignation, death, conviction
of a felony, or removal from | 7 | | office of a director. Any director may be
removed from office | 8 | | upon the concurrence of not less than 8 directors, on
a formal | 9 | | finding of incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in | 10 | | office.
Within 30 days after the office of any appointed | 11 | | director becomes vacant for any reason other than the | 12 | | termination of appointed directors under subsection (b-5) of | 13 | | Section 3B.02 ,
the appropriate appointing authorities of such | 14 | | director, as provided
in Section 3B.02, shall make an | 15 | | appointment to
fill the vacancy. A vacancy shall be filled for | 16 | | the unexpired term.
| 17 | | (b) The directors provided for in subsection (b-5) of | 18 | | Section 3B.02 shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the | 19 | | consolidated election, beginning in 2011. | 20 | | Nomination shall be by petition, signed by at least 0.1% of | 21 | | the registered voters of the area to be represented, filed with | 22 | | the appropriate election authority in accordance with the | 23 | | general election law. In elections for directors representing | 24 | | that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago, when more | 25 | | than one such director is to be elected, the electors may vote | 26 | | for as many candidates as there are directors to be elected but |
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| 1 | | may not give any one candidate more than one vote. | 2 | | Of the directors elected in 2011, (i) the directors | 3 | | described in items (3), (5), and (7) of subsection (b-5) of | 4 | | Section 3B.02, and the director described in item (2) thereof | 5 | | who receives the greatest number of votes in the consolidated | 6 | | election, shall be elected for terms of 4 years; and (ii) the | 7 | | directors described in items (1), (4), and (6) of subsection | 8 | | (b-5) of Section 3B.02, and the 2 directors described in item | 9 | | (2) thereof who receive the second and third greatest number of | 10 | | votes, shall be elected for terms of 2 years. Thereafter, all | 11 | | directors shall be elected for terms of 4 years. All terms | 12 | | shall begin on May 1, and directors shall continue to serve | 13 | | until their successors are elected and have qualified. | 14 | | (c) Beginning May 1, 2011, a vacancy shall be filled for | 15 | | the remainder of the term by a person appointed by the county | 16 | | board chairman of the county represented by the director | 17 | | causing the vacancy or, in the case of the director | 18 | | representing the City of Chicago, by the Mayor of the City of | 19 | | Chicago. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 21 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.06) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.06)
| 22 | | Sec. 3B.06. Compensation ; pension; benefits . Until May 1, | 23 | | 2011, the The Chairman of the Commuter Rail Board
shall receive | 24 | | an annual salary of $25,000. Until May 1, 2011, Other members | 25 | | of the Commuter
Rail Board other than the chairman shall |
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| 1 | | receive an annual salary of $15,000. Beginning May 1, 2011, | 2 | | members of the Commuter
Rail Board, including the chairman, | 3 | | shall receive no annual salary or other compensation for their | 4 | | service in office, except that the chairman and each Each | 5 | | member shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the | 6 | | performance of his duties.
| 7 | | No service or contribution shall be credited in any | 8 | | retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension | 9 | | Code or otherwise, to the chairman or any other member of the | 10 | | Board for service in that office beginning on or after May 1, | 11 | | 2011, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or | 12 | | otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension | 13 | | fund credit. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, | 14 | | beginning May 1, 2011, the chairman or any other member of the | 15 | | Board shall receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his | 16 | | or her service in such office, including without limitation | 17 | | participation in a program of life or health insurance. | 18 | | Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply | 19 | | with the
requirements of the Public Funds Statement Publication | 20 | | Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public monies to
| 21 | | file and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements | 22 | | thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended .
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 83-1156.)
| 24 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.07) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.07)
| 25 | | Sec. 3B.07. Meetings. The Commuter Rail Board shall |
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| 1 | | prescribe the times
and places for meetings and the manner in | 2 | | which special meetings may be
called. The Commuter Rail Board | 3 | | shall comply in all respects with the " Open
Meetings Act ", as | 4 | | now or hereafter amended . All records, documents and
papers of | 5 | | the Commuter Rail Division, other than those relating to | 6 | | matters
concerning which closed sessions of the Commuter Rail | 7 | | Board may be held,
shall be available for public examination, | 8 | | subject to such reasonable regulations
as the board may adopt.
| 9 | | A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the | 10 | | conduct of
business. Until May 1, 2011, the The affirmative | 11 | | votes of at least 6
members shall be necessary
for any action | 12 | | required by this Act to be taken by ordinance. Beginning May 1, | 13 | | 2011, the affirmative votes of at least 5 members shall be | 14 | | necessary
for any action required by this Act to be taken by | 15 | | ordinance.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 17 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.12)
| 18 | | Sec. 3B.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Commuter Rail Board | 19 | | with the
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of 7
of its | 20 | | Directors may demand and direct the Board
of the Authority to | 21 | | issue Working Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts
and | 22 | | having such maturities as the Commuter Rail Board deems proper, | 23 | | provided
however any such borrowing shall have been | 24 | | specifically identified in the
budget of the Commuter Rail | 25 | | Board as approved by the Board of the Authority.
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| 1 | | further, that the Commuter Rail Board may not demand and direct | 2 | | the Board
of the Authority to have issued and have outstanding | 3 | | at any time in excess of
$20,000,000 in Working Cash Notes.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 95-708, eff. 1-18-08.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.
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