Full Text of HB6950 96th General Assembly
HB6950 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB6950 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 3615/3A.02 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02 | 70 ILCS 3615/3A.02a new | | 70 ILCS 3615/3A.03 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.03 | 70 ILCS 3615/3A.05 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05 | 70 ILCS 3615/3A.06 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.06 | 70 ILCS 3615/3A.07 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.07 | 70 ILCS 3615/3A.12 | from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.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 Suburban Bus Board, beginning at the consolidated election in 2011 (now, a 13-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 Suburban Bus Board members. This | 8 | | Act does not apply to any elected member of the Suburban Bus | 9 | | Board established by Section 3A.02a of the Regional | 10 | | Transportation Authority Act or to any person appointed to fill | 11 | | 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 Suburban Bus 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. Suburban Bus Board member. A
Suburban Bus Board | 4 | | member under Section 3A.02a of the
Regional Transportation | 5 | | Authority Act shall be elected at the consolidated
election to | 6 | | succeed each incumbent Suburban Bus 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 Suburban Bus Board members. | 12 | | This Code does not apply to any elected member of the Suburban | 13 | | Bus Board established by Section 3A.02a of the Regional | 14 | | Transportation Authority Act or to any person appointed to fill | 15 | | a vacancy on that elected Board. | 16 | | Section 20. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 17 | | amended by changing Sections 3A.02, 3A.03, 3A.05, 3A.06, 3A.07, | 18 | | and 3A.12 and adding Section 3A.02a as follows:
| 19 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.02)
| 20 | | Sec. 3A.02. Suburban Bus Board ; appointed directors . Until | 21 | | May 1, 2011, the The governing body of the Suburban
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| 1 | | Division shall be a board consisting of 13 directors appointed | 2 | | as follows:
| 3 | | (a) Six Directors appointed by the members of the Cook | 4 | | County Board elected
from that part of Cook County outside | 5 | | of Chicago, or in the event such Board
of Commissioners | 6 | | becomes elected from single member districts, by those
| 7 | | Commissioners elected from districts, a majority of the | 8 | | residents of which
reside outside of Chicago from the chief | 9 | | executive officers of the municipalities,
of that portion | 10 | | of Cook County outside of Chicago. Provided however, that:
| 11 | | (i) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 12 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 13 | | the Northwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 14 | | (ii) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 15 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 16 | | the North Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 17 | | (iii) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 18 | | executive officer of a
municipality within the area of | 19 | | the North Shore Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 20 | | (iv) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 21 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 22 | | the Central Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 23 | | (v) One of the Directors shall be the chief | 24 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 25 | | the Southwest Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 26 | | (vi) One of the Directors shall be the chief |
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| 1 | | executive officer of a municipality
within the area of | 2 | | the South Region defined in Section 3A.13;
| 3 | | (b) One Director by the Chairman of the Kane County | 4 | | Board who shall be
a chief executive officer of a | 5 | | municipality within Kane County;
| 6 | | (c) One Director by the Chairman of the Lake County | 7 | | Board who shall be
a chief executive officer of a | 8 | | municipality within Lake County;
| 9 | | (d) One Director by the Chairman of the DuPage County | 10 | | Board who shall
be a chief executive officer of a | 11 | | municipality within DuPage County;
| 12 | | (e) One Director by the Chairman of the McHenry County | 13 | | Board who shall
be a chief executive officer of a | 14 | | municipality within McHenry County;
| 15 | | (f) One Director by the Chairman of the Will County | 16 | | Board who shall be
a chief executive officer of a | 17 | | municipality within Will County;
| 18 | | (g) The Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People | 19 | | with Disabilities, from the City of Chicago, who shall | 20 | | serve as an ex-officio member; and | 21 | | (h) The Chairman by the Governor for the initial term, | 22 | | and thereafter
by a majority of the Chairmen of the DuPage, | 23 | | Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will
County Boards and the members | 24 | | of the Cook County Board elected from that
part of Cook | 25 | | County outside of Chicago, or in the event such Board of | 26 | | Commissioners
is elected from single member districts, by |
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| 1 | | those Commissioners elected
from districts, a majority
of | 2 | | the electors of which reside outside of Chicago; and who | 3 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th | 4 | | General Assembly may not be a resident of the City of | 5 | | Chicago.
| 6 | | Each appointment made under paragraphs (a) through (g) and | 7 | | under Section
3A.03 shall be certified by the appointing | 8 | | authority to the Suburban Bus
Board which shall maintain the | 9 | | certifications as part of the official records
of the Suburban | 10 | | Bus Board; provided that the initial appointments shall
be | 11 | | certified to the Secretary of State, who shall transmit the | 12 | | certifications
to the Suburban Bus Board following its | 13 | | organization.
| 14 | | Beginning May 1, 2011, the governing body of the Suburban | 15 | | Bus Division shall be a board consisting of 9 directors elected | 16 | | as set forth in Section 3A.02a. | 17 | | For the purposes of this Section, "chief executive officer | 18 | | of a
municipality" includes a former chief executive officer of | 19 | | a municipality
within the specified Region or County, provided | 20 | | that the former officer
continues to reside within such Region | 21 | | or County.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
| 23 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.02a new) | 24 | | Sec. 3A.02a. Suburban Bus Board; elected directors. | 25 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the |
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| 1 | | contrary, the terms of all members of the Suburban Bus Board | 2 | | serving on April 30, 2011 shall terminate at the close of | 3 | | business on that day, and the Suburban Bus Board shall | 4 | | thereupon be reconstituted as provided in subsection (b) of | 5 | | this Section. | 6 | | (b) Beginning May 1, 2011, the governing body of the | 7 | | Suburban Bus Division shall be a board consisting of 9 | 8 | | directors elected as follows: | 9 | | (1) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 10 | | the City of Chicago and shall represent and reside in the | 11 | | City of Chicago; | 12 | | (2) Three directors shall be elected by the electors of | 13 | | that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago and | 14 | | shall represent and reside in that part of Cook County; | 15 | | (3) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 16 | | DuPage
County and shall represent and reside in DuPage | 17 | | County; | 18 | | (4) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 19 | | Kane
County and shall represent and reside in Kane County; | 20 | | (5) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 21 | | Lake
County and shall represent and reside in Lake County; | 22 | | (6) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 23 | | McHenry
County and shall represent and reside in McHenry | 24 | | County; | 25 | | (7) One director shall be elected by the electors of | 26 | | Will
County and shall represent and reside in Will County. |
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| 1 | | (c) The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, from | 2 | | the members of
the board, with the concurrence of at least 6 of | 3 | | the directors. | 4 | | (d) The directors provided for in subsection (b) shall be | 5 | | nominated and elected on a nonpartisan basis as provided in | 6 | | Section 3A.03 of this Act and in the Election Code.
| 7 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.03) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.03)
| 8 | | Sec. 3A.03. Terms, Elections, Vacancies. | 9 | | (a) This subsection (a) applies only to directors appointed | 10 | | under Section 3A.02. The initial term of the directors | 11 | | appointed
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 3A.02 shall | 12 | | expire on
June 30, 1985; the initial term of the directors | 13 | | appointed pursuant
to subdivisions (b) through (g) of Section | 14 | | 3A.02
shall expire on June 30, 1986. Thereafter, each director | 15 | | shall be appointed
for a term of 4 years, and until his or her | 16 | | successor has been appointed and
qualified. A vacancy shall | 17 | | occur upon the resignation, death, conviction
of a felony, or | 18 | | removal from office of a director. Any director may be
removed | 19 | | from office upon the concurrence of not less than 8 directors,
| 20 | | on a formal finding of incompetence, neglect of duty, or | 21 | | malfeasance
in office. Within 30 days after the office of any | 22 | | appointed director becomes vacant
for any reason other than the | 23 | | termination of appointed directors under Section 3A.02a , the | 24 | | appointing authorities of such director shall make an
| 25 | | appointment to fill the vacancy. A vacancy shall be filled for |
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| 1 | | the unexpired
term. The initial directors other than the | 2 | | chairman shall be appointed
within 180 days of November 9, | 3 | | 1983.
| 4 | | On June 1, 1984 the seat of any Director of the Suburban | 5 | | Bus Board not
yet filled shall be deemed vacant and shall be | 6 | | chosen by the election of
all the legislative members of the | 7 | | General Assembly representing the affected
area. In order to | 8 | | qualify as a voting legislative member in this matter,
the | 9 | | affected area must be more than 50% of the geographic area of | 10 | | the
legislative district.
| 11 | | (b) The directors provided for in Section 3A.02a shall be | 12 | | elected on a nonpartisan basis at the consolidated election, | 13 | | beginning in 2011. | 14 | | Nomination shall be by petition, signed by at least 0.1% of | 15 | | the registered voters of the area to be represented, filed with | 16 | | the appropriate election authority in accordance with the | 17 | | general election law. In elections for directors representing | 18 | | that part of Cook County outside the City of Chicago, if more | 19 | | than one such director is to be elected, the electors may vote | 20 | | for as many candidates as there are directors to be elected but | 21 | | may not give any one candidate more than one vote. | 22 | | Of the directors elected in 2011, (i) the directors | 23 | | described in items (3), (5), and (7) of subsection (b) of | 24 | | Section 3A.02a, and the director described in item (2) thereof | 25 | | who receives the greatest number of votes in the consolidated | 26 | | election, shall be elected for terms of 4 years; and (ii) the |
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| 1 | | directors described in items (1), (4), and (6) of subsection | 2 | | (b) of Section 3A.02a, and the 2 directors described in item | 3 | | (2) thereof who receive the second and third greatest number of | 4 | | votes, shall be elected for terms of 2 years. Thereafter, all | 5 | | directors shall be elected for terms of 4 years. All terms | 6 | | shall begin on May 1, and directors shall continue to serve | 7 | | until their successors are elected and have qualified. | 8 | | (c) Beginning May 1, 2011, a vacancy shall be filled for | 9 | | the remainder of the term by a person appointed by the county | 10 | | board chairman of the county represented by the director | 11 | | causing the vacancy or, in the case of the director | 12 | | representing the City of Chicago, by the Mayor of the City of | 13 | | Chicago. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 83-1156.)
| 15 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.05)
| 16 | | Sec. 3A.05. Appointment of officers and employees. The | 17 | | Suburban Bus
Board shall appoint an Executive Director who | 18 | | shall be the chief executive
officer of the Division, | 19 | | appointed, retained or dismissed with the concurrence
of at | 20 | | least two-thirds 9 of the directors of the Suburban Bus Board. | 21 | | The Executive Director
shall appoint, retain and employ | 22 | | officers, attorneys, agents, engineers,
employees and shall | 23 | | organize the staff, shall allocate their functions and
duties, | 24 | | fix compensation and conditions of employment, and consistent | 25 | | with
the policies of and direction
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| 1 | | take all actions necessary to achieve its purposes,
fulfill its | 2 | | responsibilities and carry out its powers, and shall have such
| 3 | | other powers and responsibilities as the Suburban Bus Board | 4 | | shall determine.
The Executive Director shall be an individual | 5 | | of proven transportation and
management skills and may not be a | 6 | | member of the Suburban Bus Board. The
Division may employ its | 7 | | own professional management personnel to provide
professional | 8 | | and technical expertise concerning its purposes
and powers and | 9 | | to assist it in assessing the performance of transportation
| 10 | | agencies in the metropolitan region.
| 11 | | No unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in | 12 | | the Illinois Human
Rights Act, shall be made in any term or | 13 | | aspect of employment nor shall
there be discrimination based | 14 | | upon political reasons or factors. The Suburban
Bus Board shall | 15 | | establish regulations to insure that its discharges shall
not | 16 | | be arbitrary and that hiring and promotion are based on merit.
| 17 | | The Division shall be subject to the " Illinois Human Rights | 18 | | Act ", as now
or hereafter amended, and the remedies and | 19 | | procedure established thereunder.
The Suburban Bus Board shall | 20 | | file an affirmative action program for employment
by it with | 21 | | the Department of Human Rights to ensure that applicants are
| 22 | | employed and that employees are treated during employment, | 23 | | without regard
to unlawful discrimination. Such affirmative | 24 | | action program shall include
provisions relating
to hiring, | 25 | | upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment | 26 | | advertising,
selection for training and rates of pay or other |
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| 1 | | forms of compensation.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
| 3 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.06) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.06)
| 4 | | Sec. 3A.06. Compensation ; pension; benefits . Until May 1, | 5 | | 2011, the The Chairman of the Suburban Bus Board
shall receive | 6 | | an annual salary of $15,000, and the other members of the
| 7 | | Suburban Bus Board shall receive an annual salary of $10,000. | 8 | | Beginning May 1, 2011, members of the Suburban Bus Board, | 9 | | including the chairman, shall receive no annual salary or other | 10 | | compensation for their service in office, except that the | 11 | | chairman and each Each member
shall be reimbursed for actual | 12 | | expenses incurred in the performance of his
or her duties, not | 13 | | to exceed $5000 per year.
| 14 | | No service or contribution shall be credited in any | 15 | | retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension | 16 | | Code or otherwise, to the chairman or any other member of the | 17 | | Board for service in that office beginning on or after May 1, | 18 | | 2011, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or | 19 | | otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension | 20 | | fund credit. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, | 21 | | beginning May 1, 2011, the chairman or any other member of the | 22 | | Board shall receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his | 23 | | or her service in such office, including without limitation | 24 | | participation in a program of life or health insurance. | 25 | | Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply |
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| 1 | | with the
requirements of the Public Funds Statement Publication | 2 | | Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public monies to
| 3 | | file and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements | 4 | | thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended .
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 84-939.)
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.07) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.07)
| 7 | | Sec. 3A.07. Meetings. The Suburban Bus Board shall | 8 | | prescribe the time
and places for meetings and the manner in | 9 | | which special meetings may be
called. The Suburban Bus Board | 10 | | shall comply in all respects with the " Open
Meetings Act ", as | 11 | | now or hereafter amended . All records, documents and
papers of | 12 | | the Suburban Bus Division, other than those relating to matters
| 13 | | concerning which closed sessions of the Suburban Bus Board may | 14 | | be held,
shall be available for public examination, subject to | 15 | | such reasonable regulations
as the Suburban Bus Board may | 16 | | adopt.
| 17 | | A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the | 18 | | conduct of
business. Until May 1, 2011, the The affirmative | 19 | | votes of at least 7 members shall be necessary
for any action | 20 | | required by this Act to be taken by ordinance. Beginning May 1, | 21 | | 2011, the affirmative votes of at least 5 members shall be | 22 | | necessary
for any action required by this Act to be taken by | 23 | | ordinance.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 83-886.)
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| 1 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.12) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.12)
| 2 | | Sec. 3A.12. Working Cash Borrowing. The Suburban Bus Board | 3 | | with the
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds 9 of its | 4 | | Directors may demand and direct the Board of
the Authority to | 5 | | issue Working Cash Notes at such time and in such amounts
and | 6 | | having such maturities as the Suburban Bus Board deems proper, | 7 | | provided
however any such borrowing shall have been | 8 | | specifically identified in the
budget of the Suburban Bus Board | 9 | | as approved by the Board of the Authority.
Provided further, | 10 | | that the Suburban Bus Board may not demand and direct
the Board | 11 | | of the Authority to have issued and have outstanding at any | 12 | | time
in excess of $5,000,000 in Working
Cash Notes.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 95-906, eff. 8-26-08.)
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.
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