The appointive
members shall serve for terms of 4 years except that the terms of office of the
original appointive members pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall be as follows: One member for a term of 1
year; 1 member for a term of 2 years; 1 member for a term of 3 years; and 2 members for a term of 4 years. Vacancies among the appointive
members shall be filled for unexpired terms by appointment in
like manner as for original appointments, and appointive members shall
continue in office until their successors have been appointed and have
qualified.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the term of office of each trustee of the Board appointed by the Governor who is sitting on the Board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly is terminated on that effective date. A trustee sitting on the board on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly may not hold over in office for more than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Governor from making a temporary appointment or nominating a trustee holding office on the day before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
Each person appointed to membership shall qualify by taking an oath of
office before the Secretary of State stating that he will diligently and
honestly administer the affairs of the board and will not violate or knowingly
permit the violation of any provisions of this Article.
Members of the board shall receive no salary for service on the board but
shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred while on business for the
board according to the standards in effect for members of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.
A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The
board shall elect from its membership, biennially, a Chairman, Vice Chairman
and a Recording Secretary. These officers, together with one other member
elected by the board, shall constitute the executive committee. During the
interim between regular meetings of the board, the executive committee shall
have authority to conduct all business of the board and shall report such
business conducted at the next following meeting of the board for ratification.
No member of the board shall have any interest in any brokerage fee,
commission or other profit or gain arising out of any investment made by
the board. This paragraph does not preclude ownership by any member of any
minority interest in any common stock or any corporate obligation in which
investment is made by the board.
The board shall contract for a blanket fidelity bond in the penal sum of
not less than $1,000,000.00 to cover members of the board, the director and
all other employees of the board conditioned for the faithful performance of
the duties of their respective offices, the premium on which shall be paid by
the board.
(Source: P.A. 99-708, eff. 7-29-16; 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
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