50 ILCS 20/5

(50 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 1035)

Sec. 5.

Within 60 days after the filing in the office of the recorder
of the resolution or resolutions organizing the Public Building
Commission, the presiding officer of the municipality, county seat or
county board adopting the original resolution and the presiding officers of
the municipal corporations, if any, joining in the organization of the
Public Building Commission shall appoint Commissioners in the manner
hereinafter provided.  All appointments shall be made with the advice and
consent of the governing body whose presiding officer makes the
appointment.

Within 10 days after the appointment of the commissioners by the
respective presiding officers, with the advice and consent of the
respective governing bodies, as aforesaid, each of such presiding officers
shall transmit to the presiding officer of the municipality, county seat or
county board which adopted the original resolution, a certificate of such
appointment.  The presiding officer of the municipality, county seat or
county board shall cause all such certificates of appointment, including a
certificate of the appointments made by the presiding officer of the
municipality, county seat or county board which adopted the original
resolution, to be bound under one cover and filed in the office of the
recorder in and for the county.  Upon such filing the persons so
appointed shall constitute the Board of Commissioners of the Public
Building Commission and upon taking the oath of office as hereinafter
provided shall be deemed to have qualified and be empowered to exercise the
powers and authority prescribed in this Act.

The Board of Commissioners shall in all cases consist of not less than 5
members and in such instances as there may be more than 5 members as herein
provided, the Board of Commissioners shall consist of an odd number.

If the county seat or municipality alone organizes the Public Building
Commission, the presiding officer of the county seat or municipality shall
appoint not less than 5 Commissioners.

If the county board alone organized the Public Building Commission, the
presiding officer of the county board shall appoint not less than 5
Commissioners. The Commissioners appointed to that Public Building Commission
must be residents of the county in which the Commission is organized.

If any one municipal corporation shall join with the municipality,
county seat or county board in the organization of the Public Building
Commission then and in such event the presiding officer of the
municipality, county seat or county board adopting the original resolution
shall appoint 3 Commissioners and the presiding officer of the municipal
corporation joining in the organization of the Public Building Commission
shall appoint 2 Commissioners.

If 2 or more municipal corporations, in addition to the municipality,
county seat or county board adopting the original resolution, shall join
with the municipality, county seat or county board in the organization of
the Public Building Commission then and in such event the presiding
officers of the municipal corporations joining in the organization shall
each appoint 1 Commissioner and the presiding officer of the municipality,
county seat or county board adopting the original resolution shall appoint
such number of commissioners as shall exceed by 1 the aggregate number
appointed by the presiding officers of the municipal corporations joining
in the organization of the Commission.

The initial terms of such Commissioners shall be for 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1
year, respectively, and in such cases as there may be more than 5
Commissioners the initial terms of Commissioners in excess of 5
Commissioners shall be on a descending scale of 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 years, as
there are Commissioners in excess of 5.  The length of the terms of the
first Commissioners shall be determined by lot at their first meeting.  The
initial terms of office of Commissioners who are to hold office for terms
of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively, shall continue until that
September 30th which next follows the expiration of the periods of 1, 2, 3,
4 and 5 years, respectively, from the date of the filing of the
certificates of appointment in the office of the recorder, as
aforesaid, and until their successors are appointed and qualify by taking
their oath of office.

At the expiration of the term of each of the Commissioners, and of each
succeeding Commissioner, or in the event of a vacancy, resignation, removal
or refusal to act, the presiding officer of the municipal corporation, who
made that Commissioner's appointment in the first instance, shall appoint a
Commissioner, in the manner hereinabove provided, to hold office, in the
case of a vacancy occurring for whatever reason, for the unexpired term, or
in the case of expiration, for a term of 5 years, and until his successor
is appointed and has qualified.  Each such appointment shall become
effective upon the filing by the presiding officer making the appointment
of a certificate of the appointment in the office of the recorder
for that county.  Any Commissioner may be appointed to succeed himself.

(Source: P.A. 91-447, eff. 1-1-00.)