(65 ILCS 5/11-135-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-135-2)
Sec. 11-135-2.
Upon the adoption of such an ordinance or resolution
by the corporate authorities of any such municipality, the mayor or
president, with the approval of the corporate authorities, shall appoint
a commissioner.
If under Section 11-135-3 a water commission meets the participatory
requirements, that water commission shall appoint a commissioner.
The commissioners so appointed by each of such
municipalities and participatory water commissions together with a like
commissioner appointed by the
presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the
county board of the county in which the major part of the works of the
water commission are, or are to be, located, shall constitute a
commission and public corporation with the powers and duties specified
in this Division 135. The corporate name of the commission shall be
"(here insert an appropriate name indicative of the area) Water Commission"
and as such the
Commission may contract and be contracted with, and sue and be sued.
The commissioners so appointed shall serve for a term of 6 years, or until
their successors have been appointed and have qualified in the same manner
as the original appointments, except that the commissioners first appointed
shall determine by lot at their first meeting the respective commissioners
whose terms shall be for 2, 4 and 6 years from the date of that meeting.
Each commissioner appointed by a mayor or president shall be an elector
or the chief administrator of the municipality for which he acts as
commissioner,
and the commissioner appointed by the presiding officer of the county board
shall be an elector of the county in which the major works of the water
commission are, or are to be, located. Any commissioner so appointed may
be a member of the governing board or officer or employee of the municipality
or county from which the appointment is made. A commissioner is eligible
for reappointment upon the expiration of his term. A vacancy shall be filled
for the balance of the unexpired term of the person who has ceased to hold
office by the mayor, president or county board presiding officer who initially
made such appointment in the same manner as the original appointment. Each
commissioner shall receive the same compensation, as determined by the
appointing authority, which shall not be more
than $2,000 per year, except that no commissioner who is a
member of the governing
board or officer of the municipality or county from which the
appointment
is made may receive any compensation for serving as commissioner. Each
commissioner shall furnish a bond for the faithful performance of his
official duties. This bond shall not be less than $5,000 and its costs
shall be paid by the commission.
Each commissioner may be removed for any cause for which any other
municipal officer may be removed. No commissioner, or employee of the
commission, and no mayor, or president, or other member of the corporate
authorities, or any employee of any of the municipalities, shall be
interested directly or indirectly in any contract or job of work or
materials, or the profits thereof, or services to be performed for or by
the commission.
A violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this section is a
Class C misdemeanor. A conviction is cause for the removal of a person
from his office or employment.
(Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97; 91-659, eff. 12-22-99.)
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