(620 ILCS 50/44) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 148)
Sec. 44.
When ten percent of the voters of any county file a petition with
the county clerk of such county, asking that a County Airport Commission be
created in the manner hereinafter provided, such petition shall be
presented to the county board of such county at its next meeting.
At the next meeting of said Board following the presentation of said
petition, but not sooner than twenty days after such presentation, the
county board shall proceed to elect a County Airport Commission, composed
of five voters of such county, two of whom shall be members of such county
board, hereinafter called County Board members, and three of whom shall be
persons who hold no elective or appointive political office, hereinafter
called Non-County Board Members. At least one of such Non-County Board
members shall be licensed air pilot or a former member of one of the
branches of the Armed Services of the United States who has had equivalent
training and experience. All members shall be chosen with reference to
their special fitness for such office. The member chosen for aviation
experience shall be known as an "Aviation" member, and the other Non-County
Board members shall be known as "Non-Aviation" members nothing herein shall
prevent the appointment of more than one member of the commission meeting
the qualifications of an "aviation" member.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 594.)
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