Public Act 098-0565
 
SB1456 EnrolledLRB098 07600 OMW 37671 b


  
    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
    Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended  by 
changing Section 16.03 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 705/16.03)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.03)



    Sec. 16.03. 
Of the three members of a board of fire 
commissioners, one
shall be a representative citizen of the 
employee class, one shall be a
representative citizen chosen 
from the employing class, and the other shall
be a 
representative citizen not identified with either the 
employing or
employee class and each Appointed members of a 
board of fire commissioners shall possess the qualifications 
required of other
officers of the fire protection district and 
by Section 16.02 of this Act, shall take oath, or affirmation,

of office, give bond, and shall be subject to removal from 
office, in the
same manner as other appointive officers of the 
fire protection district
and consistent with the provisions of 
Section 16.02 hereof.
    No more than 2 members of the board  shall belong to the 
same political party existing in the municipality at the time 
of the appointments and as defined  in Section 10-2 of the 
Election Code. If only 1 or no political party exists in the 
municipality at the time of the appointments, then state or 
national political party affiliation shall be considered in 
making the appointments.  Party affiliation shall be determined 
by affidavit of the person appointed as a member of the board. 

(Source: P.A. 86-562.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.