Public Act 0882 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1868 Enrolled LRB096 11296 RLJ 21725 b

Public Act 096-0882

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act is amended by changing Sections 14, 15, and 16 as follows:

(70 ILCS 210/14) (from Ch. 85, par. 1234)

Sec. 14. Board; compensation. The governing and administrative body of the Authority shall be a board known as the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board. The members of the board shall be individuals of generally recognized ability and integrity. No member of the Board may be an officer or employee of, or a member of a board, commission or authority of, the State, any unit of local government or any school district.

They shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. However, any member of the board who is appointed to the office of secretary-treasurer may receive compensation for his or her services as such officer. All members of the Board and employees of the Authority are subject to the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, in accordance with its terms.

Thirty days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Board shall consist of 7 interim members. On and after June 30, 1987, and prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the Board shall consist of 12 members. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the Board shall consist of 13 members. The Board shall be fully constituted when a quorum has been appointed.

(Source: P.A. 86-17; 87-1089.)

(70 ILCS 210/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 1235)

Sec. 15. Interim board members. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the term of office of each member of the Board ends 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and those members shall no longer hold office. Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Governor shall appoint 3 interim members to the Board. At least one of the members appointed by the Governor must have academic credentials in labor law or human resources. Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall (i) appoint 3 interim members to the Board and (ii) appoint, subject to the approval of the Governor, a chairperson of the interim board. The appointment of the chairperson shall be deemed to be approved unless the Governor disapproves the appointment in writing within 15 days after notice thereof. The interim board members shall serve until a new Board is created by the General Assembly by law.

On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the term of each of the members of the Board serving prior to such date shall immediately expire.

On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) shall appoint six members of the Board for initial terms expiring June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint six members of the Board for initial terms expiring June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Governor, one member who shall serve as chairman for an initial term expiring June 1, 1992. An appointment shall be deemed to be approved unless the Governor disapproves the appointment in writing within 15 days after notice thereof. At the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Governor, his successor shall be appointed by the Governor in like manner, and at the expiration of the term of any member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago, his successor shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago in like manner, and at the expiration of the term of any Mayoral appointee requiring approval by the Governor, the successor shall be appointed in like manner, as appointments for the initial terms. All successors shall hold office for a term of five years from the first day of June of the year in which they are appointed, except in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office when the Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to fill such office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his office during the remainder of the term and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the Governor shall make temporary appointments as in case of vacancies.

The When the appointments have become final, the Governor and the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall certify their respective appointees to the Secretary of State. Within 30 thirty days after certification of his or her appointment, and before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each member of the Board shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State.

(Source: P.A. 86-17.)

(70 ILCS 210/16) (from Ch. 85, par. 1236)

Sec. 16. Vacancies. Members of the board shall hold office until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any member may resign from his or her office, to take effect when his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. The Governor and the Mayor of the City of Chicago, respectively, may remove any member of the Board appointed by him or her in case of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, after service on him or her of a copy of the written charges against him or her and an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his or her own defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of failure to qualify within the time required, or of abandonment of his or her office, or in case of death, conviction of a felony or removal from office, his or her office shall become vacant. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment in like manner, as in case of expiration of the term of a member of the Board.

(Source: Laws 1955, p. 1125.)

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

Effective Date: 2/17/2010