Public Act 094-0466
 
HB3843 Enrolled LRB094 09873 AJO 42290 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 Airport Authorities Act is amended by
changing Section 3.1 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 5/3.1)  (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 68.3a)
    Sec. 3.1. Boards of commissioners - Appointment. The Boards
of Commissioners of Authorities shall be appointed as follows:
    (1) In case there are one or more municipalities having a
population of 5,000 or more within the Authority, the
commissioners shall be appointed as follows:
        (a) Where there is only one such municipality, 3
    commissioners shall be appointed from such municipality,
    and 2 commissioners shall be appointed at large.
        (b) Where there are 2 or more such municipalities, one
    commissioner shall be appointed from each such
    municipality, one commissioner shall be appointed from the
    areas within the authority located outside of such
    municipalities, and 3 2 commissioners shall be appointed at
    large; except that when the physical facilities of the
    airport of the Authority are located wholly within a single
    county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000
    there shall be one commissioner appointed from each
    municipality within the corporate limits of the Authority
    having 5,000 or more population and 5 commissioners
    appointed at large. If the Authority is located wholly
    within the corporate limits of such municipalities, 2
    commissioners shall be appointed from the one of such
    municipalities having the largest population, and one
    commissioner shall be appointed from each of the other such
    municipalities, and 2 commissioners shall be appointed at
    large.
        (c) Commissioners representing the area within an
    Authority located outside of any municipality having 5,000
    or more population and commissioners appointed at large
    when the authority is wholly contained within a single
    county shall be appointed by the presiding officer of the
    county board with the advice and consent of the county
    board, and when the physical facilities of the airport of
    the Authority are located wholly within a single county
    with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000 the
    commissioners appointed at large shall be appointed by the
    chairman of the county board of such county, and any
    commissioner representing the area within any such
    municipality shall be appointed by its mayor or the
    presiding officer of its governing body. If however the
    district is located in more than one county other than a
    county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000, the
    members of the General Assembly whose legislative
    districts encompass any portion of the Authority shall
    appoint the commissioners representing the area within an
    Authority located outside of any municipality having 5,000
    or more population and commissioners at large but any
    commissioner representing the area within any such
    municipality shall be appointed by its mayor or the
    presiding officer of its governing body.
        (d) A commissioner representing the area within any
    such municipality shall reside within its corporate
    limits. A commissioner representing the area within an
    authority and located outside of any such municipality
    shall reside within such area. A commissioner appointed at
    large may reside either within or without any such
    municipality but must reside within the territory of the
    authority. Should any commissioner cease to reside within
    that part of the territory he represents, or should the
    territory in which he resides cease to be a part of the
    authority, then his office shall be deemed vacated, and
    shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the
    term as hereinafter provided.
    (2) In case there are no municipalities having a population
of 5,000 or more within such authority located wholly within a
single county, such order shall so find, and in such case the
Board shall consist of 5 commissioners who shall be appointed
at large by the presiding officer of the county board with the
advice and consent of the county board. If however the district
is located in more than one county, the members of the General
Assembly whose legislative districts encompass any portion of
the Authority shall appoint the commissioners at large.
    (3) Should a municipality which is wholly within an
authority attain, or should such a municipality be established,
having a population of 5,000 or more after the entry of said
order by the circuit court, the presiding officer of such
municipality may petition the circuit court for an order
finding and determining the population of such municipality
and, if it is found and determined upon the hearing of said
petition that the population of such municipality is 5,000 or
more, the board of commissioners of such authority as
previously established shall be increased by one commissioner
who shall reside within the corporate limits of such
municipality and shall be appointed by its presiding officer.
The initial commissioner so appointed shall serve for a term of
1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years, as may be determined by lot, and his
successors shall be similarly appointed and shall serve for
terms of 5 years. All provisions of this section applicable to
commissioners representing municipal areas shall apply to any
such commissioner. Each such commissioner shall reside within
the authority and shall continue to reside therein.
    (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
the Board of Commissioners of a Metropolitan Airport Authority
shall consist of 9 commissioners.
    Seven commissioners shall be residents of the county with a
population between 600,000 and 3,000,000 within which the
Metropolitan Airport Authority was established. These
commissioners shall be appointed by the county board chairman
of the county with a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000
within which the Metropolitan Airport Authority was
established, with the advice and consent of the county board of
that county.
    Two commissioners shall be residents of the territory of
the Authority located outside the county with a population
between 600,000 and 3,000,000. These commissioners shall be
appointed jointly by the mayors of the municipalities having a
population over 5,000 that are located outside the county with
a population between 600,000 and 3,000,000, with the advice and
consent of the governing bodies of those municipalities.
    The transition from the pre-existing composition of the
Metropolitan Airport Authority Board of Commissioners to the
composition specified in this amendatory Act of 1991 shall be
accomplished as follows:
            (A) The appointee who was required to be a resident
        of the area outside of the county with a population
        between 600,000 and 3,000,000 may serve until his or
        her term expires. The replacement shall be one of the 2
        appointees who shall be residents of the territory of
        the Authority located outside the county with a
        population between 600,000 and 3,000,000.
            (B) The other 8 commissioners may serve until their
        terms expire. Upon the occurrence of the second vacancy
        among these 8 commissioners after the effective date of
        this amendatory Act of 1991, the replacement shall be
        the second of the 2 appointees who shall be residents
        of the territory of the Authority located outside of
        the county with a population between 600,000 and
        3,000,000. Upon the expiration of the terms of the
        other 7 commissioners, the replacements shall be
        residents of the county with a population between
        600,000 and 3,000,000.
            (C) All commissioners appointed after the
        effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, and
        their successors, shall be appointed in the manner set
        forth in this amendatory Act of 1991.
(Source: P.A. 87-699.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2006