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Public Act 094-1096
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LRB094 04458 MKM 34487 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Southwestern Illinois Development Authority |
Act is amended by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6154)
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Sec. 4. (a) There is hereby created a political |
subdivision, body politic
and municipal corporation named the |
Southwestern Illinois Development
Authority.
The territorial |
jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic area
within |
the boundaries of Madison,
St. Clair, Bond, and Clinton
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counties in the State of
Illinois and any navigable waters and |
air space located therein.
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(b) The governing and administrative powers of the |
Authority shall be
vested in a body consisting of 14
11
members |
including, as ex officio
members,
the Director of the |
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Community |
Affairs, or his or her
designee, and the Director of the |
Department of Central Management Services,
or his or her |
designee.
The other 12
9
members of the Authority
shall be |
designated "public members", 6
4 of whom shall be appointed by |
the
Governor
with the advice and consent of the Senate, 2 of |
whom shall be appointed by
the county board chairman of Madison |
County,
2 of whom shall be
appointed by the county board |
chairman of St. Clair County, one of whom
shall be appointed by |
the county board chairman of Bond County, and one of whom
shall |
be appointed by the county board chairman of Clinton County. |
All
public members shall reside within the territorial |
jurisdiction of this Act.
Eight
Six members shall constitute a |
quorum.
The public members shall be
persons of recognized |
ability and
experience in one or more of the following areas: |
economic development,
finance, banking, industrial |
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development, small business management, real
estate |
development, community development, venture finance, organized |
labor
or civic, community or neighborhood organization. The |
Chairman of the
Authority shall be elected by the Board |
annually from the 4 members
appointed by the county board |
chairmen.
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(c) The terms of all members of the Authority shall begin |
30 days after
the effective date of this Act. Of the 8 public |
members
appointed pursuant to this Act, 3 shall serve until the
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third Monday in January, 1988, 3 shall serve until the third |
Monday in
January, 1989, and 2
shall serve until the third |
Monday in January, 1990.
The public members initially appointed |
under this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall |
serve until the third Monday in January, 2008. All successors |
shall be appointed by the original appointing authority and
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hold office for a term of 3 years commencing the third
Monday |
in January of the year in which their term commences, except in |
case
of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
Vacancies
occurring |
among the public members shall be filled for the
remainder of |
the term.
In case of vacancy in a Governor-appointed membership |
when
the Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a |
temporary appointment
until the next meeting of the Senate when |
a person shall be nominated to
fill such office, and any person |
so nominated who is confirmed by the
Senate shall hold office |
during the remainder of the term and until a
successor shall be |
appointed and qualified.
Members of the Authority shall not be |
entitled to compensation for their services
as members but |
shall be entitled to reimbursement for all necessary
expenses |
incurred in connection with the performance of their duties as |
members.
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(d) The Governor may remove any public member of the |
Authority in case
of incompetency, neglect of duty, or |
malfeasance in office.
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(e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall |
have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the |
legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate |
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or economic
development and administration. The Executive |
Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the Board. The |
Executive Director shall be the chief
administrative and |
operational officer of the Authority, shall direct
and |
supervise its administrative affairs and general management, |
shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed from time |
to time by the members and
shall receive compensation fixed by |
the Authority. The Executive Director
shall attend all meetings |
of the Authority; however, no action of the
Authority shall be |
invalid on account of the absence of the Executive
Director |
from a meeting. The Authority may engage the services of such
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other agents and employees, including attorneys, appraisers, |
engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other consultants, |
as it may deem
advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix |
their compensation.
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(f) The Board may, by majority vote, nominate up to 4 |
non-voting members
for appointment by the Governor. Non-voting |
members shall be persons of
recognized ability and experience |
in one or more of the following areas:
economic development, |
finance, banking, industrial development, small
business |
management, real estate development, community development, |
venture finance,
organized labor or civic, community or |
neighborhood organization.
Non-voting members shall serve at |
the
pleasure of the Board. All non-voting members may attend |
meetings of the
Board and shall be reimbursed as provided in |
subsection (c).
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(g) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
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recommendations to the Board on the economic development of the |
city of
East St. Louis and on the economic development of the |
riverfront within the
territorial jurisdiction of this Act. The |
members of the task force shall
reside within the territorial |
jurisdiction of this Act, shall serve at the
pleasure of the |
Board and shall be persons of recognized ability and
experience |
in one or more of the following areas: economic development,
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finance, banking, industrial development, small business |
management, real
estate development, community development, |
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venture finance, organized labor
or civic, community or |
neighborhood organization. The number of members
constituting |
the task force shall be set by the Board and may vary from
time |
to time. The Board may set a specific date by which the task |
force is
to submit its final report and recommendations to the |
Board.
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(Source: P.A. 93-602, eff. 11-18-03; revised 12-6-03.)
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(70 ILCS 520/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 6155)
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Sec. 5. All official acts of the Authority shall require |
the approval
of at least 8 members
6 members. It shall be the |
duty of the Authority to promote
development within the |
geographic confines of Madison, Bond, Clinton, and St. Clair
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counties. The Authority shall use the powers herein
conferred |
upon it to assist in the development, construction and
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acquisition of industrial, commercial, housing or residential |
projects
within Madison, Bond, Clinton, and St. Clair counties.
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(Source: P.A. 85-591.)
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