100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5128

 

Introduced , by Rep. Terri Bryant

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 2105/4a  from Ch. 42, par. 386a

    Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. In the case of a board representing a district that embraces Franklin and Jefferson counties, provides that trustees shall be appointed as follows: (1) for municipalities in the district with a population of 6,500 or more, one trustee shall be appointed per 6,500 in population from each municipality by the presiding officer of the municipality with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of the municipality; and (2) for each county in the district, one trustee shall be appointed from the area within the district outside of each municipality and one trustee shall be appointed at large for each county, appointed by the chairperson of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board. Provides that these requirements only apply to appointments made on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended
5by changing Section 4a as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2105/4a)  (from Ch. 42, par. 386a)
7    Sec. 4a. Every conservancy district so established shall be
8governed by a board of trustees. In the statement finding the
9results of the election to be favorable to the establishment of
10the district, the circuit court shall determine and name each
11municipality within the district having 5,000 or more
12population according to the last preceding federal census.
13    (1) In case there is one or more municipalities having a
14population of 5,000 or more within the district, the trustees
15shall be appointed as follows:
16        (a) In districts organized prior to July 1, 1961, where
17    there is only one such municipality, 3 trustees shall be
18    appointed from such municipality, and one trustee shall be
19    appointed from the area within the district outside of such
20    municipality, and one trustee shall be appointed at large.
21    In districts organized on and after July 1, 1961, where
22    there is only one such municipality one trustee shall be
23    appointed from such municipality, and one trustee shall be

 

 

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1    appointed from each county in the district, except that
2    where the district is wholly contained within a single
3    county, one trustee shall be appointed from that county and
4    one additional trustee shall be appointed from the
5    municipality, and, in any case, 2 trustees shall be
6    appointed at large. A trustee appointed from a county in
7    the district shall be appointed from the area outside any
8    such municipality. If the district is located wholly within
9    the corporate limits of such municipality, 3 of the
10    trustees of the district shall be appointed from such
11    municipality, and 2 trustees shall be appointed at large.
12    In a district wholly contained within a single county of
13    between 60,500 and 70,000 population and having no more
14    than one municipality of 5,000 or more population,
15    regardless of the date of organization, 3 trustees shall be
16    appointed from that municipality, 2 trustees shall be
17    appointed from the district outside that municipality, and
18    2 trustees shall be appointed at large. No more than 2
19    appointments by each appointing authority may be from the
20    same political party.
21        (b) Where there are 2 or more such municipalities, one
22    trustee shall be appointed from each such municipality, one
23    trustee shall be appointed from each county in the district
24    for each 50,000 population or part thereof within the
25    district in such county according to the last preceding
26    federal census, and 2 trustees shall be appointed at large.

 

 

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1    A trustee appointed from a county in the district shall be
2    appointed from the area outside any such municipality. If
3    the district is located wholly within the corporate limits
4    of such municipalities, 2 trustees shall be appointed from
5    the one of such municipalities having the largest
6    population, and one trustee shall be appointed from each of
7    the other such municipalities, and 2 trustees shall be
8    appointed at large.
9        (c) Trustees representing the area within the district
10    located outside of any municipality having 5,000 or more
11    population and trustees appointed at large when the
12    district is wholly contained within a single county shall
13    be appointed by the presiding officer of the county board
14    with the advice and consent of the county board and any
15    trustee representing the area within any such municipality
16    shall be appointed by its presiding officer. If however the
17    district is located in more than one county, any trustee
18    representing the area within a district located outside of
19    any municipality having 5,000 or more population and any
20    trustee at large shall be appointed by a majority vote of
21    the presiding officers of the county boards of the counties
22    which encompass any part of the district, except that no
23    such appointment shall affect the term of any trustee in
24    office on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
25    1977. Any trustee representing the area within any such
26    municipality shall be appointed by its presiding officer.

 

 

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1        (d) A trustee representing the area within any such
2    municipality shall reside within its corporate limits. A
3    trustee representing the area within the district and
4    located outside of any such municipality shall reside
5    within such area. A trustee appointed at large may reside
6    either within or without any such municipality but must
7    reside within the territory of the district. Should any
8    trustee cease to reside within that part of the territory
9    he represents, then his office shall be deemed vacated, and
10    shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the
11    term as hereinafter provided.
12    (2) In case there are no municipalities having a population
13of 5,000 or more within such district located wholly within a
14single county, the statement required by Section 1 shall
15include such finding, and in such case the Board shall consist
16of 5 trustees who shall be appointed at large by the presiding
17officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the
18county board. If however the district is located in more than
19one county, the trustees at large shall be appointed by a
20majority vote of the presiding officers of the county boards of
21the counties which encompass any portion of the district, but
22any trustee in office on the effective date of this amendatory
23Act of 1977 shall be permitted to serve out the remainder of
24his term. Each such trustee shall reside within the district
25and shall continue to reside therein.
26    (3) All initial appointments of trustees shall be made

 

 

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1within 60 days after the determination of the result of the
2election. Each appointment shall be in writing and shall be
3filed and made a matter of record in the office of the county
4clerk wherein the organization proceedings were filed. A
5trustee shall qualify within 10 days after appointment by
6acceptance and the taking of the constitutional oath of office,
7both to be in writing and similarly filed for record in the
8office of such county clerk. Members initially appointed to the
9board of trustees of such district shall serve from date of
10appointment for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years and shall draw lots to
11determine the periods for which they each shall serve. In case
12there are more than 5 trustees, lots shall be drawn so that 5
13trustees shall serve initial terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years
14and the other trustees shall serve terms of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
15years as the number of trustees shall require and the drawing
16of lots shall determine. The successors of all such initial
17members of the board of trustees of a river conservancy
18district shall serve for terms of 5 years, all such
19appointments and appointments to fill vacancies shall be made
20in like manner as in the case of the initial trustees. A
21trustee having been duly appointed shall continue to serve
22after the expiration of his term until his successor has been
23appointed. Each trustee initially appointed in accordance with
24this amendatory Act of 1995 shall serve a term of 3 or 5 years
25as determined by lot.
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1attain, or should such a municipality be established, having a
2population of 5,000 or more after the entry of the statement by
3the circuit court, the presiding officer of such municipality
4may petition the circuit court of the county in which such
5municipality lies for an order finding and determining the
6population of such municipality and, if it is found and
7determined upon the hearing of such petition that the
8population of such municipality is 5,000 or more, the board of
9trustees of such district as previously established shall be
10increased by one trustee who shall reside within the corporate
11limits of such municipality and shall be appointed by its
12presiding officer. The initial trustee so appointed shall serve
13for a term of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years, as may be determined by
14lot, and his successors shall be similarly appointed and shall
15serve for terms of 5 years. All provisions of this Section
16applicable to trustees representing municipal areas shall
17apply to any such trustee, including paragraph 5.
18    (5) Should the foregoing provisions respecting the
19appointment of trustees representing the area within any
20municipality of 5,000 or more population be invalid when
21applied to any situation, then as to such situation any such
22provision shall be deemed to be excised from this Act, and the
23trustee whose appointment is thus affected shall be appointed
24at large by the presiding officer of the county board with the
25advice and consent of the county board except if the district
26embraces more than one county in which case the trustees shall

 

 

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1be appointed at large by a majority vote of the presiding
2officers of the county boards of the counties which encompass
3any portion of the district.
4    (6) In the case of a board representing a district that
5embraces Franklin and Jefferson counties, a trustee may be
6removed for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in
7office by the appropriate appointing presiding officer or
8officers, without the advice and consent of the corporate
9authorities, by filing a written order of removal with the
10appropriate county or municipal clerk or clerks.
11    (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
12contrary, in the case of a board representing a district that
13embraces Franklin and Jefferson counties, the terms of all
14trustees shall end on the effective date of this amendatory Act
15of the 94th General Assembly. Beginning on that date, the board
16shall consist of 7 trustees. The 7 trustees initially appointed
17pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
18shall be appointed in the same manner as otherwise provided in
19this Section by the appropriate appointing authority and shall
20serve the following terms, as determined by lot: (i) 2 trustees
21shall serve until July 1, 2006; (ii) 2 trustees shall serve
22until July 1, 2007; (iii) one trustee shall serve until July 1,
232008; (iv) one trustee shall serve until July 1, 2009; and (v)
24one trustee shall serve until July 1, 2010. Upon expiration of
25the terms of the trustees initially appointed under this
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1successors shall be appointed for terms of 5 years, beginning
2on July 1 of the year in which the previous term expires and
3until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.
4After the appointment of the trustees initially appointed
5pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly,
6the number of trustees on the board may be increased in
7accordance with subsection (4).
8    (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
9contrary, in the case of a board representing a district that
10embraces Franklin and Jefferson counties, trustees shall be
11appointed as follows:
12        (a) For municipalities in the district with a
13    population of 6,500 or more, one trustee shall be appointed
14    per 6,500 in population from each municipality by the
15    presiding officer of the municipality with the advice and
16    consent of the corporate authorities of the municipality.
17        (b) For each county in the district, one trustee shall
18    be appointed from the area within the district outside of
19    each municipality under item (a) of this subsection. One
20    trustee shall be appointed at large for each county.
21    Trustees under this item (b) shall be appointed by the
22    chairperson of the county board with the advice and consent
23    of the county board.
24    The provisions of this subsection apply only to
25appointments made on and after the effective date of this
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1appointment of the trustees initially appointed pursuant to
2this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the number
3of trustees on the board may be increased in accordance with
4subsection (4) of this Section.
5(Source: P.A. 94-64, eff. 6-21-05.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.