Rep. Al Riley

Filed: 5/23/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 426

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 426 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Sanitary District Act of 1917 is amended by
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2405/3)  (from Ch. 42, par. 301)
7    Sec. 3. Board of trustees; creation; term. A board of
8trustees shall be created, consisting of 5 members in any
9sanitary district which includes one or more municipalities
10with a population of over 90,000 but less than 500,000
11according to the most recent Federal census, and consisting of
123 members in any other district. However, the board of trustees
13for the Fox River Water Reclamation District, the Sanitary
14District of Decatur, and the Northern Moraine Wastewater
15Reclamation District shall each consist of 5 members. Each
16board of trustees shall be created for the government, control

 

 

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1and management of the affairs and business of each sanitary
2district organized under this Act shall be created in the
3following manner:
4        (1) If the district's corporate boundaries are located
5    wholly within a single county, the presiding officer of the
6    county board, with the advice and consent of the county
7    board, shall appoint the trustees for the district;
8        (2) If the district's corporate boundaries are located
9    in more than one county, the members of the General
10    Assembly whose legislative districts encompass any portion
11    of the district shall appoint the trustees for the
12    district.
13    In any sanitary district which shall have a 3 member board
14of trustees, within 60 days after the adoption of such act, the
15appropriate appointing authority shall appoint three trustees
16not more than 2 of whom shall be from one incorporated city,
17town or village in districts in which are included 2 or more
18incorporated cities, towns or villages, or parts of 2 or more
19incorporated cities, towns or villages, who shall hold their
20office respectively for 1, 2 and 3 years, from the first Monday
21of May next after their appointment and until their successors
22are appointed and have qualified, and thereafter on or before
23the second Monday in April of each year the appropriate
24appointing authority shall appoint one trustee whose term shall
25be for 3 years commencing the first Monday in May of the year
26in which he is appointed. The length of the term of the first

 

 

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1trustees shall be determined by lot at their first meeting.
2    In the case of any sanitary district created after January
31, 1978 in which a 5 member board of trustees is required, the
4appropriate appointing authority shall appoint 5 trustees, one
5of whom shall hold office for one year, two of whom shall hold
6office for 2 years, and 2 of whom shall hold office for 3 years
7from the first Monday of May next after their respective
8appointments and until their successors are appointed and have
9qualified. Thereafter, on or before the second Monday in April
10of each year the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint
11one trustee or 2 trustees, as shall be necessary to maintain a
125 member board of trustees, whose terms shall be for 3 years
13commencing the first Monday in May of the year in which they
14are respectively appointed. The length of the terms of the
15first trustees shall be determined by lot at their first
16meeting.
17    In any sanitary district created prior to January 1, 1978
18in which a 5 member board of trustees is required as of January
191, 1978, the two trustees already serving terms which do not
20expire on May 1, 1978 shall continue to hold office for the
21remainders of their respective terms, and 3 trustees shall be
22appointed by the appropriate appointing authority by April 10,
231978 and shall hold office for terms beginning May 1, 1978. Of
24the three new trustees, one shall hold office for 2 years and 2
25shall hold office for 3 years from May 1, 1978 and until their
26successors are appointed and have qualified. Thereafter, on or

 

 

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1before the second Monday in April of each year the appropriate
2appointing authority shall appoint one trustee or 2 trustees,
3as shall be necessary to maintain a 5 member board of trustees,
4whose terms shall be for 3 years commencing the first Monday in
5May of the year in which they are respectively appointed. The
6lengths of the terms of the trustees who are to hold office
7beginning May 1, 1978 shall be determined by lot at their first
8meeting after May 1, 1978.
9    No more than 3 members of a 5 member board of trustees may
10be of the same political party; except that in any sanitary
11district which otherwise meets the requirements of this Section
12and which lies within 4 counties of the State of Illinois or,
13prior to April 30, 2008, in the Fox River Water Reclamation
14District; the appointments of the 5 members of the board of
15trustees shall be made without regard to political party.
16Beginning with the appointments made on April 30, 2008, all
17appointments to the board of trustees of the Fox River Water
18Reclamation District shall be made so that no more than 3 of
19the 5 members are from the same political party.
20    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, vacancies
21on the board of trustees of the Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary
22District shall be appointed as provided in this paragraph. Upon
23the vacancy of a trustee, the mayors of each municipality
24located in whole or in part within the territory of the
25District shall recommend a candidate or candidates to fill the
26vacancy. A majority of the mayors must select an appropriate

 

 

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1candidate to fill the vacancy from among those candidates
2recommended by the mayors.
3    Within 60 days after the release of Federal census
4statistics showing that a sanitary district having a 3 member
5board of trustees contains one or more municipalities with a
6population over 90,000 but less than 500,000, or, for the
7Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District, within 60
8days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
995th General Assembly, the appropriate appointing authority
10shall appoint 2 additional trustees to the board of trustees,
11one to hold office for 2 years and one to hold office for 3
12years from the first Monday of May next after their appointment
13and until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
14The lengths of the terms of these two additional members shall
15be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board of
16trustees held after the additional members take office. The
17three trustees already holding office in the sanitary district
18shall continue to hold office for the remainders of their
19respective terms. Thereafter, on or before the second Monday in
20April of each year the appropriate appointing authority shall
21appoint one trustee or 2 trustees, as shall be necessary to
22maintain a 5 member board of trustees, whose terms shall be for
233 years commencing the first Monday in May of the year in which
24they are respectively appointed.
25    If any sanitary district having a 5 member board of
26trustees shall cease to contain one or more municipalities with

 

 

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1a population over 90,000 but less than 500,000 according to the
2most recent Federal census, then, for so long as that sanitary
3district does not contain one or more such municipalities, on
4or before the second Monday in April of each year the
5appropriate appointing authority shall appoint one trustee
6whose term shall be for 3 years commencing the first Monday in
7May of the year in which he is appointed. In districts which
8include 2 or more incorporated cities, towns, or villages, or
9parts of 2 or more incorporated cities, towns, or villages, all
10of the trustees shall not be from one incorporated city, town
11or village.
12    If a vacancy occurs on any board of trustees, the
13appropriate appointing authority shall within 60 days appoint a
14trustee who shall hold office for the remainder of the vacated
15term.
16    The appointing authority shall require each of the trustees
17to enter into bond, with security to be approved by the
18appointing authority, in such sum as the appointing authority
19may determine.
20    A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a
21quorum but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. No
22trustee or employee of such district shall be directly or
23indirectly interested in any contract, work or business of the
24district, or the sale of any article, the expense, price or
25consideration of which is paid by such district; nor in the
26purchase of any real estate or property belonging to the

 

 

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1district, or which shall be sold for taxes or assessments, or
2by virtue of legal process at the suit of the district.
3Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting
4the appointment or selection of any person as trustee or
5employee whose only interest in the district is as owner of
6real estate in the district or of contributing to the payment
7of taxes levied by the district. The trustees shall have the
8power to provide and adopt a corporate seal for the district.
9    Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, in any
10sanitary district created prior to the effective date of this
11amendatory Act of 1985, in which a five member board of
12trustees has been appointed and which currently includes one or
13more municipalities with a population of over 90,000 but less
14than 500,000, the board of trustees shall consist of five
15members.
16    Except as otherwise provided for vacancies, in the event
17that the appropriate appointing authority fails to appoint a
18trustee under this Section, the appropriate appointing
19authority shall reconvene and appoint a successor on or before
20July 1 of that year.
21(Source: P.A. 98-407, eff. 1-1-14; 98-828, eff. 8-1-14.)".