Sen. Ram Villivalam

Filed: 3/18/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3389

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3389 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Regional Planning Act is amended by
5changing Sections 10, 15, 25, and 60 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1707/10)
7    Sec. 10. Definitions.
8    "Board" means the Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency
9for Planning.
10    "CMAP" means the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
11    "Chief elected county official" means the Board Chair
12Chairman in DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry Counties
13and the County Executive in Will County.
14    "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the State.
15    "IDOT" means the Illinois Department of Transportation.
16    "MPO" means the metropolitan planning organization

 

 

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1designated under 23 U.S.C. 134.
2    "Members" means the members of the Board.
3    "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, public or
4private corporation, State agency, transportation agency, or
5unit of local government.
6    "Policy Committee" means the decision-making body of the
7MPO.
8    "Region" or "northeastern Illinois region" means Cook,
9DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties.
10    "State agency" means "agency" as defined in Section 1-20
11of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
12    "Transportation agency" means the Regional Transportation
13Authority and its Service Boards; the Illinois Toll Highway
14Authority; the Illinois Department of Transportation; and the
15transportation functions of units of local government.
16    "Unit of local government" means a unit of local
17government, as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the
18Illinois Constitution, that is located within the jurisdiction
19and area of operation of the Board.
20    "USDOT" means the United States Department of
21Transportation.
22(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 1707/15)
24    Sec. 15. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning;
25structure.

 

 

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1    (a) The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is
2established as a political subdivision, body politic, and
3municipal corporation. The Board shall be responsible for
4developing and adopting a funding and implementation strategy
5for an integrated land use and transportation planning process
6for the northeastern Illinois region.
7    (b) (Blank.)
8    (c) The Board shall consist of 15 voting members as
9follows:
10        (1) One member from DuPage County appointed
11    cooperatively by the mayors of DuPage County and the chief
12    elected county official of DuPage County.
13        (2) One member representing both Kane and Kendall
14    Counties appointed cooperatively by the mayors of Kane
15    County and Kendall County and the chief elected county
16    officials of Kane County and Kendall County.
17        (3) One member from Lake County appointed
18    cooperatively by the mayors of Lake County and the chief
19    elected county official of Lake County.
20        (4) One member from McHenry County appointed
21    cooperatively by the mayors of McHenry County and the
22    chief elected county official of McHenry County.
23        (5) One member from Will County appointed
24    cooperatively by the mayors of Will County and the chief
25    elected county official of Will County.
26        (6) Five members from the City of Chicago appointed by

 

 

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1    the Mayor of the City of Chicago.
2        (7) One member from that portion of Cook County
3    outside of the City of Chicago appointed by the President
4    of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
5        (8) Four members from that portion of Cook County
6    outside of the City of Chicago appointed, with the consent
7    of the President of the Cook County Board of
8    Commissioners, as follows:
9            (i) One by the mayors representing those
10        communities in Cook County that are outside of the
11        City of Chicago and north of Devon Avenue.
12            (ii) One by the mayors representing those
13        communities in Cook County that are outside of the
14        City of Chicago, south of Devon Avenue, and north of
15        Interstate 55, and in addition the Village of Summit.
16            (iii) One by the mayors representing those
17        communities in Cook County that are outside of the
18        City of Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of
19        Interstate 57, excluding the communities of Summit,
20        Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and
21        Tinley Park.
22            (iv) One by the mayors representing those
23        communities in Cook County that are outside of the
24        City of Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in
25        addition, the communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins,
26        Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park.

 

 

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1The terms of the members initially appointed to the Board
2shall begin within 60 days after this Act takes effect.
3    (d) The CMAP Board may appoint non-voting members of the
4Board.
5    (e) (Blank). (1) The CMAP Board shall create a Wastewater
6Committee with the responsibility of recommending directly to
7the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) the
8appropriateness of proposed requests for modifications and
9amendments to the established boundaries of wastewater
10facility planning areas, requests for the creation of new
11wastewater facility planning areas, requests for the
12elimination of existing wastewater facility planning areas,
13requests for new or expanded sewage treatment facilities, or
14any other amendments to the State of Illinois Water Quality
15Management Plan required under the federal Clean Water Act.
16The Chairmanship of the Wastewater Committee shall rotate
17every 24 months between the individuals described in
18subsections (e)(2)(iv) and (e)(2)(v) with the individual
19identified in subsection (e)(2)(v) serving as chairman for the
20initial 24-month period commencing on the effective date of
21this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
22        (2) The Wastewater Committee shall consist of 5
23    members of the CMAP Board designated as follows:
24            (i) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
25        be one of the CMAP Board members designated in
26        subsection (c)(1) through (c)(5).

 

 

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1            (ii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
2        be one of the CMAP Board members designated in
3        subsection (c)(6).
4            (iii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
5        be one of the CMAP Board members designated in
6        subsection (c)(7) or (c)(8).
7            (iv) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
8        be a person appointed by the President of the
9        Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
10        Chicago (and who does not need to serve on the CMAP
11        Board).
12            (v) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall
13        be a person appointed by the President of the largest
14        statewide association of wastewater agencies (and who
15        does not need to serve on the CMAP Board).
16        (3) Terms of the members of the Wastewater Committee
17    shall be consistent with those identified in Section 25,
18    except that the term of the member of the Wastewater
19    Committee appointed by the President of the Metropolitan
20    Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall expire
21    on July 1, 2009, and the term of the member of the
22    Wastewater Committee appointed by the President of the
23    largest statewide association of wastewater agencies shall
24    expire on July 1, 2009.
25    (f) Concurrence of four-fifths of the Board members in
26office is necessary for the Board to take any action, except

 

 

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1for decisions with regard to contracts, excluding contracts
2pertaining to the employment of the Executive Director,
3grants, purchase agreements, and meeting minutes, which shall
4require a simple majority vote of the Board members in office
5With the exception of matters considered and recommended by
6the Wastewater Committee directly to the IEPA, which shall
7require only a concurrence of a simple majority of the
8Wastewater Committee members in office, concurrence of
9four-fifths of the Board members in office is necessary for
10the Board to take any action.
11(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 1707/25)
13    Sec. 25. Operations.
14    (a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its
15Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the
16Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his
17or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the
18office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the
19constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary
20of State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years
21or until successors are appointed and qualified. The terms of
22the initial Board members shall expire as follows:
23        (1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and the
24    member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall
25    expire on July 1, 2007.

 

 

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1        (2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, and
2    Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009.
3        (3) As designated at the time of appointment, the
4    terms of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on
5    July 1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of
6    Chicago shall expire on July 1, 2009.
7        (4) The term of the member appointed by the President
8    of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on
9    July 1, 2007.
10        (5) The terms of those members appointed, with the
11    consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
12    Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
13    communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
14    Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1,
15    2007.
16        (6) The terms of those members appointed, with the
17    consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
18    Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
19    communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
20    Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate
21    57, excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen,
22    Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall
23    expire on July 1, 2007.
24        (7) The terms of those members appointed, with the
25    consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
26    Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities

 

 

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1    in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago,
2    south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in
3    addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1,
4    2009.
5        (8) The terms of those members appointed, with the
6    consent of the President of the Cook County Board of
7    Commissioners, by the mayors representing those
8    communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of
9    Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the
10    communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak
11    Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009.
12    (b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing
13authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the
14unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation,
15but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the
16performance of their duties.
17    (c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the
18City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of
19Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of
20Cook County on a one person man one vote basis. Within 6 months
21after the release of each certified federal decennial census,
22the Board shall review its composition and, if a change is
23necessary in order to comply with the representation
24requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the
25necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly.
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1once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board
2meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special
3meetings of the Board may be called by the chair chairman or a
4majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and
5place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board
6members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the
7meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting
8is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are
9present, no such written notice is required. A majority of the
10Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose
11of convening a meeting of the Board.
12    (e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance
13with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records
14in accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act.
15    (f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting
16after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board from its
17membership shall appoint a chair chairman and may appoint vice
18chairs chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those
19officers pursuant to its bylaws. Before entering upon duties
20of office, the chair chairman shall execute a bond with
21corporate sureties to be approved by the Board and shall file
22it with the principal office of the Board. The bond shall be
23payable to the Board in whatever penal sum may be directed and
24shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the
25duties of office and the payment of all money received by the
26chair chairman according to law and the orders of the Board.

 

 

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1The Board may appoint, from time to time, an executive
2committee and standing and ad hoc committees to assist in
3carrying out its responsibilities.
4    (g) Open meetings of the Board shall be broadcast to the
5public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website
6using a high-speed Internet connection. Recordings of each
7meeting broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website
8within a reasonable time after the meeting and shall be
9maintained as public records to the extent practicable, as
10determined by the Board. Compliance with the provisions of
11this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly does not
12relieve the Board of its obligations under the Open Meetings
13Act.
14(Source: P.A. 100-479, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
15    (70 ILCS 1707/60)
16    Sec. 60. Transportation decision-making.
17    (a) The Policy Committee is the federally designated
18Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Chicago region
19under the requirements of federal regulations promulgated by
20USDOT. The Policy Committee shall approve all plans, reports,
21and programs required of an MPO, including the federally
22mandated Regional Transportation Plan, Transportation
23Improvement Program and Unified Work Program.
24    (b) It is the intent of this Act that the transportation
25planning and investment decision-making process be fully

 

 

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1integrated into the regional planning process.
2    (c) The Board, in cooperation with local governments and
3transportation providers, shall develop and adopt a process
4for making the transportation decisions that require final MPO
5approval pursuant to federal law. That process shall comply
6with all applicable federal requirements. The adopted process
7shall ensure that all MPO plans, reports, and programs shall
8be approved by the CMAP Board prior to final approval by the
9MPO.
10    (d) The Board shall continue directly involving local
11elected officials in federal program allocation decisions for
12the Surface Transportation Program, and Congestion Mitigation
13and Air Quality funds, and any other federally suballocated
14funding as required by law and in addressing other regional
15transportation issues.
16(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 1707/63 rep.)
18    (70 ILCS 1707/70 rep.)
19    Section 10. The Regional Planning Act is amended by
20repealing Sections 63 and 70.".