Executive Committee

Filed: 1/11/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1868

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1868 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
5 Act is amended by changing Sections 14, 15, and 16 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 210/14)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1234)
7     Sec. 14. Board; compensation. The governing and
8 administrative body of the Authority shall be a board known as
9 the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Board. The members of the
10 board shall be individuals of generally recognized ability and
11 integrity. No member of the Board may be an officer or employee
12 of, or a member of a board, commission or authority of, the
13 State, any unit of local government or any school district.
14     They shall serve without compensation, but shall be
15 reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the
16 performance of their duties. However, any member of the board

 

 

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1 who is appointed to the office of secretary-treasurer may
2 receive compensation for his or her services as such officer.
3 All members of the Board and employees of the Authority are
4 subject to the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, in accordance
5 with its terms.
6     Thirty days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
7 of the 96th General Assembly, the Board shall consist of 7
8 interim members. On and after June 30, 1987, and prior to the
9 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the Board shall
10 consist of 12 members. On and after the effective date of this
11 amendatory Act of 1989, the Board shall consist of 13 members.
12 The Board shall be fully constituted when a quorum has been
13 appointed.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-17; 87-1089.)
 
15     (70 ILCS 210/15)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1235)
16     Sec. 15. Interim board members. Notwithstanding any
17 provision of this Section to the contrary, the term of office
18 of each member of the Board ends 30 days after the effective
19 date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and
20 those members shall no longer hold office. Within 30 days after
21 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
22 Assembly, the Governor shall appoint 3 interim members to the
23 Board. At least one of the members appointed by the Governor
24 must have academic credentials in labor law or human resources.
25 Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act

 

 

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1 of the 96th General Assembly, the Mayor of the City of Chicago
2 shall (i) appoint 3 interim members to the Board and (ii)
3 appoint, subject to the approval of the Governor, a chairperson
4 of the interim board. The appointment of the chairperson shall
5 be deemed to be approved unless the Governor disapproves the
6 appointment in writing within 15 days after notice thereof. The
7 interim board members shall serve until a new Board is created
8 by the General Assembly by law.
9     On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the
10 term of each of the members of the Board serving prior to such
11 date shall immediately expire.
12     On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the
13 Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate)
14 shall appoint six members of the Board for initial terms
15 expiring June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and
16 1995 respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall
17 appoint six members of the Board for initial terms expiring
18 June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995
19 respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint,
20 subject to the approval of the Governor, one member who shall
21 serve as chairman for an initial term expiring June 1, 1992. An
22 appointment shall be deemed to be approved unless the Governor
23 disapproves the appointment in writing within 15 days after
24 notice thereof. At the expiration of the term of any member
25 appointed by the Governor, his successor shall be appointed by
26 the Governor in like manner, and at the expiration of the term

 

 

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1 of any member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago,
2 his successor shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of
3 Chicago in like manner, and at the expiration of the term of
4 any Mayoral appointee requiring approval by the Governor, the
5 successor shall be appointed in like manner, as appointments
6 for the initial terms. All successors shall hold office for a
7 term of five years from the first day of June of the year in
8 which they are appointed, except in case of an appointment to
9 fill a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office when the
10 Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a temporary
11 appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall
12 nominate some person to fill such office; and any person so
13 nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his
14 office during the remainder of the term and until his successor
15 shall be appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in
16 session on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989,
17 the Governor shall make temporary appointments as in case of
18 vacancies.
19     The When the appointments have become final, the Governor
20 and the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall certify their
21 respective appointees to the Secretary of State. Within 30
22 thirty days after certification of his or her appointment, and
23 before entering upon the duties of his or her office, each
24 member of the Board shall take and subscribe the constitutional
25 oath of office and file it in the office of the Secretary of
26 State.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 86-17.)
 
2     (70 ILCS 210/16)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1236)
3     Sec. 16. Vacancies. Members of the board shall hold office
4 until their respective successors have been appointed and
5 qualified. Any member may resign from his or her office, to
6 take effect when his or her successor has been appointed and
7 has qualified. The Governor and the Mayor of the City of
8 Chicago, respectively, may remove any member of the Board
9 appointed by him or her in case of incompetency, neglect of
10 duty, or malfeasance in office, after service on him or her of
11 a copy of the written charges against him or her and an
12 opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his
13 or her own defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case
14 of failure to qualify within the time required, or of
15 abandonment of his or her office, or in case of death,
16 conviction of a felony or removal from office, his or her
17 office shall become vacant. Vacancies shall be filled in the
18 same manner as original appointments. Each vacancy shall be
19 filled for the unexpired term by appointment in like manner, as
20 in case of expiration of the term of a member of the Board.
21 (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1125.)
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.".