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 1        AN ACT in relation to local government.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   2.    The   Southwestern  Illinois  Development
 5    Authority Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6154)
 7        Sec.  4.   (a)  There  is  hereby  created  a   political
 8    subdivision, body politic and municipal corporation named the
 9    Southwestern  Illinois Development Authority. The territorial
10    jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic area  within
11    the  boundaries  of  Madison,  and  St.  Clair,  and  Clinton
12    counties  in  the  State of Illinois and any navigable waters
13    and air space located therein.
14        (b)  The  governing  and  administrative  powers  of  the
15    Authority shall be vested in  a  body  consisting  of  11  10
16    members including, as ex officio members, the Director of the
17    Department  of  Commerce and Community Affairs, or his or her
18    designee, and the  Director  of  the  Department  of  Central
19    Management  Services,  or his or her designee.  The other 9 8
20    members  of  the  Authority    shall  be  designated  "public
21    members", 4 of whom shall be appointed by the  Governor  with
22    the  advice  and  consent  of  the Senate, 2 of whom shall be
23    appointed by the county board chairman of Madison County, and
24    2 of whom shall be appointed by the county board chairman  of
25    St.  Clair  County, and one of whom shall be appointed by the
26    county board chairman of Clinton County.  All public  members
27    shall reside within the territorial jurisdiction of this Act.
28    Six  members  shall  constitute a quorum.  The public members
29    shall be persons of recognized ability and experience in  one
30    or   more  of  the  following  areas:  economic  development,
31    finance,  banking,  industrial  development,  small  business
 
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 1    management, real estate development,  community  development,
 2    venture  finance,  organized  labor  or  civic,  community or
 3    neighborhood organization.  The  Chairman  of  the  Authority
 4    shall  be  elected  by  the Board annually from the 4 members
 5    appointed by the county board chairmen.
 6        (c)  The terms of all  members  of  the  Authority  shall
 7    begin 30 days after the effective date of this Act.  Of the 8
 8    public  members appointed pursuant to this Act, 3 shall serve
 9    until the third Monday in January, 1988, 3 shall serve  until
10    the  third  Monday  in January, 1989, and 2 shall serve until
11    the third Monday in January, 1990.  All successors  shall  be
12    appointed  by  the  original  appointing  authority  and hold
13    office for a term of 3 years commencing the third  Monday  in
14    January  of the year in which their term commences, except in
15    case of  an  appointment  to  fill  a  vacancy.     Vacancies
16    occurring  among  the  public members shall be filled for the
17    remainder  of  the  term.   In   case   of   vacancy   in   a
18    Governor-appointed  membership  when  the  Senate  is  not in
19    session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment  until
20    the  next  meeting  of  the  Senate  when  a  person shall be
21    nominated to fill such office, and any  person  so  nominated
22    who  is  confirmed by the Senate shall hold office during the
23    remainder  of  the  term  and  until  a  successor  shall  be
24    appointed and qualified. Members of the Authority  shall  not
25    be entitled to compensation for their services as members but
26    shall be entitled to reimbursement for all necessary expenses
27    incurred  in  connection with the performance of their duties
28    as members.
29        (d)  The Governor may remove any  public  member  of  the
30    Authority  in  case  of  incompetency,  neglect  of  duty, or
31    malfeasance in office.
32        (e)  The Board shall appoint an  Executive  Director  who
33    shall  have  a  background  in finance, including familiarity
34    with the legal and procedural requirements of issuing  bonds,
 
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 1    real  estate or economic development and administration.  The
 2    Executive Director shall hold office at the discretion of the
 3    Board.   The  Executive   Director   shall   be   the   chief
 4    administrative  and  operational  officer  of  the Authority,
 5    shall direct and supervise  its  administrative  affairs  and
 6    general management, shall perform such other duties as may be
 7    prescribed from time to time by the members and shall receive
 8    compensation  fixed by the Authority.  The Executive Director
 9    shall attend all  meetings  of  the  Authority;  however,  no
10    action  of  the  Authority shall be invalid on account of the
11    absence of  the  Executive  Director  from  a  meeting.   The
12    Authority  may  engage  the services of such other agents and
13    employees,  including   attorneys,   appraisers,   engineers,
14    accountants, credit analysts and other consultants, as it may
15    deem  advisable  and may prescribe their duties and fix their
16    compensation.
17        (f)  The Board may, by majority vote, nominate  up  to  4
18    non-voting   members   for   appointment   by  the  Governor.
19    Non-voting members shall be persons of recognized ability and
20    experience in one or more of the  following  areas:  economic
21    development,  finance, banking, industrial development, small
22    business  management,  real  estate  development,   community
23    development,  venture  finance,  organized  labor  or  civic,
24    community  or  neighborhood organization.  Non-voting members
25    shall serve at the pleasure of  the  Board.   All  non-voting
26    members  may  attend  meetings  of  the  Board  and  shall be
27    reimbursed as provided in subsection (c).
28        (g)  The Board shall create a task  force  to  study  and
29    make recommendations to the Board on the economic development
30    of the city of East St. Louis and on the economic development
31    of the riverfront within the territorial jurisdiction of this
32    Act.   The  members of the task force shall reside within the
33    territorial jurisdiction of this  Act,  shall  serve  at  the
34    pleasure  of  the  Board  and  shall be persons of recognized
 
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 1    ability and experience in one or more of the following areas:
 2    economic   development,    finance,    banking,    industrial
 3    development,   small   business   management,   real   estate
 4    development,    community   development,   venture   finance,
 5    organized  labor  or   civic,   community   or   neighborhood
 6    organization.   The  number  of members constituting the task
 7    force shall be set by the Board and may  vary  from  time  to
 8    time.   The  Board  may set a specific date by which the task
 9    force is to submit its final report  and  recommendations  to
10    the Board.
11    (Source: P.A. 85-591.)

12        Section  5.   The  Code  of Civil Procedure is amended by
13    changing Section 7-103.70 as follows:

14        (735 ILCS 5/7-103.70)
15        Sec.   7-103.70.  Quick-take;    Southwestern    Illinois
16    Development  Authority.  Quick-take proceedings under Section
17    7-103 may be used for a period from May 22,  1998  to  August
18    30,  2003  to  August  30,  2005  2002,  by  the Southwestern
19    Illinois Development Authority pursuant to  the  Southwestern
20    Illinois  Development  Authority Act for a project as defined
21    in Section 3 of that Act.
22    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-739, eff. 6-2-00.)

23        Section 500.  The Code of Civil Procedure is  amended  by
24    adding Section 7-103.102 as follows:

25        (735 ILCS 5/7-103.102 new)
26        Sec.   7-103.102.   Quick-take;   Village   of  Palatine.
27    Quick-take proceedings under Section 7-103 may be used for  a
28    period  of  60  months  after  the  effective  date  of  this
29    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly by the Village of
30    Palatine for the acquisition of property  for the purposes of

 
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 1    the   Downtown  Tax  Increment  Redevelopment  Project  Area,
 2    bounded generally by Plum Grove Road on  the  East,  Palatine
 3    Road  on  the  South,  Cedar  Street  on the West, and Colfax
 4    Street on the North,  and  the  Rand  Corridor  Redevelopment
 5    Project  Area, bounded generally by Dundee Road on the South,
 6    Lake-Cook Road on the North, and on the East and West by Rand
 7    Road, in the Village of Palatine more specifically  described
 8    in  the  following  ordinances    adopted  by  the Village of
 9    Palatine:
10             Village ordinance  0-224-99,  adopted  December  13,
11        1999;
12             Village  ordinance  0-225-99,  adopted  December 13,
13        1999;
14             Village ordinance  0-226-99,  adopted  December  13,
15        1999;
16             Village ordinance 0-13-00, adopted January 24, 2000,
17        correcting  certain  scrivener's  errors  and attached as
18        exhibit A to the foregoing legal descriptions;
19             Village ordinance 0-23-03, adopted January 27, 2003;
20             Village ordinance 0-24-03, adopted January 27, 2003;
21        and
22             Village ordinance 0-25-03, adopted January 27, 2003.

23        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
24    becoming law.