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SB3215ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Michael J. Madigan

Filed: 5/25/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3215

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3215 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. If and only if Senate Bill 28 (as enrolled) of
5 the 96th General Assembly becomes law, the Metropolitan Pier
6 and Exposition Authority Act is amended by changing Sections
7 5.4, 5.6, 14.2, 14.5, and 25.4 as follows:
 
8     (70 ILCS 210/5.4)
9     Sec. 5.4. Exhibitor rights and work rule reforms.
 
10 (a) Legislative findings.
11         (1) The Authority is a political subdivision of the
12     State of Illinois subject to the plenary authority of the
13     General Assembly and was created for the benefit of the
14     general public to promote business, industry, commerce,
15     and tourism within the City of Chicago and the State of

 

 

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1     Illinois.
2         (2) The Authority owns and operates McCormick Place and
3     Navy Pier, which have collectively 2.8 million square feet
4     of exhibit hall space, 700,000 square feet of meeting room
5     space.
6         (3) The Authority is a vital economic engine that
7     annually generates 65,000 jobs and $8 billion of economic
8     activity for the State of Illinois through the trade shows,
9     conventions, and other meetings held and attended at
10     McCormick Place and Navy Pier.
11         (4) The Authority supports the operation of McCormick
12     Place and Navy Pier through not only fees on the rental of
13     exhibit and meeting room space, electrical and utility
14     service, food and beverage services, and parking, but also
15     hotel room rates paid by persons staying at the
16     Authority-owned hotel.
17         (5) The Authority has a compelling and proprietary
18     interest in the success, competitiveness, and continued
19     viability of McCormick Place and Navy Pier as the owner and
20     operator of the convention facilities and its obligation to
21     ensure that these facilities produce sufficient operating
22     revenues.
23         (6) The Authority's convention facilities were
24     constructed and renovated through the issuance of public
25     bonds that are directly repaid by State hotel, auto rental,
26     food and beverage, and airport and departure taxes paid

 

 

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1     principally by persons who attend, work at, exhibit, and
2     provide goods and services to conventions, shows,
3     exhibitions, and meetings at McCormick Place and Navy Pier.
4         (7) State law also dedicates State occupation and use
5     tax revenues to fulfill debt service obligations on these
6     bonds should State hotel, auto rental, food and beverage,
7     and airport and departure taxes fail to generate sufficient
8     revenue.
9         (8) Through fiscal year 2010, $55 million in State
10     occupation and use taxes will have been allocated to make
11     debt service payments on the Authority's bonds due to
12     shortfalls in State hotel, auto rental, food and beverage,
13     and airport and departure taxes. These shortfalls are
14     expected to continue in future fiscal years and would
15     require the annual dedication of approximately $40 million
16     in State occupation and use taxes to fulfill debt service
17     payments.
18         (9) In 2009, managers of the International Plastics
19     Showcase announced that 2009 was the last year they would
20     host their exhibition at McCormick Place, as they had since
21     1971, because union labor work rules and electric and food
22     service costs make it uneconomical for the show managers
23     and exhibitors to use McCormick Place as a convention venue
24     as compared to convention facilities in Orlando, Florida
25     and Las Vegas, Nevada. The exhibition used over 740,000
26     square feet of exhibit space, attracted over 43,000

 

 

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1     attendees, generated $4.8 million of revenues to McCormick
2     Place, and raised over $200,000 in taxes to pay debt
3     service on convention facility bonds.
4         (10) After the International Plastics Showcase
5     exhibition announced its departure, other conventions and
6     exhibitions managers and exhibitors also stated that they
7     would not return to McCormick Place and Navy Pier for the
8     same reasons cited by the International Plastics Showcase
9     exhibition. In addition, still other managers and
10     exhibitors stated that they would not select McCormick
11     Place as a convention venue unless the union labor work
12     rules and electrical and food service costs were made
13     competitive with those in Orlando and Las Vegas.
14         (11) The General Assembly created the Joint Committee
15     on the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to
16     conduct hearings and obtain facts to determine how union
17     labor work rules and electrical and food service costs make
18     McCormick Place and Navy Pier uneconomical as a convention
19     venue.
20         (12) Witness testimony and fact-gathering revealed
21     that while the skilled labor provided by trade unions at
22     McCormick Place and Navy Pier is second to none and is
23     actually "exported" to work on conventions and exhibitions
24     held in Orlando and Las Vegas, restrictive work rules on
25     the activities show exhibitors may perform present
26     exhibitors and show managers with an uninviting atmosphere

 

 

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1     and result in significantly higher costs than competing
2     convention facilities.
3         (13) Witness testimony and fact-gathering also
4     revealed that the mark-up on electrical and food service
5     imposed by the Authority to generate operating revenue for
6     McCormick Place and Navy Pier also substantially increased
7     exhibitor and show organizer costs to the point of excess
8     when compared to competing convention facilities.
9         (14) Witness testimony and fact-gathering further
10     revealed that the additional departure of conventions,
11     exhibitions, and trade shows from Authority facilities
12     threatens the continued economic viability of these
13     facilities and the stability of sufficient tax revenues
14     necessary to support debt service.
15         (15) In order to safeguard the Authority's and State of
16     Illinois' shared compelling and proprietary interests in
17     McCormick Place and Navy Pier and in response to local
18     economic needs, the provisions contained in this Section
19     set forth mandated changes and reforms to restore and
20     ensure that (i) the Authority's facilities remain
21     economically competitive with other convention venues and
22     (ii) conventions, exhibitions, trade shows, and other
23     meetings are attracted to and retained at Authority
24     facilities by producing an exhibitor-friendly environment
25     and by reducing costs for exhibitors and show managers.
26         (16) The provisions set forth in this Section are

 

 

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1     reasonable, necessary, and narrowly tailored to safeguard
2     the Authority's and State of Illinois' shared and
3     compelling proprietary interests and respond to local
4     economic needs as compared to the available alternative set
5     forth in House Bill 4900 of the 96th General Assembly and
6     proposals submitted to the Joint Committee on the
7     Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. Action by the
8     State offers the only comprehensive means to remedy the
9     circumstances set forth in these findings, despite the
10     concerted and laudable voluntary efforts of the Authority,
11     labor unions, show contractors, show managers, and
12     exhibitors.
 
13 (b) Definitions. As used in this Section:
14         "Booth" means the demarcated exhibit space of an
15     exhibitor on Authority premises.
16         "Contractor" or "show contractor" means any person who
17     contracts with the Authority, an exhibitor, or with the
18     manager of a show to provide any services related to
19     drayage, rigging, carpentry, decorating, electrical,
20     maintenance, mechanical, and food and beverage services or
21     related trades and duties for shows on Authority premises.
22         "Exhibitor" or "show exhibitor" means any person who
23     contracts with the Authority or with a manager or
24     contractor of a show held or to be held on Authority
25     premises.

 

 

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1         "Exhibitor employee" means any person who has been
2     employed by the exhibitor as a full-time employee for a
3     minimum of 6 months before the show's opening date.
4         "Hand tools" means cordless tools, power tools, and
5     other tools as determined by the Authority.
6         "Licensee" means any entity that uses the Authority's
7     premises.
8         "Manager" or "show manager" means any person that owns
9     or manages a show held or to be held on Authority premises.
10         "Personally owned vehicles" means the vehicles owned
11     by show exhibitors or the show management, excluding
12     commercially registered trucks, vans, and other vehicles
13     as determined by the Authority.
14         "Premises" means grounds, buildings, and facilities of
15     the Authority.
16         "Show" means a convention, exposition, trade show,
17     event, or meeting held on Authority premises by a show
18     manager or show contractor on behalf of a show manager.
19         "Union employees" means workers represented by a labor
20     organization, as defined in the National Labor Relations
21     Act, providing skilled labor services to exhibitors, a show
22     manager, or a show contractor on Authority premises.
 
23 (c) Exhibitor rights.
24         In order to control costs, increase the
25     competitiveness, and promote and provide for the economic

 

 

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1     stability of Authority premises, all Authority contracts
2     with exhibitors, contractors, and managers shall include
3     the following minimum terms and conditions:
4         (1) Consistent with safety and the skills and training
5     necessary to perform the task, as determined by the
6     Authority, an exhibitor and exhibitor employees are
7     permitted in a booth of any size with the use of the
8     exhibitor's ladders and hand tools to:
9             (i) set-up and dismantle exhibits displayed on
10         Authority premises;
11             (ii) assemble and disassemble materials,
12         machinery, or equipment on Authority premises; and
13             (iii) install all signs, graphics, props,
14         balloons, other decorative items, and the exhibitor's
15         own drapery, including the skirting of exhibitor
16         tables, on the Authority's premises.
17         (2) An exhibitor and exhibitor employees are permitted
18     in a booth of any size to deliver, set-up, plug in,
19     interconnect, and operate an exhibitor's electrical
20     equipment, computers, audio-visual devices, and other
21     equipment.
22         (3) An exhibitor and exhibitor employees are permitted
23     in a booth of any size to skid, position, and re-skid all
24     exhibitor material, machinery, and equipment on Authority
25     premises.
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1     prohibited at any time from using scooters, forklifts,
2     pallet jacks, condors, scissors lifts, motorized dollies,
3     or similar motorized or hydraulic equipment on Authority
4     premises.
5         (5) The Authority shall designate areas, in its
6     discretion, where exhibitors may unload and load exhibitor
7     materials from privately owned vehicles at Authority
8     premises with the use of non-motorized hand trucks and
9     dollies.
10         (6) On Monday through Friday for any consecutive 8-hour
11     period during the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., union
12     employees on Authority premises shall be paid
13     straight-time hourly wages plus fringe benefits. Union
14     employees shall be paid straight-time and a half hourly
15     wages plus fringe benefits for labor services provided
16     after any consecutive 8-hour period; provided, however,
17     that between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. union
18     employees shall be paid double straight-time wages plus
19     fringe benefits for labor services.
20         (7) On Monday through Friday for any consecutive 8-hour
21     period during the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., a show
22     manager or contractor shall charge an exhibitor only for
23     labor services provided by union employees on Authority
24     premises based on straight-time hourly wages plus fringe
25     benefits along with a reasonable mark-up. After any
26     consecutive 8-hour period, a show manager or contractor

 

 

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1     shall charge an exhibitor only for labor services provided
2     by union employees based on straight-time and a half hourly
3     wages plus fringe benefits along with a reasonable mark-up;
4     provided, however, that between the hours of midnight and
5     6:00 a.m. a show manager or contractor shall charge an
6     exhibitor only for labor services provided by union
7     employees based on double straight-time wages plus fringe
8     benefits along with a reasonable mark-up.
9         (8) On Saturdays for any consecutive 8-hour period,
10     union employees on Authority premises shall be paid
11     straight-time and a half hourly wages plus fringe benefits.
12     After any consecutive 8-hour period, union employees on
13     Authority premises shall be paid double straight-time
14     hourly wages plus fringe benefits; provided, however, that
15     between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. union employees
16     shall be paid double straight-time wages plus fringe
17     benefits for labor services.
18         (9) On Saturdays for any consecutive 8-hour period, a
19     show manager or contractor shall charge an exhibitor only
20     for labor services provided by union employees on Authority
21     premises based on straight-time and a half hourly wages
22     plus fringe benefits along with a reasonable mark-up. After
23     any consecutive 8-hour period, a show manager or contractor
24     shall charge an exhibitor only for labor services provided
25     by union employees based on double straight-time hourly
26     wages plus fringe benefits along with a reasonable mark-up;

 

 

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1     provided, however, that between the hours of midnight and
2     6:00 a.m. a show manager or contractor shall charge an
3     exhibitor only for labor services provided by union
4     employees based on double straight-time wages plus fringe
5     benefits along with a reasonable mark-up.
6         (10) On Sundays and on State and federal holidays,
7     union employees on Authority premises shall be paid double
8     straight-time hourly wages plus fringe benefits.
9         (11) On Sundays and on State and federal holidays, a
10     show manager or contractor shall charge an exhibitor only
11     for labor services provided by union employees on Authority
12     premises based on double straight-time hourly wages plus
13     fringe benefits along with a reasonable mark-up.
14         (12) The Authority has the power to determine, after
15     consultation with the Advisory Council, the work
16     jurisdiction and scope of work of union employees on
17     Authority premises during the move-in, move-out, and run of
18     a show, provided that any affected labor organization may
19     contest the Authority's determination through a binding
20     decision of an independent, third-party arbitrator. When
21     making the determination, the Authority or arbitrator, as
22     the case may be, shall consider the training and skills
23     required to perform the task, past practices on Authority
24     premises, safety, and the need for efficiency and exhibitor
25     satisfaction. These factors shall be considered in their
26     totality and not in isolation. Nothing in this item permits

 

 

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1     the Authority to eliminate any labor organization
2     representing union employees that provide labor services
3     on the move-in, move-out, and run of the show as of the
4     effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
5     Assembly.
6         (13) During the run of a show, all stewards of union
7     employees shall be working stewards. Subject to the
8     discretion of the Authority, no more than one working
9     steward per labor organization representing union
10     employees providing labor services on Authority premises
11     shall be used per building and per show.
12         (14) An exhibitor or show manager may request by name
13     specific union employees to provide labor services on
14     Authority premises consistent with all State and federal
15     laws. Union employees requested by an exhibitor shall take
16     priority over union employees requested by a show manager.
17         (15) A show manager or show contractor on behalf of a
18     show manager may retain an electrical contractor approved
19     by the Authority or Authority-provisioned electrical
20     services to provide electrical services on the premises. If
21     a show manager or show contractor on behalf of a show
22     manager retains Authority-provisioned electrical services,
23     then the Authority shall offer these services at a rate not
24     to exceed the cost of providing those services.
25         (16) Crew sizes for any task or operation shall not
26     exceed 2 persons unless, after consultation with the

 

 

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1     Advisory Council, the Authority determines otherwise based
2     on the task, skills, and training required to perform the
3     task and on safety.
4         (17) An exhibitor may bring food and beverages on the
5     premises of the Authority for personal consumption.
6         (18) Show managers and contractors shall comply with
7     any audit performed under subsection (e) of this Section.
8         (19) A show manager or contractor shall charge an
9     exhibitor only for labor services provided by union
10     employees on Authority premises on a minimum half-hour
11     basis.
12     The Authority has the power to implement, enforce, and
13 administer the exhibitor rights set forth in this subsection,
14 including the promulgation of rules. The Authority also has the
15 power to determine violations of this subsection and implement
16 appropriate remedies, including, but not limited to, barring
17 violators from Authority premises.
 
18 (d) Advisory Council.
19         (1) An Advisory Council is hereby established to ensure
20     an active and productive dialogue between all affected
21     stakeholders to ensure exhibitor satisfaction for
22     conventions, exhibitions, trade shows, and meetings held
23     on Authority premises.
24         (2) The composition of the Council shall be determined
25     by the Authority consistent with its existing practice for

 

 

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1     labor-management relations.
2         (3) The Council shall hold meetings no less than once
3     every 90 days.
 
4 (e) Audit of exhibitor rights.
5     The Authority shall retain the services of a person to
6 complete, at least twice per calendar year, a financial
7 statement audit and compliance attestation examination to
8 determine and verify that the exhibitor rights set forth in
9 this Section have produced cost reductions for exhibitors and
10 those cost reductions have been fairly passed along to
11 exhibitors. The financial statement audit shall be performed in
12 accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The
13 compliance attestation examination shall be (i) performed in
14 accordance with attestation standards established by the
15 American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and shall
16 examine the compliance with the requirements set forth in this
17 Section and (ii) conducted by a licensed public accounting
18 firm, selected by the Authority from a list of firms
19 prequalified to do business with the Illinois Auditor General.
20 Upon request, a show contractor or manager shall provide the
21 Authority or person retained to provide auditing services with
22 any information and other documentation reasonably necessary
23 to perform the obligations set forth in this subsection. Upon
24 completion, the report shall be submitted to the Authority and
25 made publicly available on the Authority's website.
 

 

 

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1 (f) Exhibitor service reforms. The Authority shall make every
2 effort to substantially reduce exhibitor's costs for
3 participating in shows.
4         (1) Any contract to provide food or beverage services
5     in the buildings and facilities of the Authority, except
6     Navy Pier, shall be provided at a rate not to exceed the
7     cost established in the contract. The Board shall
8     periodically review all food and beverage contracts.
9         (2) A department or unit of the Authority shall not
10     serve as the exclusive provider of electrical services.
11         (3) Exhibitors shall receive a detailed statement of
12     all costs associated with utility services, including the
13     cost of labor, equipment, and materials.
 
14 (g) Severability. If any provision of this Section or its
15 application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
16 invalidity of that provision or application does not affect
17 other provisions or applications of this Section that can be
18 given effect without the invalid provision or application.
19 (Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
 
20     (70 ILCS 210/5.6)
21     Sec. 5.6. Marketing agreement.
22     (a) The Authority shall enter into a marketing agreement
23 with a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Chicago

 

 

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1 and recognized by the Department of Commerce and Economic
2 Opportunity as a certified local tourism and convention bureau
3 entitled to receive State tourism grant funds, provided the
4 bylaws of the organization establish a board of the
5 organization that is comprised of 25 members serving 3-year
6 staggered terms, including the following:
7         (1) a Chair of the board of the organization appointed
8     by the Mayor of the City of Chicago from among the business
9     and civic leaders of Chicago who are not engaged in the
10     hospitality business or who have not served as a member of
11     the Board or as chief executive officer of the Authority;
12         (2) the chairperson of the interim board or Board of
13     the Authority, or his or her designee;
14         (3) no more than 5 members from the hotel industry;
15         (4) no more than 2 members from the restaurant or
16     attractions industry;
17         (5) no more than 2 members employed by or representing
18     an entity responsible for a trade show;
19         (6) no more than 2 members representing unions; and
20         (7) no more than 2 members from the attractions
21     industry; and
22         (8) (7) the Director of the Illinois Department of
23     Commerce and Economic Opportunity, ex officio.
24     Persons with a real or apparent conflict of interest shall
25 not be appointed to the board. Members of the board of the
26 organization shall not serve more than 2 terms. The bylaws

 

 

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1 shall require the following: (i) that the Chair of the
2 organization name no less than 5 and no more than 9 members to
3 the Executive Committee of the organization, one of whom must
4 be the chairperson of the interim board or Board of the
5 Authority, and (ii) a provision concerning conflict of interest
6 and a requirement that a member abstain from participating in
7 board action if there is a threat to the independence of
8 judgment created by any conflict of interest or if
9 participation is likely to have a negative effect on public
10 confidence in the integrity of the board, and (iii) that the
11 annual salary paid to the executive director or chief operating
12 officer of the organization shall not exceed 95% of the annual
13 salary of the Trustee.
14     (b) The Authority shall notify the Department of Revenue
15 within 10 days after entering into a contract pursuant to this
16 Section.
17 (Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
 
18     (70 ILCS 210/14.2)
19     Sec. 14.2. Ethical conduct.
20     (a) The Trustee, members of the interim board, members of
21 the Board, and all employees of the Authority shall comply with
22 the provisions of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act and
23 carry out duties and responsibilities in a manner that
24 preserves the public trust and confidence in the Authority. The
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1 and all employees of the Authority, including the spouse and
2 immediate family members of such person shall not:
3         (1) use or attempt to use their position to secure or
4     attempt to secure any privilege, advantage, favor, or
5     influence for himself or herself or others;
6         (2) accept for personal use any gift, gratuity,
7     service, compensation, travel, lodging, or thing of value,
8     with the exception of unsolicited items of an incidental
9     nature, from any person, corporation, or entity doing
10     business with the Authority;
11         (3) hold or pursue employment, office, position,
12     business, or occupation that may conflict with his or her
13     official duties;
14         (4) influence any person or corporation doing business
15     with the Authority to hire or contract with any person or
16     corporation for any compensated work;
17         (5) engage in any activity that constitutes a conflict
18     of interest; or
19         (6) have a financial interest, directly or indirectly,
20     in any contract or subcontract for the performance of any
21     work for the Authority or a party to a contract with the
22     Authority, except this does not apply to an interest in any
23     such entity through an indirect means, such as through a
24     mutual fund.
25     (b) The Board shall develop an annual ethics training
26 program for members of the Board and all employees of the

 

 

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1 Authority.
2     (c) No Trustee, member on the interim board, Board, or an
3 employee of the Authority, or spouse or immediate family member
4 living with such person, shall, within a period of one year
5 immediately after termination of service or employment,
6 knowingly accept employment or receive compensation or fees for
7 services from a person or entity if the Trustee, member, or
8 employee participated personally or substantially in the award
9 of a contract to that person or entity or in making a licensing
10 decision with regard to that person or entity. Nothing in this
11 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall preclude an
12 employee of the Authority from accepting employment from the
13 private manager contracted to operate the Authority, provided
14 the employee did not participate personally or substantially in
15 the award of the contract to the private manager.
16     (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
17 Authority shall not enter into an agreement for consulting
18 services with or provide compensation or fees for consulting
19 services to the chief executive officer on April 1, 2010, a
20 member of the interim board on April 1, 2010, or any member of
21 the interim board or Board appointed on or after the effective
22 date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
23 (Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
 
24     (70 ILCS 210/14.5)
25     Sec. 14.5. Trustee of the Authority.

 

 

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1     (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
2 of the 96th General Assembly, the Authority shall be governed
3 by a Trustee for a term of 18 months or until the Board created
4 in this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly appoints a
5 chief executive officer, whichever is longer. The James Reilly
6 shall serve as the Trustee of the Authority shall immediately
7 and assume all duties and powers of the Board and the chief
8 executive officer. The Trustee shall take all actions necessary
9 to carry into effect the provisions of this Act and this
10 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. The Trustee shall
11 receive an annual salary equal to the current salary of the
12 chief executive officer, minus 5%.
13     As provided in Senate Bill 28 of the 96th General Assembly,
14 the Trustee of the Authority is James Reilly, who served as the
15 Chief Operating Officer of the Authority from 1989 to 1999,
16 served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Chicago Convention
17 and Tourism Bureau from 1999 to 2004, and served as Chairman of
18 the Regional Transportation Authority Board. James Reilly may
19 be removed as Trustee only by a joint resolution of the General
20 Assembly approved by a majority of members elected to each
21 chamber; and the General Assembly shall thereupon notify the
22 Governor, Trustee, and interim board upon the adoption of a
23 joint resolution creating a vacancy in the position of Trustee
24 of the Authority.
25     (a-5) In the case of a vacancy in the office of Trustee of
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1 Senate, shall appoint a Trustee within 5 calendar days. If the
2 vacancy occurs during a recess of the Senate, the Governor
3 shall make a temporary appointment within 5 calendar days and
4 the person shall serve until the next meeting of the Senate,
5 when the Governor shall nominate some person to fill the office
6 of Trustee. Any person so nominated who is confirmed by the
7 Senate shall hold the office of Trustee during the remainder of
8 the term as provided for in this Section.
9     Any Trustee of the Authority appointed by the Governor,
10 with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be subject to
11 the Governor's removal power provided for under Section 10 of
12 Article V of the Illinois Constitution.
13     (a-10) If the Trustee of the Authority, or the guardian of
14 his or her estate and person, notifies the Governor that he or
15 she is unable to perform the duties vested by law in the
16 Trustee, then the Governor may designate some person as acting
17 Trustee to execute and discharge those duties. When the Trustee
18 of the Authority is prepared to resume his or her duties, he or
19 she, or the guardian of his or her estate and person, shall do
20 so by notifying the Governor.
21     (b) It shall be the duty of the Trustee:
22         (1) to ensure the proper administration of the
23     Authority;
24         (2) to submit to the interim board monthly reports
25     detailing actions taken and the general status of the
26     Authority;

 

 

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1         (3) to report to the General Assembly and Governor no
2     later than January 1, 2011, whether Navy Pier should remain
3     within the control of the Authority or serve as an entity
4     independent from the Authority;
5         (4) to enter into an agreement with a contractor or
6     private manager to operate the buildings and facilities of
7     the Authority, provided that the agreement is procured
8     using a request for proposal process in accordance with a
9     manner substantially similar to the Illinois Procurement
10     Code;
11         (5) to enter into any agreements to license naming
12     rights of any building or facility of the Authority,
13     provided the Trustee determines such an agreement is in the
14     best interest of the Authority;
15         (6) to ensure the proper implementation,
16     administration, and enforcement of Section 5.4 of this Act;
17     and
18         (7) to ensure that any contract of the Authority to
19     provide food or beverage in the buildings and facilities of
20     the Authority, except Navy Pier, shall be provided at a
21     rate not to exceed the cost established in the contract.
22     (c) The Trustee shall notify the interim board prior to
23 entering into an agreement for a term of more than 24 months or
24 with a total value in excess of $100,000. Notification shall
25 include the purpose of the agreement, a description of the
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1 total value of the agreement. Within 10 days after receiving
2 notice, the interim board may prohibit the Trustee from
3 entering into the agreement by a resolution approved by at
4 least 5 members of the interim board. The interim board may
5 veto any other action of the Trustee by a resolution approved
6 by at least 5 members of the interim board, provided that the
7 resolution is adopted within 30 days after the action.
8     (d) Any provision of this Act that requires approval by the
9 Chair of the Board or at least the approval of a majority of
10 the Board shall be deemed approved if the Trustee approves the
11 action, subject to the restrictions in subsection (c).
12 (Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
 
13     (70 ILCS 210/25.4)
14     Sec. 25.4. Contracts for professional services.
15     (a) When the Authority proposes to enter into a contract or
16 agreement for professional services, other than the marketing
17 agreement required in Section 5.6, the Authority shall use a
18 request for proposal process in accordance with a manner
19 substantially similar to the Illinois Procurement Code.
20     (b) Any person that submits a response to a request for
21 proposals under this Section shall disclose in the response the
22 name of each individual having a beneficial interest directly
23 or indirectly of more than 7 1/2% in such person and, if such
24 person is a corporation, the names of each of its officers and
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1 its ownership or its officers or directors at the time such
2 changes occur if the change occurs during the pendency of a
3 proposal or a contract.
4     (c) All contracts and agreements under this Section shall
5 be authorized and approved by the Board and shall be set forth
6 in a writing executed by the contractor and the Authority. No
7 payment shall be made under this Section until a written
8 contract or agreement shall be so authorized, approved, and
9 executed. A copy of each contract or agreement (whether or not
10 exempted under this Section) and the response, if any, to the
11 request for proposals upon which the contract was awarded must
12 be filed with the Secretary of the Authority and is required to
13 be open for public inspection.
14     (d) This Section applies to (i) contracts in excess of
15 $25,000 for professional services provided to the Authority,
16 including the services of accountants, architects, attorneys,
17 engineers, physicians, superintendents of construction,
18 financial advisors, bond trustees, and other similar
19 professionals possessing a high degree of skill and (ii)
20 contracts or bond purchase agreements in excess of $10,000 with
21 underwriters or investment bankers with respect to sale of the
22 Authority's bonds under this Act. This Section shall not apply
23 to contracts for professional services to be provided by, or
24 the agreement is with, a State agency, federal agency, or unit
25 of local government.
26 (Source: 09600SB0028enr.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.".