(20 ILCS 1605/5) (from Ch. 120, par. 1155)
    Sec. 5. (a) The Department shall be under the supervision and direction of a Superintendent, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties required by this Act. The Superintendent shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of office of the Superintendent shall expire on the third Monday of January in odd numbered years provided that he or she shall hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. The annual salary of the Superintendent is $142,000.
    Any vacancy occurring in the office of the Superintendent shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. In case of a vacancy during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate, when the Governor shall nominate some person to fill the office, and any person so nominated who is confirmed by the Senate shall hold office during the remainder of the term and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
    During the absence or inability to act of the Superintendent, or in the case of a vacancy in the office of Superintendent until a successor is appointed and qualified, the Governor may designate some person as Acting Superintendent of the Lottery to execute the powers and discharge the duties vested by law in that office. A person who is designated as an Acting Superintendent shall not continue in office for more than 60 calendar days unless the Governor files a message with the Secretary of the Senate nominating that person to fill the office. After 60 calendar days, the office is considered vacant and shall be filled only under this Section. No person who has been appointed by the Governor to serve as Acting Superintendent shall, except at the Senate's request, be designated again as an Acting Superintendent at the same session of that Senate, subject to the provisions of this Section. A person appointed as an Acting Superintendent is not required to meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of this Section. In no case may the Governor designate a person to serve as Acting Superintendent if that person has prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly exercised any of the duties and functions of the office of Superintendent without having been nominated by the Governor to serve as Superintendent.
    (b) The Superintendent shall devote his or her entire time and attention to the duties of the office and shall not be engaged in any other profession or occupation. The Superintendent shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law.
    The Superintendent shall:
        (1) be qualified by training and experience to direct
    
a lottery, including, at a minimum, 5 years of senior executive-level experience in the successful advertising, marketing, and selling of consumer products, 4 years of successful experience directing a lottery on behalf of a governmental entity, or 5 years of successful senior-level management experience at a lottery on behalf of a governmental entity;
        (2) have significant and meaningful management and
    
regulatory experience; and
        (3) have a good reputation, particularly as a person
    
of honesty, independence, and integrity.
    The Superintendent shall not during his or her term of appointment: become a candidate for any elective office; hold any other elected or appointed public office; be actively involved in the affairs of any political party or political organization; advocate for the appointment of another person to an appointed or elected office or position; or actively participate in any campaign for any elective office. The Superintendent may be appointed to serve on a governmental advisory or board study commission or as otherwise expressly authorized by law.
    (c) No person shall perform the duties and functions of the Superintendent, or otherwise exercise the authority of the Superintendent, unless the same shall have been appointed by the Governor pursuant to this Section.
(Source: P.A. 97-464, eff. 8-19-11.)