(415 ILCS 135/15)
    Sec. 15. Creation of Council.
    (a) The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council is established and shall consist of the following voting members to be appointed by the Governor:
        (1) Four members who own or operate a drycleaning
    
facility. These members shall serve 3 year terms, except that of the initial members appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of 2 years, and one for a term of 3 years.
        (2) One member who represents wholesale distributors
    
of drycleaning solvents. This member shall serve for a term of 3 years.
        (3) One member who represents the drycleaning
    
equipment manufacturers and vendor community. This member shall serve for a term of 3 years.
        (4) One member with experience in financial markets
    
or the insurance industry. This member shall serve for a term of 3 years.
    Each member shall have experience, knowledge, and expertise relating to the subject matter of this Act.
    (b) The Governor may remove any member of the Council for incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office after service on him or her of a copy of the written charges against him or her and after an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his or her own defense no earlier than 10 days after the Governor has provided notice of the opportunity to the Council member. Evidence of incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office may be provided to the Governor by the Agency or the Auditor General following the annual audit described in Section 80.
    (c) Members of the Council are entitled to receive reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties within the limit of funds appropriated to the Council or made available to the Fund. The Governor shall appoint a chairperson of the Council from among the members of the Council.
    (d) The Attorney General's office or its designee shall provide legal counsel to the Council.
(Source: P.A. 93-201, eff. 1-1-04.)