Public Act 093-1072
 
SB184 Enrolled LRB093 08060 BDD 08261 b

    AN ACT concerning port districts.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Heart of Illinois Regional Port District Act
is amended by changing Section 120 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 1807/120)
    Sec. 120. Meetings; ordinances and resolutions; public
records. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least
once in each calendar month, the time and place of the meeting
to be fixed by the Board. Five members of the Board shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All action
of the Board shall be by motion, ordinance, or resolution,
except that any action authorizing the expenditure of funds in
excess of $5,000 must be by ordinance. The and the affirmative
vote of at least 5 members shall be necessary for the adoption
of any ordinance or resolution. All ordinances and resolutions
before taking effect shall be approved by the chairperson of
the Board. If the chairperson shall approve the ordinance or
resolution, he or she shall sign it. Those ordinances or
resolutions the chairperson shall not approve the chairperson
shall return to the Board with his or her objections in writing
at the next regular meeting of the Board occurring after the
passage of the ordinances or resolutions. If the chairperson
shall fail to return any ordinance or resolution with his or
her objections by the time required in this Section, he or she
shall be deemed to have approved it and it shall take effect
accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by
the chairperson with his or her objections, the vote by which
the ordinance or resolution was passed shall be reconsidered by
the Board. If upon reconsideration the ordinance or resolution
is passed by the affirmative vote of at least 6 members, it
shall go into effect notwithstanding the veto of the
chairperson. All ordinances, resolutions, all proceedings of
the district, and all documents and records in its possession
shall be public records, and open to public inspection, except
any documents and records that shall be kept or prepared by the
Board for use in negotiations, actions, or proceedings to which
the district is a party.
(Source: P.A. 93-262, eff. 7-22-03.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 1/18/2005