Public Act 90-0183 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0183
SB285 Enrolled LRB9001460NTsb
AN ACT concerning transportation, amending named Acts.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 3. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is
amended by changing Section 28 as follows:
(70 ILCS 3605/28) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 328)
Sec. 28. The Board shall classify all the offices,
positions and grades of regular and exempt employment
required, excepting that of the Chairman of the Board, the
Executive Director, Secretary, Treasurer, General Counsel,
and Chief Engineer, with reference to the duties, job title,
job schedule number, and the compensation fixed therefor, and
adopt rules governing appointments to any of such offices or
positions on the basis of merit and efficiency. The job title
shall be generally descriptive of the duties performed in
that job, and the job schedule number shall be used to
identify a job title and to further classify positions within
a job title. No discrimination shall be made in any
appointment or promotion to any office, position, or grade of
regular employment because of race, creed, color, sex,
national origin, physical or mental handicap unrelated to
ability, or political or religious affiliations. No officer
or employee in regular employment shall be discharged or
demoted except for cause which is detrimental to the service.
Any officer or employee in regular employment who is
discharged or demoted may file a complaint in writing with
the Board within ten days after notice of his or her
discharge or demotion. If an employee is a member of a labor
organization the complaint may be filed by such organization
for and in behalf of such employee. The Board shall grant a
hearing on such complaint within thirty (30) days after it is
filed. The time and place of the hearing shall be fixed by
the Board and due notice thereof given to the complainant,
the labor organization by or through which the complaint was
filed and the Executive Director. The hearing shall be
conducted by the Board, or any member thereof or any
officers' committee or employees' committee appointed by the
Board. The complainant may be represented by counsel. If
the Board finds, or approves a finding of the member or
committee appointed by the Board, that the complainant has
been unjustly discharged or demoted, he or she shall be
restored to his or her office or position with back pay. The
decision of the Board shall be final and not subject to
review. The Board may designate such offices, positions, and
grades of employment as exempt as it deems necessary for the
efficient operation of the business of the Authority. The
total number of employees occupying exempt offices,
positions, or grades of employment may not exceed 3% of the
total employment of the Authority. All exempt offices,
positions, and grades of employment shall be at will. No
discrimination shall be made in any appointment or promotion
to any office, position, or grade of exempt employment
because of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, physical
or mental handicap unrelated to ability, or religious or
political affiliation. The Board may abolish any vacant or
occupied office or position. Additionally, the Board may
reduce the force of employees for lack of work or lack of
funds as determined by the Board. When the number of
positions or employees holding positions of regular
employment within a particular job title and job schedule
number are reduced, those employees with the least company
seniority in that job title and job schedule number shall be
first released from regular employment service. For a period
of one year, an employee released from service shall be
eligible for reinstatement to the job title and job schedule
number from which he or she was released, in order of company
seniority, if additional force of employees is required.
"Company seniority" as used in this Section means the overall
employment service credited to an employee by the Authority
since the employee's most recent date of hire irrespective of
job titles held. If 2 or more employees have the same
company seniority date, time in the affected job title and
job schedule number shall be used to break the company
seniority tie. For purposes of this Section, company
seniority shall be considered a working condition. When
employees are represented by a labor organization that has a
labor agreement with the Authority, the wages, hours, and
working conditions (including, but not limited to, seniority
rights) shall be governed by the terms of the agreement.
Exempt employment shall not include any employees who are
represented by a labor organization that has a labor
agreement with the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 87-597; 88-518.)
Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by
adding Section 6-131 and by changing Section 6-207 as
follows:
(605 ILCS 5/6-131 new)
Sec. 6-131. Senior citizen transportation and mass
transit programs; district road fund. A road district may
use money in its district road fund to pay for all or part of
the direct costs of senior citizen transportation programs or
senior citizen mass transit programs, or both.
(605 ILCS 5/6-207) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-207)
Sec. 6-207. Compensation of highway commissioner and
other officers.
(a) Unless an annual salary is fixed as provided in this
Section, the highway commissioner shall receive for each day
he or she is necessarily employed in the discharge of
official duties a per diem to be fixed by the county board in
road districts in counties not under township organization,
by the highway board of trustees in consolidated township
road districts, and by the board of town trustees in
districts composed of a single township. Before any per diem
is paid, a sworn statement shall be filed by the commissioner
in the office of the district clerk, showing the number of
days the commissioner was employed, the kind of employment,
and the dates of employment.
The boards specified in the preceding paragraph may,
instead of a per diem, fix an annual salary for the highway
commissioner at not less than $3,000, to be paid in equal
monthly installments. The boards shall fix the compensation
of the commissioner, whether an annual salary or a per diem,
on or before the last Tuesday in March before the date of
election of the commissioner.
If the term of any highway commissioner is extended by
operation of law, the board that fixes the commissioner's
rate of compensation may increase the rate of the
compensation, within the limits provided in this Section, in
relation to that portion of the commissioner's term that
extends beyond the period for which he or she was elected.
The board of town trustees shall order payment of the
amount of per diem claimed in the highway commissioner's
sworn statement at the first regular meeting following the
filing of the statement. In consolidated township road
districts, the compensation and the expenses of the offices
of the highway commissioner, district clerk, and district
treasurer shall be audited by the highway board of trustees.
The compensation of the highway commissioner shall be
paid from the general township fund in districts comprised of
a single township and shall be paid from the regular road
fund in all other districts having highway commissioners;
however, in districts comprised of a single township, a
portion (not exceeding 50%) of the highway commissioner's
salary may be paid from the corporate road and bridge fund or
the permanent road fund if approved by the township board and
the highway commissioner.
(b) The officers composing the highway board of trustees
in consolidated township road districts shall be entitled to
$3 per day for attending meetings of the board, to be paid
out of the town fund of their respective townships. In
consolidated township road districts, the compensation of the
district clerk and the district treasurer shall be paid out
of the road fund of the district.
(c) The district clerk shall receive $4 per day for each
day he or she shall be required to meet with the highway
commissioner and the same amount per day for the time he or
she shall be employed in canvassing the returns of elections.
The district clerk shall receive no other per diem. In
addition to the above, the district clerk shall also receive
fees for the following services, to be paid out of the
district road fund, except where otherwise specified:
(1) For serving notice of election or appointment
upon district officers as required by this Code, 25 cents
each.
(2) For posting up notices required by law, 25
cents each.
(3) For copying any record in the district clerk's
office and certifying to the copy, 10 cents for every 100
words, to be paid by the person applying for the
certified copy.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the
district treasurer shall, in addition to any other
compensation to which he or she is by law entitled, receive
an annual salary of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000
per year to be fixed by the county board in road districts in
counties not under township organization, by the highway
board of trustees in consolidated township road districts,
and by the board of town trustees in districts composed of a
single township.
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, the district
treasurer shall, in addition to any other compensation to
which he or she is by law entitled, receive an annual salary
deemed appropriate and to be fixed by the county board in
road districts in counties not under township organization.
The compensation of the district treasurer shall be paid
from the general township fund in districts composed of a
single township and shall be paid from the regular road fund
in all other districts having district treasurers.
(Source: P.A. 89-662, eff. 8-14-96.)