Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 2/16/2022

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5070

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5070 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
5changing Sections 3-7a, 3-8, 3-10, and 3-33.6 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 805/3-7a)  (was 110 ILCS 805/3-7, subsec. (c))
7    Sec. 3-7a. Trustee districts; Community College District
8No. 522. In 2001, and in the year following each decennial
9census thereafter, the Board of Trustees of Community College
10District No. 522 board of trustees of community college
11District #522 shall reapportion the trustee districts to
12reflect the results of the census, and shall divide the
13community college district into 7 trustee districts, each of
14which shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in
15population to each other district; except that, for the
16reapportionment of 2021, the Board of Trustees of Community

 

 

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1College District No. 522 shall reapportion its trustee
2districts by June 30, 2022. The division of the community
3college district into trustee districts shall be completed and
4formally approved by a majority of the members of the Board of
5Trustees of Community College District No. 522 board of
6trustees of community college District #522 in 2001 and in the
7year following each decennial census; except that, for the
8reapportionment of 2021, the division of the community college
9district into trustee districts shall be completed and
10formally approved by a majority of the members of the Board of
11Trustees of Community College District No. 522 by June 30,
122022.
13    At the same meeting of the board of trustees, the board
14shall, publicly by lot, divide the trustee districts as
15equally as possible into 2 groups. Beginning in 2003 and every
1610 years thereafter, trustees or their successors from one
17group shall be elected for successive terms of 4 years and 6
18years; and members or their successors from the second group
19shall be elected for successive terms of 6 years and 4 years.
20One member shall be elected from each such trustee district.
21(Source: P.A. 100-884, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
22    (110 ILCS 805/3-8)  (from Ch. 122, par. 103-8)
23    Sec. 3-8. In this Section, "reasonable emergency" means
24any imminent need to maintain the operations or facilities of
25the community college district and that such need is due to

 

 

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1circumstances beyond the control of the board.
2    Following each election and canvass, the new board shall
3hold its organizational meeting on or before the 28th day
4after the election. If the election is the initial election
5ordered by the regional superintendent, the organizational
6meeting shall be convened by the regional superintendent, who
7shall preside over the meeting until the election for
8chairman, vice chairman and secretary of board is completed.
9At all other organizational meetings, the chairman of the
10board, or, in his or her absence, the president of the
11community college or acting chief executive officer of the
12college shall convene the new board, and conduct the election
13for chairman, vice chairman and secretary. The secretary may
14be a member of the board. The secretary, if not a member of the
15board, may receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the
16board prior to the election of the secretary. The board shall
17then proceed with its organization under the newly elected
18board officers, and shall fix a time and place for its regular
19meetings. It shall then enter upon the discharge of its
20duties. Public notice of the schedule of regular meetings for
21the next calendar year, as set at the organizational meeting,
22must be given at the beginning of that calendar year. The terms
23of board office shall be 2 years, except that the board by
24resolution may establish a policy for the terms of office to be
25one year, and provide for the election of officers for the
26remaining one year period. Terms of members are subject to

 

 

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1Section 2A-54 of the Election Code.
2    Beginning 45 days prior to the Tuesday following the first
3Monday of April in odd-numbered years until the first
4organizational meeting of the new board, no addendum to modify
5or amend an employee agreement between a community college
6district and the district's president, chancellor, or chief
7executive officer may be agreed to or executed, nor may an
8employment contract be made and entered into between the board
9of an established community college district and a president,
10chancellor, or chief executive officer. If the current board
11must take such action at any time during the 45 days prior to
12the Tuesday following the first Monday of April in
13odd-numbered years until the first organizational meeting of
14the new board due to a reasonable emergency, then that action
15shall be terminated on the 60th day after the first
16organizational meeting, unless the new board, by resolution,
17reaffirms the agreed-upon addendum or new employment contract.
18    Special meetings of the board may be called by the
19chairman or by any 3 members of the board by giving notice
20thereof in writing stating the time, place and purpose of the
21meeting. Such notice may be served by mail 48 hours before the
22meeting or by personal service 24 hours before the meeting.
23    At each regular and special meeting which is open to the
24public, members of the public and employees of the community
25college district shall be afforded time, subject to reasonable
26constraints, to comment to or ask questions of the board.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 99-693, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
2    (110 ILCS 805/3-10)  (from Ch. 122, par. 103-10)
3    Sec. 3-10. The chairman shall preside at all meetings and
4shall perform such duties as are imposed upon him or her by law
5or by action of the board. The vice-chairman shall perform the
6duties of the chairman if there is a vacancy in the office of
7the chairman or in case of the chairman's absence or inability
8to act. If there is a vacancy in the office of the chairman and
9vice-chairman or the chairman and vice-chairman are absent
10from any meeting or refuse to perform their duties, a chairman
11pro tempore shall be appointed by the board from among their
12number.
13    The secretary may be a member of the board and shall
14perform the duties usually pertaining to his or her office.
15The secretary, if not a member of the board, may receive such
16compensation as shall be fixed by the board prior to the
17election of the secretary. If the secretary he is absent from
18any meeting or refuses to perform his or her duties, a member
19of the board shall be appointed secretary pro tempore.
20(Source: P.A. 100-273, eff. 8-22-17.)
 
21    (110 ILCS 805/3-33.6)  (from Ch. 122, par. 103-33.6)
22    Sec. 3-33.6. Monies may be transferred from the working
23cash fund to the educational fund or operations and
24maintenance fund only upon the authority of the board, which

 

 

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1shall by resolution direct the community college treasurer to
2make such transfers. The resolution shall set forth (a) the
3taxes or other funds in anticipation of the collection or
4receipt of which the working cash fund is to be reimbursed, (b)
5the entire amount of taxes extended, or which the board shall
6estimate will be extended or received, for any year in
7anticipation of the collection of all or part of which such
8transfers are to be made, (c) the aggregate amount of warrants
9or notes theretofore issued in anticipation of the collection
10of such taxes under this Act together with the amount of
11interest accrued and which the community college board
12estimates will accrue thereon, (d) the amount of monies which
13the community college board estimates will be derived for any
14year from the State, Federal government or other sources in
15anticipation of the receipt of all or part of which such
16transfer is to be made, (e) the aggregate amount of receipts
17from taxes imposed to replace revenue lost by units of local
18government and school districts as a result of the abolition
19of ad valorem personal property taxes, pursuant to Article IX,
20Section 5(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois,
21which the corporate authorities estimate will be set aside for
22the payment of the proportionate amount of debt service and
23pension or retirement obligations, as required by Section 12
24of "An Act in relation to State Revenue Sharing with local
25government entities", approved July 31, 1969, as amended, and
26(f) the aggregate amount of monies theretofore transferred

 

 

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1from the working cash fund to the educational fund or
2operations and maintenance fund in anticipation of the
3collection of such taxes or of the receipt of such other monies
4from other sources. The amount which the resolution shall
5direct the community college treasurer so to transfer in
6anticipation of the collection of taxes levied or to be
7received for any year, together with the aggregate amount of
8such anticipation tax warrants or notes theretofore drawn
9against such taxes and the amount of the interest accrued and
10estimated to accrue thereon, the amount estimated to be
11required to satisfy debt service and pension or retirement
12obligations, as set forth in Section 12 of "An Act in relation
13to State revenue sharing with local government entities",
14approved July 31, 1969, as amended, and the aggregate amount
15of such transfers theretofore made in anticipation of the
16collection of such taxes may not exceed 90% of the actual or
17estimated amount of such taxes extended or to be extended or to
18be received as set forth in the resolution. The amount which
19the resolution shall direct the community college treasurer so
20to transfer in anticipation of the receipt of monies to be
21derived for any year from the State, Federal government or
22from other sources, together with the aggregate amount
23theretofore transferred in anticipation of the receipt of any
24such monies, may not exceed the total amount which it is so
25estimated will be received from such source. Any community
26college district may also abolish its working cash fund upon

 

 

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1the adoption of a resolution so providing and directing the
2transfer of any balance in such fund to the operating funds at
3the close of the then current fiscal year or may abate its
4working cash fund upon the adoption of a resolution so
5providing and directing the transfer of part of the balance in
6such fund to the operating funds at any time. If a community
7college district elects to abolish or abate its working cash
8fund under this provision, it shall have the authority to
9again create a working cash fund at any time not establish
10another working cash fund, unless approved by the voters of
11the community college district in the manner provided by
12Article III of this Act. When monies are available in the
13working cash fund, they shall, unless the community college
14district has abolished or abated its working cash fund
15pursuant to this Section, be transferred to the educational
16fund and operations and maintenance fund and disbursed for the
17payment of salaries and other educational purposes and
18operation and maintenance of facilities purposes expenses so
19as to avoid, whenever possible, the issuance of tax
20anticipation warrants.
21    Monies earned as interest from the investment of the
22working cash fund, or any portion thereof, may be transferred
23from the working cash fund to the educational fund or
24operations and maintenance fund of the district without any
25requirement of repayment to the working cash fund, upon the
26authority of the board by separate resolution directing the

 

 

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1treasurer to make such transfer and stating the purpose
2therefor.
3(Source: P.A. 85-1335.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.".