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 1        AN ACT in regard to highways.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
 5    Section 5 as follows:

 6        (605 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-5)
 7        Sec.  5.  Of  the  original  directors,  other  than  the
 8    chairman, so appointed by the Governor, 3 shall  hold  office
 9    for  2  years  and  3 shall hold office for 4 years, from the
10    date  of  their  appointment  and  until   their   respective
11    successors  have  been shall be duly appointed and qualified,
12    but  shall  be  subject  to  removal  by  the  Governor   for
13    incompetency,  neglect  of  duty  or  malfeasance. In case of
14    vacancies in such offices during the recess  of  the  Senate,
15    the  Governor  shall  make  a temporary appointment until the
16    next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person
17    to fill such office and  any  person  so  nominated,  who  is
18    confirmed  by  the  Senate,  shall  hold  office  during  the
19    remainder  of  the  term  and  until  his  successor shall be
20    appointed and qualified. The respective  term  of  the  first
21    directors  appointed  shall  be designated by the Governor at
22    the time of appointment, but their successors shall  each  be
23    appointed  for  a  term of four years, except that any person
24    appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  shall  serve  only  for  the
25    unexpired   term.   Directors   shall   be    eligible    for
26    reappointment.
27        In  making  the  initial appointments of the 2 additional
28    directors provided for by this amendatory Act  of  1980,  the
29    respective   terms   of  the  2  additional  directors  first
30    appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time  of
31    appointment  in  such  manner  that  the  term  of  one  such
 
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 1    additional  director  shall  expire  at  the same time as the
 2    terms of 4 of the other directors and the term of  the  other
 3    additional  director  shall  expire  at  the same time as the
 4    terms of 3 of the other directors; thereafter the terms shall
 5    be 4 years.
 6        Each such director, other than ex officio  members  shall
 7    receive  an  annual  salary  of  $15,000,  or  as  set by the
 8    Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater,  payable  in
 9    monthly  installments,  and shall be reimbursed for necessary
10    expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.
11    (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)