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 1        AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

 4        Section  5.  The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 3B.02 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
 7        Sec. 3B.02.  Commuter Rail Board.  The governing body  of
 8    the  Commuter  Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 7
 9    directors appointed pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04,  as
10    follows:
11        (a)  One  director  shall be appointed by the Chairman of
12    the Board of DuPage County with the advice and consent of the
13    County Board of DuPage County  and  shall  reside  in  DuPage
14    County;
15        (b)  Two  directors  appointed  by  the  Chairmen  of the
16    County Boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will  Counties  with
17    the  concurrence  of not less than a majority of the chairmen
18    from such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen.  Each such
19    chairman may nominate not more  than  two  persons  for  each
20    position.  Each such director shall reside in a county in the
21    metropolitan region other than Cook or DuPage County.
22        (c)  Three directors appointed by the members of the Cook
23    County Board elected from that part of Cook County outside of
24    Chicago, or, in the event such Board of Commissioners becomes
25    elected  from single member districts, by those Commissioners
26    elected from districts, a majority of the residents of  which
27    reside  outside  Chicago.   In  either case, such appointment
28    shall be with the concurrence  of  four  such  Commissioners.
29    Each  such  director shall reside in that part of Cook County
30    outside Chicago.
31        (d)  One director appointed by the Mayor of the  City  of
 
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 1    Chicago,  with  the advice and consent of the City Council of
 2    the City of Chicago.  Such director shall reside in the  City
 3    of Chicago.
 4        The  chairman  shall  be appointed by the directors, from
 5    the members of the board, with the concurrence of 5  of  such
 6    directors.
 7        No  director, while serving as such, shall be an officer,
 8    a member of the board of directors or trustee or an  employee
 9    of  any transportation agency, or be an employee of the State
10    of Illinois or any department or agency thereof,  or  of  any
11    unit of local government or receive any compensation from any
12    elected  or  appointed office under the Constitution and laws
13    of Illinois.
14        Each appointment made under paragraphs  (a)  through  (d)
15    and  under Section 3B.03 shall be certified by the appointing
16    authority to the Commuter Rail Board which shall maintain the
17    certifications  as  part  of  the  official  records  of  the
18    Commuter Rail Board; provided that the  initial  appointments
19    shall  be  certified  to  the  Secretary  of State, who shall
20    transmit  the  certifications  to  the  Commuter  Rail  Board
21    following its organization.
22        Appointments  to  the  Commuter  Rail  Board   shall   be
23    apportioned so as to represent the City of Chicago, that part
24    of  Cook  County  outside  of the City of Chicago, and DuPage
25    County and that part of the metropolitan  region  other  than
26    Cook  and  DuPage  Counties based on morning boardings of the
27    services provided by the Commuter Rail Division as  certified
28    to  the  Board  of  the Authority by the Commuter Rail Board,
29    provided however that the Mayor of the City of Chicago  shall
30    appoint  no  fewer  than 1 member of the Commuter Rail Board.
31    Within two years after each  federal  decennial  census,  the
32    Board  of  the  Authority shall review the composition of the
33    Commuter Rail Board and, if change is needed to  comply  with
34    this   requirement,   shall   provide   for   the   necessary
 
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 1    reapportionment  by  July  1  of  the  second year after such
 2    census.  Insofar as may be practicable, the changes in  board
 3    membership  necessary  to  achieve  this  purpose  shall take
 4    effect as appropriate members terms expire, no member's  term
 5    being  reduced  by reason of such revision of the composition
 6    of the Commuter Rail Board.
 7    (Source: P.A. 83-886.)