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HB4208 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4208

 

Introduced 11/29/2005, by Rep. Mike Bost

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 1820/19   from Ch. 19, par. 869

    Amends the Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port District Act. Provides that a quorum of the Jackson-Union Counties Port District Board is a majority of the members appointed to the Board and holding office (now, 12 of 23 authorized members). Provides that the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members appointed to the Board and holding office (now, 12 of 23 authorized members) is necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or resolution. Provides that the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members appointed to the Board and holding office (now, 16 of 23 authorized members) is required to override a veto by the chairman of the Board. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port
5 District Act is amended by changing Section 19 as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 1820/19)  (from Ch. 19, par. 869)
7     Sec. 19. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at
8 least once in each calendar month, the time and place of such
9 meetings to be fixed by the Board. A majority of the members
10 appointed to Twelve members of the Board and holding office
11 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All
12 action of the Board shall be by ordinance or resolution and the
13 affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members
14 appointed to the Board and holding office is 12 members shall
15 be necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or resolution.
16 All such ordinances and resolutions before taking effect shall
17 be approved by the chairman of the Board, and if he approves
18 thereof he shall sign the same, and such as he does not approve
19 he shall return to the Board with his objections thereto in
20 writing at the next regular meeting of the Board occurring
21 after the passage thereof. But in the case the chairman fails
22 to return any ordinance or resolution with his objections
23 thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have
24 approved the same and it shall take effect accordingly. Upon
25 the return of any ordinance or resolution by the chairman with
26 his objections, the vote by which the same was passed shall be
27 reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such reconsideration
28 said ordinance or resolution is passed by the affirmative vote
29 of at least two-thirds of the members appointed to the Board
30 and holding office 16 members, it shall go into effect
31 notwithstanding the veto of the chairman. All ordinances,
32 resolutions and all proceedings of the District and all

 

 

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1 documents and records in its possession shall be public
2 records, and open to public inspection, except such documents
3 and records as are kept or prepared by the Board for use in
4 negotiations, legal actions or proceedings to which the
5 District is a party.
6 (Source: P.A. 79-1475.)
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.