Full Text of HB0301 96th General Assembly
HB0301 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB0301
Introduced 1/23/2009, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 520/4 |
from Ch. 85, par. 6154 |
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Amends the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority Act. Provides that the Secretary of Transportation (instead of the Director of Central Management Services) shall serve as an ex officio member of the governing body of the Authority. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Southwestern Illinois Development Authority | 5 |
| Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows: | 6 |
| (70 ILCS 520/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6154)
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| Sec. 4. (a) There is hereby created a political | 8 |
| subdivision, body politic
and municipal corporation named the | 9 |
| Southwestern Illinois Development
Authority.
The territorial | 10 |
| jurisdiction of the Authority is that geographic area
within | 11 |
| the boundaries of Madison,
St. Clair, Bond, and Clinton
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| counties in the State of
Illinois and any navigable waters and | 13 |
| air space located therein.
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| (b) The governing and administrative powers of the | 15 |
| Authority shall be
vested in a body consisting of 14
members | 16 |
| including, as ex officio
members,
the Director of Commerce and | 17 |
| Economic Opportunity, or his or her
designee, and the Secretary | 18 |
| of Transportation Director of Central Management Services ,
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| his or her designee.
The other 12
members of the Authority
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| shall be designated "public members", 6 of whom shall be | 21 |
| appointed by the
Governor
with the advice and consent of the | 22 |
| Senate, 2 of whom shall be appointed by
the county board | 23 |
| chairman of Madison County,
2 of whom shall be
appointed by the |
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| county board chairman of St. Clair County, one of whom
shall be | 2 |
| appointed by the county board chairman of Bond County, and one | 3 |
| of whom
shall be appointed by the county board chairman of | 4 |
| Clinton County. All
public members shall reside within the | 5 |
| territorial jurisdiction of this Act.
Eight members shall | 6 |
| constitute a quorum.
The public members shall be
persons of | 7 |
| recognized ability and
experience in one or more of the | 8 |
| following areas: economic development,
finance, banking, | 9 |
| industrial development, small business management, real
estate | 10 |
| development, community development, venture finance, organized | 11 |
| labor
or civic, community or neighborhood organization. The | 12 |
| Chairman of the
Authority shall be elected by the Board | 13 |
| annually from the members
appointed by the county board | 14 |
| chairmen.
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| (c) The terms of all members of the Authority shall begin | 16 |
| 30 days after
the effective date of this Act. Of the 8 public | 17 |
| members
appointed pursuant to this Act, 3 shall serve until the
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| third Monday in January, 1988, 3 shall serve until the third | 19 |
| Monday in
January, 1989, and 2
shall serve until the third | 20 |
| Monday in January, 1990.
The public members initially appointed | 21 |
| under this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall | 22 |
| serve until the third Monday in January, 2008. All successors | 23 |
| shall be appointed by the original appointing authority and
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| hold office for a term of 3 years commencing the third
Monday | 25 |
| in January of the year in which their term commences, except in | 26 |
| case
of an appointment to fill a vacancy.
Vacancies
occurring |
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| among the public members shall be filled for the
remainder of | 2 |
| the term.
In case of vacancy in a Governor-appointed membership | 3 |
| when
the Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a | 4 |
| temporary appointment
until the next meeting of the Senate when | 5 |
| a person shall be nominated to
fill such office, and any person | 6 |
| so nominated who is confirmed by the
Senate shall hold office | 7 |
| during the remainder of the term and until a
successor shall be | 8 |
| appointed and qualified.
Members of the Authority shall not be | 9 |
| entitled to compensation for their services
as members but | 10 |
| shall be entitled to reimbursement for all necessary
expenses | 11 |
| incurred in connection with the performance of their duties as | 12 |
| members.
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| (d) The Governor may remove any public member of the | 14 |
| Authority in case
of incompetency, neglect of duty, or | 15 |
| malfeasance in office.
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| (e) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director who shall | 17 |
| have a
background in finance, including familiarity with the | 18 |
| legal and
procedural requirements of issuing bonds, real estate | 19 |
| or economic
development and administration. The Executive | 20 |
| Director shall hold office
at the discretion of the Board. The | 21 |
| Executive Director shall be the chief
administrative and | 22 |
| operational officer of the Authority, shall direct
and | 23 |
| supervise its administrative affairs and general management, | 24 |
| shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed from time | 25 |
| to time by the members and
shall receive compensation fixed by | 26 |
| the Authority. The Executive Director
shall attend all meetings |
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| of the Authority; however, no action of the
Authority shall be | 2 |
| invalid on account of the absence of the Executive
Director | 3 |
| from a meeting. The Authority may engage the services of such
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| other agents and employees, including attorneys, appraisers, | 5 |
| engineers,
accountants, credit analysts and other consultants, | 6 |
| as it may deem
advisable and may prescribe their duties and fix | 7 |
| their compensation.
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| (f) The Board may, by majority vote, nominate up to 4 | 9 |
| non-voting members
for appointment by the Governor. Non-voting | 10 |
| members shall be persons of
recognized ability and experience | 11 |
| in one or more of the following areas:
economic development, | 12 |
| finance, banking, industrial development, small
business | 13 |
| management, real estate development, community development, | 14 |
| venture finance,
organized labor or civic, community or | 15 |
| neighborhood organization.
Non-voting members shall serve at | 16 |
| the
pleasure of the Board. All non-voting members may attend | 17 |
| meetings of the
Board and shall be reimbursed as provided in | 18 |
| subsection (c).
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| (g) The Board shall create a task force to study and make
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| recommendations to the Board on the economic development of the | 21 |
| city of
East St. Louis and on the economic development of the | 22 |
| riverfront within the
territorial jurisdiction of this Act. The | 23 |
| members of the task force shall
reside within the territorial | 24 |
| jurisdiction of this Act, shall serve at the
pleasure of the | 25 |
| Board and shall be persons of recognized ability and
experience | 26 |
| in one or more of the following areas: economic development,
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| finance, banking, industrial development, small business | 2 |
| management, real
estate development, community development, | 3 |
| venture finance, organized labor
or civic, community or | 4 |
| neighborhood organization. The number of members
constituting | 5 |
| the task force shall be set by the Board and may vary from
time | 6 |
| to time. The Board may set a specific date by which the task | 7 |
| force is
to submit its final report and recommendations to the | 8 |
| Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-602, eff. 11-18-03; 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; | 10 |
| 94-1096, eff. 6-1-07 .)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 12 |
| becoming law.
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