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Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
Filed: 4/22/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 575
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 575 on page 36, by |
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| inserting immediately below line 23 the following:
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| "Section 185. The Jackson-Union Counties Regional Port |
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| District Act is amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 1820/16) (from Ch. 19, par. 866) |
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| Sec. 16. Appointment; vacancies. The Governor shall |
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| appoint 4 members of the Board, each Mayor
of the |
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| municipalities of Grand Tower, Jonesboro, Gorham, Murphysboro,
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| Carbondale, Anna, Cobden, Makanda, Ava, Mill Creek, Elkville, |
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| Alto Pass,
Vergennes, Dowell, DeSoto, Campbell Hill, and |
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| Dongola shall
appoint one
member of the Board, and each County |
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| Board of Jackson County and Union County
shall appoint one |
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| member of the Board. All initial appointments shall be
made |
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| within 60 days after this Act takes effect. Of the 4 members |
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| initially
appointed by the Governor 2 shall be appointed for |
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| initial terms expiring
June 1, 1978, and 2 for an initial term |
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| expiring June 1, 1979. The terms
of the members initially |
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| appointed by the respective Mayors and County Boards
shall |
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| expire June 1, 1979. At the expiration of the term of any |
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| member,
his or her successor shall be appointed by the |
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| Governor, the respective Mayors,
or the respective County |
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| Boards in like manner and with like regard to
place of |
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| residence of the appointee, as in the case of appointments for
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| the initial terms. |
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| After the expiration of initial terms, each successor shall |
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| hold office
for the term of 3 years beginning the first day of |
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| June of the year in which
the term of office commences. In the |
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| case of a vacancy during the term
of office of any member |
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| appointed by the Governor, the Governor shall make
an |
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| appointment for the remainder of the term vacant and until a |
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| successor
is appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy |
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| during the term of office
of any member appointed by a Mayor, |
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| the proper Mayor shall
make an appointment for the remainder of |
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| the term vacant and until a successor
is appointed and |
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| qualified. In case of a vacancy during the term of office
of |
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| any member appointed by a County Board, the proper County Board |
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| shall
make an appointment for the remainder of the term vacant |
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| and until a successor
is appointed and qualified. The Governor, |
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| each Mayor, and each County Board
shall certify their |
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| respective appointments to the Secretary of State.
Within 30 |
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| days after certification of his or her appointment, and before |
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| entering
upon the duties of his or her office, each member of |
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| the Board shall take and
subscribe
the constitutional oath of
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| office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State. |
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| Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the |
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| contrary, if there is a vacancy for 3 months or or more in the |
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| office of a member appointed by a mayor, then the Board may |
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| request that the county board of the county in which the |
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| municipality is located appoint a person to fill the vacancy |
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| for the remainder of the term or until a successor is appointed |
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| and qualified. Before requesting that the county board fill the |
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| vacancy, the Board must notify the mayor authorized to fill the |
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| vacancy by first class mail. The notice must be sent no later |
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| than 30 days after the vacancy occurs. Any Board member |
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| appointed under this paragraph must be a resident of the county |
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| making the appointment to fill the vacancy. |
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| Every person appointed to the Board after the effective |
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| date
of this amendatory Act of 1981 shall be a resident of the |
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| unit of
local government which makes the appointment. Persons |
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| appointed
by the Governor shall reside in the district. |
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| (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)".
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