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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1128

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1128, AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 4    following:

 5        "Section  5.   The  Metropolitan  Pier   and   Exposition
 6    Authority  Act is amended by changing Sections 15, 16, and 22
 7    as follows:

 8        (70 ILCS 210/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 1235)
 9        Sec. 15. On the effective date of this amendatory Act  of
10    1989,  the  term  of each of the members of the Board serving
11    prior to such date shall immediately expire.
12        On the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, the
13    Governor (by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate)
14    shall  appoint  six  members  of  the Board for initial terms
15    expiring June 1 of the years 1990, 1991,  1992,  1993,  1994,
16    and 1995 respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall
17    appoint  six  members of the Board for initial terms expiring
18    June 1 of the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,  1994,  and  1995
19    respectively; the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint,
20    subject to the approval of the Governor, one member who shall
21    serve  as chairman for an initial term expiring June 1, 1992.
22    An appointment shall be deemed  to  be  approved  unless  the
 
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 1    Governor  disapproves  the  appointment  in writing within 15
 2    days after notice thereof.  At the expiration of the term  of
 3    any  member appointed by the Governor, his successor shall be
 4    appointed  by  the  Governor  in  like  manner,  and  at  the
 5    expiration of the term of any member appointed by  the  Mayor
 6    of  the  City of Chicago, his successor shall be appointed by
 7    the Mayor of the City of Chicago in like manner, and  at  the
 8    expiration  of  the  term  of any Mayoral appointee requiring
 9    approval by the Governor, the successor shall be appointed in
10    like manner, as appointments  for  the  initial  terms.   All
11    successors  shall  hold  office for a term of five years from
12    the first  day  of  June  of  the  year  in  which  they  are
13    appointed,  except  in  case  of  an  appointment  to  fill a
14    vacancy. In case of vacancy in the office when the Senate  is
15    not in session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment
16    until  the  next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate
17    some person to fill such office; and any person so nominated,
18    who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his office  during
19    the  remainder  of  the term and until his successor shall be
20    appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in  session  on
21    the  effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of 1989, the
22    Governor shall make temporary  appointments  as  in  case  of
23    vacancies.  When  the  appointments  have  become  final, the
24    Governor and the Mayor of the City of Chicago  shall  certify
25    their respective appointees to the Secretary of State. Within
26    thirty  days  after  certification  of  his  appointment, and
27    before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of
28    the Board shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of
29    office and file it in the office of the Secretary of State.
30        On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the  92nd
31    General  Assembly,  the  term  of  each of the members of the
32    Board serving on that date shall immediately expire.  On  the
33    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 92nd General
34    Assembly, the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall  appoint  10
 
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 1    members  of  the  Board  for initial terms expiring June 1 of
 2    2002 for 2 of the members, 2003 for 2 of  the  members,  2004
 3    for 2 of the members, 2005 for 2 of the members, and 2006 for
 4    2  of  the  members;  the  President of the Cook County Board
 5    shall appoint 2  members  of  the  Board  for  initial  terms
 6    expiring  June 1 of 2003 and 2005, respectively; the Mayor of
 7    the City of Chicago shall appoint one member who shall  serve
 8    as  chairman  for  an initial term expiring June 1, 2005.  At
 9    the expiration of the term of any  member  appointed  by  the
10    Mayor  of  the City of Chicago, his or her successor shall be
11    appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago in like manner,
12    and at the expiration of the term of any member appointed  by
13    the  President  of the Cook County Board his or her successor
14    shall be appointed in like manner, as  appointments  for  the
15    initial  terms.   All successors shall hold office for a term
16    of 5 years from the first day of June of the  year  in  which
17    they  are appointed, except in case of an appointment to fill
18    a vacancy.  When the  appointments  have  become  final,  the
19    Mayor  of  the  City of Chicago and the President of the Cook
20    County Board shall certify their respective appointees to the
21    Secretary of State. Within 30 days after certification of his
22    or her appointment, and before entering upon  the  duties  of
23    office, each member of the Board shall take and subscribe the
24    constitutional  oath  of  office and file it in the office of
25    the Secretary of State.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-17.)

27        (70 ILCS 210/16) (from Ch. 85, par. 1236)
28        Sec. 16. Members of the board  shall  hold  office  until
29    their   respective   successors   have   been  appointed  and
30    qualified. Any member may resign from  his  office,  to  take
31    effect   when  his  successor  has  been  appointed  and  has
32    qualified. The Governor and the Mayor of the City of  Chicago
33    and the President of the Cook County Board, respectively, may
 
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 1    remove  any  member  of the Board appointed by him in case of
 2    incompetency, neglect of  duty,  or  malfeasance  in  office,
 3    after service on him of a copy of the written charges against
 4    him  and  an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by
 5    counsel in his own defense  upon  not  less  than  ten  days'
 6    notice.  In  case  of  failure  to  qualify  within  the time
 7    required, or of abandonment of his  office,  or  in  case  of
 8    death,  conviction  of  a  felony or removal from office, his
 9    office shall become vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled  for
10    the  unexpired term by appointment in like manner, as in case
11    of expiration of the term of a member of the Board.
12    (Source: Laws 1955, p. 1125.)

13        (70 ILCS 210/22) (from Ch. 85, par. 1242)
14        Sec. 22.  (a)  The Governor shall appoint, subject to the
15    approval of the Mayor (which approval shall be deemed granted
16    unless a written disapproval is made  within  15  days  after
17    notice  of the appointment), a chief executive officer of the
18    Authority, subject to the general control of the  Board,  who
19    shall  be  responsible  for the management of the properties,
20    business and employees of the  authority,  shall  direct  the
21    enforcement   of   all  ordinances,  resolutions,  rules  and
22    regulations of the Board, and shall perform such other duties
23    as may be prescribed from time to time  by  the  Board.   The
24    chief   executive   officer,  in  his  discretion,  may  make
25    recommendations to the Board  with  respect  to  appointments
26    pursuant  to  this  Section  22,  contracts  and policies and
27    procedures.  Any officers, attorneys, engineers, consultants,
28    agents  and  employees  appointed  in  accordance  with  this
29    Section 22 shall report to the chief  executive  officer.  On
30    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
31    Assembly,  the  term  of  the  chief executive officer of the
32    Authority serving on that date shall immediately expire.   On
33    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
 
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 1    Assembly,  the  Mayor  of the City of Chicago shall appoint a
 2    chief executive officer of the Authority.
 3        (b)  The Board may appoint other officers who are subject
 4    to the general control of the Board and who  are  subordinate
 5    to the chief executive officer.   The Board shall provide for
 6    the appointment of such other officers, attorneys, engineers,
 7    consultants,  agents  and  employees as may be necessary.  It
 8    shall define their duties and require bonds of such  of  them
 9    as the Board may designate.
10        (c)  The  chief  executive  officer  and  other  officers
11    appointed  by  the  Board  pursuant  to this Section shall be
12    exempt from taking and subscribing any  oath  of  office  and
13    shall  not  be members of the Board.  The compensation of the
14    chief executive officer and all  other  officers,  attorneys,
15    consultants,  agents  and  employees  shall  be  fixed by the
16    Board.
17        (d) The Board shall, within 180 days after the  effective
18    date  of  this amendatory Act of 1985, adopt a personnel code
19    governing the Authority's employment,  evaluation,  promotion
20    and  discharge  of employees.  Such code may be modeled after
21    the standards and procedures found  in  the  Personnel  Code,
22    including  provisions  for (i) competitive examinations, (ii)
23    eligibility  lists  for  appointment  and  promotion,   (iii)
24    probationary  periods  and performance records, (iv) layoffs,
25    discipline and discharges, and (v) such  other  matters,  not
26    inconsistent with law, as may be necessary for the proper and
27    efficient operation of the Authority and its facilities.
28        The  Authority  shall conduct an annual review of (i) the
29    performance of the officers appointed by the  Board  who  are
30    subordinate  to  the  chief  executive  officer  and (ii) the
31    services  provided   by   outside   attorneys,   construction
32    managers,  or  consultants  who  have  been  retained  by, or
33    performed services for, the  Authority  during  the  previous
34    twelve month period.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-422, eff. 1-1-00.)

 2        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 3    becoming law.".

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