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92_SB1764
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1 AN ACT concerning the Regional Transportation Authority.
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 Sections 3.01 and 3B.02 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 3615/3.01) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.01)
7 Sec. 3.01. Board of Directors. Upon expiration of the
8 term of the members of the Transition Board as provided for
9 in Section 3.09, the corporate authorities and governing body
10 of the Authority shall be a Board consisting of 13 Directors
11 appointed as follows:
12 (a) Four Directors appointed by the Mayor of the City of
13 Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of
14 the City of Chicago, and a fifth director who shall be the
15 Chairman of the Chicago Transit Authority. Each of these
16 Directors must such Director shall reside in the City of
17 Chicago except the Chairman of the Chicago Transit Authority
18 who must shall reside within the metropolitan area as defined
19 in the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.
20 (b) Four Directors appointed by the members of the Cook
21 County Board elected from that part of Cook County outside of
22 Chicago, or, in the event the such Board of Commissioners
23 becomes elected from single member districts, by those
24 Commissioners elected from districts, a majority of the
25 electors of which reside outside Chicago. In either case,
26 the such appointment must shall be with the concurrence of
27 four such Commissioners. Each of these Directors must such
28 Director shall reside in that part of Cook County outside
29 Chicago.
30 (c) Two Directors appointed by the Chairmen of the
31 county boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties, with
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1 the concurrence of not less than a majority of the Chairmen
2 from these such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen. Each
3 such Chairman may nominate not more than 2 persons for each
4 position. Each of these Directors must such Director shall
5 reside in a county in the metropolitan region other than Cook
6 or DuPage Counties.
7 (d) One Director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
8 the Board of DuPage County with the advice and consent of the
9 County Board of DuPage County and must shall reside in DuPage
10 County.
11 (e) Before January 1, 1987, for the term expiring July
12 1, 1989, the Chairman shall be appointed by the Governor.
13 Thereafter the Chairman shall be appointed by the other 12
14 Directors with the concurrence of three-fourths of the such
15 Directors. The chairman may shall not be appointed from among
16 the other Directors. The chairman must shall be a resident of
17 the metropolitan region.
18 (f) Except as otherwise provided by this Act no Director
19 may shall, while serving as such, be an officer, a member of
20 the Board of Directors or Trustees or an employee of any
21 transportation agency, or be an employee of the State of
22 Illinois or any department or agency thereof, or of any unit
23 of local government or receive any compensation from any
24 elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws
25 of Illinois; except that a Director may be a member of a
26 school board.
27 (g) Each appointment made under this Section and under
28 Section 3.03 shall be certified by the appointing authority
29 to the Board, which shall maintain the certifications as part
30 of the official records of the Authority; provided that the
31 initial appointments shall be certified to the Secretary of
32 State, who shall transmit the certifications to the Board
33 following its organization. All appointments made by the
34 Governor shall be made with the advice and consent of the
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1 Senate.
2 (h) The Board of Directors shall be so appointed as to
3 represent the City of Chicago, that part of Cook County
4 outside the City of Chicago, and that part of the
5 metropolitan region outside Cook County on the one man one
6 vote basis. After each Federal decennial census the General
7 Assembly shall review the composition of the Board and, if a
8 change is needed to comply with this requirement, shall
9 provide for the necessary revision by July 1 of the third
10 year after such census. Provided, however, that the Chairman
11 of the Chicago Transit Authority shall be a Director of the
12 Authority and shall be considered as representing the City of
13 Chicago for purposes of this paragraph.
14 Insofar as may be practicable, the changes in Board
15 membership necessary to achieve this purpose shall take
16 effect as appropriate members terms expire, no member's term
17 being reduced by reason of such revision of the composition
18 of the Board.
19 (Source: P.A. 83-1417.)
20 (70 ILCS 3615/3B.02) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.02)
21 Sec. 3B.02. Commuter Rail Board. The governing body of
22 the Commuter Rail Division shall be a board consisting of 7
23 directors appointed pursuant to Sections 3B.03 and 3B.04, as
24 follows:
25 (a) One director shall be appointed by the Chairman of
26 the Board of DuPage County with the advice and consent of the
27 County Board of DuPage County and must shall reside in DuPage
28 County;
29 (b) Two directors appointed by the Chairmen of the
30 County Boards of Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties with
31 the concurrence of not less than a majority of the chairmen
32 from these such counties, from nominees by the Chairmen.
33 Each such chairman may nominate not more than two persons for
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1 each position. Each of these directors must such director
2 shall reside in a county in the metropolitan region other
3 than Cook or DuPage County.
4 (c) Three directors appointed by the members of the Cook
5 County Board elected from that part of Cook County outside of
6 Chicago, or, in the event such Board of Commissioners becomes
7 elected from single member districts, by those Commissioners
8 elected from districts, a majority of the residents of which
9 reside outside Chicago. In either case, such appointment
10 shall be with the concurrence of four such Commissioners.
11 Each such director shall reside in that part of Cook County
12 outside Chicago.
13 (d) One director appointed by the Mayor of the City of
14 Chicago, with the advice and consent of the City Council of
15 the City of Chicago. Such director shall reside in the City
16 of Chicago.
17 The chairman shall be appointed by the directors, from
18 the members of the board, with the concurrence of 5 of such
19 directors.
20 No director, while serving as such, shall be an officer,
21 a member of the board of directors or trustee or an employee
22 of any transportation agency, or be an employee of the State
23 of Illinois or any department or agency thereof, or of any
24 unit of local government or receive any compensation from any
25 elected or appointed office under the Constitution and laws
26 of Illinois.
27 Each appointment made under paragraphs (a) through (d)
28 and under Section 3B.03 shall be certified by the appointing
29 authority to the Commuter Rail Board which shall maintain the
30 certifications as part of the official records of the
31 Commuter Rail Board; provided that the initial appointments
32 shall be certified to the Secretary of State, who shall
33 transmit the certifications to the Commuter Rail Board
34 following its organization.
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1 Appointments to the Commuter Rail Board shall be
2 apportioned so as to represent the City of Chicago, that part
3 of Cook County outside of the City of Chicago, and DuPage
4 County and that part of the metropolitan region other than
5 Cook and DuPage Counties based on morning boardings of the
6 services provided by the Commuter Rail Division as certified
7 to the Board of the Authority by the Commuter Rail Board,
8 provided however that the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall
9 appoint no fewer than 1 member of the Commuter Rail Board.
10 Within two years after each federal decennial census, the
11 Board of the Authority shall review the composition of the
12 Commuter Rail Board and, if change is needed to comply with
13 this requirement, shall provide for the necessary
14 reapportionment by July 1 of the second year after such
15 census. Insofar as may be practicable, the changes in board
16 membership necessary to achieve this purpose shall take
17 effect as appropriate members terms expire, no member's term
18 being reduced by reason of such revision of the composition
19 of the Commuter Rail Board.
20 (Source: P.A. 83-886.)