Bill Text: IL HB2679 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois International Port District Act. Provides that, upon notification by the Department of Revenue's Debt Collection Bureau that any member of the Board of the Illinois International Port District is delinquent in any debt owed to the State, the Board shall withhold that delinquent amount from the member's compensation and shall remit the delinquent amount to the Department. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Tabled [HB2679 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2679-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2679 Introduced , by Rep. Martin J. Moylan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 1810/12 from Ch. 19, par. 163
Amends the Illinois International Port District Act. Provides that, upon notification by the Department of Revenue's Debt Collection Bureau that any member of the Board of the Illinois International Port District is delinquent in any debt owed to the State, the Board shall withhold that delinquent amount from the member's compensation and shall remit the delinquent amount to the Department. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois International Port District Act is
amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
(70 ILCS 1810/12) (from Ch. 19, par. 163)
Sec. 12. The governing and administrative body of the
District shall be a board consisting of 9 members, to be known
as the Illinois International Port District Board. Members of
the Board shall be residents of a county whose territory, in
whole or in part, is embraced by the District and persons of
recognized business ability. The members of the Board shall
receive compensation for their services, set by the Board at an
amount not to exceed $20,000.00 annually, except the Chairman
may receive an additional $5,000.00 annually, if approved by
the Board. All such compensation shall be paid directly from
the Port District's operating funds. The members shall receive
no other compensation whatever, whether in form of salary, per
diem allowance or otherwise, for or in connection with his
service as a member. The preceding sentence shall not prevent
any member from receiving any non-salary benefit of the type
received by employees of the District. Upon notification by the
Department of Revenue's Debt Collection Bureau that any member

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of the Board is delinquent in any debt owed to the State,
including, but not limited to, any tax collected by the
Department of Revenue, the Board shall withhold that delinquent
amount from the member's compensation under this Section and
shall remit the delinquent amount to the Department. Each
member shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them
in the performance of their duties. Any person who is appointed
to the office of secretary or treasurer of the Board may
receive compensation for services as such officer, as
determined by the Board, provided such person is not a member
of the Board. No member of the Board or employee of the
District shall have any private financial interest, profit or
benefit in any contract, work or business of the District nor
in the sale or lease of any property to or from the District.
(Source: P.A. 93-250, eff. 7-22-03.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.