Bill Text: IL SB0964 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the terms of directors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0964 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0964-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (605 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-5)
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| 7 | Sec. 5.
Of the
the original directors, other than the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | chairman, so appointed
by the Governor, 3 shall hold office for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 2 years and 3 shall hold office
for 4 years, from the date of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | their appointment and until their
respective successors shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | be duly appointed and qualified, but shall
be subject to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | removal by the Governor for incompetency, neglect of duty
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| 13 | malfeasance. In case of vacancies in such offices during the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | recess
of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | appointment until the
next meeting of the Senate when he shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | nominate some person to fill such
office and any person so | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall
hold office | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | during the remainder of the term and until his successor shall
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| 19 | be appointed and qualified. The respective term of the first | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | directors
appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | time of appointment,
but their successors shall each be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | appointed for a term of four years,
except that any person | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the
unexpired | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | term. Directors shall be eligible for reappointment. | ||||||
| 2 | In making the initial appointments of the 2 additional | ||||||
| 3 | directors provided
for by this amendatory Act of 1980, the | ||||||
| 4 | respective terms of the 2 additional
directors first appointed | ||||||
| 5 | shall be designated by the Governor at the time
of appointment | ||||||
| 6 | in such manner that the term of one such additional director
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| 7 | shall expire at the same time as the terms of 4 of the other | ||||||
| 8 | directors and
the term of the other additional director shall | ||||||
| 9 | expire at the same time
as the terms of 3 of the other | ||||||
| 10 | directors; thereafter the terms shall be
4 years.
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| 11 | Each such director, other than ex officio members shall | ||||||
| 12 | receive an
annual salary of $15,000, or as set by the | ||||||
| 13 | Compensation Review Board,
whichever is greater, payable in | ||||||
| 14 | monthly installments, and shall be
reimbursed for necessary | ||||||
| 15 | expenses incurred in the performance of his
duties.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 86-1164.)
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