Bill Text: IL SB2850 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that a member of a board may not receive more than $6,000 per annum (instead of $3,000 per annum). Provides that at its discretion, a board may adjust the compensation amounts for inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100. Provides that board members shall also be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in performing the member's duties under the Act. Amends the Fox Waterway Agency Act. Provides that each director on the board of directors of the Fox Waterway Agency may receive up to $6,000 per year (instead of $3,000) and that the chairman of the board may receive up to $10,000 per year (instead of $5,000). Provides that at the board of directors of the Fox Waterway Agency's discretion, the board may adjust the compensation amounts for inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest $100.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0926 [SB2850 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2850-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 103-0926 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended | ||||
by changing Section 6 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 2105/6) (from Ch. 42, par. 388) | ||||
Sec. 6. The board of trustees shall exercise all of the | ||||
powers and control the affairs and property of the district. | ||||
The board at their first meeting in May of each year shall | ||||
elect one of their number as president, one of their number as | ||||
vice-president and one of their number as secretary. The board | ||||
may appoint an engineer who may be an individual, | ||||
co-partnership or corporation, an attorney, an executive | ||||
vice-president, a manager, a treasurer, and other engineers, | ||||
attorneys, agents, clerks and assistants for the district who | ||||
shall hold office during the pleasure of the board and who | ||||
shall give such bond as the board may require. The board may | ||||
prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all the | ||||
officers and employees of the district. A member of the board | ||||
may not receive more than $6,000 $3,000 per annum. At the | ||||
Board's discretion, the Board may adjust the compensation | ||||
amounts for inflation as determined by the Consumer Price | ||||
Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the | ||||
United States Department of Labor and rounded to the nearest | ||
$100. The Board members shall also be reimbursed for ordinary | ||
and necessary expenses incurred in performing the member's | ||
duties under this Act. The board may pass all necessary | ||
ordinances, rules and regulations. | ||
(Source: P.A. 79-1454.)
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Section 10. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by | ||
changing Section 6 as follows:
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