103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2850

Introduced 1/19/2024, by Sen. Dale Fowler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 2105/6 from Ch. 42, par. 388

Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that the board of a river conservancy district shall annually set the member compensation to be paid solely out of the funds of the district (rather than a member of the board may not receive more than $3,000 per annum).
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The River Conservancy Districts Act is amended
5by changing Section 6 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 2105/6) (from Ch. 42, par. 388)
7 Sec. 6. The board of trustees shall exercise all of the
8powers and control the affairs and property of the district.
9The board at their first meeting in May of each year shall
10elect one of their number as president, one of their number as
11vice-president and one of their number as secretary. The board
12may appoint an engineer who may be an individual,
13co-partnership or corporation, an attorney, an executive
14vice-president, a manager, a treasurer, and other engineers,
15attorneys, agents, clerks and assistants for the district who
16shall hold office during the pleasure of the board and who
17shall give such bond as the board may require. The board may
18prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all the
19officers and employees of the district. Annually the board
20will set the member compensation to be paid solely out of the
21funds of the district. A member of the board may not receive
22more than $3,000 per annum. The board may pass all necessary
23ordinances, rules and regulations.

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