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| Public Act 103-0986
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| SB3389 Enrolled | LRB103 37651 AWJ 67778 b |
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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 Regional Planning Act is amended by |
changing Sections 10, 15, 25, and 60 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1707/10) |
Sec. 10. Definitions. |
"Board" means the Board of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency |
for Planning. |
"CMAP" means the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. |
"Chief elected county official" means the Board Chair |
Chairman in DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, and McHenry Counties |
and the County Executive in Will County. |
"Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the State. |
"IDOT" means the Illinois Department of Transportation. |
"MPO" means the metropolitan planning organization |
designated under 23 U.S.C. 134. |
"Members" means the members of the Board. |
"Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, public or |
private corporation, State agency, transportation agency, or |
unit of local government. |
"Policy Committee" means the decision-making body of the |
MPO. |
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"Region" or "northeastern Illinois region" means Cook, |
DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties. |
"State agency" means "agency" as defined in Section 1-20 |
of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. |
"Transportation agency" means the Regional Transportation |
Authority and its Service Boards; the Illinois Toll Highway |
Authority; the Illinois Department of Transportation; and the |
transportation functions of units of local government. |
"Unit of local government" means a unit of local |
government, as defined in Section 1 of Article VII of the |
Illinois Constitution, that is located within the jurisdiction |
and area of operation of the Board. |
"USDOT" means the United States Department of |
Transportation. |
(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
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(70 ILCS 1707/15) |
Sec. 15. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning; |
structure. |
(a) The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is |
established as a political subdivision, body politic, and |
municipal corporation. The Board shall be responsible for |
developing and adopting a funding and implementation strategy |
for an integrated land use and transportation planning process |
for the northeastern Illinois region. |
(b) (Blank.) |
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(c) The Board shall consist of 15 voting members as |
follows: |
(1) One member from DuPage County appointed |
cooperatively by the mayors of DuPage County and the chief |
elected county official of DuPage County. |
(2) One member representing both Kane and Kendall |
Counties appointed cooperatively by the mayors of Kane |
County and Kendall County and the chief elected county |
officials of Kane County and Kendall County. |
(3) One member from Lake County appointed |
cooperatively by the mayors of Lake County and the chief |
elected county official of Lake County. |
(4) One member from McHenry County appointed |
cooperatively by the mayors of McHenry County and the |
chief elected county official of McHenry County. |
(5) One member from Will County appointed |
cooperatively by the mayors of Will County and the chief |
elected county official of Will County. |
(6) Five members from the City of Chicago appointed by |
the Mayor of the City of Chicago. |
(7) One member from that portion of Cook County |
outside of the City of Chicago appointed by the President |
of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. |
(8) Four members from that portion of Cook County |
outside of the City of Chicago appointed, with the consent |
of the President of the Cook County Board of |
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Commissioners, as follows: |
(i) One by the mayors representing those |
communities in Cook County that are outside of the |
City of Chicago and north of Devon Avenue. |
(ii) One by the mayors representing those |
communities in Cook County that are outside of the |
City of Chicago, south of Devon Avenue, and north of |
Interstate 55, and in addition the Village of Summit. |
(iii) One by the mayors representing those |
communities in Cook County that are outside of the |
City of Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of |
Interstate 57, excluding the communities of Summit, |
Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and |
Tinley Park. |
(iv) One by the mayors representing those |
communities in Cook County that are outside of the |
City of Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in |
addition, the communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, |
Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park. |
The terms of the members initially appointed to the Board |
shall begin within 60 days after this Act takes effect. |
(d) The CMAP Board may appoint non-voting members of the |
Board. |
(e) (Blank). (1) The CMAP Board shall create a Wastewater |
Committee with the responsibility of recommending directly to |
the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) the |
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appropriateness of proposed requests for modifications and |
amendments to the established boundaries of wastewater |
facility planning areas, requests for the creation of new |
wastewater facility planning areas, requests for the |
elimination of existing wastewater facility planning areas, |
requests for new or expanded sewage treatment facilities, or |
any other amendments to the State of Illinois Water Quality |
Management Plan required under the federal Clean Water Act. |
The Chairmanship of the Wastewater Committee shall rotate |
every 24 months between the individuals described in |
subsections (e)(2)(iv) and (e)(2)(v) with the individual |
identified in subsection (e)(2)(v) serving as chairman for the |
initial 24-month period commencing on the effective date of |
this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. |
(2) The Wastewater Committee shall consist of 5 |
members of the CMAP Board designated as follows: |
(i) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
be one of the CMAP Board members designated in |
subsection (c)(1) through (c)(5). |
(ii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
be one of the CMAP Board members designated in |
subsection (c)(6). |
(iii) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
be one of the CMAP Board members designated in |
subsection (c)(7) or (c)(8). |
(iv) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
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be a person appointed by the President of the |
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater |
Chicago (and who does not need to serve on the CMAP |
Board). |
(v) One member of the Wastewater Committee shall |
be a person appointed by the President of the largest |
statewide association of wastewater agencies (and who |
does not need to serve on the CMAP Board). |
(3) Terms of the members of the Wastewater Committee |
shall be consistent with those identified in Section 25, |
except that the term of the member of the Wastewater |
Committee appointed by the President of the Metropolitan |
Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago shall expire |
on July 1, 2009, and the term of the member of the |
Wastewater Committee appointed by the President of the |
largest statewide association of wastewater agencies shall |
expire on July 1, 2009. |
(f) Concurrence of four-fifths of the Board members in |
office is necessary for the Board to take any action, except |
for decisions with regard to contracts, excluding contracts |
pertaining to the employment of the Executive Director, |
grants, purchase agreements, and meeting minutes, which shall |
require a simple majority vote of the Board members in office |
With the exception of matters considered and recommended by |
the Wastewater Committee directly to the IEPA, which shall |
require only a concurrence of a simple majority of the |
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Wastewater Committee members in office, concurrence of |
four-fifths of the Board members in office is necessary for |
the Board to take any action. |
(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
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(70 ILCS 1707/25) |
Sec. 25. Operations. |
(a) Each appointing authority shall give notice of its |
Board appointments to each other appointing authority, to the |
Board, and to the Secretary of State. Within 30 days after his |
or her appointment and before entering upon the duties of the |
office, each Board member shall take and subscribe to the |
constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary |
of State. Board members shall hold office for a term of 4 years |
or until successors are appointed and qualified. The terms of |
the initial Board members shall expire as follows: |
(1) The terms of the member from DuPage County and the |
member representing both Kane and Kendall Counties shall |
expire on July 1, 2007. |
(2) The terms of those members from Lake, McHenry, and |
Will Counties shall expire on July 1, 2009. |
(3) As designated at the time of appointment, the |
terms of 2 members from the City of Chicago shall expire on |
July 1, 2007 and the terms of 3 members from the City of |
Chicago shall expire on July 1, 2009. |
(4) The term of the member appointed by the President |
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of the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall expire on |
July 1, 2007. |
(5) The terms of those members appointed, with the |
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of |
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those |
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of |
Chicago and north of Devon Avenue shall expire on July 1, |
2007. |
(6) The terms of those members appointed, with the |
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of |
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those |
communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of |
Chicago, south of Interstate 55, and west of Interstate |
57, excluding the communities of Summit, Dixmoor, Posen, |
Robbins, Midlothian, Oak Forest, and Tinley Park, shall |
expire on July 1, 2007. |
(7) The terms of those members appointed, with the |
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of |
Commissioners, by the mayor representing those communities |
in Cook County that are outside of the City of Chicago, |
south of Devon Avenue, and north of Interstate 55, and, in |
addition, the Village of Summit, shall expire on July 1, |
2009. |
(8) The terms of those members appointed, with the |
consent of the President of the Cook County Board of |
Commissioners, by the mayors representing those |
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communities in Cook County that are outside of the City of |
Chicago and east of Interstate 57, and, in addition, the |
communities of Dixmoor, Posen, Robbins, Midlothian, Oak |
Forest, and Tinley Park, shall expire on July 1, 2009. |
(b) If a vacancy occurs, the appropriate appointing |
authority shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the |
unexpired term. Board members shall receive no compensation, |
but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the |
performance of their duties. |
(c) The Board shall be so appointed as to represent the |
City of Chicago, that part of Cook County outside the City of |
Chicago, and that part of the metropolitan region outside of |
Cook County on a one person man one vote basis. Within 6 months |
after the release of each certified federal decennial census, |
the Board shall review its composition and, if a change is |
necessary in order to comply with the representation |
requirements of this subsection (c), shall recommend the |
necessary revision for approval by the General Assembly. |
(d) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at least |
once in each calendar quarter. The time and place of Board |
meetings shall be fixed by resolution of the Board. Special |
meetings of the Board may be called by the chair chairman or a |
majority of the Board members. A written notice of the time and |
place of any special meeting shall be provided to all Board |
members at least 3 days prior to the date fixed for the |
meeting, except that if the time and place of a special meeting |
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is fixed at a regular meeting at which all Board members are |
present, no such written notice is required. A majority of the |
Board members in office constitutes a quorum for the purpose |
of convening a meeting of the Board. |
(e) The meetings of the Board shall be held in compliance |
with the Open Meetings Act. The Board shall maintain records |
in accordance with the provisions of the State Records Act. |
(f) At its initial meeting and its first regular meeting |
after July 1 of each year thereafter, the Board from its |
membership shall appoint a chair chairman and may appoint vice |
chairs chairmen and shall provide the term and duties of those |
officers pursuant to its bylaws. Before entering upon duties |
of office, the chair chairman shall execute a bond with |
corporate sureties to be approved by the Board and shall file |
it with the principal office of the Board. The bond shall be |
payable to the Board in whatever penal sum may be directed and |
shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the |
duties of office and the payment of all money received by the |
chair chairman according to law and the orders of the Board. |
The Board may appoint, from time to time, an executive |
committee and standing and ad hoc committees to assist in |
carrying out its responsibilities. |
(g) Open meetings of the Board shall be broadcast to the |
public and maintained in real-time on the Board's website |
using a high-speed Internet connection. Recordings of each |
meeting broadcast shall be posted to the Board's website |
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within a reasonable time after the meeting and shall be |
maintained as public records to the extent practicable, as |
determined by the Board. Compliance with the provisions of |
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly does not |
relieve the Board of its obligations under the Open Meetings |
Act. |
(Source: P.A. 100-479, eff. 1-1-18.)
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(70 ILCS 1707/60) |
Sec. 60. Transportation decision-making. |
(a) The Policy Committee is the federally designated |
Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Chicago region |
under the requirements of federal regulations promulgated by |
USDOT. The Policy Committee shall approve all plans, reports, |
and programs required of an MPO, including the federally |
mandated Regional Transportation Plan, Transportation |
Improvement Program and Unified Work Program. |
(b) It is the intent of this Act that the transportation |
planning and investment decision-making process be fully |
integrated into the regional planning process. |
(c) The Board, in cooperation with local governments and |
transportation providers, shall develop and adopt a process |
for making the transportation decisions that require final MPO |
approval pursuant to federal law. That process shall comply |
with all applicable federal requirements. The adopted process |
shall ensure that all MPO plans, reports, and programs shall |
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be approved by the CMAP Board prior to final approval by the |
MPO. |
(d) The Board shall continue directly involving local |
elected officials in federal program allocation decisions for |
the Surface Transportation Program, and Congestion Mitigation |
and Air Quality funds, and any other federally suballocated |
funding as required by law and in addressing other regional |
transportation issues. |
(Source: P.A. 94-510, eff. 8-9-05; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
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