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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The State Fair Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 210/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 1708)
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| 7 | Sec. 8. There is created a Board of State Fair Advisors | ||||||
| 8 | consisting of
the Director, 4 ex-officio members as hereafter | ||||||
| 9 | named, and up to 15 20 persons
appointed by the Governor. The | ||||||
| 10 | Chairman and minority
spokesman of the House Agriculture and | ||||||
| 11 | Conservation Committee and the Chairman and minority
spokesman | ||||||
| 12 | of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Energy Committee of
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| 13 | the Illinois General Assembly shall serve as ex-officio | ||||||
| 14 | members. No more
than 3 of the Board members shall be appointed | ||||||
| 15 | from any one county. Initial appointments made after the | ||||||
| 16 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
| 17 | Assembly shall be for terms of one, 2, and 3 years staggered to | ||||||
| 18 | provide for the selection of 5 members each year. All | ||||||
| 19 | subsequent appointments shall be for terms of 3 years. All | ||||||
| 20 | terms shall commence on the 3rd Monday in January. Members may | ||||||
| 21 | not serve more than 2 consecutive 3-year terms or a total of 8 | ||||||
| 22 | consecutive years if the member's initial appointment is less | ||||||
| 23 | than a 3-year term. A former member may return to the Board if | ||||||
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| 1 | he or she has not been a member for at least one year prior to | ||||||
| 2 | reappointment. Appointments made prior to the effective date of | ||||||
| 3 | this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall not be | ||||||
| 4 | considered when calculating a member's time served on the | ||||||
| 5 | Board. Members
of the State Fair Advisory Board shall serve for | ||||||
| 6 | 2 year terms commencing on
the third Monday of January of each | ||||||
| 7 | odd-numbered year. The Governor shall in
making appointments to | ||||||
| 8 | the Board provide for a representation of the operational | ||||||
| 9 | interests
of the State Fair and this State the State of | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois. Members of the Board shall
receive no compensation, | ||||||
| 11 | but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses
incurred in the | ||||||
| 12 | performance of their duties. An appointed member's office
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| 13 | becomes vacant upon his or her absence from 2 consecutive | ||||||
| 14 | regularly
scheduled meetings. The Director or his or her | ||||||
| 15 | authorized representative from the
Department shall act as | ||||||
| 16 | chairman of the Board. The duties of the Board
are to advise | ||||||
| 17 | the Director and the Department on matters concerning the
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| 18 | operation of each State Fair and State Fairgrounds as they | ||||||
| 19 | pertain to varied
interests in the State Fairs and the people | ||||||
| 20 | of this State the State of Illinois.
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| 21 | (Source: P.A. 93-1055, eff. 11-23-04.)
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 23 | 1, 2019.
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