Within 60 days after the organization of an emergency services district under the provisions of this Act, a board of trustees, consisting of 5 members, for the government and control of the affairs and business of the emergency services district shall be appointed in the following manner:
         (1) If the district lies wholly within a single
    
township, the board of trustees of that township shall appoint the trustees for the district, but no township official is eligible for such appointment.
        (2) If the district is not contained wholly within a
    
single township, but is located wholly within a single county, the trustees for the district shall be appointed by the presiding officer of the county board, with the advice and consent of the county board.
        (3) If the district lies wholly within a
    
municipality, the governing body of the municipality shall appoint trustees for the district.
        (4) If the district does not conform to any of the
    
foregoing classifications, the trustees for the district shall be from each county in the district in numbers proportionate, as nearly as practicable, to the number of residents of the district who reside in each county in relation to the total population of the district. Trustees shall be appointed by the county board of their respective counties, or in the case of a home rule county as defined by Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, by the chief executive officer of that county, with the advice and consent of the county board.
    Upon the expiration of the term of a trustee who is in office at the time of the publication of each decennial federal census of population, the successor shall be a resident of whichever county is entitled to the representation in order to bring about the proportional representation required by this Act, and the successor shall be appointed by the appointing authority of that county. Thereafter, each trustee shall be succeeded by a resident of the same county, who shall be appointed by the same appointing authority. Of the trustees first appointed, 3 shall hold office until the second Monday in December after the next succeeding general election for members of the General Assembly and 2 shall hold office until the second Monday in December 2 years after the next succeeding general election for members of the General Assembly, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter, the trustees of the district shall be appointed in every year in which the term of any of the trustees expires and shall hold office for 4 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Each trustee shall be a legal voter in the district. Each trustee shall be compensated at the same rate, which shall not exceed $750 per fiscal year, as determined by the board of trustees.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 2005/6

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

     Whenever a vacancy occurs in the board of trustees the appropriate appointing authority shall appoint some person to fill the remainder of the unexpired term.
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