(70 ILCS 2605/1)(from Ch. 42, par. 320) Sec. 1. The corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago, heretofore organized under the provisions of this Act, within the territorial limits of Cook County, may be extended in such manner as may be provided by law to include any area of contiguous territory within the limits of said Cook County wherein the construction, maintenance and operation of sewers and sewage treatment plants and the construction, enlargement and maintenance of outlets for the drainage of the territory will conduce to the preservation of the public health. The Governor and either branch of the Legislature of this state shall have the right to examine the books of the trustees and all expenditures made by or in any such district, by committee or otherwise, and to call for further reports, accounts, items and copies of all contracts made by or documents held in the possession of any such trustee; and upon the failure refusal or neglect of any such trustees to accurately and completely furnish any and all such items, accounts, documents and reports of contracts as provided in this act, any and all trustees of any such sanitary district shall forfeit their office and by proceedings in quo warranto be ousted and removed therefrom; all such actions may be brought in the county where any such trustees may reside or wherein the major portion of any such sanitary district may be situated. (Source: P.A. 83‑1362.)
(70 ILCS 2605/1.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 320.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act may be cited as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑1028.)
(70 ILCS 2605/2)(from Ch. 42, par. 321) Sec. 2. All courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of all sanitary districts organized under this act. (Source: P.A. 81‑1490.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3)(from Ch. 42, par. 322) Sec. 3. The corporate authority of the Sanitary District of Chicago shall consist of nine trustees. Such trustees shall be elected for staggered terms at the election provided by the general election law. Three trustees shall be elected at each such election to succeed the 3 trustees whose terms expire in such year. Such trustees shall take office on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month following the month of their election and shall hold their offices for six years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. In all elections for trustees each elector may vote for as many candidates as there are trustees to be elected, but no elector may give to such candidates more than one vote, it being the intent and purpose of this Act to prohibit cumulative voting in the selection of members of the board of the sanitary district. The election of trustees shall be in accordance with the provisions of the general election law. By reason of the importance and character of the services performed by the sanitary district, there is a great need and it is in the public interest that such services be performed in as near a non‑partisan character as possible. When a vacancy exists in the office of trustees of any sanitary district organized under the provisions hereof, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor until the next regular election at which trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago are elected, and thereafter until a successor shall be elected and qualified. Such sanitary district shall from the time of the first election held by it under this Act be construed in all courts to be a body corporate and politic, and by the name and style of the sanitary district of...., and by such name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real estate and personal property necessary for corporate purposes, and adopt a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. The board of trustees shall have the power to change the name of the Sanitary District of Chicago by ordinance and public notice without impairing the legal status of acts theretofore performed by said district. Thereafter any and all references to the Sanitary District of Chicago in this Act or otherwise shall mean and include the name under which such sanitary district is then operating. No rights, duties or privilege of such a sanitary district, or those of any person, existing before the change of name shall be affected by a change, in the name of a sanitary district. All proceedings pending in any court in favor of or against such sanitary district may continue to final consummation under the name in which they were commenced. (Source: P.A. 83‑345.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 322.1) Sec. 3.1. EPA Director. The Director of the Environmental Protection Agency or his or her appointee may attend and participate in meetings of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, but he or she shall have no vote at such meetings. (Source: P.A. 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3.2)(from Ch. 42, par. 322.2) Sec. 3.2. The designation of the corporate authorities of sanitary districts organized under this Act is changed from "trustees" and "boards of trustees" to "commissioners" and "boards of commissioners". Wherever any of the terms "trustee", "trustees", or "board of trustees" is used in this Act or in any other Act to refer to the corporate authorities of a sanitary district organized under this Act, those terms shall mean, respectively, "commissioner", "commissioners" and "board of commissioners". The change made by this amendatory Act of 1975 is intended to change only the designations of the corporate authorities of sanitary districts organized under this Act. It shall not operate to reduce the term of any member elected or appointed to the board of any such sanitary district. No action taken before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975 by the corporate authorities of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall be rendered invalid by reason of the fact that such corporate authorities were designated as trustees or boards of trustees in relation to that action. (Source: P.A. 79‑310.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4)(from Ch. 42, par. 323) Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which they are elected, which board of commissioners is the corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall establish the policies and goals of the sanitary district. The executive director, in addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall manage and control all the affairs and property of the sanitary district and shall regularly report to the Board of Commissioners on the activities of the sanitary district in executing the policies and goals established by the board. At the regularly scheduled meeting of odd numbered years following the induction of new commissioners the board of commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and a vice‑president to serve in the absence of the president, and the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the president, vice‑president, or the chairman of the committee on finance and the manner of filling such vacancy. The board shall appoint from outside its own number the executive director and treasurer for the district. The executive director must be a resident of the sanitary district and a citizen of the United States. He must be selected solely upon his administrative and technical qualifications and without regard to his political affiliations. In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the executive director, or treasurer, the board of commissioners may appoint an acting officer from outside its own number, to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. The executive director with the advice and consent of the board of commissioners, shall appoint the director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, and director of information technology. These constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering, Maintenance and Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and Materials Management, Finance, Law, Monitoring and Research, and Information Technology, respectively. No other departments or heads of departments may be created without subsequent amendment to this Act. All such department heads are under the direct supervision of the executive director. The director of human resources must be qualified under Section 4.2a of this Act. The director of procurement and materials management must be selected in accordance with Section 11.16 of this Act. In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, or director of information technology, the executive director shall appoint an acting officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any such officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the direct supervision of the executive director. All appointive officers and acting officers shall give bond as may be required by the board. The executive director, treasurer, acting executive director, and acting treasurer hold their offices at the pleasure of the board of commissioners. The acting director of engineering, acting director of maintenance and operations, acting director of human resources, acting director of procurement and materials management, acting clerk, acting general counsel, acting director of monitoring and research, and acting director of information technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the executive director. The director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, and director of information technology may be removed from office for cause by the executive director. Prior to removal, such officers are entitled to a public hearing before the executive director at which hearing they may be represented by counsel. Before the hearing, the executive director shall notify the board of commissioners of the date, time, place and nature of the hearing. In addition to the general counsel appointed by the executive director, the board of commissioners may appoint from outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible. The executive director is the chief administrative officer of the district, has supervision over and is responsible for all administrative and operational matters of the sanitary district including the duties of all employees which are not otherwise designated by law, and is the appointing authority as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act. The board, through the budget process, shall set the compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary district. Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint an administrative aide which appointment remains in force during his incumbency unless revoked by the president. Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the president and vice‑president of the board of commissioners and the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual salary of the president shall be $37,500 and shall be increased to $39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January, 1989, $50,000 in January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary of the vice‑president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased to $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary of the chairman of the committee on finance shall be $32,500 and shall be increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, $36,500 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001. The annual salaries of the other members of the Board shall be as follows: For the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500 per annum for the first two years of the term; $28,000 per annum for the next two years of the term and $30,000 per annum for the last two years. For the three members elected in November, 1982, $28,000 per annum for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per annum thereafter. For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum. For the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000 for each of the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each of the next two years and $36,000 for the last two years; For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000 for each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for each year thereafter. For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, or 1998, $40,000. For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter, $50,000. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the board, prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two‑thirds vote, may increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat amount for each of the following: the president, the vice‑president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as members of the board commence after the increase in compensation is adopted by the board. The board of commissioners has full power to pass all necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the board of commissioners and the corporation and for carrying into effect the object for which the sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must, before they take effect, be approved by the president of the board of commissioners. If he approves thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not approve he shall return to the board of commissioners with his objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the board of commissioners occurring after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect. If the president of such board of commissioners fails to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation with his objections thereto in the time required, he is deemed to have approved it, and it takes effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which it was passed must be reconsidered by the board of commissioners, and if upon such reconsideration two‑thirds of all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes effect notwithstanding the president's refusal to approve thereof. It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to the District to the extent its activities are authorized by law as stated herein. (Source: P.A. 94‑1069, eff. 11‑29‑06; 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323a) Sec. 4a. The chairman of the committee on finance of the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act may designate in writing one or more persons who shall have authority to affix his signature as chairman to any written instrument which is required to be signed by the chairman. The chairman shall send written notice of this designation to the board of trustees of the sanitary district, stating the name or names of such person or persons whom he has selected and what instrument or instruments such person or persons will have authority to sign. The written signature of the chairman executed by such person or persons so designated with the signature of the person so designated underneath shall be attached to the notice. The notice with the signatures attached shall be recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board of trustees. When the signature of the chairman is placed on a written instrument at the direction of the chairman in the specified manner, the instrument in all respects shall be as binding on the sanitary district as if signed by the chairman in person. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 701.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4b)(from Ch. 42, par. 323b) Sec. 4b. The Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a State Sanitary District Observer. The term of the person first appointed shall expire on the third Monday in January, 1969. If the Senate is not in session when the first appointment is made, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment as in the case of a vacancy. Thereafter the term of office of the State Sanitary District Observer shall be for 2 years commencing on the third Monday in January of 1969 and each odd‑numbered year thereafter. Any person appointed to such office shall hold office for the duration of his term and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The State Sanitary District Observer must have a knowledge of the principles of sanitary engineering. He shall be paid from the State Treasury an annual salary of $15,000 or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, and shall also be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The State Sanitary District Observer has the same right as any Trustee or the Executive Director to attend any meeting in connection with the business of The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago. He shall have access to all records and works of the District. He may conduct inquiries and investigations into the efficiency and adequacy of the operations of the District, including the effect of the operations of the District upon areas of the State outside the boundaries of the District. The State Sanitary District Observer shall report to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Environmental Protection Agency annually and more frequently if requested by the Governor. The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. (Source: P.A. 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.1) Sec. 4.1. All offices and places of employment, other than the offices of sanitary district trustees and the offices enumerated in section 4.13 of this Act, in the sanitary district shall be classified and filled in the manner hereinafter provided for and not otherwise. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.1a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.1a) Sec. 4.1a. The person appointed as treasurer for the district pursuant to Section 4 of this Act must devote his full time to performance of the duties of that office and may hold no other position in public or private employment. The treasurer may have no financial interest, direct or indirect, in any financial institution designated as a depository for district funds. The treasurer shall invest and reinvest money in the treasury of the district which is not needed for expenditures to be made within 30 days of the investment, in obligations authorized under Section 2 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended. Any such securities may be purchased at the offering or market price thereof at the time of such purchase. (Source: P.A. 79‑1454.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.2)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.2) Sec. 4.2. There is hereby created and established a civil service board to consist of 3 persons to be selected in the manner following: The governing authority or body of the sanitary district, hereinafter called the trustees, shall on or before January 31, 1952 appoint a civil service board of 3 members, all of whom shall be persons who are not trustees and not more than 2 of whom shall be affiliated with the same political party. Each member shall have been a qualified elector of the sanitary district for at least 5 years immediately prior to his or her appointment and shall believe firmly in the merit system of government. No person shall be appointed to the civil service board who has held an elective public office or a position in a political party within the 2 years immediately prior to his or her appointment. No member of the board shall be a member of a committee in any partisan political club or organization, or shall hold or be a candidate for any elective public office. Of the members so appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 4 years and one for a term of 6 years beginning February 1, 1952. All subsequent appointments shall be for 6 year terms beginning February 1 of the year in which the antecedent term expires. In the event a vacancy occurs from any cause in the office of any member, the unexpired portion of the term shall be filled by appointment within 60 days by the trustees. The board shall elect from its members a chairman, vice‑chairman and secretary. Each shall serve for a term of 2 years or until a successor is elected. Each member of the board shall receive a salary of $15,000 per annum, except the Chairman, who shall receive a salary of $17,500 per annum. Two members of the civil service board shall constitute a quorum, but in no instance shall the board have authority or exercise responsibility if 60 days after a vacancy exists on the board it has not been filled by appointment. No member of the civil service board shall be removed except for palpable incompetence or malfeasance in office upon written charges filed by or at the direction of the trustees and heard before the trustees sitting as the board of hearings herein provided for. The board of hearings shall hear and determine the charges and its findings shall be final. If the charges are sustained, the member of the civil service board so charged shall be forthwith removed from office by the board of hearings and the trustees shall thereupon proceed within 30 days to fill the vacancy created by that removal. In all proceedings provided for in this Section, the board of hearings and each member thereof shall have power to administer oaths and to compel by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers. (Source: P.A. 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.2a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.2a) Sec. 4.2a. There is created a Department of Human Resources for the district, the executive officer of which is the Director of Human Resources, hereinafter in this Act called the Director. Any person appointed as the Director shall have previously served in a responsible executive capacity requiring knowledge of and experience in human resources management to a degree commensurate with that required in the human resources administration of the district. (Source: P.A. 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.3)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.3) Sec. 4.3. Classification of positions. The Director shall, with the consent and approval of said civil service board, classify within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, all positions in said sanitary district with reference to the duties thereof for the purpose of establishing job classifications, and of fixing and maintaining standards of examinations hereinafter provided for. The positions so classified shall constitute the classified civil service of such sanitary district and no appointments, promotions, transfers, reductions in grade or pay or removal therefrom shall be made except under and according to the provisions of this Act and of the rules hereinafter mentioned. As a part of such classified civil service all employees under said Director, except special examiners, shall be included. The Director shall ascertain and record the duties of each position in the classified civil service and designate the classification of each position. Each classification shall comprise positions having substantially similar duties. He shall also record the lines of promotion from each lower classification to a higher classification wherever the experience derived in the performance of the duties of such lower classification tends to qualify for performance of duty in such higher classification. The director, subject to the disapproval of the civil service board as hereinafter provided, shall by rule prescribe standards of efficiency for each classification and for examinations of candidates for appointment thereto. Such rule or any amendment thereof shall take effect 30 days after written notice thereof is given to the civil service board, unless within such period the board files with the Director a written notice of its disapproval thereof. For the purpose of establishing uniformity of pay and title for all positions similarly classified, it shall be the duty of the Director to prescribe by rule which shall become effective when approved by the trustees, the maximum and minimum pay for each classification and the title thereof and to report to the trustees annually and at such other times as they may direct the name and address of each officer and employee paid more or less than the pay prescribed for his classification or designated by a title other than that prescribed for his classification by the board of trustees. It shall be the duty of the trustees not later than the beginning of the next fiscal year after receiving such report to change the pay or title of any position or employee so reported out of classification to conform to the title and pay prescribed by the Director for the classification in which the position held by the employee is classified. The Director shall standardize employment in each classification and make and keep a record of the relative efficiency of each employee in the classified civil service. The Director shall provide by rule methods for ascertaining and verifying the facts from which such records of relative efficiency shall be made which shall be uniform for each classification in the classified civil service. (Source: P.A. 90‑316, eff. 1‑1‑98.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.4)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.4) Sec. 4.4. All persons who at the time when this Act takes effect or becomes applicable, hold offices or places of employment which this Act provides shall be classified shall be included under the provisions of this Act and shall become members of the classified civil service of the sanitary district, without original examination. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.5)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.5) Sec. 4.5. The director, subject to the disapproval of the civil service board as hereinafter provided, shall make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act, and for examinations, appointments, transfers and removals and for maintaining and keeping records of the efficiency of officers and employees, and groups of officers and employees, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the Director may from time to time make changes in such rules. Such rule or any amendment thereof shall take effect 30 days after written notice thereof is given to the civil service board, unless within such period the board files with the Director a written notice of its disapproval thereof. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.6)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.6) Sec. 4.6. All rules made as herein provided and all changes therein shall forthwith be printed for distribution by the Director and it shall give notice of the places where said rules may be obtained, by publication in one or more daily newspapers published in the county in which said sanitary district is situated and in each such publication shall specify the date not less than ten days subsequent to the date of such publication, when said rules shall go into operation. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.7)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.7) Sec. 4.7. All applicants for offices or places in said classified civil service, except for the positions of deputy director of engineering, deputy director of monitoring and research, deputy director of maintenance and operations, assistant director of engineering, assistant director of maintenance and operations, deputy general counsel, head assistant attorneys, assistant director of monitoring and research, assistant director of information technology, assistant director of human resources, comptroller, assistant treasurer, assistant director of procurement and materials management, and laborers, shall be subjected to examination, which shall be public and competitive with limitations specified in the rules of the Director as to residence, age, sex, health, habits, moral character and qualifications to perform the duties of the office or place to be filled, which qualifications shall be prescribed in advance of such examination. Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be appointed, and may include tests of physical qualifications and health and when appropriate, of manual skill. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations. The Director shall control all examinations, and may, whenever an examination is to take place, designate a suitable number of persons to be special examiners and it shall be the duty of such special examiners to conduct such examinations as the Director may direct, and to make return and report thereof to him; and he may at any time substitute any other person in the place of any one so selected; and he may himself, at any time, act as such special examiner, and without appointing other special examiners. The Director shall, by rule, provide for and shall hold sufficient number of examinations to provide a sufficient number of eligibles on the register for each grade of position in the classified civil service, and if any place in the classified civil service shall become vacant, to which there is no person eligible for appointment, he shall hold an examination for such position and repeat the same, if necessary, until a vacancy is filled in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Eligible registers shall remain in force for 3 years, except the eligible register for laborers which shall remain in force for 4 years and except the eligible registers for student programs and entry level engineering positions which, in the Director's discretion, may remain in force for one year. Examinations for an eligible list for each position in the classified service above mentioned shall be held at least once in 3 years and at least annually for student programs and entry level engineering positions if the Director has limited the duration of the registers for those positions to one year, unless the Director determines that such examinations are not necessary because no vacancy exists. To help defray expenses of examinations, the sanitary district may, but need not, charge a fee to each applicant who desires to take a civil service examination provided for by this Act. The amount of such fees shall be set by the corporate authority of the sanitary district. Such fees shall be deposited in the corporate fund of the district. (Source: P.A. 94‑1070, eff. 11‑29‑06; 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.8)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.8) Sec. 4.8. Notice of the time and place and general scope and fee of every examination and of the duties, pay and nature of the position sought to be filled shall be given by the Director by publication for 2 weeks preceding such examination, in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which said sanitary district is situated and such notice shall be posted by him in a conspicuous place in his office for 2 weeks before such examinations. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.9)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.9) Sec. 4.9. From the return or reports of examiners, or from the examinations which he has made, the Director shall prepare a register for each grade or class of positions in the classified service of the sanitary district of the persons who shall attain such minimum mark as may be fixed by the Director for any part of such examination, and whose general average standing upon examination for such grade or class is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the Director, and who are otherwise eligible; and such persons shall take rank upon the register as candidates in the order of their relative excellence as determined by examination, without reference to priority of time of examination. The Director may substitute categories such as excellent, well qualified, and qualified, for numerical ratings and establish eligible registers accordingly. The notice of examination shall specify the category or categories upon which selection will be made. (Source: P.A. 82‑1046.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.10)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.10) Sec. 4.10. Promotions. The Director shall note of record the duties (whether imposed by law, official regulation or practice) of each classification in the classified service, and shall thereupon by rule fix lines for promotion from lower classifications to higher classifications in all cases where, in his judgment, the experience gained in the lower classification may tend to qualify an employee to perform the duties of a higher classification. In case of vacancy in higher classifications, which cannot be filled by reinstatement, the Director shall hold promotional examinations to fill such vacancy. Incumbents of classifications in lines of promotion established by the Director shall be s
(70 ILCS 2605/1)(from Ch. 42, par. 320) Sec. 1. The corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago, heretofore organized under the provisions of this Act, within the territorial limits of Cook County, may be extended in such manner as may be provided by law to include any area of contiguous territory within the limits of said Cook County wherein the construction, maintenance and operation of sewers and sewage treatment plants and the construction, enlargement and maintenance of outlets for the drainage of the territory will conduce to the preservation of the public health. The Governor and either branch of the Legislature of this state shall have the right to examine the books of the trustees and all expenditures made by or in any such district, by committee or otherwise, and to call for further reports, accounts, items and copies of all contracts made by or documents held in the possession of any such trustee; and upon the failure refusal or neglect of any such trustees to accurately and completely furnish any and all such items, accounts, documents and reports of contracts as provided in this act, any and all trustees of any such sanitary district shall forfeit their office and by proceedings in quo warranto be ousted and removed therefrom; all such actions may be brought in the county where any such trustees may reside or wherein the major portion of any such sanitary district may be situated. (Source: P.A. 83‑1362.)
(70 ILCS 2605/1.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 320.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act may be cited as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑1028.)
(70 ILCS 2605/2)(from Ch. 42, par. 321) Sec. 2. All courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of all sanitary districts organized under this act. (Source: P.A. 81‑1490.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3)(from Ch. 42, par. 322) Sec. 3. The corporate authority of the Sanitary District of Chicago shall consist of nine trustees. Such trustees shall be elected for staggered terms at the election provided by the general election law. Three trustees shall be elected at each such election to succeed the 3 trustees whose terms expire in such year. Such trustees shall take office on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month following the month of their election and shall hold their offices for six years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. In all elections for trustees each elector may vote for as many candidates as there are trustees to be elected, but no elector may give to such candidates more than one vote, it being the intent and purpose of this Act to prohibit cumulative voting in the selection of members of the board of the sanitary district. The election of trustees shall be in accordance with the provisions of the general election law. By reason of the importance and character of the services performed by the sanitary district, there is a great need and it is in the public interest that such services be performed in as near a non‑partisan character as possible. When a vacancy exists in the office of trustees of any sanitary district organized under the provisions hereof, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor until the next regular election at which trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago are elected, and thereafter until a successor shall be elected and qualified. Such sanitary district shall from the time of the first election held by it under this Act be construed in all courts to be a body corporate and politic, and by the name and style of the sanitary district of...., and by such name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real estate and personal property necessary for corporate purposes, and adopt a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. The board of trustees shall have the power to change the name of the Sanitary District of Chicago by ordinance and public notice without impairing the legal status of acts theretofore performed by said district. Thereafter any and all references to the Sanitary District of Chicago in this Act or otherwise shall mean and include the name under which such sanitary district is then operating. No rights, duties or privilege of such a sanitary district, or those of any person, existing before the change of name shall be affected by a change, in the name of a sanitary district. All proceedings pending in any court in favor of or against such sanitary district may continue to final consummation under the name in which they were commenced. (Source: P.A. 83‑345.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 322.1) Sec. 3.1. EPA Director. The Director of the Environmental Protection Agency or his or her appointee may attend and participate in meetings of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, but he or she shall have no vote at such meetings. (Source: P.A. 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3.2)(from Ch. 42, par. 322.2) Sec. 3.2. The designation of the corporate authorities of sanitary districts organized under this Act is changed from "trustees" and "boards of trustees" to "commissioners" and "boards of commissioners". Wherever any of the terms "trustee", "trustees", or "board of trustees" is used in this Act or in any other Act to refer to the corporate authorities of a sanitary district organized under this Act, those terms shall mean, respectively, "commissioner", "commissioners" and "board of commissioners". The change made by this amendatory Act of 1975 is intended to change only the designations of the corporate authorities of sanitary districts organized under this Act. It shall not operate to reduce the term of any member elected or appointed to the board of any such sanitary district. No action taken before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975 by the corporate authorities of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall be rendered invalid by reason of the fact that such corporate authorities were designated as trustees or boards of trustees in relation to that action. (Source: P.A. 79‑310.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4)(from Ch. 42, par. 323) Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which they are elected, which board of commissioners is the corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall establish the policies and goals of the sanitary district. The executive director, in addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall manage and control all the affairs and property of the sanitary district and shall regularly report to the Board of Commissioners on the activities of the sanitary district in executing the policies and goals established by the board. At the regularly scheduled meeting of odd numbered years following the induction of new commissioners the board of commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and a vice‑president to serve in the absence of the president, and the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the president, vice‑president, or the chairman of the committee on finance and the manner of filling such vacancy. The board shall appoint from outside its own number the executive director and treasurer for the district. The executive director must be a resident of the sanitary district and a citizen of the United States. He must be selected solely upon his administrative and technical qualifications and without regard to his political affiliations. In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the executive director, or treasurer, the board of commissioners may appoint an acting officer from outside its own number, to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. The executive director with the advice and consent of the board of commissioners, shall appoint the director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, and director of information technology. These constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering, Maintenance and Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and Materials Management, Finance, Law, Monitoring and Research, and Information Technology, respectively. No other departments or heads of departments may be created without subsequent amendment to this Act. All such department heads are under the direct supervision of the executive director. The director of human resources must be qualified under Section 4.2a of this Act. The director of procurement and materials management must be selected in accordance with Section 11.16 of this Act. In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, or director of information technology, the executive director shall appoint an acting officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any such officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the direct supervision of the executive director. All appointive officers and acting officers shall give bond as may be required by the board. The executive director, treasurer, acting executive director, and acting treasurer hold their offices at the pleasure of the board of commissioners. The acting director of engineering, acting director of maintenance and operations, acting director of human resources, acting director of procurement and materials management, acting clerk, acting general counsel, acting director of monitoring and research, and acting director of information technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the executive director. The director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, and director of information technology may be removed from office for cause by the executive director. Prior to removal, such officers are entitled to a public hearing before the executive director at which hearing they may be represented by counsel. Before the hearing, the executive director shall notify the board of commissioners of the date, time, place and nature of the hearing. In addition to the general counsel appointed by the executive director, the board of commissioners may appoint from outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible. The executive director is the chief administrative officer of the district, has supervision over and is responsible for all administrative and operational matters of the sanitary district including the duties of all employees which are not otherwise designated by law, and is the appointing authority as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act. The board, through the budget process, shall set the compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary district. Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint an administrative aide which appointment remains in force during his incumbency unless revoked by the president. Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the president and vice‑president of the board of commissioners and the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual salary of the president shall be $37,500 and shall be increased to $39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January, 1989, $50,000 in January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary of the vice‑president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased to $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary of the chairman of the committee on finance shall be $32,500 and shall be increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, $36,500 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001. The annual salaries of the other members of the Board shall be as follows: For the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500 per annum for the first two years of the term; $28,000 per annum for the next two years of the term and $30,000 per annum for the last two years. For the three members elected in November, 1982, $28,000 per annum for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per annum thereafter. For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum. For the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000 for each of the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each of the next two years and $36,000 for the last two years; For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000 for each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for each year thereafter. For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, or 1998, $40,000. For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter, $50,000. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the board, prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two‑thirds vote, may increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat amount for each of the following: the president, the vice‑president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as members of the board commence after the increase in compensation is adopted by the board. The board of commissioners has full power to pass all necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the board of commissioners and the corporation and for carrying into effect the object for which the sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must, before they take effect, be approved by the president of the board of commissioners. If he approves thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not approve he shall return to the board of commissioners with his objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the board of commissioners occurring after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect. If the president of such board of commissioners fails to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation with his objections thereto in the time required, he is deemed to have approved it, and it takes effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which it was passed must be reconsidered by the board of commissioners, and if upon such reconsideration two‑thirds of all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes effect notwithstanding the president's refusal to approve thereof. It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to the District to the extent its activities are authorized by law as stated herein. (Source: P.A. 94‑1069, eff. 11‑29‑06; 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323a) Sec. 4a. The chairman of the committee on finance of the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act may designate in writing one or more persons who shall have authority to affix his signature as chairman to any written instrument which is required to be signed by the chairman. The chairman shall send written notice of this designation to the board of trustees of the sanitary district, stating the name or names of such person or persons whom he has selected and what instrument or instruments such person or persons will have authority to sign. The written signature of the chairman executed by such person or persons so designated with the signature of the person so designated underneath shall be attached to the notice. The notice with the signatures attached shall be recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board of trustees. When the signature of the chairman is placed on a written instrument at the direction of the chairman in the specified manner, the instrument in all respects shall be as binding on the sanitary district as if signed by the chairman in person. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 701.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4b)(from Ch. 42, par. 323b) Sec. 4b. The Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a State Sanitary District Observer. The term of the person first appointed shall expire on the third Monday in January, 1969. If the Senate is not in session when the first appointment is made, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment as in the case of a vacancy. Thereafter the term of office of the State Sanitary District Observer shall be for 2 years commencing on the third Monday in January of 1969 and each odd‑numbered year thereafter. Any person appointed to such office shall hold office for the duration of his term and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The State Sanitary District Observer must have a knowledge of the principles of sanitary engineering. He shall be paid from the State Treasury an annual salary of $15,000 or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, and shall also be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The State Sanitary District Observer has the same right as any Trustee or the Executive Director to attend any meeting in connection with the business of The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago. He shall have access to all records and works of the District. He may conduct inquiries and investigations into the efficiency and adequacy of the operations of the District, including the effect of the operations of the District upon areas of the State outside the boundaries of the District. The State Sanitary District Observer shall report to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Environmental Protection Agency annually and more frequently if requested by the Governor. The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. (Source: P.A. 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.1) Sec. 4.1. All offices and places of employment, other than the offices of sanitary district trustees and the offices enumerated in section 4.13 of this Act, in the sanitary district shall be classified and filled in the manner hereinafter provided for and not otherwise. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.1a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.1a) Sec. 4.1a. The person appointed as treasurer for the district pursuant to Section 4 of this Act must devote his full time to performance of the duties of that office and may hold no other position in public or private employment. The treasurer may have no financial interest, direct or indirect, in any financial institution designated as a depository for district funds. The treasurer shall invest and reinvest money in the treasury of the district which is not needed for expenditures to be made within 30 days of the investment, in obligations authorized under Section 2 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended. Any such securities may be purchased at the offering or market price thereof at the time of such purchase. (Source: P.A. 79‑1454.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.2)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.2) Sec. 4.2. There is hereby created and established a civil service board to consist of 3 persons to be selected in the manner following: The governing authority or body of the sanitary district, hereinafter called the trustees, shall on or before January 31, 1952 appoint a civil service board of 3 members, all of whom shall be persons who are not trustees and not more than 2 of whom shall be affiliated with the same political party. Each member shall have been a qualified elector of the sanitary district for at least 5 years immediately prior to his or her appointment and shall believe firmly in the merit system of government. No person shall be appointed to the civil service board who has held an elective public office or a position in a political party within the 2 years immediately prior to his or her appointment. No member of the board shall be a member of a committee in any partisan political club or organization, or shall hold or be a candidate for any elective public office. Of the members so appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 4 years and one for a term of 6 years beginning February 1, 1952. All subsequent appointments shall be for 6 year terms beginning February 1 of the year in which the antecedent term expires. In the event a vacancy occurs from any cause in the office of any member, the unexpired portion of the term shall be filled by appointment within 60 days by the trustees. The board shall elect from its members a chairman, vice‑chairman and secretary. Each shall serve for a term of 2 years or until a successor is elected. Each member of the board shall receive a salary of $15,000 per annum, except the Chairman, who shall receive a salary of $17,500 per annum. Two members of the civil service board shall constitute a quorum, but in no instance shall the board have authority or exercise responsibility if 60 days after a vacancy exists on the board it has not been filled by appointment. No member of the civil service board shall be removed except for palpable incompetence or malfeasance in office upon written charges filed by or at the direction of the trustees and heard before the trustees sitting as the board of hearings herein provided for. The board of hearings shall hear and determine the charges and its findings shall be final. If the charges are sustained, the member of the civil service board so charged shall be forthwith removed from office by the board of hearings and the trustees shall thereupon proceed within 30 days to fill the vacancy created by that removal. In all proceedings provided for in this Section, the board of hearings and each member thereof shall have power to administer oaths and to compel by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers. (Source: P.A. 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.2a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.2a) Sec. 4.2a. There is created a Department of Human Resources for the district, the executive officer of which is the Director of Human Resources, hereinafter in this Act called the Director. Any person appointed as the Director shall have previously served in a responsible executive capacity requiring knowledge of and experience in human resources management to a degree commensurate with that required in the human resources administration of the district. (Source: P.A. 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.3)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.3) Sec. 4.3. Classification of positions. The Director shall, with the consent and approval of said civil service board, classify within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, all positions in said sanitary district with reference to the duties thereof for the purpose of establishing job classifications, and of fixing and maintaining standards of examinations hereinafter provided for. The positions so classified shall constitute the classified civil service of such sanitary district and no appointments, promotions, transfers, reductions in grade or pay or removal therefrom shall be made except under and according to the provisions of this Act and of the rules hereinafter mentioned. As a part of such classified civil service all employees under said Director, except special examiners, shall be included. The Director shall ascertain and record the duties of each position in the classified civil service and designate the classification of each position. Each classification shall comprise positions having substantially similar duties. He shall also record the lines of promotion from each lower classification to a higher classification wherever the experience derived in the performance of the duties of such lower classification tends to qualify for performance of duty in such higher classification. The director, subject to the disapproval of the civil service board as hereinafter provided, shall by rule prescribe standards of efficiency for each classification and for examinations of candidates for appointment thereto. Such rule or any amendment thereof shall take effect 30 days after written notice thereof is given to the civil service board, unless within such period the board files with the Director a written notice of its disapproval thereof. For the purpose of establishing uniformity of pay and title for all positions similarly classified, it shall be the duty of the Director to prescribe by rule which shall become effective when approved by the trustees, the maximum and minimum pay for each classification and the title thereof and to report to the trustees annually and at such other times as they may direct the name and address of each officer and employee paid more or less than the pay prescribed for his classification or designated by a title other than that prescribed for his classification by the board of trustees. It shall be the duty of the trustees not later than the beginning of the next fiscal year after receiving such report to change the pay or title of any position or employee so reported out of classification to conform to the title and pay prescribed by the Director for the classification in which the position held by the employee is classified. The Director shall standardize employment in each classification and make and keep a record of the relative efficiency of each employee in the classified civil service. The Director shall provide by rule methods for ascertaining and verifying the facts from which such records of relative efficiency shall be made which shall be uniform for each classification in the classified civil service. (Source: P.A. 90‑316, eff. 1‑1‑98.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.4)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.4) Sec. 4.4. All persons who at the time when this Act takes effect or becomes applicable, hold offices or places of employment which this Act provides shall be classified shall be included under the provisions of this Act and shall become members of the classified civil service of the sanitary district, without original examination. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.5)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.5) Sec. 4.5. The director, subject to the disapproval of the civil service board as hereinafter provided, shall make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act, and for examinations, appointments, transfers and removals and for maintaining and keeping records of the efficiency of officers and employees, and groups of officers and employees, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the Director may from time to time make changes in such rules. Such rule or any amendment thereof shall take effect 30 days after written notice thereof is given to the civil service board, unless within such period the board files with the Director a written notice of its disapproval thereof. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.6)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.6) Sec. 4.6. All rules made as herein provided and all changes therein shall forthwith be printed for distribution by the Director and it shall give notice of the places where said rules may be obtained, by publication in one or more daily newspapers published in the county in which said sanitary district is situated and in each such publication shall specify the date not less than ten days subsequent to the date of such publication, when said rules shall go into operation. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.7)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.7) Sec. 4.7. All applicants for offices or places in said classified civil service, except for the positions of deputy director of engineering, deputy director of monitoring and research, deputy director of maintenance and operations, assistant director of engineering, assistant director of maintenance and operations, deputy general counsel, head assistant attorneys, assistant director of monitoring and research, assistant director of information technology, assistant director of human resources, comptroller, assistant treasurer, assistant director of procurement and materials management, and laborers, shall be subjected to examination, which shall be public and competitive with limitations specified in the rules of the Director as to residence, age, sex, health, habits, moral character and qualifications to perform the duties of the office or place to be filled, which qualifications shall be prescribed in advance of such examination. Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be appointed, and may include tests of physical qualifications and health and when appropriate, of manual skill. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations. The Director shall control all examinations, and may, whenever an examination is to take place, designate a suitable number of persons to be special examiners and it shall be the duty of such special examiners to conduct such examinations as the Director may direct, and to make return and report thereof to him; and he may at any time substitute any other person in the place of any one so selected; and he may himself, at any time, act as such special examiner, and without appointing other special examiners. The Director shall, by rule, provide for and shall hold sufficient number of examinations to provide a sufficient number of eligibles on the register for each grade of position in the classified civil service, and if any place in the classified civil service shall become vacant, to which there is no person eligible for appointment, he shall hold an examination for such position and repeat the same, if necessary, until a vacancy is filled in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Eligible registers shall remain in force for 3 years, except the eligible register for laborers which shall remain in force for 4 years and except the eligible registers for student programs and entry level engineering positions which, in the Director's discretion, may remain in force for one year. Examinations for an eligible list for each position in the classified service above mentioned shall be held at least once in 3 years and at least annually for student programs and entry level engineering positions if the Director has limited the duration of the registers for those positions to one year, unless the Director determines that such examinations are not necessary because no vacancy exists. To help defray expenses of examinations, the sanitary district may, but need not, charge a fee to each applicant who desires to take a civil service examination provided for by this Act. The amount of such fees shall be set by the corporate authority of the sanitary district. Such fees shall be deposited in the corporate fund of the district. (Source: P.A. 94‑1070, eff. 11‑29‑06; 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.8)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.8) Sec. 4.8. Notice of the time and place and general scope and fee of every examination and of the duties, pay and nature of the position sought to be filled shall be given by the Director by publication for 2 weeks preceding such examination, in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which said sanitary district is situated and such notice shall be posted by him in a conspicuous place in his office for 2 weeks before such examinations. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.9)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.9) Sec. 4.9. From the return or reports of examiners, or from the examinations which he has made, the Director shall prepare a register for each grade or class of positions in the classified service of the sanitary district of the persons who shall attain such minimum mark as may be fixed by the Director for any part of such examination, and whose general average standing upon examination for such grade or class is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the Director, and who are otherwise eligible; and such persons shall take rank upon the register as candidates in the order of their relative excellence as determined by examination, without reference to priority of time of examination. The Director may substitute categories such as excellent, well qualified, and qualified, for numerical ratings and establish eligible registers accordingly. The notice of examination shall specify the category or categories upon which selection will be made. (Source: P.A. 82‑1046.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.10)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.10) Sec. 4.10. Promotions. The Director shall note of record the duties (whether imposed by law, official regulation or practice) of each classification in the classified service, and shall thereupon by rule fix lines for promotion from lower classifications to higher classifications in all cases where, in his judgment, the experience gained in the lower classification may tend to qualify an employee to perform the duties of a higher classification. In case of vacancy in higher classifications, which cannot be filled by reinstatement, the Director shall hold promotional examinations to fill such vacancy. Incumbents of classifications in lines of promotion established by the Director shall be s
(70 ILCS 2605/1)(from Ch. 42, par. 320) Sec. 1. The corporate limits of the Sanitary District of Chicago, heretofore organized under the provisions of this Act, within the territorial limits of Cook County, may be extended in such manner as may be provided by law to include any area of contiguous territory within the limits of said Cook County wherein the construction, maintenance and operation of sewers and sewage treatment plants and the construction, enlargement and maintenance of outlets for the drainage of the territory will conduce to the preservation of the public health. The Governor and either branch of the Legislature of this state shall have the right to examine the books of the trustees and all expenditures made by or in any such district, by committee or otherwise, and to call for further reports, accounts, items and copies of all contracts made by or documents held in the possession of any such trustee; and upon the failure refusal or neglect of any such trustees to accurately and completely furnish any and all such items, accounts, documents and reports of contracts as provided in this act, any and all trustees of any such sanitary district shall forfeit their office and by proceedings in quo warranto be ousted and removed therefrom; all such actions may be brought in the county where any such trustees may reside or wherein the major portion of any such sanitary district may be situated. (Source: P.A. 83‑1362.)
(70 ILCS 2605/1.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 320.1) Sec. 1.1. This Act may be cited as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑1028.)
(70 ILCS 2605/2)(from Ch. 42, par. 321) Sec. 2. All courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the existence of all sanitary districts organized under this act. (Source: P.A. 81‑1490.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3)(from Ch. 42, par. 322) Sec. 3. The corporate authority of the Sanitary District of Chicago shall consist of nine trustees. Such trustees shall be elected for staggered terms at the election provided by the general election law. Three trustees shall be elected at each such election to succeed the 3 trustees whose terms expire in such year. Such trustees shall take office on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month following the month of their election and shall hold their offices for six years and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. In all elections for trustees each elector may vote for as many candidates as there are trustees to be elected, but no elector may give to such candidates more than one vote, it being the intent and purpose of this Act to prohibit cumulative voting in the selection of members of the board of the sanitary district. The election of trustees shall be in accordance with the provisions of the general election law. By reason of the importance and character of the services performed by the sanitary district, there is a great need and it is in the public interest that such services be performed in as near a non‑partisan character as possible. When a vacancy exists in the office of trustees of any sanitary district organized under the provisions hereof, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor until the next regular election at which trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago are elected, and thereafter until a successor shall be elected and qualified. Such sanitary district shall from the time of the first election held by it under this Act be construed in all courts to be a body corporate and politic, and by the name and style of the sanitary district of...., and by such name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real estate and personal property necessary for corporate purposes, and adopt a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. The board of trustees shall have the power to change the name of the Sanitary District of Chicago by ordinance and public notice without impairing the legal status of acts theretofore performed by said district. Thereafter any and all references to the Sanitary District of Chicago in this Act or otherwise shall mean and include the name under which such sanitary district is then operating. No rights, duties or privilege of such a sanitary district, or those of any person, existing before the change of name shall be affected by a change, in the name of a sanitary district. All proceedings pending in any court in favor of or against such sanitary district may continue to final consummation under the name in which they were commenced. (Source: P.A. 83‑345.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 322.1) Sec. 3.1. EPA Director. The Director of the Environmental Protection Agency or his or her appointee may attend and participate in meetings of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, but he or she shall have no vote at such meetings. (Source: P.A. 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.)
(70 ILCS 2605/3.2)(from Ch. 42, par. 322.2) Sec. 3.2. The designation of the corporate authorities of sanitary districts organized under this Act is changed from "trustees" and "boards of trustees" to "commissioners" and "boards of commissioners". Wherever any of the terms "trustee", "trustees", or "board of trustees" is used in this Act or in any other Act to refer to the corporate authorities of a sanitary district organized under this Act, those terms shall mean, respectively, "commissioner", "commissioners" and "board of commissioners". The change made by this amendatory Act of 1975 is intended to change only the designations of the corporate authorities of sanitary districts organized under this Act. It shall not operate to reduce the term of any member elected or appointed to the board of any such sanitary district. No action taken before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975 by the corporate authorities of any sanitary district organized under this Act shall be rendered invalid by reason of the fact that such corporate authorities were designated as trustees or boards of trustees in relation to that action. (Source: P.A. 79‑310.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4)(from Ch. 42, par. 323) Sec. 4. The commissioners elected under this Act constitute a board of commissioners for the district by which they are elected, which board of commissioners is the corporate authority of the sanitary district, and, in addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall establish the policies and goals of the sanitary district. The executive director, in addition to all other powers specified in this Act, shall manage and control all the affairs and property of the sanitary district and shall regularly report to the Board of Commissioners on the activities of the sanitary district in executing the policies and goals established by the board. At the regularly scheduled meeting of odd numbered years following the induction of new commissioners the board of commissioners shall elect from its own number a president and a vice‑president to serve in the absence of the president, and the chairman of the committee on finance. The board shall provide by rule when a vacancy occurs in the office of the president, vice‑president, or the chairman of the committee on finance and the manner of filling such vacancy. The board shall appoint from outside its own number the executive director and treasurer for the district. The executive director must be a resident of the sanitary district and a citizen of the United States. He must be selected solely upon his administrative and technical qualifications and without regard to his political affiliations. In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of the executive director, or treasurer, the board of commissioners may appoint an acting officer from outside its own number, to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. The executive director with the advice and consent of the board of commissioners, shall appoint the director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, and director of information technology. These constitute the heads of the Department of Engineering, Maintenance and Operations, Human Resources, Procurement and Materials Management, Finance, Law, Monitoring and Research, and Information Technology, respectively. No other departments or heads of departments may be created without subsequent amendment to this Act. All such department heads are under the direct supervision of the executive director. The director of human resources must be qualified under Section 4.2a of this Act. The director of procurement and materials management must be selected in accordance with Section 11.16 of this Act. In the event of illness or other prolonged absence, death or resignation creating a vacancy in the office of director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, or director of information technology, the executive director shall appoint an acting officer to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office during the term of the absence or vacancy. Any such officers appointed in an acting capacity are under the direct supervision of the executive director. All appointive officers and acting officers shall give bond as may be required by the board. The executive director, treasurer, acting executive director, and acting treasurer hold their offices at the pleasure of the board of commissioners. The acting director of engineering, acting director of maintenance and operations, acting director of human resources, acting director of procurement and materials management, acting clerk, acting general counsel, acting director of monitoring and research, and acting director of information technology hold their offices at the pleasure of the executive director. The director of engineering, director of maintenance and operations, director of human resources, director of procurement and materials management, clerk, general counsel, director of monitoring and research, and director of information technology may be removed from office for cause by the executive director. Prior to removal, such officers are entitled to a public hearing before the executive director at which hearing they may be represented by counsel. Before the hearing, the executive director shall notify the board of commissioners of the date, time, place and nature of the hearing. In addition to the general counsel appointed by the executive director, the board of commissioners may appoint from outside its own number an attorney, or retain counsel, to advise the board of commissioners with respect to its powers and duties and with respect to legal questions and matters of policy for which the board of commissioners is responsible. The executive director is the chief administrative officer of the district, has supervision over and is responsible for all administrative and operational matters of the sanitary district including the duties of all employees which are not otherwise designated by law, and is the appointing authority as specified in Section 4.11 of this Act. The board, through the budget process, shall set the compensation of all the officers and employees of the sanitary district. Any incumbent of the office of president may appoint an administrative aide which appointment remains in force during his incumbency unless revoked by the president. Effective upon the election in January, 1985 of the president and vice‑president of the board of commissioners and the chairman of the committee on finance, the annual salary of the president shall be $37,500 and shall be increased to $39,500 in January, 1987, $41,500 in January, 1989, $50,000 in January, 1991, and $60,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary of the vice‑president shall be $35,000 and shall be increased to $37,000 in January, 1987, $39,000 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001; the annual salary of the chairman of the committee on finance shall be $32,500 and shall be increased to $34,500 in January, 1987, $36,500 in January, 1989, $45,000 in January, 1991, and $55,000 in January, 2001. The annual salaries of the other members of the Board shall be as follows: For the three members elected in November, 1980, $26,500 per annum for the first two years of the term; $28,000 per annum for the next two years of the term and $30,000 per annum for the last two years. For the three members elected in November, 1982, $28,000 per annum for the first two years of the term and $30,000 per annum thereafter. For members elected in November, 1984, $30,000 per annum. For the three members elected in November, 1986, $32,000 for each of the first two years of the term, $34,000 for each of the next two years and $36,000 for the last two years; For three members elected in November, 1988, $34,000 for each of the first two years of the term and $36,000 for each year thereafter. For members elected in November, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, or 1998, $40,000. For members elected in November, 2000 and thereafter, $50,000. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the board, prior to January 1, 2007 and with a two‑thirds vote, may increase the annual rate of compensation at a separate flat amount for each of the following: the president, the vice‑president, the chairman of the committee on finance, and the other members; the increased annual rate of compensation shall apply to all such officers and members whose terms as members of the board commence after the increase in compensation is adopted by the board. The board of commissioners has full power to pass all necessary ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the board of commissioners and the corporation and for carrying into effect the object for which the sanitary district is formed. All ordinances, orders, rules, resolutions and regulations passed by the board of commissioners must, before they take effect, be approved by the president of the board of commissioners. If he approves thereof, he shall sign them, and such as he does not approve he shall return to the board of commissioners with his objections in writing at the next regular meeting of the board of commissioners occurring after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or more items or appropriations contained in any ordinance making an appropriation, or to the entire ordinance. If the veto extends to a part of such ordinance, the residue takes effect. If the president of such board of commissioners fails to return any ordinance, order, rule, resolution or regulation with his objections thereto in the time required, he is deemed to have approved it, and it takes effect accordingly. Upon the return of any ordinance, order, rule, resolution, or regulation by the president, the vote by which it was passed must be reconsidered by the board of commissioners, and if upon such reconsideration two‑thirds of all the members agree by yeas and nays to pass it, it takes effect notwithstanding the president's refusal to approve thereof. It is the policy of this State that all powers granted, either expressly or by necessary implication, by this Act or any other Illinois statute to the District may be exercised by the District notwithstanding effects on competition. It is the intention of the General Assembly that the "State action exemption" to the application of federal antitrust statutes be fully available to the District to the extent its activities are authorized by law as stated herein. (Source: P.A. 94‑1069, eff. 11‑29‑06; 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323a) Sec. 4a. The chairman of the committee on finance of the board of trustees of any sanitary district organized under this Act may designate in writing one or more persons who shall have authority to affix his signature as chairman to any written instrument which is required to be signed by the chairman. The chairman shall send written notice of this designation to the board of trustees of the sanitary district, stating the name or names of such person or persons whom he has selected and what instrument or instruments such person or persons will have authority to sign. The written signature of the chairman executed by such person or persons so designated with the signature of the person so designated underneath shall be attached to the notice. The notice with the signatures attached shall be recorded in the journal of the proceedings of the board of trustees. When the signature of the chairman is placed on a written instrument at the direction of the chairman in the specified manner, the instrument in all respects shall be as binding on the sanitary district as if signed by the chairman in person. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 701.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4b)(from Ch. 42, par. 323b) Sec. 4b. The Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a State Sanitary District Observer. The term of the person first appointed shall expire on the third Monday in January, 1969. If the Senate is not in session when the first appointment is made, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment as in the case of a vacancy. Thereafter the term of office of the State Sanitary District Observer shall be for 2 years commencing on the third Monday in January of 1969 and each odd‑numbered year thereafter. Any person appointed to such office shall hold office for the duration of his term and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The State Sanitary District Observer must have a knowledge of the principles of sanitary engineering. He shall be paid from the State Treasury an annual salary of $15,000 or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, and shall also be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The State Sanitary District Observer has the same right as any Trustee or the Executive Director to attend any meeting in connection with the business of The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago. He shall have access to all records and works of the District. He may conduct inquiries and investigations into the efficiency and adequacy of the operations of the District, including the effect of the operations of the District upon areas of the State outside the boundaries of the District. The State Sanitary District Observer shall report to the Governor, the General Assembly, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Environmental Protection Agency annually and more frequently if requested by the Governor. The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. (Source: P.A. 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.1)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.1) Sec. 4.1. All offices and places of employment, other than the offices of sanitary district trustees and the offices enumerated in section 4.13 of this Act, in the sanitary district shall be classified and filled in the manner hereinafter provided for and not otherwise. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.1a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.1a) Sec. 4.1a. The person appointed as treasurer for the district pursuant to Section 4 of this Act must devote his full time to performance of the duties of that office and may hold no other position in public or private employment. The treasurer may have no financial interest, direct or indirect, in any financial institution designated as a depository for district funds. The treasurer shall invest and reinvest money in the treasury of the district which is not needed for expenditures to be made within 30 days of the investment, in obligations authorized under Section 2 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended. Any such securities may be purchased at the offering or market price thereof at the time of such purchase. (Source: P.A. 79‑1454.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.2)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.2) Sec. 4.2. There is hereby created and established a civil service board to consist of 3 persons to be selected in the manner following: The governing authority or body of the sanitary district, hereinafter called the trustees, shall on or before January 31, 1952 appoint a civil service board of 3 members, all of whom shall be persons who are not trustees and not more than 2 of whom shall be affiliated with the same political party. Each member shall have been a qualified elector of the sanitary district for at least 5 years immediately prior to his or her appointment and shall believe firmly in the merit system of government. No person shall be appointed to the civil service board who has held an elective public office or a position in a political party within the 2 years immediately prior to his or her appointment. No member of the board shall be a member of a committee in any partisan political club or organization, or shall hold or be a candidate for any elective public office. Of the members so appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, one for a term of 4 years and one for a term of 6 years beginning February 1, 1952. All subsequent appointments shall be for 6 year terms beginning February 1 of the year in which the antecedent term expires. In the event a vacancy occurs from any cause in the office of any member, the unexpired portion of the term shall be filled by appointment within 60 days by the trustees. The board shall elect from its members a chairman, vice‑chairman and secretary. Each shall serve for a term of 2 years or until a successor is elected. Each member of the board shall receive a salary of $15,000 per annum, except the Chairman, who shall receive a salary of $17,500 per annum. Two members of the civil service board shall constitute a quorum, but in no instance shall the board have authority or exercise responsibility if 60 days after a vacancy exists on the board it has not been filled by appointment. No member of the civil service board shall be removed except for palpable incompetence or malfeasance in office upon written charges filed by or at the direction of the trustees and heard before the trustees sitting as the board of hearings herein provided for. The board of hearings shall hear and determine the charges and its findings shall be final. If the charges are sustained, the member of the civil service board so charged shall be forthwith removed from office by the board of hearings and the trustees shall thereupon proceed within 30 days to fill the vacancy created by that removal. In all proceedings provided for in this Section, the board of hearings and each member thereof shall have power to administer oaths and to compel by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers. (Source: P.A. 91‑357, eff. 7‑29‑99.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.2a)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.2a) Sec. 4.2a. There is created a Department of Human Resources for the district, the executive officer of which is the Director of Human Resources, hereinafter in this Act called the Director. Any person appointed as the Director shall have previously served in a responsible executive capacity requiring knowledge of and experience in human resources management to a degree commensurate with that required in the human resources administration of the district. (Source: P.A. 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.3)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.3) Sec. 4.3. Classification of positions. The Director shall, with the consent and approval of said civil service board, classify within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, all positions in said sanitary district with reference to the duties thereof for the purpose of establishing job classifications, and of fixing and maintaining standards of examinations hereinafter provided for. The positions so classified shall constitute the classified civil service of such sanitary district and no appointments, promotions, transfers, reductions in grade or pay or removal therefrom shall be made except under and according to the provisions of this Act and of the rules hereinafter mentioned. As a part of such classified civil service all employees under said Director, except special examiners, shall be included. The Director shall ascertain and record the duties of each position in the classified civil service and designate the classification of each position. Each classification shall comprise positions having substantially similar duties. He shall also record the lines of promotion from each lower classification to a higher classification wherever the experience derived in the performance of the duties of such lower classification tends to qualify for performance of duty in such higher classification. The director, subject to the disapproval of the civil service board as hereinafter provided, shall by rule prescribe standards of efficiency for each classification and for examinations of candidates for appointment thereto. Such rule or any amendment thereof shall take effect 30 days after written notice thereof is given to the civil service board, unless within such period the board files with the Director a written notice of its disapproval thereof. For the purpose of establishing uniformity of pay and title for all positions similarly classified, it shall be the duty of the Director to prescribe by rule which shall become effective when approved by the trustees, the maximum and minimum pay for each classification and the title thereof and to report to the trustees annually and at such other times as they may direct the name and address of each officer and employee paid more or less than the pay prescribed for his classification or designated by a title other than that prescribed for his classification by the board of trustees. It shall be the duty of the trustees not later than the beginning of the next fiscal year after receiving such report to change the pay or title of any position or employee so reported out of classification to conform to the title and pay prescribed by the Director for the classification in which the position held by the employee is classified. The Director shall standardize employment in each classification and make and keep a record of the relative efficiency of each employee in the classified civil service. The Director shall provide by rule methods for ascertaining and verifying the facts from which such records of relative efficiency shall be made which shall be uniform for each classification in the classified civil service. (Source: P.A. 90‑316, eff. 1‑1‑98.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.4)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.4) Sec. 4.4. All persons who at the time when this Act takes effect or becomes applicable, hold offices or places of employment which this Act provides shall be classified shall be included under the provisions of this Act and shall become members of the classified civil service of the sanitary district, without original examination. (Source: Laws 1935, p. 744.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.5)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.5) Sec. 4.5. The director, subject to the disapproval of the civil service board as hereinafter provided, shall make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act, and for examinations, appointments, transfers and removals and for maintaining and keeping records of the efficiency of officers and employees, and groups of officers and employees, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the Director may from time to time make changes in such rules. Such rule or any amendment thereof shall take effect 30 days after written notice thereof is given to the civil service board, unless within such period the board files with the Director a written notice of its disapproval thereof. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.6)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.6) Sec. 4.6. All rules made as herein provided and all changes therein shall forthwith be printed for distribution by the Director and it shall give notice of the places where said rules may be obtained, by publication in one or more daily newspapers published in the county in which said sanitary district is situated and in each such publication shall specify the date not less than ten days subsequent to the date of such publication, when said rules shall go into operation. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.7)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.7) Sec. 4.7. All applicants for offices or places in said classified civil service, except for the positions of deputy director of engineering, deputy director of monitoring and research, deputy director of maintenance and operations, assistant director of engineering, assistant director of maintenance and operations, deputy general counsel, head assistant attorneys, assistant director of monitoring and research, assistant director of information technology, assistant director of human resources, comptroller, assistant treasurer, assistant director of procurement and materials management, and laborers, shall be subjected to examination, which shall be public and competitive with limitations specified in the rules of the Director as to residence, age, sex, health, habits, moral character and qualifications to perform the duties of the office or place to be filled, which qualifications shall be prescribed in advance of such examination. Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the position to which they seek to be appointed, and may include tests of physical qualifications and health and when appropriate, of manual skill. No question in any examination shall relate to political or religious opinions or affiliations. The Director shall control all examinations, and may, whenever an examination is to take place, designate a suitable number of persons to be special examiners and it shall be the duty of such special examiners to conduct such examinations as the Director may direct, and to make return and report thereof to him; and he may at any time substitute any other person in the place of any one so selected; and he may himself, at any time, act as such special examiner, and without appointing other special examiners. The Director shall, by rule, provide for and shall hold sufficient number of examinations to provide a sufficient number of eligibles on the register for each grade of position in the classified civil service, and if any place in the classified civil service shall become vacant, to which there is no person eligible for appointment, he shall hold an examination for such position and repeat the same, if necessary, until a vacancy is filled in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Eligible registers shall remain in force for 3 years, except the eligible register for laborers which shall remain in force for 4 years and except the eligible registers for student programs and entry level engineering positions which, in the Director's discretion, may remain in force for one year. Examinations for an eligible list for each position in the classified service above mentioned shall be held at least once in 3 years and at least annually for student programs and entry level engineering positions if the Director has limited the duration of the registers for those positions to one year, unless the Director determines that such examinations are not necessary because no vacancy exists. To help defray expenses of examinations, the sanitary district may, but need not, charge a fee to each applicant who desires to take a civil service examination provided for by this Act. The amount of such fees shall be set by the corporate authority of the sanitary district. Such fees shall be deposited in the corporate fund of the district. (Source: P.A. 94‑1070, eff. 11‑29‑06; 95‑923, eff. 1‑1‑09.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.8)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.8) Sec. 4.8. Notice of the time and place and general scope and fee of every examination and of the duties, pay and nature of the position sought to be filled shall be given by the Director by publication for 2 weeks preceding such examination, in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which said sanitary district is situated and such notice shall be posted by him in a conspicuous place in his office for 2 weeks before such examinations. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2477.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.9)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.9) Sec. 4.9. From the return or reports of examiners, or from the examinations which he has made, the Director shall prepare a register for each grade or class of positions in the classified service of the sanitary district of the persons who shall attain such minimum mark as may be fixed by the Director for any part of such examination, and whose general average standing upon examination for such grade or class is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the Director, and who are otherwise eligible; and such persons shall take rank upon the register as candidates in the order of their relative excellence as determined by examination, without reference to priority of time of examination. The Director may substitute categories such as excellent, well qualified, and qualified, for numerical ratings and establish eligible registers accordingly. The notice of examination shall specify the category or categories upon which selection will be made. (Source: P.A. 82‑1046.)
(70 ILCS 2605/4.10)(from Ch. 42, par. 323.10) Sec. 4.10. Promotions. The Director shall note of record the duties (whether imposed by law, official regulation or practice) of each classification in the classified service, and shall thereupon by rule fix lines for promotion from lower classifications to higher classifications in all cases where, in his judgment, the experience gained in the lower classification may tend to qualify an employee to perform the duties of a higher classification. In case of vacancy in higher classifications, which cannot be filled by reinstatement, the Director shall hold promotional examinations to fill such vacancy. Incumbents of classifications in lines of promotion established by the Director shall be s
