65 ILCS 5/11-135-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-135-2)Sec. 11-135-2.         Upon the adoption of such an ordinance or resolution  by the corporate authorities of any such municipality, the mayor or  president, with the approval of the corporate authorities, shall appoint  a commissioner.  If under Section 11-135-3 a water commission meets the participatory  requirements, that water commission shall appoint a commissioner.  The commissioners so appointed by each of such  municipalities and participatory water commissions together with a like  commissioner appointed by the  presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the  county board of the county in which the major part of the works of the  water commission are, or are to be, located, shall constitute a  commission and public corporation with the powers and duties specified  in this Division 135. The corporate name of the commission shall be  "(here insert an appropriate name indicative of the area) Water Commission"  and as such the  Commission may contract and be contracted with, and sue and be sued.The commissioners so appointed shall serve for a term of 6 years, or until  their successors have been appointed and have qualified in the same manner  as the original appointments, except that the commissioners first appointed  shall determine by lot at their first meeting the respective commissioners  whose terms shall be for 2, 4 and 6 years from the date of that meeting.  Each commissioner appointed by a mayor or president shall be an elector  or the chief administrator of the municipality for which he acts as  commissioner,  and the commissioner appointed by the presiding officer of the county board  shall be an elector of the county in which the major works of the water  commission are, or are to be, located.  Any commissioner so appointed may  be a member of the governing board or officer or employee of the municipality  or county from which the appointment is made.  A commissioner is eligible  for reappointment upon the expiration of his term. A vacancy shall be filled  for the balance of the unexpired term of the person who has ceased to hold  office by the mayor, president or county board presiding officer who initially  made such appointment in the same manner as the original appointment. Each  commissioner shall receive the same compensation, as determined by the  appointing authority, which shall not be more  than $2,000 per year, except that no commissioner who is a  member of the governing  board or officer of the municipality or county from which the  appointment  is made may receive any compensation for serving as commissioner.  Each  commissioner shall furnish a bond for the faithful performance of his  official duties. This bond shall not be less than $5,000 and its costs  shall be paid by the commission.Each commissioner may be removed for any cause for which any other  municipal officer may be removed. No commissioner, or employee of the  commission, and no mayor, or president, or other member of the corporate  authorities, or any employee of any of the municipalities, shall be  interested directly or indirectly in any contract or job of work or  materials, or the profits thereof, or services to be performed for or by  the commission.A violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this section is a  Class C misdemeanor. A conviction is cause for the removal of a person  from his office or employment.     (Source: P.A. 90-517, eff. 8-22-97; 91-659, eff. 12-22-99.)