2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH › 20 ILCS 4030/ - World's Fair Commission (1976) Act.

(20 ILCS 4030/0.01) (from Ch. 127, par. 167f9)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
World's Fair Commission (1976) Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(20 ILCS 4030/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 167g)
Sec. 1. 
		
		
		There is created the Commission on the Chicago World's Fair of 1976,
hereinafter called the Commission. The Commission shall consist of 3
members of the Senate to be appointed 2 by the President and 1 by the
Minority Leader thereof and 3 members of the House of Representatives to be
appointed 2 by the Speaker and 1 by the Minority Leader thereof and 4
citizens of the State of Illinois to be appointed, one each, by the
President and the Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Vacancies in the
Commission membership shall be filled in the same manner as original
appointments are made. All members shall be appointed before September 1,
1963, and serve until July 1, 1965. New members shall be appointed
bienially in the same manner and for the same terms, except that General
Assembly members shall serve until their respective terms are over or until
termination of their legislative service, whichever first occurs. Members
of the Commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but
shall receive only actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. The Commission shall select from among its
members a Chairman.
(Source: P.A. 78-4.)
(20 ILCS 4030/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 167h)
Sec. 2. 
		
		The Commission is authorized to co-operate with the Committee of
76, the City Council of the City of Chicago, the County Board of the County
of Cook and with any and all other interested civic associations which are
interested in the planning of a World's Fair to be held in Chicago in 1976
to commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3275.)
(20 ILCS 4030/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 167i)
Sec. 3. 
		
		The Commission shall be authorized to employ a management
engineering firm or other Fair Planning firm to conduct a survey for the
purpose of laying the basis of the planning of a Fair to be held in Chicago
in the year 1976.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3275.)
(20 ILCS 4030/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 167j)
Sec. 4. 
		
		The Commission may appoint members of the Legislature or other
citizens of Illinois to act as special study groups to operate under the
direction of the Commission and such appointed members shall receive only
actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3275.)
(20 ILCS 4030/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 167k)
Sec. 5. 
		The Commission shall:
1.  Consider and study the benefits to be derived from holding a World's
Fair in Chicago in the year 1976 to commemorate the bicentennial
anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and to
prepare a survey or report which will serve as a basis for such a World's
Fair in the event that approval of such World's Fair may be obtained from
the United States Government.
2.  The Commission shall make a detailed report of its findings and
conclusions to the General Assembly not later than March 1 of each odd
numbered year and shall submit recommendations for such legislation as it
deems necessary.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3275.)
(20 ILCS 4030/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 167l)
Sec. 7. 
		
		The Commission shall employ and fix the compensation of such
employees and technical assistants as it deems necessary to carry out
the purposes of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3275.)