FOX METRO WATER RECLAMATION

Amends the Election Code. Requires that the trustees for the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District be elected at consolidated elections. Provides that where a nomination for election is to be made for a trustee of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, then the petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date of the primary. Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that the board of trustees of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District shall be elected (rather than appointed) beginning with the 2019 election. Sets forth requirements concerning the number of trustees to be elected and length of terms. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 In provisions concerning nomination of trustees in the Election Code, moves a reference to the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District to provisions concerning districts encompassing more than one county. Changes the election at which the board of trustees of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District shall be elected from 2019 to 2021. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that if a vacancy occurs before the 2021 election on the board of trustees of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, the District Manager shall, no later than 7 days from the date of the vacancy, notify the State legislators representing any portion of the District and publish other notification. Requires persons to apply with the District Manager for the open trustee position and for the District Manager to hold a public meeting with the State legislators regarding the applicants. Provides that, at the public meeting, the State legislators shall select a candidate who will be appointed by the board of trustees at the next board of trustees meeting. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Provides that the board of trustees of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District shall: on or before July 1, 2020, divide the District into 5 trustee districts and assign the trustee districts to reflect the results of the most recent federal decennial census; and thereafter, in the year following each decennial census, redistrict the trustee districts to reflect the results of the most recent census. Provides that a petition for nomination for election of a trustee of the District shall contain at least 100 signatures of registered voters residing within the District. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces "District" with "Fox Metro Water Reclamation District" in House Amendment No. 2.