(225 ILCS 305/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 1309)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
Sec. 9. Creation of the Board. The Director shall appoint an Architecture Licensing Board which will consist of 6 members. Five members shall be architects, one of whom shall be a tenured member of the architectural faculty of an Illinois public university accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The other 4 shall be architects, residing in this State, who have been engaged in the practice of architecture at least 10 years. In addition to the 5 architects, there shall be one public member. The public member shall be a voting member and shall not hold a license as an architect, professional engineer, structural engineer or land surveyor.
Board members shall serve 5 year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified. In making the designation of persons to the Board, the Director shall give due consideration to recommendations by members and organizations of the profession.
The membership of the Board should reasonably reflect representation from the geographic areas in this State.
No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a term which would cause his or her continuous service on the Board to be longer than 10 successive years.
Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of the vacated term.
Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A quorum is required for Board decisions.
The Director may remove any member of the Board for misconduct, incompetence, neglect of duty, or for reasons prescribed by law for removal of State officials.
The Director may remove a member of the Board who does not attend 2 consecutive meetings.
Notice of proposed rulemaking shall be transmitted to the Board and the Department shall review the response of the Board and any recommendations made therein. The Department may, at any time, seek the expert advice and knowledge of the Board on any matter relating to the administration or enforcement of this Act.
Members of the Board are immune from suit in any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
(Source: P.A. 98-976, eff. 8-15-14.)
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