(225 ILCS 325/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 5206)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
Sec. 6. Composition, qualifications and terms of the Board.
(a) The Board shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall consist of 10 members, one of whom shall be a public member and 9 of whom shall be professional engineers licensed under this Act. In addition each member who is a professional engineer shall:
(1) be a citizen of the United States, and
(2) be a resident of this State.
(b) In addition, each member who is a professional engineer shall:
(1) have not less than 12 years of experience in the
practice of professional engineering, and shall hold an active license as a professional engineer in Illinois;
(2) have been in charge of professional engineering
work for at least 5 years. For the purposes of this Section, any period in which a person has been in charge of teaching engineering in an engineering college with the rank of assistant professor or higher shall be considered as time in which such person was in charge of professional engineering work.
The terms for all members shall be for 5 years. On the expiration of the term of any member or in the event of a vacancy, the Secretary shall appoint a member who shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which the member is appointed and until a successor has been appointed and qualified.
No member shall be reappointed to the Board for a term which would cause that individual's lifetime service on the Board to be longer than 15 years.
In implementing the 5 year terms, the Secretary shall vary the terms to enable the Board to have no more than 2 terms expire in any one year.
The public member shall be a voting member and shall not hold a license as an architect, professional engineer, structural engineer, or a land surveyor. The public member shall be an Illinois resident and a citizen of the United States.
In making appointments to the Board, the Secretary shall give due consideration to recommendations by members of the profession and by organizations therein.
The Secretary 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 Secretary may remove a member of the Board who does not attend 2 consecutive meetings.
A quorum of the Board shall consist of 6 Board members. A quorum is required for Board decisions.
Each member of the Board may receive compensation as determined by the Secretary and shall be reimbursed for all actual traveling expenses.
Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in any action based upon any disciplinary proceedings or other activities performed in good faith as members of the Board.
Persons holding office as members of the Board immediately prior to the effective date of this Act under the Act repealed herein shall continue as members of the Board until the expiration of the term for which they were appointed and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
(Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09.)
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