Illinois § 7

§ 7.

Board. (a) The Secretary shall appoint a Structural Engineering Board. The Board shall consist of 7 members who shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Secretary. All shall be residents of Illinois. Six members shall (i) currently hold a valid license as a structural engineer in Illinois and shall have held the license under this Act for the previous 10-year period and (ii) have not been disciplined within the last 10-year period under this Act. In addition to the 6 structural engineers, there shall be one public member. The public member shall be a voting member and shall not hold a license under this Act or any other design profession licensing Act that the Department administers. (b) Board members shall serve 5 year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified. (c) In appointing members of the Board, the Secretary shall give due consideration to recommendations by members of the profession and by organizations of the structural engineering profession. (d) The membership of the Board should reasonably reflect representation from the geographic areas in this State. (e) 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 2 consecutive 5-year terms. (f) Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made in the same manner as original appointments, for the unexpired portion of the vacated term. (g) Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A quorum is required for Board decisions. (h) The Secretary may remove any member of the Board for misconduct, incompetence, or 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. (i) 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. (j) Members of the Board shall have no liability in any action based upon disciplinary proceedings or other activity performed in good faith as members of the Board. (k) Members of the Board shall be reimbursed for all legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses. (Source: P.A. 101-312, eff. 8-9-19.)