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Bill	MWRD-CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS	Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the position of public and intergovernmental affairs officer of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District does not qualify as classified civil service. Further provides that the public and intergovernmental affairs officer shall be appointed by the executive director, and in the invent of illness, prolonged absence, death, or resignation, the executive director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District may appoint an acting public and intergovernmental affairs officer to perform the duties of the position. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4500	Illinois HB 4500 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2012-01-31	2012-08-03	openstates	ocd-bill/fa3669a1-6bd1-46bd-a482-545d1863eac6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4500&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64159&SessionID=84&GA=97	795ae8e123f4566004b38901a625d316adcc3dc8a241def0bd67d458462f05d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4500 (97th) — MWRD-CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the position of public and intergovernmental affairs officer of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District does not qualify as classified civil service. Further provides that the public and intergovernmental affairs officer shall be appointed by the executive director, and in the invent of illness, prolonged absence, death, or resignation, the executive director of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District may appoint an acting public and intergovernmental affairs officer to perform the duties of the position. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 62–50 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kelly Burke — primary (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2012-01-31 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly Burke filing
• 2012-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-17 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-050-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2012-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-17 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2012-04-26 Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2012
• 2012-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 051-003-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-03 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-03 Effective Date August 3, 2012
• 2012-08-03 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0893 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa3669a1-6bd1-46bd-a482-545d1863eac6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).