HB2239 Summary

• Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917 to modify board of trustees composition requirements for sanitary districts.

• Establishes that sanitary districts containing municipalities with populations between 90,000 and 500,000 shall have 5-member boards, while other districts have 3-member boards.

• Designates Fox River Water Reclamation District, Sanitary District of Decatur, and Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District to each have 5-member boards regardless of municipality population.

• Requires appointments to be made by county presiding officers (for single-county districts) or state legislators (for multi-county districts), with staggered 3-year terms and limits on same-party representation.

• Adds requirement that if an appointing authority fails to appoint a trustee by the deadline, they must reconvene and appoint a successor by July 1 of that year.