(70 ILCS 3605/19.5)
    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)
    Sec. 19.5. Chicago Transit Board.
    (a) The governing body of the Chicago Transit Authority shall be the Chicago Transit Board. Beginning September 1, 2026, the Board shall consist of 7 members appointed as follows:
        (1) Two members appointed by the Governor, with the
    
advice and consent of the Senate, including:
            (A) a member with an initial term of 5 years who
        
shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority; and
            (B) a member with an initial term of 3 years.
        (2) Three members appointed by the Mayor of Chicago,
    
with the advice and consent of the City Council of the City of Chicago, including:
            (A) a member with an initial term of 3 years who
        
shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority;
            (B) a member with an initial term of 5 years; and
            (C) a member with an initial term of 3 years.
        (3) Two members appointed by the President of the
    
Cook County Board of Commissioners, with the advice and consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, including:
            (A) a member with an initial term of 3 years who
        
shall serve as a member of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority; and
            (B) a member with an initial term of 5 years.
    (b) The subsequent terms of each director appointed under subsection (a) shall be 5 years.
    (c) The Chair of the Board shall be elected by a majority vote by the members of the Board from among the members of the Board. Until September 1, 2030, the Chair of the Board must be approved by the Senate. Until September 1, 2030, if the members of the Board elect a Chair of the Board, then the elected Chair of the Board may serve as a the acting Chair of the Board until confirmation. Until September 1, 2030, if the Senate votes against confirming the acting Chair of the Board, then the acting Chair of the Board must resign and the members of the Board must elect a new Chair of the Board.
    (d) Initial appointments of members under subsection (a) must be made in time for the members to begin their terms on September 1, 2026.
    (e) On September 1, 2026, the terms of all members serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, and of any members appointed to fill a vacancy, shall immediately expire. If a vacancy on the Board occurs before September 1, 2026, then the vacancy shall be filled under Section 21. Members serving on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may be reappointed under subsection (a).
    (f) The members of the Board shall receive an annual salary of $15,000, except that members of the Board who are also members of the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority shall receive $5,000 per year in addition to the compensation the members receive for serving on the Board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
    (g) Directors shall have diverse and substantial relevant experience and expertise for overseeing the planning, operation, and funding of a regional transportation system, including, but not limited to, backgrounds in urban and regional planning, management of large capital projects, labor and workforce development, business management, public administration, transportation, and community organizations.
    (h) Those responsible for appointing Directors shall strive to assemble a set of Directors that, to the greatest extent possible, reflects the ethnic, cultural, economic, racial, and geographic diversity of the metropolitan region.
(Source: P.A. 104-457, eff. 6-1-26.)