Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 3805/4

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the Illinois Housing Development Authority. The Authority shall consist of 9 members, including a senior citizen age 60 or older, of whom not more than three shall be from any one county in the State and of whom not more than 5 shall be of any one political party. The Governor shall appoint the members of the Authority by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Three members first appointed shall hold office until the second Monday in January, 1971 and until their successors are appointed and qualified and four members shall hold office until the second Monday in January, 1973 and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The members first appointed under this amendatory Act of 1984 shall serve for a term of 4 years, commencing with the second Monday in January, 1985. After the expiration of the terms of office of those first appointed, their respective successors shall hold office from the second Monday in January of the year of their respective appointments for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. In case of vacancies in such offices during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to fill such office, and any person so nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold his office during the remainder of the term and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the time this provision takes effect, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment as in the case of a vacancy.
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