70 ILCS 3210/15: Authority and Board created.

(a) The Downstate Illinois Sports Facilities Authority is created as a political subdivision, unit of local government, body politic, and municipal corporation.

(b) The governing and administrative powers of the Authority shall be vested in a body known as the Downstate Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Board. The Board shall consist of 8 members: a Chair and 7 additional members, all of whom are appointed by the Governor.

All gubernatorial appointments, including the Chair, shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, except in the case of temporary appointments as provided in Section 20. No member shall be employed by the State or any political subdivision of the State or by any department or agency of the State or any political subdivision of the State.