Bill Text: IL SB3129 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission Act. Provides that the President and Minority Leader of the Senate shall each designate a member or former member of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each designate a member or former member of the House of Representatives to advise the Commission. Provides that upon the expiration of the terms of the initial members, the appointing authority may re-appoint initial members and sets forth the terms of those re-appointments. Provides that a representative under the Act must be an officer or employee of the State agency that employs the ex officio member or an individual with demonstrated expertise in the subject matter of the ex officio member's State agency. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0793 [SB3129 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB3129-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission
Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 20, and 30 as follows:
(20 ILCS 5010/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
Sec. 10. Composition of the Commission.
(a) The Commission is composed of 22 18 members as follows:
(1) 19 15 public members appointed by the Governor, one
of which shall be a student; and
(2) 3 ex officio members as follows:
(A) the State Superintendent of Education;
(B) the Executive Director of the Board of Higher
Education; and
(C) the Director of Veterans' Affairs.
(b) The President and Minority Leader of the Senate shall
each designate a member or former member of the Senate and the
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
shall each designate a member or former member of the House of
Representatives to advise the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)

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(20 ILCS 5010/20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
Sec. 20. Ex officio members; eligibility; designation of
representative.
(a) An ex officio member of the Commission vacates the
person's position on the Commission if the person ceases to
hold the position that qualifies the person for service on the
Commission.
(b) An ex officio member may designate a representative to
serve on the Commission in the member's absence. A
representative designated under this subsection must be an
officer or employee of the State agency that employs the ex
officio member or an individual with demonstrated expertise in
the subject matter of the ex officio member's State agency.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
(20 ILCS 5010/30)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
Sec. 30. Term of public member.
(a) A public member of the Commission serves a term of 4
years, except that the terms of the initial members shall
expire on February 1, 2015. Following the expiration of the
terms of the initial members of the Commission, the Governor
may re-appoint initial members as follows:
(1) five members to terms that expire February 1, 2016;
(2) five members to terms that expire February 1, 2017;

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and
(3) five members to terms that expire February 1, 2018.
Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this Section, initial
members re-appointed to terms that expire on February 1, 2016
or February 1, 2017 may be appointed to a 4-year term following
expiration of their re-appointment.
(a-5) Public members of the Commission added under this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall serve 4-year
terms.
(b) A public member is eligible for reappointment to
another term or part of a term.
(c) A public member may not serve more than 2 consecutive
full terms. For purposes of this prohibition, a member is
considered to have served a full term only if the member has
served more than half of a 4-year the term.
(Source: P.A. 96-1063, eff. 1-1-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.