Bill Text: IL HB0041 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Senior Citizens on State Boards and Commissions Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning state boards and commissions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0041-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning aging.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Senior Citizens on State Boards and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Commissions Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (320 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 6151)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.
It is hereby found and and determined by the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | General Assembly that
state boards and commissions exist for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | the singular purpose of protecting
the public health and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | welfare; that citizens over 60 years of age represent
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| 11 | significant percentage of the population and have the time and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | experience
to devote to the important issues which have a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | profound effect on the daily
lives of older Illinoisans.
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| 14 | It is also hereby found that senior citizens shall hold | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | their positions
on boards and commissions by matter of right, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | not discretion. These
positions shall be held by consumer | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | representatives over the age of 60 who
shall serve as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | spokespersons for the interests of the State's older | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | population.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 83-1538.)
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