Illinois-2019-HB4034-Introduced

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4034

Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

`25 ILCS 130/8A-60 new`
`25 ILCS 130/8A-65 new`
`30 ILCS 105/5.930 new`

Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Creates the Women's Tribute Statue Commission to fund, commission, and place statues of Rosa Parks and Judy Baar Topinka on the grounds of the legislative complex. Provides for membership and meetings requirements of the Commission. Creates the Women's Tribute Statue Commission Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that the Fund may accept deposits from any source, whether public or private, and may be appropriated only for funding, commissioning, and placing statues of Rosa Parks and Judy Baar Topinka on the grounds of the legislative complex. Provides for the dissolution of the Commission. Provides further requirements concerning the commission and placement of the statues by the Women's Tribute Statue Commission and the Architect of the Capitol. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the Women's Tribute Statue Commission Fund. Effective immediately.

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1 AN ACT concerning State government.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act

5 of 1984 is amended by adding Sections 8A-60 and 8A-65 as

6 follows:

7 (25 ILCS 130/8A-60 new)

8 Sec. 8A-60. Women's Tribute Statue Commission; Fund.

9 (a) The Women's Tribute Statue Commission is hereby created

10 to fund, commission, and place statues of Rosa Parks and Judy

11 Baar Topinka on the grounds of the legislative complex. The

12 Commission shall work in consultation with the Architect of the

13 Capitol in funding, commissioning, and placing the statues

14 provided for under this Section.

15 (b) The Commission shall consist of 7 members, who shall

16 serve without compensation, appointed as follows:

17 (1) 3 members appointed by the Governor;

18 (2) 2 members appointed by the President of the Senate;

19 and

20 (3) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of

21 Representatives.

22 (c) Members of the Commission shall be representative of

23 and have experience related to the arts, disabilities, and

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1 civil rights, and the appointing authorities shall coordinate

2 their appointments so that the composition of the Commission

3 reflects the diversity of gender, race, and geography of the

4 State. Members of the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of

5 the appointing authorities.

6 (d) The Governor shall select one of his or her appointees

7 to the Commission as the Chair of the Commission, and the

8 members may elect a Vice-Chair from among the membership of the

9 Commission. The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chair

10 or at the call of the majority of the members, and the presence

11 of 4 members at a called meeting shall constitute a quorum for

12 the purpose of transacting Commission business. Meetings of the

13 Commission shall be subject to the Open Meetings Act, and

14 members shall be considered public officials. The Commission

15 may adopt bylaws to govern its proceedings and functions under

16 this Section.

17 (e) The Women's Tribute Statue Commission Fund is created

18 as a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund may accept

19 deposits from any source, whether public or private, and may be

20 appropriated only for the use of the Women's Tribute Statue

21 Commission, in consultation with the Architect of the Capitol,

22 in funding, commissioning, and placing statues of Rosa Parks

23 and Judy Baar Topinka on the grounds of the legislative

24 complex.

25 (f) The Commission and Fund created under this Section

26 shall be dissolved within one year after the placement of the

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1 statues provided for under Section 8A-65. This Section is

2 repealed upon the dissolution of the Commission.

3 (25 ILCS 130/8A-65 new)

4 Sec. 8A-65. Rosa Parks and Judy Baar Topinka statues.

5 (a) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, the

6 Women's Tribute Statue Commission, in consultation with the

7 Architect of the Capitol, shall provide for the commission and

8 placement of a statue on the grounds of the legislative complex

9 depicting civil rights activist Rosa Parks. The Women's Tribute

10 Statue Commission, in consultation with the Architect of the

11 Capitol, may provide for the design and fabrication of the

12 statue, including in-kind services and input from public and

13 private organizations and entities, or may otherwise acquire,

14 using funds collected for such purpose or a statue donated for

15 such purpose, a suitable statue for placement under this

16 Section.

17 (b) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, the

18 Women's Tribute Statue Commission, in consultation with the

19 Architect of the Capitol, shall provide for the commission and

20 placement of a statue on the grounds of the legislative complex

21 depicting former State Treasurer and Comptroller Judy Baar

22 Topinka. The Women's Tribute Statue Commission, in

23 consultation with the Architect of the Capitol, may provide for

24 the design and fabrication of the statue, including in-kind

25 services and input from public and private organizations and

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1 entities, or may otherwise acquire, using funds collected for

2 such purpose or a statue donated for such purpose, a suitable

3 statue for placement under this Section.

4 (c) The Architect of the Capitol, at the direction of the

5 Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and in

6 consultation with the Women's Tribute Statue Commission, shall

7 take actions necessary to provide for the placement and

8 unveiling of the statues authorized under subsections (a) and

9 (b) on the grounds of the legislative complex within a

10 reasonable period of time after the effective date of this

11 amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly.

12 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding

13 Section 5.930 as follows:

14 (30 ILCS 105/5.930 new)

15 Sec. 5.930. The Women's Tribute Statue Commission Fund.

16 This Section is repealed upon the dissolution of the Women's

17 Tribute Statue Commission created under Section 8A-60 of the

18 Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.

19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

20 becoming law.