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1 AN ACT concerning State government.


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

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is 
5amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 25 as follows:

6 (15 ILCS 50/5)

7 Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8 "Board" means a board authorized or created by executive 
9order of the Governor, statute, or the Illinois Constitution to 
10which the Governor has authority (whether or not exercised) to 
11appoint one or more members.
12 "Commission" means a commission or other body authorized or 
13created by executive order of the Governor, statute, or the 
14Illinois Constitution to which the Governor has authority 
15(whether or not exercised) to appoint one or more members.
16 "Office" means the Governor's Office of Boards and 
17Commissions, or a successor entity within the Governor's 
18administration.

19 "Sexual orientation" shall have the same meaning as in 
20Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. 
21(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)

22 (15 ILCS 50/10)
 
 
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1 Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership; 
2meeting notices. 
3 (a) The Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet 
4a centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the 
5public, of information relating to appointed positions on the 
6State's boards and commissions.
7 The database shall include, at a minimum:
8  (1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and 
9 responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the 
10 State's boards and commissions.
11  (2) The name and term of each current appointed member 
12 of a board or commission.
13  (3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of 
14 each of the State's boards and commissions.
15  (4) Information as to how a person may apply for 
16 appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform 
17 application that may be downloaded and printed or that may 
18 be submitted electronically. Such application shall 
19 include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his 
20 or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for 
21 reporting purposes. Additionally, such application shall 
22 include a data field where an applicant may optionally 
23 disclose his or her sexual orientation for reporting 
24 purposes. 
25  (5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's 
26 website that allows the public to search Statements of 
 
 
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1 Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.


2 (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of 
3this Section, the Office shall establish and maintain on the 
4Internet:
5  (1) a centralized location for an electronic mail 
6 listserv for subscribers to receive notices of the meetings 
7 of each board and commission and the meeting's agenda; and
8  (2) a listing of the meeting times and agendas for each 
9 board and commission.
10 The Office shall send and post meeting notices and agendas 
11pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) at least 48 hours before 
12each meeting. For the purposes of this subsection (b), 
13"electronic mail listserv" means an automatic mailing list 
14server used to manage electronic mail transmissions to a list 
15of subscribers. 
16(Source: P.A. 98-1087, eff. 1-1-15; 99-218, eff. 1-1-16.)

17 (15 ILCS 50/25)
18 Sec. 25. Demographic composition; report. Beginning 
19October 1, 2015 and for each year thereafter, the Governor 
20shall file a report with the General Assembly detailing the 
21following information:
22  (1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender, 
23 and disability status) of each appointment made by the 
24 Governor between July 1 of the prior year through June 30 
25 of the reporting year. Such demographic information shall 
 
 
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1 also include the voluntarily and publicly disclosed sexual 
2 orientation of each appointment;
3  (2) the aggregate demographic information for those 
4 persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's 
5 office, but were not appointed between July 1 of the prior 
6 year through June 30 of the reporting year. Such aggregate 
7 demographic information shall also include the voluntarily 
8 and publicly disclosed sexual orientation of those 
9 applicants; and
10  (3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial 
11 appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of 
12 June 30 of the reporting year. Such demographic composition 
13 information shall also include the voluntarily and 
14 publicly disclosed sexual orientation of each appointee. 
15 The Governor shall electronically publish an annual report 
16detailing the demographic composition of the gubernatorial 
17appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of the 
18date of the report.

19(Source: P.A. 98-1087, eff. 1-1-15.)