Bill Text: IL SB3180 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Provides that an application for appointment to a gubernatorial board or commission shall include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his or her ethnicity, gender, and disability status for reporting purposes. Provides that by May 1 of each year, the Governor shall file a report with the General Assembly and the Legislative Research Unit detailing (1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender, and disability status) of each appointment made by the Governor during the prior year, (2) the aggregate demographic information for those persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's office, but were not appointed during the prior year, and (3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of the date of the report. Requires the Legislative Research Unit to publish an annual report detailing the demographic composition of the gubernatorial appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of the date of the report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3180 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB3180-Amended.html

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Sen. William Delgado

Filed: 3/21/2014

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3180
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3180 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act is
amended by changing Section 10 and by adding Section 25 as
follows:
(15 ILCS 50/10)
Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership. The
Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet a
centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the
public, of information relating to appointed positions on the
State's boards and commissions.
The database shall include, at a minimum:
(1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and
responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the
State's boards and commissions.

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(2) The name and term of each current appointed member
of a board or commission.
(3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of
each of the State's boards and commissions.
(4) Information as to how a person may apply for
appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform
application that may be downloaded and printed or that may
be submitted electronically. Such application shall
include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his
or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for
reporting purposes.
(5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's
website that allows the public to search Statements of
Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
(15 ILCS 50/25 new)
Sec. 25. Demographic composition; report. Beginning
October 1, 2015 and for each year thereafter, the Governor
shall file a report with the General Assembly and the
Legislative Research Unit detailing the following information:
(1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender,
and disability status) of each appointment made by the
Governor between July 1 of the prior year through June 30
of the reporting year;
(2) the aggregate demographic information for those

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persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's
office, but were not appointed between July 1 of the prior
year through June 30 of the reporting year; and
(3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial
appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of
June 30 of the reporting year.
The Legislative Research Unit shall publish an annual
report detailing the demographic composition of the
gubernatorial appointees on each board, commission, and task
force as of the date of the report.".