98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB3180

 

Introduced 2/11/2014, by Sen. William Delgado

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 50/10
15 ILCS 50/25 new

    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.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 10 and by adding Section 25 as
6follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 50/10)
8    Sec. 10. Repository of board and commission membership. The
9Office shall establish and maintain on the Internet a
10centralized, searchable database, freely accessible to the
11public, of information relating to appointed positions on the
12State's boards and commissions.
13    The database shall include, at a minimum:
14        (1) The qualifications for, and the powers, duties, and
15    responsibilities of, each appointed position on each of the
16    State's boards and commissions.
17        (2) The name and term of each current appointed member
18    of a board or commission.
19        (3) Each current vacancy in appointed membership of
20    each of the State's boards and commissions.
21        (4) Information as to how a person may apply for
22    appointment to a board or commission, including a uniform
23    application that may be downloaded and printed or that may

 

 

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1    be submitted electronically. Such application shall
2    include a data field where an applicant shall disclose his
3    or her ethnicity, gender and disability status for
4    reporting purposes.
5        (5) A link to that section of the Secretary of State's
6    website that allows the public to search Statements of
7    Economic Interest filed with the Secretary of State.
8(Source: P.A. 96-543, eff. 8-17-09.)
 
9    (15 ILCS 50/25 new)
10    Sec. 25. Demographic composition; report. By May 1 of each
11year, the Governor shall file a report with the General
12Assembly and the Legislative Research Unit detailing the
13following information:
14        (1) the demographic information (ethnicity, gender,
15    and disability status) of each appointment made by the
16    Governor during the prior year;
17        (2) the aggregate demographic information for those
18    persons who applied for an appointment with the Governor's
19    office, but were not appointed during the prior year; and
20        (3) the demographic composition of the gubernatorial
21    appointees on each board, commission, and task force as of
22    the date of the report.
23    The Legislative Research Unit shall publish an annual
24report detailing the demographic composition of the
25gubernatorial appointees on each board, commission, and task

 

 

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1force as of the date of the report.