SB3180 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

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.

(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. By May 1 of each year, 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 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.

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.