(70 ILCS 3205/7.8)

Sec. 7.8. Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Advisory Board.

(a) There is created the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Advisory Board composed of 12 members who are members of the General Assembly and who are appointed 3 each by the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(b) Members of the Advisory Board shall serve as long as they hold their designated elected positions. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments are made. The Advisory Board shall elect its own chairperson.

(c) Members of the Advisory Board shall serve without compensation but, at the Authority's discretion, shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in connection with the performance of their duties.

(d) The Advisory Board shall meet quarterly, or as needed, shall produce any reports it deems necessary, and shall do the following:

(1) Work with the Authority and the Chicago Park District regarding potential means for providing increased economic opportunities to minorities and women produced indirectly or directly from the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, extension, or improvement of a facility in connection with which the Authority is providing financial assistance pursuant to an assistance agreement under this Act.

(2) Work with the Authority and the Chicago Park District to find candidates for building trades apprenticeships, for employment in the hospitality industry, and to identify job training programs.

(3) Work with the Authority and the Chicago Park District to implement this Section in the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, extension, or improvement of a facility in connection with which the Authority is providing financial assistance pursuant to an assistance agreement under this Act, including the Authority's goal of awarding not less than 25% and 5% of the annual dollar value of contracts to minority and female owned businesses, the outreach program for minorities and women, and the mentor/protege program for providing assistance to minority and female owned businesses.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), the Advisory Board is dissolved (i) on January 1, 2004 or (ii) 6 months after 90 days after the first professional football game is played in the facility in connection with which the Authority provided financial assistance pursuant to an assistance agreement under this Act, whichever is later.

(Source: P.A. 91-935, eff. 6-1-01.)