Public Act 102-1001
 
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    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
 
    Section 3. The High-Speed Railway  Commission Act is 
amended  by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 4102/5)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

    Sec. 5. Commission created; membership.
    (a) There is created the High-Speed Railway Commission to 
carry out the duties set forth in Section 10.
    (b) The Commission shall be composed of the following 
members:
        (1) The Governor or his or her designee.
        (2) The President of the Senate or his or her 
    designee.
        (3) The Minority Leader of the Senate or his or her 
    designee.
        (4) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or his 
    or her designee.
        (5) The Minority Leader of the House of 
    Representatives or his or her designee.
        (6) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her 
    designee.
        (7) The Chairperson of the Illinois State Toll Highway 
    Authority or his or her designee.
        (8) The Chairperson of the Illinois Commerce 
    Commission or his or her designee.
        (9) The Chairperson of the Commuter Rail Board Board 
    of Directors of Metra or his or her designee.
        (10) The Mayor of the City of Chicago or his or her 
    designee.
        (11) A representative of a labor organization 
    representing rail workers, appointed by the Governor.
        (12) A representative of a trade organization related 
    to the rail industry, appointed by the Governor.
        (13) A representative of the Metropolitan Mayors and 
    Managers Association, appointed by the Governor.
        (14) A representative from the Illinois Railroad 
    Association, appointed by the Governor.
        (15) A representative from the University of Illinois 
    System, appointed by the Governor.
        (16) A representative from the Chicago Metropolitan 
    Agency for Planning, appointed by the Governor.
        (17) A representative of the Illinois Municipal 
    League, appointed by the Governor.
        (18) A representative of the Champaign-Urbana Mass

    Transit District, appointed by the Governor.
        (19) A representative of the Region 1 Planning 
    Council, appointed by the Governor.
        (20) A representative of the McLean County Regional 
    Planning Commission, appointed by the Governor.
        (21) A representative of the East-West Gateway Council 
    of Governments, appointed by the Governor.
    (c) The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected 
from the Commission's membership by a simple majority vote of 
the total membership of the Commission. The Vice-Chairperson 
of the Commission shall be elected from the Commission's 
membership by a simple majority vote of the total membership 
of the Commission.
    (d) Appointments made by the Governor under subsection (b) 
shall be made no later than January 1, 2023 The Governor, 
President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Minority Leader 
of the House of Representatives shall make their initial 
appointments to the Commission by January 1, 2022.
    (e) Vacancies in Commission membership shall be filled in 
the same manner as provided under subsection (b) initial 
appointments.
    (f) Total membership of the Commission consists of the 
number of members serving on the Commission, not including any 
vacant positions. A quorum consists of a simple majority of 
total membership and shall be sufficient to conduct the 
business of the Commission, unless stipulated otherwise in the 
bylaws of the Commission.
    (g) The Commission shall meet at least quarterly, and hold 
its first meeting within 30 days after the appointment of 
members under subsection (d).
    (h) Members of the Commission shall receive no  
compensation for service as members. 

(Source: P.A. 102-261, eff. 8-6-21.)
 
    Section 5. The Local
Journalism Task Force Act is amended  
by changing Sections 10 and 25 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 4108/10)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)

    Sec. 10. Membership. 
    (a) The Task Force shall include
the following members:

one member of the House of
Representatives appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of
Representatives; one member of the 
House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of 
the House of Representatives; one member of the Senate 
appointed by
the President of the Senate; one member of the 
Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; and one 
member appointed by the
Governor.
    (b) The Task Force shall also include the following 
members appointed by the Governor: one representative of the 
Chicago News Guild; one representative of the Chicago Chapter 
of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and 
Technicians-Communication Workers of America; one 
representative of the Medill School of
Journalism, Media, 
Integrated Marketing Communications at
Northwestern 
University; one representative of the Public Affairs Reporting 
Program at the
University of
Illinois at Springfield; one 
representative of the School
of Journalism at Southern 
Illinois University Carbondale; one
representative of the 
Illinois Press Association; one representative of the
Illinois 
Broadcasters Association; one representative of the Illinois

Legislative Correspondents Association; one representative of 
the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council; one representative 
of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association; one 
representative of the University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign; one representative of the Chicago 
Independent Media Alliance; one representative of the National 
Association of Black Journalists; one representative of the 
Association of LGBTQ Journalists; one representative of the 
National Association of Hispanic Journalists; one 
representative of the Asian American Journalists Association; 
one representative of the Native American Journalists 
Association; and one representative of the
Illinois Municipal 
League.
    (c) Appointments shall be made no later
than 30 days 
following the effective date of this Act. Any additional 
appointments made pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 102nd 
General Assembly shall be made no later than 30 days following 
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General 
Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 102-569, eff. 1-1-22; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)
 
    (20 ILCS 4108/25)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)

    Sec. 25. Findings and recommendations. The Task Force

shall submit its findings, along with its recommendations for

legislation, to the Governor and the General Assembly no later

than July 1, 2023 one year after the effective date of this 
Act.

(Source: P.A. 102-569, eff. 1-1-22.)
  
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.