Public Act 096-0796
 		





SB1576 Enrolled
LRB096 07713 DRJ 17814 b






    AN ACT concerning State government.

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




 
    Section 5. The Executive Reorganization Implementation Act 
is amended  by changing Section 3.1 as follows:
 



    (15 ILCS 15/3.1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1803.1)


    Sec. 3.1. "Agency directly responsible to the Governor" or 
"agency" means
any office, officer, division, or part thereof,

and any other office, nonelective officer, department, 
division, bureau,
board, or commission in the executive branch 
of State government,
except that it does not apply to any 
agency whose primary function is service
to the General 
Assembly or the Judicial Branch of State government, or to
any 
agency administered by the Attorney General, Secretary of 
State, State
Comptroller or State Treasurer.  In addition the 
term does not apply to
the following agencies created by law 
with the primary responsibility of
exercising regulatory
or 
adjudicatory functions independently of the Governor:

    (1) the State Board of Elections;

    (2) the State Board of Education;

    (3) the Illinois Commerce Commission;

    (4) the Illinois Workers' Compensation

Commission;

    (5) the Civil Service Commission;

    (6) the Fair Employment Practices Commission;

    (7) the Pollution Control Board;

    (8) the Department of State Police Merit Board;
    (9) the Illinois Racing Board.

(Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)

 
    Section 10. The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is 
amended  by changing Section 2.5  as follows:
 
    (230 ILCS 5/2.5 new)

    Sec. 2.5. Separation from Department of Revenue. On the 
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General 
Assembly, all of the powers, duties, assets, liabilities, 
employees, contracts, property, records, pending business, and 
unexpended appropriations of the Department of Revenue related 
to the administration and enforcement of this Act are 
transferred to the Illinois Racing Board.
    The status and rights of the transferred employees, and the 
rights of the State of Illinois and its agencies, under the 
Personnel Code and applicable collective bargaining agreements 
or under any pension, retirement, or annuity plan are not 
affected (except as provided in the Illinois Pension Code) by 
that transfer or by any other provision of this amendatory Act 
of the 96th General Assembly.



 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.