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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 3. The High-Speed Railway  Commission Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 4102/5)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)

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

24    Transit District, appointed by the Governor.
25        (19) A representative of the Region 1 Planning 
26    Council, appointed by the Governor.
 
 
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1        (20) A representative of the McLean County Regional 
2    Planning Commission, appointed by the Governor.
3        (21) A representative of the East-West Gateway Council 
4    of Governments, appointed by the Governor.
5    (c) The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected 
6from the Commission's membership by a simple majority vote of 
7the total membership of the Commission. The Vice-Chairperson 
8of the Commission shall be elected from the Commission's 
9membership by a simple majority vote of the total membership 
10of the Commission.
11    (d) Appointments made by the Governor under subsection (b) 
12shall be made no later than January 1, 2023 The Governor, 
13President of the Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, 
14Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Minority Leader 
15of the House of Representatives shall make their initial 
16appointments to the Commission by January 1, 2022.
17    (e) Vacancies in Commission membership shall be filled in 
18the same manner as provided under subsection (b) initial 
19appointments.
20    (f) Total membership of the Commission consists of the 
21number of members serving on the Commission, not including any 
22vacant positions. A quorum consists of a simple majority of 
23total membership and shall be sufficient to conduct the 
24business of the Commission, unless stipulated otherwise in the 
25bylaws of the Commission.
26    (g) The Commission shall meet at least quarterly, and hold 
 
 
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1its first meeting within 30 days after the appointment of 
2members under subsection (d).
3    (h) Members of the Commission shall receive no  
4compensation for service as members. 

5(Source: P.A. 102-261, eff. 8-6-21.)
 
6    Section 5. The Local
Journalism Task Force Act is amended  
7by changing Sections 10 and 25 as follows:
 
8    (20 ILCS 4108/10)
9    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)

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

12one member of the House of
Representatives appointed by the 
13Speaker of the House of
Representatives; one member of the 
14House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of 
15the House of Representatives; one member of the Senate 
16appointed by
the President of the Senate; one member of the 
17Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; and one 
18member appointed by the
Governor.
19    (b) The Task Force shall also include the following 
20members appointed by the Governor: one representative of the 
21Chicago News Guild; one representative of the Chicago Chapter 
22of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and 
23Technicians-Communication Workers of America; one 
24representative of the Medill School of
Journalism, Media, 
 
 
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1Integrated Marketing Communications at
Northwestern 
2University; one representative of the Public Affairs Reporting 
3Program at the
University of
Illinois at Springfield; one 
4representative of the School
of Journalism at Southern 
5Illinois University Carbondale; one
representative of the 
6Illinois Press Association; one representative of the
Illinois 
7Broadcasters Association; one representative of the Illinois

8Legislative Correspondents Association; one representative of 
9the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council; one representative 
10of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association; one 
11representative of the University of Illinois at 
12Urbana-Champaign; one representative of the Chicago 
13Independent Media Alliance; one representative of the National 
14Association of Black Journalists; one representative of the 
15Association of LGBTQ Journalists; one representative of the 
16National Association of Hispanic Journalists; one 
17representative of the Asian American Journalists Association; 
18one representative of the Native American Journalists 
19Association; and one representative of the
Illinois Municipal 
20League.
21    (c) Appointments shall be made no later
than 30 days 
22following the effective date of this Act. Any additional 
23appointments made pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 102nd 
24General Assembly shall be made no later than 30 days following 
25the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General 
26Assembly.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 102-569, eff. 1-1-22; 102-671, eff. 11-30-21.)
 
2    (20 ILCS 4108/25)
3    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)

4    Sec. 25. Findings and recommendations. The Task Force

5shall submit its findings, along with its recommendations for

6legislation, to the Governor and the General Assembly no later

7than July 1, 2023 one year after the effective date of this 
8Act.

9(Source: P.A. 102-569, eff. 1-1-22.)
  
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.