093_HB0814 LRB093 05613 WGH 05706 b 1 AN ACT in relation to unemployment insurance. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by 5 changing Section 1700 as follows: 6 (820 ILCS 405/1700) (from Ch. 48, par. 610) 7 Sec. 1700. Duties and powers of Director. It isshall be8 the duty of the Director to administer this Act. To effect 9 such administration, there is created the Department of 10 Employment Security, under the supervision and direction of a 11 Director of Employment Security. The Department of Employment 12 Security shall administer programs for unemployment 13 compensation and a State employment service. The Director 14 shall determine all questions of general policy, promulgate 15 rules and regulations and be responsible for the 16 administration of this Act. 17 (Source: P.A. 84-26.)